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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MARCH 20, 2021 SAM #7051
SOLICITATION NOTICE

C -- A-E GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING IDC/IDIQ

Notice Date

3/18/2021 4:45:45 PM
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

541330 — Engineering Services
 

Contracting Office

W075 ENDIST SAN FRAN SAN FRANCISCO CA 94102-3406 USA
 

ZIP Code

94102-3406
 

Solicitation Number

W912P721R0006
 

Response Due

4/9/2021 11:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

04/24/2021
 

Point of Contact

Karen Smith, Phone: 4155036989, Theodore Turney, Phone: 4155036990
 

E-Mail Address

karen.smith@usace.army.mil, Theodore.T.Turney@usace.army.mil
(karen.smith@usace.army.mil, Theodore.T.Turney@usace.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
 

Description

AMENDMENT 0002 This amendment address the following: RFI 2, 3 and 4� ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ AMENDMENT 0001 This amendment has the following changes: Section III Part 2�Professional Qualifications ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I. CONTRACT INFORMATION: A-E services are required to provide geotechnical services, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and HTRW soil/sediment testing primarily in support of the Civil Works mission area. Similarly related horizontal engineering projects may be required to support the Military and Interagency and International Support (IIS) missions. The contractor will be required to perform services primarily within the USACE San Francisco District and the South Pacific Division�s Area of Responsibility (AOR). This announcement is for a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for A-E services. The Government contemplates the award of three to five IDIQ contracts; however, may decide to award to less firms depending on sufficient Small Business Firms interest and the source selection decision regarding how many contractors are considered most highly qualified in accordance with Brooks Act procedures. This contract is being procured in accordance with The Brooks Architect-Engineer (AE) Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. AE Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. The services will consist of Civil Engineering for Civil Works Projects at Various Locations within the San Francisco District and South Pacific Division�s AOR. This announcement is 100% set-aside for Small Business. Only Small Business firms will be considered for award. There is a limitation on subcontracting whereby ""at least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel"" must be expended for employees of the concerns as required by FAR 19.508 (e) and 52.219-14. Rates will be negotiated for the initial 12-month period of the contract and is escalated by an annual escalation with federal and state labor escalations. The small business size standard is a maximum of $16.5million. The Government contemplates award of three to five indefinite delivery contract awards for A-E services ranging from $1,200,000.00 to $2,000,000.00 each (depending on the number of contracts). These contracts include a base period not-to-exceed (NTE) thirtysix (36) months and one (1) option period NTE twenty-four (24) months. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. The estimated contract start date is around August 2021. Work and resulting Task Orders are subject to availability of funds. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 541330. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service contract Act, as determined relative to the employee�s office location (not the location of the work). A SCA will be included in the base IDC/IDIQ Contract. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov. II. PROJECT INFORMATION: 1. The work and services shall support primarily Geotechnical Engineering services: a. Engineering and Design: Conduct geotechnical analysis, geotechnical engineering and design and preparation of plans and specifications for District design projects. Projects may include, but not be limited to: Levees, dams, weirs, environmental restoration. Piers, roads, abutment supports, foundation analysis and subsurface design required for vertical construction, water retention basins, storm and sanitary sewer systems, drainage, and utilities. In addition, requests to inspect completed projects may be made. Conduct analyses pertaining to levee design and construction on soft soils, such as, settlement and slope stability analyses. Conduct geologic and seismic hazards investigations, including, but not limited to, ground motion hazard analyses, site response analyses, liquefaction evaluation and mitigation. b. Field Exploration: Investigate terrestrial and maritime or water borne sites to define soil and/or rock properties, fault locations, and groundwater levels and flow. Drilling and analysis tasks may consist of core drilling, grab sampling, and instrumentation installation on either land or bodies of water such as bays and deep draft navigation channels. In-situ testing may include Cone Penetration Testing and vane shear testing, and shear wave velocity measurement. Geophysical explorations utilizing techniques such as resistivity, seismic reflection, seismic CPT, MASW, SASW, may also be required. Field explorations may also include related tasks, such as, acquisition of permits, utility location, and surveying. c. Laboratory Testing: Laboratory testing will include typical geotechnical tests, such as moisture content, dry density, Atterberg Limits, gradation, consolidation, and strength testing. Testing shall be performed by an Army Corps accredited laboratory. d. Construction Services: Geotechnical engineering services during construction may include QC or QA inspection, vibration monitoring, in-place density testing, pile load test monitoring, soil identification and testing, and compaction control observations and material testing. Tasks may require a geotechnical engineer or technician to be stationed on-site during construction. e. Dam and Levee Safety: Conduct annual and periodic inspections of dams and levees. Perform risk assessments and Safety Assurance Reviews (SAR) Type II Independent External Peer Review Reports (IEPR) for Dams, Levees, Water and Flood control structure projects. Use Independent External Peer Reviews IEPRs to provide an independent assessment of the project or work product, including the panel's assessment of the adequacy and acceptability of the economic, engineering, and environmental methods, models, data, and analyses used as well as the range of alternatives, and the adequacy of risk and uncertainty analyses. 2. Civil Engineering: Plan, design and prepare plans and specifications for projects such as piers, concrete and asphaltic concrete surfaces, bridges, water retention basins, storm, and sanitary sewers, levees, dams, weirs, environmental restoration, drainage, and utilities. Requests to inspect completed projects or projects under construction may be made. 3. Structural Engineering: Plan, design and prepare plans and specifications for District projects which may include structural elements of either horizontal or vertical projects. In addition, support may be required to provide either QA or QC on plans, specifications or construction. 4. Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW): Work may include, but is not limited to identifying, quantifying, and mitigating or removing HTRW for District projects. The A-E may be required to respond with the complete array of scientists, technical specialists and engineers needed. 5. Construction Cost Estimates: Prepare cost estimates in accordance with the task order project description. Planning studies must use a method that will establish reasonable supportable costs for comparison of alternate designs. Use MCACES (MII) to develop cost estimates for plans and specifications. III. SELECTION INFORMATION: The selection criteria for this solicitation is listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria (1) and (2) are considered most important and are of equal importance; Criteria (3), (4) and (5) are of lesser importance and listed in descending order of importance. Criteria (6) and (7) are secondary equally weighted criteria and will only be used as a tiebreaker among firms ranked technically equal using the primary criteria. Primary Selection Criteria 1. Specialized experience and technical competence A maximum of ten (10) relevant projects of the prime, the subcontractor(s), both or mentor/mentee relationships, not to exceed the past five (5) years, will be reviewed in PART I, Section F. Of these ten (10) projects, the prime must have performed services for a minimum of five (5) projects (either as the prime or subcontractor). Project examples submitted should be of completed projects (i.e. completed design). All projects cited shall identify design start/complete dates as well as the project size (cost and scope). (SF 330, Part I, Section F). Key Personnel Participation in Example Projects: The prime and subcontractor(s) both graphically depict which key personnel identified in Section E worked on the example projects listed in Section F. Joint Venture submissions shall also provide a minimum of five (5) projects; however, if the Joint Venture does not have the minimum projects as a Joint Venture Offeror, then the Offeror may supplement with projects performed by the members of the Joint Venture in their individual capacities. Use no more than one (1) page per project. A project is defined as a project performed under a single, stand-alone contract and/or a single task order issued under an existing Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract(s) unless the project included multiple phases and was issued under more than one contractual order. It shall be noted that an ID/IQ contract is not a project and will not be in compliance with the requirement. Do not combine multiple task orders unrelated to a stand-alone project to create a single project example. The contract number or IDIQ number and individual task order number associated with the project in the title must be included for each of the projects. If the project is not 100% complete, note the current percentage and estimated date when project will be completed for each contract and/or task order. For all relevant projects include the percentage of work self-performed by the prime offeror and subcontractors for each contract and/or task order. Percentages shall be shown individually for each firm. If proposing as a JV, include the percentage of work self-performed by each Joint Venture member. Nine (9) of the ten (10) projects shall specifically address the following areas of emphasis, with the most relevant work being associated with USACE and other Federal Agencies: a. Geotechnical engineering and engineering geology services for: analyses, explorations and laboratory testing, design, plans and specifications, and construction oversight needed to construct and modify District projects. b. Civil engineering design services for: planning, design, and construction oversight of horizontal and vertical projects. c. Structural engineering services for: analysis, design, and engineering oversight during construction for structural elements of horizontal projects, vertical projects, as well as design and construction oversight of seismic and structural retrofits. d. HTRW services for: identifying, quantifying, mitigating or removing, and remediation of HTRW contaminated sites. e. Cost engineering services for: MCACES (MII) estimates and construction schedules. Prime Contractors that do not have cost estimators on staff will be evaluated based on their subcontractor's MCASES MII experience. Cost Estimators shall have the capability and experience to prepare MCACES (MII) cost estimates and schedules on large, medium, and small projects. f. Experience preparing documentation including preparing Design Documentation Reports (DDR), Engineering Documentation Reports (EDR), Engineering Appendices and other engineering reports. g. Experience with CADD to produce engineering drawings on a computer aided design and drafting (CADD) system that meets all relevant USACE engineering standards. h. Experience preparing specifications utilizing SpecsIntact and UFGS. Ability to prepare complete detailed construction drawings and specifications using Government guide specifications format shall be required. I. Experience preparing GIS data that meets Corps of Engineers mandated Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment. Prime Contractors that do not have GIS capability will be evaluated based on their subcontractor's GIS experience. In PART I, Section H, provide a narrative demonstrating breadth, knowledge, and experience for each of the following areas: (1) Comprehensive Engineering Design through detailed Plans and Specifications for both Inland and Coastal Civil Works projects, such as, flood control projects; creek restoration; levee and levee repair design; shoreline and stream bank erosion protection; shallow and deep draft navigation projects(dredging); Dam design and dam repair and restoration; dredge material sampling and analysis. (2) Structural analysis and design structural repairs and seismic retrofits primarily for levee, dam, and water control structures. (3) Design services for New infrastructure and/or Rehabilitation of existing infrastructure i.e. Bridges, Roads, Storm and Sanitary Sewer. (4) All phases of Engineering Design analysis and documentation for inland and coastal Civil Works, IIS, and Military projects. (5) Construction plans and specifications. 6) Cost Estimating to include specialized experience with quantity takeoffs, cost schedule risk analysis, MCACES, total project cost summaries, ROM abbreviated cost risk analysis, and other areas of cost estimating as required using the latest software. (7) Value engineering studies. (8) Safety Assurance Reviews (SAR) Type II Independent External Peer Review Reports for Dams, Levees and water and flood control structures. A SAR (Type II IEPR) will be conducted on design and construction activities for any project where potential hazards pose a significant threat to human life (public safety). The SAR primarily is addressing Flood Risk. SAR parameters can also be required to assess existing flood control structures including leading and participating in Potential Failure Mode Analysis or any other relevant risk assessment activities for Civil Works. (9) Describe the firm's quality management plan, including quality assurance process, project scheduling, coordination of the in-house work with consultants, and prior experience of the prime firm and any significant consultant. 2. Professional qualifications. The selected firm must have, either in-house or through consultants, the disciplines listed below, with registration required (include licensure, state, and certification numbers) where applicable and have at least five (5) years� experience in the discipline in which he/she will be working. Block 13 under PART I, Section E must use the exact same discipline nomenclature as listed in this announcement. If an individual will serve in more than one discipline, then those disciplines shall be clearly indicated in Block 13, PART I, Section2. Resumes (Section E of the SF330) must provide for these disciplines, including consultants. Resumes of qualified professional personnel who are certified, registered, and highly trained in the following key disciplines shall be provided. One resume shall be provided for the following disciplines unless otherwise noted: Project Managers (2 ea), Civil Engineers (2 ea), Geotechnical Engineers (3 ea), Structural Engineer, Construction Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Cost Engineer, Geologist/Seismologist, GIS Specialist, CADD Designer and CADD Operator. The evaluation will consider education, training, registration, and overall relevant experience. Evaluation of professional qualifications will consider education, training, professional registrations relevant experience in design of geotechnical and civil engineering projects/studies that were prepared for Civil Works type projects, vertical projects such as buildings, and longevity with the firm (three years minimum).Experience working on applicable flood protection levees, dams and structures projects, and building foundations is desirable and should be identified. (SF 330, Part I, Sections E & G). Although the Organization Chart required in Section D can include additional names and team structure do not include additional resumes beyond the disciplines required. Each resume shall not exceed on page in length. Individuals performing work as a contract employee shall be reflected as a subcontractor and not listed under the firm they are supporting on a contractual basis. Use the same discipline nomenclature as used in this announcement when identifying Project Assignment on each resume. In Block G-26, along with the name of key personnel, include the firm with whom the person is associated. In Section G, only include key personnel for which a resume has be provided. A Part II is required for each branch office of the Prime Firm and any subcontractors that will be a key role in the proposed contract. 3. Past performance. Past performance on Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal contracts with respect to the quality of work, cost control (maintaining the project construction cost below the programmed amount), and compliance with performance schedules, as determined by CPARS/ACASS and other sources. Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) may be used to provide or supplement a firm's past performance with other than U.S. Government clients. Firms which choose to use the PPQ may obtain a PPQ standard form by submitting a request to the below referenced POC via email. Projects where the prime contractor performed 50% or more of the work with in-house forces will be weighted more heavily than projects performed predominantly by proposed subcontractors. 4. Capacity to accomplish the work. Adherence to project schedules for all projects is critical to the Government. Completion within the schedule requires the engagement of sufficient and competent staff and subcontractors. Firms also must have the ability to provide a minimum number of personnel for inspections, explorations, data collection or similar services. Small business firms shall demonstrate the capacity to accomplish at least two (2) $250,000 individual task orders simultaneously. 5. Location in the general geographic area of the project and knowledge of locality. In PART I, Section H, firms must describe and demonstrate the team�s familiarity with the San Francisco District and SPD areas, primarily California, displaying knowledge of local conditions such as the soil conditions, seismic requirements, environmental regulations and regulatory requirements of the region. This knowledge can be demonstrated by showing projects designed for or constructed in these areas. Secondary Selection Criteria Secondary selection criteria will only be considered in the event of needing a tiebreaker for ranking based on the primary criteria. Secondary Selection Criteria shall consist of (IAW DFARS 236.602-1): 6. Extend of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) or minority institutions (MI) in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated efforts, regardless of whether the SB, SDB, HBCU or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner. The greater the participation, the greater the consideration. 7. Volume of DOD contract awards. Offerors shall provide the volume of work awarded by DoD agencies during the previous 12 months. If a proposing as a Joint Venture, include volume of work awarded by DoD agencies for both the Joint Venture and members of the Joint Venture. Volume of work shall be demonstrated in a table format and be categorized by contract, task order, project award, completion dates, and dollar amount. IV. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested AE firms having the capabilities for this work are invited to submit one completed Standard Form 330 (current version) Architect Engineer Qualifications Parts I and II and one (1) SF330 Part II for each firm that will be part of the team, no later than 11:00am PST on April 9, 2021. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, and in the interests of public health and safety, all bidders are required to submit their bids electronically via the DoD Secure Access File Exchange (DoD SAFE) (https://safe.apps.mil/). No hand-delivered bids will be accepted. To submit via DoD SAFE, contact Karen Smith at Karen.Smith@usace.army.mil to receive a submission code. Once you have a submission code, you can upload the SF330s to DoD Safe. They must be uploaded no later than 11:0000 am PST on the response date above. In addition to your electronic submission to DoD Safe, please mail a copy of your submission on one Compact Disc to the street address: 450 Golden Gate Ave 4th Floor, San Francisco California 94102. Lengthy cover letter and generic corporation brochures or other presentation beyond those to sufficiently present a complete and effective response are not desired. Phone calls and personal visits are discouraged. Response to this notice must be received by the due date specified herein. Include DUNS number of the office that will perform the work. The SF330 Part I shall not exceed 70 pages (8.5 inches x11 inches) including no more than 16 pages for Section H. The firm selected for this contract will be expected to submit a quality control/quality assurance plan and to adhere to it during the work and services required under the contract. In Section H, describe the firms Quality Control Plan (QCP), including Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) of subcontractor work. The plan must be prepared and approved by the Government, as a condition of contract award, but is not required with this submission. PLEASE NOTE: RESUMES DO NOT COUNT AGAINST THE 70 PAGE LIMITATION. Each side of paper is a page (70 pages single sided or 35 pages double sided). Use no smaller than 12 font type. In Section H, indicate the estimated percentage involvement of each firm on the proposed team. Include an organization chart (11"" x17"" will count as 1 Page) of the key personnel to be assigned to the project. No other general notification will be made of this work. Solicitation packages are not provided, and no additional project information will be given to firms during the announcement period. This is not a request for proposal and no other general notification will be made. Include solicitation number in your submission package. V. PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE:A Virtual Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on 3-24-2021 at 2:00pm PST. Attendance is not mandatory for submitting qualifications. All attendees must submit names, name of company, and title to Karen Smith no later than 3-19-2021 at 3:00pm PST. The purpose of the Pre-Proposal Conference is to assist interested firms on the process of applying for Government A-E services contracts, explain requirements, and to answer questions from potential offerors. VI. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS Questions regarding this announcement and the pre-proposal conference must be in writing and shall be addressed to Karen Smith via email. All questions must be submitted no later than 3-26-2021 at 3:00pm PST to allow adequate time to respond.
 

Web Link

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Place of Performance

Address: San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

Zip Code: 94102

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05946593-F 20210320/210318230107 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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