EFA Chesapeake, Washington Navy Yard, Building 212, 901 M Street, S.E., Washington, DC 20374-5018

Z -- NORTH SEVERN VILLAGE, PHASE I AND II, AND ARUNDEL ESTATES HOUSING REHABILITATION AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD SOL N62477-97-R-0036 DUE 113099 POC Kathleen A. McCourt at (202) 685-3141 This procurement is unrestricted. This Design/Build project will be acquired through the use of a Two-Phase Source Selection process to select the offeror considered the best value for the design and construction requirements for the project. The work includes selective demolition to accomodate new construction including brick masonry, rough and finish carpentry, asphalt shingle roofing repairs, vinyl siding, sheet metal flashing and trim, wood doors and metal frames, plastic windows, gypsum board assemblies, ceramic tile, appliances, sprinkler system, plumbing systems, heating-ventilation-airconditioning system, electrical systems, site work, and incidental related work. The work requires the Design-Build (D-B) Contractor to rehabilitate approximately 157 two, three and four bedroom, 2-story townhouse multi-family housing units as follows: 33 units at North Severn Village, Phase I: 64 units at North Severn Village, Phase II; and 60 units at Arundel Estates. The housing is located at two separate sites, North Severn Village and Arundel Estates. The RFP shall be based upon a project cost not to exceed $2,200,000 for North Severn Village, Phase I; $3,686,800 for North Severn River, Phase II; and $3,836,500 for Arundel Estates. These amounts are established as the total D-B Budget for each of the above listed respective Units. The Best Value Source Selection will be conducted in two phases. The evaluation criteria will include PAST PERFORMANCE and TECHNICAL/MANAGEMENT FACTORS. The technical/management factors are considered equal in importance to each other and together are considered more important than PRICE. The Technical/Management Factors are as follows: Factor 1 -- Design/Build Experience; Factor 2 -- Project Team; Factor 3 -- Project Schedule; Factor 4 -- Small Business Contracting Effort. Phase I Evaluations will performed only to determine if an offeror has the expertise and capability required to perform the requirements and will only address responses to Past Performance and Technical/Management Factors 1 and 2. PHASE I SUBMISSIONS ARE TO BE BASED SOLEY AND ENTIRELY ON THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Project requirements will only be issued to those firms invited to participate in Phase II. Phase I responses shall include written information, submitted in three ring binders and formatted as follows: PAST PERFORMANCE: 1. Past Performance of both the Construction Contractor and Design Build Contractor shall be evaluated. As past performance is the single most reliable predictor of future performance, the Government shall evaluate the quality of each offeror's past performance. This assessment will include: -- the offerors record of conforming to statements of work or specifications and standards of good workmanship, the offerors adherence to schedules, -- administrative and subcontractro management aspects of performance, -- the offeror's control of consts including costs incurred for changed work, -- the offeror's reputation for reasonable and cooperative behavior and overall concerns for the client. This assessment will be utilized in the following manner: (a) The assessment of an offeror's past performance will be used as a means of evaluating the credibility of the offeror's technical/management proposal. A record of less than satisfactory performance may be an indication that the promises made by the offeror are less than reliable. (b) The assessment of the offeror's past performance will be used as one means of evaluating the relative capability of the offeror to their competition. Thus an offeror with an excellent past performance record may be given a more favorable evaluation than another whose past performance record is merely satisfactory, even though both offerors may have an acceptable or higher technical/management proposal. (c) an offeror proposing as a joint venture may receive a neutral rating for past performance if a history of performance as a joint venture is not provided. Risk for performance may be evaluated if an offeror lacks past performance with the proposed design agent. Past Performance will be evaluated using the information required and provided under Factor 1 -- Design/Build Experience. The Government will also draw from available CCAS and ACAS database reports and will consider other information obtained from other sources. The evaluation or past performance is a subjective assessment based on a consideration fo all relevant facts and circumstances. The Government will also seek to determine whether the offeror has consistently demonstrated a commitment to customer satisfaction and timely delivery of quality goods and services at a fair and reasonable prices. This is a matter of judgement. Offerors will be given an opportunity to address unfavorable past performance information if the information is the determining factor preventing them from being selected participation in Phase II or placed within the competitive range. The offeror's response, or lack thereof will be taken into cosideration. TECHNICAL/MANAGEMENT FACTOR 1 -- DESIGN/BUILD EXPERIENCE:For the design/build team, the offeror shall provide: -- the name, address, point of contact and phone number for each entity -- the business relationship of the team (prime/subcontractor, joint venture, etc.) -- the offeror shall provide design/build project experience within the past five years, including; (a) contract number, title, location (b) name, telephone number and facsimile numbers of the point of contact most familiar with the day to day performance of the work (c) contract type (fixed price, cost plus, GMP) (d) original award amount and final contract value (e) original completion date and actual completion date. -- the offeror shall provide most recent SF254 and SF255 design agent demonstrating their experience in design similar in scope and size. Teams that have prior working relations together peculiar to Family Housing projects similar to the subject project may be given more favorable ratings. Following the evaluation of Phase I submissions, the Contracting Officer may determine the number of offers that otherwise may be included in the competition, exceeds the number by which an efficient competition can be conducted. Therefore, potential offerors are notified that the Government expects that a maximum of five offerors will be invited to participate in the Phase II evaluations. RESPONSES TO PHASE I shall be submitted in an original and five copies, and are due at the Office of the Engineering Field Activity, Chesapeake, located at 901 M. Street, S.E., Bldg 212, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 20374-5018, Third Floor, Contracts Department. Proposals must be date stamped and received no later 2:00 PM on 30 November, 1999. PHASE II of the source selection process will be conducted with only those offerors considered to be most highly rated following the Phase I evaluations. Notification of this decision will be promptly provided to all firms submitting a response to this announcement. Those firms invited to participate in PHASE II, will be provided the solicitation package,will attend a preproposal conference, and may submit proposals in response to Factors 3 and 4. The Government reserves the right and may require oral submissions in response to Phase II. Please direct any questions regarding this announcement to Kathleen McCourt at (202) 685-3141. Posted 11/01/99 (W-SN396727). (0305)

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