Cathodic Protection AE Services

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Charleston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a requirement for Cathodic Protection and Corrosion Control, Various Locations Worldwide and intends to award one, one year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contracts for Cathodic Protection and Corrosion Control with options for up to four additional periods. The Scope of Work shall be outlined below for cathodic protection and corrosion control services worldwide. All work shall be in accordance with the provisions to this contract and with the Scope of Work provided with each Delivery Order. Charleston District will administer this contract. This Indefinite Quantity Contact covers a period not to exceed 365 calendar days from the date of contract award. Total Contract Award will not exceed 9.9 Million over a 5 Year Period. The Government has the option to extend this contract for up to four one-year options. The maximum Delivery Order amount shall not exceed $8,000,000. The minimum delivery order amount shall be less than $5,000. Procedures will be in accordance the specific Scope of Work incorporated into each Delivery Order, with Project Information which may be included in a DD Form 1391, or an Engineering Service Request (ESR), and with the most current Design Guide for A-E Firms. This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act, as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. See paragraph 3 for general information on the A-E selection process. Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence for selection criteria. Offerors are cautioned to read this announcement in its entirety. Contracts awarded as a result of this announcement will be administered by Charleston District for use on federal projects under its jurisdiction and, if requested, for other Corps of Engineers Districts. The Charleston District intends to award one Cathodic Protection and Corrosion Control Design Contract, however if the need arises additional contracts (a total of three) could be awarded and issued up to one year after selection approval. Typically, the contract will be for one basic ordering period and four option periods with a total contract limit of $9,900,000. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. Projects to be designed are not yet determined and funds are not presently available. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541330; size standard $14.0 million. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. Small businesses are encouraged to team with other businesses. The firm must be capable of responding to and working on multiple task orders concurrently. Large business firms that intend to do any subcontracting must convey their intent to meet the minimum small business goals on the SF 330, Section C, by identifying subcontracting opportunities with small business. If selected, the large business offeror will be required to submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9 and DFARS 219.7004 as part of the Request for Proposal package. The following subcontracting goals are the minimum acceptable goals to be included in the subcontracting plan. Of the subcontracted work, 50% of the work would go to small business; 17% to small disadvantaged business (a composite of small business); 18% to women-owned business (a composite of small business); 10% to HUBZone small business (a composite of small business); 4% to service-disabled veteran-owned small business (a composite of small business and veteran-owned small business. Written justification must be provided if the minimum small business goals cannot be met. The small business subcontracting plan will be evaluated in accordance with AFAR 19.7, Appendix DD. The plan is not required with this submittal, but will be required with the fee proposal of the firm selected for negotiations. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the DOD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at +1 (555) 000-0000. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The purpose of this project is to perform Cathodic Protection and Corrosion Control, Various Locations Worldwide to include: 1. Engineering services and design for preparation of plans and specifications for construction documents, cost estimates, engineering investigations, studies, inspection, preparation of Operation and Maintenance Manual and associated at site, and Post Construction Award Services (PCAS), and minor repairs in support of investigations and designs for the cathodic protection and corrosion control projects, worldwide for DoD. 2.Preparation of Design-Build Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to be used by the Government for obtaining competitive bids for construction contracts, and preparation of Source Selection Criteria. 3.Engineering Site Investigations shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. Field inspections and written evaluations of existing facilities b. Testing of Cathodic Protection systems c. Maintenance and minor repair of cathodic protection systems d. Replacement of ineffective Cathodic Protection components e. Supplementation/augmentation of improperly sized corrosion control engineering systems f.Direct assessment of underground or underwater facilities to determine extent and cause of corrosion g.Installation of new corrosion monitoring/test stations or soil access portals h.Training of activity personnel in the field of corrosion control, with emphasis on maintaining existing systems and environmental compliance i.Troubleshooting failures and devising remedies to correct ineffective systems, understanding of other engineering systems that can affect the isolation of cathodically protected structures such as electrical grounding systems 4. The A-E shall determine and prepare listings of all permits required for each project. The A-E may be required to submit applications, but will not be required to expend funds for fees for securing of permits. 5. The A-E may be required to provide design support of in-house design work being accomplished by the Government. Special Considerations: 1.Engineering services may be required. 2.Design Quality Control Plans may be required. 3.Project Meetings and Special Presentations may be required. 4.Field Investigations may be required. 5.Field Surveys may be required. 6.Subsurface Investigations may be required. 7.Participation in Value Engineering studies conducted by the Governments VE consultant may be required. 8.The A-E's Resolution of Review Comments will conform to the most current A-E Guide. 9.Basis of Design Reports may be required. 10.Specifications will be in SPECSINTACT format. 11.Computer Graphics Design Database may be required. 12.Metric Units of Measurements for design and construction may be required. 13.Designer-to-FEAD(formerly the Resident Officer-In-Charge of Construction (ROICC)/BCE/COE reports may be required. 14.Designer-to-FEAD/BCE/COE Presentation may be required 15.Field Verification Prior to Construction (FVPC) may be required. 16.Construction Contract Support Services (CCSS), consisting of submittal reviews and office consultations, may be required. 17.Field Consultation During Construction (FCDC) may be required 18.Evaluation of Value Engineering Change Proposals (VECP) may be required 19.Preparation of Record Drawings from as-built marked prints may be required 20.Where applicable, Travel Costs, including subsistence, will be negotiated as a fixed lump sum under each task order. Travel costs associated with construction phase services will be negotiated as an option to the Government. 21.Operations and Maintenance Support Information (OMSI) may be required. 22.Preparation and obtaining all applicable Environmental Permits may be required. 23.Soil/Water Sampling and Reports may be required. 24.Poly-Chloride Biphenyls (PCBs) testing, including material sampling and testing, may be required to locate and quantify PCB containing materials. 25.Site Geochemical Evaluations may be required. 26.Corrosivity Studies providing evaluations of corrosion protection for the surveyed facilities may be required. 27.Corrosivity Study Reports identifying the results of surveys may be required. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria for this project are listed below in descending order of importance. Proposals will be evaluated on each of the criteria factors listed below. Each factor will be assigned a rating from outstanding to unsatisfactory, based on the risk to the government that the offeror will successfully perform the factor being evaluated. An overall consensus rating will be given to each submission. Award will be made to the firm determined to be most highly qualified. Factors listed below will be rated based on a relative weighting as follows: Significantly More Important - means that the factor is at least two times greater in value than another factor. More Important - means that the factor is greater in value than another factor but less than two times greater. Equal - means that the factor is of the same value or nearly the same as another factor. For this solicitation, Factor 1 (Performance) is more important than Factor 2 (Capacity) which is more important than Factor 3 (Specialized Experience), which is more important than Factor 4 (Professional Qualifications) which is more important than Factor 5 (Location), which is more important than Factor 6 (Small Business Participation). Information on each factor should be submitted FOR THE OFFICE AND/OR EMPLOYEE PERFORMING THE WORK IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. It is recognized that for firms with multiple offices, a project team may be formed from personnel from more than one office. If more than one office is represented, this must be stated clearly in a work management plan(must be provided) to be considered by the Selection Board as a performance risk associated with that team not being co-located and the geographical proximity to the supported projects. (Listed in descending order of importance.) (1) PERFORMANCE: a) Past performance on contracts with DOD and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. b) The volume of work awarded by DOD during the previous 12 months will be considered. c) Performance ratings no later than five years old; d) Management approach, organizational chart should show inter-relationship of management and design team components, and specific quality control processes; e) A discussion of the control program process identifying individuals and their responsibilities of implementing the program. f) Past performance in utilization of small business concerns. (2) CAPACITY: a) Capacity of the firm and proposed design team to perform multiple projects concurrently within a reasonable minimum time limit as demonstrated by the team's history of successfully completing projects in compliance with performance schedules and providing timely construction support; b) Ability of the firm to sustain the loss of key personnel while accomplishing the work within the required time limits. (3) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: a) Recent multi-discipline experience of proposed cathodic protection team should include engineering, Design Quality Control Plans, and other specialized experience on projects of similar scope and size to the work described herein; b) ability to conduct Project Meetings and Special Presentations; c) Experience in field investigations, surveys, and subsurface investigations; d) Participation in Value Engineering studies conducted by the Government VE consultant; e) The A-E's Resolution of Review Comments conforming to the most current A-E Guide; f) The ability to create basic Design Reports and prepare specifications in SPECINTACT format; g) Computer Graphic Design work completed in the last five years; h) Post construction contract award services on similar projects to ensure design and construction quality meets the requirements described in the work that they prepared. (4) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: a) A matrix of technical qualifications identifying the team member's assignment: team member's name, firm name, level and area of concentration (i.e., BS electrical engineering), location of professional registration including license number, states (of professional registration, identification of any API, AWS, NACE, ASNT, etc. certifications, number of years of professional experience and years with current firm, of experience of the firm's design team members (in house and/or consultants). b) Identification of any prior/active security clearances of all team members c) Identification of the number of teams (design, consultants, and joint venture partners) they have managed in the last five years. D) Knowledge of Army and other DOD regulations through recent design experience. (5) LOCATION: a) Geographic location of the firm to ensure timely response to requests for on-site support; b) Knowledge of probable site conditions; and c) Knowledge of regulatory requirements that would affect projects. (6) SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION: Degree of participation of all types small business as prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner. ALL OFFERORS (except small businesses) who plan to subcontract portions of the work are required to provide a narrative discussion of their plan for utilization of small and small disadvantaged businesses. As a minimum, the narrative shall discuss: a. Goals for subcontracting acting with small and small disadvantaged businesses in sufficient detail to allow government evaluators to determine that these goals are realistic, justifiable, positive, and in accordance with the government's policy to maximize opportunities for these types of businesses. b. The extent to which small disadvantaged businesses, and where appropriate, historically black colleges and universities/ minority institution s (HBCU/ MI) have been identified for participation as part of the offeror's team. c. The offeror's past and present commitment to providing subcontracting opportunities and encouragement to small and small disadvantaged businesses. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. a.Deadline. Interested parties shall submit responses no later than 2pm EST, 14 December 2016. Submissions after the deadline will be considered late, and as such will be processed in accordance with FAR 15.208. b.Electronic Proposals. In an effort to reduce paperwork and costs, ALL RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY. Hand carried delivery or USPS/UPS/Fedex delivery of hard copies and/or CD-ROMs is not authorized. Facsimile submission is not authorized. Email submission is not authorized. ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL SUBMISSION IS REQUIRED THROUGH THE FEDBIZOPPS (FBO.GOV) "ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION" FEATURE. The FBO vendor user guide has information & instructions on how to utilize this feature (https://www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf). c.File Size Limitations. Offerors are advised to follow the FBO instructions for uploading files larger than 10MB (java upload). FBO has not posted official file size limitations for its electronic response module, however it has been observed that uploads to FBO tend to be problematic when the files are sized 100MB or greater. If needed, Offerors are advised to break the files down into smaller sections in order to upload it to the system. In such cases, please divide the sections as logically as possible and be sure to clearly name the files as specified below. d.File Names. To ensure your submission is received and processed appropriately, it is important that interested parties CAREFULLY ensure their electronic files adhere to the following naming convention: Each filename shall begin with the solicitation number, followed by the word "RESPONSE", followed by your firm's name, and finally a brief file description. EXAMPLES: (1)"W912HP-16-R-0022 RESPONSE Firmname SF330 Part I.pdf" (2)"W912HP-16-R-0022 RESPONSE Firmname SF330 Part II.pdf" (3)"W912HP-16-R-0022 RESPONSE Firmname SF 330 Part I Sect E.docx" (4)"W912HP-16-R-0022 RESPONSE Firmname SF 330 Part I Sect H.docx" e.File Organization, Formatting,and other instructions. Although hard copies are not accepted, each file shall be clearly indexed, and logically assembled. Part I of the SF330 should not exceed 50 pages in total, including 15 pages for Section H. Font size shall be 10 or larger. Resumes in Section E and example projects in Section F shall not exceed one page each. Pages shall be letter sized--larger page sizes (such as 11x17 foldouts, etc. are not allowed). Indicate in Section C.11 if the prime has worked with the team members in the past five years. In Section G.26, include the firm each of the key personnel is associated. FIRMS MUST INCLUDE THE DUNS NUMBER FOR THE OFFICE OF THE FIRM PERFORMING THE WORK IN SECTION B.5 OF THE SF 330. Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc.) will not be considered. 5. INQUIRIES: Interested parties with technical inquiries shall submit their inquiries in writing via "Bidder Inquiry" in ProjNet at www.projnet.org\projnet. The bidder inquiry key is H2RHDM-KGASY6. The government reserves the right to decline addressing certain questions. Further, no questions, unless in the government's interest, will be answered any later than ten business days prior to the stated deadline for responses to this announcement. All Offerors are encouraged to register on ProjNet for alerts so as to stay abreast of Q&A's that are posted in reference to this solicitation. Only self-registered users on ProjNet can submit & review inquiries. To self-register, go to the webpage, click BID tab, select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, enter the key for this solicitation listed above and your email address. After initial login, enter all the required information to create your user ID. Verify the information on the next screen and from there you may submit and view inquiries. Those submitting inquiries will receive a system generated email notification when their inquiry has been processed and answered. It is the Offeror's responsibility to monitor for inquiries and responses. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO DELETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, "This solicitation is to pre-qualify a short list of firms that will be asked to submit price proposals."