DESIGN OF CONSOLIDATED SPACE OPERATIONS FACILITY, SHRIEVER AFB, CO

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Architect-Engineer (A-E) services are required for a firm fixed price contract for the design of the Consolidated Space Operations Facility (CSOF) at Schriever AFB, Colorado; including planning, site investigations, site surveying and geotechnical investigations, space planning, complete design documents for construction, interior design, parametric and construction cost estimating, other A-E services, and may include construction phase services for the subject project. Construction phase services may include commissioning agent (CxA) services, review of contractor-prepared design documents, shop drawing and construction submittal reviews, site visits, technical assistance, commissioning support, and startup service assistance. The North American Industrial Classification System code is 541330, which has a size standard of $15,000,000 in annual receipts. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. A firm-fixed price contract will be negotiated. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in February 2019. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. The following informational subcontracting goals are to be considered: Award approximately 60% of the total subcontracting dollars to all Small Business concerns, 20.82% to Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), to include Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Minority Institutions, 3.57% with Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), 5.7% to Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and 3% to HUBZone Small Business. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal, but will be required with the fee proposal of the firm selected for negotiations. 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. Service wage rates will be determined relative to the employee's office location rather than the location of work. Firms must be registered in the Department of Defense (DoD) System for Award Management (SAM). If you were not previously registered, please go to https://www.sam.gov. Instructions for new registration are also located at the following link: https://www.sam.gov/sam/transcript/Quick_Guide_for_Contract_Registrations_v1.7.pdf. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements at http://www.sam.gov or by calling (866) 606-8220. Additionally, in accordance with FAR Part 22.1303, all firms must complete their VETS-1442 report. Information can be found at the Department of Labor website http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/fcp/main.htm, or call the service center at 1-866-237-0275; you will be asked to provide your company name, employer identification number (EIN), and DUNs number. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: This project will be located on Schriever AFB, CO. The proposed CSOF construction project scope is as follows: Construct a three-story Consolidated Space Operations Facility (16,505 SM) with reinforced concrete foundation, steel structure, clad with precast concrete panels and a low slope membrane roof. Construct a new electrical feeder connecting to the central utility plant and a new buried concrete utilidor connection to support redundant potable water, steam and condensate piping service to the new building. Connect the sanitary wastewater, fire protection, and water service to respective infrastructure. Construct a power generation and steam heat plant adjacent/attached to the CSOF to provide back-up power and HVAC. Construct a one-story entry control facility (595 SM) at the south side of the restricted area with reinforced concrete foundation, steel structure, clad with precast concrete panels, a low slope membrane roof and all necessary utilities and infrastructure along with a south vehicle parking lot. The CSOF must be constructed to meet Protection Level 2 requirements and designed for a future expansion. To ensure reliable operations, the CSOF will have multiple active power and cooling distribution paths and redundant components to meet the fault-tolerant facility "Tier IV" standard as defined by The Uptime Institute. The CSOF will include facilities designed and constructed to the current Intelligence Community Directive/Intelligence Community Standard (ICD/ICS) 705 standards. The CSOF will also include a dining area (585 SM) to support 24/7 operations. The estimated construction cost of this project is more than $10,000,000. Cost estimates must be prepared using the Corps of Engineers Micro Computer Aided Cost Estimating System (MCACES) - Second Generation (MII). All design work will be performed in compliance with the Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) documents and all applicable building codes. The contractor shall be responsible for accomplishing designs and preparing contract documents using Advanced Modeling as defined in EM-1110-1-2909 to include Building Information Modeling (BIM), Civil Information Modeling (CIM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Computer Aided Drafting (CAD). Comprehensive Interior Design (CID) services may be required. Specifications will be produced in SPECSINTACT using Unified Facilities Guide Specifications. Design review comments and their responses will be performed on US Army Corps of Engineers Review Management System ProjNet/DrChecks. Below is a link where you can find an example SF330. https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/SF330-16f.pdf?forceDownload=1 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria a-e are primary. Criteria f-h are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among firms that are essentially technically equal. a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm and consultants in the following areas. Only experience that has occurred in the last five years should be included in the proposal. All projects cited shall identify design start/complete dates as well as the project size, cost and scope. (SF 330, Part I, Section F) Experience and technical competence in: 1) Design of complex command and control centers larger than 100,000 square feet. 2) Design of CONUS, new construction spaces larger than 10,000 square feet in accordance with UFC 4-021-02 and ICD/ICS 705. 3) Design of entry control facilities in accordance with Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-022-01 Security Engineering: Entry Control Facilities / Access Control Points. 4) Design of power generation facilities and steam central plant facilities. 5) Design of innovative and architecturally complex command and control facilities with requirements for highly reliable, redundant utility systems of a project scope equivalent to this facility. 6) Design and integration of extensive, robust, internal communication networks into building systems architecture. 7) Quality management procedures. The basis of the evaluation will be the description of the firm's quality management procedures in Section H of the SF 330. A detailed quality control plan is not required with this submission but will be required subsequent to award of the contract. b. Professional Qualifications: Responding firms should demonstrate professional qualifications in these key disciplines and specialized experience in facilities similar to the CSOF project for key design disciplines. 1) Project manager 2) Architect 3) Mechanical engineer 4) Electrical engineer 5) Communications engineer - shall be a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) with a minimum of 5 years of experience 6) Civil Engineer 7) Structural Engineer The basis of evaluation will be information provided in section E of the SF 330. The SF 330 shall include a matrix in Section G showing experience of the proposed lead disciplines on the projects listed in Section F of the SF 330. The education, professional registration, certifications, overall and relevant experience, and longevity with the firm will be considered. All disciplines are equal in importance. This criterion is primarily concerned with the qualifications of the key personnel and not the number of personnel. The number of personnel is addressed under the capacity criterion below. The lead personnel for each discipline should be clearly identified in section E. Only one resume (the lead for that discipline) will be evaluated for each discipline. Limit resumes to one page for each person. (SF 330, Part I, Sections E & G). c. Past Performance: Past performance on DOD contracts with respect to quality of work, cost control (i.e. maintaining the project construction cost below the Programmed Amount), and compliance with performance schedules. The Contract Performance Assessment Reports System (CPARS) is the primary source of information on past performance. CPARS will be queried for all firms submitting a SF330. If deemed appropriate by the evaluation board, performance evaluations for any significant team subcontractors who have previously been prime A-E contractors may also be considered. In addition to CPARS, the board may seek information on past performance from other sources. d. Capacity: A board will consider a firm's experience with similar size projects and the available capacity of key disciplines when evaluating the capacity of a firm to perform the work in the required time. The evaluation will consider the availability of an adequate number of personnel. The evaluation will look at numbers listed in Part II of the SF330 to evaluate the overall capacity of the team. Include a Part II form for each firm that is part of the proposed team. The evaluation will consider the key persons identified in Sections D, E, and G of the SF330, as well as other available staff and information provided in Section H and Part II. e. Knowledge of the Locality: Examples include knowledge of geologic features, climatic conditions, or local construction methods that are unusual or unique. Secondary Selection Criteria. The following secondary criteria will only be used as a tie-breaker among firms that are essentially technically equal. The secondary criteria will not be co-mingled with the primary criteria in the evaluation. The three secondary selection criteria are listed in descending order of importance. f. Small Business Participation: Extent of participation of SB, SDB, WOSB, S-DV, Hubzone, and, if appropriate, historically black colleges and universities, measured as a percentage of the total estimated design effort. (SF 330, Part I, Section H, Item 4). g. Geographic Proximity: Responding firms should identify any offices operating in close proximity to Colorado Springs, CO and the contribution these offices will make in support of the project. (SF 330, Part I, Section H). h. Volume of DOD A-E contract awards in the last 12 months: Responding firms should cite all contract numbers, task orders and modifications, award dates and total negotiated fees for any DoD AE contract awarded within the past twelve (12) months. This information will assist in effecting an equitable distribution of DoD AE contracts among qualified firms. The basis of the evaluation will be information submitted in SF 330, Part I, Section H. ALL NON-PROPRIETARY QUESTIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE BIDDER INQUIRY PORTAL in ProjNet at http://www.projnet.org/projnet. The bidder inquiry portal will close at 1600 Central Time on 29AUG18 to allow adequate response time. To submit and review inquiry items, prospective vendors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow the instructions listed below. A prospective vendor who submits a comment/question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email, followed by an answer to the comment/question after it has been processed by our team. All timely questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet. To submit and review inquiries, firms will need to be current registered users of the ProjNet system. Registration for ProjNet Bidder Inquiry Access: (If you are already registered, go to Entering Bidder Inquiries in ProjNet Bidder Inquiry System below) 1. From the ProjNet home page link above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen. 2. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE. 3. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed below. 4. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication. 5. Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form. 6. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret Answer, and Time Zone. Make sure to remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system. 7. Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are currently logged into the system. Entering Bidder Inquiries in ProjNet Bidder Inquiry System: 1. For future access to ProjNet, you will not be emailed any type of password. You will utilize your Secret Question and Secret Answer to log in. 2. From the ProjNet home page link above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen. 3. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE. 4. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed below. 5. Email. Enter the email address you used to register previously in ProjNet. 6. Click Continue. A page will then open asking you to enter the answer to your Secret Question. 7. Enter your Secret Answer and click Login. Once this is completed you are now logged into the system. 8. Follow online screen instructions to enter specific bidder inquiries for the project. The Solicitation Number is: W9128F-18-R-0076 The Bidder Inquiry Key is: TCYF7Z-VT3DPX Firms are requested to review the Bidder Inquiry Portal for previous questions and responses, prior to submission of a new inquiry in the Portal. Caution: Any inquiry submitted and answered within this system will be accessible to view by all interested firms on this solicitation. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: In an effort to reduce paperwork and reduce cost, all proposals shall be submitted electronically via the AMRDEC SAFE website. All submissions shall be in Adobe PDF format with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) applied to all documents that will enable word searches to be conducted using Adobe-compatible PDF software. Offerors may use compression utilities such as 7-Zip, WinZip or PKZip to reduce file size and facilitate transmission when using AMRDEC. To submit proposals electronically via AMRDEC SAFE, go to the following website: https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/SAFE/ At the AMRDEC SAFE website select "Non-CAC Users" in order to register, access the site and submit your proposal(s). When completing the information for transmittal at the AMRDEC SAFE website, you will be asked to enter e-mail addresses for the recipients. When your proposal is submitted via the AMRDEC SAFE website, the website will provide notification of the submittal to the recipients. For this solicitation, the recipients will be: KS: MAJ Adam Stover, adam.stover@usace.army.mil KO: Ms. Glenda Canty, Glenda.A.Canty@usace.army.mil After submitting your information, you will receive two (2) disclaimers: A. "The files were successfully uploaded." B. "Your files cannot be downloaded by recipients until you verify your email address. Please check your email for further instructions." ***OFFERORS MUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO YOUR EMAIL TO COMPLETE THE SUBMITTAL PROCESS*** For the purposes of determining whether the proposal was received "late" in accordance with FAR 15.208, the date and time the file(s) are uploaded into the AMRDEC SAFE website as identified in the AMRDEC e-mail sent to the Contract Specialist(s)/Contracting Officer will be the time and date the Government received the proposal. Please note that the process involves two steps, after the proposal has been uploaded to the AMRDEC SAFE website the Offeror must verify its email address in order for the Government to receive access to the proposal uploaded onto the AMRDEC SAFE website. Do not assume that electronic communication is instantaneous. Please make allowances for delays in transmittal. NOTE: ONLY in the unusual case that the AMRDEC website is "down" (not operational); the Offeror should email their proposal to the KO and KS prior to the proposal due date and time: Electronic Proposals shall be received no later than 2:00 PM Central time on September 07, 2018. Copies of the SF 330, Part II, for the prime firm and all consultants should be included in the SF 330. Only one SF 330 Part I for the team as a whole should be included. Include the firm's DUNS and CAGE CODE identification numbers in SF 330, Part I, Section B, Block 5. A maximum of ten (10) projects for the proposed team (including joint ventures and teaming partners) shall be shown in section F. If the offeror provides a specific task order as a project, it should provide the base contract number and the task order number for reference purposes. If the offeror provides a site-specific contract as a project, it should provide the contract number for reference purposes. Project descriptions shall clearly state extent of work performed by the team, extent of design completed (for instance, preparation of design-build package; 100% design; etc.), and dates of completion for design and construction. Clearly cite whether the experience is that of the prime (or joint venture), consultant or an individual for each project in Section F. Work cited that is experience of the prime (or joint venture) from an office other than that identified in Section C should be so labeled. Projects completed prior to 2013 will not be considered. Projects (or phases of projects) for which design is not complete will not be considered. Interviews will be held with the most highly qualified firms. Interviews will be conducted telephonically after determination of the most highly qualified firms. The SF 330 should have a total page limitation of 50 printed pages with Section H limited to twenty (20) pages. Each project in Section F should be limited to one (1) page; Part II is excluded from the 75 printed page limit. Double-sided sheets will count as two pages. Page sheets of 11 inches X 17 inches will be counted as a single page. Tabs do not count against the page count limit, but information contained on divider tabs will not be evaluated. For all SF 330 sections, use no smaller than 11 point font. Note: this is not a request for proposal. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. Please check for updates to this announcement at www.fbo.gov (Federal Business Opportunities).