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***UPDATE 31 March 2020*** Additional questions and answers have been incorporated and dated 31.03.2020. ***UPDATE 25 March 2020*** A questions and answers document has been posted with an enclosure. ... ***UPDATE 31 March 2020*** Additional questions and answers have been incorporated and dated 31.03.2020. ***UPDATE 25 March 2020*** A questions and answers document has been posted with an enclosure. SOLICITATION: The US Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District will be issuing a Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the services described herein. The solicitation will be available to those firms who have been determined to be qualified. Please see details regarding the qualification process below. NOTE: Only firms that the U.S. Government determines qualified will be included as a part of a Restricted Plan Holders List (RPHL). Only qualified firms on the RPHL will be invited to participate and be provided a copy of the solicitation. Further details on the pre-qualification process is provided in the PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS section below. Proposals in response to the formal solicitation will be due no less than 30 days from the solicitation date, unless amended to increase the response time. The solicitation and any subsequent amendments will be emailed directly to the Restricted Plan Holders List. The solicitation documents will only be made available in electronic format. No CD- ROMs or hardcopy documents will be distributed. Interested parties MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to propose. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to appropriately register their NCAGE and DUNs number with SAM. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THE SOLICITATION, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER PROPOSAL OPENING WITH NO OBLIGATION TO THE OFFEROR BY THE GOVERNMENT. SPECIAL SAM NOTICE: Please take notice that the System for Award Management (SAM, www.sam.gov) has a new entity registration requirement that firms submit an "original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated." This applies to all new entity registrations and all entity registration renewals, effective 29 April 2018. Please also refer to Federal Service Desk's (FSD) instructions on how to comply with this new requirement. NOTE: the instructions are different for domestic (U.S. based) and international (not U.S. based) firms. Offerors are reminded that this solicitation will include the provision FAR 52.204-7 SAM or FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, and the resulting award will include the clause FAR 52.204-13 SAM Maintenance or 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-- Commercial Items. These provisions/clauses require all contractors to register and maintain an active SAM entity registration in order to be eligible for contract awards, as prescribed by the regulation at FAR Subpart 4.11. In order to eligible for the contract award resulting from this solicitation, Offerors are advised to take immediate action to ensure your SAM entity registration is current and/or will be current at the time of proposal receipt by this contracting office. FSD Help Desk https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/home.do FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION: This acquisition will be subject to full and open competition pursuant to FAR Subpart 6.1. PLANNED CONTRACT INFORMATION: The intent is to issue Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Blank Purchase Agreements (BPA) for Design and Construction Safety as well as ancillary services that must be accomplished by a 3rd Party as per Italian Law for construction contracts in Italy. The ordering capacity of the BPA pool is not-to-exceed $5,000,000 for the life of the agreement. The planned duration for this contract is a total of five years. The Contract will end upon completion of the five year period (or, if 52.217-8 is exercise, five years and six months) or upon reaching the $5,000,000 ceiling. The minimum call price is $3,000 and the maximum is not to exceed $150,000. There will be no limits on the number of BPA calls issued or limits on cumulative value ordered in any single year. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: BPA Calls under these contracts will primarily be located in Vicenza, Livorno, and Aviano. However, task orders could be issued at any U.S. Forces location throughout Italy. PRE-QUALIFICATION PROCESS: Only firms that the U.S. Government determines qualified will be included as a part of a Restricted Plan Holders List (RPHL). Only qualified firms on the RPHL will be invited to participate and be provided a copy of the solicitation. In order to be pre-qualified, interested parties must submit documentation for consideration in response to this announcement as soon as possible, but no later than 10 April 2020 at 1000 hrs Central European Summer Time (CEST). Firms must submit material as stated below demonstrating compliance with the requirements as stated herein. Interested firms are encouraged to send their qualification documentation via email to the contract specialist, Alysha MacDonald, at Alysha.A.MacDonald@usace.army.mil and the Contracting Officer, Jason Malak, at Jason.R.Malak@usace.army.mil. If interested firms have any questions, please email Alysha MacDonald at Alysha.A.MacDonald@usace.army.mil by 8 April 2020. All interested firms are required to submit the following documentation so that the US Government can determine their status as a qualified contractor: 1. Provide either a cage code or DUNs number to prove registration in SAM. 2. Provide one project completed within the last 5 years where the Offeror performed as either a Design or Construction Safety Coordinator for a construction project in Italy. 3. Per the Performance Work Statement, contractors must be compliant with Italian law in order to perform the work. Please provide certifications with the proposal in order to determine compliance with the requirements of D.Lgs. 81/2008 Article 98 - "Requisiti professionali del coordinatore per la progettazione, del coordinatore per l'esecuzione dei lavori." Offerors that do not provide adequate proof of the ability to do the listed work will not be eligible for award. 4. Firms must comply with Article 38 of the De Lise Code by self-certifying the attainment of Article 38; forward the Documento Unico di Regolarità Contributiva pursuant to Article 2 of the Legislative Decree numbered 210/2002 converted into law numbered 266/2002 - containing the relevant statements form INPS and INAIL; forward a copy of the Casellario Giudiziario Certificate for each member of the firm. 5. The documentation required by Article 75 of D.P.R. 554/99 as replaced by Article 2 of D.P.R. 412/00. Note that self-certification is sufficient for paragraph 1 of the law, of Article 75. Compliance with the subparagraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 75 shall be demonstrated by forwarding an unexpired original or certified copy of the "Certificato Casellar Giudiziale" or "Certificato dei Carichi Pendenti." 6. Offerors shall furnish all documentation complying with the following clauses. Failure to submit any document or submitting a non-conforming document may result in rejection in its entirety. The required documentation submission due date is no later than 10 April 2020 at 1000 hrs Central European Summer Time (CEST). This item will be reviewed for the completion of the compliance verification and only those who are qualified will be evaluated and sent the solicitation. Offers from firms who fail to submit documentation for this item by the due date will not be considered eligible and not evaluated. These requirements are stated in full text below: Compliance with Italian Decree DPR 554/99, as amended by Article 2 of DPR 412/00 (2009). All offerors must demonstrate compliance with DPR 554/99, notably Article 75, as amended by DPR 412/00, Article 2 and compliance with Article 38 of DPR 163/06 within the timelines specified by the contracting officer. Offerors will: 1. Self-certify the non-existence of the situations at Art. 75 of DPR 554/99 as amended by Art. 2 of DPR 412/00 and Article 38 of DPR 163/06 and 2. Comply by providing a “Certificato d’ Iscrizione al Casellario Giudiziale” for each member of the company and a “Documento Unico di Regolaritá Anti- Mafia Law Italy (2015) 1. Pre-Award Effect of Anti-Mafia Procedures: Inasmuch as the work of this solicitation is to be performed on land owned by the Italian State, the prospective contractor will be subject to all Italian legislation concerning anti-mafia documentation, including, without limitation: Legislative Decree no. 159 of September 6, 2011, Decree of the President of the Republic no. 252 of June 3, 1998, Legislative Decree no. 490 of August 8, 1994, Law Decree No. 629 of September 6, 1982, and any subsequent anti-mafia laws, integrations and amendments. Only firms that submit the requested documentation will be considered for award. In the event that prior to award any mafia infiltration attempt is determined by the competent Prefect (Prefetto) against an offeror, pursuant to Art. 4 of Legislative Decree no. 490/1994, Art. 10 of Decree of the President of the Republic no. 252/1998, or any other anti-mafia law, no award will be made to said offeror. Furthermore, in the event that priorto award any additional information against an offeror is obtained and validated by the government or provided by the competent Prefect (Prefetto) pursuant to Art. 1, Section 7 of Law decree 629/1982, Art. 10, paragraph 9, of Decree of the President of the Republic no. 252/1998, or any other antimafia law, the Government may decide, at its sole discretion, that no award will be made to said offeror. 2. Subcontractors: ALSO, the Offeror is responsible for complying with Italian Anti-Mafia laws with respect to its subcontractors; and, if necessary, requesting additional information regarding attempts of mafia infiltration from a competent Prefect (Prefetto). The Offeror agrees to provide the Government any appropriate documentation that may indicate mafiacollusion, to include, if available, results of any Prefect (Prefetto) investigations. If after award, a competent Prefect (Prefetto) determines that mafia infiltration attempts have occurred with a subcontractor, then the Offeror agrees, if requested by the Government, to promptly terminate the subject subcontract and replace the mafia-colluded subcontractor at its own cost with a compliant company. 3. Termination: If during the life of this contract, any mafia infiltration attempt is determined by the Government to have occurred or additional information is provided by the Prefect (Prefetto) against any component of the Contractor or any Subcontractor, pursuant to Art. 1, Section 7 of Law Decree 629/1982, Art 4 of Legislative Decree no. 490/1994, Art. 10 of Decree of the President of the Republic no. 252/1998, or any other anti-mafia law, the Government at its sole discretion may consider this a failure to execute the work and may terminate the contractor's right to proceed with the work under the "Default" clause of this contract. 4. Documentation Requirements: Contractor shall submit the following: The offeror SHALL include a “self-declaration” in accordance with DPR 445/2000, stating that “pursuant to any applicable anti-mafia law in force, none of the causes of forfeiture, suspension or prohibition set forth by Art. 67 of the Code exist with regard to all the persons involved in the subject contract.” This documentation is to be included in your Price Proposal.