Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Amendment 0009 a. Amendment 0009 is hereby issued to provide clarifications to amendment 0008. b. Section I.F. FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee is not applicable to award of this contract because the minimu... Amendment 0009 a. Amendment 0009 is hereby issued to provide clarifications to amendment 0008. b. Section I.F. FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee is not applicable to award of this contract because the minimum guarantee is only $1,000 for the BASE. Please disregard Section I.F. FAR 52.228-1 Bid... Guarantee NOTE: The contractor shall provide a letter from its bonding company certifying their bonding capacity up to 100% of the estimated total contract value in lieu of a Bid Bond. c. Solicitation page 7/36 states that the submission should be in …. 12 point type-size. However, additional solicitation sections (i.e. pages 8/36, 9/36 and 11/36) state that font must be no smaller than 10 point type-size. For clarification purposes, the 10 or 12 point type-size font is permissible throughout the entire submission. d. Per solicitation agreement section: I.F. Contract Liquidated Damages Rate In accordance with “Liquidated Damages” clause in Section III (Terms and Conditions), liquidated damages shall be addressed at the task order level. e. Pricing form was included in amendment 0002 is provided. f. Proposal response date and time remain unchanged. g. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. Amendment 0008 a. Amendment 008 is hereby issued to provide responses to question received as a result of the release of the sample project. b. Responses to questions are provided on enclosed attachment. c. Proposal response date and time remain unchanged. d. To provide clarity : Firms responding to the solicitation notice shall submit an electronic copy of the Price and Technical Proposal to the Contracting Officer via email to leslie.smalls@gsa.gov. Submission shall include two separate submissions: Volume I Price Proposal and Volume II Technical Proposal Volume I Price Proposal The Price Proposal shall be labeled and consist of the following: 1.Signed Standard Form 1442, including acknowledgement of all amendments 2. Detailed Price Proposal 3. Representations and Certifications 4. Standard Form 24, Bid Bond 5. Subcontracting Plan 6. GSA Form 527 – Contractor’s Qualification and Financial Information 7. Cost Breakdown II. Technical Proposal The submission should be organized to correspond with the evaluation factors listed in the solicitation. The total submission should not exceed eighty (80) pages (excluding Cover Page, Table of Contents, and/or Section Separators), one-inch margins, and in a Times New Roman font(or comparable), 12 point type-size. Additional pages will not be evaluated. GSA shall evaluate all responses in accordance with the criteria stated in the Solicitation. Amendment 0007 a. Amendment 0007 is hereby issued to extend the proposal receipt date to allow for the response to questions received. b. The question receipt period of April 20, 2020 is closed. No additional questions are allowed or will be responded to. c. Proposal response date is extended from May 28th, 2020 to June 24, 2020. d. Proposal response time of 1:00 PM est. remains unchanged. Amendment 0006 a. Amendment 0006 is hereby issued to extend the question period and extend the proposal receipt date. b. All questions that result from the release of the sample project shall be provided to the contracting officer by 4 PM est. by April 20, 2020. No other questions will be allowed after that date. This is the final and last extension for questions. No other question period will be entertained after that date and time. This includes all offerors who have previously received the sample project , those who have just receive the sample project and any and all who are just providing requested documents to receive the sample project. c. Proposal response date is extended from May 6, 2020 to May 28th, 2020. d. Proposal response time of 1:00 PM est. remains unchanged. Amendment 0005 a. Amendment 0005 is hereby issued to provide notice of release of the Sample Project and Password and to extend the proposal receipt date. b. This is notice that the sample project is being released to contractors that provided the documentation required in amendment 0004. c. All questions that result as of the release of the sample project shall be provided to the contracting officer by 4 PM est. April 7,2020. No other questions will be allowed after that date. d. Proposal response date is extended from April 7, 2020 to May 6, 2020. e. Proposal response time of 1:00 PM est. remains unchanged. Amendment 00004 a. The Sample project provided with the release of the solicitation 47PE0119R0018 via Amendment 0001and revised drawing provided in amendment 0002 are hereby removed from the solicitation in its entirety and considered null and void. Any proposal cost in reference to sample project will not be accepted. b. A revised sample project will be provided. To receive password for revised sample project offerors must destroy any and all copies of sample project and provide signed form Attachment A, "Agreement to Destroy"; included in attachments, to the Contracting Officer by email. c. To receive password for revised sample project , Offerors must also provide completed Attachment B, "Document Security" form included in attachments. d. This solicitation includes Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) building information. SBU documents provided under this solicitation are intended for use by authorized users only. In support of this requirement, GSA requires bidders/offerors to exercise reasonable care when handling documents relating to SBU building information per the solicitation. e. Solicitation is here by extended from March 3, 2020 to April 7, 2020. Proposal response time remains unchanged. f. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. AMENDMENT 0003 a. Amendment 0003 is hereby issued to provide sample project pricing sheet, to add clause to solicitation and incorporated to the agreement, to extend proposal response time and to set end to receipt of questions date. b. Sample project pricing sheet is included in the solicitation by attachment c. Clause FAR 52.204-24 - 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment; is added the solicitation and incorporated to the agreement by revision. d. The proposal response date is extended from February 19, 2020 to March 3, 2020. Proposal response time of 1:00 PM est remains unchanged. e. Request for Information (RFI) question shall be received no later than 4:00 PM, est, February 5,2020. After February 5, 2020, No other questions will be allowed. AMENDMENT 0002 a. Amendment 0002 is hereby issued to provide response to Bid Bond Requirement and provide better copy of drawings for the sample project. b. Section I.F. FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee is not applicable to award of this contract because the minimum guarantee is only $1,000 for the BASE. Please disregard Section I.F. FAR 52.228-1 Bid Guarantee. The Offeror is referred to 11.B. Proposal Format - NOTE: The contractor shall provide a letter from its bonding company certifying their bonding capacity up to 100% of the estimated total contract value in lieu of a Bid Bond. c. Revised drawings for the sample project are hereby provided and made a part here of. d. Proposal response date is hereby extended for February 12, 2020 to February 19, 2020. The responded time remains unchanged at 1 :00 PM (est). e. Responses to questions received are provided for clarification as follows: 1. “Projects shall have a minimum value of $500,000. On-going project(s) must be at least 75% complete as of April 1, 2020 please disregard the 2019 date requirement. 2. Submission should be in an 8 1/2” x 11” bound format and should be organized to correspond with the evaluation factors listed Electronic submission should be submitted via email to leslie.smalls@gsa.gov. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. 3. Solicitation page 7/36 states that ‘the submission should be in …. 12 point type-size’. However, additional solicitation sections (i.e. pages 8/36, 9/36 and 11/36) state that font must be ‘no smaller than 10 point type-size’. For clarification purposes, the 10 point type-size font is permissible throughout the entire submission. 4. Factor 3: Management Plan, paragraph 3 (page 10/36) requires offerors to submit a proposed project schedule and accompanying narrative. Is the accompanying narrative excluded from the page limit for the factor, or only the schedule itself, i.e. only the Gantt Chart is excluded? Response: The schedule can be excluded from the page limit. 5. Solicitation page 7/36 states that ‘the submission should be in …. 8 ½” x 11”’ We request that the Government consider allowing 11 x 17 pages for the Gantt Chart required by Factor 3: Management Plan, paragraph 3 (page 10/36) in order to allow for increased readability. 6. Response : The larger sheet size will be acceptable. 7. Is GSA able to provide a desired period of performance for the Sample Project? Response: The intent is for the contractor to tell the government how long it would take them to complete the project. It is designed to review your scheduling skills and efficiency/productivity at the same time. 8. II.D, Technical Proposal, Factor 1: Prior Experience, paragraph 1 (page 7 of 36) states that “On-going project(s) must be at least 75% complete as of April 1, 2019 to be considered for evaluation.” Given the likelihood that a project that was 75%+ complete as of April 1, 2019 might be 100% (i.e. not on-going) as of the submittal of offers, we request consideration that this requirement be extended to allow for projects that are 75% complete as of April 1, 2020. April 1, 2020 is acceptable for the change. 9. Solicitation section II.C Price Proposal, paragraph 1.2 (page 7 of 36) states that the Price Proposal must include “Detailed Price Proposal (Contract Price Form) for the Sample Project.” Additionally, the SBSA DB Agreement, section II.B, Contract Price Form (page 6 or 44) states that “ Price Proposal Offer Sheet, for the Sample Task Order, will be attached to the SF1442.” However, the SF1442 only includes a price structure in support of the MATOC has a whole and therefore we request clarification as to if it is the Government’s intention to release the Contract Price Form. Response: A pricing sheet will be provided. All other terms and condition remain unchanged. AMENDMENT 0001 a. Amendment 0001 is hereby issued to add the sample project to the solicitation. b. Courthouse Sample project - New Judges Chambers Specification, Sample Drawings dated 2019.11.6 and Wage Rates GA20200134 01032020, are added to the solicitation. c. No site visit will be hosted for this solicitation. d. Response date and time remains unchanged. e. All other terms and condition remain unchanged. __________________________________________________________________________ Solicitation (1) This Solicitation is set-aside for Small Businesses in accordance with FAR 19. This Solicitation sets forth requirements for proposals for a Contract to construct the Project described in the attached Agreement. Proposals conforming to the Solicitation requirements will be evaluated in accordance with the Method of Award set forth herein. The Government will award the Contract to the selected Offeror, subject to the conditions set forth herein. (2) Neither the Solicitation nor any part of an Offeror's proposal shall be part of the Contract except to the extent expressly incorporated therein by the Contracting Officer. (3) The Offeror's proposal submitted in response to this Solicitation shall constitute a firm offer. No contract shall be formed unless and until the Contracting Officer has countersigned the SF 1442 submitted by an Offeror, and delivered to the Contractor a copy of the SF 1442 with original signatures together with the Agreement reflecting the Offeror's proposed prices.