Z2DA--657A5-25-101, Replace Chiller #1

n Process, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15.101-2, the VA will make the award based on the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. The Five (5) evaluation factors for determination of technical acceptability consist of: 1. Relevant Past Performance of Prime Contractor. 2. Technical Construction Experience of Prime Contractor. 3. Technical Construction Experience of the Mechanical Subcontractor 4. Technical Qualifications of Proposed Key Personnel. 5. Prime Contractor Safety Plan. NOTE: Failure to comply with the RFP requirements will be grounds to eliminate the proposal from further consideration for contract award. b. THE OFFER. The submission of the documentation specified below will constitute the Offeror s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the RFP, including the Plans & Specifications for the construction of this project. These instructions prescribe the format for the proposal and describe the approach for the development and presentation of proposal data. These instructions are designed to ensure the submission of necessary information to provide for the understanding and comprehensive evaluation of proposals. Note: Proposals submitted by teaming arrangements other than VA SDVOSB Joint Ventures will not be considered. If Submitting as a Joint Venture, you are required to submit a copy of the Joint Venture agreement with proposal. c. AWARD BASED ON INITIAL OFFERS. Pursuant to clause 52.215-1 (included by reference), the Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)). Therefore, the offeror s initial proposal should contain the offeror s best terms from a cost or price, and technical qualifications standpoint. The VA reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines such discussions to be necessary. d. NUMBER OF COPIES TO SUBMIT. Offerors shall e-mail three files to maria.hoover@va.gov and kevin.mahoney3@va.gov and the package shall include: Volume 1 Technical Proposal and 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting . Volume 2 Price Proposal-1442, Amendments and Appendix 1 Volume 3 - Bid Bond Marked: ORIGINAL - RESPONSE TO RFP 36C25525R0095 2. DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT. The proposal documents to be included in the e-mail identified above consist of: a. STANDARD FORM 1442. Submit the SF 1442 issued under this solicitation, with Blocks 10 (DUNS Number) and Blocks 14 through 20 properly filled-out by the Offeror. Include acknowledgment of any and all Amendments that may have been issued, either by: (1) listing them in Block 19 of the SF 1442, or (2) including copies of the Amendment document(s) (Standard Form 30) with Blocks 8 and 15 filled in and signed, or (3) including signed acknowledgement in the form of a separate letter that includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. NOTE: Failure to acknowledge any and all Amendments issued pursuant to this solicitation may be cause for rejection of your offer. b. OFFER GUARANTEE (BID BOND). In accordance with solicitation provision 52.228-1, Bid Guarantee, failure to furnish a bid guarantee, in the proper form and amount, by the deadline established for submitting offers, will be cause for rejection of the offer. c. DOCUMENTATION OF TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY. Proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated in accordance with procedures outlined in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15.101-2 for the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Offer. The following significant Evaluation Factors will be used as the basis for determining Technical Acceptability: 1. Relevant Past Performance of Prime Contractor. 2. Technical Construction Experience of Prime Contractor. 3. Technical Construction Experience of the Mechanical Contractor 4. Technical Qualifications of Proposed Key Personnel. 5. Prime Contractor Safety Plan. NOTE: There is a realistic possibility that some offerors may choose to submit the same construction project as a qualifying example for both the past performance and the technical experience evaluation factors. This is not prohibited, but the supporting documentation must demonstrate that the submitted projects absolutely do comply with the specific minimal requirements, identified below, for each separate evaluation factor. FACTOR 1: RELEVANT PAST PERFORMANCE OF PRIME CONTRACTOR To be Technically Acceptable, Offerors should identify no less than TWO (2), and no more than THREE (3), previously awarded, and completed construction contracts, which were issued by either: Federal, State, or Local Government Agencies; and/or Private Organizations. To be evaluated as Relevant Past Performance, the construction contracts submitted by offerors must involve: (a) Construction work, at a hospital or medical facility, as a prime contractor that is similar in scope to the work required under this contract; (NAICS Code: 238220 Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning Contractors that was equal to, or greater than $600,000.00; (b) Work that was 100% completed within a time period of no more than FIVE (5) years prior to the date of submitting this proposal. If the contract/work is incomplete or was completed more than five years prior to the date of submitting this proposal, it will not be deemed relevant and will not be considered. (c) To be considered Technically Acceptable, relevant past performance must be satisfactory or better. For each of the submitted Relevant Past Performance contracts, provide the following information.: (1) The name of the construction contract, and the contract ID number; (2) The name of the contracting agency or organization the contract was awarded by; (3) The date of the construction contract award and the contract award amount in dollars; (4) The date of the construction contract completion, and the final contract amount, in dollars; (5) A brief description of the construction contract scope of work; (6) Identification of at least one point-of-contact at the organization that awarded the submitted contract, including: the name of the point-of-contact; their current mailing address; phone number; and email address (if applicable). Factor 1 SPECIAL NOTE for Offerors That May Lack Past Performance Information: In accordance with FAR Part 15.305(a)(2), in the case of an offeror that is without a record of relevant past performance, or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Such offerors may submit relevant past performance information regarding predecessor companies; key personnel who have relevant experience; or subcontractors that will be performing major or critical aspects of this requirement, provided that such information is relevant to the construction in this solicitation. Offerors may provide information on problems encountered on the identified contracts and the offeror s corrective actions. The government also reserves the right to consider past performance information from all available sources, in addition to any information submitted by offerors. FACTOR 2: TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE OF PRIME CONTRACTOR. To be Technically Acceptable, offerors must provide evidence that they have the tec