Z2DZ--Seismic Retrofit of Building 11 (PN 653-107) Roseburg VAMC, Oregon

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS, BASIS OF AWARD, AND EVALUATION CRITERIA DESCRIPTION OF WORK This Request for Proposal (RFP) solicits for a single Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Contract to construct the Seismic Retrofit and Renovate B11 Laundry project at the Roseburg VAMC campus in Oregon. The contractor shall provide all planning, labor, materials, equipment, supervision and expertise required for the complete seismic retrofit of Building 11 Laundry located on the campus of the Roseburg VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Roseburg, OR. The contractor shall refer to the Project #653-107, Seismic Retrofit and Renovate B11 Laundry plans and specifications for details on all requirements of construction. All work will be performed in accordance with this SOW, the project documents as well as all applicable local, State, Federal and VA codes and standards. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS This requirement will be advertised for 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) competition; any legally organized firm may submit a proposal. Offerors submitting as a joint venture must provide the agreement forming the joint venture. All proposals shall be submitted electronically, except for the Bid Bond. All submissions shall be in Adobe PDF format. Offerors may use compressions utility software such as WinZip or PKZip to reduce file size and facilitate transmission. Title the file(s) in the following format: 36C10F26R0082_COMPANY NAME_ VOLUME I 36C10F26R0082_COMPANY NAME_ VOLUME II Submit proposals electronically via email to the following: 003C4C.acquisitions@va.gov SUBMITTAL OF OFFERS: Offerors submitting proposals for this project should limit submissions to data essential for evaluation of proposals in preparing information required herein. However, in order to be effectively and equitably evaluated, the proposals must include information sufficiently detailed to clearly describe the Offeror's experience and capability, past performance, and use of small business necessary for successful completion of the project. Requirements stated in this RFP are minimums. The Offeror s conformance with the specified format, submission requirements, and the Offeror s attention to detail will be considered during the technical evaluation and trade-off. Material omission(s) may result in a deficiency, which may cause the technical proposal to be rejected as unacceptable. Technical proposals that do not provide the specified information in the specified location in accordance with the submission instructions may be found to have weaknesses or significant weaknesses. The Government is under no obligation to search for information that is not in the specified location. Responses that are essentially blanket offers of compliance are not adequate substitutes for the detailed and complete technical information necessary to establish that an Offeror can meet Government needs. The proposal submission instructions are written to give prospective contractors, where feasible, an indication of the level of detail desired by the Government. The Offeror s failure to include information that the Government has indicated should be included may result in the proposal being assigned a (significant) weakness and/or being found deficient if inadequate detail is provided. Any prescribed page and formatting limitations will be strictly adhered to and enforced by the Government. The Government will not evaluate any excess information resulting from the Offeror s failure to comply with the submission instructions. Exceptions. Do not include exceptions to the terms and conditions of the solicitation in either the technical or price proposal volumes. Inclusion of any standard company terms and conditions that conflict with the terms and conditions of the solicitation may result in a determination that the offer is unacceptable and thus ineligible for award. Resolve questions about the terms and conditions or technical requirements of the solicitation prior to submission of the offer. Restrictions on Offeror-Provided Information. Confidential projects cannot be submitted to demonstrate capability unless all of the information required for evaluation as specified herein can nonetheless be provided to the Government as part of the Offeror s technical proposal. Confidential Project is defined as projects containing confidential information of which reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the national security with the unauthorized disclosure. Offerors that include in their proposals information that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, must clearly mark the information in accordance with FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offeror Competitive Acquisition , paragraph (e), Restriction on disclosure and use of data. Files shall not contain classified data. PROPOSAL FORMAT General Proposal Format: ALL Volumes shall contain: Title Page. Include the title of the solicitation, s