JELA 325250 335621 - Rehabilitate Cemetery

What they want

• Clean, straighten, raise, realign and replace grave markers (headstones)
• Rehabilitate gates, iron fencing and perimeter brick walls, including repointing (replacing old mortar joints) and structural repairs
• Fix grading and restore a working stormwater system to reduce flooding and subsidence
• Restore historic plantings, tree canopy, turf and cultural landscape features
• Rehabilitate walkways, including the entrance walkway and paths at the Superintendent's Lodge
• Improve visitor access: seating, interpretive elements, circulation and parking
• Minor conservation and cleaning of monuments and historic features
• Priced as contract line item number? (CLIN, one priced line of the order) 1 Cemetery Rehabilitation, CLIN 2 Stormwater/Storm Scope, and option CLIN 3 brick replacement for 25-49% cross section loss

What they'll judge offers on

• Factor 1 Project Experience: cemetery rehabilitation (headstone realignment, resetting, replacement), civil/stormwater work in a historic landscape, landscape and soils work, historic masonry; National Park Service projects weigh more
• Factor 2 Management Approach and Project Team: management practices, cost and quality control, capacity, experience with the proposed team and key trade subcontractors
• Factor 3 Technical Approach: phasing and sequencing, permitting and seasonal permit limits, access, storage and laydown, and a risk analysis
• Factor 4 Schedule: critical path, sequencing, lead times, completion by April 1, 2029, following the Baseline Schedule Review Checklist
• Factor 5 Key Personnel Experience: Project Manager, Superintendent, On-site Quality Control Specialist, On-site Safety Specialist
• Factor 6 Past Performance: relevance and quality on similar projects, from questionnaires and CPARS reports
• Price: evaluated for fairness and reasonableness and for unbalanced line items

What to include when you submit

• Send two volumes, each as separate email attachments: Volume I Technical Proposal and Volume II Business and Price Proposal; one electronic copy each, no hard copies
• Email subject line: 140PP027R0004, JELA 325250 335621, email x of x (number of total emails)
• Volume I: use folders named Factor 1 through Factor 6 (Project Experience, Management Approach and Project Team, Technical Approach, Schedule, Key Personnel, Past Performance)
• Factor 1: one Project Experience form for each of up to 5 relevant projects completed in the last 10 years, plus a narrative of up to 5 pages
• Factor 2: an organizational chart showing major subcontractors and key personnel, plus a narrative of up to 4 pages; say if you have no experience with the key trade subcontractors
• Factor 4: a construction schedule for this project showing completion by April 1, 2029, assuming notice to proceed on April 1, 2027, plus a narrative on schedule logic and critical path
• Factor 5: resumes for the Project Manager, Superintendent, On-site Quality Control Specialist and On-site Safety Specialist
• Factor 6: a Past Performance Questionnaire for the same projects as Factor 1, sent to each client reference to return to the Contracting Officer by the response due date (a CPARS report may replace it), plus a narrative of any less-than-satisfactory past performance
• Volume II: Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442) blocks 14 through 20C signed by an official who can bind the company, amendment acknowledgments, Section B price schedule with a Schedule of Values for each line item, SF 24 Bid Bond, Section K representations and certifications, General References form, and the Limitation on Subcontracting worksheet
• Price every base and option line item; options may be awarded in any combination
• Confirm that the Government received your proposal; offerors are responsible for verifying receipt

Current contractor

No incumbent, follow-on or recompete is named in the text read.

Not in the notice text

• Parts of the solicitation were left out: Sections G through K and the start of Section L, including Section H (special requirements, key personnel rules), the contract clauses, Section J attachment list and Section K certifications. Check them on SAM.gov.
• The specifications (Attachment 1), drawings (Attachment 2) and permit documentation (Attachment 5) are attached but not read; the supplemental reports (Attachment 4) were only partly read.
• Bid guarantee amount and whether performance and payment bonds are required: the contents list clause 52.228-15, but SF 1442 block 12a could not be read.
• The SF 1442 calendar-day entries for starting and finishing work could not be read; check block 11 on SAM.gov.
• A Davis-Bacon wage determination (General Decision LA20260005, heavy construction, includes St Bernard parish) is attached, but the clause that applies it was in the part not read.
• Whether the Government intends a lump-sum or other contract type is not stated in the text read.