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Part 36 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts | Acquisition.GOV
Part 36 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts
Subpart 36.1 - General
Subpart 36.2 - Special Aspects of Contracting for Construction
Subpart 36.3 - Two-Phase Design-Build Selection Procedures
Subpart 36.4 - [Reserved]
Subpart 36.5 - Contract Clauses
Subpart 36.6 - Architect-Engineer Services
Subpart 36.7 - Standard and Optional Forms for Contracting for Construction, Architect-Engineer Services, and Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements
(c) A contract for both construction and supplies or services shall include-
See 42.1502 (e) for the requirements for preparing past performance evaluations for construction contracts.
(a) Generally, firm-fixed-price contracts shall be used to acquire construction. They may be priced-
(b) Lump-sum pricing shall be used in preference to unit pricing except when-
(a) The contracting officer will inform the successful offeror of significant matters of interest, including-
(2) Other matters of significant interest, including who has authority to decide matters such as contractual, administrative (e.g.,security, safety, and fire and environmental protection), and construction responsibilities.
(c) If a preconstruction conference is to be held, the contracting officer shall-
Contracting officers shall follow the procedures for sealed bidding in part 14 , as modified and supplemented by the requirements in this subpart.
(b) Presolicitation notices must-
(a) Invitations for bids for construction shall allow sufficient time for bid preparation (i.e.,the period of time between the date invitations are distributed and the date set for opening of bids) (but see 5.203 and 14.202-1) to allow bidders an adequate opportunity to prepare and submit their bids, giving due regard to the construction season and the time necessary for bidders to inspect the site, obtain subcontract bids, examine data concerning the work, and prepare estimates based on plans and specifications.
When a notice of award is issued, it shall be done in writing or electronically, shall contain information required by 14.408 , and shall-
(1) When submission of certified cost or pricing data is not required (see 15.403-1 and 15.403-2), and any element of proposed cost differs significantly from the Government estimate, the contracting officer should request the offeror to submit cost information concerning that element (e.g.,wage rates or fringe benefits, significant materials, equipment allowances, and subcontractor costs).
This subpart prescribes policies and procedures for the use of the two-phase design-build selection procedures authorized by 10 U.S.C.2305a and 41 U.S.C.3309.
(4) A statement of the maximum number of offerors that will be selected to submit phase-two proposals. The maximum number specified in the solicitation shall not exceed five unless the contracting officer determines, for that particular solicitation, that a number greater than five is in the Government's interest and is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase design-build selection procedures. The contracting officer shall document this determination in the contract file. For acquisitions greater than $4 million, the determination shall be approved by the head of the contracting activity, delegable to a level no lower than the senior contracting official within the contracting activity. In civilian agencies, for paragraph (a)(4) of this section, the senior contracting official is the advocate for competition for the procuring activity, unless the agency designates a different position in agency procedures. The approval shall be documented in the contract file.
This subpart prescribes clauses for insertion in solicitations and contracts for (a)construction and (b)dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contracts. Provisions and clauses prescribed elsewhere in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) shall also be used in such solicitations and contracts when the conditions specified in the prescriptions for the provisions and clauses are applicable.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-2 , Differing Site Conditions, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-3 , Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-4 , Physical Data, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and physical data (e.g.,test borings, hydrographic data, weather conditions data) will be furnished or made available to offerors.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-5 , Material and Workmanship, in solicitations and contracts for construction contracts.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-6 , Superintendence by the Contractor, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-7 , Permits and Responsibilities, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price or cost-reimbursement construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-8 , Other Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-9 , Protection of Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities, and Improvements, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-10 , Operations and Storage Areas, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-11 , Use and Possession Prior to Completion, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and the contract award amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. This clause may be inserted in solicitations and contracts when the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-12 , Cleaning Up, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause or the clause with its AlternateI in solicitations and contracts when a contract for services to be performed at Government facilities (see 48 CFR Part37) is contemplated, and technical representatives advise that special precautions are appropriate.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-14 , Availability and Use of Utility Services, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated, the contract is to be performed on Government sites, and the contracting officer decides (a)that the existing utility system(s) is adequate for the needs of both the Government and the contractor, and (b)furnishing it is in the Government’s interest. When this clause is used, the contracting officer shall list the available utilities in the contract.
The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.236-15 , Schedules for Construction Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated, the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, and the period of actual work performance exceeds 60 days. This clause may also be inserted in such solicitations and contracts when work performance is expected to last less than 60 days and an unusual situation exists that warrants imposition of the requirements. This clause should not be used in the same contract with clauses covering other management approaches for ensuring that a contractor makes adequate progress.
The contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.236-16 , Quantity Surveys, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract providing for unit pricing of items and for payment based on quantity surveys is contemplated. If it is determined at a level above that of the contracting officer that it is impracticable for Government personnel to perform the original and final surveys, and the Government wishes the contractor to perform these surveys, the clause shall be used with its Alternate.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-17 , Layout of Work, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract is contemplated and use of this clause is appropriate due to a need for accurate work layout and for siting verification during work performance.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-18 , Work Oversight in Cost-Reimbursement Construction Contracts, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement construction contract is contemplated.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-19 , Organization and Direction of the Work, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement construction contract is contemplated.
The contracting officer shall insert in solicitations for construction the provision at 52.236-28 , Preparation of Offers-Construction, when contracting by negotiation.
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-21 , Specifications and Drawings for Construction, in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction contract or a fixed-price dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The contracting officer may insert the clause in solicitations and contracts when a fixed-price construction or a fixed-price contract for dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold. When the Government needs record drawings, the contracting officer shall-
(a) Use the clause with its AlternateI, if reproducible shop drawings are needed; or
(b) Use the clause with its AlternateII, if reproducible shop drawings are not needed.
If the contracting officer determines it may be desirable to hold a preconstruction conference, the contracting officer shall insert a clause substantially the same as the clause at 52.236-26 , Preconstruction Conference, in solicitations and fixed price contracts for construction or for dismantling, demolition or removal of improvements.
The contracting officer shall insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.236-27 , Site Visit (Construction), in solicitations which include the clauses at 52.236-2 , Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3 , Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work. AlternateI may be used when an organized site visit will be conducted.
(1) For facility design contracts, the statement of work shall require that the architect-engineer specify, in the construction design specifications, use of the maximum practicable amount of recovered materials consistent with the performance requirements, availability, price reasonableness, and cost-effectiveness. Where appropriate, the statement of work also shall require the architect-engineer to consider energy conservation, pollution prevention, and waste reduction to the maximum extent practicable in developing the construction design specifications.
See 42.1502 (f) for the requirements for preparing past performance evaluations for architect-engineer contracts.
(d) During negotiations, the contracting officer should seek advance agreement (see 31.109) on any charges for computer-assisted design. When the firm’s proposal does not cover appropriate modern and cost-effective design methods (e.g.,computer-assisted design), the contracting officer should discuss this topic with the firm.
(a) The Government may require the architect-engineer contractor to design the project so that construction costs will not exceed a contractually specified dollar limit (funding limitation). If the price of construction proposed in response to a Government solicitation exceeds the construction funding limitation in the architect-engineer contract, the firm shall be solely responsible for redesigning the project within the funding limitation. These additional services shall be performed at no increase in the price of this contract. However, if the cost of proposed construction is affected by events beyond the firm’s reasonable control (e.g.,if there is an increase in material costs which could not have been anticipated, or an undue delay by the Government in issuing a construction solicitation), the firm shall not be obligated to redesign at no cost to the Government. If a firm’s design fails to meet the contractual limitation on construction cost and the Government determines that the firm should not redesign the project, a written statement of the reasons for that determination shall be placed in the contract file.
(c) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-22, Design Within Funding Limitations, in fixed-price architect-engineer contracts except when-
The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.236-24 , Work Oversight in Architect-Engineer Contracts, in all architect-engineer contracts.
Insert the clause at 52.236-25 , Requirements for Registration of Designers, in architect-engineer contracts, except that it may be omitted when the design will be performed-
This subpart sets forth requirements for the use of standard and optional forms, prescribed in part 53, for contracting for construction, architect-engineer services, or dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements. A listing of the Standard forms is located in subpart 53.3.
(c) Contracting officers may use Optional Form 1419, Abstract of Offers-Construction, and Optional Form 1419A, Abstract of Offers-Construction, Continuation Sheet, or the automated equivalent, to record offers submitted in response to a sealed bid solicitation (see 14.403) and may also use it to record offers submitted in response to negotiated solicitations.
(1) Use the SF 330, Part I-Contract-Specific Qualifications, to obtain information from an architect-engineer firm about its qualifications for a specific contract when the contract amount is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Part I may be used when the contract amount is expected to be at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, if the contracting officer determines that its use is appropriate.
(2) Use the SF 330, Part II-General Qualifications, to obtain information from an architect-engineer firm about its general professional qualifications.