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Timestamp: 2019-06-17 05:26:46
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 536', 'art 536', 'art 536', 'art 536', 'art 536', 'art 536', 'art 537', 'art 536']

Part 536 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts | Acquisition.GOV
Part 536 - Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts
Subpart 536.1 - General
Subpart 536.2 - Special Aspects of Contracting for Construction
536.270 Options in construction contracting.
536.270-1 Use of options.
536.270-1 Solicitations.
536.270-3 Evaluation.
536.270-4 Exercise of options.
Subpart 536.5 - Contract Clauses
536.506 Superintendence by the contractor.
536.511 Use and possession prior to completion.
536.515 Schedules for construction contracts.
536.521 Specifications and drawings for construction.
536.570 Authorities and limitations.
536.571 Contractor responsibilities.
536.572 Submittals.
536.573 Subcontracts.
Subpart 536.6 - Architect-Engineer Services
This part supplements FAR 36 policies and procedures applicable to contracting for construction and architect engineer services. Contracts for construction management services are covered by FAR 37 and GSAM part 537. part 536 shall take precedence when the acquisition involves (1) construction or architect-engineer services, and (2) when the requirement is inconsistent with another part of the GSAR.
For construction projects over $10,000,000, show the magnitude in ranges having increments of $10,000,000 (e.g.,$25,000,000 to $35,000,000). The contracting officer may show the magnitude in ranges using a multiple of $10,000,000 (e.g., $70,000,000 to $100,000,000), but the lower figure must be at least half of the higher figure.
(a) Subject to the limitations in this section, contracting officers may include options in contracts when it is in the Government's interest.
(b) The scope of work in the base contract at award shall require the contractor to provide a discrete and fully functional deliverable. Options shall not be used to incrementally deliver work required to fulfill the requirements of the scope of work for the base contract.
(c) Contracting officers shall justify in writing the use of options.
(d) Including an option may be in the Government's interest when, in the judgment of the contracting officer:
(1) Additional work beyond the base contract is reasonably foreseeable
(2) It would not be advantageous to award a separate contract;
(3) It would not be advantageous to permit an additional contractor to work on the same site;
(4) Services arising out of or relating to the underlying construction contract may be required during or after substantial completion of the scope of work. For instance, if building equipment (e.g., mechanical and electrical equipment) will be installed under the construction contract, it may be advantageous to have the construction contractor maintain and service the equipment. In such an instance, the services performed may be included as an option to the underlying construction contract. Contracting officers shall ensure that the applicable clauses are included in any such option (e.g., Service Contract Act); or
(5) It is otherwise justified.
(e) Options for construction work may provide for an economic price adjustment based on cost or price indexes of labor or materials (see FAR 16.203-4(d)). Subject to the approval of the Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA), the contracting officer may develop and insert a project-specific price adjustment clause into the solicitation.
Solicitations containing options shall:
(a) Include appropriate option provisions and clauses when resulting contracts will provide for the exercise of options (see 536.270-5);
(b) State the period within which the options may be exercised; and
(c) State whether the basis of evaluation is inclusive or exclusive of the options (if exclusive, see 536.270-4(c)).
For sealed bidding that includes options:
(a) The low bidder for purposes of award is the responsible bidder offering the lowest aggregate price for the base bid and all options designated to be evaluated.
(b) Before opening bids that include options, the contracting officer must determine, and record in the contract file, the amount of funds available for the project. The amount recorded must be announced at the beginning of the bid opening. This amount may be increased later when determining the items to be awarded to the low bidder if the following condition is met: the award amount of the base bid and evaluated options does not exceed the amount offered for the base bid, the evaluated options, and the same combination of items by any other responsible bidder whose bid conforms to the solicitation. This requirement prevents the displacement of the low bidder by manipulating the options to be used.
(a) The contracting officer shall exercise options in writing within the time period specified in the contract.
(b) The contracting officer may exercise options only after determining, in writing, that all the following conditions exist:
(3) Exercising the option is the most advantageous method of satisfying the Government's need, price and other factors considered.
(4) The contractor is not listed in the System for Award Management Exclusions (see FAR 9.405-1).
(5) The contractor's performance under the contract met or exceeded the Government's expectation for quality performance, unless another circumstance justifies an extended contractual relationship.
(6) Exercising the option is in accordance with the terms of the option.
(7) The option price is fair and reasonable, unless already determined as such (e.g., at time of award).
(c) The contract modification, or other written document which notifies the contractor of the exercise of the option, must cite the option clause as authority. If exercising an unpriced or unevaluated option, cite the statutory authority permitting the use of other than full and open competition (see FAR 6.302).
(d) When the contract provides for economic price adjustment and the contractor requests a revision of the price, the contracting officer shall determine the effect of the adjustment on prices under the option before the option is exercised.
Insert the clause at 552.236-6, Superintendence by the Contractor, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated.
Insert the clause at 552.236-11, Use and Possession Prior to Completion, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated.
Insert the clause at 552.236-15, Schedules for Construction Contracts, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated. Use the clause-
(a) With its Alternate I when the contract amount is expected to be above the simplified acquisition threshold and a design-bid-build project delivery method will be followed; or
(b) With its Alternate II when the contract amount is expected to be above the simplified acquisition threshold and a design-build project delivery method will be followed.
Insert the clause at 552.236-21, Specifications and Drawings for Construction, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated. Use the clause with its Alternate I when a design-build project delivery method will be followed.
Insert the clause at 552.236-70, Authorities and Limitations, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated.
Insert the clause at 552.236-71, Contractor Responsibilities, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated. Use the clause with its Alternate I when a design-build project delivery method will be followed.
Insert the clause at 552.236-72, Submittals, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated. Use the clause with its Alternate I when a design-build project delivery method will be followed.
Insert the clause at 552.236-73, Subcontracts, in solicitations and contracts if construction, dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements is contemplated.
(2) This factor must not exceed 5percent of the total weight of all evaluation criteria. In order to receive the maximum score for this factor, the architect-engineer firm(s) must demonstrate that at least 35 percent of the architect-engineer contract services (based on the total contract price) will be accomplished within the geographical boundaries established for the project.