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Van Fleet Water Production Facility Improvements BVP 13-196 SECTION 2 - SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA 2.0 OVERVIEW The BV Submittal is made up of the Project Approach Plan& Project Schedule, Risk Assessment Plan, and Value Added Plan. The County will review each Submittal it receives in response to this Solicitation for responsiveness, completeness, signatures, and all required data before accepting the Submittal for further review and consideration. The County will evaluate Submittals against the evaluation criteria, in Section 2.2 Evaluation Criteria, for the degree to which each Submittal meets the criteria as specifically requested in the Attachments. The County shall score each Submittal against the evaluation criteria in its sole discretion and, if the County awards a contract, it will award the contract to the BV Contractor whose Submittal is the most advantageous to the County as determined by the County in its sole discretion. BEST VALUE PROCESS The BVP is a procurement selection method which permits government entities to make a selection based on performance, experience, cost, and expertise. The Contractor is afforded the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to perform the Scope of Work based on past performance in like Projects and current understanding of the needs of the Project for which the Solicitation is being issued. The BVP can be considered as having four distinct stages. Selection: The first stage of the BVP is the selection process that focuses on the Contractor's ability to differentiate itself from other Contractors based upon the Contractor's ability to identify, prioritize, and minimize risks, to add differential value to the County's Project, and to show a high level of past performance on behalf of the Contractor's other clients. Instead of focusing on stated minimum expectations of Project performance, the County's use of the BVP allows Contractors to compete based on the value each Contractor can contribute to a Project and the Contractor's ability to maximize the County's satisfaction. Consequently, a Contractor's Submittal should be brief, should differentiate the Contractor's Project Approach(as described in Section 2.5, below) from its competitors, and allow the County to make a data-based decision on which Contractor Submittal would provide the best value for the County. It is imperative that each Contractor understand that, if the Contractor is selected, the content of its Submittal and the commitments made during any Interview conducted pursuant to Section 3.2, below, will become part of the contract to construct the Project. Pre-Award Phase: The second stage of the BVP is the Pre-Award Phase that occurs after the County has selected a potential Best Value Contractor, but prior to the County's award of a contract to construct the Project. The Pre-Award Phase consists of two (2) elements. In the first element of the Pre-Award Phase, the County will announce the potential Best Value Contractor. The decision to invite a Contractor to the Pre-Award Phase is the Best Value Process procedural equivalent to the County's initial award of a bid solicitation or a request for proposal solicitation. Any Contractor participating in this Solicitation who believes it is adversely affected by the County's decision with respect to the Best Value Solicitation may file a written notice of intent to file a protest with the Procurement Director in accordance with the County's Protest Procedures. Failure to follow the protest procedure requirements as established by the County 8