44- Instructions to Offerors (RN PACU and PA PHDRA) - V2.docx

Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items And Evaluation Criteria

Addenda to FAR Clauses 52.212-1 and 52-212-2

1. This requirement is in support of 48th Medical Support Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, UK for a registered nurse for PACU services and a physician’s assistant for PDHRA services

2. The DHA Northeastern Healthcare Operations Contracting Division (NEHO-CD) intends to award one Firm Fixe Price contract in accordance with FAR Part 12- Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

3. To be accepted and eligible for evaluation, quotations must be prepared in compliance with these instructions and all the terms and conditions contained in this document.

4. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint.

5. All questions pertaining to this combined synopsis and solicitation shall be in writing, directed to Cinthia Funes (cinthia.g.funes.civ@health.mil). All questions shall be submitted not later than November 22nd 2024, at 10:00 AM EST.

6. The Offeror agrees to hold the price in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified on the Quote.

7. All proposals are to be submitted electronically via email to cinthia.g.funes.civ@health.mil no later than December 6th, 10:00AM EST. Quotes shall be submitted in a format readable by, at a minimum, Microsoft Office 2007 programs or more recent version.

Page limitations for each factor are specified below:

Experience/ Past Performance Offerors are required to provide two (2), but no more than three (3) References/Past Performance of same or similar services completed withing the past three (3) years. Note: Provide past performance for projects similar in scope and complexity. Offerors are to include project dates, the work and demonstrate how they are comparable to this requirement in size and complexity. Each reference shall include contract number, contract amount, period of performance, agency and/or company name, point of contact with name, telephone number and email address.

(End of Provision)

(End of Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items)

Addenda to Clause 52.212-2

Evaluation – Commercial Items

BASIS FOR AWARD. The Government will award a contract/purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible vendor whose quotation conforming to this solicitation’s requirements is determined to be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The Government will utilize the following evaluation criteria to identify the best value quotation for award: Factor 1 – Experience/Past Performance Factor 2 – Price

Experience/Past Performance are significantly more important than price.

A trade-off analysis between experience/past performance and price will be utilized to determine which quotation represents the best value to the Government. Award may be made to other than the lowest price quotation.

Factor 1. Experience/Past Performance:

Recent and relevant past performance information will be considered. The Government will focus its inquiries on the vendor’s record of performance on relevant and recent prior contracts. The Determination of relevancy includes a consideration of recent contracts which are similar in scope, type of work, and price to this solicitation’s requirements. The vendor’s record of performance will be evaluated for quality of services, timeliness of services, business relations, and other considerations. In the case of a vendor without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the vendor may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.

Factor 2: Price:

a. The Vendor’s total price will be evaluated to determine whether the proposed price is fair and reasonable. The Government may use the price analysis techniques and procedures in FAR 15.404-1(b). Price will not be adjectively rated. To be eligible for award, a vendor’s price must be deemed to be fair and reasonable. A comparison of the grand total prices proposed by each offeror will be used as the basis for determining the price competition.

b. Options. The Government will evaluate quotations for award purposes by adding the total price for all Option periods of performance to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that a proposal is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of Option periods shall not obligate the Government to exercise the Option(s).

(End of Evaluation – Commercial Items)