OASCR_EAD_Basis_for_Award_(Final).docx

USDA OASCR Office of Adjudication 12314419Q0003

BASIS FOR AWARD

The Government intends to award one firm-fixed price delivery/task order from this solicitation.

The Government shall evaluate and award a contract, in accordance with FAR Part 12 and Far Part 13, on a “Best-Value” basis representing the best interest of the Government. The “Best-Value” basis uses the “Trade-off Methodology” in accordance with specified Evaluation Criteria. To this end, the Government evaluates quotes using the tradeoff process and reserves the right to award to other than the lowest priced Offeror.

Performance Price Trade-Off (PPT): This acquisition utilizes a modified PPT technique to make a best value award decision. All quotes must be technically acceptable. Once verified as technically acceptable, Price and Past Performance will be treated as approximately equal areas and may be traded off, one against the other.

The Government reserves the right to award the contract based on initial offers received, without discussions or negotiations. Therefore, it is important that each offer fully address the requirements stated in this RFQ, including any exceptions thereto or deviations there from. However, the Government also reserves the right to conduct discussions, if later determined to be necessary, with Offeror’s making the competitive range.

The Government reserves the right to make award based on fewer than all work elements proposed for any given Offeror. The Government reserves the right to make no award pursuant to this solicitation. To be accepted and eligible for evaluation, proposals must be prepared in accordance with, and must comply with, the instructions given in this solicitation document.

Only vendors that have a valid DUNS and Bradstreet Number (DUNS Number) are registered in the System for Awards Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/) shall be eligible to be awarded a contract from the federal government. Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror.

Technically Acceptable: The offeror’s Technical approach has no deficiencies and complies with minimum technical requirements. Each offeror will receive a Pass (P) or Fail (F) rating for technical acceptability.

FACTOR 1: PAST PERFORMANCE

The offeror shall submit relevant experience for a maximum of five (5) in the past five (5) years, and provide references and contact information from these sources. Provide at least one experience as prime contractor. Include a description of the project, project title, contract number, client identification (including agency or company name, contracting and technical reviewing official, address, and telephone number). Show how the offeror has performed similar work. The offeror's proposal must connect the relevance of past experience on similar projects to this project and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the Government's requirements. Experience of key personal can substitute for offeror's experience.

FACTOR 2: PRICE

All pricing proposed in response to this RFQ shall be Firm Fixed Price in accordance with the supplied pricing schedule.

All Firm Fixed Prices shall be for the government site. Descriptions of offered labor categories, including Roles and Responsibilities, shall be included in the Price Proposal.

The prospective offeror is to propose the anticipated hours it expects to perform within each labor category for the entire person-year (assuming a 40-hour work week minus government holidays, any sick and annual leave hours anticipated for the base-year and each of the option years) for each CLIN. Use your normal business practice.

There is no page limit for pricing.

DO NOT include technical documentation in the pricing volume. It will NOT be forwarded to the Technical Evaluation team.

STATEMENT REGARDING ASSUMPTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS

The offeror shall state any assumptions and exceptions to the requirements, terms and conditions contained in this RFQ. Please note that any exceptions to the Government's requirements may adversely affect the evaluation of the offeror's quote.