1305M223QNCNJ0091 0001.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1

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8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

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1305M223QNCNJ0091

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

06/01/2023

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE I FACILITY CODE

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

[8J The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers [8J is not extended. D is extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

N/A

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor D is not [8] is required to sign this document and return ___ 1 __ copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

See pages 2 through 3 of this amendment for responses to questions. FAR 52.204-27 is hereby incorporated by reference.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 1 0A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

Nicole Lawson, Contracting Officer

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

(SF 30 - Attachment Page) Solicitation No. 1305M223QNCNJ0091

Amendment No. 0001

1. I have a question for "C Past Performance Information Form". I know we need to complete each of the three most relevant contracts within the past three years. Can we use our multiple-year CPARS reports for the same contract that we are referring to?

To demonstrate its past performance, the offeror shall identify up to three (3) of its most relevant contracts within the past three (3) years from the RFP closing date on Attachment C

– Past Performance Information Form. One contract is one example in accordance with the solicitation.

2. Do we need to produce "D Past Performance Questionnaire.doc" since we already have CPARS reports filed by the client that we are referring to?

In accordance with the solicitation, offerors are required to provide Attachment D to clients if CPARS have not been completed within three (3) years (or six (6) years for construction and architect-engineer contracts) of the completion of performance for the past performance reference by the DUE DATE OF THIS SOLICITATION.

3. Would the government please clarify or provide any insight into what percentage of the work is expected to take place at government facilities versus what may take place at the contractor site?

A minimal amount of work is expected to take place at government facilities. Work at government facilities is expected to be limited to requests from the government for the contractor to come in to the facilities because remote work will not complete a task or enable a task to be worked. An example would be an upgrade to Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) that cannot be done remotely. Our expectation is that work at government facilities would be 10% or less, barring any unforeseen need to change work processes in reaction to an outside influence.

The Government reserves the right to adjust the place of performance unilaterally on an as-needed basis.

4. Would the government please clarify the page count for Volume I Factor B -Past Performance? In the Solicitation document page 45 the instructions indicate a 6- page limit. However, on Form C - Past Performance Information Form, the instructions say that these forms will not count towards the page count for Volume I.

The page limit for Volume I, Factor B is six (6) pages, not including Attachment C, Past Performance Information Forms, for each reference.

5. (b) Proposals shall include the following footnote on each page: Source Selection Information FAR

2.101 and FAR 3.104. Confirm "footnote", should read "footer".

Yes, this information should be placed in the footer.

6. The https://sites.google.com/noaa.gov/nos-ocs-mcdcsg/nautical-chart-manual?authuser=0 link in the A_PWS.pdf is not accessible to our team resulting in a 404 error in multiple browsers. We have tried via multiple domains/IP addresses. How might we gain access to this document?

The five (5) documents contained within this link have been uploaded with the solicitation (Nautical Chart Manual [NCM] volumes 1, 2, 3, the International Hydrographic Organization [IHO] standards, and Chart

No. 1). The offeror shall be aware that these are living documents and may change between the time of download and contract award. Upon contract award, contractor personnel will be granted access to the site housing the documents to complete tasks in actual performance of the contract.

7. CLIN 0001 states, NOTE: If a Transition Period is necessary, the base period of performance will be 09/15/2023 - 09/14/2023. The 12-month period of performance of the option periods will follow (i.e. if a Transition Period is necessary, Option Period One (1) will have a period of performance of 09/15/2024

- 09/14/2023). Proposed pricing and technical approach must account for a transition period (if necessary) and must be valid regardless of whether a transition period is necessary. Period of Performance: 10/01/2023 to 09/30/2024. Further, the MSFT Excel pricing reflects a base period to be priced of 10/1/2023 – 9/30/2024 (with four consecutive option periods). Will the government please clarify the dates of the potential transition period and please confirm that offerors are only required to price the period of performance(s) as defined in the MSFT Excel file.

Quoters shall price on the premise of a full base year. For the incumbent, this would begin on 10/1/2023, for others, this would commence on 9/15/2023 to account for a 15-day transition. Regardless, the base year and all options will be 12-months in length. For further clarity, the incumbent would quote on the following periods of performance:

Base Year - 10/1/2023-9/30/2024; OY1 - 10/1/2024-9/30/2025; OY2 - 10/1/2025-9/30/2026; OY3 -

10/1/2026-9/30/2027; OY4 - 10/1/2027-9/30/2028.

Non-incumbents would quote on the following periods of performance:

Base Year - 9/15/2023-9/14/2024; OY1 - 9/15/2024-9/14/2025; OY2 - 9/15/2025-9/14/2026; OY3 -

9/15/2026-9/14/2027; OY4 - 9/15/2027-9/14/2028.

8. The pricing sheet doesn't provide an opportunity to price the Transition Period. period of performance will be 09/15/2023 - 09/14/2023. Is it at the contractor discretion to propose a transition period of up to 15 days? If we must or may price, what is duration / POP and method/ type of pricing (e.g. FFP, T&M)?

Please see Question 7.

9. All work in the performance of this contract must be performed upon government furnished equipment (GFE). Confirm that the contractor is to only use GFE for the performance -- both onsite and offsite, to include all hardware, software/applications.

Confirmed. The contractor must only use GFE for the performance onsite and offsite, to include all hardware and software and applications in the performance of this contract.

10. Is the contractor required to provide a Section K at the prime and sub level?

No, only the prime.

The following clause is hereby amended to include FAR 52.204-27 (JUN 2023).

FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses:

FAR: Federal Acquisition Regulation https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar

CAR: Commerce Acquisition Regulation

CLAUSE NO. CLAUSE TITLE DATE

FAR 52.202-1 DEFINITIONS (JUN 2020)

FAR 52.203-3 GRATUITIES (APR 1984)

FAR 52.203-12 LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE

CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS (JUN 2020)

FAR 52.203-17

CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WHISTLEBLOWER

RIGHTS AND REQUIREMENT TO INFORM

EMPLOYEES OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS

(JUN 2020)

FAR 52.204-4 PRINTED OR COPIED DOUBLE-SIDED ON

POSTCONSUMER FIBER CONTENT PAPER

(MAY 2011)

FAR 52.204-9 PERSONAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF

CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL (JAN 2011)

FAR 52.204-13 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT

MAINTENANCE (OCT 2018)

FAR 52.204-18 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY

CODE MAINTENANCE (AUG 2020)

FAR 52.204-19 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF

REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

(DEC 2014)

FAR 52.204-27 PROHIBITION ON A BYTEDANCE COVERED

APPLICATION (JUN 2023)

FAR 52.209-10 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH

INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS (NOV 2015)

FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS –

COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEC 2022)

FAR 52.227-14 RIGHTS IN DATA - GENERAL (MAY 2014)

FAR 52.232-39 UNENFORCEABILITY OF UNAUTHORIZED

OBLIGATIONS (JUN 2013)

FAR 52.232-40 PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO

SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS (MAR 2023)

FAR 52.237-3 CONTINUITY OF SERVICES (JAN 1991)

FAR 52.245-1 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY (SEP 2021)

FAR 52.245-9 USE AND CHARGES (APR 2012)

CAR 1352.208-70 RESTRICTIONS ON PRINTING AND

DUPLICATING (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.209-72 RESTRICTIONS AGAINST DISCLOSURE (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.209-73 COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.209-74 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.227-70 RIGHTS IN DATA, ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHT (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.228-72 DEDUCTIBLES UNDER REQUIRED INSURANCE

COVERAGE – FIXED PRICE (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.231-71 DUPLICATION OF EFFORT (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.237-70 SECURITY PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS – HIGH

OR MODERATE RISK CONTRACTS (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.239-72 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES (APR 2010)

CAR 1352.242-70 POST AWARD CONFERENCE (APR 2010)

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