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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ENTERPRISE SERVICES 1331L525R13OS0001

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – EEO INVESTIGATIONS

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL:

1331L525R13OS0001

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

INVESTIGATIONS

REQUESTING OFFICE:

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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Table of Contents

1.0 General Instructions and Notices

1.2 Small Business Set Aside Notice

1.3 Contract Type

1.4 Method of Acquisition

1.5 Number of Awards

1.6 Communications and Questions

1.7 Proposal Due Date & Time

1.8 Notice of Participation of Non-Government Personnel

1.10 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990)

1.11 1352.209-70 Potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (APR 2010)

1.12 1352.233-70 Agency Protests (APR 2010)

1.13 1352.233-71 GAO and Court of Federal Claims Protests (APR 2010)

2.0 Proposal Preparation Instructions

2.1 Section 1 Technical Proposal

2.2 Section 2 Past Performance Response

3.3 Section 3 – Price Proposal

3.0 Evaluation Method and Factors

1 Technical

2 Past Performance

3.3 Price

4.0 Attachments

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1.0 General Instructions and Notices

This Request for Proposal (RFP) solicits proposals for Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Investigation support services for the Department of Commerce (DOC), Office of Civil Rights using the procedures at FAR 8.405 that will result in establishment of a General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). The requirements are described in the attached Performance Work Statement (Attachment 2).

1.2 Small Business Set Aside Notice

This solicitation is a 100% set aside for small business concerns. Only proposals submitted by small businesses will be accepted by the government. The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 561611, Investigation and Personal Background Check Services with a small business size standard of $25.M. Any proposal that is submitted by a contractor that is not a small business will not be considered for award.

1.3 Contract Type

The resultant multiple award BPA will be available for placement of firm fixed price (FFP) and FFP/Cost- Reimbursement type performance-based contracts (orders). The BPA will consist of a 12-month base period and four (4) one-year ordering periods: April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2030.

1.4 Method of Acquisition

The Government intends to acquire these services by establishing a multiple BPA under the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) utilizing GSA’s Schedule 738X SIN: 595-25.

Offerors must be registered in SAM and have an active GSA MAS contract under this schedule and SIN to be considered for award.

1.5 Number of Awards

It is anticipated that no more than five (5) BPAs will be awarded, depending upon the quantity and quality of proposals received.

The establishment of these BPA’s creates no guarantee or obligation on the part of the Government to place any BPA task orders. The Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually ordered under the BPA.

1.6 Questions

The due date for questions concerning this RFP is December 16, 2024, 2:00PM Eastern Time (ET).

Questions received after the cut-off date may not be considered.

Questions shall be submitted electronically to the government points of contact identified below.

Contracting Specialist: Blen Gabriel

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Bgabriel@doc.gov

Contracting Officer: Jacqueline Brown jbrown@doc.gov

Communication with other officials may compromise the competitiveness of this acquisition and result in cancellation of this solicitation and/or requirement.

1.7 Proposal Due Date & Time

The proposal due date and time for this solicitation is January 7, 2025 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).

Proposals shall be submitted via e-buy, via electronic format. Hard Copies will not be accepted by the Government.

1.8 Notice of Participation of Non-Government Personnel

Offerors are advised that the Government may utilize Contractors and/or Consultants listed below to assist in the evaluation of the proposals for this acquisition. These Contractors/Consultants will have access to any and all information submitted by Offerors and will be subject to the restrictions contained in CAR Clauses 1352.209-71 Limitation of Future Contracting, 1352.209-72 Restrictions Against Disclosure, 1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest and FAR Clause 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest. The companies/organizations employing the subject Contractors/Consultants are also required to comply with these same confidentiality restrictions. All federal and non-federal personnel participating in the evaluation of this acquisition will have executed Non-Disclosure Agreements.

a. Company: VPD Government Solutions

1621A South Hayes Street Arlington, VA 22202

b. Company: Erimax, Inc.

4301 Garden City Drive, Suite 400 New Carrollton, MD 20785

c. Company: ASI Government

1655 Fort Myer Dr # 1000 Arlington, VA 22209

The Offeror agrees, by its submission of a response to the solicitation, to have its proposal reviewed by these Contractors/Consultants for the purpose of providing technical or cost/price analyses to the Government unless the Offeror provides objections to such disclosure as follows. The Offeror shall (1) submit the objection in writing to the Contracting Officer at least 5 days prior to the date set for receipt of the proposals; and (2) include a detailed statement of the basis for the objection.

1.10 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990) mailto:Bgabriel@doc.gov mailto:jbrown@doc.gov

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In accordance with FAR 17.206 the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

1.11 1352.209-70 Potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (APR 2010)

(a) There is a potential organizational conflict of interest (see FAR Subpart 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest) for the awardee due to having unequal access to active acquisition information, strategies and Governmental requirements. Accordingly:

(1) Restrictions are needed to ensure that a Conflict of Interest (COI) is not created throughout performance of this contract that results in the Contractor having an unfair competitive advantage due to 1) unequal access to information, 2) biased ground rules, or 3) impaired objectivity. Therefore, the Contractor will be restricted from competing on new work that is reviewed under performance of this contract for a period of 1 year after the end of this contract.

(2) As a part of the proposal, the offeror shall provide the Contracting Officer with complete information regarding previous or ongoing work that is in any way associated with the contemplated acquisition.

(b) During evaluation of proposals, the Government may, after communications with the offeror and consideration of ways to avoid a potential or actual conflict of interest, insert a provision in the resulting contract that shall disqualify the offeror from further consideration for award of specified future contracts.

1.12 1352.233-70 Agency Protests (APR 2010)

(a) An agency protest may be filed with either: (1) The contracting officer, or (2) at a level above the contracting officer, with Anthony S. Kram, Director, Enterprise Services-Acquisition, U.S. Department of Commerce, akram@doc.gov.

(b) Agency protests filed with the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the following address:

U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary, Enterprise Services-Acquisition, Room 52028RA ATTN: Jacqueline Brown 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230 Email: Jbrwon4@doc.gov

(c) Agency protests filed with the agency Protest Decision Authority shall be sent to the following address:

U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary, Enterprise Services-Acquisition, Room 6516RA ATTN: Christopher Wallis, Director of Acquisition 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230 Email: Cwallis@doc.gov https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/Subpart%2017_2.html#wp1078150 mailto:Jbrwon4@doc.gov mailto:Cwallis@doc.gov

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(d) A complete copy of all agency protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel within one day of filing a protest with either the Contracting Officer or the Director, Enterprise Services-Acquisition.

(e) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the General Counsel, Chief, Contract Law Division, Room 5893, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. FAX: (202) 482–5858.

1.13 1352.233-71 GAO and Court of Federal Claims Protests (APR 2010)

(a) A protest may be filed with either the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or the Court of Federal Claims unless an agency protest has been filed.

(b) A complete copy of all GAO or Court of Federal Claims protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon (i) the Contracting Officer, and (ii) the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel, within one day of filing a protest with either GAO or the Court of Federal Claims.

(c) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the General Counsel, Chief, Contract Law Division, Room 5893, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. FAX: (202) 482–5858.

1352.216-77 Ceiling price (APR 2010).

The ceiling price of this contract is $3,500,000.00. The contractor shall not make expenditures nor incur obligations in the performance of this contract which exceed the ceiling price specified herein, except at the contractor's own risk.

2.0 Proposal Preparation Instructions

Proposal materials shall be organized as follows:

• Section 1 – Technical Proposal

• Section 2 – Past Performance

• Section 3 – Price Proposal

All Sections are to be clearly separated from the other (i.e., page break, blank page diver, separate files) and comply with the following limitations and characteristics as:

• Do not include marketing materials

• Margins (Top, Bottom, Right and Left) no smaller than 1" (headers and footers are allowed in the margins)

• Submission shall be provided in electronic format

• Calibri size 12 font shall be used with 9 font permitted for tables and graphics.

• Offers shall be submitted in a format readable by Microsoft (MS) Word 2007, MS Excel 2007, or in text searchable PDF format, as applicable.

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• Combined, Sections 1 (Technical) and 2 (Past Performance) of the proposal shall be limited to a total of forty (40) pages. A cover letter, table of contents, blank page section dividers, and resumes from Key Personnel are excluded from this total page count.

• Section 3 (Price and Business) of the proposal has no page limits.

• Separate electronic files shall be submitted for the proposal sections as follows:

o One file consisting of both Section 1, Technical Proposal and Section 2, Past Performance Proposal; One file consisting of Section 3, Price Proposal.

2.1 Section 1 Technical Proposal

This volume addresses the technical aspects of the requirement. It shall indicate the firm’s capabilities, and the means used to satisfy the solicitation requirements including those stated in the attached Performance Work Statement. In the technical proposal the offeror shall address its understanding of, and approach towards, fulfilling the requirements to include the following:

• The offeror shall provide a technical approach that demonstrates the offeror’s ability to provide staffing to perform the duties identified in the Performance Work Statement, with special emphasis on:

1. Workflow Management

• Describe how the Offeror monitors the work assignments being performed by subcontractors (Investigators)

• Describe how the Offeror communicates with staff and COR (staff includes subcontractors), including how Offeror handles problems with subcontractors or unhappy parties involved in the investigation.

• Describe how the Offeror assures technical quality is produced.

• Describe how the Offeror shares and protects PII when communicating with subcontractors.

• Describe how the Offeror ensures timely completion of the Report of Investigation

(timeline from receipt of assignment to completion).

2. Report of Investigation (ROI) Sample Index and Summary

• Provide statements obtained from the appropriate parties involved or who witnessed the incident

• Provide a description of documentation obtained.

• Provide a description of comparable evidence obtained.

• Describe regulation or agency policy obtained for the accepted claims under investigation.

3. Technical Ability of Staff

• State whether the investigators currently conduct Federal Sector EEO Investigations and provide validation.

• State how many years each staff members has individually conducted Federal Sector

EEO Investigations.

• State whether the staff has experience in managing Federal Sector EEO Investigations and provide validation.

• State whether support staff and investigators have the ability and knowledge to work with all aspects of Adobe Professional and provide validation.

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• State whether/to what degree do the staff understand the requirements of MD-110 and provide validation.

• The offeror shall provide a management plan to include qualifications, resumes, and a Quality

Control Plan (QCP).

o Provide a QCP on how it will monitor performance in accordance with the PWS. The

Contractor’s QCP is the means by which it will ensure work complies with the PWS requirements of the BPA. A copy of the Contractor’s Quality Control Plan (QCP) shall be included with the proposal.

• The offeror shall include any technical assumptions, conditions or exceptions within its own section within this volume. Any technical assumptions, conditions or exceptions found elsewhere within the submission will not be evaluated or incorporated.

The Technical Proposal shall fully discuss how the contract requirements will be met and the means used to accomplish them. Merely repeating the contract requirements and stating that they will be accomplished, without discussing how the offeror will accomplish them, is not acceptable.

2.2 Section 2 Past Performance Response

Past Performance volume shall be submitted in accordance with the format contained below:

a. Provide no more than three (3) past performance references.

b. The offeror shall include documentation regarding their relevant past performance as it directly relates to the work being procured under this solicitation. The offeror shall submit data for past performance that occurred within the past 36 months (prior to solicitation release date).

c. The offeror shall provide documentation outlining relevant past performance with contracts, as a prime or first-tier subcontractor, which is the same or similar in nature, size, and complexity to the services being procured under this solicitation. Non-Government contracts may be used if Government contracts are not available. The documentation shall be submitted in the following format:

• Contract Number, Award Date and Contract type,

• Cost/Price – original awarded AND final (or projected final, if contract is active),

• Delivery Schedule – original AND final (or projected final, if the contract is active),

• Name, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address for the following:

• Contracting Officer (CO)

• Government Technical Representative or COR/COTR

• Identify in specific detail for each contract listed, why or how that effort is considered relevant or similar to the effort required by this solicitation. In determining relevancy, consideration should be given to such things as product/service similarity, price/cost, size and complexity, contract type, contract environment, division of company proposing, and subcontractor interaction,

• A narrative explanation on each contract listed describing the objectives achieved and any cost growth or schedule delays encountered. For any contracts which did not/do not meet original requirements with regard to cost, schedule, or technical performance, a brief explanation of the

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• A copy of any cure notices or show cause letters received on each contract listed and a description of any corrective action by the offeror or proposed subcontractor,

• Description of any Termination or Termination proceedings for contracts that required work similar to that required by this solicitation. Detailed circumstances leading to Termination proceedings and final outcome.

d. Offerors are reminded that both independent data (such as Contract Performance Assessment Reporting System / CPARS) and data provided by offerors in their proposals may be used by the Government to evaluate offeror past performance. However, the burden of providing thorough, complete, and current past performance information as requested herein remains with the offeror. In the case of an offeror without any relevant past performance history, past performance will be evaluated as “neutral.” A neutral rating is neither an advantage nor disadvantage to the Offeror.

Offerors with no past performance may provide the equivalent information on company officials and/or personnel proposed for this action.

e. All past performance information reviewed will be taken into account and could affect the overall rating. The overall past performance evaluation is a subjective decision based on the whole of all data received. If the past performance information is negative, the contractor will be given an opportunity to provide rebuttal.

3.3 Section 3 – Price Proposal

This section consists of the pricing and business terms associated with the offer to enter into an agreement, resulting in any subsequent task orders to perform the work. It includes a Pricing Schedule Template (Attachment 3) completed in accordance with the template instructions. It also includes all solicitation amendments acknowledged in accordance with the solicitation and any other required administrative information. The offeror shall submit sufficiently detailed information in the price proposal to permit the Contracting Officer and authorized representatives to evaluate the offer for fairness and reasonability.

The Price and Business Proposal shall include the following documents (in the order listed):

Cover Page containing the information below:

• Company Name

• Company Address

• Federal Tax ID (TIN)

• Unique Entity Identifer (UEI) number

• Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) Code Number

• Point of Contact(s) For This Proposal

• Point of Contact(s) Phone Number(s)

• Point of Contact(s) Email Address(es)

• GSA Contract Number

• Small Business and Socio-Economic Status

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Proposals must be set forth as firm fixed price for the services and goods required to complete the tasks in the performance work statement.

The Government requires all Contractors doing business with the Government to be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at time of award. For additional information and to register in SAM, a free service, please access the following website: www.sam.gov 1-866-606-8220. In order to register with SAM and to be eligible to receive an award, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet number, which may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet online at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform or by phone at 1-866-705-5711. All offerors must have submitted their Representations and Certifications using the on-line Business Partner Network (BPN) at https://www.sam.gov. The BPN is the single source for vendor data for the federal government. Award will not be made to any contractor that is not registered in SAM.

A. Completed SF 1449 / OM 347

The Standard Form 1449 / OM 347 is to be executed fully with original signature and included in this volume. The person signing shall have the authority to legally bind the offeror to all of the provisions of the proposal, fully recognizing that the Government has the right, by the terms of the solicitation, to make an award without discussions if it so elects. The minimum proposal validity period is 120 calendar days unless the offeror proposes to offer a longer validity period at time of proposal submission.

B. Amendments (if any)

Include signed SF30 forms acknowledging all amendments that have been issued for this solicitation.

C. Verification of Small Business Status

The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 561611, Investigation and Personal Background Check Services with a small business size standard of $25.M. If the NAICS code associated with the offeror’s GSA FSS contract is 561611 or another NAICS code that carries a size standard of $25M or below, then the offeror’s socioeconomic status at their GSA FSS contract level will apply and recertification as a small business is not required. Offerors who hold a GSA FSS contract with a NAICS code that carries a size standard of $25M or below shall include verification of their status as a small business under that contract such as a copy of their current socioeconomic profile as contained in the GSA Schedule eLibrary.

If the NAICS code associated with an offeror’s GSA schedule 738X SIN: 595-25 contract carries a size standard greater than $25M then the offeror will be required to recertify its small business size status under NAICS code 561611 at the time of proposal submission by completing the certification at FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations. For offerors required to recertify a copy of the FAR 52.219-1 representations shall be included with their proposal submission.

D. Identification of Actual or Potential Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI)

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In accordance with CAR 1352.209-70, Potential Organizational Conflict of Interest, the offeror shall provide complete information regarding previous or ongoing work that is in any way associated with the contemplated acquisition and a statement describing in a concise manner for the Prime and first tier subcontractors all past, present or potential organizational conflicts of interest with this acquisition.

E. Completed Pricing Schedule Template

The offeror shall include the completed Pricing Schedule Template (Attachment 3). Discounts off of the contractor’s FSS contract rates are requested and strongly encouraged. The discounted rates as proposed in the template will be incorporated into the BPA and the rates contained therein will be the maximum rates the offeror may charge for work performed under the BPA. NOTE: The electronic copy submitted with the proposal must be submitted in Microsoft Excel format with read and write access.

In order to be responsive, the offeror shall provide pricing for all SINs in the Pricing Schedule Template (Attachment 3) to include the Base year plus all Option Years.

The Offeror is responsible for the accuracy of the data and any formulae within the pricing sheet.

F. Pricing Narrative

The offeror shall submit sufficiently detailed information to permit the Contracting Officer and authorized representatives to evaluate the offer for fairness and reasonability. The offeror shall include any pricing assumptions, conditions or exceptions within this volume. Any pricing assumptions, conditions or exceptions found elsewhere within the submission will not be evaluated or incorporated. Additionally, the offeror shall include a copy of its FSS price list with its pricing narrative.

3.0 Evaluation Method and Factors

The Government intends to issue five BPAs resulting from this RFP to the responsible offeror(s) whose proposals result in the best value to the Government, considering both price and non-price factors using the trade-off method of analysis. In determining which proposal provides best value to the Government, an integrated evaluation and assessment of offers will be conducted. The best value determination will be accomplished by comparing the merits of the differences in the Technical Evaluation Factors for competing offers with the merits of the differences in their price to the Government. In making these comparisons, the Government is more concerned with obtaining superior non-price capabilities than with making an award at the lowest overall price to the Government.

The following factors will be used; Technical, Past Performance and Price. The Technical factor is more important than the Past Performance factor. When the two non-price factors (Technical and Past Performance) are combined, they are approximately equal to Price. In the event of essential equality in the total non-price factor evaluation between one or more offerors Price may become more important.

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Based upon the results of the integrated assessment of the price and non-price factors, the Government may make an award to other than the lowest-priced offeror or the offeror with the highest technical score if the source selection official determines that to do so would result in the best value to the Government.

Proposals will be reviewed for page limitations. Pages exceeding the page limitation will be eliminated from evaluation.

Evaluation Rating

The evaluation of each non-price factor (Factors 1, 2 and 3) may be done holistically with a rating scale of "high confidence," "some confidence," and "low confidence," representing the Department’s confidence that the Quoter understands the requirement and will be successful in performing the work per factor.

Confidence Ratings:

High Confidence The Government has high confidence that the Quoter understands the requirement, proposes a sound approach, and will be successful in performing the agreement with little or no Government intervention.

Some Confidence The Government has some confidence that the Quoter understands the requirement, proposes a sound approach, and will be successful in performing the agreement with some Government intervention.

Low Confidence The Government has low confidence that the Quoter understands the requirement, proposes a sound approach or will be successful in performing the agreement even with Government intervention.

All quotes shall be evaluated by the Department in accordance with the factors and criteria established above.

Award on Initial Responses

The Government anticipates selecting the best-suited quoter from initial responses, without engaging in exchanges with quoters. Quoters are strongly encouraged to submit their best technical solutions and price in response to this RFP.

**for past performance, an additional rating of neutral (not a positive or negative rating) may be applied where there is not past performance information available.

Definitions

• A Strength is defined as an aspect of the proposal that increases the likelihood of successful contract performance and/or reduces the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. A Strength must be tied to a benefit to the Government.

• A Significant Strength relates to a benefit to the Government that appreciably increases the likelihood of successful contract performance and/or reduces the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

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• A Weakness is defined as a flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. Weaknesses must be tied to an impact or concern for meeting the requirements.

• A Significant Weakness is a flaw that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance. Significant Weaknesses must be tied to a significant impact or concern to meeting the requirements.

• A Deficiency is defined as a material failure of a proposal to meet a government requirement or a combination of Significant Weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful performance to an unacceptable level.

• A Risk is defined as an aspect of the proposal that raises uncertainty and may have an adverse impact. Risks may be tied to schedule, cost, or performance.

The Government at its sole discretion reserves the right to award without discussions if the Contracting Officer determines that the initial offer is fair and reasonable and that discussions are not necessary.

The following factors will be used to evaluate proposals.

1 Technical

The Offeror’s Technical Proposal will be evaluated on how well the Offeror has demonstrated that its proposal meets all minimum requirements and clearly addresses each of the technical elements. All three elements will be considered equal in terms of importance.

1. Workflow Management

2. ROI Sample

3. Technical Ability of Staff

Element 1: Workflow Management

Evaluation of Workflow Management will consider to what extent the following areas demonstrate a strong approach and a high degree of technical acumen:

1. How does the Offeror monitor the work assignments being performed by subcontractors (Investigators)

2. How does the Offeror communicate with staff and COR (staff includes subcontractors), including how Offeror handles problems with subcontractors or unhappy parties involved in the investigation.

3. How does Offeror assure technical quality is produced.

4. How does Offeror share and protect PII with subcontractors.

5. How does Offeror ensure timely completion of the Report of Investigation (timeline from receipt of assignment to completion).

Element 2: Report of Investigation (ROI) Sample

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Evaluation of ROI Sample index and summary will include a review of the following:

1. Statements obtained from the appropriate parties involved or who witnessed the incident

2. Appropriate documentation obtained.

3. Appropriate comparable evidence obtained.

4. Appropriate regulation or agency policy obtained for the accepted claims under investigation.

The Government will evaluate to what extent the ROI sample is complete, accurate, and demonstrates a strong approach and a high degree of technical acumen.

Element 3: Technical Ability of Staff:

Evaluation of the Technical Ability of Staff will consider:

1. Whether the investigators currently conduct Federal Sector EEO Investigations (recency is preferred).

2. How many years have the staff conducted Federal Sector EEO Investigations (higher is preferred).

3. Whether the staff has experience in managing Federal Sector EEO Investigations.

4. Whether support staff and investigators have the ability and knowledge to work with all aspects of Adobe Professional.

5. Whether/to what degree do the staff understand the requirements of MD-110.

Higher levels of ability are preferred.

2 Past Performance

The Government will evaluate the relevant merits of the offeror's past performance on the basis on its record with its current and former customers. The Government will review the following areas regarding past performance:

• Timeliness – Delivery or Performance

• Management - Responsiveness

• Quality of Products or Services Provided

• Compliance with Subcontracting Plans/Goals (if applicable)

Offerors are reminded that both independent data and data provided by offerors in their proposals may be used by the Government to evaluate offeror past performance. However, the burden of providing thorough, complete, and current past performance information as requested herein remains with the offeror. In the case of an offeror without any performance history, past performance will be evaluated as “neutral.” A neutral rating is neither an advantage nor disadvantage to the Offeror.

3.3 Price

Proposed prices will be evaluated but not scored. The price evaluation will determine whether the proposed prices are complete and reasonable in relation to the solicitation requirements, GSA MAS pricing, and market rates. Proposed prices must be entirely compatible with the technical proposal and consistent with the pricing requirements listed in this solicitation. The offeror’s price as derived from the Price Schedule Template will be the total evaluated price for purposes of the source selection tradeoff analysis and best value determination.

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4.0 Attachments

Attachment 1: BPA Terms and Conditions Attachment 2: Performance Work Statement Attachment 3: Price Schedule Template Attachment 4: Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ)

4.0 Attachments