Attachment_1_to_Amendment_5_0005.pdf

Attachment 1 to Amendment No. 5 Solicitation 140G0221R0003

The following changes are hereby incorporated as part of Amendment No. 5 to Solicitation 140G0221R0003:

1. FAR 52.222-46, Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees, is hereby incorporated as part of this solicitation:

Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees (Feb 1993)

(a) Recompetition of service contracts may in some cases result in lowering the compensation (salaries and fringe benefits) paid or furnished professional employees. This lowering can be detrimental in obtaining the quality of professional services needed for adequate contract performance. It is therefore in the Government’s best interest that professional employees, as defined in 29 CFR 541, be properly and fairly compensated. As part of their proposals, offerors will submit a total compensation plan setting forth salaries and fringe benefits proposed for the professional employees who will work under the contract. The Government will evaluate the plan to assure that it reflects a sound management approach and understanding of the contract requirements. This evaluation will include an assessment of the offeror’s ability to provide uninterrupted high-quality work. The professional compensation proposed will be considered in terms of its impact upon recruiting and retention, its realism, and its consistency with a total plan for compensation. Supporting information will include data, such as recognized national and regional compensation surveys and studies of professional, public and private organizations, used in establishing the total compensation structure.

(b) The compensation levels proposed should reflect a clear understanding of work to be performed and should indicate the capability of the proposed compensation structure to obtain and keep suitably qualified personnel to meet mission objectives. The salary rates or ranges must take into account differences in skills, the complexity of various disciplines, and professional job difficulty. Additionally, proposals envisioning compensation levels lower than those of predecessor contractors for the same work will be evaluated on the basis of maintaining program continuity, uninterrupted high-quality work, and availability of required competent professional service employees. Offerors are cautioned that lowered compensation for essentially the same professional work may indicate lack of sound management judgment and lack of understanding of the requirement.

(c) The Government is concerned with the quality and stability of the work force to be employed on this contract. Professional compensation that is unrealistically low or not in reasonable relationship to the various job categories, since it may impair the Contractor’s ability to attract and retain competent professional service employees, may be viewed as evidence of failure to comprehend the complexity of the contract requirements.

(d) Failure to comply with these provisions may constitute sufficient cause to justify rejection of a proposal.

(End of provision)

2. FAR 52.230-7, Proposal Disclosure-Cost Accounting Practice Changes, is hereby incorporated as part of this solicitation:

Attachment 1 to Amendment No. 5 Solicitation 140G0221R0003

Proposal Disclosure-Cost Accounting Practice Changes (Apr 2005)

The offeror shall check "yes" below if the contract award will result in a required or unilateral change in cost accounting practice, including unilateral changes requested to be desirable changes.

□ Yes □ No

If the offeror checked "Yes" above, the offeror shall-

(1) Prepare the price proposal in response to the solicitation using the changed practice for the period of performance for which the practice will be used; and

(2) Submit a description of the changed cost accounting practice to the Contracting Officer and the Cognizant Federal Agency Official as pricing support for the proposal.

(End of provision)

3. Section B-Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs is hereby modified to reflect new anticipated period of performance dates as indicated below. All offerors shall hold proposed pricing firm for 120 calendar days from the date of this amendment.

Base Period -April 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023

Option Period 1- April 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024

Option Period 2- April 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025

Option Period 3- April 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026

Option Period 4- April 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027

Six Month Extension (if utilized by the Government)- June 1, 2027 through November 30, 2027

4. Offeror shall furnish certification for the prime and each major subcontractor that it has an approved accounting system that is adequate to support a cost reimbursement contract.

5. Offeror shall furnish a copy of the most recent Forward Pricing Rate Agreement from DCAA that verifies most recently approved indirect rates for proposals.

6. Offerors shall provide the contact information for their Cognizant DCAA Auditor and their assigned DACO/ACO.