A001 19AQMM21R0331 Amendment GITM Warehouse.pdf

Date: February 7, 2022

To: All Prospective Offering Eligible 8(a) firms

From: U.S. Department of State, Office of Acquisition Management, World-Wide Division, Information Management Support Branch (AQM/WWD/IM)

Subject: Amendment # A001,Request for Proposal (RFP) # 19AQMM21R0331 GITM

Warehouse Services

The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Office of Acquisition Management, Worldwide Division, Information Management Branch (AQM/WWD/IM) is issuing this amendment to competitive

8(a) RFP # 19AQMM21R0331 to make some clarifications. Accordingly, the following changes are made.

1. The attached questions and answer (Q&A) is provided and incorporated into the solicitation.

2. Note that this solicitation is only for the award of indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract (the more general warehouse service requirement), but a sample/conceptual first task order statement of work (SOW) is provided as Attachment A. While the draft/conceptual first task order will not be awarded as a result of this solicitation, the

SOW is provided so that offerors can provide a better informed and more thorough response to the solicitation, to include proposed technical approaches and transition plans that address the more specific requirements in the SOW.

3. Section J, Attachments is reordered as to align with attachment lettering on the provided attachment documents.

ATTACHMENT A, Sample/Conceptual First Task Order Statement of Work

ATTACHMENT B, Price Worksheet - IDIQ Contract

ATTACHMENT C, Department of Labor Wage Determination 2015-4281 Rev 21

ATTACHMENT D, Draft DD 254, Contract Security Classification Specifications (not yet available)

ATTACHMENT E, Performance Deductions

ATTACHMENT F, Past Project/Contract Form

ATTACHMENT G, Past Performance Questionnaire (included in same MS Word doc as

F, Past Project Form)

ATTACHMENT H, Positions Descriptions

ATTACHMENT I, Process Flow Charts (0.0 - 6.0, seven in all)

4. The proposal due date and time is February 25, 2022, 5:00 PM, Eastern Time.

5. Attachment H, Position Descriptions, Logistics Manager / Supervisor is a key position, and therefore “key” is added after the labor category title.

6. ATTACHMENT C, Department of Labor Wage Determination 2015-4281 Rev 21 is replaced with Department of Labor Wage Determination 2015-4281 Rev 21 (posted with amendment).

7. Under L 001 - INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS, L.1 Proposal Preparations Instructions to Contractors, B. Technical Submission, Volume 1, Factor 1 – Past Performance, the following is added:

“While DOS desires and prefers to have past projects that were performed by the offeror as a prime contractor, it will also consider past projects performed by the quoter as a subcontractor/team member, past projects performed by a proposed subcontractor/team member, and past projects performed by key personnel. For past project performed as a subcontractor/team member, the quoter must include in its past project description its role, details of the precise work that it performed (as opposed to that performed by the prime contractor), and the percentage of work that it performed. For Quoters/subcontractors that are newly formed entities (in existence less than three (3) years from the issuance date of this solicitation) who either have no prior contracts or do not possess relevant corporate experience/past performance, but have key personnel with relevant experience/past performance while employed by another company, the quality of such key personnel’s experience/past performance, as verified by DOS, may be considered if the submitted past project involves the key personnel performing the same role currently being proposed on this acquisition and this performance occurred during the past three (3) years from the issuance date of this solicitation.

If this scenario applies to the quoter, the quoter shall explain on the past project form that the project was not performed by the quoter but by its key personnel, and shall detail the key personnel that worked on the project, their role, and the proposed role on the solicited requirement.

Note that only three total past projects shall be submitted, no matter if they are submitted for quoter (proposed prime contractor), subcontractor or key personnel.”

All emails regarding this solicitation shall include the solicitation in the subject line. Offerors that email their intent to submit a proposal must be eligible for award under the SBA 8(a) program (FAR 19.8).

Please see the attached question and answer document.

Sincerely, Michael Dickson Contracting Officer

Attachments

Questions and Answers