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STATEMENT OF WORK

Statement of Work

Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC)

Command Post (CP) and Mountain Top Relay (MTR) Kits

N0024422R0086

1.0 Introduction and Mission

Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC), Maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (MISR) Weapons School (WS). NAWDC, via the MISRWS, leads the development and execution of Department of Defense’s (DoD) battle management (BM) / command and control (C2) / intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) exercise, RESOLUTE HUNTER (RH), in order to train and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) and readiness across the United States Navy, joint, and coalition services.

MISRWS serves as the RH Program Manager for development and execution of the training exercise.

2.0 Scope

NAWDC has a requirement for the design, fabrication, delivery, installation, and testing of three (3) Command Post Kits and one (1) Mountain Top Relay kit to support a standalone, threat-representative communications network to be used by exercise OPFOR. A portion of RH takes place on the Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC). The FRTC is a very challenging geographic area for ground-based communications due to the prevalence of mountain ranges and corresponding valleys. The command post and mountain top relay kits will upgrade and modernize the capability employed by the RED and GREEN forces during RH. RED and GREEN force commanders are given “commander’s intent” and objectives for each event, but are allowed to be a “thinking” enemy, requiring real-time command and control of RED and GREEN forces. Upgrading the command posts and adding a mountain top relay capability will enable the RED and GREEN forces to more effectively communicate, yielding a more lethal adversary and adding to the complexity of the problem RH exercise participants are tasked with solving. If RH range communications equipment is not purchased, RED and GREEN forces will continue to use the existing legacy equipment and will not be able to evolve and adapt to provide a realistic and challenging OPFOR during RH.

3.0 Requirements

3.1 Locations and Description

COMMAND POST KITS. Three (3) CP kits shall be delivered to and installed in CP vehicles which are located aboard the FRTC, adjacent to NAS Fallon, NV. All (3) CP vehicles are government-owned vehicles, and all equipment installed will become property of the U.S. Government. CP vehicles consist of one HMMWV, one military box truck, and one towed enclosed trailer. Any existing communications equipment removed to install the CP kits will remain the property of the U.S. Government and will be stored aboard the FRTC, coordinated via the

MISRWS.

MOUNTAIN TOP RELAY KIT. One (1) MTR kit shall be delivered to and installed aboard the FRTC, adjacent to NAS Fallon, NV. The mountain range area upon which the kit is to be installed is approximately 8,000 feet elevation accessible via gravel road. Upon installation, the MTR kit will become property of the U.S. Government.

Any existing communications equipment removed to install the MTR kits will remain the property of the U.S.

Government and will be stored aboard the FRTC, coordinated via the MISRWS.

The (3) CP kits and (1) MTR kit, once installed, will operate as a standalone network utilized by RH exercise OPFOR. RH OPFOR will utilize the CPs throughout the FRTC as assigned by exercise control, with communications relay accomplished by the Mountain Top Relay. The network will be used solely for scripted, unclassified exercise communications, and will not interface with any military or civilian communications networks on the FRTC. Kit components have been selected to provide the best possible threat-representative network for blue force exploitation. The kits and resulting network cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit outside visibility into transmitted data due to the standalone nature of the network. Equivalent components may be substituted by the contractor, so long as they are approved by the Technical POC or COR, and are configured in a standalone network.

3.2 General On-Site Requirements

a. WORKING HOURS:

All work is to be done Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays, during the hours 0730 through 1630. All work times must be coordinated with NAWDC and MISRWS.

b. SAFETY:

The Contractor shall conform to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for safety the entire time the work is being performed.

c. CLEAN UP:

The Contractor is responsible for daily clean up each area they perform work in. All areas are to be put back in the same state they were in before work was performed.

3.3 Project Requirements

3.3.1 Management

The Contractor shall provide the overall program management, technical direction, coordination, and administrative efforts to ensure that the SOW requirements are properly implemented and performed in a timely and effective manner.

The Contractor shall develop and maintain a schedule of major milestones and events planned to occur during the project. The schedule shall be provided to the Technical Point of Contract, Paragraph 11 of this SOW prior to the project Kick-off, and whenever there is an update to the schedule.

3.3.2 Installation

The Contractor shall provide installation and functional verification of all kits at NAWDC designated locations.

Configuration requirements:

a. Configuration of all push-to-talk radios on repeater network

b. Configuration of repeaters onto designated networks identified by NAWDC

c. IP configuration of repeaters for interconnectivity between CPs

d. RF configuration of radios to designated frequency bands as identified by NAWDC

e. RF configuration of radios to provide interconnectivity between CPs and MTR

All equipment and materials listed in section 3.3.4 (to include any necessary materials not included in 3.3.4) purchased by the contractor that are required to fulfill the contract will become the property of the Federal Government. At the completion of the installation, the Contractor shall remove any packing materials and refuse that were used to either pack the equipment or used during the installation of the equipment. Contractor shall be responsible for removal of all materials.

3.3.3 Testing Deliverables:

Contractor shall report status of installation and testing of (3) CP kits and (1) MTR kit to the Technical Point of Contact prior to final acceptance of the kits.

3.3.4 Technical Requirements

Kit-CP-001– Command Post Kit

a) Sub-Component Build out (or equivalent, as approved by Technical POC or COR)

Description

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DMR Super Repeater UHF 400-470 50W DMR Conventional and Analog

Rack Mounted Power Supply

Multi Site XPT License

2 Dipole 4DB bi-directional, Low PIM, HD, 370-430 MHz Antenna

Waterproof Mic

UHF Portable Radio w/ Man Down & GPS

License

Speaker Mic

Battery Optimizing System 6 Bay Charger

Repeater License

1000 ft CAT 5e Lan Cable

RJ45 CAT 6 Connectors

Audio, ADP to 2TG RSM

High Power Radio, R/T Only (5 yr warranty)

Shock Mount for High Power Radio R/T

Power Adapter, DC, HPR

Antenna, Vehicular GPS

L-UHF Vehicular Antenna

698 - 2600 MHz Vehicular Antenna

Power Adapter, HPR to Flying Lead

Battery Eliminator, High Power Radio

Rugged Sensor Dongle

Antenna cable extensions (25FT LMR 400)

Kit-MP-001– Mountain Top Relay Kit

a) Sub-Component Build out (or equivalent, as approved by Technical POC or COR)

Audio, ADP to 2TG RSM

High Power Radio, R/T Only (5 yr warranty)

Shock Mount for High Power Radio R/T

Power Adapter, DC, HPR

Antenna, Vehicular GPS

L-UHF Vehicular Antenna

698 - 2600 MHz Vehicular Antenna

Power Adapter, HPR to Flying Lead

Battery Eliminator, High Power Radio

3.3.5 Liability

Contractor will be responsible for any kit damage or damage to government property that occurs during installation or calibration due to contractor negligence, oversight, or error.

4.0 Security

All personnel entering NAS Fallon or FRTC facilities to work shall be US citizens and MUST possess a valid Government issued photo identification card.

Contractor shall provide a list of personnel to the Technical Point of Contact twelve (12) working days in advance of coming to NAS Fallon facilities.

5.0 Contractor Furnished Equipment

Contractor shall provide all tools, machinery, equipment, and operators needed to receive, assemble, and install the system hardware at each site.

Personnel Safety equipment All tools needed to unload, assemble, and test the equipment Test Equipment and cables

6.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance on this effort shall be within 4 months from ARO.

7.0 Points of Contact

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001 1 Group

RESOLUTE HUNTER EQUIPMENT

FFP

Command Post (CP) and Mountain Top Relay (MTR) Kits. In accordance with the specifications within the Statement of Work.

FOB: Destination

MILSTRIP: N6340722RC005CG

PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER: N6340722RC005CG

PSC CD: 5810

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CAGE

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31-JAN-2023

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CENTER

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1.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. This solicitation is a small businesses set-aside competition issued through SAM.gov. The award resulting from this solicitation will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The Government will award a contract to the responsible offeror whose offer is responsive to the Request for Proposal (RFP). Offers submitted for other than FFP will not be considered and will be rejected outright.

2. Questions regarding this procurement must be submitted through Sam.gov. Other methods of question submittal will not be acknowledged. The Government will make every attempt to answer all questions in a timely manner; however, questions submitted within 1 business day of the posted closing date may not allow ample time to respond and offerors cannot be guaranteed a response. All questions and answers will be posted for viewing by all other potential offerors.

3. All offers must be received no later than the date posted on the official solicitation. This posted closing date and time applies to all submissions, as well as to all parts of the submission which are to be considered for award. No offers or modifications will be accepted after the deadline.

4. Offerors must provide information in sufficient detail to clearly and fully demonstrate that the prospective contractor has a thorough understanding of and ability to perform all requirements of this solicitation. The Government will not assume the Offeror possesses any capability, understanding, or commitment not specified in the offer. Offerors are cautioned against restating the SOW requirements in their offers, particularly with regard to technical requirements.

Statements such as "the offeror understands", and "the offeror shall/can comply", along with responses that paraphrase the RFQ, are inadequate. The use of phrases such as "standard practices" (with a specific government reference or industry reference) does not reflect the offeror understands the requirements and will likely result in a diminished evaluation rating.

5. Award will be based on a Best Value Trade-Off Analysis. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and issue a purchase order based on initial offers. Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should contain the offeror's best terms from a Technical, Past Performance and Price standpoint.

6. Any exception to the Government’s technical requirements/specifications must be resolved prior to the solicitation closing date. Offerors that take exception to the Government’s technical requirements without prior resolution with the Contracting Officer will not be considered for award. Alternate proposals are not authorized and will be rejected.

7. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions. Notwithstanding this intent, the Government reserves the right to establish a competitive range, conduct discussions with offerors in the competitive range, if necessary, and to permit such offerors to revise their proposals. The Government also reserves the right to change any of the terms and conditions in the RFP by an amendment at any time prior to contract award and to allow offerors to revise their proposals accordingly.

8. An Offeror’s proposal is presumed to represent the best efforts to respond to the solicitation. The proposal shall present evidence of the Offeror’s understanding of the requirements and their interrelationships. The proposal shall demonstrate the Offeror’s familiarity with the detailed aspects of the requirements and shall clearly show that the Offeror correctly interpreted all of the requirements. Responses must adequately address specific RFP requirements. Statements such as "the Offeror understands" and "the Offeror shall/can comply" along with responses that paraphrase the RFP are inadequate. The use of phrases such as "standard practices" (with a specific government reference or industry reference) is unacceptable. Offerors are cautioned to not simply restate the specifications in their technical proposal. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed artwork, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired. Failure of a proposal to comply with these instructions may be grounds for exclusion of the proposal from further consideration.

9. The proposal should be complete as submitted and not include references to data or information previously submitted. Data previously submitted to the Navy, if any, will not be incorporated “by reference” into the proposal and will not be considered in the evaluation of the proposal.

10. At the government’s discretion, the offeror’s proposal may be incorporated into the final contract, either in whole or in part.

11. After the solicitation closing date, the contracting officer may require an offeror to promptly submit information to demonstrate the offeror is responsible.

12. Questions regarding this procurement must be submitted either through the Sam.gov portal or directly to Steffany.a.becker.civ@us.navy.mil. All questions shall be submitted no later than 2 business days prior to solicitation closing date. Questions received after this date will not be guaranteed a response.

2.0 FORMAT OF THE PROPOSALS

An offerors proposal is presumed to represent the offerors best efforts to comply with the solicitation requirements. Clarity and completeness of the proposal are of the utmost importance. Proposal must be written in a practical, clear and concise manner. It must use quantitative terms whenever possible and must avoid qualitative adjectives to the maximum extent possible. Proposal volumes must be internally consistent or the proposal may be considered unrealistic, precluding further consideration.

Offerors’ responsibility to ensure that there are no discrepancies presented within the information contained in the offer. Potential offeror is hereby notified that in the event there are discrepancies within the information contained in the offer, the Government reserves the right to apply its judgement to resolve such discrepancies during the evaluation of the proposals without discussions.

The offeror shall acknowledge receipt of any amendments to this solicitation with their proposal.

2.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION, FORMAT AND CONTENT:

2.1 Contractor and subcontractor, proposal shall be submitted electronically only. Proposals must be submitted in severable volumes as set forth below and all information specific to each Volume shall be confined to that volume:

Volume I- Cover Letter and Technical Factor Volume II- Past Performance Volume III - Price

Offers must submit one (1) copy of each Volume.

Volume Name Number of Copies Page Limit

Volume I* – Cover Letter and Technical Factor (1)

No more than 25 pages exclusive of cover letter, table of contents, table of figures

Volume II*- Past Performance (1) 2 Pages exclusive of Offerors Past Performance Data

Volume III- Price (1) Unlimited (Excel format)

Volumes I * and Volume II * shall not contain any price or cost information.

a. Electronic copies shall be provided via the SAM.gov portal no later than the stated due date and time. Electronic documents shall be submitted in Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Excel format. Zip files are not allowed. All other formats will not be acceptable. All proposals must be received by the date specified in the RFP and shall contain all of the specified volumes to be considered for award.

b. The proposal must be single-spaced typed (one side only) using Microsoft Word minimum 12-point font text. Graphs/tables/charts may be included as necessary and may be 10-point font text size. Hyperlinks may not be used. The font requirement for graphs/tables/charts is waived.

c. All pages in each volume shall be numbered sequentially (i.e., 1-20); pages identified above that are not included in the page limitation may be numbered differently or not at all. The Government will only evaluate that part of the proposal that complies with the instructions set forth herein. For example, if the requirement is a maximum of 20 pages and an offeror submits 22 pages, the last two pages will not be read and/or evaluated.

d. The government requires the information described below in order to evaluate the vendor’s ability to perform. Failure to adequately address any of the required information may constitute a “material omission,” that will preclude further consideration for award. The following elements of the quotation, including specific instructions for its organization and content, are provided as follows under “Content of Quote."

Each volume must include the following information:

N0024422R0086 - DRAFT

Cover Sheet - The cover sheet shall include Title - N0024422R0086 – Command Post (CP) and Mountain Top Relay (MTR) Kits Volume Name (Offer; Technical/Past Performance; or Price Volume Number I (Cover Letter and Technical), II (Past Performance), or III (Price) Name and address of the offeror, point-of-contact (POC), title, telephone number, fax number, email address, Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS), Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) shall be prominently displayed on the cover of each volume.

3.0 CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL

Volume I- Cover Letter and Technical

a. Cover Letter

The company name, address, point of contact with telephone and facsimile numbers, e-mail address, Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) code, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, and Tax Identification Number (TIN); and Seaport NxG contract number.

Names, titles, telephone and facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses of persons authorized to negotiate and signature of person authorized to sign the proposal (Not required for the Subcontractor) on the Offeror's behalf with the Government in connection with this solicitation;

Proposal validity for 180 days; and

Completed Representations and Certifications of solicitation provisions or certification of completion within the offerors System of Award Management (SAM) profile.

b. Factor I- Technical Approach

The purpose of this section is to enable the Navy to assess the Offeror's technical understanding of and capability to perform, manage and control tasks in the Statement of Work (SOW), Section C of the solicitation.

The Technical Proposal shall consist of no more than 25 pages, excluding letters of intent, employment agreements, title page, table of contents, and cross-reference index list. Offerors are cautioned that no more than the first 25 pages of their Technical Proposals will be evaluated. If any offer is not in compliance with the page limitation on Technical Proposals the extra pages will be removed and not evaluated. There shall be no cost information included in the Technical sections of the offer.

The Offeror must state explicitly whether or not any exceptions are taken to the terms and conditions of the solicitation. If so, the Offeror should list, and provide its rationale for any such exception. Any comments or exceptions must be addressed in this section and may form the basis for an Offeror to be considered ineligible for award. Alternate proposals are not authorized and will be rejected.

Factor I- Technical Capability to Meet the Requirement

Sub-Factor (1) Technical Requirements

Sub- Factor (2) Operational Reliability, Warranties, and Liability

Sub-factor (1) Technical Requirements

Offerors shall provide, in detail, an approach that will demonstrate the Offerors’ understanding and ability to perform the requirements listed in Section 3.0-3.3.5 of the SOW, including the Offeror’s ability to meet all the technical requirements/salient characteristics of the Kits.The offer must not merely repeat the solicitation requirements, but rather must provide convincing documentary evidence in support of conclusive statements of how contract requirements will be met. Acceptable documentary evidence can be in the form of product literature and specifications. The quote shall address requirements including an evaluation of the suitability for meeting the technical specifications; the quote must include the following:

Supporting technical documentation, e.g., product literature and specifications to help the Government determine if the quoted kits and assemblies meets or exceed all of the essential characteristics specified in the RFQ.

The technical approach should demonstrate that the Offeror can accomplish the specific tasks in a technically competent, timely, cost effective manner with minimum risk to the Government. The narrative should provide a complete analysis of the performance requirements and explain the processes, best practices and other methods the Offeror will use to meet each requirement stated in the SOW. The technical approach is not to be a restatement of the information contained in the SOW.

Sub-factor (2) Operational Reliability, Warranties, and Liability

All offers shall include statistics or information regarding the system reliability. The Offerors must provide background information on the proposed items within each kit.

a. All offers shall describe the extent of warranty coverage of the items and the liability responsibility.

VOLUME II - Past Performance

1. Offeror’s may include in Volume II, a one to two page document listing all potential references.

Information to be provided is reference name, address, phone number, email address, and any other identifying information such as Contract Number or type of work provided. The Offeror must use the Past Performance Datasheet provided as an attachment to this solicitation.

2. Offerors shall provide all relevant past performance information for similar or related work under contracts completed during the last three years. Offerors may submit performance data regarding current contract.

3. Past Performance references may include federal, state, or local Government and private contracts performed by the Offeror that were similar in nature for this effort being evaluated.

4. To obtain information, the Government may contact the points of contact listed by Offerors, however, the Government is not required to contact the points of contact provided by Offerors and may limit the number of references it decides to contact. The Government is also free to contact references other than those provided by the Offeror to evaluate past performance of Offerors

5. If the offeror possesses no relevant PP, it must affirmatively state this fact in the Volume II submittal.

VOLUME III- PRICE

Pricing shall be firm-fixed priced to perform the work listed in the statement of work. Offerors shall return fully executed CLINs to include a unit price and total extended prices for all required Contract Line Items listed in the solicitation and a Total Amount showing the cumulative sum of all line items. The Offerors shall provide a breakdown of pricing.

Proposals shall include pricing in excel format with breakdown of different elements (i.e. hours, labor rates, fringe, overhead, G&A, profit etc.) by CLIN with unhidden formulas. Formulas must be included within the cells. Do not submit this spreadsheet in PDF format. All price spreadsheets shall be completed and contain all the required detailed calculations and information for the prime and any subcontractors proposed. Total CLIN pricing should be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)

1. BASIS FOR AWARD

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1.1 The award resulting from this solicitation will be a single firm fixed price contract. This is a small business set-aside, using a best value trade-off methodology. The basis for award of a contract will be an integrated assessment by the Contracting Officer of the results of the evaluation based on the evaluation factors and their importance as indicated below. The integrated assessment will include consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of the offers. The Government reserves such right of flexibility in conducting the evaluation as is necessary to assure placement of a contract is in the Government's best interest. Accordingly, the Government may award to other than the lowest price offeror, or other than the offeror with the highest technical rating.

1.2 To be eligible for award, the offeror must fully comply with the statement of work, and address all solicitation requirements. As such, offers that take exception to any term or condition of this solicitation, propose any additional term or condition, or omit any required information, may not be considered for award. Alternate proposals are NOT authorized and will be rejected. An offeror must propose in accordance with the directions set forth in the “Instruction to Offerors” to be considered for award. Additionally, prior to award, a responsibility determination will be made in accordance with FAR 9.104-1 and will take into consideration the information submitted by the offeror and information obtained from other resources.

The Government intends to award based on initial submissions. Therefore, the Offeror's initial offer should contain the Offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to enter into discussions with Offerors if it is determined by the Contracting Officer to be in the Government’s best interest.

1.3 Relative Weights

1.3.1 Factor I (Technical Approach) and Factor II (Past Performance Confidence) are listed in descending order of importance. When combined, the non-cost factors [Factor I (Technical Approach) and Factor II (Past Performance Confidence), are significantly more important than Factor III (Price). A rating of “Unacceptable” in any factor will render the entire proposal ineligible for award. There are two sub-factors under Factor I (Technical). These two sub-factors shall be used to establish an overall rating for Factor I. An unacceptable in any sub-factor will result in an overall Factor I rating of Unacceptable, rendering the entire proposal ineligible for award. The sub-factors are listed in descending order of importance:

Sub-Factor (1) Technical Requirements

Sub- Factor (2) Operational Reliability, Warranties, and Liability

1.3.2 Award will be made to that offeror whose proposal contains the combination of those criteria offering the best overall value to the government. In making this comparison, the government is more concerned with obtaining superior Technical Approach (Factor I), Past Performance Confidence (Factor II), than Price (Factor III). However, the Government may not make an award at a significantly higher cost to the Government to achieve slightly superior technical approach or past performance.

2. EVALUATION OF OFFERS

Factor I - Technical Approach The Government will assess the Offeror’s Technical Approach with respect to its compliance with the solicitation requirements and the risk associated with the Offeror's approach through the assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, and deficiencies.

a. Sub-Factor (1) Technical Requirements

1. The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s submission to determine the Offeror’s understanding of, approach to, and ability to meet the solicitation requirements based on the information provided as required by INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS. The contractor’s technical information will be used to determine whether the items or services proposed meet or exceed the requirements/ salient characteristics included in the SOW.

b. Sub- Factor (2) Operational Reliability, Warranties, and Liability

2.1 The Government will evaluate the operational reliability to determine the Offeror’s ability to provide fully functioning and reliable equipment.

2.2 Technical Approach Grading Criterion:

The following table of Adjectival Ratings/Description shall be used for the Technical/Risk Rating for Factor (I). The overall Factor I (Technical) rating will be determined by evaluating the ratings for each of the sub-factors. The overall rating will be used for tradeoff analysis but when two or more offerors are give the same rating, subfactor ratings may come into play in the tradeoff analysis. Inherent in the Factor

(I) rating definition is a component for risk, reflecting the projected risk of the proposed approach to successfully perform the contract.

Adjectival Rating Combined Technical/Risk Rating Rating Description

Outstanding

Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Good

Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements and contains at least one strength, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low to moderate.

Acceptable

Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Marginal

Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Unacceptable

Proposal does not meet requirements of the solicitation, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable. Proposal is unawardable.

2.3 Unacceptable Rating. Any offeror receiving a score of “unacceptable” in a factor or any sub-factor will render the entire proposal ineligible for award.

Factor II – Past Performance Grading Criteria

B. Factor II – Past Performance Grading Criteria There are two aspects to the past performance evaluation. The first is to evaluate each contractor’s past performance for relevancy to the proposed effort. The second is to determine the Government’s confidence level regarding future performance, based on each contractor’s past performance.

1. Relevance. Past performance on current and recent contracts (within the last 3 years) that are more technically relevant to the customer’s mission and program performance requirements, and similar in size, scope and complexity will receive greater consideration than performance on contracts that are less relevant

2. Grading Criteria for “Past Performance Relevancy.” To determine how relevant each recent effort accomplished by the contractor is, the government will evaluate each past performance action, and rate each action using the following table below:

Table 2 Past Performance Relevancy Rating Rating Definition

Very Relevant Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant

Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires

Not Relevant Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

2. Performance Confidence Assessment

In determining Past Performance Confidence, the Government shall consider how well the contractor has performed on previous contracts in areas such as timeliness, quality, cost control, and customer satisfaction. With respect to relevancy, past performance of greater relevancy will typically be a stronger predictor of future success and have more influence on the past performance confidence assessment than past performance of lesser relevance.

In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance, or for whom information on past performance is not available, the government will not evaluate the offeror favorably or unfavorably on past performance. Such offerors will receive a rating of “Unknown Confidence (Neutral).” A "Substantial Confidence" or "Satisfactory Confidence" past performance rating is worth more than a "Neutral Confidence" past performance rating.

Past Performance Confidence Assessment will be rated as follows:

Past Performance Confidence Assessment Rating Definition

Substantial Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort

Neutral Confidence

No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned.

The offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

Limited Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

An overall rating of “No Confidence” will render the offeror ineligible for award and it will not be further evaluated for Price.

A. Factor III – Price:

The Government will evaluate quotations for price completeness, and price reasonableness. A price reasonableness determination will be made using the price analysis techniques identified in FAR 15.404-1 as deemed appropriate.

Award Decision

An award will be made to the offeror whose quote contains a combination of Technical (Factor I), Past Performance (Factor II), and Price (Factor III) that offers the best overall value to the Government. The Government is more concerned with obtaining superior Technical (Factor I) and Past Performance (Factor II), than making the award to the lowest Price (Factor III) offered to the Government. However, the Government will not pay a premium for enhancements the Government considers unnecessary.

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision)

52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS--COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL

SERVICES (NOV 2021)

(a) Inspection/Acceptance. The Contractor shall only tender for acceptance those items that conform to the requirements of this contract. The Government reserves the right to inspect or test any supplies or services that have been tendered for acceptance. The Government may require repair or replacement of nonconforming supplies or reperformance of nonconforming services at no increase in contract price. If repair/replacement or reperformance will not correct the defects or is not possible, the Government may seek an equitable price reduction or adequate consideration for acceptance of nonconforming supplies or services. The Government must exercise its post-acceptance rights-

(1) Within a reasonable time after the defect was discovered or should have been discovered; and

(2) Before any substantial change occurs in the condition of the item, unless the change is due to the defect in the item.

(b) Assignment. The Contractor or its assignee may assign its rights to receive payment due as a result of performance of this contract to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, including any Federal lending agency in accordance with the Assignment of Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3727). However, when a third party makes payment (e.g., use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card), the Contractor may not assign its rights to receive payment under this contract.

(c) Changes. Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties.

(d) Disputes. This contract is subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes. Failure of the parties to this contract to reach agreement on any request for equitable adjustment, claim, appeal or action arising under or relating to this contract shall be a dispute to be resolved in accordance with the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) 52.233-1, Disputes, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Contractor shall proceed diligently with performance of this contract, pending final resolution of any dispute arising under the contract.

(e) Definitions. The clause at FAR 52.202-1, Definitions, is incorporated herein by reference.

(f) Excusable delays. The Contractor shall be liable for default unless nonperformance is caused by an occurrence beyond the reasonable control of the Contractor and without its fault or negligence such as, acts of God or the public enemy, acts of the Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, unusually severe weather, and delays of common carriers. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing as soon as it is reasonably possible after the commencement of any excusable delay, setting forth the full particulars in connection therewith, shall remedy such occurrence with all reasonable dispatch, and shall promptly give written notice to the Contracting Officer of the cessation of such occurrence.

(g) Invoice.

(1) The Contractor shall submit an original invoice and three copies (or electronic invoice, if authorized) to the address designated in the contract to receive invoices. An invoice must include--

(i) Name and address of the Contractor;

(ii) Invoice date and number;

(iii) Contract number, line item number and, if applicable, the order number;

(iv) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price and extended price of the items delivered;

(v) Shipping number and date of shipment, including the bill of lading number and weight of shipment if shipped on Government bill of lading;

(vi) Terms of any discount for prompt payment offered;

(vii) Name and address of official to whom payment is to be sent;

(viii) Name, title, and phone number of person to notify in event of defective invoice; and

(ix) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). The Contractor shall include its TIN on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract.

(x) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking information.

(A) The Contractor shall include EFT banking information on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract.

(B) If EFT banking information is not required to be on the invoice, in order for the invoice to be a proper invoice, the Contractor shall have submitted correct EFT banking information in accordance with the applicable solicitation provision, contract clause (e.g., 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management, or 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Other Than System for Award Management), or applicable agency procedures.

(C) EFT banking information is not required if the Government waived the requirement to pay by EFT.

(2) Invoices will be handled in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C. 3903) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR part 1315.

(h) Patent indemnity. The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, employees and agents against liability, including costs, for actual or alleged direct or contributory infringement of, or inducement to infringe, any

United States or foreign patent, trademark or copyright, arising out of the performance of this contract, provided the Contractor is reasonably notified of such claims and proceedings.

(i) Payment.--

(1) Items accepted. Payment shall be made for items accepted by the Government that have been delivered to the delivery destinations set forth in this contract.

(2) Prompt payment. The Government will make payment in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C.

3903) and prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR part 1315.

(3) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).