2023 Mini-MACC Section L and Section M Draft.pdf

Section L - Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors (Non-commercial)

1. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

a. General Instructions: Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those criteria identified as evaluation factors. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation and provide complete accompanying rationale. The response shall consist of four (4) separate parts; Part I - Summary and Miscellaneous Data, Part II - Price Proposal, Part III - Past Performance Proposal, and Part IV- Technical Proposal.

b. Specific Instructions:

(1) Proposals shall be submitted by e-mail or DoD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) Service. If using DoD SAFE, e-mail john.jeffrey.1@us.af.mil and katrina.peace.1@us.af.mil to request a drop-off request via DoD SAFE. Requests to submit through DoD SAFE shall be submitted at least two (2) business days in advance of when documents are required to be submitted to the Government. Instructions on how to use DoD SAFE can be found at https://safe.apps.mil/. Proposals must be e-mailed or submitted via DoD SAFE no later than the solicitation closing date and time to both solicitation points of contact:

Mr. John Jeffrey at john.jeffrey.1@us.af.mil and Ms. Katrina Peace at katrina.peace.1@us.af.mil.

(2) PART I – SUMMARY AND MISCELLANEOUS DATA. Submit one (1) electronic copy.

(a) The offeror shall provide a concise summary and master table of contents of the entire proposal.

(b) Complete blocks 14-20c of the RFP Section A, SF1442. In doing so, the offeror accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the RFP Sections A through K. These sections constitute the model contract.

(c) Complete block 19 of the RFP Section A, SF 1442, if any solicitation amendment(s) to the original solicitation documents were issued.

(d) Complete the necessary fill-ins and certifications in Sections C through K. Section K shall be returned in its entirety. For Sections C through I, the offeror shall submit only those pages that require a fill-in.

(e) If no exceptions, deviations, or waivers are proposed, submit an Affirmation of no Exceptions, Deviations, or Waivers.

(f) If a teaming arrangement is contemplated, provide complete information as to the arrangement, including a copy of the signed agreement or other documents that demonstrate the agreement and terms.

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(3) PART II – PRICE PROPOSAL - Submit one (1) electronic copy.

(a) Complete the Price Schedule (Attachment 4 Price Schedule) for the Seed Project. Section B (Supplies or Services and Prices) of the SF 1442 shall not be filled in. This section will be filled in by the Government if an award is made.

(b) Insert proposed unit prices and extended amounts in the Price Schedule for the Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs). The extended amount must equal the unit price multiplied by the number of units. It is imperative that mathematical calculations are correct; Unit prices and extended amounts are limited to two decimal places.

(c) Extreme care should be exercised to ensure that no price data of any kind are included in any other Part of the proposal.

(d) Complete the Financial Data Form (Attachment 5 Financial Data Form).

(e) Ensure pricing of an appropriate payment protection for the seed project is included in CLIN 0002 of the proposal IAW FAR 52.228-13 (Section I of the solicitation).

(f) Provide names, titles, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of person(s) authorized to enter into contracts and negotiate on the offeror’s behalf for this solicitation. Proposals signed by an agent shall be accompanied by evidence of that agent’s authority.

(4) PART III – PAST PERFORMANCE PROPOSAL - Submit one (1) electronic copy. Part III has three (3) parts. Part IIIa, the Quality section, is limited to no more than 10 pages. Part IIIb, Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 7 PPQ), is limited to the completed past performance questionnaires per contract/project submitted IAW Paragraph L4(b) below. Part IIIb will not be submitted by the Offeror. Part IIIc, the Past Performance Supplemental Worksheet (Attachment 8 Past Performance Supplemental Worksheet), has no page limit, offerors shall submit the completed Microsoft Excel spreadsheet labeled Relevant Projects. Only references and information for recent past efforts/contracts of relevance are desired. Recency and relevancy are defined in Section M.

(a) Part IIIa, Quality and Satisfaction Rating of Projects:

1. Overview: Provide information requested in paragraph 2, below. Offerors may include any information currently available that demonstrates customer satisfaction with overall job performance and/or quality of completed projects. Completed projects are defined as projects that have been accepted as complete by the customer. Information must be provided for, and is limited to, all projects submitted as relevant projects for evaluation.

2. Past Performance Information: Provide a summary of no more than five (5) completed relevant projects that demonstrate capability to perform in an industrial/residential environment similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity to the current solicitation within the last three (3) years prior to the issuance date of the solicitation. The summary of each project shall be limited to 2 pages per project.

Furnish the following information for each project listed:

a. Company/Division name

b. Project Title

c. Project Location and whether it is located above or below the 60th parallel

d. Contracting Agency/Customer

e. Contract Number or Other Identifying Information

f. Project Dollar Value

g. Period of Performance

h. Verified, up-to-date name, mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone number of the contracting officer or other Point-of-Contact

i. Description of project scope of work including a rationale supporting your assertion of relevance and identifying aspects of the projects demonstrating relevancy as stated in Section M.

j. Describe any known performance deemed unacceptable by the customer, or not in accordance with the terms and conditions. Include a description of how this was resolved.

k. Pictures of projects, if desired. NOTE: Pictures will count as part of the page limit and must have sufficient resolution to be clear if printed.

(b) Part IIIb Past Performance Questionnaires: Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs) shall be used by the offeror in obtaining and providing past performance information. The PPQ is limited to the completed past performance questionnaire per project. The government requires the offeror send out a PPQ to each of the Points-of-Contact (POCs) identified in the Past Performance Proposal (paragraph

(d) below). The offeror shall send out the PPQ (Attachment 7 PPQ), using the Past Performance Evaluation Cover Letter (Attachment 6 PPCL), to each of its references.

1. THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SEND OUT PAST PERFORMANCE

QUESTIONNAIRES RESTS SOLELY WITH THE OFFEROR.

2. Once the questionnaires are completed by the POCs, the information contained therein will be considered source selection sensitive and will not be released outside the Government. The POCs shall forward their completed questionnaires directly to the government – NOT BACK TO THE OFFEROR. If the Government does not receive the completed questionnaire, then the Government will reach out to the POC provided by the offeror. If the Government does not receive a completed questionnaire and has no other independent source of information, then the Government will be unable to verify the project's recency, relevancy, or quality. Therefore, that project will not be considered.

3. PPQs shall be e-mailed directly from your POC to both of the following solicitation points of contact: Ms. Katrina Peace at katrina.peace.1@us.af.mil and Mr. John Jeffrey at john.jeffrey.1@us.af.mil

(c) Part IIIc Past Performance Supplement (Attachment 8 Past Performance Supplement Worksheet):

1. Complete the Past Performance Supplement in its entirety. Instructions are provided at the top of the Past Performance Supplement. Only identify projects completed as the Prime contractor, but still identify trades that were subcontracted out. Please ensure you mark off all trades that were utilized for each project. Utilized trades will be marked by placing an “X” in the column of the trade performed under the project. Note that the Government will not consider performance on a project that was not completed within three (3) years prior to the issuance date of this solicitation.

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2. The Past Performance Supplement has no page limit; offerors shall submit the completed Microsoft Excel spreadsheet named Attachment 8 Past Performance Supplement Worksheet. Only references and information for recent past projects of relevance are desired.

(d) Other Considerations:

1. If an offeror has no past performance history that is recent or relevant, the offeror must state affirmatively it possesses no past performance history that is recent or relevant.

2. To be considered relevant, submissions should reflect individual projects and/or task orders from entire programs. Projects should be similar in scope, magnitude of effort and complexity to the Seed Project or any less complex projects under $2,000,000.

3. The Government has an estimate in the $12M-$24M range per year. The Government's estimate is 175-225 projects per year. This is only an estimate to aid in your proposal development. There is no implied guarantee of the quantity and volume of projects. Refer to Section I of the solicitation for ordering limits and maximum order and contract values.

4. If a teaming arrangement is contemplated, provide complete information concerning any relevant and recent past performance information on previous teaming arrangements with same partner.

If this is a first-time joint project, each party to the arrangement may provide projects to be included in the list of past projects of relevance. The Government will evaluate not more than five (5) past performances for a teaming arrangement within the three (3) years prior to the issuance date of this solicitation.

(5) PART IV – TECHNICAL PROPOSAL - Submit one (1) electronic copy.

(a) The offeror shall provide a written plan, limited to no more than five (5) pages, describing how they will effectively perform the work as prescribed within the Statement of Work and achieve project objectives for the Seed Project. The plans shall address personnel, equipment/tools, timelines, and methodology, etc. Neither a staffing/management plan nor employee resumes are required. Offerors shall submit a technical proposal in adequate detail to allow the Government to assess that the offeror understands and has developed a plan that addresses the requirements of the SOW.

(b) The Technical Proposal shall address the following project objectives IAW the Statement of Work:

1. Technical Approach

2. Materials Required

3. Timeline

2. Documentation Requirements - Documents submitted in response to this RFP must be consistent with the following:

a. Requirements of the solicitation (CLINs and SOW) and Government standards and regulations pertaining to the SOW.

b. Evaluation Factors for Award in Section M of this solicitation.

c. If a Part in a proposal exceeds the specified page limit cited in the Part Content, the excess pages will not be evaluated.

d. Format for proposal Parts I, II, III, and IV shall be as follows:

(1) Each Part of the proposal shall be submitted in an electronic version only. E-mail or DoD SAFE are the only acceptable means of submission. If using DoD Safe, e-mail john.jeffrey.1@us.af.mil and katrina.peace.1@us.af.mil, ask for a drop-off request via DoD SAFE (Secure Access File Exchange) Service. Instructions on how to use DoD SAFE can be found at https://safe.apps.mil/. Physical media will not be accepted (e.g. printed copies, compact discs, and thumb drives). The following paragraphs provide format parameters for each Part to ensure the appropriate format if printed out.

(2) Each Part shall contain a Table of Contents, Cross References, and the List of Tables and Drawings (if applicable).

(3) Cover pages, Tables of Contents, and Tabs will not be counted against the page limits.

However, pages depicting tables, charts, graphs, and figures will count toward the page limit.

(4) The proposal will be on 8 1/2” x 11” paper, except for foldouts used for charts, tables, or diagrams, which may not exceed 11” x 17”.

(5) A page is defined as one face of a sheet of paper containing information. Two pages may be printed on one sheet of paper.

(6) All printing shall be single-spaced. Spacing characteristics are applicable to charts and graphs.

(7) Written entries shall not be less than 11 font size. Size of print is applicable to charts and graphs.

(8) Page margins shall be a minimum of 1 inch top, bottom, and each side.

(9) Each Part shall be complete in itself and shall not reference information contained in other Parts.

Page 1 of a Part is defined as the first page after the Table of Contents. All pages shall be numbered.

(10) Price data of any kind shall be presented only in the Price Proposal Part.

(11) Elaborate formats, bindings, and color presentations are not desired or required.

(12) All files must be in Microsoft Office format and must be able to be opened on Government computers. Documents provided by the Government in PDF format are exempt from this requirement and may be submitted in PDF format. The same format used for the initial proposal shall be used for the final proposal resulting from any discussions and/or updates, if applicable. Offerors are advised to submit proposals in time to verify that the Government received the files and that the files can be opened and read. The Government is not responsible if files submitted are not readable or are in the wrong format.

Replacement files will not be accepted after the deadline for submittal of proposals. All spreadsheets must be unlocked and all formulas must be included and readable by the Government.

(13) Each page should contain the following legend at the bottom of each sheet:

SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION--SEE FAR 2.101 and 3.104

CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION

(14) The following table summarizes the proposal submission:

PART I:

TITLE: Summary and Misc Data (File Name: Part I) Electronic copy: 1, Page limit N/A Page limit: Only required documents will be accepted (See Paragraph L1.b.(2) Part I –Summary and Miscellaneous Data)

PART II:

TITLE: Price (File Name: Part II) Electronic copy: 1 Page limit: Completed Attachment 4 Price Schedule and Attachment 5 Financial Data Form will be accepted (See Paragraph L.1.b.(3) Part II –Price Proposal)

PART IIIa:

TITLE: Past Performance Quality (File Name: Part IIIa) Electronic copy: 1 Page limit: 10 Pages. Two (2) page limit per completed project will be accepted (See Paragraph L1.b.(4)(a) – Part IIIa, Quality and Satisfaction Rating of Projects)

PART IIIb:

TITLE: Past Performance Questionnaires. (File Name: Part IIIb) Electronic copy: 1 (to be received from the individual completing the form) Page limit: Only required documents will be accepted (See Paragraph L1.b.(4)(b) Part IIIb – Past Performance Questionnaires)

PART IIIc:

TITLE: Past Performance Supplemental Worksheet. (File Name: Part IIIc) Electronic copy: 1 Page limit: Completed Attachment 8 Past Performance Supplement Worksheet

PART IV:

TITLE: Technical (File Name: Part IV) Electronic copy: 1 Page limit: 5 pages.

e. General Information:

(1) Late proposals will be processed in accordance with FAR 52.215‐1(c)(3), "Submission, modification, revision and withdrawal of proposals."

(2) Offerors are cautioned that JBER has visitor control procedures requiring individuals not affiliated with the installation to obtain a visitor pass prior to entrance.

Note: Contractors must comply with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, State of Alaska, and local Municipality Health Mandates. These policies are subject to change.

(a) A site visit for the Seed Project will be held at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER) on 12 April 2023 to start at 10:00 AM Alaska Time (AKT) at Building 10480. All costs associated with attending the site visit shall be borne by the offeror. Prospective offerors are urged to attend the site visit.

If a contractor is unable to attend, there will be no future site visits scheduled.

(b) All contractors, including those that have access to Joint Base Elmendorf‐Richardson (JBER), wishing to participate in the site visit shall provide the company name and individuals’ names for personnel attending the scheduled site visit. Provide this information to 673 CONS NLT 12:00 PM AKT 11 April 2023. Please provide the information via e-mail to the following address:

katrina.peace.1@us.af.mil and john.jeffrey.1@us.af.mil.

(c) If needed, visitor passes will be processed for issue at the Visitor Control Center. These individuals must send their full name to the following e-mail addresses: katrina.peace.1@us.af.mil and john.jeffrey.1@us.af.mil by 12:00 PM AKT 10 April 2023. Please allow some delay while obtaining the pass. The following information will be required when getting your pass:

1. License

2. Registration

3. Proof of Insurance

Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award

BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD

1. General - This is a competitive performance-price tradeoff (PPT) best value source selection conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Department of Defense (DoD) FAR Supplement Procedures, Guidance and Information Subpart 215.3, Air Force FAR Supplement (AFFARS) Mandatory Procedure (MP) 5315.3, and Department of Defense Source Selection Procedures (20 Aug 2022) in which competing offerors’ combined past performance information and technical “acceptability” will be evaluated on a basis significantly more important than price. By submission of its offer, the offeror accepts all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions and representations and certifications, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors or sub factors.

Failure to meet a solicitation requirement may result in an offer being determined unacceptable. The Government reserves the right to award a contract to a technically acceptable offeror with other than the lowest Total Evaluated Price (TEP), as the Source Selection Authority will make an integrated assessment best value award decision using the TEP and evaluated Past Performance. The SSA has discretion to award to offerors with stronger past performance records. The evaluation process will include the following:

a. The Government will only evaluate one proposal from each offeror. Up to five (5) awards will be made to the responsible offerors whose proposals conform to all required terms and conditions, includes all required representations and certifications, meets all requirements set forth in the RFP, and also provides the best value to the Government based on the results of the evaluation as described in Section M below. The Government will also select On-Ramp contractors, as described in Section H, with effective dates “To Be Determined (TBD)."

b. The following evaluation factors will be used to evaluate each proposal.

(1) Factor I – Technical

(2) Factor II – Price

(3) Factor III – Past Performance

Note: Price and Technical evaluations will only consider the Seed Project.

2. Proposal Evaluation: The evaluation process will be accomplished as follows (Organized by Proposal Parts as described in Section L):

a. Part II, Price Factor

(1) Offerors must include a price for the seed project listed in Solicitation Price Schedule. The price evaluation team will evaluate price fair and reasonableness of the seed project. The TEP is the proposed price for the seed project.

(2) The Price Schedule for the seed project will be evaluated to determine price fair and reasonable, using one or more methods described below. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to ensure a fair and reasonable price. Examples of such techniques include, but are not limited to the following:

(a) Price analysis: The process of examining and evaluating a proposed price without evaluating its separate cost elements and proposed profit.

(b) Comparison of proposed prices received in response to the solicitation. Normally, adequate price competition establishes price reasonableness.

(c) Comparison of previously proposed prices and previous Government contract prices with current proposed prices for the same or similar effort.

(3) The Government reserves the right to conduct price realism. Price realism is the evaluation of the proposed price to determine that a project can realistically be completed within the proposed constraints in accordance with the Statement of Work and all attachments. If the Government elects to perform a price realism analysis, the Government reserves discretion over the method within which it performs its price realism analysis. Price proposals that the Government finds unrealistically low may be deemed unacceptable.

(4) The seed project is an actual project that the Government intends to award as a task order.

b. Part III, Past Performance Factor

(1) The purpose of the past performance evaluation is to assess the degree of confidence the Government has in an offeror's ability to meet the solicitation requirements based on each offeror's demonstrated record of performance. All submitted past performance projects will be assessed for recency. All projects determined to be recent will be assessed for relevancy. Only those projects determined to be recent and relevant will be assessed for quality.

(2) The past performance assessment process will result in an offeror's overall performance confidence assessment rating of one of the following ratings: Substantial Confidence, Satisfactory Confidence, Neutral Confidence, Limited Confidence, or No Confidence.

(a) The Government will evaluate performance information on all eligible offerors. The evaluation may be based upon (i) past performance information obtained from questionnaires (Attachment 7 PPQ), (ii) the information provided in the Past Performance Supplement (Attachment 8 Past Performance Supplement Worksheet), (iii) information from Contractor Performance Assessment Reports, (iv) information obtained IAW FAR Part 42.1503(g), and (v) any other information independently obtained by the Government. If a reference identified by the offeror, in accordance with Paragraph L4.b., does not submit a questionnaire the Government will follow up with the reference POC.

The Government is not responsible for the failure of a reference POC to provide a survey/questionnaire.

(b) The evaluation of past performance information (i) will take into account past performance regarding predecessor companies, (ii) will not take into account past performance of key personnel who have relevant experience, (iii) will not take into account past performance regarding subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to this acquisition, (iv) will not take into account past performance information regarding sister companies, and

(v) will not take into account past performance as a subcontractor.

(3) Recent Past Performance is defined as those efforts completed for any customer(s) within the last three (3) years prior to the issuance date of the solicitation.

(4) For a project to be considered of similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities a project shall meet all three criteria below.

(a) Project location must be above the 60th parallel.

(b) Project value must not exceed $2M.

(c) Project must utilize at least three (3) of the occupations listed below:

1. Painters

2. Fire Sprinkler/Alarm

3. Carpenters

4. Roofers

5. Plumbers

6. Sheet Metal Workers

7. HVAC

8. Hazardous Material Removal Workers

9. Electricians

10. Construction Equipment Operators

11. Minimal Design as specified in Mini-MACC SOW 01000, para. 1.3

Note: With the exception of minimal design, the occupations listed above are defined in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook.

(5) The Government will evaluate relevancy on a pass/fail basis and assign a Relevant or Not Relevant rating as described below:

(6) Past Performance Relevancy Rating Definitions:

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

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

(7) Performance Quality Assessment: Recent, relevant past performance projects will be assessed for quality with a focus on quality control, timely performance, effectiveness of management, and regulatory compliance.

(8) Quality Rating Definitions:

(a) Exceptional: Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds many to the customers benefit. The performance being evaluated was accomplished with few minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the Contractor were highly effective.

(b) Very Good: Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds some to the customers benefit. The contractual performance being evaluated was accomplished with some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the Contractor were effective.

(c) Satisfactory: Performance meets contractual requirements. The contractual performance contains some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the Contractor appear, or were, satisfactory.

(d) Marginal: Performance does not meet some contractual requirements. The contractual performance reflects a serious problem for which the Contractor has not yet identified corrective actions.

The Contractor's proposed actions appear only marginally effective or were not fully implemented.

(e) Unsatisfactory: Performance does not meet most contractual requirements and recovery is not likely in a timely manner. The contractual performance contains a serious problem(s) for which the Contractor's corrective actions appear or were ineffective.

(9) Past Performance Confidence Assessment Ratings. As a result of the assessment of past performance information (as described above), each offeror will be assigned a single past performance confidence rating at the factor level.

(10) Offerors must demonstrate capability to perform or acquire work in the occupations listed in L.b(4)(c) above. The Attachment 8 Past Performance Supplement Worksheet submitted with a proposal must show that the submitted recent, relevant projects utilized at least seven (7) of the listed occupations when looking at all projects combined.

(11) Past Performance Confidence Assessment Rating Definitions:

(a) 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.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

(d) 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.

(e) 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.

c. Part IV, Technical Factor

(1) The technical factor will be assessed based on the objectives stated in Section L: Technical Approach, Materials Required, and Timeline.

(2) For a proposal to be rated technically acceptable, the technical proposal must address all three criteria below.

(a) The appropriate trades necessary to complete the project as defined by the SOW must be listed in the technical proposal.

(b) The technical narrative shall address appropriate materials for completion of the seed project.

(c) Technical narrative shall include a schedule for completion of work that does not exceed 60 days from Notice to Proceed.

(2) The Government will evaluate technical proposals on a pass/fail basis and assign an Acceptable or Unacceptable rating as described below:

(3) Technical Rating Definitions:

(a) Acceptable: Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation.

(b) Unacceptable: Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation.

3. Award Determination

a. The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed necessary. If the Government establishes a competitive range to conduct discussions, the contracting officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.

b. Upon completion of the integrated assessment, the Government intends to award up to five (5) Mini- MACC IDIQ contracts. To be considered for award, the offeror's technical proposal must be rated as "Acceptable." The Government may award a contract to other than the lowest price, to Offerors with a stronger Past Performance record. In that event, the Source Selection Authority will make an integrated assessment best value award decision using the TEP and evaluated Past Performance.

c. Priority for the On-Ramp Pool will be given to those offerors whose proposal represented the greatest value as determined by source selection authority during the initial competition for IDIQ contract award and determined to be responsible and qualified for a contract with the Government.

d. Once selected awardees have been identified for the IDIQ, the Government will rank each selected awardee by price from lowest to highest for the seed project and award the seed project to the lowest offeror. A post award orientation seminar will be held in which all awardees will receive their first task order for $2,000 for attendance.