Instructions.docx

Instructions, conditions, and notice to offerors

1. Instructions

FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors- Commercial Items (FEB 2012) This clause provides for a single streamlined set of instructions to be used when soliciting offers for commercial items and is incorporated in this solicitation by reference.

A. To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instruction contained herein. Offeror’s proposals must be complete, sufficient and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. It will be the sole responsibility of the offeror to ensure that its proposal is received by the Government at the stated deadline date and time. The offeror’s proposed price must be in U.S. Dollars.

B. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The offeror’s proposal may be submitted by email (a) Technical Proposal, and (b) a Price Proposal in response to this solicitation. The proposal package and contents therein must be properly tabbed, organized and legible. Offeror’s proposals are to be no more than twenty-five (25) pages in length.

2. Proposals that fail to include required information or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

3. Offerors agree to hold firm the prices in its offer for 90* calendar days from the deadline date specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers.

4. Below are the submittal requirements that must be included in the offeror’s package.

TECHNICAL

Factor 1 - Technical Capability.

Technical Capability is defined as the Offeror’s technical approach, skills, processes and methodologies, as well as ability, to successfully perform all work required, as described in Section C (the Performance Work Statement) of this Solicitation.

Factor 2 – Past Performance

Offerors shall identify other federal government contracts, and describe the past experience of their company in providing similar support services as specified in this solicitation within the past three (3) years. If contractor has not held 3 previous federal government contracts of this nature, may list state and local contracts, or comparable private experience. Provide a list of three (3) references pertaining to those contracts including the following:

· Offeror’s Name

· Contract Number and Contract Type

· Original Contract dollar value and final contract dollar value (including options)

· Original and final completion date

· A description of the contract effort

· The relevance of this contract to the current procurement Point of contact including telephone number

The offeror shall have the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ), provided separately from the Solicitation, filled out by the three (3) references noted and have the PPQ submitted via email directly to the Contract Specialist, Angel Walls, at angel.walls@bep.gov. Completed PPQ’s shall be submitted prior to the Solicitation closing date in order to be evaluated.

The past performance information will be used as an indicator of an offeror’s ability to perform the contract successfully. However, the absence of past performance data will be viewed neither favorably nor unfavorably.

2. Pricing

Offerors shall complete the Schedule of Supplies/Services table provided in Section B.

Offerors must quote prices for all service line items in order to be considered for award

All pricing shall be inclusive of all Offeror’s direct costs (labor, training, and travel), indirect costs, and profit.

3. Certifications

Offeror must certify that they are small business registered through the Small Business Administration and that NAICS code 561210 is valid for small business award in their System for Acquisition Management (SAM) profile.

Submissions lacking these certifications will be considered non-responsive and receive no further consideration.