36C10B25Q0013 0001 Final.pdf

5. PROJECT NUMBER (if applicable)

CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER

CODE

6. ISSUED BY

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE

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10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

E. IMPORTANT:

is extended,

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning ___1_______ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR

ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

(REV. 11/2016)

is required to sign this document and return ___________ copies to the issuing office. is not, A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

15C. DATE SIGNED

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES

SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER

Contractor

16C. DATE SIGNED

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

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Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

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(such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.)

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13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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11/22/2025

VA-24-00034989

Department of Veterans Affairs

Office of Procurement, Acquisition, and Procurement

Technology Acquisition Center

23 Christopher Way

Eatontown NJ 07724

Department of Veterans Affairs

Office of Procurement, Acquisition, and Procurement

Technology Acquisition Center

23 Christopher Way

Eatontown NJ 07724

To All Offerors/Bidders

36C10B25Q0013

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X x

November 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET x 1

See Continuation Page.

Michael Weckesser

Contracting Officer

36C10B25Q0013 0001

The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to:

1. Address questions received from Industry and to provide response. Please see the attached Word Document that provides this information.

2. As a result of one of the questions posed, and its response, Section B.13 of the

Solicitation is hereby updated to clarify how Offerors submit. This change has been highlighted for convenience.

3. Given the above, the Offeror Response due date and time is updated to

November 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET.

All other terms and conditions of this Solicitation remain unchanged and in full effect.

E.13 QUOTE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The Offeror’s proposal shall be submitted electronically by the date and time indicated in the solicitation via https://www.sam.gov email to Michael Weckesser (michael.weckesser@va.gov) and Erin Gleason (erin.gleason@va.gov) in the files set forth below. The Offeror’s proposal shall consist of up to five (5) volumes, as applicable.

The Volumes are I -Technical; II –Price; III – Veterans Involvement; IV- Solicitation, Offer & Award Documents, Certifications & Representations; and V - Small Business Subcontracting Plan (LARGE BUSINESS ONLY). The use of hyperlinks or embedded attachments in proposals is prohibited.

ALL OFFEROR ARE HEREBY ADVISED THAT ANY OFFEROR-IMPOSED TERMS

AND/OR CONDITIONS WHICH DEVIATE FROM THE GOVERNMENT’S MATERIAL

TERMS AND CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE SOLICITATION, MAY RENDOR

THAT OFFEOR’S TECHNICAL PROPOSAL UNACCEPTABLE, AND THUS

INELIGABLE FOR AWARD. THIS MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,

PROPOSALS PREDICATED ON INCORPORATION OF COMMERICAL SOFTWARE

LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR LIKE SERVICE AGREEMENTS. THE TERMS OF ANY

COMMERICAL SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT ARE GOVERNED BY FAR

52.227-19, COMMERCIAL COMPUTER SOFTARE, INCLUDED IN THIS

SOLICITATION.

WARNING: Please do not wait until the last minute to submit your proposals! Late proposals will not be accepted for evaluation. To avoid submission of late proposals, we recommend the transmission of your proposal file 24 hours prior to the required proposal due date and time. Please be advised that timeliness is determined by the date and time an Offeror’s proposal is received by the Government not when an Offeror attempted transmission.

Offerors are encouraged to review and ensure that sufficient bandwidth is available on their end of the transmission.

*Any concerns regarding the submission shall be addressed to Erin Gleason, Contract Specialist by email at erin.gleason@va.gov, and Michael Weckesser, Contracting Officer at michael.weckesser@va.gov.

2. PROPOSAL FILES. Offeror’s responses shall be submitted in accordance with the following instructions:

a. Format. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Each volume shall be clearly identified and shall begin at the top of a page.

All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and solicitation number in the header and/or footer.

Proposal page limitations are applicable to this procurement. The Table below indicates the maximum page count (when applicable) for each volume of the Offeror’s proposal.

All files will be submitted as either a Microsoft Word 2010 (.doc) [if allowing Word documents] Microsoft Excel (.XLS) file or an Acrobat (PDF) file or compatible as indicated in the table. Page size shall be no greater than 8 1/2" x 11" with printing on mailto:michael.weckesser@va.gov mailto:erin.gleason@va.gov mailto:erin.gleason@va.gov mailto:michael.weckesser@va.gov one side, only. The top, bottom, left and right margins shall be a minimum of one inch (1”) each. Font size shall be no smaller than 12-point. Arial or Times New Roman fonts are required. Characters shall be set at no less than normal spacing and 100% scale.

Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size not less than 8-point and may be landscape. Line spacing shall be set at no less than single space. Each paragraph shall be separated by at least one blank line. Page numbers, company logos, and headers and footers may be within the page margins ONLY, and are not bound by the 12-point font requirement. Footnotes to text shall not be used. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror’s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below. Pages in violation of these instructions, either by exceeding the margin, font, printing, or spacing restrictions or by exceeding the total page limit for a particular volume, will not be evaluated. Pages not evaluated due to violation of the margin, font or spacing restrictions will not count against the page limitations. The page count will be determined by counting the pages in the order they come up in the print layout view.

b. File Packaging. All of the proposal files may be compressed (zipped) into one file entitled “proposal.zip” using WinZip version 6.2 or later version or the proposal files may be submitted individually.

c. Content Requirements. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The Offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. The titles and page limits requirements for each file are shown in the Table below:

A Cover Page, Table of Contents and/or a glossary of abbreviations or acronyms will not be included in the page count of the Technical Volume. However, be advised that any and all information contained within any Table of Contents and/or glossary of abbreviations or acronyms submitted with an Offeror’s proposal will not be evaluated by the Government.

Volume Number Factor File Name Page Limitations*

Volume I Technical Tech.pdf 15 pages

Volume II Price Price.xls None

Volume III Veterans Involvement VetsI.pdf None

Volume IV Solicitation, Offer & Award Documents, Certifications & Representations

OfrRep.pdf None

Volume V Small Business Subcontracting Plan

(LARGE BUSINESS

ONLY)

SBSP.PDF None

See also FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items.

(i) VOLUME I – TECHNICAL FACTOR. Offerors shall propose a detailed approach that addresses the following:

1. Breadth and width of established and available technical skills training in order to align to the technical work roles within the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and Department of Defense Cyber Technical Roles/responsibilities PWS Section 5.2(1).

2. Assessing technical capabilities and skills of employeesand identify technical skill gaps to align training to meet skill requirement objectives for the noted standards in PWS Section 5.2(1(a)).

3. Interfacing with required VA systems such as the VA Talent Management System and (, VA Active Directory, as noted in PWS Section 5.9 and 5.10

4. Meeting the FedRAMP requirements detailed in PWS Section 5.3.1, inclusive of a detailed description with timeline for the Offeror to make the solution available for use by VA Staff.

5. Corporate experience in handling large user databases (minimum of 8,000 users) and at least 2,000 industry standard technical and cyber security technical courses within its catalogue and how that experience will be applied to the Offeror’s approach to meeting the requirements in PWS Section 5.2.

(ii) VOLUME II– PRICE FACTOR

The Offeror shall complete/fill in the Schedule of Supplies/Services of the solicitation and provide supporting backup documentation to identify how costs were calculated. No Excel file will be provided.

Price Rounding Issue - The Government requires Offerors to propose unit prices and total prices that are two (2) decimal places and requires the unit prices and total prices to be displayed as two (2) decimal places. Ensure that the two (2) digit unit price multiplied by the item quantity equals the two (2) digit total item price (there should be no rounding).

The Price Proposal Volume shall include a breakout of the proposed FFP for the base and each option period by labor categories, labor rates, hours and licenses/platform.

This should also include identification of Prime or Subcontractor for all labor and services proposed. All Offerors should propose using an estimated award date of December 19, 2024, and all price proposals should be effective until December 18, 2024.

(iii) VOLUME III – VETERANS INVOLVEMENT FACTOR.

(1) For SDVOSBS/VOSBs: In order to receive credit under this Factor, an Offeror shall submit a statement of compliance that it qualifies as a SDVOSB or VOSB in accordance with VAAR 852.215-70, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Evaluation Factors (DEVIATION). Offerors are cautioned that they must be certified in SBA Veteran Small Business Certification

Program portal at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ and must meet federal small business size standards for the NAICS code assigned to this solicitation at time of both proposal submission and at time of award.

(2) For Non-SDVOSBs/VOSBs: To receive some consideration under this Factor, an Offeror must state in its proposal the names of SDVOSB(s) and/or VOSB(s) with whom it intends to subcontract, and provide a brief description and the approximate dollar values of the proposed subcontracts. Additionally, proposed SDVOSB/VOSB subcontractors must be certified in SBA Veteran Small Business Certification Program database ( https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/) in order to receive some consideration under the Veteran’s Involvement Factor and must meet federal small business size standards for the NAICS code assigned to this solicitation at time of proposal submission and time of award.

(iv) VOLUME IV - SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD DOCUMENTS

AND CERTIFICATIONS/REPRESENTATIONS.

Certifications and Representations - An authorized official of the firm shall sign the SF 1449 and all certifications requiring original signature. An Acrobat PDF file shall be created to capture the signatures for submission. This Volume shall contain the following:

a. Solicitation Section A – Standard Form SF1449 and Acknowledgement of Amendments, if any.

b. Any proposed terms and conditions and/or assumptions upon which the proposal is predicated.

c. Offerors are hereby advised that any Offeror-imposed terms and conditions and/or assumptions which deviate from the Government’s material terms and conditions established by the Solicitation, may render the Offeror’s proposal Unacceptable, and thus ineligible for award.

(v) VOLUME V - SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (LARGE

BUSINESS ONLY).

Offerors shall adhere to requirements noted in Solicitation regarding submission of a Small Business Subcontracting Plan that shall be evaluated and negotiated, if applicable, prior to award.

(End of Provision)