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List of RFP Changes- RFP # 36C10X19R0001

Appraisal Management Services/Other Related Services for the VBA

The purpose of this solicitation amendment, Amendment #03, is to make changes to the Solicitation document, based upon further review. The changes to the solicitation contained in this Amendment are outlined below:

1. Solicitation sub-Section B.1., Contract Administration Data, is changed to add the language

“Monthly in arrears; Accepted and payable after COR receipt and approval of deliverables” in

Section 3, Invoices.

2. Solicitation sub-Sections B.2 and B.3 have been deleted and replaced with VA Acquisition

Regulation (VAAR) Clauses 852.219-74-Limitations on Subcontracting-Monitoring and

Compliance, 852.219-75-Subcontracting Commitments- Monitoring and Compliance, and

852.219-76- Subcontracting Plan-Monitoring and Compliance. These new VAAR provisions are in Solicitation Section C, Contract Clauses.

3. Solicitation Section B.2-Performance Work Statement-

a. General- This Solicitation Sub-Section has been renumbered to B.2, due to the changes in bullet 2., above.

b. PWS Section 1.3, Applicable Documents, bullet point #12/”VA Information and

Information System Technology,” has been deleted since this document is no longer in use. If an updated version becomes available, it will be distributed amongst all offerors.

c. PWS Section 3.0- The “Functional Areas” graph under “Scope of Work,” has been revised to change the functional area of “Other Related Considerations” to

“Related/Miscellaneous.”

d. PWS Section 4.1.A.3- language has been changed to update the frequency of the Lessons

Learned Diary, from the frequency of “as needed” to “submitted each month along with the monthly status report.”

e. PWS Section 4.4/Deliverables- the deliverable numbers have been corrected from the numbering convention “4.5…” to “4.4….”.

f. PWS Section 8.a- Liquidated Damages for Data Breach has been updated to incorporate additional sentence at the end of the paragraph “However, it is the policy of VA to forgo collection of liquidated damages in the event that the contractor provides payment of actual damages in an amount to be adequate by the agency.”

g. Solicitation Sub-Section B.3-Cost/Price:

i. Sub-Contract Line Items (SLINs) 0007, 1007, 2007, 3007, and 4007 have been corrected to be in accordance with the corresponding task on the PWS, from

“Other Related Considerations” to “Related/Miscellaneous.”

ii. Sub-Contract Line Items (SLINs) 0009, 1009, 2009, 3009, and 4009 have been added to account for any proposed travel. NOTE: please see the answer to question 88 regarding travel.

4. Solicitation Sub-Section C.1- FAR Clause 52.212-1, Clauses Incorporated by Reference, is edited to add four (4) clauses- FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting, FAR 52.204-17, Ownership & Control of Offeror, FAR 52.204-18- Commercial and Government

Entity Code Maintenance, and FAR 52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror.

5. Solicitation Sub-Section C.3- FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-

Commercial Items (May 2015) has been updated with a newer version, dated October 2018.

6. Solicitation Sub-Section C.10- VAAR 852.232-72, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests

(Nov 2012), has been updated with a newer version, dated November 2018.

7. Solicitation Sub-Section C.11- VAAR 852.233-71, Alternate Protest Procedure (SEP 1998), has been updated with a newer version, dated September 2018.

List of RFP Changes- RFP # 36C10X19R0001

Appraisal Management Services/Other Related Services for the VBA

8. Solicitation Sub-Section C.13- FAR Clause 52.212-5- Contract Terms & Conditions Required to

Implement Statues or Executive Orders- Commercial Items (Jan 2017), has been updated with a newer version, dated October 2018.

9. Solicitation Sub-Section E.1- FAR Provision 52.212-1- Instructions to Offerors- Commercial

Items (Oct 2016) has been:

a. Updated with a newer version, dated October 2018.

b. The Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, A. Basis for Award, has been updated to include the phrase “trade-off” after the 2 words, “Best Value.”

c. Sub-section E.1.B.3, Proposal Submission/Content Requirements Chart has been changed to state that there is no page limit to the Past Performance Matrix, mandates a no more than 2-page narrative for Volume IV, Price Proposal.

d. Sub-Section E.1.B., Proposal Submission/Content Requirements/Volume II- Performance

Risk- an additional paragraph, titled “Past Performance Matrix,” is added to provide additional detail on the importance of the Past Performance Matrix and to reiterate that there are no page limitations on the Past Performance Matrix (but the 3-page limit for the past performance narrative still applies).

e. Sub-Section E.1.B., Proposal Submission/Content Requirements/Volume IV- Price, an additional paragraph, titled “Price Narrative” is added to mandate a no more than 2-page narrative and explains the expected content of the narrative.

10. Solicitation Sub-Section E.2, FAR Provision 52.212-3- Offeror Representations and

Certifications- Commercial Items (Dec 2016), has been updated with a newer version, dated

October 2018.

11. Solicitation Sub-Section E.8, VAAR 852.233-70- Protest Content/Alternative Dispute

Resolution, has been correctly re-numbered from Sub-Section E.7 to E.9.

Attachment Documents

1. Attachment #01- Pricing Spreadsheet has been:

a. Has been updated to ensure that the task columns correlate with the tasks in the PWS.

b. A new row, for the not to exceed (NTE) Travel CLIN, has been added.

2. Attachment #03- Past Performance Matrix has been:

a. Re-formatted to address the questions/answers regarding the Past Performance Matrix.