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Proposal Formal, Submission, and Evaluation Information:

Offers must be submitted on company letterhead. Commercial format is encouraged. All offerors shall include the following information as part of their quote:

•Legal Business/Company Name (as listed in www.sam.gov) •DUNS Number •Point of Contact Name •Telephone number •Email Address

Proposals shall be submitted via email or via mail to the following addresses:

ECMS Vendor Portal (See Attachment for instruction) or Mail: 75 Barrett Heights Road Suite 309 Stafford, VA 22556 For proposals mailed, proposals shall be submitted on compact disk (CD) and files shall be in either Microsoft Word or Adobe pdf formats. DVDs are not acceptable as the Government computer is unable to read this media type. Any DVDs received in response to this announcement will be rated as technically unacceptable and removed from consideration.

Questions pertaining to this announcement shall be sent by email to: auvorie.benson@va.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

Proposal Evaluation:

52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(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:

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the requirements of the Statement of Work (SOW) sections of the solicitation, which will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

Award will be made to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Offeror. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-price factors. For evaluation purposes the lowest price will be determined by calculating the total price of Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) in order to determine a total amount. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers on a lowest cost, technically acceptable bases in accordance with FAR 15.101-2:

A. Price

i. Price analysis will be conducted to determine a fair and reasonable price. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to ensure a fair and reasonable price.

B. Technical Qualifications: Technical acceptability will be evaluated to determine the extent to which it demonstrates a clear understanding of all features involved in performance of the requirements identified in the solicitation. The proposal should not simply restate the Government’s requirements, but it should describe, in detail, how the Offeror intends to meet the requirements. Offerors shall provide information for the following sub-factors:

i. Experience of company and/or subcontractors in performing this type of work: have you done/performed the requirements of the Scope of Work? Please explain in detail, (e.g. Description, Size, Scope and Dollar Value of similar projects.) Provide evidence of managerial qualifications of key managerial personnel (résumés, training, related project experience, certifications); qualifications of the Site Supervisor and other key technical personnel (résumés of key technical personnel, training, experience, certifications).

ii. Performance Plan: The contractor shall provide in writing a detailed work plan which presents the contractor’s plan for completing the work. The contractor’s plan shall be responsive with the scope of work and describe, in detail, the approach to be used for each task required. For each task, the contractor shall identify all necessary subtasks (if any), associated costs by task, and milestone dates. Provide evidence of sufficient personnel & equipment (list).

iii. Identify any subcontractor(s) to be used in performance of this contract, along with the subcontractor’s socio-economic status (i.e. Disabled/Veteran owned, Woman owned, Small, Large Business, etc.). If using a subcontractor, list the type and percentage of work each party will perform.

C. Past Performance: Past performance will be evaluated for quality, timeliness (i.e. recent), problem resolution, business relations, customer service and relevance (i.e. experience in providing services similar in size, scope, and complexity as described in the SOW). If no past performance information is readily available, the Offeror’s past performance will be evaluated as Neutral. The Government will research information and data bases to aid in establishing contractor’s responsibility and ability to perform. The databases include, but are not limited to Experian, PPIRS, EPLS, VetBiz and SBA.

i. Offerors shall provide at least three (3) references/referrals that specifically address offeror’s performance on projects within the last three (3) years that are similar in scope to the Government’s requirement. Offerors shall provide this information by completing the Past Performance Questionnaire.

ii. Each referral point of contact must be reachable by telephone or email information provided. The Government will not research contact numbers or emails. If a referral cannot be reached with the information provided, offeror will not get credit for that referral.

iii. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror will not be evaluated favorably nor unfavorably on past performance.NOTE: OFFERORS MUST PROVIDE DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE, TO INCLUDE CURRENT WARRANTY PROVISIONS TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT’S EVALUATION OF THE OFFERED PRODUCT(s).