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The due date for this requirement is September 14, 2011 at 3:00pm eastern standard time.

1) Offerors shall submit one (1) electronic copy, via email to Worrells.deborah@dol.gov

2) EXPRESS MAIL/COMMON CARRIER: Not accepted

3) US POSTAL SERVICE CHANNELS: Not accepted

4) HANDCARRIED PROPOSALS: Not accepted.

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-2 EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Basis for Award.

The Government will award a single Firm Fixed Price contract from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation is most advantageous to the Government based on the best overall proposal that is determined to be the most beneficial to the Government, with appropriate consideration given to the three evaluation factors: {Technical, Past Performance, and Price}. Factor I, Technical is significantly more important than Factor II, Past Performance. All subfactors under Factor I, Technical are of equal importance. The Contracting Officer shall also conduct a price analysis in accordance with the techniques in FAR 15.404-1(b) (2). The non-Price factors combined are significantly more important than Factor III, Price. However, price will become significantly more important as non-price factors approach equality.

Offerors are cautioned that an award may not necessarily be made to the lowest price offered. The Government is more concerned with obtaining superior technical features than with making an award at the lowest overall price to the Government. However, the Government will not make an award at a significantly higher overall price to the Government to achieve slightly superior technical features. To receive consideration for award, a rating of no less than “Acceptable” must be achieved for Factor I, and its associated sub-factors (Understanding of Requirement, Key Personnel. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

Pursuant to FAR 15.306(c) the Contracting Officer may establish a competitive range comprised of all of the most highly rated proposals, unless the range is further reduced for reasons of efficiency. Pursuant to FAR 52.215-1(f) (4), the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals. Offerors will be required to submit a technical and price proposal and will be evaluated against three evaluation factors. To determine which firm represents the best value, the offers will be evaluated as outlined below.

TECHNICAL APPROACH- The proposal will be evaluated to determine whether the offeror’s methods and approach have adequately and completely considered, defined, and satisfied the requirements specified in the solicitation and whether the offeror’s methods and approach to meeting the solicitation requirements provide the Government with a high level of confidence of successful completion within the required schedule. No pricing information is to be provided in the Technical Proposal.

Sub-factor 1: UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENT – The Government will evaluate the offeror’s understanding of the work to be performed in accordance with the SOW. The offeror shall submit a proposal that demonstrates its understanding of the work described in Part 5 of the SOW and the extent to which potential risks are identified and mitigated.

Sub-factor 2: KEY PERSONNEL – The Government will evaluate the experience and qualifications of all contractor personnel. The offeror’s proposal shall include resumes for key personnel and also provide a matrix to include the background/experience of the company’s proposed key and non-key personnel mapped to the appropriate SOW tasking that supports the proposed labor category and level.

PAST PERFORMANCE: The Government will evaluate past performance of three (3) previous contracts for current relevancy (within 3 years), with at least one (1) previous or current contract with relevancy within the past 12 months based on how well the contractor performed on projects of similar dollar value, scope, and complexity. Offerors are advised that the Government may use past performance information obtained from centralized past performance databases and sources other than those identified by the offeror and the information obtained may be used for both the responsibility determination and the best value decision. The absence of past performance data will be rated neither favorably nor unfavorably. Contracts listed may include those entered into with Government agencies or private sectors. For contractors with no relevant corporate past performance, the Government may take into account information regarding the past performance of predecessor companies, key personnel with relevant past performance. The Government will evaluate the Past Performance Elements specified in the Past Performance Questionnaire, Attachment 1. Offeror's shall distribute the questionnaire included in the solicitation as an attachment to their references so the form can be completed and submitted directly to the Government.

Performance. Offerors shall provide a specific narrative explanation of each contract listed in Section 1 describing the objectives achieved and detailing how the effort is relevant to the requirements of this solicitation.

(a) For any contracts that did not/do not meet original schedule or technical performance requirements, provide a brief explanation of the reason(s) for the shortcomings and any corrective action(s) taken to avoid recurrence. The offerors shall list each time the delivery schedule was revised and provide an explanation of why the revision was necessary. All Requests for Deviation and Requests for Waiver shall be addressed with respect to causes and corrective actions. The offerors shall also provide a copy of any Cure Notices or Show Cause Letters received on each contract listed and a description of any corrective action implemented by the offeror or proposed subcontractor. The offerors shall indicate if any of the contracts listed were terminated and the type and reasons for the termination.

New Corporate Entities. New corporate entities may submit data on prior contracts involving its officers and employees. However, in addition to the other requirements in this section, the offeror shall discuss in detail the role performed by such persons in the prior contracts cited. Information should be included in the files described in the sections above.

Past Performance Questionnaire. The offeror shall complete Part I of the Past Performance Questionnaire and e-mail the questionnaire to the Government and private sector technical representative responsible for the past/current contract. The POC's shall be instructed to electronically complete Part II of the questionnaire and e-mail the entire questionnaire to the Contract Specialist,Worrells.deborah@dol.gov no later than 1 September 2011 at 5:00 pm, EST. The offeror shall also e-mail to the Contract Specialist a list of all the POC’s who were sent a questionnaire. The Government must receive this list no later than 12 September 2011 at 3:00 pm EST. The POC List shall be submitted in Word for Windows Table Format to include the following fields: Solicitation Number; Company Name; Contract Number; Government Agency; POC Last Name, First Name; POC Title; POC Telephone Number; POC E-Mail Address; Date E-Mailed to POC (month/day). Please note, that the Past Performance Questionnaire will not be a part of the resultant contract.

PRICE. The offeror shall complete the Schedule of Supplies/Services page(s) of the Standard Form (SF) 1449, of the solicitation with pricing.

EVALUATION SUMMARY

FACTOR I. TECHNICAL

Sub-factor 1: UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENT – The Government will evaluate the offeror’s understanding of the work to be performed in accordance with the SOW. The offeror shall submit a proposal that demonstrates its understanding of the work described in Part 5 of the SOW and the extent to which potential risks are identified and mitigated.

Sub-factor 2: KEY PERSONNEL - The offeror’s proposal shall reflect the experience and qualifications of all contractor personnel. The offeror’s proposal shall include resumes for key personnel identified in paragraphs 1.3.10 of the SOW and also provide a matrix to include the background/experience of the company’s proposed personnel mapped to the appropriate SOW tasking that supports the proposed labor category and level.

FACTOR II. PAST PERFORMANCE: The Government will evaluate past performance of three (3) current or previous contracts for relevancy (within 3 years) with at least one (1) previous or current contract with relevancy within the past 12 months based on how well the contractor performed on projects of similar dollar value, scope, and complexity. Offerors are advised that the Government may use past performance information obtained from centralized past performance databases and sources other than those identified by the offeror and the information obtained may be used for both the responsibility determination and the best value decision. The absence of past performance data will be rated neither favorably nor unfavorably. Contracts listed may include those entered into with Government agencies or private sectors. For contractors with no relevant corporate past performance, the Government may take into account information regarding the past performance of predecessor companies, key personnel with relevant past performance, or subcontractors that will perform key aspects of the requirement. The Government will evaluate the Past Performance Elements specified in the Past Performance Questionnaire.

FACTOR III – PRICE The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total of all CLIN prices, including all options to ensure that pricing is not unbalanced. Price will be evaluated for completeness and reasonableness using the techniques in FAR 15.404-1(b) (2). Price will become significantly more important as technical ratings approach equality. No adjectival ratings will be used to evaluate Price.

Adjectival Ratings. Proposals will be adjectivally rated against each of the evaluation factors set forth in this plan and in the solicitation. Adjectival ratings for Factors I, Technical (See Table 1), Adjectival ratings for Factor II(See Table 2), Past Performance will be Low Risk, High Risk, and Unknown Risk. No adjectival ratings will be used to evaluate Factor III, Price.

Adjectival Ratings. The following adjectival ratings will be used:

Factor I- Technical, will be rated using the following Adjectival Scale

Table 1

Table 1

Factor II, Past Performance, will be rated using the following Adjectival Scale

Table 2

Non-Price Factors: The importance of the Non-Price Evaluation Factors is in the following descending order with the most important factor listed first:

Factor I, Technical is significantly more important than Factor II, Past Performance, which when combined, the Non-Price Factors are significantly more important than Factor III “Price”. However, as offerors ratings for the non-price factors approach equality, Factor III “Price” becomes significantly more important in the award decision.

Duration of Business Arrangement: The period of performance of this contract will be twelve months. This contract is not considered to be for advisory or assistance services in accordance with FAR Part 37.2.

A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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