OASIS Plus SB 47QRCA23R0001 SF30 Continuation Page (Amd 0002).pdf

GSA OASIS+ MAC Program Small Business IDIQ

RFP No. 47QRCA23R0001 Amendment 0002

SF30 Block 14 Continuation Page

The following changes have been made to the solicitation as a result of Amendment 0002:

1. Revised Section B.10, to remove erroneous Department of State language

2. Revised Section G.3.1.9.1.1 to remove references to Non-Commercial Time-and-Materials or Labor-Hour type task order solicitation and awards.

3. Revised Section H.15 to clarify that limitations on subcontracting are applicable by the end of the base period of the contract and then by the end of the subsequent option period, if exercised.

4. Revised Section K Instructions to state: “The Offeror must complete the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM.gov website accessed through https://www.SAM.gov and upload a copy within their proposal. Additionally, the Offeror is required to complete the Section K representations, certifications, and other statements of offerors and return them with their proposal. The Offeror must also complete the company size information within the Offeror’s OSP Company Profile, Business Factors section. To ensure compliance with Section L.5.1.3, the above requirements must also be accomplished for all team members (joint venture members and proposed subcontractors), if applicable. See Section L.5.1.3.1 and L.5.1.3.2 for Section K requirements specific to Contractor Teaming Arrangements.”

5. Incorporated minor clarifications and revisions In Section L.4.1, Proposal Format Table.

6. Revised Section L.5.1.3 to reflect Section K changes. Clarified that for offers from SBA Mentor-Protégé joint ventures, a minimum of one Relevant Qualifying Project must be from the protégé or the offering Mentor-Protégé joint venture for each proposed Domain. Only one cost/price submission may be submitted by the offering JV entity.

7. Revised requirements for offerors claiming prior experience as a member of a Joint Venture as follows:

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● For Section L.5.1.7.2 - Added “This verification method should also be used for offerors claiming experience as a member of a JV, when a contract award form (i.e. subcontract) was issued to the JV member.”

● For Section L.5.1.7.3 - Added “If a contract award form (i.e.

subcontract) was issued to the member of the JV, this section is not applicable and Offerors should use Section L.5.1.7.2 for project verification. If an individual award form was not issued to the member of the JV, an Offeror (to include members of a joint venture and proposed subcontractors) may use experience performed as a member of a joint venture.”

8. In Sections L.5.1.7.3 and L.5.1.7.4, added a note stating “ NOTE: Failure to meet any of the criteria outlined above may result in the project receiving no further consideration and any associated claimed scoring being removed.”

9. Clarified in Section L.5.1.7.4 that the Project Verification Form must be signed by a member of the MAS CTA (other than the offeror) or the CO, COR, or other Government employee with cognizance over the submitted project, verifying the Contractor performed the work detailed in Parts II and III.

10.Clarified in Section L.5.2.1 that Full-time equivalent (FTE) hours changed from 1920 to 1912 to recognize the addition of the Juneteenth federal holiday.

11.Made significant organizational changes to clarify “QP-Relevance” criteria at Section L.5.2.3.1. Added two new subsections at L.5.2.3.1.1 and L.5.2.3.1.2 to better illustrate automatic relevance and standard relevance verification methods. Clarified non-federal projects are not eligible for automatic relevance. Clarified FPDS and/or contract award document must be submitted to demonstrate auto relevance.

12.Section L.5.2.3.2 was revised to account for 1912 as FTE and clarified verification criteria for QP-Scale. New language states: “The Offeror must provide documentation to verify “Scale” in accordance with Section L.5.1.7 and its subsections, as applicable. As detailed in L.5.1.7.1, submission of the final proposal accepted by the Government resulting in the award or modification of the submitted QP is considered acceptable evidence of the

RFP No. 47QRCA23R0001 Amendment 0002 number of FTEs, as long as it details an FTE breakdown. Additionally, labor hour reports from the offeror’s Accounting System may be provided to substantiate FTE labor counts.”

13.Clarified in Section L.5.2.3.4 the verification requirements for Surge Capability. Removed erroneous example reference for clearance staffing.

14.Clarified in Section L.5.4.1 that the intent is to identify Offerors have three options for acceptable documentation to demonstrate their adequate accounting system (in order of precedence).

15.Revised section L.5.4.8 to clarify the FCL is assessed at the date/time of proposal submission. OSP Functionality will be added to intake this information.

16. In Section L.5.5.2, added the option to submit either ISO 27001:2013 or 27001:2022.

17.Revised and clarified Past Performance language in Section L and M:

a. Section L.5.6: Added language to state: “CPARS information older than three years may already be archived; offerors should have the cognizant CO or CPARS Government focal point for the submitted project contact the CPARS Help Desk to request access to archived CPARS reports. If this cannot be accomplished, then the J.P-6 shall be completed.”

b. Section L.5.6.1: Added instructions for task orders where past performance was assessed at the IDIQ/BPA/BOA level.

c. Section L.5.6.1: Clarified that if a final CPARS rating is not available, the most current, finalized CPARS rating will be used, as of the date/time of proposal submission.

d. Section L.5.6.1: Added minor clarifying information throughout this section.

e. Section L.5.6.2: Added language to state, "If an offeror is unable to obtain a record of past performance (either CPARS or a completed Attachment J.P-6, Past Performance Rating Form) for any Qualifying Project, the offeror must submit a document stating the inability to obtain a completed Attachment J.P-6 along with contact information for the appropriate CO, COR, Corporate Officer/Official or other employee of the customer with cognizance over the submitted project."

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f. Section L.5.6.2: Added language regarding Collections of Task

Orders

g. Section M.6.6 and M.6.6.1: Based on changes to Section L, added corresponding language to these sections.

18.Revised and clarified Cost/Price Template instructions throughout Section L.5.7. Clarified if an Offeror has multiple indirect rates for different sites/locations, then the highest rates should be used. Due to Q&A on the topic, the Basis of Estimate requirements have been revised/clarified at Sections L.5.7.3.1 and L.5.7.3.2.

19. Revised Section L.5.8.3 to state Offerors consisting of established CTAs may submit password-protected information required by this section (e.g., financial statements) within the OSP. However, it is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure that team members are providing the required financial documentation and explanations, as applicable. The password to access the documents must be emailed directly to OASISplus@gsa.gov no later than the RFP closing date with the subject line “Password - L.5.8.3 Financial Resources”.

20.Added language to Section M.3 stating: “The Contracting Officer reserves the right to waive minor clerical errors and/or minor formatting discrepancies, provided the information is available in the proposal in a format that enables the Government to proceed with evaluation of the proposal. The determination of whether such clerical errors and/or formatting discrepancies are considered minor enough to enable evaluation is at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer.

21.Added language to Section M.6 regarding past performance evaluation, aligning with existing and new language added to Section L.5.6.

22.Added language to Section M.9 to clarify that other pertinent data (including information submitted under Section L.5.7 as part of the Offeror’s cost/price proposal) will be considered as deemed necessary in making the overall determination of responsibility.

23.Other minor grammatical and formatting changes throughout RFP.

24.Revised Attachment J-3 to:

a. Added NIST SP 800-171 references to Pre-Award Eval. - Basic

Safeguarding Questionnaire tab.

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b. Revised reference links in Rows 22-25 (Sections 1.6 and 1.7) in the

Post-award Deliverable - C-SCRM Plan tab.

22.Revised Attachment J.P-1 to:

a. Included Section L.5.5.8 in Enterprise Domain since FedRamp is listed as a qualification.

b. M&A SB/SE, LOG SB/SE, R&D SB/SE, and Intel SB/SE: Fixed

Capability Numbering issues where certain numbers were skipped.

c. Clarified MA-BOA applicability in "FEP - Competition in Multiple

Award Environments", as stated in Section L.5.3.1 of the RFP, in each scorecard.

d. Clarified Section L.5.4 naming, changing from "Contractor Business Systems" to "Systems, Rates, and Clearances" across all UR scorecards.

e. ENT-UR, Capability #3: Clarified scoring inconsistency which seemed to indicate 5 credits should be achievable. Added clarifying text stating: Under this category, maximum credits can be achieved one of two ways: 1) with four QPs that span 5 or more distinct functional areas, or 2) with three QPs that span 5 or more distinct functional areas, and all QPs spanning 8 or more distinct functional areas.

f. Clarified 1st tier and 2nd tier QP-Scale thresholds in each scorecard to show their relation to the 'Protégé QP and FEP Values

- Summary' Tab language.

g. Standardized Scorecard language relating to Attachment J.P-5 Multiple Functional Area. These were minor changes across all Domains.

h. Based on the change to RFP Section L.5.5.2, added option to use ISO 27001:2013 or 27001:2022 certification.

23.Revised Attachment J.P-2 to remove references to PSP and other minor changes.

24.Revised Attachment J.P-3 to:

a. Remove “Performance across all QPs spanned 8 or more distinct functional areas (ref. Attachment J.P-5).”

b. Added UXOs to Environmental capability based on scorecard.

c. Updated instructional language in this form in accordance with changes to Sections L.5.1.7.2 and L.5.1.7.3 to mirror RFP

RFP No. 47QRCA23R0001 Amendment 0002 requirements regarding use of this form when claiming experience as a member of a joint venture.

25.Revised Attachment J.P-4 to:

a. Recategorized NAICS 811118 to show as a "Auto-Relevant Retired

NAICS Code" similar to other Domains because it was retired in 2022 and no longer exists. New NAICS 2022 specialized automotive repair (80-811114) combined all of automotive exhaust system and transmission repair (80-811113) and all of other automotive mechanical and electrical. repair (80-811118). NAICS 811114, Specialized Automotive Repair has been added to the Logistics Domain Automatic Relevance List.

b. Revised Attachment J.P-4 instructions based on changes to RFP Section L.5.2.3.1 and L.5.2.1.

26.Revised Attachment J.P-5 to add expanded instructions and examples to aid offerors in their understanding of this attachment.

27.Revised Attachment J.P-7 to correct form field issues and add a second page for entering additional rows.

28.Revised Attachment J.P-8 to:

a. Updated Labor SOC Number and Title for 25-3000, Other Teachers and Instructors.

b. Clarified that these are "hourly" labor rates.

29.Revised Attachment J.P-9 to:

a. Reformatted to add three optional columns for additional indirect rates, locked down all formatting and formula editing (except for entering data into specific cells), and simplified the instructions for completing the sheet.

b. Clarified that Years 1 through 16 are escalated.

c. Updated Labor SOC Number and Title for 25-3000, Other Teachers and Instructors.

30.Versions of Attachments J.P-3 from the initial solicitation release and Amendment 0001 remain acceptable for use. If a previous version of this form was used and the contracting officer information was not included in the completed form, the Offeror must add an additional page at the end of

RFP No. 47QRCA23R0001 Amendment 0002 the form identifying the Contracting Officer, their email address, and phone number, as required by Section L.5.1.7.1.

31.The OASIS+ Submission Portal (OSP/Symphony) will now require Offerors to select whether a Federal Experience Project (FEP) is competitive. If an offeror received automatic credits for this criteria prior to the issuance of Amendment 0002, please note that you will need to select the competitive factor in the Performance Factors for the FEP to receive credit moving forward.

These changes are highlighted for awareness in the Amendment 0002 Conformed Copy.