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(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning 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 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.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

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Amendment 0003

The purposes of this amendment 0003 under solicitation 49100419R1001 are the following:

A. To correct the solicitation number to 49100419R1001 under page 2 of amendment 0001 and

0002;

B. To revise the Solicitation as stated below; and

C. To add Attachment L-8, Additional Solicitation Questions/Comments and Responses.

1. Sub-section L.12.2 is hereby revised as follows:

L.12.2 The offeror shall submit the following administrative information:

a) Completed and executed Standard Form (SF) 33, Solicitation, Offer and Award with an original hand-written signature (not electronic; not scanned; not copied; not a facsimile) along with completed Sections B through K. The person executing the SF-33 must have the authority to commit the Offeror to all of the provisions of the resulting contract. In Block 14 of the SF-33, the Offeror must acknowledge receipt of all amendments to the RFP as required by FAR 52.215-01.

b) By signing and submitting the SF-33, the Offeror commits to accept the resulting contract and accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the RFP, Sections A through K.

c) For RFP Sections B through K, Offerors are cautioned to review these sections carefully and complete any necessary fill-ins and certifications.

d) The Offeror shall submit fully completed Section K, Representations, Certifications, and Other

Statements of Offerors (Representations). All of the Offeror’s parent organization(s) must separately complete, sign, and submit the Section K Representations. An Offeror may provide their or their parent organization(s) current Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of

Offerors (FAR Report) from SAM.gov for Section K sub-sections that match their current and active SAM.gov Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors (FAR

Report). However, if the respective SAM.gov Representations, Certifications, and Other

Statements of Offerors (FAR Report) is not current, not complete, or does not include all the information required under Section K of this solicitation, the Offeror’s proposal may be considered non-responsive and ineligible for award.

e) The Offeror shall provide copies of letters of intent or other agreements from financial institutions that have extended lines of credit to the individual contractor or team and the credit amount.

f) The Offeror shall provide Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Joint Venture Business Partnership

Agreements (if applicable), and Business Reorganization data (applicable where Offeror intends to establish a separate division or organizational function to serve as the contractor). For joint ventures only, the Offeror shall provide a copy of the Joint Venture Business Partnership Agreement and a written narrative detailing the corporate parents’ financial and other commitments to the joint venture.

g) The Offeror shall provide a narrative identifying any administrative systems currently approved by the Government and the Cognizant Federal Agency. NSF reserves the right to verify any and all information with the Cognizant Federal Agency. Cognizant Federal Agency contact information shall be provided, including name of activity, point of contact, telephone number, address, and e-mail address.

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h) Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Mitigation Plan: The potential for organizational conflict of interest exists during the performance of this contract. Accordingly, it is the responsibility of each Offeror to identify known and potential OCIs that may be encountered during the performance of this contract. Each Offeror shall submit a mitigation plan that addresses how your organization intends to resolve any organizational conflict of interest issues that may now exist or may be encountered during the performance of the contract. Only contractors submitting acceptable mitigation plans will be eligible for award. Refer to the Section H.10 Organizational Conflict of

Interest clause to ensure your plan addresses all requirements.

2. The first paragraph of sub-section L.12.4 is hereby revised as follows (changes in bold):

L.12.4 Contractor Team Arrangements (CTAs) – if applicable

Offerors may form Contractor Team Arrangements (CTAs) as defined under FAR 9.601, but they are not required to do so. If the potential Offeror that forms a CTA wants all members of the CTA to be considered for evaluation under the resulting award, the CTA must be a CTA as defined under FAR

9.601(1). An offeror may also enter into Prime/Subcontractor arrangements as defined under FAR

9.601(2); however, in this type of arrangement, only the prime will be considered in the evaluation for award and the other team members may be evaluated as major subcontractors.

3. Sub-section L.14 is hereby revised as follows (changes in bold):

L.14 VOLUME III – PAST PERFORMANCE

L.14.1 Each Offeror shall submit a past performance volume which identifies a maximum of three (3) awards with recent and relevant performance.

L.14.1.1 Recency is defined as performing within the previous three (3) years from the initial date the RFP is posted to fbo.gov.

L.14.1.2 Relevancy is focused on how relevant a recent effort accomplished by the offeror is to the effort to be acquired through the source selection. The criteria used to establish what prior performance is relevant for this acquisition is defined as recent past performance which exhibits:

similar program complexity; similar dollar value; similar contract type; similar scope; same division of company doing the work; and same subcontractor. Past performance information may include data on efforts performed by other divisions, corporate management, and subcontractors or teaming contractors, if such information is relevant to the subject acquisition and may be an indicator of performance under the proposed effort.

L.14.2 The Offeror shall identify a maximum total of three (3) awards as stated under sub-section L.14.1 above. An award may be a procurement contract, subcontract or assistance. Each respective award shall meet the recency definition. Further, the Offeror shall demonstrate that the work under each of the respective awards is directly relevant to this requirement.

L.14.3 The Government reserves the right to contact the Offeror’s references and any other parties in order to verify and obtain performance information.

L.14.4 In the evaluation of Past Performance, the Government may also evaluate past performance information obtained from reliable sources such as an official past performance database and/or other Government and local agency contacts.

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L.14.5 For the relevant past performance references, Offerors are strongly cautioned that inability of the Government to contact past performance references directly associated to any survey;

or, in the case past performance information is not entered into the Contract Performance Assessment

Reporting System (CPARS) database, the Offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance, which is otherwise known as a neutral rating.

L.14.6 Only in the event CPARS information is not available will an Offeror be allowed to substitute a Past Performance Survey similar to the CPARS format. If CPARS information is available for any given relevant past performance reference, it must be used for the Past Performance evaluation.

L.14.7 Past Performance ((CPARS) information exists)

If the Government has an interim or final Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) in

CPARS, the Offeror shall provide a copy of the entire CPAR with their proposal. The Government will retrieve past performance information from the CPARS database to validate the Offeror’s submission. For the purposes of this solicitation, the final past performance information will be used for relevant past performance reference. If a final rating is not available, the most current past performance information will be used. Offerors are responsible for verifying whether a CPAR exists in the CPARS database prior to using Past Performance Surveys.

L.14.8 Past Performance ((CPARS) information does NOT exist)

If the Government has not finalized an interim or final CPAR in the CPARS database; if the past performance experience was not as a prime procurement contractor; if the past performance experience was as an assistance awardee; or, if the past performance reference(s) are considered Non-U.S. Federal projects; the Offeror shall submit a certified Past Performance

Survey(s) using the template in Attachment L-1, “Past Performance Survey”. No other format or additional proposal documentation will be considered.

In addition, the Offeror shall provide the following information for each past performance reference provided under this sub-section L.14.8:

a) Offeror’s or subcontractor’s Company/Division Name/Business Unit performing the work;

b) Program Title;

c) Address of the Government agency (Federal, state or local), contracting activity or company name;

d) Procurement Contract/subcontract/assistance number;

e) Procurement Contract/subcontract/assistance type;

f) Original contract dollar value and current contract dollar value, and a brief description for any difference;

g) Current status of the procurement contract, subcontract or assistance (i.e., in-progress, completed);

h) Final amount invoiced (if completed) or amount invoiced to date (if on-going);

i) Date of procurement contract, subcontract or assistance award and period of performance (including option periods, if applicable);

j) Name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the following contract references:

i. CO (or company business manager) or Administrative CO, and

ii. COTR (or lead federal technical point of contact or company principal technical point of contact).

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k) A brief description of procurement contract, subcontract or assistance effort and the services performed;

l) State performance responsibility as either prime contractor, subcontractor or assistance recipient;

m) Description of procurement contract, subcontract or assistance work and relevancy to the subject RFP requirements;

n) Description of problems or obstacles encountered on the contract and corrective actions taken to resolve the problems or obstacles;

o) Descriptions, at a minimum, shall address the following:

i. Quality of Product or Service - compliance with contract requirements, accuracy of reports, technical excellence; satisfaction of end users with contractor’s service or recommended solutions.

ii. Cost Control - performing within original approved budget without the need for additional funds [except for augmentation of work]; current, accurate and complete billings;

relationship of negotiated to actual costs; and cost efficiencies.

iii. Timeliness of Performance - meeting interim milestones, reliability, responsiveness to technical direction, and on-time completion.

iv. Business Relations - effective administration of award.

Using the Past Performance Survey in Attachment L-1, the Offeror shall provide the survey directly to each of the references. For prime procurement contracts, the Past Performance Survey must be completed and signed by a Warranted Contracting Officer with cognizance over the submitted project. For an assistance award, the Past Performance Survey(s) must be completed and signed by the lead federal technical point of contact(s) with cognizance over the submitted project’s scope of work. In addition, for an assistance award, a separate Past Performance Survey must be completed and signed by a Warranted Contracting Officer with cognizance over the submitted project. For a commercial project, the Past Performance Rating Survey must be completed and signed by a Corporate Officer of the firm with cognizance over the submitted project.

For a subcontract, the Past Performance Survey must be completed and signed by a Corporate Officer of the firm with cognizance over the submitted project.

The Offeror shall instruct each rater to send a completed form directly back to the Offeror.

The Offeror must follow up with each rater to ensure the Past Performance Rating Forms were received and completed prior to the proposal closing date.

The Offeror must submit all Past Performance Surveys, as applicable, with their proposal submission.

In the event the evaluation team discovers misleading, falsified, and/or fraudulent past performance ratings, an Offeror shall be eliminated from further consideration for award. Falsification of any proposal submission, documents, or statements may subject the Offeror to civil or criminal prosecution under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

L.14.9 Negative Past Performance Narrative (Optional)

The offeror may submit a narrative for any negative (i.e. below satisfactory) past performance reference received. The Offeror may provide clarification on problems encountered on the submitted projects and the offeror’s corrective actions. This submission is not required but may be included to address past performance assessments where a rating element(s) is below satisfactory. The

Government will consider this information, as well as information obtained from any other sources, when evaluating the offeror’s past performance.

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It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure completion and timely submission of the Surveys by their references. The Offeror shall also submit written consent from its proposed subcontractors to allow the Government to discuss the subcontractors’ past performance evaluation with the Offeror.

4. Sub-section M.7.1 is hereby revised (changes in bold):

M.7.1 The Past Performance evaluation will examine how the Offeror’s past and present performance validates anticipated future performance relating to the following areas:

a) Quality of Product or Service - compliance with award requirements, accuracy of reports, technical excellence; satisfaction of end users with contractor’s service or recommended solutions.

b) Cost Control - performing within original approved budget without the need for additional funds [except for augmentation of work]; current, accurate and complete billings;

relationship of negotiated to actual costs; and cost efficiencies.

c) Timeliness of Performance - meeting interim milestones, reliability, responsiveness to technical direction, and on time completion.

d) Business Relations - effective administration of award.

The Government will assess the past performance information gathered from all available sources for recency and relevancy (see Section L of the solicitation for the definitions of recency and relevancy).

Information utilized will be obtained from the references listed in the proposal, the Past Performance

Surveys submitted for the Offeror, and may also be obtained from other sources known to the

Government.

5. Sub-section M.7.2 is hereby revised (changes in bold):

M.7.2 The Government reserves the right to assess the past performance information submitted for any proposed major subcontractors and to include the results in its evaluation. Major subcontractors will be assessed in a similar manner as the prime. In its complete discretion, the

Government shall be the arbiter of whether a proposed subcontractor qualifies as a “major subcontractor" for purposes of assessing past performance.

6. Section J is hereby revised as follows (changes in bold):

SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

No./Label Document

No.

Pages Reference Appendix A Total Number of Contractor Supported Science Projects 1 C.2.2

Appendix B Geographic Distribution of Contractor Supported Science

Projects

1 C.2.2

Appendix C Projects & Locations, 2016 and 2017 1 C.2.2

Appendix C1 Contractor Supported Projects, 2016 10 C.2.2

Appendix C2 NSF vision for Research Support & Logistics at Summit

Station

7 C.2.2

Appendix D NSF vision for Research Support & Logistics at Summit

Station

1 C.2.2.2

Appendix E Contractor Support Science Project Funding Sources 2016 1 C2.3.1

Appendix F Construction and Maintenance Projects, 2016 and 2017 4 C.2.4.2

Appendix G Aviation Support 2016 2 C.2.5

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Appendix H Greenland Operations Air Support, 2016 2 C.2.5

Appendix I Physical Qualification Standard Operating Procedure 3 C.2.8

Appendix J Property Inventory Report, 2017 44 C.2.9.6

Appendix K Summit Emissions Report, 2017 40 C.2.4.3

WD 15-5687

(Rev.-7)

12/26/2018

DOL Wage Determination for Alaska Boroughs of Aleutian

Island, Bethel, Bristol Bay, Dillingham, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island, Nome, North Slope, Southeast Fairbanks, Valdez-Cordova, Wade Hampton, Yukon-Koyukuk

11 52.222-41

WD 15-5683

(Rev.-7)

12/26/2018

DOL Wage Determination for Alaska Borough of Fairbanks

North

11 52.222-41

WD 15-5419

(Rev.-11)

12/26/2018

DOL Wage Determination for Colorado 11 52.222-41

WD 15-4143

(Rev.-10)

12/26/2018

DOL Wage Determination for New York

Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie

11 52.222-41

Attachment H-1 Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement 1 H.12

Attachment H-2 DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification

(expected at time of award or thereafter)

1 H.13

Attachment H-3 Level-of-Effort, Direct Labor Hours Rev. 1* B.6

Subcontracting

Plan

Small Business Subcontracting Plan**

AK190001

Date: 01/18/2019

Davis-Bacon Act Wage Decision for Alaska 15 52.222-6 to

52.222-16

Attachment L-1 Past Performance Survey Rev. 1 2 L.11.3.3, L11.3.7 &

L.15

Attachment L-2 Prime Offeror Cost/Price Worksheet Rev. 1 L.16.4

Attachment L-3 Proposed Subcontractor Cost/Price Worksheet Rev. 1 L.16.4

Attachment L-4 List of Acronyms Rev. 1 3 L.3.7

Attachment L-5 Hand Delivery Sheet 1 L.12.3

Attachment L-6 Round One Questions/Comments and Responses 4 L.9

Attachment L-7 Round Two Questions/Comments and Responses 4 L.9

Attachment L-8 Additional Questions/Comments and Responses 1

*At time of contract award (when SSF26 is signed by CO), Attachment H-3 will be based upon the sum total of proposed (or negotiated as determined by the CO) DLH under L-2 and L-3.

**Small Business Subcontracting Plan shall be negotiated and attached to a resulting award pursuant to the terms and conditions of this solicitation.

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RFP Section Subsection/Paragraph Page Number Question/Comment Response

1 J ‐ List of Attachments Attachment L‐2 Instructions

L‐2 Column A identifies a location, column F identifies the work hours performed. Question 1: Can the Government verify that the hours of work was perfomed at the location in coumn A?

Question 2: Or performed elswhere in support of the location? The locations listed under column A of Attachment L‐2 is the site where performance is expected.

2 J ‐ List of Attachments Attachment L‐2 Instructions Can the Offeror's proposed unit rates be a composite rate?

The proposed unit rate shall be solely for the labor category under the respective line item.

Pursuant to the Solicitation, offers shall be in accordance with established business practices, business systems and accounting system(s). For example, an Offeror may have a signed forward pricing rate agreement with their cognizant federal agency that establishes labor rates for labor categories. Offerors shall not combine labor categories, such as plumber helper and program director for the purpose of creating a composite unit rate.

Note, the awardee's annual performance will be evaluated, in part, based on performing within proposed budgets pursuant to the terms and conditions of the respective contract.

3 L ‐ Instructions, Conditions & Notices

L.12.4 and M.7.2 L‐9 & M‐4

Discussion: Instructions to Offerors section L.12.4 discusses two types of CTAs under FAR 9.601.

It states “An offeror may also enter into Prime/Subcontractor arrangements as defined under FAR

9.601 (2); however in this type of arrangement, only the prime will be considered in the evaluation for award.” Additionally, Evaluation Factors section M.7.2. states that “The Government reserves the right to assess the past performance information submitted for any proposed major subcontractors and to include the results in its evaluation.”

Question/Recommendation: Please confirm that section M.7.2 will apply to subcontractors as defined in section L.12.4, where an offeror uses teaming arrangements under 9.601(2), and that such subcontractors’ experience, capabilities, and past performance detailed in the proposal will be evaluated as part of the total team solution. See revised 1st paragraph of sub‐section L.12.4.

4 Pricing Attachment L‐2 Total Cost Summary

Discussion: Two errors have been identified in the Pricing Worksheets.

1) On the “Total Cost Summary” tab Material Handling Costs for Award Term 2 Year 8 cell was repeated from Award Term 2 Year 7 so the costs for this cell were incorrect. Material Handling Costs for Award Term 2 Year 8 cell should reference [='Award Term 2'!$L$354].

2) On the “Total Cost Summary” tab, ODCs aren’t on the summary and therefore not pulling in from the individual sheets per period.

Question/Recommendation: We ask that all potential Offerors are made aware to ensure consistency in pricing.

First, there are no award terms under the Solicitation. All Offerors shall respond to the RFP 49100419R1001 and not the previous draft.

1) Offerors shall correct the formula under Attachment L‐2, Total Cost Summary Tab, cell J9 to "=Option2!$L$354". Offerors are solely responsible for ensuring all their cost calculations are correct.

2) The ODCs worksheet is linked to the Base Period, Option 1, Option 2 and Option 3 worksheets.

The Base Period, Option 1, Option 2 and Option 3 worksheets are linked to the Total Cost Summary worksheet. The ODCs line item, under the Total Cost Summary worksheet is clearly populated with estimated costs.

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