52-212-1 Formatted.pdf

FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (FEB 2026) applies to this acquisition and the following ADDENDUM applies:

1. Adherence to Instructions: The vendor must follow the instructions contained herein in providing their proposal. Vendors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements. Failure to meet a requirement may result in a proposal being ineligible for award. All proposals shall be in English. The Government will not reimburse any Offeror any costs incurred in response to this RFP. Failure to meet the requirements may result in an offer being ineligible for award.

2. Exceptions to Terms and Conditions: Vendors must clearly identify any exceptions to solicitation terms and conditions and provide accompanying rationale.

3. Solicitation Face Page: Complete blocks 12 (if applicable), 17a (to include your CAGE code in the “CODE” box), total price of all CLINs in 26, and 30a, b, and c of the SF1449. In doing so, the vendor accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the SOLICITATION, with attachments. The SOLICITATION constitutes the model contract.

4. Period of Acceptance of Proposals: Paragraph 52.212-1(b), Period for Acceptance of Offers, is tailored as follows: “The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.”

5. Registration in System for Award Management (SAM): In order to be eligible for contract award, vendors must be registered in SAM at https://sam.gov. Award shall not be delayed due to as unregistered or inactive SAM account.

6. Security Requirements: The contractor shall comply with the DD Form 254, final version which will be attached to the contract award.

7. Proposal – General Information:

(a) The proposal shall consist of two (2) separate volumes:

i. Volume I - Price Proposal

ii. Volume II - Technical Submission

(b) Documents must be fully responsive to and consistent with the following:

i. Solicitation Requirements

ii. Evaluation factors for award in FAR Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Products and

Commercial Services of the solicitation

iii. Page formatting and limitations – incorrectly formatted pages and excess pages will not be read or evaluated and will be removed from the proposal. The following sub-bullets apply to ALL two (2) proposal volumes.

• Page Margins & Size When printed, all documents shall be formatted to print as 8 ½” x

11” with 1” margins on all sides.

• Font & Spacing The font of all documents shall be Times New Roman font size 12 point or larger. All documents shall be single-spaced.

• Note that .zip files are NOT an acceptable format and will NOT go through the Air Force

Network.

iv. Proposal Submittal Proposal volumes and any other documents must be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist. Proposals shall be prepared and submitted electronically in Portable Document Format (PDF) to Contract Specialist, Ms. Amanda Tate at amanda.tate@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer, Mr. Norman Mackie at Norman.mackie.1@us.af.mil and must be received by the due date and time indicated for submission of proposals. Physical or paper copy proposals will not be accepted. Other formats or file types will https://sam.gov/ mailto:amanda.tate@us.af.mil mailto:Norman.mackie.1@us.af.mil not be accepted. Each volume shall be submitted in two (2) separate PDF files.

8. Volume I Price Proposal:

(a) Proposal Guidance:

i. Enter your pricing into the Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) # 0001- 4002 of the Solicitation SF 1449, as noted in the following sub-bullets:

• Unit Price & Amount Vendors are to enter their proposed “Unit Price” amount, and then multiply that amount by the “Quantity” to determine the “Amount” for a CLIN. This process shall be done for all CLINs.

• Total Proposed Amount Vendors shall total the “Amount” of all CLINs to determine the Total Proposed Amount they shall place in Block #26 of the SF 1449.

• Solicitation Provisions Vendors are to ensure that they have completed all Solicitation Provisions.

(b) Electronic Copy: Shall submit an Adobe (PDF) copy of the completed Solicitation to include any solicitation provisions and amendments.

(c) Page Limits: None

(d) Evaluation Criteria: See FAR Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial

Services and the FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services Addendum

9. Volume II, Technical Submission: Each vendor shall submit a technical volume highlighting their ability to meet all technical requirements in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and fulfilling requirements as described in the Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors and FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation

(a) Electronic Copy: Must be in Adobe (PDF)

(b) Page Limits: Submit no more than forty (40) pages (excluding cover page and signature/company information page). Each page should be numbered. Any pages over the prescribed limit will not be considered for evaluation.

(c) Evaluation Criteria: See FAR Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services and Addendum

(d) Factor 1: Experience:

i. The Experience Sheet (Attachment 1) included in this solicitation is provided for the offeror to submit a minimum of two (2) but not more than three (3) projects.

(e) Factor 2: Past Performance:

i. The Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) (Attachment 2), included in this solicitation is provided for the offeror to obtain past performance information for each project submitted for Factor 1.

ii. The responsibility to timely send out and track the completion of the PPQs rests solely with the offeror. The offeror shall exert its best efforts to ensure the points of contact submit completed PPQs directly to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist identified on the PPQ.

(f) Factor 3: Vendor Mission Essential Plan:

i. See DFARS 252.237-7024 Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services, for details and additional plan submission requirements.

(End Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services