A-1 Instruction to Offerors.pdf

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INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

ADDENDA TO 52.212-1(c) – Period for Acceptance of Offers. The paragraph is tailored as follows: “The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 120 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers”

ADDENDA TO 52.212-1, PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the proposal, the offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. The proposal must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. The response shall consist of three (3) separate parts; Part I – Technical Proposal, Part II – Past Performance Information, and Part III – Price

Proposal.

a. Part I - Technical Proposal. Proposals shall be limited to no more than 15 pages and is comprised of two subfactors. The first subfactor is a completed Inspection of Laundry

Services Checklist (Attachment 4 of the solicitation) and is required to be submitted with the proposal. The final subfactor is the submission of a subcontracting business plan

(not required for small businesses). Proposals must be consistent wit the requirements of the solicitation and Performance Work Statement (PWS).

b. Part II – Past Performance Information. Offerors shall provide Attachment 6 – Past

Performance Questionnaire with a maximum of three references with relevant effort within the past 5 years. Proposals utilizing subcontractors will need a letter consenting to the release of past performance from the subcontractor to the prime contractor.

c. Part III – Price Proposal – Offerors shall fill out blocks 12, 17a and 30a, b, c of the

SF1449. Prices shall be included in the pricing schedule (pages 4 – 21).

B. The contracting officer as determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this acquisition. Upon examination of the initial offers, the contracting officer will review this determination and if in the contracting officer’s opinion, adequate price competition exists, no additional data will be requested. However, if at any time during this competition the contracting officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists; offerors may be required to submit price data to the extent necessary for the contracting officer to determine the reasonableness and affordability of the price.

C. Specific Instructions

a. Submission of Offers: Offers must be submitted NLT 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, 24

August 2022. Offerors should allow sufficient time to arrive and submit the proposals to the Contracting Office PRIOR to the set closing time. Electronic submission of offers is required. All proposals shall be emailed to both contacts listed below.

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b. This section provides general guidance for preparing proposals. Offerors’ proposals must include all data and information requested by this solicitation and must be submitted and conducted in strict accordance with these instructions. Non-conformance with the specific organization, content, and page limitations may result in mis-evaluation of proposals, or depending on the magnitude of the non-conformance, the proposals may be eliminated from further consideration.

c. Information regarding submission of proposals can be submitted by the following methods:

i. Electronic (email) copies of proposals are encouraged. Send complete proposal packages to TSgt Sarah Brown, sarah.brown.22@us.af.mil and/or SSgt Shaina

Herron, shaina.herrorn@us.af.mil.

ii. Federal Holidays: The following Federal Legal Holidays are observed by this base:

New Year's Day 1 January

Martin Luther King's Birthday Third Monday in January

Presidents Day Third Monday in February

Memorial Day Last Monday in May

Juneteenth 19 June

Independence Day 4 July

Labor Day First Monday in September

Columbus Day Second Monday in October

Veterans Day 11 November

Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November

Christmas Day 25 December

d. Notice to Offerors: Funds are not presently available for this effort. Therefore, proposal acceptance period must be valid through 30 September 2022. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the

Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.

mailto:sarah.brown.22@us.af.mil