AB-133F-16-RP-0143_AMENDMENT_A0001.pdf

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Page of Pages AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. Contract ID Code

2. AMENDMENT MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (if applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6) CODE

(x) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (NO., Street, Country, State and ZIP Code)

CODE FACILITY CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of offers is extended, is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning ______ copies of amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OR OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment your desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

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C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

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

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C. DATE SIGNED

Chartered Vessel to Conduct Longline Survey in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands Region and Gulf of Alaska

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A0001 NFFS7400-16-02038

AJ630031

WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION

CONTRACTS BRANCH

7600 SAND POINT WAY NE, SOU6

SEATTLE WA 98115-6349

AB-133F-16-RP-0143

NOV 02, 2016

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Amendment A0001 to Solicitation AB-133F-16-RP-0143 is issued:

1) Extend the date for receipt of past performance questionnaires (Attachment #6) to 10:00 AM Pacific Time, on December 19, 2016.

2) CAR 1352.215-72 is revised to extend the date for receipt of inquiries as follows (changes have been highlighted):

CAR 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010)

Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to Crystina Jubie, Contracting Officer.

Questions should be received NO LATER THAN FOURTEEN (14) CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE DATE OF THIS SOLICITATION December 12, 2016. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract.

(End of Provision)

3) CAR 1352.215-74 is revised to reflect the Government’s intent to award multiple contracts from this solicitation as follows (changes have been highlighted):

CAR 1352.215-74 BEST VALUE EVALUATION (APR 2010)

(a) Award will be made to the offerors: whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements; who is determined responsible in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.1 by possessing the financial and other capabilities to fulfill the requirements of the contract; and whose proposal is judged, by an integrated assessment of non-price evaluation factors, to provide the best value to the Government in accordance with CAR 1352.215-75, Evaluation Criteria.

(b) The Government may intends to award multiple contracts in response to the solicitation. The Government reserves the right not to award a contract depending on the quality of the proposals submitted and the availability of funds.

(c) Evaluation of Proposals.

(1) Initial Evaluation of Proposals. All offers received will be evaluated in accordance with the stated evaluation factors. The Government reserves the right to make an award without discussions based solely upon initial proposals. Therefore, offerors should ensure that their initial proposal constitutes their best offer in terms of technical solution being proposed. If award is not made upon initial proposals, then the Contracting Officer will establish a competitive range comprised of the most highly rated proposals. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly-rated proposals. Only those offerors in the competitive range will be offered an opportunity to participate further in the procurement.

(2) Discussions/Final Proposal Revisions. The Contracting Officer will engage in discussions with all offerors in the competitive range in accordance with FAR 15.306. At the conclusion of discussions, a final common cut-off date for submission of final proposal revisions will be established. Those offerors remaining in the competitive range will be notified to submit Final Proposal Revisions.

(3) Final Evaluation of Offers. A final proposal evaluation will be performed after receipt of Final Proposal Revisions.

(End of Provision)

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4) CAR 1352.215-70 is revised reflect the Government’s intent to award multiple contracts from this solicitation as follows, correct a typographical error listed for the past performance questionnaire attachment, and change the date for receipt of Past Performance Questionnaires (changes have been highlighted):

CAR 1352.215-70 PROPOSAL PREPARATION (APR 2010)

(a) General Instructions. Proposals are expected to conform to solicitation provisions and be prepared in accordance with this section. To aid in evaluation, the proposal shall be clearly and concisely written, neatly presented, indexed (cross-indexed as appropriate), and logically assembled. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the name of the offeror, the date of the offer, and the solicitation number. Each volume shall be clearly marked by volume number and title.

(b) Overall Arrangement of Proposal. (1) VOLUME I--BUSINESS PROPOSAL

(i) Volume I, Business Proposal, consists of the actual offer to enter into a contract to perform the desired work. It also includes required representations, certifications, and acknowledgments, if applicable; justifications for noncompetitive proposed subcontracts; identification of technical data to be withheld; and any other required administrative information.

(ii) Format and Content. Volume I, Business Proposal, shall include the following documents (in the order listed):

(A) Proposal Form:

(1) Use of the Form--The Proposal Form (Standard Form 1449), is to be executed fully and used as the cover sheet (or first page) of Volume I. Include three (3) original signed copies of the form in the original Volume I.

(2) Acceptance Period--The acceptance period entered on the Proposal Form by the offeror shall not be less than that prescribed in the solicitation, which shall apply if no other period is offered.

(3) Signature Authority--The person signing the Proposal Form must have the authority to commit the offeror to all of the provisions of the proposal, fully recognizing that the Government has the right, by terms of the Solicitation, to make an award without discussion if it so elects.

(B) Other documentation identified in Section (A) above. The offeror shall submit one original of Volume I, marked as such.

(2) VOLUME II--TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

(i) General. (A) Volume II, technical proposal, consists of the offeror's proposal delineating its capabilities and how it intends to perform contract requirements. The Technical proposal will be evaluated in accord with the criteria contained in Section M.(B) In order that the technical proposal may be evaluated strictly on the merit of the material submitted, no contractual price information is to be included in Volume II. However, the type and quantity of labor and materials is to be included in the Technical Proposal, without any associated cost information.(C) The technical proposal must be typed, double-spaced, with one inch margins, using elite font, 12 pitch type (or equivalent) and printed, unreduced in size, on 8\1/2\'' by 11'' paper, not exceeding 125 pages, single-sided, exclusive of resumes and related corporate experience documentation. Any pages in excess of 125 will be disregarded, and will not be included in the proposal evaluation. Failure of the offeror to comply with the page limitations, resulting in the excess pages not being evaluated, shall not constitute grounds for a protest.

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(ii) Format and Content. Volume II, Technical Proposal, shall include the following contents:

(A) Table of Contents

(B) List of Tables and Figures

(C) Summary of Technical Proposal

(D) Technical Proposal

(E) Exceptions and Deviations. These major headings may be subdivided or supplemented by the offeror as appropriate.

(1) Summary. This section shall provide a summary that addresses each of the technical evaluation factors set out in Section M.

(2) Technical Proposal. The offeror shall clearly address each of the technical evaluation criteria in Section M, and, at a minimum, cover each subfactor.

(3) Exceptions and Deviations. This section shall identify and explain any exceptions or deviations taken to any part of the solicitation or conditional assumptions made with respect to the technical requirements of the solicitation. Offerors should note that taking exceptions to the Government's requirements may indicate an unwillingness or inability to perform the contract, and the proposal may be evaluated as such.

(iii) Specific areas to be addressed:

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS: One original and three copies of the technical proposal shall be provided for each offer and shall include the following completed attachments as well as a cover letter which provides a general overview of what the contractor is proposing to provide:

Evaluation Factor 1—Vessel Characteristics: preparation and submission of the following attachments as well as any additional information needed to determine the vessel’s ability to conduct the survey efficiently and safely is required:

Attachment #1 – Vessel Charter Characteristics Form Attachment #2 – Vessel Configuration Form

At the time of proposal submission, the Contractor shall provide the Stability Letter from the vessel’s Stability Report, certified by a licensed naval architect/marine engineer, which describes the vessel’s stability characteristics for the intended charter operations. Recent stability or marine survey reports, pictures, drawings or blueprints should be included along with other required information (Vessel Charter Characteristics form and Vessel Configuration form) to assist in the evaluation.

Fully discuss how the contract requirements will be met and the means used to accomplish them. Merely repeating the contract requirements and stating that they will be accomplished, without discussing how the offeror will accomplish them, is not acceptable.

Evaluation Factor 2—Experience of the Vessel, Captain and Crew: preparation and submission of the following forms as well as any additional information necessary to determine the required experience of the vessel crew and contractor:

Attachment #3 – Vessel’s Commercial Fishing History Form Attachment #4 - Captain/Crew Work Experience Form

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In the technical proposal, offerors shall provide information and documentation in sufficient detail to clearly identify qualifications. The information should be provided as shown on the attached forms, including manufacturer’s names and model numbers where applicable. A complete explanation shall be provided where information is unavailable or not applicable. If an offeror proposes to supply equipment for the contract that they do not currently have, they must provide the specifics of the equipment such as the make, model and expected delivery time of the item, in order for the equipment to be considered in the evaluation of their proposal.

Offerors shall complete the attached forms indicating pertinent employment experience for captain, lead engineer, lead fisher for the past ten (10) years. Requests for changes in key personnel shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer in accordance with CAR 1352.237-75 - KEY PERSONNEL.

An offeror’s proposal must include specific dates of availability within the charter opportunity period.

Offerors shall supply a description of the longline gear they intend to use, their rigging plans, and description of the groundfish fisheries in which it has been used in the past.

TThe Government intends to award multiple contracts as a result of this solicitation. Offerors shall indicate which charter legs they are proposing on (even years, odd years, or both) ***Offerors proposing more than one vessel must submit a separate proposal for each vessel.***

Pictures or videotapes will also be considered in the evaluation as well as any additional supplements to the attachments listed above.

Evaluation Factor 3--Past Performance:

The offer must include specific contract references and clearly address recently completed and related, relevant contracts (both Government and non-Government), subcontracts, and grants. The offeror should include the name of the customer, including contracting agency, address, and phone number; contract number, type of contract, and dollar value; date of contract, period of performance, and place of performance; and a brief description of contract work scope and responsibilities. Attachment 5, Past Performance Questionnaire, is included for your use. Provide questionnaires to all customers under similar or related contracts performed or currently being performed for at least the last 3 years or a short statement explaining the lack thereof. Include any letters or reports of work performance completed provided by a contracting agency on quality of work performed prior to submitting Attachment 56 to customer references. Offerors should note that the Government expects to make use of past performance data from any available list of customers.

Attachment #6 – Past Performance Questionnaire

The Offeror's past performance on related contracts will be evaluated to determine, as appropriate, successful performance of contract requirements, quality and timeliness of delivery of goods and services, effective management of subcontractors, cost management, level of communication between the contracting parties, proactive management and customer satisfaction.

The Government reserves the right to assess the past performance of proposed subcontractors.

The Government will use its discretion to determine the sources of past performance information used in the evaluation, and the information may be obtained from reference provided by the Offeror, the agency's knowledge of contractor performance, other Government agencies or commercial entities, or past performance databases.

If an Offeror does not have a history of relevant contract experience, or if past performance information is not available, the Offeror will receive a neutral past performance rating.

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Offerors shall provide a listing of customers to which Past Performance Questionnaire forms were distributed.

The list must contain the firm's names, the representative to whom the form was provided, a telephone number of the contact and an email address. Your customers are requested to complete the Past Performance form and submit the form by fax or email directly to the Contracting Officer noted below.

NOTE: Upon completion of the form, the customer shall return it directly to the DOC, NOAA, Western Acquisition Division by email to: crystina.r.jubie@noaa.gov or fax: 206-527-3916.

Offerors shall make every effort to ensure that forms are received no later than, November 28, 2016 by 10:00 AM PST December 19, 2016 by 10:00 AM PST, in order to be considered for evaluation of this factor.

Surveys submitted directly by the offeror rather than by the customer may not be considered.

Award will be made to the offerors whose proposal offers a technical approach which provides the best value to the Government.

The offeror shall submit one original of Volume II, marked as such, and one copy.

(3) VOLUME III—INVOICE FORMULA FOR LONGLINE CHARTERS

For each contract period, the Contractor shall retain 100% of the value of the finished product FOB port of offload in new weight up to the designated threshold for that contract period. Above the threshold, the vessel will retain 80% of the finished product’s value and 20% will be used to purchase supplies for the succeeding year’s survey.

Thresholds for each contract period are as follows:

Base Period (2017 survey) $2,087,507.00 Option Period I (2018 survey) $2,128,213.00 Option Period II (2019 survey) $2,169,713.00 Option Period III (2020 survey) $2,212,023.00

MULTIPLE OFFERS: Offerors may submit multiple offers to propose use of alternative vessels. Separate proposals shall be submitted for each proposed vessel.

(End of clause)

The date for receipt of proposals is hereby extended to 2:00 pm, Pacific Time on December 19, 2016. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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