Addendum - Instructions to Offerors and Evaluation Procedures.pdf

Addendum to RFO FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and

Commercial Services

1. General Instructions

The Government intends to award a single contract for the purchase, installation, and training of a complete counter-UAS physical and visual safeguarding system for the

Building 210 backup generator. The estimated delivery and installation date is 120 days from the date of award.

In addition to completing the SF 1449 - Solicitation, offerors must submit quotes comprising three separate volumes as outlined below:

Volume Title Maximum Page Limit

I Technical Approach 15 Pages Total

II Past Performance No limit (Max 3 references)

III Price No limit

a. Volume I: Technical Approach (Maximum 15 Pages)

The Technical Approach volume shall demonstrate the Offeror’s capability to meet the requirements of the Statement of Objectives (SOO) and propose innovative solutions.

This volume must include the following sub-sections:

i. Test Results & Product Specifications

• Provide all necessary test results demonstrating the system's ability to meet the

Government's minimum requirements detailed in Attachment 1 – Statement of

Objectives.

• Include detailed product and material information for fabricated components, structural elements, and associated hardware to include but not limited to net, poles, clips, and attachment mechanisms.

ii. Innovative Solutions (Maximum 3 Pages):

• Detail your technical solution addressing the Government's desired innovative capabilities detailed in Attachment 1 – Statement of Objectives.

iii. Contractor Statement of Work (CSOW) (Maximum 5 Pages):

• The contractor shall develop and submit a comprehensive Contractor Statement of Work (CSOW). This CSOW must include a detailed technical compliance matrix that explicitly maps the contractor's engineering design, material specifications, and execution methodology to the minimum objective requirements and proposed innovative solutions as outlined in Attachment 1 -

Statement of Objectives (SOO).

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• Include a proposed timeline, detailing estimated delivery, installation and training dates within the 120-day target.

b. Volume II: Past Performance

Offerors shall submit past performance information demonstrating their ability to perform the proposed effort.

• Provide up to three (3) specific, similar counter-drone netting projects performed within the last five (5) years.

• Include contract numbers, points of contact, project descriptions, and total contract values for each reference.

c. Volume III: Price

Offerors shall complete and submit Attachment 2 – Contractor Submittal Form and provide a firm-fixed-price quote utilizing the following Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) structure. Pricing must encompass all costs necessary to meet the SOO requirements and the proposed CSOW. Quoted prices must be sufficiently detailed to allow the

Contracting Officer to determine that the quoted prices are fair and reasonable. Offerors may include additional supporting documentation to substantiate their quote.

• CLIN 0001: System Purchase and Delivery

• SubCLIN 000101: Base system price that meets the minimum requirements.

• SubCLIN 000102: Price to incorporate the ‘RAPID DEPLOYMENT

CAPABILITY’ innovative feature into the proposed system.

• SubCLIN 000103: Price to incorporate the ‘CAMOUFLAGE’ innovative feature into the proposed system.

• SubCLIN 000104: Price to incorporate the ‘LOW LIFECYCLE

MAINTENANCE’ innovative feature into the proposed system.

• SubCLIN 000105: Price to incorporate the ‘MODULARITY/ REPAIRABILITY' innovative feature into the proposed system.

• CLIN 0002: Installation and System Operations & Maintenance Training

• Provide detailed breakdown of associated travel costs

Addendum to RFO FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial

Services

1. Basis for Award

Award will be made utilizing a Best Value Tradeoff process. The Government will evaluate quotes based on Technical, Past Performance, and Price. The Government intends to award a single contract for the purchase, installation, and training of a complete counter-UAS physical and visual safeguarding system for the Building 210 backup generator. The government may award all or some of the CLINs/SubCLINs included in this solicitation.

2. Relative Importance of Factors

Technical is significantly more important than Past Performance or Price. When combined, Technical and Past Performance are significantly more important than Price. The

Government reserves the right to award a single contract to other than the lowest-priced

Offeror or the highest technically rated Offeror.

3. Evaluation Process

Offeror’s quotes will be evaluated using the following factors and procedures:

Factor 1: Technical Evaluation

The Technical Evaluation will be conducted in a two-step process: a Pass/Fail Gate for

Minimum Requirements, followed by a qualitative assessment of the proposed

Innovative Solutions.

Step 1: Technical Pass/Fail Gate (Minimum Requirements)

The Government will evaluate the Offeror's quote (Volume I – Technical

Approach, specifically Subsections i. Test Results & Product Specifications and

iii. CSOW) to ensure the proposed solution meets all minimum requirements detailed in Attachment 1 – Statement of Objectives (SOO).

Rating Description

Pass Quote meets ALL minimum requirements IAW the SOO and is accurately reflected in the submitted CSOW.

Fail Quote does not meet all minimum requirements IAW the SOO.

Quotes rated "Fail" will be deemed unacceptable and removed from further evaluation consideration.

Step 2: Innovative Solutions Evaluation

Offerors that receive a "Pass" at the Technical Gate will have their quote

(Volume I – Technical Approach, specifically Subsection ii. Innovative

Solutions and Subsection iii. CSOW) evaluated against the four (4) desired innovative solutions outlined in the SOO. The Government will assign one of the following adjectival ratings:

Rating Description

Outstanding Quote includes and meets ALL FOUR (4) of the Government's desired innovative solutions, and the technical approach is accurately reflected in the proposed CSOW.

Good Quote includes and meets THREE (3) of the Government's desired innovative solutions, and the technical approach is accurately reflected in the proposed CSOW.

Acceptable Quote includes and meets TWO (2) of the Government's desired innovative solutions, and the technical approach is accurately reflected in the proposed CSOW.

Marginal Quote includes and meets ONE (1) of the Government's desired innovative solutions, and the technical approach is accurately reflected in the proposed CSOW.

Unacceptable Quote does not propose any of the Government's desired innovative solutions, OR the proposed innovative solution(s) are not accurately reflected in the proposed CSOW, OR the proposed innovative solution(s) do not indicate a feasible, adequate technical approach and understanding of the requirements.

Factor 2: Past Performance

The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s record of recent and relevant past performance to assess the level of confidence in the Offeror's ability to successfully perform the required effort.

In evaluating past performance, the Government reserves the right to use performance information provided by the Offeror in Volume II, information obtained from other

Government agencies, and data retrieved directly from official Government databases.

This includes, but is not limited to, the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting

System (CPARS), the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System

(FAPIIS), or any other Government records and databases that are deemed recent and relevant to this requirement.

• Recency is defined as work performed within the last five (5) years.

• Relevance will be based on similarity to counter-drone netting projects.

Based on the Offeror’s recent and relevant past performance records, the Government will assign one of the following Performance Confidence Assessments:

Confidence Assessment Description

Substantial Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral Confidence No recent/relevant performance record is available, or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned. The offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

Limited Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Factor 3: Price Evaluation

Price will not be scored or rated. The Government will evaluate the quoted price to ensure it is fair and reasonable. In accordance with FAR RFO 12.204, techniques such as comparison of proposed prices received in response to the solicitation, or comparison to an Independent Government Estimate (IGE), may be utilized.