Amendment 1_L_2 CDT.pdf

AG-DPRO-S-12-9980

SECTION L

INSTRUCTIONS CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1 Contracting Officer: The Contracting Officer is Wayne A. Oliver.

L.2 Proposal Due Date: Proposal (offer) Due Date/ Time is March 12, 2012, 4:30 P.M. CDT at the locations listed in L.25. Official time of receipt of offers is the time received by the Kansas City Commodity Office. Offers received after the time and date specified for receipt shall not be considered.

L.3 Solicitation Information: Prospective Contractors will be responsible for monitoring the Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov, for amendments and other procurement related information. This web site is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Prospective contractors are to read this entire solicitation and any attached or referenced documents. Failure to do so will be at the Offeror's own risk.

L.4 Submission of Questions: Questions regarding the solicitation will only be accepted in writing. The deadline for submission/receipt of questions is February 29, 2012, 4:30 P.M. CST. Prospective contractors must submit questions by email. Answers to timely received questions will be provided in a solicitation amendment.

a. Email questions to DomesticQuestions@kcc.usda.gov.

b. Subject of the email should include the solicitation number (AG-DPRO-S-12-9980).

c. The date and time of receipt will be that recorded by the Government’s equipment.

Receipt of late questions will not result in an extension of the proposal due date, nor can the USDA guarantee the issue will be answered before the proposal due date.

As soon as a prospective contractor is aware of any problems or ambiguities in interpreting the specifications, terms or conditions, instructions or evaluation criteria of this solicitation, notify the contracting officer in writing (via email) sent to DomesticQuestions@kcc.usda.gov. Any objection to the RFP requirements must be communicated prior to delivery of a proposal. Offerors are specifically instructed to contact only the office issuing the solicitation about any aspect of this requirement, prior to contract award.

L.5 Competition Information: This solicitation is 100% full and open competition. All offerors compete equally.

L.6 NAICS classification and Size Standard: For the purposes of this solicitation, the NAICS classification code is 493110. This code consists of a size standard of $25.5 million. This size standard can be used to determine if subcontracting plans are required.

L.7 Subcontracting plans: (Applies only to large businesses.) The subcontracting plan is not a requirement for evaluation in source selection but a requirement for an award to a large business. The plan shall be prepared in accordance with FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Jan 2011), which lists required elements, and the contents of the plan will be evaluated by the Government for acceptability as outlined in FAR 19.708 (b)(1). See Section J, Attachment P for an annual subcontracting plan form.

a) Subcontracting Plans will be negotiated and made a part of the resultant contract.

b) In establishing subcontracting goals, the total goal proposed shall reflect maximum practical opportunities.

c) An annual Subcontracting Plan will also be required for each option year exercised.

L.8 General Technical Proposal Guidance: Technical proposals shall demonstrate the offeror’s ability to perform the Agency’s needs stated in Section C, addressing all evaluation factors/subfactors outlined in Section M, as well as other requirements defined elsewhere in this solicitation. Ability can be demonstrated through a thorough understanding of the work requirement, and thorough a description of the proposed techniques/