ASH-IV SIR Amendment 0001.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

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

0001 5/10/2024 N/A

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTRATED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ELISA BROWN

Executive Services Branch Contracting for Services Division, AAQ-450

Email: elisa.brown@faa.gov Telephone: (202) 267-3610

800 Independence Ave., SW, Rm. 408 Fax: (202) 267-5142 Washington, DC 20591

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF ADMINISTERING GOVERNMENT AGENCY (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code) (4 ) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

693KA9-24-R-00004

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

TO ALL OFFERORS

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER

NO.

x

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

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 Offer is [ ] extended [X ] is not extended. Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation on as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Item 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) 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 ACKNOWLEDG- -MENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you 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 hours and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

N/A

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

(4 ) 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.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHANGES CLAUSE INCORPORATED INTO THIS CONTRACT.

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

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

AMS Procurement Guidance T3.2.2.3 - Complex Source Selection Revised 9/2020; Screening Information Request (SIR) Added 9/2020

E. IMPORTANT: Offeror [ ] is not, [ X ] is required to sign this document and return 1 signed originals to the issuing office.

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

This amendment is the result of Offeror’s questions regarding SIR 693KA9-24-R-00004. Therefore, see page 2.

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)

ELISA BROWN

Contracting Officer

15B. 15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

BY

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

OMB #2120-059

mailto:elisa.brown@faa.gov

Screening Information Request (SIR) Number 693KA9-24-R-00004

Amendment 0001

Screening Information Request (SIR) DTFAWA-24-R-00004 is hereby amended as follows:

Section C, “Statement of Work”

Amended:

• C.5.7 Application/Product and Technology Attachments C.6.1 and C.6.2 includes the list of major ASH web applications that the contractor will be required to support.

• C 5.6.3. System Testing and Quality Assurance is revised to “5.7.3. System Testing and Quality Assurance”.

Section H, “Special Contract Requirements”

• H.2 AMS Clauses in Full Text

AMS 3.8.2-17 Key Personnel and Facilities (July 2019)

Senior Program Manager. The word “Senior” is removed.

• H.8 Small/Small Disadvantaged Business/Women-Owned/Service-Disabled Veteran Owned and HUBZone Small Business Subcontracting Goals

The Contractor, if not a Small Business, must establish the following below listed subcontracting goals in their subcontracting plan, submitted in accordance with AMS Clause 3.6.1-4, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (October 2022).

Work shall be allocated at least twenty-five (25) percent of the contract dollar value to small businesses over the full life of the contract. This twenty-five percent of the contract dollar value for small businesses is further broken down and allocated as follows: (14) percent to Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), five

(5) percent to Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business (SEDB) 8(a), three (3) percent to Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), two (2) percent to Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) firms, and/or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) firms, and one

(1) percent to Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses.

The small business and disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan, (to be completed within 30 days after award), if determined by the Contracting Officer to be acceptable, will be incorporated into this contract.

• H.16 Contractor Personnel

Paragraph e is deleted.

• H.20, “Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act”

It is the policy of the Department of Transportation to provide access to all of its programs, services and information to people with disabilities that is comparable to the level of access provided to others. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and related Departmental regulations have made this a requirement since 1978. With the passage of recent amendments to SECTION 508 of the Rehabilitation act, the FAA must ensure that the Department’s electronic and information technologies (EIT) meets specific accessibility standards for people with disabilities, including both employees and the customers we serve, whenever we develop, procure, maintain or use EIT. Hence, The FAA has a requirement to comply with the provisions of SECTION 508 of the Rehabilitation Act as amended (as of June 21, 2001) and requires the contractor to provide any information as to their capacity to comply with requirement along with your technical and proposal.

The FAA has determined that the following accessibility standards (36 CFR Part 1194) apply to this procurement under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

36 CFR Part 1194.21 Software applications and operating systems 36 CFR Part 1194.22 Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications 36 CFR Part 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria 36 CFR Part 1194.41 Information, documentation, and support

The contractor must deliver products and/or services that provide the features described in the above standards, or equivalent salient characteristics. Additionally, the contractor must provide product support documentation and services (i.e., help desk and training) in alternate formats in order to accommodate end users with disabilities. Contractor conformance with this requirement is a material term of the contract.

Contractor Support and Services: Support staff and personnel are knowledgeable of the following Electronic Information and Technology Section 508 standards:

36 CFR Part 1194.21 Software applications and operating systems 36 CFR Part 1194.22 Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications 36 CFR Part 1194.23 Telecommunication Products 35 CFR Part 1194.24 Video and Multimedia Products 36 CFR Part 1194.25 Self-contained, closed products (Kiosks, ATMs, etc.)

36 CFR Part 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers 36 CFR Part 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria 36 CFR Part 1194.41 Information, documentation, and support

Section I, “Contract Clauses”

• AMS 3.8.9-7 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition (January 2024)

(b) Prohibition.

(1) Unless an applicable waiver has been issued by the issuing official, Contractors are prohibited from providing or using as part of the performance of the contract any covered article, or any products or services produced or provided by a source, if the covered article or the source is prohibited by any applicable FASCSA orders identified by the checkbox(es) in this paragraph (b)(1).

[The Contracting Officer must select either “yes” or “no” for each of the following types of FASCSA orders:]

Yes [ ] No [X] DHS FASCSA orders

Yes [ ] No [X] DoD FASCSA orders

Yes [ ] No [X] DNI FASCSA orders

Section J, “List of Attachments”

• J.1 Management Services, paragraph B.1 on page J .2 is deleted.

• The Program Manager (Key Personnel) Labor Category requires Project Management Professional (PMP), Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP) or equivalent project or program management certification.

• MCAD certification has been retired by Microsoft. It is no longer a requirement for the "Software Architect" or "Senior Software Engineer" labor categories in Section J.1.

• Requirement for MCDBA certification is deleted, as it has been retired by Microsoft. It is no longer a requirement for "Senior Database Administrator" and "Mid-level Database Administrator" labor categories in Section J.1

• Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer: Minimum Education: BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent field. Master’s degree can be substituted as 4 years of experience. Amazon certifications a plus.”

Section L, “Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors”

• L.2.3 Time and Date -- Proposals must be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time on May 31, 2024.

• L.10 General SIR Instructions

• L.10.1 Proposals must be provided in standard letter size 8-1/2 by 11-inch format. The Offeror may use oversize pages (which may be either 11" x 17" or 17" x 11") where appropriate to contain complex or extensive graphic presentations. Oversize pages count as 2 pages and margin and font size requirements apply to all oversize pages. Refer to L.10. for submission instructions. Tables are considered the same as graphics, illustrations, charts. (These formatting requirements do not apply to the Volume VI Price Proposal.)

• L.11.2.1 Volume 1: Minimum Capability Qualification

Factor – 3 Software Capability Maturity Model Rating

CMMI level 3 for development is only required for the prime vendor or the entity (subcontractor or teaming partner) that will be responsible for software development efforts under this contract and in accordance with the SOW has a current certified Software Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Rating of at least 3. The proof must be in the form of a copy of the CMM rating assessment letter from an external auditor which must be provided with your offer.

• L.13 VOLUME III: Corporate Experience

First sentence, second paragraph revised to “Offerors must provide at least three (3) and no more than seven

(7) Corporate Experience references. “

• L.16 VOLUME VI: Price Proposal

The pricing instructions are applicable to the prime contractor and all subcontractors, as outlined in this Section.

In cases where a subcontractor does not want to share the rate buildup with the prime contractor, the subcontractor can submit Attachment L.2 Price Model with the applicable rates directly to the Contracting Officer, following the applicable instructions to subcontractors. If a subcontractor submits directly to the CO, it must identify the prime contractor the subcontract offer relates to on each copy of the proposal submitted.

The subcontractor proposals must be submitted in accordance with the instructions outlined in Section L.11.

The proposed rates by the subcontractors must match and be traceable to the prime contractor’s proposal.

However, the prime contractor remains responsible for the submission of all required information, and information from the prime contractor will take precedence over any conflicting information from the proposed subcontractor.

The Government anticipates that adequate price competition will exist, so Offerors are not required to submit certified cost or pricing data with their proposals. The Government anticipates that the data required by this SIR will be adequate for its price evaluation; however, the Government reserves the right to request information other than certified cost and pricing data, if it is determined necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable price.

Price information must be limited to Volume VI; if an offeror includes any price information in any other volume, the offeror may be eliminated from consideration for award.

• L.16.1 Price Volume Content

The prime contractor must provide the following information on the first page of the pricing proposal:

Solicitation number;

Name and address of Offeror, CAGE code(s) and UEI Number(s);

Total offered price (fully burdened rates times FAA-provided hours, plus NTE amounts provided for CR

CLINs);

List of Proposed Subcontractors – identifying which subcontractors submitted Attachment L.2 Price

Model directly to the CO.

Name, address, telephone and email address of the Government cognizant contract audit office, if available.

Name, address, telephone and email address of the Government cognizant contract administration office, if available.

• L.16.2 Price Proposal Bid Model

Each Offeror’s completed Price Model must be submitted to the FAA in a format compatible with Microsoft Excel 2016. The submitted Price Model must not be read-only, must not contain any locked cells, and must not be password-protected, in whole or in part, other than the cells already protected by the FAA. Each Offeror’s Price Model must comply with these requirements for the Offeror to be eligible for award. The FAA reserves the right to reject proposals that do not comply with these requirements.

Offerors must complete the T&M Rate Buildup in Tab C of Attachment L.2. The Offerors must propose a single fully burdened ceiling labor rate for each labor category inclusive of all contract periods, utilizing the labor category descriptions within Attachment J-1, Labor Category and Skill Descriptions. The fully burdened labor rates must include all direct labor and indirect costs applicable to that direct labor (such as fringe benefits;

overhead; cost of money, if applicable; and G&A), and profit. Offerors must also input the escalation factor applicable to each Option Year after the Base Year. Once Tab C is completed, Tab A – TEP Summary, and Tab B – T&M Rate Table will be automatically populated because Tab C is linked to Tab B and Tab B is linked to Tab A. The information provided in the cells of Tab C must not be password protected, and the formulas must be visible and unbroken.

c) The hours in attachment L.2 are estimates and are provided for evaluation purposes only. Offerors may neither change these hours nor propose alternate hours.

d) Offerors must provide the indirect cost rate that would be applied to travel, materials, and ODCs in Tab D of Attachment L.2. The indirect rate must comply with the instructions provided in SIR Section B.7.

• L.16.3 Price Proposal Narrative

The prime contractor must provide a narrative that addresses the following areas:

Rationale used for development of the proposed fully burdened Labor Rates. Offerors must clearly explain the rationale and methodologies used to buildup and develop the rates, including blended rates, if applicable. The information provided must address the direct labor and the indirect rates separately. The Offerors must identify all proposed indirect rates, to include allocation bases, and describe the company’s accounting practices for application of the rates.

Discuss the application and rationale of escalation rates, if proposed.

The prime contractor must identify and support any exceptions or assumptions included in its proposal.

Except as stated herein, all other terms and conditions specified in the SIR are unchanged and remain the same.