Attachment 0004 Price Matrix - Instructions and Evaluation Criteria.pdf

Instructions & Evaluation Criteria

Request for Proposal No. W519TC-25-R-0027

Instructions to Offeror - Price

1. The proposal shall consist of:

a. An electronic copy of the completed Attachment 0004 Price Matrix - DRAID ADA

IR.

b. Any additional information the Offer considers necessary to explain the proposed pricing.

2. In completing Attachment 0004 Price Matrix - DRAID ADA IR, the Offeror must comply with the instructions below. Failure to comply with these instructions may result in the Offeror’s proposal being removed from further consideration.

3. Attachment 0004 Price Matrix - DRAID ADA IR is an MS Excel file with certain locked cells that the Offeror may not unlock, unprotect, or change the Price Matrix.

The Offeror’s proposal must include Attachment 0004 in the same Excel format (i.e., not a PDF). The Offeror shall not make any changes to the Price Matrix.

4. The Offeror must populate all blue highlighted cells in all tabs.

a. “Summary” tab, The Offeror shall enter its proposed:

i. Offeror/Company Name

ii. Commercial and Government Entity Code (Cage) Code

iii. Unique Entity ID (UEI) number

iv. Proposal Date

b. “Labor” tab, The Offeror shall enter its proposed:

i. The Offeror’s proposed fully burdened Labor rate for each Labor Category and each Period of Performance (PoP) (Base Period (BP), and (Option Year

1 (OY1)).

ii. Proposed Labor Category

5. The following cells do not require any input as all cells are automatically calculated/populated:

a. “Summary” tab:

i. The Total per Pop for

1. Labor

2. Travel (Government Surrogate)

ii. Subtotal

iii. Total Evaluated Price per Pop

iv. Total Evaluated Price

b. “Labor” tab:

i. Total per Pop

ii. Total Price per Labor Category

6. Failure to input all highlighted blue cells and provide a narrative explanation within its price volume of any proposed zero dollars CLINs may render an offeror’s proposal incomplete and ineligible for award.

7. The Government is not under any obligation to correct proposal errors or omissions.

Those proposals with errors/omissions, where the Government is unable to ascertain the Offeror’s intent without meaningful exchanges or clarifications, may be removed from further consideration.

8. All prices proposed shall be stated in U.S. dollars and rounded to two decimal places.

9. In accordance with FAR 15.402 and FAR 15.403-1, certified cost or pricing data is not required based on the fact that adequate competition is expected for this procurement. The Government anticipates receiving competitive proposals and using competition to determine that the proposed prices are fair and reasonable. If adequate competition is not received, the Government reserves the right to request certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data to establish the reasonableness of the proposed prices after the receipt of proposals.

10. If an Offeror fails to submit unit prices for all items on the Price Matrix, the proposal may be considered unacceptable, and the Government may reject the proposal.

Evaluation Criteria - Price

1. The Government will evaluate the Total Evaluated Price based on the proposed fully burdened Labor Rates proposed in Attachment 0004 Price Matrix - DRAID ADA IR.

2. Total Evaluated Price: The Total Evaluated Price will be derived from Attachment 0004 Price Matrix - DRAID ADA IR. The Total Evaluated Price is identified as “Total Evaluated Price” in the “Summary” tab of Attachment 0004.

The Travel price is a Government Surrogate Number (i.e. Base Period (BP), and Option Year 1 (OY1) of $10,000.00 for the BP and OY 1. The total Travel price is $20,000.00.

The Labor for all CLINs (X001AA – X002AO) for each PoP (BP and OY1) by taking the result of the Labor categories, Hours, and proposed Rate to produce the Total for each. The Total Labor Cost for each Labor Category is the result of adding the Total for each PoP. The result of each Labor Total is the result of adding each Total per PoP.

The totals for the “Labor” tab is then pulled into its respective PoP to populate the “Summary” total.

The Total Evaluated Price is the calculated result of summing the totals from all CLINs for each PoP.

3. Price Analysis: The Government will use the proposal analysis techniques in FAR 15.404-1 to determine price reasonableness. The Government anticipates receiving competitive proposals and using adequate price competition to determine whether the proposed prices are fair and reasonable but reserves the right to require the submission of any data (e.g., other than certified cost or pricing data) necessary to establish the price reasonableness of a proposal.

4. Unbalanced Pricing: The Government will evaluate proposals to identify any unbalanced pricing between labor rates and ordering periods, as applicable.

Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line item (CLINs) is significantly over or understated, as indicated by the application of cost or price analysis techniques. In accordance with FAR 15.404-1(g), the Government may pose an unacceptable risk to the Government.