Attachment 0006 Section L Instruction to Offerors.pdf

Section L: Instruction to Offerors

1. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

a. Each volume shall be submitted electronically through the Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) suite at https://piee.eb.mil/. Any portion of the proposal that is changed (as a result of negotiations or proposal revisions) should be a different color and have the changed information clearly marked with a vertical line in the right-hand margin and dated. Each Volume shall be clearly labeled with its volume number and title.

b The Offeror's proposal shall contain a cover letter and three volumes. The volumes are I - Technical (Factor 1 with Subfactor 1- Production Approach, Subfactor 2

- Manufacturing Resources, Subfactor 3 - Management Plan), II - Price (Factor 2), and III - Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents, and Certification/ Representations. Files shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in proposal is prohibited, with the exception of the Price volume.

c. Each paragraph should be single spaced and shall be separated by at least one blank line. A standard, 12-point minimum font size applies. Arial or Times New Roman fonts are required. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size no less than 8-point and may be produced in landscape mode.

d. Proposal Organization. The following volumes of material shall be submitted in PIEE using the following proposal organization:

Proposal Organization

Volume Title Required Attachments* Maximum Pages

I Technical (Factor 1) 60

II Price (Factor 2) RFP Attachment 0008, Pricing Template RFP Attachment 0010, Pre-award Survey Checklist RFP Attachment 0011, DCMA/DCAA POC*

No page limit

III Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents, and Certifications / Representations

No page limit

*Required if progress payments proposed

NOTE: Pages that exceed the required page limitations will not be evaluated.

Additional pages over the maximum allowed will be removed from the back of the proposal and not read and will not be evaluated by the Government.

The Table of Contents, Summary Section, and the Narrative discussion are excluded from page limits.

2. PROPOSAL FILES

a. Format. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled as set forth by A.1.d., Proposal Organization. Each volume shall be clearly identified and shall begin at the top of a page. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and Request for Proposal (RFP) number in the header and/or footer. A Table of Contents should be created using the Table of Content feature in MS Word. MS Word files shall use the following page setup parameters:

Margins – Top, Bottom, Left, Right – 1” Gutter – 0” From Edge – Header, Footer 0.5” Page Size, Width – 8.5” Page Size, Height – 11”

Illustrations, tables, graphs, or charts must be legible using a page size of 8.5x11 or 11x17 inches. If an illustration, table, graph or chart requires continuation onto additional 8.5x11 inch pages, each 8.5x11 inch page will count as one page and 11x17 as two pages.

The following additional restrictions apply:

b. File Packaging. Files are restricted to 1.9 gigabytes (GB) in size. Each volume shall be submitted as a separately labeled electronic file, with each file clearly labeled and submitted in a readable and searchable format by Adobe Acrobat Reader using PDF file extensions, Microsoft (MS) Office Word, using DOCX file extensions, MS Office Excel using XLSX file extensions. Note: Use of Legacy filename extension (.doc, xls) will result in these files being rejected. The Government does not assume responsibility for conversion of submitted documents.

Electronic files of each volume shall be submitted through the Solicitation Module of the PIEE suite at https://piee.eb.mil/. Proposals submitted by mail or hand-carried will not be evaluated. Proposals sent through proprietary, or third party File Transfer Protocol (FTP) sites or DoD SAFE will not be retrieved. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to confirm receipt of proposals. All proposals received by the Government after the proposal due date and time specified in the RFP for receipt shall be considered late and will not be evaluated or considered for award unless, after examining the facts and circumstances, the Contracting Officer determines the late proposal falls into one of the exceptions allowed by the FAR. For instructions on how to post an offer, please refer to the Posting Offer demo: http://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/sol/posting_offer.pdf.

It is the Offeror's responsibility to obtain written confirmation of receipt of all electronic files of the full proposal from the Contracting office. In the unlikely event the PIEE system is not operational, experiences technical difficulty, or the Offeror is temporarily unable to access or to use the system, the Offeror shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer. This notification must occur prior to the proposal due date and time specified in the RFP. The Offeror shall notify the Government via an email sent to the following: Contract Specialist, priscilla.l.adamsdumont.civ@army.mil and Contracting Officer, deanna.l.desarro.civ@army.mil. The Offeror's email shall request permission to use an alternative method of delivery, the email request must be made in adequate time to meet the proposal due date and time specified in the RFP and the Offeror must verify that the proposal was received prior to the deadline. Offerors are responsible for ensuring electronic copies are virus-free and shall run an anti-virus scan before submission.

If subcontractors desire to submit proprietary data directly to the Contracting Officer, the Offeror should contact the Contracting Officer for further instructions. Any subcontractor data submitted separately from the Prime's proposal must be submitted by the proposal due date and time specified in the RFP or it will not be considered. The Prime will ensure that the subcontractor submission identifies its association to the Prime and will confirm the timeliness of the subcontractor submission.

c. Content Requirement. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file.

The Offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Each file of the proposal shall consist of a Table of Contents, Summary Section, and the Narrative discussion. The Summary Section shall contain a brief abstract of the file. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked in accordance with FAR 52.215-1(e). The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion:

(i) VOLUME I - Technical. The volume shall be organized into the following sections:

(1) Factor 1 - Subfactor 1 Production Approach. This subfactor evaluates the production approach to include the production, testing, and kitting of the UH-60V A-Kit to meet the requirements of this RFP. The Offeror will provide information to substantiate the following:

• The Offeror shall describe the manufacturing processes for part numbers

1061661-001 (PLATE, STRUCTURAL, AIRCRAFT), 1061116-001 (PANEL, CONTROL,

ELECTRICAL-ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT) and 1061423-101 (CCA, EMERGENCY CONTROL PANEL), to include but not limited to, production scheduling and control, materials management, production processes such as fabrication, assembly, heat treatment, surface finishing, production marking, use of applicable government furnished information, and test and inspection. The offeror shall address the use of subcontractors or suppliers and any production scheduling or rate-limiting constraints in the manufacture of these parts. (For clarification, 1061661-001 is a part of the CABIN

FLOOR WIRING PASS THRU kit, 1061116-001 is part of the INSTRUMENT PANEL AND GLARESHIELD INSTALLATION kit, and 1061423-101 is part of the CENTER CONSOLE B-KIT INSTALLATION kit). At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs: 3.1, 3.9.9, 3.9.10, 3.9.11, 3.9.13, 3.10.4, and 3.11.

• The Offeror shall describe how it proposes to accomplish First Article

Inspection (FAI) of the UH-60V Mechanical A-Kit, including FAI of subcontracted items, and shall describe its process to facilitate incremental FAI into the production approach to mitigate risk to on-time delivery of the UH-60V Mechanical A-Kit that drive manufacturing dependencies, the sources of supply for those key components and discuss the risk reduction strategy to ensure availability of the key components. The Offeror shall also describe its process for preventing counterfeit parts from entering its supply chain. At a minimum the offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs:

3.9.12, 3.9.12.1, and 3.9.12.2.

• The Offeror shall describe the proposed subcontractors, qualification process and subcontractor management process. The Offeror shall address the limitations on subcontracting and nonmanufacturer rule established under FAR 19.505, Documentation requirements. The Offeror should provide documentation to substantiate compliance with both the limitation on subcontracting and non-manufacturing rule as it relates to the production of the Mechanical A-Kit. At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following PWS paragraphs: 3.1, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9.4, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, and 3.9.11.

• The Offeror shall describe its proposed supply chain for the UH-60V

Mechanical A-Kit and its approach to maintaining visibility into the supply chain, identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities to the supply chain. The Offeror shall identify the key components and processes of the UH-60V Mechanical A-Kit that drive manufacturing dependencies, the sources of supply for those key components and discuss the risk reduction strategy to ensure availability of the key components. The Offeror shall also describe its process for preventing counterfeit parts from entering its supply chain. At a minimum the offeror shall cover the following PWS paragraph: 3.14.

• The Offeror shall describe how it proposes to package the UH-60V A-Kit for delivery to the Government, to include packaging of the overall kit and the components within the kit, and how it will ensure accuracy and completeness of the packaged A-Kit. The Offeror shall provide objective evidence and describe experience kitting and packaging for at least one but no more than three previously built parts kits which were similar to the Mechanical A-Kit in that the parts kits included a large volume of part numbers, contained a similar bill of materials, required the parts be organized into a large number of "installation kits" and had similar packaging requirements. The Offeror shall identify previously built parts kits, end-item applications, dates of first and last deliveries, similarity of quality assurance processes for packaging, and provide a description of the quality assurance processes for packaging and provide a description of the parts kits using sufficient technical documentation and photographs as necessary to establish similarity to the Mechanical A-Kit. The offeror shall identify whether it proposes to kit and package the Mechanical A-Kit using its own personnel and process, or those of a subcontractor or teammate; and may include the experience of a subcontractor or teammate in its proposal. At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs: 3.9.9, and 3.10.6.

(2) Factor 1 - Subfactor 2 Manufacturing Resources. This subfactor evaluates the adequacy of the Offeror's facilities, equipment, and resources to support the manufacture and delivery of the UH-60V Mechanical A-Kit. The Offeror will provide information to substantiate the following based on an estimated production rate of 48 Mechanical A-Kits per year:

• The Offeror shall describe its existing manufacturing resources proposed to manufacture the A-Kit, to include facility floorspace; fabrication and assembly workstations; production tooling and machinery; assembly equipment; incoming and in-process inventory storage; and inspection and test equipment. The Offeror shall indicate which of the facilities and equipment are not currently owned or leased by the Offeror and include plans for obtaining facilities and equipment. At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs: 3.1.

• The Offeror shall discuss the skilled manpower requirements to include the qualifications and experience of manufacturing personnel, availability of the manufacturing personnel, and outline of the Offeror's plan for managing labor shortages and other disruption to the availability of skilled labor. The Offeror shall outline how skilled personnel will be retained int eh event of an A-Kit production break. The Offeror shall address any ongoing production programs as those relate to the proposed manpower resources. At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs: 3.1.

(3) Factor 1 - Subfactor 3 Management Plan. This subfactor evaluates the Offeror's plan for managing its production operations and controlling production processes. The Offeror will provide information to substantiate the following:

• The Offeror shall submit a detailed Production Management Plan (PMP) that addresses at a minimum 1) Company organization/ production staff; 2) Production Control system; 3) Production Work Instruction Policies; 4) Quality Procedures/ System;

5) Receiving and Inspection Process; 6) Production/Inspection/Test Flow; 7) Inventory Management/Packaging. The plan will include an implementation schedule that clearly illustrates the tasks, durations, dependencies, and sequencing of all actions and events to establish manufacturing operations for the UH-60V Mechanical A-Kit and to ramp up to manufacture and ship 48 A-Kits per year. The Offeror shall address any potential constraints on the production capability and the proposed actions that may be taken to address those constraints. At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs: 3.1, 3.9.6, 3.9.9, 3.9.10, and 3.9.13.

• The Offeror shall submit a narrative that identifies critical parameters and significant risks associated with each of the operations outlined in the PMP and the proposed approach to control and mitigate the risks. At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs: 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, and 3.14.

• The Offeror shall provide a description of its configuration management process to ensure the fidelity of the technical data used in the production of the UH-60V Mechanical A-Kits, to include how configuration changes are accomplished and controlled at the Prime and subcontractor levels. At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs: 3.1, 3.9.1, 3.9.2, 3.9.3, and 3.9.4.

• The Offeror shall describe its approach for compliance for Safeguarding

Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting and NIST SP 800-171 and its approach to flow down these requirements to subcontractors. At a minimum the Offeror shall cover the following SOW paragraphs: 3.13.1, 3.13.12, 3.13.3, 3.13.4, 3.13.5, 3.13.6, 3.13.7, and 3.13.8.

(ii) VOLUME II - Price. The volume shall be organized into the following sections:

(1) Electronic Files. The Offeror shall submit a Price Volume narrative and shall complete Exhibit A and B Contract Data Requirements List, and Government provided Pricing Template.

The Prime Offeror is required to fill out CAGE code and Cognizant Defense Contract Management Agency/ Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCMA/DCAA) Information, for themselves and all proposed subcontractors to include DCMA and DCAA Point of Contacts' (POCs') email addresses and telephone numbers. The Prime Offeror shall ensure that all DCMA/DCAA information is current and that the correct POC information is provided. Subcontractors are defined as members of an Offeror's overall team who are expected to perform on the proposed effort.

The Offeror shall provide a Table of Contents showing each file submitted as part of the Price Volume with a short description of the contents of the file. Hyperlink each of these entries in the Table of Contents to the respective files.

(2) Compliance. Failure to comply with the RFP requirements for Price information may result in an adverse assessment of an Offeror's proposal, reducing or eliminating the Offeror's chance of being selected for award. Offeror shall ensure that the information presented in this volume is consistent and correlates with the information contained int eh other proposal volumes and fully supports the amounts set forth in the SF33 and continuation sheets.

(3) General Instructions.

(a) The offeror shall submit pricing information in Volume II - Price. The offeror will complete the RFP Attachment 0008, "Pricing Template" in addition to Schedule B in the RFP. If discrepancies between the RFP Attachment 0008 and Schedule B arise, the prices in the RFP Attachment 0008 will take precedence.

i. FFP: CLINs 0001 -0004 (CLIN 0001, First Article quantity of one (1); CLIN 0002, quantity of nine (9) each and CLIN 0003 for a quantity of 230 each and CLIN 0004 PCA): Offerors shall propose a fixed unit price and an extended (CLIN) price. The unit price for CLIN 0003 shall be based on Year 5 pricing at best estimated quantity of

48. The extended price for this CLIN is the aforementioned unit price multiplied by a quantity of 230, which represents the CLIN ceiling for the IDIQ.

ii. Not Separately Priced: Offerors shall not propose a price for these CLINs.

(b) Proposed unit/ CLIN prices shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar. If any proposed unit/ CLIN price does not meet the required rounding, the Government will round the unit/ CLIN price to the nearest whole dollar. The Government adjusted unit/ CLIN price will become the offeror's proposed amount.

(c) Data beyond that required by this instruction shall not be submitted. All data relating to the proposed price, including all required supporting documentation, must be included in the section of the proposal designated as the Price volume. Under no circumstances shall this data and documentation be included elsewhere in the proposal.

(d) Compliance with Section L Volume II is mandatory and failure to comply may result in rejection of the proposal.

(e) In accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b) and 15.403-3(a), data other than certified cost or pricing data may be required to support a determination of price reasonableness. If, after receipt of proposals, the KO determines that there is insufficient data available to determine price reasonableness and none of the exceptions in FAR 15.403-1 apply, the offeror shall be required to submit additional cost or pricing data. The Data shall be provided in accordance with FAR 15.403-5.

(f) There are no page limitations for this volume. Proposal information included in this volume which is not directly related to the Price will be disregarded.

(4) Price Proposal Assumptions. The Offeror shall use the following assumptions when proposing its FFP:

(a) Period of Performance. The Offeror shall assume an award date of February 2024 for proposal purposes and an ordering period of performance from February 2024 to 2029.

(b) The proposal shall be valid for a minimum of one hundred and eighty (180) days from receipt by the Government.

(c) Government Furnished Property. The Government does not intend to utilize Government Furnished Property for this requirement.

(d) Business System Status. The Offeror shall provide the most current compliance status and date of adequacy/ inadequacy determination for the following business systems: Accounting System and Contractor Property Management System.

In order to be eligible for progress payments, the Offeror must demonstrate an adequate accounting system. If an Offeror proposes progress payments and does not have an approved accounting system, Attachment 0011, "PreAward Survey Checklist" must be completed and submitted with the proposal. The Contracting Officer may forward a copy of the completed Attachment 0011 to the cognizant DCAA office along with the request for audit. Any known/cited Accounting System deficiencies shall be identified. Offerors are encouraged to consult the PreAward Accounting System Adequacy Checklist on the DCAA website: www.dcaa.mil for more information.

(e) The Government intends to provide contract financing in the form of Performance Based Payments (PBP) or Progress Payments, therefore this RFP includes the applicable clauses for both payment options. However, the resulting contract will only include one method of contract financing. For performance based financing the Government invites the Offeror to propose the terms under which the Government will make performance-based contract financing payments during contract performance. The Government will consider PBP financing terms proposed by the Offeror in the evaluation of the Offeror's proposal. The Contracting Officer will incorporate the financing terms of the successful Offeror and the FAR clause, Performance-Based Payments, at FAR 52.232-32 or Progress Payments at FAR 52.232-16 into the resulting contract.

(f) Price Formulation. The Offeror shall propose in accordance with the following instructions. The Offeror shall propose a price for all FFP CLINs listed in Section B of the solicitation in accordance with the SOW. The Offeror shall complete the Government provided RFP Attachment 0008, Pricing Template for each of the proposed CLINs.

(g) The Offeror shall populate the RFP Attachment 0008, Pricing Template as needed to provide a total proposed price. The Offeror shall not modify the format of the Pricing Template.

i. FFP - First Article (FA) (CLIN 0001): The FA shall include the total price required to complete and deliver one Shipset of the UH-60V Mechanical A-Kit FA in accordance with the UH-60V Mechanical A-Kit Drawings. The Government intends to accept the FA as a production unit upon final inspection and acceptance.

ii. FFP - Production Quantity (CLIN 0002): The Offeror shall provide the total price associated with the manufacture and delivery of quantity nine (9) UH-60V Mechanical A-Kit. The Quantity on CLIN 0001 and CLIN 0002 will satisfy the Government minimum quantity of ten (10) kits.

iii. FFP - Production Quantity (CLIN 0003): The Offeror shall provide the total price to manufacture and delivery the remaining ceiling quantity of 230 kits. The Offeror should propose the unit price for the quantities established in Attachment 0008, Pricing Template.

iv. Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) (CLIN 0004) - The Offeror shall propose the total price to support PCA.

v. The Total Evaluated Price (TEP) is the sum of the total price of the FA (CLIN 0001) plus the proposed price for CLIN 0002 and the average price per quantity for CLIN 0003 at the Best Estimated Quantity (48) for Years 1-5, plus the total price of the PCA (CLIN 0004). The TEP will be the Total Estimated Contract Ceiling for the resultant contract; however, the Government does not guarantee any orders above the minimum guarantee specified in this RFP.

vii. The Government reserves the right to require submission of data other than certified cost and pricing data or certified cost and pricing data from the Offeror that is adequate to determine the reasonableness of a proposal (See FAR 15.403-3, Requiring data other than certified cost or pricing data).

(iii) VOLUME III - SOLICITATIONS, OFFER AND AWARD DOCUMENTS AND

CERTIFICATIONS/ REPRESENTATIONS

(1) Certifications and Representations - Each Offeror shall complete (fill-in and signatures) the solicitation sections indicated below using the file (without modification to the file) provided with the RFP. An authorized official of the firm shall sign the Standard Form (SF) 33 and all certifications requiring original signature. An Acrobat PDF file shall be created to capture the signatures for submission.

Section A - SF 33, Solicitation, Offer and Award Section G - Contract Administration Data Section K - Representations, Certification and Other Statements of Offerors

(2) Acknowledgement of amendments shall be accomplished on the face of the SF 33, or a signed copy of each amendment shall be included with the proposal submission.

(3) The Offeror must register in the System for Award Management (SAM). SAM replaces most of the paper-based certifications and representations in Section K, Representations, certifications, and other statements of offerors or respondents of solicitations with an internet application. FAR 52.204-8 mandates the use of SAM. The website for this registration is located at: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/sam/.

(4) Offerors are advised that employees of the firms identified below may serve as non-Government advisors in the source selection process, to include analysis of technical proposals in order to advise the Government evaluators. These non- Government advisors will not be authorized access only to those portions of proposal data and discussions that are necessary to enable them to perform their respective duties. Such firms are expressly prohibited from competing on the subject acquisition:

a) IronMountain Solutions, Inc.

300 Voyager Way, Suite 100 Huntsville, AL 35806 POC: Stephanie Jattuso, Vice President of Contracts

b) Axient Corp.

360A Quality Circle, Suite 100 Huntsville, AL 35806 POC: Cindy Moon, Senior Contracts Administrator, Integrated Forces Segment

In accomplishing their duties related to the source selection process, the aforementioned firms may require access to proprietary information contained in the offerors' proposals. Therefore, pursuant to FAR 9.505-4, Obtaining access to proprietary information, these firms must execute an agreement with each Offeror that states that they will protect the Offeror's information from unauthorized use or disclosure for as long as it remains proprietary and refrain from using the information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished.

Solicitations, Offer and Award Documents and certifications/ Representations shall not be addressed separately from that submitted in VOLUME V - SOLICITATIONS, OFFER

AND AWARD DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS/ REPRESENTATIONS.

(iv) ASSIST2Industry:

During the conduct of this acquisition, the Acquisition Source Selection Interactive Support Tool (ASSIST) will be used by the Government to support the proposal evaluation and source selection process. A separate tool, the ASSIST2Industry, will be used in conjunction with ASSIST to accomplish all exchanges with Offerors after receipt of proposals pursuant to FAR 15.306, Exchanges with Offerors after Receipt of Proposals. ASSIST2Industry provides the ability for the Government to issue, and the Offerors to receive and respond to, all Evaluation Notices (ENs) in a secure online environment.

In order to initiate the use of ASSIST2Industry, the Government requires the names, company titles, telephone numbers, and email addresses of two (2) individuals that the Offeror has designated as responsible for receiving and responding to Government ENs through ASSIST2Industry. The designation of two (2) individuals is for the purpose of insuring availability of one individual if the other individual is not available. The required information regarding these two (2) individuals must be submitted with the Offeror’s proposal and included in the cover letter.

After the solicitation’s closing date, the Government will establish an account in ASSIST2Industry for each individual identified by the Offeror that has submitted a proposal in response to this solicitation. The two individuals named by the Offeror will be authorized access to that account. Two (2) separate system generated emails will be sent to each individual. One of the emails will contain the individual’s ASSIST2Industry username. The other email will contain the individual’s temporary password. Using the provided username and temporary password, each individual can then go to https://ASSIST2Industry.army.mil to access the account. NOTE: The first time a user logs in, the user will be required to change the temporary password before the user can proceed to use the site.

Whenever the Government issues ENs to the Offeror through ASSIST2Industry, the Government’s Contracting Officer will notify the Offeror through a medium independent of ASSIST2Industry (e.g., e-mail) that the Offeror has ENs in ASSIST2Industry waiting for a response. There will be no ENs in ASSIST2Industry until such notice is issued by the Contracting Officer.

All Offerors are advised that ASSIST2Industry has been updated and it is now the responsibility of PRIME Contractors to establish accounts for their SUBCONTRACTORS to respond to Government ENs. A separate area within ASSIST2Industry has been created to allow authorized Subcontractor POCs to upload proposal files only. Subcontractors will not be able to access any other information on the ASSIST2Industry website (e.g., Questions/Evaluation Notices, Responses, etc.).

Once a Subcontractor has been added, they will receive a user ID (e.g.

subcontractor0001) and password (an initial password) that will be sent via two separate system generated e-mails. A Subcontractor will have one user ID for all PRIMES and solicitation responses, i.e., if you are a Subcontractor to multiple Prime Contractors and multiple solicitation responses, you will only have one user ID. Once an account has been established for the Subcontractor, go to https://ASSIST2Industry.army.mil to access the account. Prime Contractors will only be able to see the number of files submitted by their Subcontractors; they will NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW the Subcontractor’s files.

NOTE: Both Prime Contractors and Subcontractors are instructed to review the ASSIST2Industry User’s Guide, located under the “Getting Started” tab on the website.

The guide has been updated and provides step by step instructions on how to perform functions and navigate the website.

Offerors can contact the ASSIST2Industry Helpdesk via e-mail at usarmy.jbmdl.acc.list.vce-helpdesk@mail.mil or by telephone at (609) 562-5988 or

(609) 562-7050 for any technical assistance that may be needed.

THE OFFERORS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE SYSTEM GENERATED EMAILS

REFERRED TO ABOVE ARE INTENDED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY.

RECEIPT OF THESE EMAILS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE COMMENCEMENT OF

ANY TYPE OF EXCHANGE WITH THE OFFEROR IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR

15.306(A), (B), OR (D) (I.E., CLARIFICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, OR

DISCUSSIONS). ALSO, RECEIPT OF THESE EMAILS DOES NOT SIGNIFY THAT A

COMPETITIVE RANGE DETERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 15.306(C)

HAS BEEN MADE OR THAT THE OFFEROR’S PROPOSAL WILL BE INCLUDED IN

THE COMPETITIVE RANGE WHEN THAT DETERMINATION IS MADE. ALL

NOTIFICATIONS THAT ANY TYPE OF EXCHANGE WITH THE OFFEROR HAS

COMMENCED AND THE OFFEROR HAS EVALUATION NOTICES (ENS) AVAILABLE

TO RESPOND TO, OR ANY NOTIFICATION THAT THE OFFEROR’S PROPOSAL

HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OR EXCLUDED FROM THE COMPETITIVE RANGE, WILL

BE SENT TO THE OFFEROR BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER INDEPENDENTLY

OF THE ASSIST2INDUSTRY.