Attachment 0010-Additional Solicitation and Contract Requirements.pdf

Additional Solicitation and Contract Requirements

Submission Instructions

Electronic copies of each volume shall be submitted through the Solicitation Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (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 after the exact time specified for receipt shall be treated as late submissions and will not be considered except under facts and circumstances allowed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). For instructions on how to post an offer, please refer to the Posting Offer demo:

https://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 by the ACC-NJ Contracting office. In the event that the Solicitation Module is down, the alternate method for proposal submission is via email to:

mariah.l.hanko.civ@army.mil ONLY. The Offeror must obtain prior approval from the Contracting Officer to use the alternate submission method.

Offerors are responsible for ensuring electronic copies are virus-free and shall run an anti-virus scan before submission. Electronic copies of each volume shall be compatible with the following software products: Adobe Acrobat Reader 11 and Microsoft Office Suite 2016.

Narrative portions of the proposal shall be in Adobe Acrobat portable document file (pdf) searchable text format. The Offeror shall not embed sound or video (e.g., MPEG) files into the proposal files.

Electronic files shall be clearly identified for each volume, section, and item.

HQ AMC-LEVEL PROTEST PROGRAM

If you have complaints about this procurement, it is preferable that you first attempt to resolve those concerns with the responsible contracting officer. However, you can also protest to Headquarters, AMC. The HQ, AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the General Accounting Office or other external forum.

Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the

GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 20 working days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.103.

Send protests (other than protests to the contracting officer) to:

• Address:

Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command Office of Command Counsel- Deputy Command Counsel 4400 Martin Road Rm: A6SE040.001 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000

• Fax: (256) 450-8840

• Email: usarmy.redstone.usamc.mbx.protests@mail.mil

• The AMC-level protest procedures are found at:

Web Address: http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/commandcounsel.html

If Internet access is not available contact the contracting officer or HQ, AMC to obtain the AMC-Level Protest Procedures.

USE AND RENTAL OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

(a) For competitive and non-competitive acquisitions, as defined in FAR 52.245-1(f)(1)(i)-(x), the offeror/contractor shall submit with their offer/proposal a Property Management Plan which describes how the offeror plans to manage any Government Property that may currently be in their possession and/or may be provided to them under this resultant contract based on the areas of Acquisition of Property; Receipt of Government Property; Records of Government Property; Physical Inventory; Subcontractor Control;

Reports; Relief of Stewardship Responsibility and Liability;

Utilizing Government Property; Maintenance; and Property Closeout.

This includes any customary commercial practices, voluntary consensus standards, or industry leading practices and standards that the offeror may use.

(b) For competitive acquisitions, pursuant to FAR 45.201(b), the contractor is responsible for all costs related to making the Government property available for use, such as payment of all transportation, installation or rehabilitation costs.

(c) For competitive acquisitions, in accordance with FAR 45.202(a), the Government shall consider any potentially unfair competitive advantage that may result from an offeror using Government property.

To eliminate the competitive advantage, a rental equivalent evaluation factor shall be added to each offer which is predicated on the use of Government property which the offeror or its subcontractors has in their possession. Pursuant to FAR 45.201(c), such offerors, including prospective subcontractors, are required to submit the following with their offer:

(1) A list including a description of all Government property that the prime contractor and/or its subcontractors propose to use on a rent-free basis. The list shall identify the accountable contract under which the property is held and the authorization for its use (from the contracting officer having cognizance of the property);

(2) The dates during which the property will be available for use including the first, last, and all intervening months) and, for any property that will be used concurrently in performing two or more contracts, the amounts of the respective uses in sufficient detail to support prorating the rent;

(3) The amount of rent that would otherwise be charged in accordance with FAR 52.245-9, Use and Charges.

(4) A description of the offeror’s property management system.

(5) The per unit rental value including calculations and rationale for Government property for each priced CLIN, and all quantity ranges when applicable, in accordance with FAR clause 52.245-9 for rental adjustment purposes. Show calculations for each per unit rental charge.