Attachment 11-Solicitation Requirements Cost.xlsx
XLSX spreadsheet 30 KB Posted
- Attached to
- Geospatial, Research, Integration, Development and Support - GRIDS IV Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- W5J9CQ-24-R-0002
About this file
This document contains guidance for offerors responding to a solicitation for geospatial support services. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its Army Geospatial Center, is seeking proposals for the Geospatial, Research, Integration, Development and Support contract to provide coordination, integration, and synchronization of geospatial information requirements and standards across the Army. Offerors will assist in developing geospatial enterprise-enabled systems and provide direct geospatial support to servicemembers. Questions submitted in response to the draft solicitation must be received by January 10, 2024, with answers posted to SAM.gov by that date. Proprietary questions will not be answered publicly. The guidance also includes requirements for offerors to describe their cost accounting practices, compensation plans, policies on uncompensated overtime, and analyses of proposed subcontractor prices in line with applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements.
View the file
Other files for this federal contract opportunity
Show all 16
On GovTribe
Work with this file on GovTribe
- Download the original file
- Contacts named in this file
- Similar government files
- Ask GovTribe AI about this file
Text version
Comp for Prof Employees
| Ref | FAR 52.222-46 -- Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees | Proposal Reference |
| Offeror shall submit a total compensation plan setting forth salaries and fringe benefits proposed for the professional employees who will work under the contract in accordance with FAR 52.222-46. |
| 1 | As part of their proposals, offerors will submit a total compensation plan setting forth salaries and fringe benefits proposed for the professional employees who will work under the contract. |
| Indicate below (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the compensation plan is located). |
| 2 | The professional compensation proposed will be considered in terms of its impact upon recruiting and retention, its realism, and its consistency with a total plan for compensation. |
| Provide a detailed explanation as to how the professional compensation proposed impacts recruiting and retention, its realism, and its consistency with a total plan for compensation: |
| 3 | Supporting information will include data, such as recognized national and regional compensation surveys and studies of professional, public and private organizations, used in establishing the total compensation structure |
| Indicate below (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the required supporting information is located). |
| 4 | The compensation levels proposed should reflect a clear understanding of work to be performed and should indicate the capability of the proposed compensation structure to obtain and keep suitably qualified personnel to meet mission objectives. |
| Describe below, how this requirement is met: |
| 5 | The salary rates or ranges must take into account differences in skills, the complexity of various disciplines, and professional job difficulty. |
| Identify and provide full desciption of salary rates or ranges, below (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the rates or ranges and the full description are located). |
Uncompensated OT-OT Policy
| Ref | FAR 52.237-10 -- Identification of Uncompensated Overtime | Proposal Reference |
| 1 | The offeror will explain its use/or not of uncompensated overtime | |
| Indicate below (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the explanation is located). |
| 2 | The offeror shall include a copy of its policy addressing uncompensated overtime with its proposal. |
| Indicate below (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the policy is located). |
| 3 | Provide a detailed explanation as to how the offeror’s accounting practices used to estimate uncompensated overtime are consistent with its cost accounting practices used to accumulate and report uncompensated overtime hours: |
| Indicate below (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the explaination is located). |
| Overtime | |
| 1 | The offeror will explain its use/or not of overtime |
| Indicate below (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the explanation is located). |
Subcontract Evaluation
| Ref | FAR 15.404.3 -- Subcontract Pricing Considerations | Proposal Reference |
| The contracting officer my consider whether the prime contractor has performed cost or price analysis of proposed subcontractor prices, or has negotiated the subcontract prices before negotiation of the prime contract. The prime contractor shall: | ||
| 1 | Conduct appropriate cost or price analyses to establish the reasonableness of proposed subcontract prices | |
| Describe below, in detail, the cost or price analysis procedures used to establish reasonableness (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the description is located). |
| 2 | Include the results of these cost or price analyses in the price proposal |
| Provide below the detailed results of the cost or price analysis (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the description is located). |
| 3 | When required (FAR 15.404-3(c)), submit subcontractor certified cost or pricing data to the Government as part of its own certified cost or pricing data |
| Describe below the use/ non-use of subcontractor certified cost or pricing data (or provide a brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the description is located) |
| 4 | If the selection of the subcontractor(s) is based on a trade-off among cost or price and other non-cost factors rather than lowest price, the analysis supporting subcontrator selection should include a discussion of the factors considered in the selection. DFARS PGI 215.404-3(a)(v) |
| Describe below the analysis supporting subcontractor selection or a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the description is located) |
CAS Requirements
| CAS Applicablilty | |
| 1 | Prime Contractor applicability - If award of this contract will initiate CAS coverage (see applicability and General Requirements, below): |
| Describe below, in detail, the CAS applicability for the prime contractor, (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the description is located). |
| 2 | Subcontract applicability - if a subcontract issued by the prime does not meet an exemption: |
| Describe below, in detail, the CAS applicability for subcontract(s), (or provide brief description and a reference as where in the offeror' s proposal the description is located). |
Small businesses are exempt from CAS (see item 3). However, please note the information below:
9903.201-1 CAS applicability.
(a) This subsection describes the rules for determining whether a proposed contract or subcontract is exempt from CAS. (See 9904 or 9905, as applicable.) Negotiated contracts not exempt in accordance with 9903.201-1(b) shall be subject to CAS. A CAS-covered contract may be subject to full, modified or other types of CAS coverage. The rules for determining the applicable type of CAS coverage are in 9903.201-2.
(b) The following categories of contracts and subcontracts are exempt from all CAS requirements:
(1) Sealed bid contracts.
(2) Negotiated contracts and subcontracts not in excess of the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) threshold, as adjusted for inflation (41 U.S.C. 1908 and 41 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)(B)). For purposes of this paragraph (b)(2), an order issued by one segment to another segment shall be treated as a subcontract.
(3) Contracts and subcontracts with small businesses.
(4) Contracts and subcontracts with foreign governments or their agents or instrumentalities or, insofar as the requirements of CAS other than 9904.401 and 9904.402 are concerned, any contract or subcontract awarded to a foreign concern.
(5) Contracts and subcontracts in which the price is set by law or regulation.
(6) Contracts and subcontracts authorized in 48 CFR 12.207 for the acquisition of commercial items.
(7) Contracts or subcontracts of less than $7.5 million, provided that, at the time of award, the business unit of the contractor or subcontractor is not currently performing any CAS-covered contracts or subcontracts valued at $7.5 million or greater.
(8)-(12) [Reserved]
(13) Subcontractors under the NATO PHM Ship program to be performed outside the United States by a foreign concern.
(14) [Reserved]
(15) Firm-fixed-price contracts or subcontracts awarded on the basis of adequate price competition without submission of certified cost or pricing data.
9903.202-1 General requirements.
(a) A Disclosure Statement is a written description of a contractor's cost accounting practices and procedures. The submission of a new or revised Disclosure Statement is not required for any non-CAS-covered contract or from any small business concern.
(b) Completed Disclosure Statements are required in the following circumstances:
(1) Any business unit that is selected to receive a CAS-covered contract or subcontract of $50 million or more shall submit a Disclosure Statement before award.
(2) Any company which, together with its segments, received net awards of negotiated prime contracts and subcontracts subject to CAS totaling $50 million or more in its most recent cost accounting period, must submit a Disclosure Statement before award of its first CAS-covered contract in the immediately following cost accounting period. However, if the first CAS-covered contract is received within 90 days of the start of the cost accounting period, the contractor is not required to file until the end of 90 days.
(c) When a Disclosure Statement is required, a separate Disclosure Statement must be submitted for each segment whose costs included in the total price of any CAS-covered contract or subcontract exceed the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) threshold, as adjusted for inflation (41 U.S.C. 1908 and 41 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)(B)) unless
(i) The contract or subcontract is of the type or value exempted by 9903.201-1 or
(ii) In the most recently completed cost accounting period the segment's CAS-covered awards are less than 30 percent of total segment sales for the period and less than $10 million.
(d) Each corporate or other home office that allocates costs to one or more disclosing segments performing CAS-covered contracts must submit a Part VIII of the Disclosure Statement.
(e) Foreign contractors and subcontractors who are required to submit a Disclosure Statement may, in lieu of filing a Form No CASB-DS-1, make disclosure by using a disclosure form prescribed by an agency of its Government, provided that the Cost Accounting Standards Board determines that the information disclosed by that means will satisfy the objectives of Public Law 100-679. The use of alternative forms has been approved for the contractors of the following countries:
(1) Canada.
(2) Federal Republic of Germany.
(3) United Kingdom.
File details come from the government source that posted it. Updated .