Attachment 2 - 52 212-1 and 52 212-2.pdf

Attachment 2:

ADDENDA TO FAR 52.212-1

Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Addendum to 52.212-1(b), Submission of Offers. The paragraph is tailored as follows:

1.0 General Instructions. This section provides general guidance for preparing quotes, as well as specific instructions on the format and content of the quote. Throughout this solicitation, the term “Offeror” includes subcontractors, teammates and/or joint venture partners. The Offeror’s quote must include all data and information requested, and must be submitted in accordance with (IAW) these instructions. The Offeror shall be compliant with the requirements as stated in the solicitation. A quote that is sufficiently documented, orderly, and specific detailed in a manner to support technical capability orderly, and specific detailed manner will enable the Government to perform a thorough and fair evaluation. Compliance with the instructions and solicitation is mandatory. Failure to comply may result in an unfavorable quote evaluation and render the quote ineligible for award.

2.0 Information Regarding Submission Requirements. Documents submitted in response to this solicitation must comply with requirements of the solicitation and Performance Work Statement (PWS).

To be considered, the complete quote must be received not later than the date and time established in the Request for Quote. The quote shall be emailed to the following Point of Contracts (POC):

354th CONS/PKB 354th CONS/PKB Lacey Sizemore SSgt Marcus Olearnick lacey.sizemore@us.af.mil marcus.olearnick@us.af.mil

Late quotes will be processed in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(f) “Late submission, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.”

All quotes must be in English. All questions must be submitted in writing and emailed to the above POCs no later than 12:00 pm AKST, Monday, 20 Apr 2022 (or sooner if possible). Questions submitted after this date will not be considered. Any quote, modification, or revision, that is received at the designated Government office after the exact time specified for receipt of quote is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made and the Contracting Officer (CO) determines that accepting the late quote would not unduly delay the acquisition; and (i) there is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of quotes and was under the Government’s control prior to the time set for receipt of quotes; or (ii) it was the only quote received.

3.0 Quote Preparation and Format Instructions. This section provides general guidance for preparing quotes in regards to the format and content of the quote. Each volume shall be complete in itself. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of quotes, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein; all the requirements specified in this solicitation are mandatory. Offerors are representing that your firm will perform all the requirements specified in the solicitation by submitting your quote. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, and representations and certifications, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

3.1 Page Limitations. Page limitations shall be treated as maximums. Total page count will be based on the printed quote submission. A page is defined as each face of an 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of paper containing information. All information except for document numbers, page number, etc., shall be provided in an image area with no less than one inch in margin. The background color of each page of the quote submission shall be white or ivory stock only. There is no page limitation on the maximum number of pages for each submission of document(s).

https://usaf.dps.mil/teams/ktfso13165/563981/ContractDocuments/563981/D/79/lacey.sizemore@us.af.mil https://usaf.dps.mil/teams/ktfso13165/563981/ContractDocuments/563981/D/79/marcus.olearnick@us.af.mil

3.2 Documents Required. The following documents shall be included as attachments with an Offeror’s quote:

TITLE NUMBER OF COPIES MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAGES

Proper licensing and registration designating a company or business as a

“Transportation and Warehousing” entity in good standing with the State of Alaska.

Original Electronic Copy

No page limitation.

A valid Certificate of Insurance and Garage keeper General Liability

Insurance.

Original Electronic Copy No page limitation.

A Services and Price Proposal Schedule reflecting the towing fee, daily storage fee(s), fee(s) for releasing vehicle currently utilized by company or business.

Original Electronic Copy No page limitation.

3.3 Text. Text type should be Times New Roman or Arial, no smaller than 12-point with normal proportional spacing.

Illustrations and tables shall be no smaller than Times New Romans or Arial 10 point. Text lines will be, at a minimum, single-spaced.

3.4 Tables, Charts, Graphs, and Figures. Legible tables, charts, graphs and figures shall be used wherever practical to depict organizations, systems and layout, implementation schedules, plans, etc. These displays shall be uncomplicated, legible, and shall not exceed 11 x 17 inches in size. For graphics, exhibits and figures, text shall be no smaller than Times New Roman or Arial 10-point font. Text within tables shall be no smaller than Times New Roman or Arial 10-point font.

3.5 Electronic Copies. The content of electronic copy shall be emailed to both mentioned POCs above. The format of all documents submitted shall be either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF files only. Each document submitted shall clearly be titled as to what the file contains.

4.0 Quote Clarity. The quote shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation of the Offeror’s capabilities and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The Offeror’s quote shall not simply rephrase, reiterate, or restate the Government’s own language, but rather shall provide convincing rationale describing how it intends to fulfill the requirement. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Provide as specifically as possible the actual methodology you would use for accomplishing and satisfying the requirements. The Offeror shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of its capabilities, facilities and experience, and will base the evaluation on the information presented in the Offeror’s quote.

5.0 Specific Quote Instructions. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the quote, the Offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. The quote must be complete, stand-alone, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. The response shall consist of the Offeror’s best terms from a technical standpoint that indicate the Offeror is most capable of fulfilling the duties outlined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) for a period of performance of 1 May 2022 to end on 30 April 2032.

6.0 Submission of Offers. Offeror shall submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. As a minimum, offers must state the following:

- The solicitation number;

- The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

- The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

- Terms of any express warranty(ies);

- A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation.

- Offers that fail to furnish the required representations or information, reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

7.0 Representations and Certifications. Complete the necessary fill-ins, certifications, and provisions. The offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of the provision FAR 52.212-3 if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site. If the offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (p) of the provision FAR 52.212-3 and return it along with the quote.

8.0 Technical and Past Performance Factors. All the requirements specified in the solicitation are mandatory. The contractor shall address the proposed approach to meeting the minimum performance or capability requirements of each technical factor. The responses will be evaluated against FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Factors. Marketing presentations are not wanted and will not be evaluated. Hard and compelling evidence of capabilities is required to receive credit for evaluation factors. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Offerors are strongly encouraged to provide as specifically as possible, the actual methodology to be used for accomplishing and satisfying the requirements of the following factors:

Factors: The Government will evaluate the technical acceptability on an acceptable or unacceptable basis in regards to meeting the following minimum standards;

1) The contractor shall provide with their quote a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlining all objectives in accordance with Performance Work Statement.

2) The contractor shall provide an understanding of the requirement and contractor furnished equipment including adequacy and relevancy for performance of the requirements of the contract and the availability to provide wrecker/towing services.

3) The contractor shall provide a full facility/storage description outlining safety and security standards for the storage and safekeeping of all towed vehicles in accordance with the Performance Work Statement.

4) Past performance information, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information).

Addendum to 52.212-1(c), Period for Acceptance of Offers. The paragraph is tailored as follows: “The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.”

Addendum to 52.212-1(d), Product Samples, is deleted in its entirety.

Addendum to 52.212-1(e), Multiple Offers, is deleted in its entirety.

Addendum to 52.212-1(g), Contract Award. The following sentence is added: “If the Contracting Officer determines discussions are to be conducted, a competitive range will be established.”

Addendum to 52.212-1(f), Late submissions, modification, revisions, and withdrawals of offers. (1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

Addendum to 52.212-1(g), Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

Addendum to 52.212-1(h), Multiple Awards, is deleted in its entirety.

Addendum to 52.212-1(i), Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation.

Addendum to 52.212-1(j), Unique entity identifier, is deleted in its entirety.

(End of Addendum).

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (November 2021)

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(a) Basis for Contract Award. The Government intends to award one contract for this 100% Small Business Set- Aside service acquisition to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. The solicitation requirements include all stated terms, conditions, representations, certifications, and all other information required by this solicitation. Unless specifically identified in your quote, by submission of its offer, the Offeror accedes to all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors or sub factors. Failure to meet a requirement may result in a quote being determined ineligible for award.

Technical acceptability will be determined by an evaluation of the quoted requirements that meet the technical criteria that is contained in the solicited item description. Award will be made to the acceptable Offeror with the highest technical capability, who is determined responsible in accordance with FAR Part 9.104 and whose quote conforms to the solicitation requirements. The solicitation requirements include all stated terms, conditions, representations, certifications, and all other information required by this solicitation.

1.0 Evaluation Process. Offers will be ranked from lowest to highest based on initial evaluation of technical acceptability quotes. However, the Government reserves the right to evaluate more if necessary.

1.1 Evaluation Factors. In evaluating quotes, the Government will select the quote that is most advantageous to the Government. To arrive at a decision, each offer will be assessed in accordance with the following technical factors for the contract:

1.1.1 Technical Evaluation. All quotes will be evaluated for Technical Acceptability. The Government reserves the right to evaluate additional quotes for technical acceptability if in the Government’s best interest.

1.1.2 Acceptability Ratings. The evaluation factors listed below will be evaluated and receive one of the following ratings:

(i) Acceptable – The quote clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

(ii) Unacceptable – The quote does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

1.1.4 Evaluation of Factors. Offerors are advised that their initial submission should be their best effort. Only technically acceptable quotes are eligible for award. The Government will evaluate the quotes selected above for technical acceptability on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis. For the technical quote to be rated as “Acceptable”, the technical factor must be rated acceptable. If any technical factor is rated “Unacceptable” the overall quote will be rated as “Unacceptable”.

(A) Factor – Technical Standard: The contractor shall provide with their quote a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlining all objectives in accordance with Performance Work Statement. At a minimum, the plan should:

i. Demonstrate an approach for planning, controlling, directing, and integrating resources in an efficient manner to fulfill the requirements identified in the PWS.

ii. Demonstate appropriate structuring, staffing, retaining personnel, and utilization of key personnel to plan, control, and direct to meet the requirements of the PWS.

iii. Demonstrate a facility that provides all capabilities to meet the requirements identified in the PWS.

The standard has been met when: The offeror adequately demonstrates a sound, comprehensive, realistic, effective, and efficient schedule, staffing, and facility to provide and manage the appropriate workforce to achieve consistent, efficient, and uniterrupted service in accordance with the requirements of the PWS.

(End of Provision)