Attachment 4 FAR Provisions 52.212-1, FAR 52.212-2.pdf

ATTACHMENT 4:

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, (JUN 2020)

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, (OCT 2014)

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, (Jun 2020)

In addition to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, the following instructions apply to this acquisition.

The following information will be presented orally via a sample task: Factor 2: Importing Comparative data between multiple scanners, performing quality assurance (QA) on those data, and visualizing results of QA analysis.

The qualifications for personnel that will be required to provide the oral presentation(s) are as follows: if staff are proposed as “Key Personnel” in the technical approach, then they are required to attend the oral presentation/sample task.

There are no limitations and/or prohibitions on, the use of written material or other media to supplement the oral presentations; however, the sample tasks must be performed in good faith.

Each Offeror shall be available to provide an oral presentation to the Government on or around

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 via a Webex (or equivalent) meeting. There will be little allowable adjustment from this pre-designated date or time. The Contract Specialist (CS), will schedule a time for the Offeror for no more than two hours, inclusive of any clarification questions by the Government.

Prior to 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, interested Offerors shall email the Contracting

Officer (CO) Valerie Whipple, valerie.whipple@nih.gov, and Contract Specialist (CS), Michael Horn, michael.horn@nih.gov, to reserve an oral presentation time slot. The interested Offeror shall provide any scheduling conflicts or requests for consideration when they submit their reservation request. The CS will reach out to coordinate each Offeror’s oral presentation and provide Webex (or equivalent) meeting information.

Discussions will not be permitted during oral presentations/performance of the sample task. The purpose of the oral presentation/sample task is for the contractor to provide Technical Factor 2 data as an input for an adjectival rating.

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract or purchase order resulting from this requirement on the basis of best value, technical factors and price considered. Technical factors together shall be considered significantly more important than price. All technical factors are of equal importance.

Factor 1: Technical Approach for Importing and Processing Large Complex data sets

The Contractor’s shall provide a technical approach of no more than 20 pages that addresses each area of the statement of work’s requirements in sufficient detail to demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs of the organization. Specifically, the offeror’s system should demonstrate the ability to import and make available a large Functional MRI (FMRI) time series data sets from 2 scanner vendors. These data sets will contain approximately 3 to 5 series of FMRI data, each series ten to fifteen minutes in length. These functional MRI datasets will be acquired with multi-band and multi-echo options. The ease and speed at which these can be imported, cataloged, visible to users, and available in NIFTI or BIDS format, will be the primary factors considered here.

Factor 2: (Sample Task/Oral Presentation) Importing Comparative data between multiple scanners, performing quality assurance (QA) on those data, and visualize results of QA analysis.

The Contractor shall demonstrate the ability to import comparative data from 4 MRI scanners, run a QA analysis based on the MRI QC paper (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184661), and visualize the results of the comparative analysis. The ease and speed at which these can be imported, the results visualized, and the

QA pipeline customized, will be the primary factors considered here.

Refer to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors for scheduling details/instructions.

Factor 3: Past Performance

The offeror shall provide a list of two (2) past performance references performed during the past three (3) years, similar in size and scope to the requirements outlined in the Statement of Work.

References shall include the following information:

• Name of Contracting Organization

• Contract Number

• Contract Type

• Total Contract Value

• Description of Requirement and Specific Responsibilities of the Offeror as they relate to this

Purchase Description

• Contract Period of Performance https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184661

Technical factors will be evaluated using a summary adjectival rating in accordance with the following scale:

Excellent

The quote has exceptional merit and reflects an excellent approach which will clearly result in the superior attainment of all requirements and objectives. The risk of unsuccessful performance is very low as the quote provides a clear understanding of the requirements and demonstrates the offerors ability to meet the requirement. Risk Level: Very Low

Good

The quote demonstrates an approach which is expected to meet all requirements and objectives. This approach includes advantageous characteristics of substance, and few relatively minor disadvantages, which collectively can be expected to result in satisfactory performance. The risk of unsuccessful performance is low as the quote contains alternative solutions which are considered feasible and practical.

These solutions are further considered to reflect low risk in that they are clear and precise, supported, and demonstrate an understanding of the requirements. Risk Level: Low

Acceptable

The quote demonstrates an approach which is capable of meeting all requirements and objectives. The approach includes both advantageous and disadvantageous characteristics of substance, where the advantages are not outweighed by the disadvantages. Collectively, the advantages and disadvantages are likely to result in acceptable performance. The risk of unsuccessful performance is moderate, as the quote solutions are generally feasible and practical. These solutions may also be considered to reflect moderate risk in that they may be somewhat clear and precise, partially supported, and/or demonstrate a general understanding of the requirements. Risk Level: Neutral

Marginal

The quote demonstrates an approach which may not be capable of meeting all requirements and objectives. The approach has disadvantages of substance and advantages, which if they exist, are outweighed by the disadvantages. Collectively, the advantages and disadvantages present a low or questionable likelihood of resulting in satisfactory performance. The risk of unsuccessful performance is high as the quote contains solutions which may not be feasible and practical. These solutions may also be considered to reflect high risk in that they lack clarity and precision, are generally unsupported, and/or do not demonstrate a complete understanding of the requirements. Risk Level: High

Unacceptable

The quote demonstrates an approach which, based on a very high risk, will very likely not be capable of meeting all requirements and objectives. This approach has several disadvantages of substance, and advantages which, if they exist, are outweighed by disadvantages. Collectively, the advantages and disadvantages are unlikely to result in satisfactory performance. The risk of unsuccessful performance is very high as the quote contains solutions which are not feasible and practical. The solutions may also be considered to reflect very high risk in that they lack any clarity or precision. Risk Level: Very High

Price Evaluation

NIH will consider and evaluate the following factors when determining an Offeror’s price quote:

• The CO will consider the level of effort and the mix of labor proposed to perform the tasks being ordered and determine that the total price is reasonable.

• The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

• Any assumptions or clarifications to price provided by the Offeror.

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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