Attachment II - Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric - Instructions to Offerors and Evaluation Criteria.pdf

273FCC26R0001

Attachment II

Instructions to Offerors and Evaluation Criteria (Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 and FAR 52.212-2)

Instructions to Offerors

1. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

1.1. This is a Full and Open Best Value Tradeoff competitive procurement.

This competitive procurement shall result in the award of a firm fixed price/labor hour single award contract. No proposal costs shall be reimbursed. The Government reserves the right to award on initial proposals, without discussion. The selection process will follow an advisory multi-step process to evaluate offerors. The steps will include a step 1: Relevant Experience, and a step 2: Technical Approach Data Usage Rights, and Price. All offerors should submit their best relevant experience, technical approach, data usage rights, and price proposal(s). The electronic version of the RFP is the official version for this acquisition. No hard copy or facsimile copies of the Request for Proposal, or amendments, will be provided.

The Government intends to award a single contract. The period of performance will consist of a base period of one year, followed by four option years.

Should the Offeror be willing to provide different Data Usage Rights at different prices, the Offeror may submit up to two (2) alternate Data Usage Rights Proposals (three Data Usage Rights Proposals in total) and an associated alternate Price Proposal for each Data Usage Rights proposal. Each Data Rights Usage Proposal should include only one (1) proposed set of Data Usage Rights. Offerors shall not include more than one set of data usage rights in a single Data Usage Rights Proposal. For each Data Usage Rights Proposal, there should be an associated Price Proposal pricing out that set of data usage rights. A single price proposal may not include multiple or alternative pricing options. The alternate Volume IV – Data Usage Rights and Volume V – Price Proposals must be clearly identified as such, and it must be clear which Volume IV – Data Usage Rights proposal is associated with which Volume V – Price proposal. An alternate Volume V – Price proposal may only be submitted if the Offeror submits an associated alternate Volume IV – Data Usage Rights proposal (i.e. if an Offeror submits only one (1) Volume IV – Data Usage Rights proposal, it may only submit one (1) Volume V– Price proposal). Only one proposal each may be submitted for Volumes I, II and III. If an Offeror submits a proposal that is non-compliant with Instructions to Offerors, the proposal will be considered non-compliant, so as to preclude further meaningful evaluation, and will be determined to be unacceptable and thus ineligible for award.

All proposals shall include the Offeror and any subcontractor Name(s), UEI, CAGE Code, and a brief description of the services to be performed by any subcontractors.

2. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

2.1. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - Send proposals via email to Contracting Officer at:

James.Batten@fcc.gov and EAC-Proposals@fcc.gov. Include “RFP Number 273FCC26R0001, Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric - Proposal” in the subject line of the e-mail. Acknowledge the solicitation by completing blocks 17a, 17b, 30a, 30b and 30c of the SF1449. All proposals and correspondence shall be submitted no later than the proposal due date stated in block 8 of the SF1449.

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Step 1 submission for Business and Relevant Experience Proposal is due no later March 4, 2026 at 4PM Eastern Time (ET). Step 2 submission deadlines will be provided in notification letters.

2.2. QUESTIONS - If you have questions regarding this solicitation, please submit your inquiries via e-email to Contracting Officer at: James.Batten@fcc.gov and EAC-Proposals@fcc.gov as soon as possible, but in no event later than February 9, 2026 at 4PM Eastern Time (ET). The subject of the email shall be “RFP Number 273FCC26R0001, Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric - Questions - Your Company Name.” Questions received after this date and time may not be considered. Offerors shall utilize the Offeror Question Template when developing their questions. The Government will transmit verbatim substantive questions, as well the answers, to all prospective Offerors via e-mail. Therefore, please express questions in a fashion that can be reproduced verbatim (i.e., without proprietary or other confidential information) for the benefit of all offerors. Offerors are requested to group and submit their questions by the Request for Proposal (RFP) section heading, followed by the RFP subsection. Questions related to attachments shall be grouped by attachment number followed by attachment section, then attachment subsection. Questions shall be organized by the order presented in the RFP and to make references as pinpointed as feasible.

2.3. SOLICITATION/CONTRACT (SF1449) AND AMENDMENTS (SF30) - Complete blocks 17a, 17b, 30a, 30b, and 30c of the Request for Proposal (RFP) SF 1449. In doing so, the Contractor accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the RFP. Submit page 1 of the SF1449 with the signature of a corporate officer authorized to negotiate for the company in blocks 30a, 30b, and 30c and acknowledgement of any and all amendments (SF 30) with signature in block 15B. The Government may reject any proposal which fails to do so.

2.4. FORMAT AND CONTENT

2.4.1 File Format

The electronic technical proposal shall be submitted in MS Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), filename extension: “.pdf” and suitable for viewing in Adobe Reader. The price proposal shall be submitted in MS Word or MS Excel format. Each volume shall be appropriately numbered and clearly identified with the date and RFP number. A Standard, 12-point font size applies to all volumes. Use Times New Roman 12-point font, single-spaced type with one-inch margins. Offerors shall bookmark and label each electronic PDF to afford easy identification from the proposal table of contents.

2.4.2 Number of Files

The proposal contents shall be presented as five to nine files: Volume 1 – Business, Volume II – Relevant Experience, Volume III– Technical Approach, Volume IV-Data Usage Rights, and Volume V – Price, with a possible Volume IV– Data Usage Rights, Alternate I and Alternate II and corresponding Volume V

– Price, Alternate I and Alternate II, should the offeror choose to submit up to 2 alternate Volume IV– Data Usage Rights and Volume V – Price proposals.

Electronic submission of proposals is the ONLY method of acceptance.

3. GENERAL PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1 BINDING

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Each volume (Volume 1 – Business, Volume II – Relevant Experience, Volume III – Technical Approach, Volume IV – Data Usage Rights, and Volume V – Price) (including alternate Data Usage Rights and Price proposals as described above) shall be submitted as a separate file via e-mail to the POC listed and shall be in file format in 2.4.1. The printed number of pages (single sided) should not exceed the size limitations detailed elsewhere in this document. Any text changes (as a result of negotiations or proposal revisions) should be shown with a different color and have changed information clearly marked by a vertical line in the right margin of the page. Revised pages shall be dated.

Proposals that lack sufficient information or are non-compliant as to preclude further meaningful evaluation or that, on account of proposal construction, are grossly technically deficient may be determined unacceptable and thus ineligible for award. With the concurrence of the Contracting Officer, such proposals need not be given further consideration. The Contracting Officer will promptly notify those Offerors whose proposals were found unacceptable on these grounds.

3.2 PROPOSAL FORMAT

Proposals should be structured as follows:

Step 1:

Volume # Section Topics I Business [no page limit] Cover Letter or First Page

Representations and Certifications, FAR 52.212-3

II Relevant Experience [15 page limit]

Recent/Relevant Experience

Step 2:

III Technical Approach [45 page limit (5+20+15+5)]

Technical Approach for PWS Section 4.1 (including Project Management Plan) [5 page limit].

Technical Approach for PWS Sections 4.2 and 4.5 [20 page limit]; Offeror shall address the following specifically:

Creating a Dataset of all Structures

• Data Sources

• Analyzing Data

• Timeframe for Refreshing Data and Creating the Dataset

• Validate/Feedback on Dataset Accuracy

• Estimates for Completeness of Initial Dataset

• Description of Methods to Measure Errors

• Accuracy of Data Over Time

• Processes to Reduce Error Types

• Timeliness of Delivery of Initial Dataset

Technical Approach for PWS Sections 4.3 and 4.4 (including Transition-In Plan and Transition-Out Plan [15 page limit]; Offeror shall address each and every PWS subsection: 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, and 4.4.1

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, PWS Section 7 [5 page limit]

IV Data Usage Rights [5 page limit]

Proposed Data Deliverables and Rights Therein (PWS Section 4.6)

V Price [no page limit]

4. VOLUME I - BUSINESS [No page limit]

a. Cover Letter or First Page - Restrict the information listed below to the cover page or first page of the submitted proposal. The company logo can be included in the header of each page as necessary, if applicable.

• Company name

• Company logo or other identify graphic

• Company mailing address

• CAGE code and UEI number

• Name and contact information for company official with authority to obligate the vendor.

• Solicitation Number

• Must state the validity of the proposal from the time of the due date, no less than 90 days.

b. Representations and Certifications, FAR 52.212-3 - Offerors shall submit one completed copy of all representations and certifications. If the Offeror has completed the Online Representations and Certifications at the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM, it should submit an electronic printout or screenshot of the Representations and Certifications via email as part of its proposal.

NOTE: Should the Government request revised proposals after initial proposal submission, Offerors should highlight the changes in the proposal with tracked changes (line-in/line-out), and provide both a tracked changes proposal(s) and a clean copy of the proposal(s).

5. VOLUME II - RELEVANT EXPERIENCE [15 page limit]

The Relevant Experience section is limited to a total of 15 single-sided pages. Pages shall be numbered consecutively throughout the Relevant Experience section. Pages exceeding the limit will be removed and not forwarded for evaluation. The Title Page is NOT counted as part of the 15-page limit.

Should the Government request revised proposals after initial proposal submission, the Offeror shall highlight the changes in the proposal with tracked changes. Provide a tracked changes proposal and a clean copy of the proposal. The 15-page limit applies to the clean copy of the proposal.

Factor 1: Relevant Experience

Each Offeror shall demonstrate recent and relevant experience performing services within the past three years similar to those described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Each Offeror shall identify three (3) projects with the Federal Government (preferred), or with State, local, commercial, or non-profit customers that demonstrate recent and relevant experience that is predictive of success on the current effort, such as experience and expertise in working with GIS datasets and creating and maintaining a nationwide location dataset as required by the Broadband DATA Act.

“Recent” is defined as active (ongoing for at least 1 year) or completed efforts performed (with at least 1 year of performance) within the past three (3) years from the issuance date of this solicitation (this can include work that began prior to this three-year period but was completed within the three-year period).

“Relevant” is defined as similar in terms of size, scope, and complexity in comparison to the requirements in the PWS. The recent and relevant demonstrated experience of subcontractors for this contract will be considered; however, at least two (2) projects must be of the Offeror serving as the Prime Contractor (otherwise, the Offeror will be deemed as ineligible for award).

The Offeror shall provide the following information regarding each Project (at most two projects can be from the same contract/task order):

• Project title

• Brief description of the project

• Company-specific role (Prime or subcontractor), responsibility, and deliverables

• Contract the project is under and, if applicable, call order number

• Contract/task value

• Type of contract/task (FFP, LH, etc.)

• Period of Performance for the contract/task

• Government Agency/Organization

• Point of Contact (POC) name, address, and phone number

• Contracting Officer’s name, address, and phone number

• Current status of the project (e.g., completed and/or, if in progress, start and estimated completion date)

• Explanation of the relevance of the work in creating nation-level or otherwise comparable location or building-level datasets, and prior experience in creating broadband-availability datasets.

• Problems encountered and the Offeror’s corrective actions (if applicable)

• Outcome and delivery of the tasks/work/project

• Self-assessment as to how the experience gained will enhance Offeror’s ability to deliver the service/products requested

The Government reserves the right to contact each POC provided. Each Offeror shall notify POCs of the possibility that the FCC may call seeking relevant experience information on the identified projects or other recent, relevant projects on which the Offeror has performed. The Government may also consider information obtained through other sources.

6. VOLUME III – TECHNICAL APPROACH [45 page limit]

The Technical Approach Proposal is limited to a total of 45 single-sided pages. Pages shall be numbered consecutively throughout the Technical Approach Proposal. Sections shall be numbered consecutively throughout the Technical Approach Proposal, as listed below. Pages exceeding the limit will be removed and not forwarded for evaluation. Offerors are encouraged to use graphics to best demonstrate their capabilities and solutions. The Table of Contents, Table Summary and Title Page are NOT counted as part of the 45-page limit.

Should the Government request revised proposals after initial proposal submission, highlight the changes in the proposal with tracked changes (line-in/line-out). Provide a tracked changes proposal and a clean copy of the proposal. The 45-page limit described above applies to the clean copy of the proposal.

Table of Contents

Each Offeror shall provide a Table of Contents in the Technical Approach proposal to identify the location of the key subject areas of the proposal and the page number where the Section is located.

Table Summary

Each Offeror shall provide a Table Summary in the Technical Approach proposal that identifies the pages/sections of the proposal that address the evaluation criteria.

Factor 2: Technical Approach

The Offeror shall describe its solution and the technical approach for achieving the requirements set forth in the Performance Work Statement. The proposal shall demonstrate how implementation of the proposed solutions will deliver timely, standard, stable, reliable, secure, flexible, responsive, compliant, and cost-effective services to meet the needs of FCC and its stakeholders.

Technical Approach for PWS Section 4.1: The Offeror shall provide its technical approach in response to PWS Section 4.1. The Offeror shall include a detailed Project Management Plan (PMP) with its proposal. The PMP should address how and when the Offeror will fulfill the requirements set forth in the PWS, including the activities and deliverables described there. It should include the detailed steps the Offeror will take and the resources it will use to perform the required tasks. The Project Management Plan shall include: a timeline with milestones, a staffing plan identifying the roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders, a risk management plan, a Subcontractor Management Plan (if applicable), and a communication plan. The Offeror shall propose at least three (3) key personnel with detailed description of their relevant qualifications, one (1) with managerial oversight responsibilities, and sufficient technical staff.

Technical Approach for PWS Sections 4.2 and 4.5: The Offeror shall provide its technical approach in response to PWS Sections 4.2 and 4.5. The Offeror shall describe the approach it will use and, if relevant, has used, to create a dataset of all structures in the U.S. and the dataset of Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs). The description shall include:

• Data Sources: Description of the underlying sources of data, including any primary and secondary data sources, and whether the sources are developed by the contractor or licensed from a third party, along with information about how often each underlying source is updated or refreshed, as well as. The Offeror may provide information about ingesting data from broadband service providers, if appropriate.

• Analyzing Data: Description of how data will be, or has been, analyzed or derived from the underlying data sources to determine the following:

o The location of structures o Whether structures are BSLs o Additional required data (unit counts, address(es), residential/business classification) o Description of the extent to which FCC staff can influence or update the contractor’s approach to determining the location of structures, designation of BSLs, or additional data to meet the FCC’s particular needs

• Timeframe for Refreshing Data and Creating Datasets: Information about the timeframe for refreshing data, including the shortest time period to refresh the data, and the ability to create monthly, quarterly, or bi-annual datasets

• Validate/Feedback on Dataset Accuracy: Description of how the Offeror will validate and incorporate feedback on the accuracy of the datasets, including challenge data submitted via the

FCC

• Estimates for Completeness of the Initial Dataset: Estimates of the completeness of the initial dataset along with the prevalence of different types of errors in the initial dataset, including the over- or under-inclusion of structures (Type I and Type II errors), selection of incorrect buildings as being BSLs, incorrect addresses, incorrect unit counts, misclassification of buildings as being residential or business, or any other types of errors

• Description of Methods to Measure Errors: Description of the methods the Offeror will use, or has already used, to measure such errors, including additional data sources used as a check.

To the extent the Offeror uses sampling to measure accuracy, they should describe their sampling methodology.

• Accuracy of Data Over Time: Estimates for how the contractor expects the accuracy of the data to change and/or improve over time

• Processes to Reduce Error Types: Processes the Offeror has in place or will create to reduce each type of error

• Timeliness of Delivery of Initial Dataset: Estimate of the time it will take to deliver the initial Fabric dataset to the Government. Offerors should include an estimate for the number of total structures, BSLs, and addresses in its initial Fabric dataset.

Technical Approach for PWS Sections 4.3 and 4.4: The Offeror shall provide its technical approach in response to PWS Sections 4.3 and 4.4. The offeror must describe its technical approach for each and every PWS subsection: 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6 and 4.4.1.

The Offeror shall include a Transition-In Plan that shall identify how the Offeror will coordinate with the prior Contractor and Government personnel to transfer knowledge regarding the following:

• Project management processes;

• Points of contact;

• Location of technical and project management documentation;

• Sharing of documentation of in-progress tasks/activities;

• Key personnel responsibilities;

• Schedules and milestones;

• Approach to developing a cross-walk from the existing Fabric to the one being developed under this contract;

• Provide all licensees support to ensure continuity with the new Fabric developed at the start of this contract compared to the end of the prior contract (i.e., the previous version of the Fabric);

and

• Actions required of the Government.

The Offeror shall include a Transition-Out Plan that shall identify how the Offeror will coordinate with the incoming Contractor and Government personnel to transfer knowledge regarding the following:

• Project management processes;

• Points of contact;

• Location of technical and project management documentation;

• Sharing of documentation of in-progress tasks/activities;

• Key personnel responsibilities;

• Schedules and milestones;

• License terms and restrictions (including access to and use of the Fabric developed under this contract in transition-out to ensure continuity with the following contract with crosswalk between the Fabric at the end of this contract and the next Fabric of the following contract. FCC is open to approaches such as third-party implementing crosswalk mapping methodologies/algorithms provided by Offeror; and

• Actions required of the Government.

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) in response to PWS Section 7: The Offeror shall include a QASP with its proposal that describes how the Offeror intends to manage and provide the proper quality while meeting the requirements set forth in the PWS.

7. VOLUME IV – DATA USAGE RIGHTS [5 page limit]

The Data Usage Right Proposal(s) are limited to a total of 5 single-sided pages each. Pages and Sections shall be numbered consecutively throughout. For each Data Usage Rights proposal, pages exceeding the limit will be removed and not forwarded for evaluation. Offerors can use graphics to demonstrate their proposed solutions. The Table of Contents, Table Summary, Title Page, and Existing License Agreements (as defined below) are NOT counted as part of the 5-page limit.

Should the Government request revised proposals after initial proposal submission, Offerors should highlight the changes in the proposal with tracked changes (line-in/line-out) and provide both a tracked changes proposal(s) and a clean copy of the proposal(s). The 5-page limit described above applies to the clean copy(copies) of the proposal(s).

Table of Contents

Each Offeror shall provide a Table of Contents in each Data Usage Rights proposal to identify the location of key subject areas of the proposal and the page number where the Section is located.

Table Summary

Each Offeror shall provide a Table Summary in each Data Usage Rights proposal that identifies the pages/sections of the proposal that address the evaluation criteria.

Factor 3: Data Usage Rights

The Offeror shall describe in detail the data deliverables it will provide to the Government and the Data Usage Rights it proposes to provide the Government in those deliverables. The Government’s minimum and two levels of preferred Data Usage Rights are outlined in the Performance Work Statement Data Usage Rights section (PWS Section 4.6). To be technically acceptable, the Offeror must propose to provide at least the minimum Data Usage Rights described in paragraph 4.6 of the PWS, and must delineate a definite set of proposed data deliverables and associated data usage rights. The Offeror should also describe its proposed approach to administration of the necessary end-user licenses.

To the extent the Offeror proposes to provide any data that is subject to existing third-party license agreement(s), the Offeror shall include a copy of the applicable license agreement(s) (“Existing License Agreements”) or an abstract/summary of any such third-party license agreements with sufficient detail to allow for evaluation of the proposed Data usage Rights in its proposal.

8. VOLUME V – PRICE [No page limit]

Price Proposal Content and Formatting Instructions

The price proposal is to be submitted as a Firm Fixed Price / Labor Hour proposal. The Offeror shall include all information relating to the proposed prices, including and all required supporting documentation, in Volume V: Price. Under no circumstances shall price information and documentation be included in any other volume. The Offeror price proposal shall include.

1) Price Executive Summary:

The Offeror shall provide a summary of Volume V: Price, including an overview of the pricing approach and strategy.

2) Price Proposal:

Offeror shall utilize the attached pricing sheet (Attachment IV) to provide your pricing proposal prepared for the PWS contained herein.

“Pricing Detail – All CLINs” tab:

For PWS Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, Offerors shall propose their own labor category (LCAT) mix and associated hours/level of effort (LOE) for the execution of work under the FFP CLINs specified in the RFP. Offerors are expected to propose a LCAT mix/LOE that aligns with the scope of work described in the RFP. This LCAT mix/LOE should demonstrate the offeror’s understanding of the requirements and their ability to effectively complete the activities outlined in the PWS.

For PWS Section Sections 4.4.1 and 4.6, Offerors do not need to specific LCAT mix/LOE. For PWS Section 4.4.1, Offerors should provide pricing for completing manual review of 1000 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) and completing address matching of 1000 addresses. For price evaluation, the Government will add 50 units of manual review of 1000 Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) and 50 units of address matching of 1000 addresses.

“LCAT Description & Rates” tab:

Offerors shall provide their labor category description & per hour labor category rates as set forth per column headings in the tab.

Evaluation Criteria

BASIS FOR AWARD

Award will be made on a best value tradeoff basis. Accordingly, the Government will award the contract to the responsible and technically acceptable Offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, represents the best value to the Government in accordance with the evaluation factors and subfactors stated in this solicitation. The proposal that offers the best value is the proposal that, in the Government’s estimation, provides the greatest overall benefit to the Government in response to the requirement. In determining which proposal offers the best value, the Government may make tradeoffs between prices and non-price proposal attributes.

In conducting any tradeoff to determine which proposal provides the greatest overall benefit to the Government, the Government will consider proposal and Offeror attributes, judging the strengths and weaknesses associated with each proposal under the evaluation factors identified in the solicitation.

Among other things, these strengths and weaknesses may include: technical approach or other attributes of the Offeror’s proposal that makes more or less likely the risk of unsuccessful or inefficient performance of the contract, including increased cost, defective or degraded performance, extended or disrupted schedule, or the risk of required additional Government oversight; and meritorious aspects of the Offeror’s proposal that exceed the requirements or approach the requirements in a way beneficial to the Government.

Best value will be determined by comparing the value of the differences in the proposal(s) and Offerors as judged by the non-price evaluation factors with differences in their price to the Government. In making this determination, the Government is more concerned with obtaining superior relevant experience, technical capabilities and data usage rights than with making a source selection at the lowest price.

However, the Government reserves the right to place the order with an Offeror(s) whose proposal does not offer the most superior non-price attributes or whose proposal offers other than the lowest price, where doing so achieves the greatest overall benefit for the Government. As the non-price factors among the proposals near equality, price will become more important to the Government.

To the extent any Offeror(s) submit(s) alternate Data Usage Rights and Price Proposals, the Government will fully evaluate each alternate proposal in accordance with the evaluation criteria below. For the purposes of conducting its tradeoff analysis, the Government will fully consider each of the Offerors’ proposals, including any alternate Data Usage Rights and Price proposals, and conduct a full tradeoff.

Essentially, any Offeror submitting alternate proposals could have up to three (3) total proposals in consideration for the purposes of conducting the tradeoff.

SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS

The following non-price factors, when combined, are significantly more important than price and will be used in a two (2) step evaluation approach to evaluate offers and are listed in descending order of importance:

Offeror(s) that receive a non-select notice from the Contracting Officer from the Step 1 portion of the evaluation are asked to voluntarily withdraw from proposing on Step 2.

However, it is strictly the offeror’s business decision as to whether they choose to withdraw. The offeror shall make the business decision as to whether to continue to Step 2 thus assuming the risk of continued expenses with no likelihood of receiving an award from this solicitation.

The multi-step approach is as follows:

The Government intends to conduct the evaluation and selection process in two (2) steps:

1. Step 1 – Advisory. Factor 1 will be evaluated in this step. Each offeror will receive an advisory notification. The advisory notification will inform the offeror of:

i. The basis of the Government advisory notice; and

ii. Either that it will be invited to participate in Step 2 or based on the information submitted, that it is unlikely to be a viable competitor with the basis for that opinion. The intent of this distinction is to minimize proposal development costs for those offerors with little or no chance of receiving an award. The Government’s advice will be a recommendation only.

Those offerors who are not advised to proceed may elect to continue their participation in the procurement.

NOTE: The advisory notification is the only notice the Government will provide from Step 1; debriefings

STEP 1

Step 1 Factor 1 – Relevant Experience 15 Page Limit

STEP 2

(Suggested only for offerors that passed STEP 1 and were invited to STEP 2)

Step 2 Factor 2 – Technical Approach 45 Page Limit Step 2 Factor 3 – Data Usage Rights 5 Page Limit Step 2 Factor 4 – Price No Page Limit will not occur at the end of Step 1.

2. Step 2 – Factors 2-4 will be evaluated in this step. The selection decision will be a trade-off involving all four factors.

i. Participation in Step 1 is a mandatory part of this acquisition. Failure to participate in Step 1 will preclude further consideration of the offeror’s proposal. Step 2 submissions will not be accepted from any offeror who has not completed Step 1.

ii. Results of Step 1 will be carried over to Step 2 for the overall evaluation of proposal. No revisions to the Step 1 submission will be accepted as part of Step 2.

Adjectival Ratings

Proposals will be rated for Factor 1: Relevant Experience, Factor 2: Technical Approach; and Factor 3:

Data Usage Rights under an adjectival rating scheme. To the extent an Offeror submits an Alternate Data Usage Rights proposal, that alternate proposal shall be fully and separately evaluated in accordance with the Factor 3 - Data Usage Rights described below, and the alternate Data Usage Rights proposal will be assigned a separate adjectival rating in accordance with the adjectival rating scheme.

Evaluation Factors:

(1) Relevant Experience

The Offeror's relevant experience will be evaluated based on the Offeror’s experience of a similar size, scope and complexity to the requirements set forth in the PWS. Specifically, the FCC will evaluate the extent to which the Offeror demonstrates relevant experience and expertise in working with GIS datasets as required by the Broadband DATA Act, including any prior work creating or maintaining such a nationwide location dataset. Each Offeror shall identify three (3) projects with the Federal Government (preferred), or with State, local, commercial, or non-profit customers that demonstrate recent and relevant experience that is predictive of success on the current effort. “Recent” is defined as active (ongoing for at least 1 year) or completed efforts performed (with at least 1 year of performance) within the past three (3) years from the issuance date of this solicitation (this can include work that began prior to this three-year period but was completed within the three-year period). “Relevant” is defined as similar in terms of size, scope, and complexity in comparison to the requirements in the PWS. The recent and relevant demonstrated experience of subcontractors for this contract will be considered; however, at least two (2) projects must be of the Offeror serving as the Prime Contractor (otherwise, the Offeror will be deemed as ineligible for award). Each Offeror shall provide the information regarding each Project in accordance with Instruction to Offerors Section 5.

The Government may perform an independent determination of recency/relevancy of the data provided or obtained. A recency/relevancy determination may be made for each of the three (3) projects submitted by the Offeror. For the Offeror, information on no more than three (3) projects should be submitted for consideration; information on additional contract will not be evaluated.

(2) Technical Approach

The FCC will evaluate how efficiently and effectively the Offeror’s technical approach addresses each of the requirements of the PWS Sections 4.1, 4.2 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 7 (including each and every subsection

4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, and 4.4.1). The evaluation will assess the extent to which the solution provides an in-depth understanding of and adheres to the requirements. The FCC will evaluate each Offeror:

1. proposed methods (e.g., staffing/LCAT mix/level of effort, challenge process support) and techniques (e.g., crosswalk mapping algorithms) for completing each Contract Activity listed under each relevant PWS Sections. ).

2. a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan that provides the systematic methods used to measure and evaluate contractor performance throughout the contract lifecycle.

3. technical solution that clearly demonstrates how implementation of the proposed methods and techniques will deliver timely, standard, stable, reliable, secure, flexible, responsive, compliant, and/or effective services to meet the needs of FCC and its stakeholders.

4. description of the approach it will use, or has used, in creating a dataset of all structures in the

U.S. and of Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs). The description will be evaluated based on the thoroughness and feasibility of the offer’s approach, including:

• Underlying and/or primary sources of data, including how often the underlying sources are updated or refreshed

• How data will be, or have been, analyzed or derived from the underlying data sources to determine the following:

The location of structures Whether structures are BSLs Additional required data (location counts, address(es), residential/business classification) The extent to which, and process by which, FCC staff can influence or update the

Offeror’s approach to determining the location of structures, designation of BSLs, or additional data to meet the FCC’s particular needs

• Information about the timeframe for refreshing data, including the shortest time period to refresh the data, and the ability to create monthly, quarterly, or bi-annual datasets

• How the Offeror will validate and incorporate feedback on the accuracy of the datasets, including challenge data submitted via the FCC

• The Offeror’s process to evaluate and correct errors in the dataset over time

• Proposed timeframe for delivering the initial databases to the Government, including an estimate for the number of total structures, number of BSLs, and number of addresses in the initial delivery of databases.

(3) Data Usage Rights

The FCC will evaluate the extent to which the Offeror’s proposed data usage rights meet or exceed the Government’s requirements set forth in PWS Section 4.6, with preference given to data rights more closely aligned to the most-preferred rights described in the PWS.

(4) Price Analysis

The Government will evaluate the information submitted in each Offeror’s price proposal in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(b). The Government will review price proposals for completeness and arithmetic accuracy. Price will be evaluated but not rated. The Government will determine whether the total evaluated price is fair and reasonable. In reaching such a determination, the Government may evaluate the reasonableness of proposed labor rates and unit prices to be paid by the Government over the course of the contract.

Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for the base period and 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.