Attachment II - Proposal Requirements.pdf

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SECTION A: TITLE PAGE

In accordance with RFP, Section L, FAR 52.215-1(c)(2), THIS is the first page of the proposal and must include the information below from the Offeror. Please populate, accordingly:

• Offeror Name: __________________________________________________________________

• Offeror Address: ________________________________________________________________

• Offeror Telephone Number: _______________________________________________________

• Offeror Electronic Address (if applicable): ____________________________________________

• A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the RFP and agreement. (Use Section K of this attachment to provide any exceptions to the RFP terms and conditions.) ___________________________________________________

• Names, titles, and telephone number (and electronic addresses if available) of persons authorized to negotiate on the offeror’s behalf with the Government in connection with this RFP.

Name and Title Telephone Phone and Email Address

• Name, title, and signature of person authorized to sign the proposal. Proposals signed by an agent shall be accompanied by evidence of that agent’s authority, unless that evidence has been previously furnished to the issuing office

Name and Title Signature

In accordance with RFP, Section L, FAR 52.215-1(e)(1) the following language is required to be included on this Title Page. Please populate, if applicable.

This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed—in whole or in part—for any purpose other than to evaluate this proposal.

If, however, a contract is awarded to this offeror as a result of, or in connection with, the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting contract. This restriction does not limit the Government's right to use information contained in this data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in sheets/pages ________________ of this attachment.

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SECTION B: NON-PRICE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Offerors must submit proposals to the following email address: dlaenergy.eteam@dla.mil.

For more information regarding proposal submission, refer to Sections A and L of the RFP / Solicitation.

The red text indicates emphasized language.

SECTION C: CHECKLIST FOR STANDARD FORM (SF) 1449 AND ALL SF 30s

Please attach the SF 1449 (from the RFP) to this attachment and ensure the following:

Box 17A has been populated with the Company Name, Address, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code.

Boxes 30A, 30B, and 30C have been populated by an Authorized Negotiator

Box 30A has been signed using a verified digital signature or scanned original ink signature

Please attach all SF 30s (Amendment(s) of Solicitation) to this attachment and ensure the following:

Box 8 has been populated with the Company Name, Address, UEI, and CAGE Code

Boxes 15A, 15B and 15C have been populated by an Authorized Negotiator

Box 15A has been signed using a verified digital signature or scanned original ink signature

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SECTION D: EVIDENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY

In accordance with FAR 9.103(c) a prospective contractor [Offeror] must affirmatively demonstrate its responsibility. The responsibility criteria listed in this section are in addition to the requirements stated at FAR 9.104-1, General Standards. The offeror shall submit sufficient evidence to demonstrate that all responsibility criteria from both this Section (D) and FAR 9.104 have been satisfied. In accordance with FAR 9.103, the Government will award contract(s) to responsible prospective contractors only.

You may attach additional pages that pertain to this section (D), which provide:

• Evidence to support your written responses

• Additional written explanations, if needed

Please Note: The Government may obtain and consider additional information (FAPIIS, SAM.gov, listings of licensed suppliers on state websites, listings of registered retail suppliers on utility websites, listings of members on ISO/RTO websites, etc.) concerning the offeror’s ability to satisfy all responsibility criteria.

For each of the criteria below, provide a response that explains how the criteria has been met.

Industry- Specific Responsibility Criteria

(a) The offeror must possess, at a minimum, 12 months of experience providing supply of electricity to retail customers. Twelve months of experience providing supply and transmission of electricity to wholesale customers may be acceptable, subject solely to the Government’s discretion. These 12 months of experience must have been obtained no more than two years before the date of proposal submission.

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(b) The offeror must be a licensed retail electricity supplier authorized to conduct business by the relevant state’s regulatory body having jurisdiction over the state’s electric industry prior to award of any contract for solicited requirements. Submitted evidence to support this criterion must include the date on which such license was issued.

(c) The offeror, or its duly authorized representative or agent, must be a member and/or market participant in good standing in the applicable ISO/RTO and be able to represent and settle the Government’s retail load requirements in the applicable ISO/RTO.

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SECTION E: PAST PERFORMANCE

Provide three past performance references (in the tables below) which the Government will evaluate for recency, relevancy, and quality in order to determine the Government’s level of confidence in the Offeror’s ability to meet the solicitation requirements. Refer to RFP Section M, FAR 52.212-2(a)(1) for more details about Past Performance, to include the definitions of Recency and Relevancy, and the Past Performance evaluation methodology.

PLEASE PROVIDE EXACTLY THREE PAST PERFORMANCE REFERENCES.

Past Performance Reference #1

Company Name Responsible Contract Administrator Contract Administrator Telephone Number Contract Administrator Email Address Total Retail Contract MWs

ISO/RTO

Local Utility Contract Start Date Contract End Date

Past Performance Reference #2

Company Name Responsible Contract Administrator Contract Administrator Telephone Number Contract Administrator Email Address Total Retail Contract MWs

ISO/RTO

Local Utility

Past Performance Reference #3

Company Name Responsible Contract Administrator Contract Administrator Telephone Number Contract Administrator Email Address Total Retail Contract MWs

ISO/RTO

Local Utility

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SECTION F: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY / RISK – PAGE 1

Refer to RFP Section M, FAR 52.212-2(a)(2) for details regarding the evaluation methodology of Technical Capability/Risk.

This section consists of four pages (maximum). Offerors shall use these four pages to describe the company’s management capabilities. The narrative shall include, but is not limited to, a description of each of the three criteria below.

(a) Personnel assigned to work this solicitation/contract, to include contact information, description of customer service efforts in resolving issues, such as billing and enrolling accounts, etc.

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SECTION F: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY / RISK – PAGE 2

(b) Contingency plan in the absence of personnel assigned to the solicitation/contract

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SECTION F: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY / RISK – PAGE 3

(c) Any internal account-management capabilities, resources, or procedures relevant to successfully performing the requirements of the contract/solicitation

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SECTION F: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY / RISK – PAGE 4 (OPTIONAL)

Additional information describing the company’s management capabilities:

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SECTION G: SMALL BUSINESS PARTCIPATION

Refer to RFP Section M, FAR 52.212-2(a)(3) for details regarding the evaluation methodology of Small Business Participation.

The Offeror shall identify its commitment to small business (i.e. small businesses to include service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small, disadvantaged concerns, and women-owned small business) concerns in the performance of the contract, whether as a joint venture, teaming arrangement, or subcontractor.

This requirement must be provided by all offerors regardless of business size and is separate from the requirement to submit a subcontracting plan pursuant to the clause at FAR 52.219-9. Please refer to SECTION I: SUBCONTRACTING PLAN to complete the Subcontracting Plan requirement.

(a) Provide a description of the efforts your company will make to assure that the small businesses identified above will have equal opportunity to compete for subcontracts under the resultant contract.

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(b) To the extent known, identify the small businesses that will have a subcontract under the resulting contract and describe the work that will be performed.

(c) Identify the proportion of your proposal, as a percentage of dollars, that will be subcontracted to small businesses.

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SECTION H: PRICE

Refer to RFP Section A for details regarding price submissions.

Refer to RFP Section M, FAR 52.212-2(a)(4) for details regarding the evaluation methodology of pricing submissions.

Refer to Attachment VII – Pricing Sheet TX2026, which may provide additional instructions or pricing information.

Additionally, Offerors may submit prices on all, some, or none of the Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs). The Government is soliciting unit prices consistent with and reflecting the structure established in the applicable tariffs. All prices shall be in dollars per kWh.

An offeror must propose to supply the total line item quantity for each CLIN. Failure to offer the total line item quantity will preclude Government evaluation and consequential contract award to the Offeror for the line item(s).

By checking this box, the Offeror acknowledges an understanding of the above stated information regarding pricing submissions and the Government’s associated evaluation methodology.

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SECTION I: SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

In accordance with FAR 19.109(a)(1), the Offeror shall submit a subcontracting plan if the Offeror is not a small business concern and subcontracting opportunities exist. If a subcontracting plan is required from an Offeror and the Offeror fails to negotiate a subcontracting plan acceptable to the contracting officer within the time limit prescribed by the contracting officer (which will be the date all signed amendments are due), the offeror will be ineligible for award.

Please select from the following:

1. The Offeror:

(a) is NOT a small business concern. (Proceed to #2, below)

(b) is a small business concern. (STOP. No further selections in this section are required)

2. The Offeror:

(a) has subcontracting opportunities. (As part of your proposal submission, complete and submit RFP Attachment III – Small Business Subcontracting Plan Form)

(b) does NOT have subcontracting opportunities. (Proceed to #3, below)

3. Subcontracting opportunities do not exist, as a result of:

(a) the Offeror having sufficient in-house capabilities to perform the work. Please provide an explanation and/or additional details here:

(b) some other explanation provided below (The explanation should be based on one or more of the relevant factors listed at FAR 19.109(c)(1)):

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SECTION J: SAM.GOV

Please re-read the following in RFP, Section L:

• FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management – Registration, with Alternate I

• DFARS 252.204-7998, Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications

In accordance with RFP, Section L, DFARS 252.204-7998(g):

The Offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov. After reviewing the SAM database information, the Offeror verifies by submission of the offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically that apply to this solicitation as indicated in FAR 52.204-7 and paragraph

(f) of this provision have been entered or updated within the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer, and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.203-1); except for the changes identified below [Offeror to insert changes, identifying change by provision number, title, date]. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer.

FAR/DFARS Provision No. Title Date Change

Any changes provided by the Offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications located in the SAM database.

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SECTION K: EXCEPTIONS

An Offeror’s submission of exceptions is NOT MANDATORY. These will not be evaluated as part of the proposal ratings. Any exceptions submitted after the Offer Due Date defined in SF 1449, Block 8, will be considered solely at the Contracting Officer’s discretion.