Attch_05_Client Authorization Letter.docx

RFP FA8534-21-R-0004

ATTACHMENT 5

Client Authorization Letter

NOTE TO OFFERORS: This procurement could be similar to commercial supplies/services. Therefore, to assist the Government’s Past Performance Team in assessing your present and past performance on relevant commercial contracts, the following letter must be sent to your points of contact (POCs) for those commercial efforts that you identify to us in your past performance volume. Should you propose to use joint venture members, you must obtain a similar client authorization letter from each entity. HOWEVER, it is your sole responsibility, as the offeror, to then send out these authorization letters with the Present/Past Performance Questionnaire to your own POCs and to those of your joint venture members and include a copy in your past performance volume.

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Client Authorization Letter

(TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY OFFEROR)

Dear (Client):

We are currently responding to the Department of the Air Force (AF), Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Request for Proposal (RFP) FA8534-21-R-0004 for the procurement of the 10K/50K/210K Collapsible Fuel Tanks.

As you know past performance has become an element of increased emphasis in the AF’s acquisitions. They are requesting that clients of companies who submit proposals in response to their RFP for the 10K/50K/210K Collapsible Fuel Tanks Program be contacted, and that their participation in the validation process be requested. We, therefore, respectfully request and hereby authorize you to complete the attached Questionnaire with regards to work we have performed for you, and submit it either electronically or by mail. If sending electronically, the following applies:

Exchanges of source selection information between Government and offerors will be controlled by the Contracting Officer. Exchanges of source selection information after submission of the initial proposal packages between the Government and offerors will be controlled by the Contracting Officer. Email may be used to transmit such information only if the email can be sent encrypted, and must include “Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104” in the subject line of the email. In order to facilitate the sending and receiving of encrypted emails, offerors must use MS Outlook email configured to support encryption or a different email product that is S/MIME compatible and configured to support encryption. If you intend to submit your source selection information via encrypted email, you will need to contact the Buyer/Contracting Officer indicated on the face page of the solicitation prior to that first submittal in order to exchange certificates used for encryption. To ensure the process is working correctly, send a test encrypted message first (without including any source selection information). Otherwise, source selection information will be transmitted via DoD SAFE at https://safe.apps.mil. When submitting source selection information via email, file suppression utilities, to include but not limited to zip files, will not be accepted. Before submitting source selection information via DoD SAFE, offerors shall submit an email request to both Amy Holder and Philip Holt (amy.holder@us.af.mil and philip.holt@us.af.mil) to request a DoD SAFE drop-off link.

We, therefore, respectfully request and hereby authorize you to verbally discuss the attached Questionnaire when contacted via telephone by the Government with regards to work we have performed for you.

We have identified Mr./Ms. (Name) of your organization as the point of contact based on their knowledge concerning our work. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated. Any questions may be directed to: [NAME AND PHONE NUMBER FOR THE OFFEROR’S POINT OF CONTACT]

Sincerely, [OFFEROR'S POINT OF CONTACT]

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