Attch 2_ Instructions to Offerors.docx

***Addendum to FAR 52.212-1***

QUOTE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Submission Due Date. The offeror must ensure its Quote, in its entirety, reaches the required destination before the date and time set for closing of the solicitation. The submission due date for this solicitation is 22 May 2026 at 03:00 PM EDT.

Submission. The Quote submitted in response to this solicitation shall be formatted as stated below and furnished electronically to Contracting Officer, MSgt Kristen Lucey via email at kristen.lucey.2@us.af.mil and MSgt James Yoshikawa at james.yoshikawa@us.af.mil. The Quote shall only be submitted as described.

Quote Acceptance. FAR 52.212-1(c) is hereby tailored for this solicitation: Quote must be valid until 30 September 2026.

QUOTE FORMAT

The Quote submitted in response to the solicitation shall be formatted as stated below and furnished as stated herein.

The acceptable electronic formats for Quote shall be compatible with MS Office 2013, specifically MS Word and MS Excel; PDF format is acceptable for the Technical Capabilities and Past Performance.

The price Quote must be in the MS Excel format included in the solicitation labeled Attch 3_Price Quote Spreadsheet.

Offerors shall scan all files for computer viruses prior to submission to the Government.

QUOTE DOCUMENTS

Quote shall be clear and concise and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation. The Government will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror’s Quote in response to this solicitation.

The QUOTE SUMMARY shall include:

Solicitation No. W50S9C-26-Q-A008 Date submitted Offeror’s name Offeror’s address, CAGE code, and DUNs Offeror contact information for Quote POC(s) All proposed subcontractor(s) and address (if applicable) Quote Acceptance Period

The TECHNICAL CAPABILITY shall include:

The Technical Capability section of the Quote shall present relevant information articulating the offeror’s proposed approach to meeting the OSHA compliant inspections and testing outlined in Section 5 of the PWS. The offeror’s Quote should include a clear description of all processes and procedures employed. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of the offeror’s facilities and business practices.

The PAST PERFORMANCE shall include:

The offeror shall submit no more than 3(three) recent and relevant past performance references that demonstrate the Offeror’s ability to perform crane load testing and inspections.

The PRICE, Volume 4, shall include:

Price Quote Format.

Offerors are required to utilize Attachment 3, Price Quote Spreadsheet, to submit Quotes and include all formulas, functions, macros, computations, or equations used to compute the proposed amounts. Offeror should ensure formulas are correct and ensure balanced pricing. Unbalanced pricing may result in a non-responsive offer. Spreadsheet shall not be password protected.

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Technical Capability Past Performance Price

Basis for Award

The Government intends to award a single Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Contract as a result of this solicitation.

EVALUATION OF TECHNICAL CAPABILITY

Evaluation of this factor will assess the offeror's proposed approach and understanding of the requirements and risk of unsuccessful performance of the proposed approach to technical capability in accordance with PWS paragraphs 5.0 through 5.5

Technical Capabilities shall be rated as “acceptable” or “not acceptable”.

EVALUATION OF PAST PERFORMANCE

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance to determine the likelihood that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort described in the PWS.

Contracts submitted in the Past Performance section of the offeror's Quote will not be considered if the Government determines them to be not recent, not relevant, or lacking any credible past performance information. If the offeror does not have a record of Recent and Relevant past performance information the offeror will be rated as "Neutral,” which is neither favorable nor unfavorable.

Past Performance shall be rated as “acceptable” or “not acceptable”. In the case of an offeror without a record of recent or relevant past performance or the offeror can not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable”.

EVALUATION OF PRICE FACTOR

Evaluation of price will be performed using one or more of the price analysis techniques in FAR 13.106-3. Through these techniques the Government will determine whether prices are reasonable, complete, and are not unbalanced.

Reasonableness. The Government will evaluate the price reasonableness of the offerors' proposed prices to ensure that in its nature and amount, it does not exceed what would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of competitive business. The Government shall employ price analysis techniques in accordance with FAR 13.106-3 to determine that a proposed price is fair and reasonable.