B01.01 Combined Synopsis Solicitation - PANHEC-26-P-0000 026407 - CWMS ATO.pdf

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See FAR 2.201 and 3.104 1

REPLY TO

ATTENTION OF

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

USACE MISSION SUPPORT BATTALION

7701 TELEGRAPH ROAD

ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315-3860

Contracting Office: CEHEC-CT 18 AUG 2026

COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION

Solicitation Number: PANHEC-26-P-0000 026407

Requirement Title: CWMS Database Authorization Maintenance and Improvements

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services prepared in accordance with the format in Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation

Overhaul (RFO) 12.202.

A Firm Fixed Priced (FFP) award will be made in accordance with the following:

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

514511 Custom Computer Programming Services: with a size standard of $34.0M.

II. NATURE OF ACQUISITION:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institution for Water Resource (IWR) has a requirement to purchase the services stated below. This procurement will be awarded using Simplified

Acquisition Procedures.

All questions must be received by 24 AUG 2026, 4:30 pm US Eastern Time (ET).

Proposals must be received no later than 03 SEP 2026, 4:30 pm ET.

Electronic proposals submitted via email are required.

The email for questions and proposals must be submitted to the Contract Specialist:

Ms. Quan Nguyen, at email: Quan.Nguyen@usace.army.mil and a copy furnished to the Contracting Officer

Mr. David A. Kaplan, at email: David.A.Kaplan@usace.army.mil

It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure the proposal has been received by the contracting office via email prior to the due date and time. Fax proposals will not be accepted. Late proposals will be processed in accordance with RFO 12.203 Evaluation. Upon receipt of the electronic offer, the Government will acknowledge receipt of that offer via email to the Offeror.

mailto:Quan.Nguyen@usace.army.mil mailto:David.A.Kaplan@usace.army.mil

See RFO 2.101 and 3.104 2

III. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES:

The contractor will provide support for software enhancements to the CWMS, focusing on the database and API components. This includes improving the authorization web UI, implementing the new authorization system within the CWBI cloud environment, conducting load testing, and performing ongoing maintenance and improvements based on user feedback.

Period of Performance:

The period of performance is 360 calendar days from date of contract award.

Place of Performance:

The Offeror’s facility. See the PWS for additional information.

IV. BASIS FOR AWARD

All Proposals will be comparatively evaluated in accordance with RFO 12.203 Evaluation.

Evaluation will be based on the factors described below: Technical and Price. Proposals must be submitted using the CLIN structure below in Factor 2 - Price.

FACTOR 1 – TECHNICAL:

The Offeror must submit a technical proposal detailing how the Offeror proposes to complete the requirements specified in the PWS. The Offeror must limit their technical proposal to no more than fifteen (15) typed pages. Key personnel resumes are highly encouraged and do not count against the page limitation. Key personnel resumes are limited to no more than 2 pages each. The cover page and any table of contents do not count against the page limitation.

The Government will evaluate the technical proposal to determine their understanding of the technical requirements and will evaluate the Offeror’s level of effort and labor category(ies) proposed to complete the requirements in the PWS. The offeror’s proposal will be evaluated on their ability to demonstrate a feasible management plan for accomplishment of work and services of the magnitude involved in this contract.

Offerors must propose a level of effort per labor category (or person) per task in the

Performance Work Statement. This may be built as a table within MS Word or as a MS

Excel Spreadsheet. This table does not count towards the page limit for Factor 1.

FACTOR 2 – PRICE

The Government will use price analysis to determine the total evaluated price. The price factor will be evaluated for price reasonableness in accordance with RFO 12.203 (a)(3). See also RFO

15.404-1. The price to be analyzed is the total price inclusive of the base and all options.

Contract Line Items: This requirement and associated contract line-item numbers (CLIN) are provided below (also within the PWS):

CLIN Description Quantity Unit of

Measure

Price

1001 Task 1a 1 Job

See RFO 2.101 and 3.104 3

1002 Task 1b 1 Job 2001 Task 2 1 Job 3001 Task 3a 1 Job 3002 Task 3b 1 Job 4001 Task 4 1 Job 5001 Task 5a 1 Job 5002 Task 5b 1 Job

Grand Total

All services are to be performed in accordance with the attached PWS.

Price must show the total price per task to complete the required services in accordance with the

PWS, including all indirect rates and profit. This requirement will be awarded as a firm-fixed price contract.

These two factors: Technical Capability, and Price will be comparatively evaluated in accordance with RFO 12.203 Evaluation. Technical Capability is more important than price.

Discussions: The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective offerors. Offerors shall submit sufficient information and, in the format specified in the Proposal

Preparation Instructions. Offerors may be asked to clarify certain aspects of their offer (e.g., the relevance of technical capability information).

V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS RFO 52.212-1 ADDENDUM -

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL

SERVICES

To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must comply with instructions contained herein. Proposals must be complete, detailed and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation.

Interested parties capable of providing the requirement must submit a signed and dated offer on company letterhead with unit prices, extended prices, discount terms, tax identification number, CAGE code, and SAM UEI in response to this solicitation. The requirements of this synopsis/solicitation, including specification, "Schedule of Supplies/Services" and terms and conditions, the offeror agrees to all solicitation requirements. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

All offer information shall be emailed to the points of contact listed in the notice. The offer must be signed and dated by an authorized official of the company. Electronic submissions via e-mail are required.

Offerors must provide pricing for the total price to complete the required services, the hourly rate proposed for each labor category and subtotal cost of labor for each of the labor categories.

To be eligible to receive an award resulting from this RFP, Contractors must be registered in the

System for Award Management (SAM) database, no exceptions. To register, please visit http://www.sam.gov.

Offer Content: See section IV – Factor 1 and 2, above.

http://www.sam.gov/

See RFO 2.101 and 3.104 4

VI. CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and can be viewed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/ in accordance with RFO 52.252-2. The use in this solicitation of any Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (48 CFR Chapter 2) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

The Following Provisions and Clauses Are Incorporated by Full Text:

RFO 52.212-2: Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(a) 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

Proposals:

(i) Technical Capability

(ii) Price

The Technical Capability factor is more importance than Price.

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.

RFO 4.203-1(a)(2) Entity - Level Offeror Representations and Certifications is incorporated by reference in this combine synopsis and solicitation. Offerors must include a statement that certifies the Offeror’s Representations and Certifications are up to date in System for Award management.

The following RFO and DFARS (Class Deviation 2026-O000x) clauses are applicable to this solicitation and the resultant contact.

52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by

Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities

52.204-25 Prohibition of Contracting for Certain Telecomunications and Video Surveillance Services or

Equipment

52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Services

52.217-5 Evaluation Of Options

See RFO 2.101 and 3.104 5

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons

52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors

52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

52.233-3 Protest after Award

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications

52.240-91 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product

252.204-7008 Compliance With Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

252.204-7012

(CD 2025-O0025)

Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services--Representation

252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or

Services--Representation

252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or

Services

252.209-7004 Subcontracting With Firms That Are Owned or Controlled By The Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items

252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region–

Representation

252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments

252.240-7997 NIST SP 800-171 DOD Assessment Requirements

See RFO 2.101 and 3.104 6

RFO 52.217-7: Option for Increased Quantity – Separately Priced Line Items

The Government may require performance of the numbered line item, identified in the Schedule as an option task, at the price stated in the Schedule. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor no less than 10 days prior to expiration of the contract. Performance of option tasks shall be at the rate called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree.

(End of clause)

David A. Kaplan

Contracting Officer

David.A.Kaplan@usace.army.mil mailto:David.A.Kaplan@usace.army.mil