BBG50-R-13-0004_Amendment_1.pdf

BBG50-R-13-0004 Amendment No. 1 September 4, 2013

Solicitation No. BBG50-R-13-0004 is being amended to post responses to questions submitted by

Offerors and amend various sections of Solicitation No. BBG50-R-13-0004. The amended changes are listed below:

I. The responses to Offeror’s questions are listed below:

Specific Questions:

Question 1: We have downloaded Solicitation # BBG50-R-13-0004 and Attachments 1 - 10, and don't see any Standard Form 33 accompanying the solicitation. Please advise.

Answer 1: Standard Form 33 is attached to this amendment with the solicitation repaginated to show all sections B – M. See Attachment entitled “SF 33”.

Question 2: Is it possible to get security clearances for Foreign Nationals and use them to provide maintenance support?

Answer 2: No, as stated in Section C.1.5 Background Investigations/Security Clearances, in order for the

BBG Office of Security to carry out the required background investigations, the employee nominated by the Contractor must be a Citizen of the United States of America.

Question 3: When our engineers are required to travel in order to arrive at a site, at what point do we begin to charge the government the hourly rate?

Answer 3: The contractor can begin charging hourly rate when the contractor is at the Government site performing the work.

II. The following sections of BBG50-R-13-0004 are amended as noted below:

A. In Section B, under Price Schedule, change the second sentence as follows:

From: Travel expenses for Contractor personnel shall be reimbursed in accordance with the applicable Government regulations and Section G.4 below.

To: Travel expenses for Contractor personnel (other than PM, which are covered by the firm-fixed-price for PM) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the applicable Government regulations and Section G.4 below.

B. Change the title of L.7 as follows:

From: Technical Proposal

To: Technical Proposals and Past Performance Information.

BBG50-R-13-0004 Amendment No. 1 September 4, 2013

C. In Section L.7.2.1, change the first sentence as follows:

From: The Offeror shall provide a detailed description of its experience in the past five (5) years in performing corrective and preventive maintenance for antenna types referenced in Section C.2.6.

To: The Offeror shall provide a detailed description of its experience in the past five (5) years in performing corrective and preventive maintenance for antenna types referenced in Section C.2.4.5.

D. Change the title of M.2.1 as follows:

From: Technical Factors

To: Technical Factors and Past Performance Factor

E. In Section M.2.1.3, change the first sentence as follows:

From: The Offeror shall provide recent examples (within the past 5 years) demonstrating experience in CM and PM of antennas described in Section C.2.6.

To: The Offeror shall provide recent examples (within the past 5 years) demonstrating experience in

CM and PM of antennas described in Section C.2.4.5

F. Change the title of M.2.1.4 as follows:

From: Past Performance

To: Past Performance Factor

G. Section M.2.2.1 is changed as follows:

From: In addition to being compared to the prices in the other Offerors proposals, each Price

Proposal will be compared against the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE). If a Price

Proposal is clearly outside the IGCE, it will be evaluated as unacceptable and the Offeror will not be considered for the award. Proposed prices should reflect a clear understanding of the work and skills required for Task Order performance. A Price Proposal determined to be outside the IGCE in relation to its accompanying technical proposal will be deemed reflective of an inherent lack of technical competence or indicative of failure to comprehend the complexity and risk of the Task

Order requirements and may result in the rejection of the Offeror’s proposal.

To: In addition to being compared to the prices in the other Offerors proposals, each Price

Proposal will be compared against the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE). If a Price

Proposal is clearly outside the IGCE, it will be evaluated as unacceptable and the Offeror will not be considered for the award. The total evaluated price will be calculated by adding the sum of the prices of all the options to the price for the base period.

All others terms and conditions of Solicitation No. BBG50-R-13-0004 remain unchanged.