Combined Synopsis.docx

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Commercial Items

1. Solicitation Number: W50S9C26QA009

2. Title: Optimizing Human Weapon System (OHWS) Services

3. NAICS Code: 621340 – Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (Size Standard: $12.5 Million)

4. Response Date: 7 August 2026 at 1:00 P.M.

5. Contact Information:

6. Description: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in RFO 12.201-1(c)(2)(i), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The 158th Fighter Wing requires a contractor to provide all personnel, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform Optimizing Human Weapon System (OHWS) services as defined in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). The objective is to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary "pre-habilitative" physical training program with focused strength and conditioning, physical therapy, massage therapy, and athletic training to meet the unique physical needs of rated fighter aircrew.

This requirement is being solicited as 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

7. Place of Performance:

108 NCO Drive South Burlington, VT 05403

8. Period of Performance: The Period of Performance shall consist of one (1) 12-month base period.

9. Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs): See attached CLIN worksheet

10. Statement of Work: See attached Performance Work Statement (PWS), "158FW OHWS PWS," for a complete description of the requirements.

11. Submission of Quotes:

Quotes shall be submitted electronically to the points of contact listed in Section 5 no later than 1:00 PM Eastern Time on the response date listed in Section 4. The quote shall consist of two separate volumes:

12. Basis for Award: The Government intends to award a single Firm-Fixed-Price contract to the responsible offeror whose quote, conforming to the solicitation, is determined to represent the best value to the Government, using a trade-off process. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are considered approximately equal in importance to Price.

13. Applicable Provisions and Clauses:

This solicitation incorporates one or more provisions and clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/. All provisions and clauses can be found in the attached Clause Logic System PDF.

14. Closing Statement: All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. Offerors are responsible for monitoring the Government Point of Entry (GPE), SAM.gov, for any amendments to this solicitation.

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

As prescribed in 12.205(a)(1), insert a clause substantially as follows:

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (DEVIATION DATE)

(a) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. As a minimum, offers shall include—

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The name, address, telephone number of the Offeror;

(3) The Offeror’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and, if applicable, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator;

(4) Information necessary to evaluate the factors contained in the provision at 52.212-2 or as described in the solicitation;

(5) Responses to provisions that require Offeror completion of information, representations, and certifications (other than those collected via the System for Award Management (SAM)); and

(6) A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments.

(b) Period for acceptance of offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(c) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers and any modifications or revisions to the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

(2) Any offer, modification, or revision received after the time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made and the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition. However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer that makes its terms more favorable to the Government will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

(4) Offerors may withdraw their offers by written notice to the Government received at any time before award.

(d) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror’s initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions, if necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest, accept other than the lowest offer, and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(e) Debriefings. If a postaward debriefing is given to requesting Offerors, the Government will disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1) The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed Offeror’s offer.

(2) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful Offeror and the debriefed Offeror and past performance information on the debriefed Offeror.

(3) The overall ranking of all Offerors when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4) A summary of the rationale for award.

(5) For acquisitions of commercial products, the make and model of the product to be delivered by the successful Offeror.

(6) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed Offeror as to whether the agency followed source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities.

(End of provision)

5.0 QUOTE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

5.1 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 31 July 2025 1300 EST

5.2 Late Quotes. The lateness rules for submitted quotes are outlined in FAR 52.212-1 "Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services," and are incorporated into this solicitation.

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

5.4 Quote Compliance. The Government must have received from the offeror a fully compliant quote. The quote is compliant when it conforms to all of the requirements, terms, and conditions of the solicitation, including the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

5.5 Quote Acceptance. The contractor shall make a clear statement in the quote as to the expiration date of the quote and the stated expiration date shall be valid for all proposed subcontractors as well.

5.5.1 FAR 52.212-1(c) is hereby tailored for this solicitation: The contractor shall specify a quote acceptance period in the Quote Summary of not less than 90 days from the date of the solicitation closing. This date may be extended by mutual agreement.

5.6 Quote Retention. In accordance with FAR Subpart 4.8, Government Contract Files, the Government will retain one copy of all unsuccessful quotes.

5.7 Single Quote Submission. FAR 52.212-1 is hereby tailored to remove subparagraph (e), which does not apply to this solicitation.

5.7.1 Offerors are limited to submitting three quotes with three approaches to meeting all the requirements of this solicitation.

5.7.2 Quotes that contain alternative terms and conditions will be considered as taking exception to the requirements of the solicitation.

5.8 Optional Proprietary and Restrictive Markings

5.8.1 Mark the title page with the following legend:

“This quote 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 quote. 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 [offeror shall insert numbers or other identification of sheets]” and

5.8.2 Mark each sheet of data it wishes to restrict with the following legend:

“Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this quote.”

6.0 QUOTE FORMAT

6.1 This section provides guidance to the offeror for preparing a quote in response to the solicitation. The offeror’s quote shall include all data and information required by this solicitation and submitted in accordance with these instructions. Any contract resulting from this effort shall be required to meet United States Government regulations and statutory requirements. In addition, the offeror is expected to ensure compliance with all laws, regulations, standards, and any other constraints specifically identified in the solicitation.

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

6.2.1 The acceptable electronic formats for quotes shall be compatible with MS Office 2016, specifically MS Word and MS Excel; PDF format is acceptable for the Technical quote and price narrative. The price quote must be in MS Excel format.

6.2.2 Minimum type size shall be 12-point Times New Roman standard font with single spacing (not to exceed 46 lines per page). Typesetting, font compression, or other techniques to reduce character size or spacing are not permitted and are considered a deliberate attempt to circumvent the page limitations. Prohibited techniques include setting the paragraph line spacing, a feature of MS Word, “exactly at 12-point.”

6.2.3 All quotes volumes shall be labeled with the solicitation number (W50S9C-25-Q-A009), as well as the name, address, and telephone number of the Offeror.

6.2.4 All volumes shall be electronic files and not be password protected.

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

6.4 Quotes may not include classified information. All quotes shall be at the UNCLASSIFIED level. Every submission must be properly identified and marked with the proper security classification.

7.0 QUOTE CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION

7.1 The offeror shall prepare the quote as set forth in Table 1, Quote Organization Table and Table 2, Quote file Name Matrix. The completion and submission to the Government of documents identified in Table 1, Quote Organization Table, shall constitute an offer and shall indicate the offeror’s unconditional consent to the terms and conditions of the solicitation.

7.2 The quote shall not contain citations for, or active links to live Internet sites or pages. All linked information shall be contained within the electronic quote. Any linked information that is not contained in the quote will not be accepted.

7.3 Each volume shall be written or presented on a standalone basis. Information required for quote evaluation that is not found in its designated volume or presentation will be assumed to have been omitted from the quote and will not be considered.

7.4 Pages that exceed the required page limitations set forth in Table 1, Quote Organization Table, will not be evaluated by the Government. A cover page, table of contents, and acronym list shall be included in each volume and will not be included in any applicable page limits.

TABLE 1 QUOTE ORGANIZATION TABLE

Quote Summary – Not Evaluated Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) – Not Evaluated

7.5 All electronic files must be submitted using the file names in Table 2, Quote File Name matrix, below.

TABLE 2 QUOTE FILE NAME MATRIX

8.0 QUOTE DOCUMENTS

8.1 Quotes shall be clear and concise and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation. The offeror shall not simply rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements but shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet those requirements. The offeror should assume the Government has no prior knowledge of its capabilities and experience. The Government will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror’s quote in response to this solicitation, except as stated in the past performance evaluation section.

8.2 Quotes shall be structured in accordance with the Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN) structure set forth in the solicitation.

8.3 QUOTE SUMMARY, Volume 1, shall include:

· Solicitation No. W50S9C-26-Q-A009

· Date submitted

· Offeror’s name

· Offeror’s address, CAGE code, and UEIDs

· Offeror contact information for quote POC(s)

· All proposed subcontractor(s) (as applicable)

· Address, CAGE code, and UEIDs for each proposed subcontractor

· Quote Acceptance Period

· OCI Plan or negative affirmation

8.4 Signature Actions/offeror Fill-Ins. Offerors shall submit a copy of all completed fill-ins for provisions and clauses requiring contractor provided information, and (if applicable) a signed copy of all amendments to the solicitation. System for Award Management (SAM) certifications need not be separately submitted; however, all offerors must be successfully registered and valid in SAM prior to award.

8.5 Where certifications and approved systems are required for an offeror, if the quote is being submitted by a Joint Venture, certifications and approved systems for the principals (partners) of the joint venture will be considered as valid for that offeror providing the necessary documentation from all principals (partners) is provided with the quote.

8.6 Joint Venture (JV): To be recognized as a JV and eligible for award, the membership arrangements of the JV must be identified and the company relationships fully disclosed in the offeror's quote IAW FAR 9.603. A copy of the agreement establishing the JV must contain the signatures of all of the members comprising the JV.

8.7 Statement of Acknowledgement. Any exceptions taken to the attachments, exhibits, enclosures, or other solicitation terms, conditions, or documents may be grounds for the Contracting Officer to reject the quote from further consideration in the source selection process.

8.8 Assumptions. The offeror shall consolidate and identify all offeror's generated "assumptions" contained anywhere in the quote. Also, the offeror shall include a statement that none of the "assumptions" contradict or take exception to any terms, conditions, or requirements of the solicitation. Any exceptions taken to the attachments, exhibits, enclosures, or other solicitation terms, conditions, or documents may be grounds for the KO to reject the quote from further consideration in the source selection process.

9.0 TECHNICAL CAPABILITY, Volume 2, shall include:

9.1 The Technical Capability section of the quote shall present relevant information articulating the offeror’s proposed approach to meeting the PWS requirements. This section shall clearly demonstrate the offeror’s understanding by providing a clear description of the proposed approach to performing the work. The offeror’s description should include a clear description of all processes and procedures employed. Offerors shall provide relevant experience (for this purpose, experience refers to what an offeror has done, not how well it was accomplished) in performing proposed processes and procedures. This section shall not include any pricing data. The offeror’s quote information will be evaluated to assess the risk that the offeror will timely meet contract requirements.

9.2 Sub-factor 1: Initial Evaluations. Offerors shall describe in detail, their approach to providing the requested client evaluations in accordance with PWS Paragraph 5.1.1.

9.3 Sub-factor 2: Develop / Update Individual Training Plans. Offerors shall describe, in detail, their approach to providing the requested client training plans in accordance with PWS paragraph 5.2

9.4 Sub-factor 3: Strength & Conditioning and Athletic Trainer Services. Offerors shall describe in detail their approach, to include their intended manning plan, to providing the requested strength and conditioning and athletic training services in accordance with PWS paragraphs 5.3.1 thru 5.3.2

9.5 Sub-factor 4: Additional Contractor Furnished Training Equipment and Tools. Offerors shall describe in detail any items to increase effectiveness beyond the items listed in the PWS to increase effectiveness of this program.

10.0 PAST PERFORMANCE, Volume 3, shall include:

10.1 The offeror shall submit information for a total of up to three years (no more than 5) of recent contract past performance references that were performed by the offeror as the prime contractor, which the offeror considers having relevance. These may include foreign, federal, state, local and private industry contracts.

10.1.1 While the Government may elect to consider data obtained from internal and external sources other than the quote, the burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information remains with the offeror. It is the offeror's responsibility to submit detailed and complete information so the Government may evaluate its Past Performance.

10.2 The Government does not assume the duty to search for data to cure problems it finds in quotes.

10.3 The below instructions are provided to advise offerors as to the information required by the Government to assess the contractor's Recent and Relevant past performance. Since this information constitutes a basis of the Government's review, it is imperative that the offeror present its past performance in a clear and complete manner.

10.3.1 Failure to provide the information requested below may result in an assessment that the offeror does not possess a record of Recent and Relevant past performance.

10.3.2 Recent contracts are those performed within three years of the date of issuance of this solicitation.

10.3.3 Relevant contracts are those comparable in scope and magnitude of effort and complexity to the PWS requirement(s).

10.3.4 At least one of the past performance references that the offeror submits shall include recent and relevant performance of the same or similar requirements as those described in PWS section(s) 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4.

10.4 Contract Information: The offeror's quotes shall substantiate what distinct effort was required and performed under each of the contract(s) included in the quotes.

10.4.1 For each Contract(s) submitted, provide the following information:

· Prime Contractor name and address;

· Contract Number (and delivery/contract number if applicable);

· Contract Type;

· Total Value of the Contract (beginning & ending value);

· Delivery or Performance Schedule;

· Contract period of performance;

· Government or private industry contracting activity address, telephone number and e-mail;

· Procuring Contracting Officers (PCO) and/or Contract Specialist's name, or point of contact for private industry entity responsible for signing or administering the Contract, telephone number and e-mail;

· Government (DCMA) or private industry administrative contracting officer (ACO), contracting officers representative (COR), performance certifier, and/or quality assurance representative (QAR), name, telephone number and email;

· Specify the Government or Contractor Point(s) of Contact for which the Questionnaire was sent, and provide the date(s) it was sent;

10.4.2 Provide a description of the work performed by the offeror, which shall include a narrative describing the similarities between (1) the relevant work performed under the PWS requirements of the offeror's cited contract(s) and (2) the PWS requirements identified in paragraph 5.0. In its narrative, the offeror shall specify the location in the cited contract PWS (to include paragraph and page number) that substantiates the relevant work performed (see 6.2.7 below);

10.4.3 If the proposed Contract was issued under or in connection with a related written instrument (e.g. IDIQ, BOA, BPA, FSS) and the details of the distinct effort actually performed needed to establish relevancy on the proposed contract are further defined within the terms and conditions (e.g. statement of work) of that related written instrument, provide that information and any other information necessary to establish this instrument's relationship to the proposed contract. (These documents can be submitted as stand-alone attachments with the quotes).

10.4.4 The offeror may also be evaluated based on other internal Government or private source information. The Government may utilize the Contract Performance and Rating System (CPARS) to search for recent and relevant offeror performance and ratings.

10.5 The Government will conduct an in-depth evaluation of all recent performance information to determine how closely the services performed under those contracts relate to the management and technical requirement(s). Consideration will be given to similar service, similar complexity of the effort, breadth and depth of skills, similar contract scope and type, and schedule. In addition, consideration will be given to any quality awards or certifications that indicate the offeror has a high-quality process for developing and producing the products or services required by this acquisition.

10.6 The offeror may provide a copy of its most recent CPARS evaluation, if applicable, showing the overall rating(s) for each of the past performance references provided in the quote.

10.7 Past Performance Questionnaire. A past performance questionnaire is provided in Attachment 4. For each contract submitted by the offeror, the offeror shall send a copy of the past performance questionnaire directly to the appropriate [Government] contracting activity and technical representative responsible for the past/current contract. The offeror shall request that these individuals complete the questionnaire and forward it electronically directly to the Government at (kristen.lucey.2@us.af.mil and james.yoshikawa@us.af.mil) as soon as possible and prior to the solicitation closing date with the subject heading “PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR W50S9C-25-Q-A009 [Offeror name].

11.0 PRICE, Volume 4, shall include:

11.1 Price Quote Format.

11.1.1 Electronic spreadsheet files (Workbooks) shall be sent in MS Excel 2013 compatible format, and include all formulas, functions, macros, computations, or equations used to compute the proposed amounts. There can be no cell references to data or files which are not included in the Price Volume. For each Workbook, all Rows, Columns, Cells and Worksheets must be Visible (object.Visible=True). Zero height/Zero width rows/columns in Worksheets are not acceptable. Worksheet cells formatted with the Font color equal to the Fill color are unacceptable. Workbooks or Worksheets shall not be password protected. Print image files or pictures (for example a picture of an Excel spreadsheet embedded in a word document) or files containing only values are not acceptable.

11.1.2 Supporting narrative, including Basis of Estimate (BOE) sheets, shall be provided in files that are MS Excel 2016 or MS Word 2016 compatible. BOEs may not be submitted as pictures. Text or spreadsheets used as supporting rationale within a BOE may not be included as a picture.

11.1.3 Under no circumstances is price information and documentation to be included elsewhere in the quote.

11.2 The price quotes shall contain:

11.2.1 The offeror shall submit data substantiating the price proposed to complete the requirements identified in the solicitation. The offeror’s price quotes shall contain sufficient factual information to establish that the proposed price is reasonable and complete. The offeror shall submit a narrative BOE to substantiate the price quote.

11.2.2 The offeror shall provide:

· Labor with hourly rate build up. The total price for each CLIN in the solicitation. The offeror shall identify hours and fully burdened rates for all labor categories. The quote shall identify all price elements including direct labor and other direct costs broken out by indirect rate. The offeror shall provide a basis for any proposed labor escalation, including an explanation of how it was applied in this offer.

11.2.3 Subcontractor Price Submission. Subcontractor price quote information should be submitted and included as part of the prime offeror’s quote submission. In the event that a subcontractor declines to provide complete price quote to the offeror, that subcontractor’s quote information may be submitted by the subcontractor directly to the Government using the same submission instructions noted above. Such submissions shall arrive at or prior to the due date for quotes noted on the front page of this solicitation.

11.2.4 Reserved.

11.2.5 In accordance with FAR 13.106-3(a), in addition to the information requested above, the Government reserves the right to request additional or more detailed information to support its evaluation of price reasonableness.

11.2.6 Reserved

12.0 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST

12.1 The provisions of FAR 9.5, OCI, apply to any award under this solicitation. Potential offerors should review their current and planned participation in any other Government contracts, subcontracts, consulting, or teaming arrangements where they may be in a position of actual or perceived bias or unfair competitive advantage. A common example with the potential for OCI is where an entity performs work both as a system contractor/subcontractor and as a Government support contractor for Government offices involved in supporting program efforts or related programs.

12.2 All offerors shall make a preliminary disclosure to the PCO, at the time of its quote, of any Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) issues it has identified or provide an affirmative statement that the offeror does not have an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) as it applies to this solicitation.

12.2.1 An offeror failing to submit an OCI plan that it is later determined should have been submitted, could cause the quote to be rejected and no longer be considered for award. Offerors shall include in its plan where its employees are located and the total of employees in the location(s).

12.3 Offerors should disclose any potential OCI situations to the PCO as soon as identified including prior to quote submission. The disclosure should include the facts and an analysis of the actual or perceived conflict and a recommended approach(s) to neutralize or mitigate the potential conflict. The preferred approach to potential conflicts is to negate/obviate the conflict. Mitigation is considered only if it is not practical to negate/obviate the conflict. The PCO will promptly respond to resolve any potential conflicts.

13.0 Award. 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.

14.0 EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

14.1 The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote 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:

14.1.1 Technical Capability

14.1.2 Past Performance

14.1.3 Price

14.2 Basis for Award

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

14.2.2 Per FAR 9.103, the contract will be placed only with an offeror that the Contracting Officer determines to be responsible, that is, those who can satisfactorily perform the necessary tasks and deliver the required services on time. Prospective offerors, in order to qualify as sources for this acquisition, must be able to demonstrate that they meet standards of responsibility set forth in FAR 9.104. In addition, the Government may assess the offeror’s financial ability to meet the solicitation requirements. No award can be made to an offeror who has been determined to be not responsible by the Contracting Officer.

14.2.3 Consistency. Each section of the offeror’s quote shall be consistent within the quote.

14.2.4 Completeness. The Government’s ability to evaluate a quote may depend on the level of detail and supporting documentation provided. Insufficient supporting documentation or detail in a quote may prevent the Government from evaluating a quote.

14.2.5 The Government will assess the offeror’s quote on three factors: (1) Technical Capability, (2) Past Performance and (3) Total Price (TP). Because award will be made based on best overall value to the government, not price alone, it is important that proposals describe how the contractor proposes to meet the requirements of the PWS. Furthermore the government reserves the right to select a response providing benefit to the government exceeding the minimum, but is not required to do so.

14.3 EVALUATION OF TECHNICAL CAPABILITY

14.3.1 The technical capability section of the quote shall present relevant information articulating the offeror’s proposed approach to meeting the PWS requirements. This section shall clearly demonstrate the offeror’s understanding by providing a clear description of the proposed approach to performing the work. Illustrations (pictures, diagrams, etc.) submitted as part of the quote shall be clearly labeled and the quote shall include sufficient explanation to ensure that the Government is able to determine the relationship between the illustration and the requirement. 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. This section shall not include any pricing data. The quote shall address how the offeror will meet or exceed the following technical requirements:

14.3.2 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 the following PWS paragraphs: Subfactor 1) Initial Evaluations, PWS paragraph 5.1.1; Subfactor 2) Develop / Update Individual Training Plans, PWS paragraph 5.2; Subfactor 3) Strength & Conditioning and Athletic Trainer Services, PWS paragraphs 5.3.1 thru 5.3.2; Subfactor 4) Additional Contractor Furnished Training Equipment and Tools, additional items not included in the PWS as Government or contractor furnished PWS Paragraphs 3 & 4.

14.3.3 Sub-factor 1: Initial Evaluations. This subfactor is met when the offeror describes in detail, their approach to providing the requested client evaluations in accordance with PWS Paragraph 5.1.1.

14.3.4 Sub-factor 2: Develop / Update Individual Training Plans. This subfactor is met when the offeror describes, in detail, their approach to providing the requested client training plans in accordance with PWS paragraph 5.2.

14.3.5 Sub-factor 3: Strength & Conditioning and Athletic Trainer Services. This subfactor is met when the offeror describes in detail their approach, to include their intended manning plan, to providing the requested strength and conditioning and athletic training services in accordance with PWS paragraphs 5.3.1 thru 5.3.2.

14.3.6 Sub-factor 4: Additional Contractor Furnished Training Equipment and Tools. This subfactor is met when the offeror describes in detail any items to increase effectiveness beyond the items listed in the PWS paragraphs 3 & 4 to increase effectiveness of this program.

14.4 EVALUATION OF PAST PERFORMANCE

14.4.1 The evaluation of this factor will assess the risk of unsuccessful performance of the offeror’s proposed approach to performing efforts of a similar scope, magnitude, and complexity as the requirement described in the PWS.

14.4.2 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.

14.4.3 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.

14.4.4 The offeror may also be evaluated on past contract performance information utilizing internal Government or private source information and the Government reserves the right to use any information received as part of its evaluation. The Government may contact any of the references the offeror provides and reserves the right to use any information received as part of its evaluation.

14.4.5 In evaluating the offeror's performance history, the Government may compare the offeror's deliveries or performance to the contract's original delivery or performance schedule, unless the delay was Government-caused. Schedule extensions that were the fault of the offeror, even if consideration was provided, may be counted against the offeror.

14.5 EVALUATION OF PRICE FACTOR

14.5.1 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.

14.5.2 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.

14.5.3 Completeness. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions with offerors, but discussions are not anticipated or intended. Since discussions are not anticipated or intended, the Government requires complete quotes with respect to price. A complete quote will include all information required by this solicitation.

14.5.4 Unbalanced Pricing. Offerors should note that pricing will be carefully reviewed to detect whether quotes are unbalanced between line items or subline items, as well as unbalance between periods. Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more-line items is significantly over or understated as indicated by the application of cost or price analysis techniques. Unbalanced offers may be determined unacceptable

2. EVALUATION APPROACH

All proposals shall be evaluated by a Source Selection Team (SST) consisting of, at a minimum, the contracting officer, requiring activity representative, and other personnel as deemed necessary.

a. The overarching evaluation approach for all factors is as follows:

1) Adequacy of Response. All factors are evaluated for adequacy of response (whether the offeror's proposal fully satisfies the requirements set forth in the solicitation/RFQ).

2) Feasibility of Approach. The proposal will be evaluated to determine whether the offeror's proposal is workable and capable of achieving the required end results within the required schedule.

b. The Technical factor evaluates the offeror’s proposal for the basic contract period and all option years that at least meets the minimum Acceptable levels of the overall requirement. A rating of Marginal could indicate a lack of understanding concerning mission requirements and may result in the entire proposal receiving an unfavorable rating and/or being eliminated from the competitive range.

Evaluation of Technical factor: The Technical factor will be reviewed according to whether the proposal demonstrates that the offeror understands the requirement, has the necessary expertise to achieve it, and its proposal is adequately designed to achieve required results. The Technical approach and related risk are evaluated using the combined technical/risk rating table below, which considers risk in conjunction with strengths, weaknesses, uncertainties, and deficiencies in determining technical ratings.

TABLE 1 – COMBINED TECHNICAL/RISK RATINGS

c. Cost/Price Factor. Adjectival ratings shall not be used for offerors’ Price proposals. The Government will fully evaluate all priced Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) for award. For award purposes, the Government will use a sample task order (see provided pricing table) for each of the base and option years. The government will evaluate the total sum of the CLIN total proposed prices. While the grand total of the sample task orders for the base and three option years will be used as the basis for evaluating proposals, the offerors proposed unit prices must be based on fully burdened rates that will be binding on the purchase order. The evaluation of option CLINs will not obligate the Government to exercise any option. The Offeror’s Cost/Price proposal will be evaluated as follows.

1). FFP Evaluation. For a price to be fair and reasonable, it must represent a price to the Government that a prudent person would pay in the conduct of competitive business. The Offeror’s proposed fixed-price CLINs may be evaluated, using one or more of the techniques described in FAR 15.404-1 in order to determine if they are fair and reasonable

2) Overall Price Proposal Evaluation: The overall Cost/Price proposal will evaluated for the following:

a) Compliance: The Cost/Price proposal submitted by the Offeror will be evaluated for compliance based upon the submission requirements contained in the instructions.

1) Evaluation of past performance shall be done by review of information provided by the offeror’s references and previous contracts of the same size and scope to this PWS.

2) The Government will focus its inquiries on the offeror’s (and major subcontractor’s) record of performance as it relates to all solicitation requirements, including cost, schedule, and past performance. Absent any recent and relevant past performance history or when the performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror will be assigned a “neutral confidence rating” and its proposal will not be evaluated either favorably or unfavorably on past performance. The Government may use data provided by the offeror in its proposal and data obtained from other sources, including data in Government files or data obtained through interviews with personnel familiar with the contractor and their current and past performance under Federal, State or Local government or commercial contracts for same or similar services.

3) Offerors shall submit all Government and/or commercial contracts for the prime offeror and each major subcontractor in performance or awarded during the past 3 years, from the issue date of this RFQ, which are relevant to the efforts required by this RFQ. The Government may consider a wide array of information from a variety of sources, but is not compelled to rely on all of the information available.

4) The past performance factor considers each offeror’s demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance in supplying products and services similar to the contract requirements. There are three aspects to the past performance evaluation: recency, relevancy, and quality.

(a) RECENCY: The first aspect is to evaluate the recency of the offeror’s past performance. Recency is generally expressed as a time period during which past performance references are considered relevant, and is critical to establishing the relevancy of past performance information.

(b) RELEVANCY: The second aspect is to determine how relevant a recent effort accomplished by the offeror is to the effort to be acquired through the source selection. Relevancy is not separately rated; however, the following criteria (see Table 2) will be used to establish what is relevant which shall include similarity of service/support, complexity, dollar value, contract type, and degree of subcontract/teaming.

Table 2 - Past Performance Relevancy Ratings

(c) QUALITY ASSESSMENT: The third aspect assesses the overall quality of the offeror’s past performance. Documented results from references, interviews, CPARS, and other sources form the support and basis for this assessment.

5) Performance Confidence Assessment: The Government will utilize the Performance Confidence Assessment (see Table 3 below) to select the most appropriate confidence level for each Offeror.

TABLE 3 - Performance Confidence Assessments

Effective 1 June 1998, contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), prior to receiving any contract award. You can register in SAM via the internet at https://www.sam.gov.

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