Draft__SF 24_Line Haul_Combined Synopsis Solicitation -25Jul KO.pdf

RFQ/SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912CL-24-Q-0016

SOUTHERN FENIX 24 EXECUTION LINE HAUL

Date: 22 July 24

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR

SOUTHERN FENIX 24 EXECUTION,

LINE HAUL SERVICES

General Information

Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis

W912CL-24-Q-0016

26 July 2024 1500 CST, 1 Aug 2024 1500 CST, 5 Aug 2024 1500 CST, 5 Aug 2024 V119 -- Other Cargo and Freight Services N/A 484110 – General Freight Trucking, local

Solicitation Number:

Posted Date:

Question Due Date:

Original Response Date:

Current Response Date:

Product or Service Code:

Set Aside:

NAICS Code:

Contracting Office Address Regional Contracting Center – Americas 410th Contracting Support Brigade 4130 Stanley Road, Building 1026 JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-2726

Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items,” as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes that only solicitation; “quotations” are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is a "request for quotations (RFQ)”. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-04, dated 01 April 2024.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 484110, with a size standard of $34M.

The 410th Contracting Support Brigade is seeking to obtain support with Line Haul Services which include lowboy/w ramps, 40’ ft flatbed, with prime movers and Material Handling Equipment (MHE), 10K forklift with extended fork services and throughout duration of the contract as specified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

All interested companies shall provide “quotation(s)” for the following:

Services - See Attachment 1 – SF24 Line Haul Services

Attachment 1 CLIN Structure:

CLIN Service QTY Unit Unit

Price Total Price

0001 Line Haul to and from all locations (Deployment) -In accordance with PWS

1 Job

0002 Line Haul to and from all locations (Redeployment) -In accordance with PWS

1 Job

0003 Forklift operations for Deployment and Redeployment – In accordance with PWS

1 Job

0004 Pressure Washers (Redeployment) – In accordance with PWS

1 Job

0005 DBA Insurance 1 Job

Grand Total: $ USD

Company Name: Unique Entity Identifier:

The following FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition:

52.204-1 Approval of Contract. Dec-89 52.204-7 System for Award Management. Oct-18 52.204-12 Unique Entity Identifier Maintenance Oct-16 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance Oct-18 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting Aug-20 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance Aug -20 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications. Dec-14 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems Nov-21 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab

Covered Entities Dec-23

52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment Nov-21 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation Oct-20 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application Feb-23 52.204-29 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Representation and Disclosures. Dec-23 52.209-06 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors

Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment Nov-21

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations Nov-15

52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law.

Feb-16

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services Sep-23 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. Feb-24 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items. Nov-23 52.213-3 Notice to Suppliers Apr-84 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation.

Jan-17

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items and Commercial Components (DOD contracts)

Nov-23

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials Sep-11 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials. Sep-22 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product 252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services--Representation Dec-19 252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications

Equipment or Services--Representation May-21

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

Jan-23

252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors. Jan-23 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. Dec-18 252.232-7006 Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions. (Delete) added FT below on page 8) Jan-23 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments. Dec-06 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications. Dec-91

***NOTE: ALL OFFERORS SHALL COMPLY WITH FAR 52.204-7(b)(1) *** FAR 52.204-7(b)(1): “An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.”

System of Award Management (SAM) Registration Instructions:

1. Visit the SAM home page at https://www.sam.gov/.

2. Click “Create a User Account” button on SAM home page and follow the instructions.

3. Click “Register Entity” button on SAM home page and follow the instructions.

Vendors MUST SECURE Defense Base Act (DBA) Insurance after award of contract. All DBA insurance information can be determined and acquired using the U.S. Department of Labor website. DBA is a 100% mandated requirement for all services outside of the U.S. that does not have a current waiver on file with the U.S. Department of Labor. The country of Barbados does not have a waiver for DBA insurance. DBA is essentially a form of workman’s compensation to ensure all workers are covered in case of an accident during performance of a service contract and is mandatory for all service contracts. DBA Insurance is treated as a Not-to-Exceed Line Item (CLIN), not a Fixed Price CLIN, and the associated costs are fully reimbursable at contract payment. DBA insurance is not considered in the evaluated price for each quotation. Insurance must be presented to contracting officer no later than 7 days after contract award, or the contract will be at risk of termination.”

Vendors MUST submit a DBA quote with combined solicitation to be considered for award. DBA Insurance must be from an approved source https://www.dol.gov/agencies/owcp/dlhwc/lscarrier

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2023)

(b)(2) Questions: Submit all questions via email by 1 Aug 2024 to the 410th Contracting Support Brigade, Regional Contracting Center- Americas, Mr. Robert L. Sheridan, Contracting Officer, robert.l.sheridan10.civ@army.mil with a courtesy copy to SSG David Garza, Contracting Specialist, david.l.garza5.mil@army.mil.

Quote Due Date: The closing date to submit the quote by electronic mail is 5 Aug 2024. Submit the quote to Mr.

Robert L. Sheridan, Contracting Officer, robert.l.sheridan10.civ@army.mil with a courtesy copy to SSG David Garza, Contracting Specialist at david.l.garza5.mil@army.mil.

Submit the Quote by completing Attachment 1, executed copy of any and all amendments to the solicitation and a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This technical description must include a personnel management plan demonstrating the contractor’s capability to provide, manage, and resource the certified personnel requested in the PWS. This may also include product literature, or other documents, if necessary. Please provide past performance and technical capacity information for evaluation.

Title the subject line of your email for questions and submittal of quote is “SF 24 LINE HAUL, W912CL-24-Q-00016.”

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.dol.gov/agencies/owcp/dlhwc/lscarrier mailto:robert.l.sheridan10.civ@army.mil mailto:david.l.garza5.mil@army.mil mailto:robert.l.sheridan10.civ@army.mil mailto:david.l.garza5.mil@army.mil

Addendum to FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered using FAR Part 12 using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13).

Basis of Award: Best Value

1. Past Performance – Quote shall include past performance information in accordance with FAR 52.212-

1(b)(10) for at least two (2), but no more than five (5), recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar services.

2. Technical Evaluation - Quote shall include a detailed logistics explanation in accordance with FAR 52.212-

1(b)(4). To be submitted for technical evaluation. The technical evaluation information should clearly demonstrate the quoter and or identified subcontractors have sufficient supplies, personnel, and understanding of the requirement to meet and/or exceed the requirements from the PWS.

3. “The estimated amount proposed for DBA insurance will not be evaluated; however, will be included in the total contract amount.” DBA will be a separately-priced Not-to-Exceed CLIN for each base. The DBA CLINs will be “estimated” until the paid invoice is submitted.

(b) 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.

FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment As prescribed in 4.2105(a), insert the following provision:

Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation at paragraph (d)(1) of this provision if the Offeror has represented that it "does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument" in paragraph (c)(1) in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation, or in paragraph (v)(2)(i) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products or Commercial Services. The Offeror shall not complete the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision if the Offeror has represented that it "does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services" in paragraph (c)(2) of the provision at 52.204-26, or in paragraph (v)(2)(ii) of the provision at 52.212-3.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

Backhaul, covered telecommunications equipment or services, critical technology, interconnection arrangements, reasonable inquiry, roaming, and substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. (1) Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to—

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(2) Section 889(a)(1)(B) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2020, from entering into a contract or extending or renewing a contract with an entity that uses any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. This prohibition applies to the use of covered telecommunications equipment or services, regardless of whether that use is in performance of work under a Federal contract. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to—

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services".

(d) Representation. The Offeror represents that—

(1) It □ will, □ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(1) of this section if the Offeror responds "will" in paragraph (d)(1) of this section;

and

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry, for purposes of this representation, the Offeror represents that—

It □ does, □ does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(2) of this section if the Offeror responds "does" in paragraph (d)(2) of this section.

(e) Disclosures. (1) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded "will" in the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment—

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); and

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services—

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the Product Service Code (PSC) of the service being provided; and explanation of the http://www.sam.gov/ proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(2) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded "does" in the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment—

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); and

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services—

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the PSC of the service being provided; and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision.

(End of provision)

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders (SEP 2021)

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

(a)(1)-(6) (b)(1), (4), (30), (33), (34), (44), (58), (59), (60)

(d) (1)-(3) (e)(1), and (2)

FAR 52.252-1 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=brosefar

FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text.

Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=brosefar

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (JAN 2023)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor shall use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following document type(s):

(i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher.

(ii) For fixed price line items—

(A) That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer.

B) For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the Invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving report, as specified by the Contracting Officer.

2 in 1 Invoice

(iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request.

https://www.sam.gov/ https://wawf.eb.mil/ https://wawf.eb.mil/

(iv) For performance based payments, submit a performance based payment request.

(v) For commercial financing, submit a commercial financing request.

(2) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.213-1 is included in the contract.

[Note: The Contractor may use a WAWF “combo” document type to create some combinations of invoice and receiving report in one step.]

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table*

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF Pay Official DoDAAC HQ0490 Issue By DoDAAC W912CL Admin DoDAAC** W912CL Inspect By DoDAAC

Ship To Code N/A Ship From Code N/A Mark For Code N/A Service Approver (DoDAAC)

Service Acceptor (DoDAAC)

Accept at Other DoDAAC

(4) Payment request. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation appropriate to the type of payment request in accordance with the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) Receiving report. The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements of DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact.

Contracting Officer: Robert L. Sheridan, Email: robert.l.sheridan10.civ@army.mil

Contracting Specialist: SSG Anthony Strobel, Email: david.l.garza5.mil@army.mil

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

(End of clause)

AMC Level Protest

If you have complaints about this procurement, it is preferable that you first attempt to resolve those concerns with mailto:robert.l.sheridan10.civ@army.mil mailto:david.l.garza5.mil@army.mil the responsible contracting officer. However, you can also protest to Headquarters, AMC. The HQ, AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the General Accounting Office or other external forum. Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 20 working days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.103. Send protests (other than protests to the contracting officer) to:

Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command Office of Command Counsel 4400 Martin Road Rm:

A6SE040.001

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000 Facsimile number (256)450-8840

The AMC-Level protest procedures are found at:

http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/COMMANDCOUNSEL.asp http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/COMMANDCOUNSEL.asp

Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) Transition Information for Offerors

a. The Army Contracting Enterprise (ACE) is in the process of deploying new solicitation and contract writing software to Army contracting offices worldwide. Known as the Army Contract Writing System (ACWS), this modern software suite will soon replace most existing Army contract writing systems, including the system used to create and release this Solicitation.

b. During this transition period, Offerors are hereby advised:

1. The Contracting Office may use any combination of contract writing systems to create and release documents related to this solicitation (e.g. solicitation amendments and awards, if any). Due to this:

i. This solicitation may contain different offer submission instructions than other solicitations released by the same Contracting Office (e.g. requiring offer submission via the PIEE Solicitation Module vs. e-mail). Offerors should review all offer submission instructions contained in the solicitation documents and direct any questions or concerns to the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer.

ii. If the Contracting Office switches contract writing systems prior to award, documents you receive from the Contracting Officer or view on SAM.gov or other forums may appear noticeably different than the initial solicitation or previous solicitations or awards from the same Contracting Office. This is normal and expected.

iii. A change between contract writing systems may cause important information concerning solicitation response (amendments) or accepted terms (awards) to take on different formatting or appear in different parts of later documents issued.

Offerors shall review all documents carefully to locate this important information and direct any questions or concerns to the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer.

2. The Government does not intend to use the transition between contract writing systems to effect any changes to solicitation or award terms and conditions without accompanying document narratives explicitly stating such changes are deliberate and desired. While the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer will take care to minimize or eliminate any inadvertent changes when adapting to the new contract writing software, you, as the Offeror, may still be the first to spot such errors. Therefore, Offerors shall:

i. Notify the Contracting Officer immediately if any observed changes, removals, or additions affect your award eligibility, violate or alter existing quote/proposal terms, or could affect Contract performance post-award.

ii. Take special care to ensure all fill-in Clauses are populated and remain populated across documents received from the Contracting Office throughout the Solicitation and Award process.

iii. Contact the Contracting Officer listed on the first page of the solicitation or solicitation amendment for guidance if you notice or suspect any inadvertent change has occurred between document issuances.

3. The Contracting Officer will correct problems affecting award documents (if any) via bilateral modification, at no cost to the Contractor. Any such modification will reconcile the award with the latest version of this solicitation reflecting deliberate action by the Contracting Officer (e.g. the first issuance if no amendments, or the latest amendment with accompanying narratives), inclusive of any documented pre-award negotiations or accepted supplemental offer terms.

4. In the unlikely event a network disruption, contract writing system error, or financial system error threatens timely award of the requirement set forth in this solicitation, the Contracting Officer:

i. May elect to use alternative mechanisms to obligate funds and allow work or deliveries to legally begin to the benefit of, and with legal protection for, both parties.

ii. Will incorporate the latest version of this Solicitation into such mechanisms to serve as a framework for contract execution until any such system problems are resolved.

iii. Will ensure any action taken does not conflict with the stated offer evaluation and award methodology of this requirement.

iv. Will issue a complete, properly formatted award accurately reflecting this requirement and all applicable terms and conditions once systems return to normal.