Amdt_1_to_RFP_DTFH61-14-R-00005.pdf

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1 5

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

Amendment No. 1 2/25/2014 N/A

6. ISSUED BY CODE

HCFA-23

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Acquisition Management (HCFA-23) 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, Mail Stop E65-101 Washington, DC 20590

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

TO ALL OFFERORS

DTFH61-14-R-00005

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

1/30/2014

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE

FACILITY CODE

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

[ X ] The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers [ ] is extended, [XX ] is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) by completing Items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN

ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b):

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor [ ] is not, [ ] is required to sign and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The purpose of this amendment is to make revisions to the RFP. The proposal due date remains unchanged as 3/6/2014. See attached pages.

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

Sarah Berman, Contracting Officer Office of Acquisition Management

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

15C. DATE SIGNED

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

16C. DATE SIGNED

{Original Signed by Contracting Officer} 2/25/2014

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

BY

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070 30-105 STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

PREVIOUS EDITION UNUSABLE Prescribed by GSA

Amendment 1

REVISE the text of the RFP Sections cited below as follows. Deleted text is shown in strikethrough (strikethrough). Added text is underlined. If a Section or paragraph is not listed below, no text changes apply as a result of this Amendment.

SECTION B

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B-2 SCHEDULE OF RATES

6) Lab Manager/Sr. Lab Technician – The Lab Manager/Sr. Lab Technician shall have approximately five years of experience in developing test plans, preparing vehicles and/or test articles, installing and verifying test instrumentation including high-speed digital video inputs, executing and documenting tests, as well as maintaining the lab and appropriate credentials or warranties associated with its equipment. The Lab Manager/Sr. Lab Technician will be responsible for providing information to the PI and formulating plans for effective use of the lab facilities. Specialized experience is needed for the vehicle modeling, crash and impacts, and high performance computing labs.

7) Lab Technician – The Lab Technician shall be capable of performing mechanical, electrical, electronic, construction, video, instrumentation, and related skills for the set-up and execution of tests, the teardown of vehicles, the installation of test articles, the clean- up after tests, and the general maintenance of the labs.

Note to Offerors: The positions of (6) Lab Manager/Sr. Lab Technician and (7) Lab Technician are not intended to refer to work that would be performed at the FOIL but rather to other labs that the contractor or subcontractors might have that would be used to carry out a task order under the planned contract award. As an example a contractor might have a material characterization lab, modeling lab, or digitization lab, etc.

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

C.4 TASK AREA REQUIREMENTS

C.4.2 THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT CRASH MODELING AND

SIMULATION (TASK AREA A).

C.4.2.2 THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT ADVANCEMENT OF

MODELING AND ANALYSIS STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES (TASK AREA

A-2).

The following lists examples of the type of work related to this task area. The list is not all inclusive:

1. Undertaking studies to formulate or validate new modeling or analysis techniques;

2. Testing new versions of software and/or features of software packages to determine their usefulness to advanced crash analyses;

3. Assessing the feasibility of new applications of modeling, crash simulation, and other analyses techniques through benchmark and other tests;

4. Investigating the sensitivity of various model formulations for realism, accuracy, run times, and other measures to develop improved analyses strategies;

5. Documenting efforts in research papers for critical peer review and promotion of new approaches; and

6. Conducting FOIL tests to provide data to support efforts to develop sophisticated models with failure modes, to include novel types of dynamic tests.

C.5 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

C.5.1 EMPLOYEE STANDARDS

All Contractor employees shall meet the highest standards of professionalism and personal integrity. Standards of professionalism include competency, training, appearance, and behavior. The Contractor shall perform pre-employment suitability checks for all employees and prospective employees. The Contractor shall take disciplinary action against employees who disregard those standards.

The Contractor shall ensure all personnel complete all annual security awareness training.

The Contractor shall ensure all required personnel complete all annual specialized security training. Upon request, the Contractor shall submit all course certificates to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) within 24 hours of request.

NOTE: The security training referenced in C.5.1 is the same Information Security System Awareness (ISSA) training required by the clause at Section H and by the clause at Section I TAR 1252.237-70. The training is online and is required for those employees that will perform their work activities assigned to an onsite location at FHWA and/or employees requiring Department of Transportation (DOT) network access. The time spent for the employees to take the online training may be an allowable cost in those task orders requiring onsite Contractor personnel.

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.7 PAYMENT

NOTE: For Time & Materials task orders, allowable materials costs shall be reimbursed at cost unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer in individual task orders.

Inclusion of indirect burden amounts on materials is not allowable unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer in individual task orders.

G.8 TRAVEL AND PER DIEM

Some travel is expected to occur throughout the duration of the contract. The task order will specify or the COR will issue a written request for travel if required (excluding local travel) to the Contractor with each task order.

Travel and Per Diem authorized under this contract shall be reimbursed in accordance with the Government Travel Regulations currently in effect. In lieu of Government Travel Regulations educational institutions shall comply with the requirements of FAR 31.3, Contracts with Educational Institutions. The total travel costs shall not exceed the amounts indicated without express written approval of the Contracting Officer.

Travel requirements under this contract shall be met using the most economical form of transportation available. All travel shall be scheduled sufficiently in advance to take advantage of offered discount rates, unless authorized by the Contracting Officer.

If economy class transportation is not available, the Contractor shall make a request to the Contracting Officer for use of higher class travel in advance of booking the travel. The CO will approve the request in writing.

Additionally, the request for payment voucher must be submitted with the justification for use of higher class travel indicating dates, times, and flight numbers, as well as the CO’s approval of the travel.

SECTION I – CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 CLAUSES INSERTED BY REFERENCE

*Note to Offerors: The following clauses will be included or deleted in the resulting contract award based on awardee organization type as stated below.

1252.242-70 Dissemination of Information-Educational Institutions (OCT 1994)

(applicable to educational institutions in lieu of 1252.242-72)*

SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

J.1 Schedule of Rates – REVISED by Amendment 1 (attached)

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.3 PROPOSAL PREPARATION

3. VOLUME III – PRICE AND BUSINESS

NOTE: For Time & Materials task orders, allowable materials costs shall be reimbursed at cost unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer in individual task orders.

Inclusion of indirect burden amounts on materials is not allowable unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer in individual task orders.

END OF AMENDMENT 1

DTFH61-14-R-00005 - Attachment J-1 reivsed per Amdt 1

Year Year Year Year Year 1 2 3 4 5

Billing Category and Description Rates Rates Rates Rates Rates

1) Principal Investigator – The Principal Investigator (PI) shall be responsible for overall technical direction and supervision of the Sr.

Research Scientist/Technical Experts and staff on all tasks under the contract. The PI shall have, as a minimum, a Master’s degree in a field applicable to highway and/or vehicle safety, infrastructure security, or advanced crash analysis techniques and approximately 15 years of progressively responsible experience in highway and vehicle safety and advanced crash analyses related contract management and research. This experience shall include technical leadership of significant work in safety and advanced analyses. The PI shall have demonstrated success in keeping programs involving multiple subcontractors on schedule and within budget, and in providing high quality products meeting the sponsor’s expectations.

2) Sr. Research Scientist/Technical Expert – The Sr. Research Scientist/Technical Expert shall be responsible for management of task orders, including quality assurance for all products delivered to the Government and availability of resources to complete all task orders. The Sr. Research Scientist/Technical Expert shall have experience in successfully managing projects similar to the activities described in Section C Statement of Work. The Sr. Research Scientists/Technical Experts shall have, as a minimum, a Master’s degree in a subject area that is directly related to the performance of the contract and have approximately 15 years of experience in transportation related contract management, and research and development.

3) Research Scientists/Technical Expert – The term Research Scientist/Technical Expert includes engineers (i.e., civil, mechanical, biomedical, computer, automotive, electrical, systems, computer hardware and software specialists, instrumentation specialists, data analysts, occupant risk analysts, etc.). The Research Scientists/Technical Expert shall have, as a minimum, a Master’s degree in a subject area that is directly related to the performance of the contract and have approximately 10 years of experience. The experience shall be in a technical field relevant to the work required under this contract that reflects national recognition of expertise and technical accomplishments in the subject area.

4) Junior Research Scientists/Technical Expert – The term Research Scientist/Technical Expert includes engineers (i.e., civil, mechanical, biomedical, computer, automotive, electrical, systems, computer hardware and software specialists, instrumentation specialists, data analysts, occupant risk analysts, etc.). The Research Scientists/Technical Expert shall have, as a minimum, a Master’s degree in a subject area that is directly related to the performance of the contract and have approximately 5 years of experience. The experience shall be in a technical field relevant to the work required under this contract that reflects national recognition of expertise and technical accomplishments in the subject area.

5) Statistician – The Statistician shall be capable of identifying appropriate statistical techniques to be applied in the various types of research anticipated under this contract and assisting in conducting analyses and interpreting results. The Statistician shall have experience in analyzing crash data from Federal and State sources, analyzing engineering measurements from tests and simulation runs, and effectively documenting results.

No.

6) Lab Manager/Sr. Lab Technician – The Lab Manager/Sr. Lab Technician shall have approximately five years of experience in developing test plans, test articles, installing and verifying test instrumentation including high-speed digital video inputs, executing and documenting tests, as well as maintaining the lab and appropriate credentials or warranties associated with its equipment. The Lab Manager/Sr. Lab Technician will be responsible for providing information to the PI and formulating plans for effective use of the lab facilities. Specialized experience is needed for the vehicle modeling, crash and impacts, and high performance computing labs.

7) Lab Technician – The Lab Technician shall be capable of performing mechanical, electrical, electronic, construction, video, instrumentation, and related skills for the set-up and execution of tests, the installation of test articles, the clean- up after tests, and the general maintenance of the labs.

8) Software/Computer Engineer – Advanced crash analyses involve the use of sophisticated software tools and high-end graphics processing tools.

The Software/Computer Engineer shall provide direct support in these areas and manage a high-performance computing facility. The Software/Computer Engineer shall have approximately 5 years of experience in operating and/or managing high performance computers and supporting advanced software.

9) Technical Writer/Editor - The Technical Writer/Editor shall have, as a minimum, a Bachelor’s degree plus approximately 2 years of experience in writing and editing technical material, preferably in the highway-engineering field (6 years of writing/editing experience may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree). The Technical Writer/Editor must be skilled in writing and editing documents of various lengths from 1 page to more than 100 pages, ensuring technical accuracy, proper grammar, consistency of style, and proper format.

10) Technology Transfer Specialist - The Technology Transfer (T2) Specialist shall have approximately 5 years of experience in professional information sharing efforts that include coordination of research product development, workshop set-up and management, development of topical publications, website management, multi-media program development and research implementation or knowledge management. The T2 Specialists may be assigned the webmaster role to use the Internet as a means to share data and findings and shall have experience with video, multimedia, graphic arts, and distance learning.

11) Administrative Personnel – Administrative Personnel will have a range of responsibilities at senior and junior levels including the following:

typist; receptionist; financial analyst; meeting planner; personnel manager;

etc. Administrative personnel shall possess a college degree and/or four to five years of work experience in word processing, spreadsheet analysis, preparation of presentation materials, making logistical arrangements including travel, recording costs and expenditures, generating basis progress reports, coordinating staff activities, etc. Junior level administrative personnel may have only a subset of these skills.

12) Researcher/Graduate Student/Intern (Junior) – The Researcher/Graduate Student/Intern (Junior) shall be capable of undertaking the basic research tasks to assist in the completion of the tasks outlined in the Statement of Work under Section C. The Researcher/Graduate Student/Intern shall be capable of literature reviews, model building, data analysis, conducting lab tests, and drafting reports and other documentation. Generally the Researcher/Graduate Student/Intern (Junior) is actively pursuing an undergraduate degree in a field related to the subject work.

13) Researcher/Graduate Student/Intern (Senior) – The Researcher/Graduate Student/Intern (Senior) shall be capable of undertaking the basic research tasks to assist in the completion of the tasks outlined in the Statement of Work under Section C. The Researcher/Graduate Student/Intern (Senior) shall be capable of literature reviews, model building, data analysis, conducting lab tests, and drafting reports and other documentation. Generally the Researcher/Graduate Student/Intern (Senior) is actively pursuing a graduate degree in a field related to the subject work.