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M.1 FAR 52.217-4 EVALUATION OF OPTIONS EXERCISED AT TIME OF CONTRACT AWARD

(JUN 1988)

M.2 CAR 1352.215-74 BEST VALUE EVALUATION (APR 2010)

(a) Best value is expected to result from the selection of a proposal with the lowest evaluated price. Award will be made to the offeror(s): whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements; who is determined responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 9.1, and whose proposal is the lowest priced offer in accordance with CAR 1352.215-75, Evaluation Criteria. All price proposals will be analyzed for price reasonableness.

(b) The Government intends to award a single firm fixed-price contract from this solicitation. The

Government reserves the right not to award a contract depending on the quality of the proposal(s) submitted and the availability of funds.

(c) Offerors can submit a proposal for either performance location options or both. This includes the option at the ship’s home port in New Castle, NH or at the Contractor’s own facility. The location of the performance will have no bearing in determining contract award. Foreseeable costs will be included in price evaluations for those proposals seeking performance at the Contractor’s own facility.

(d) Evaluation of Proposals

(1) Initial Evaluation of Proposals – Upon receipt, all offers will be screened to determine whether each offer is in compliance with the requirements of this RFP. Any offer that does not comply with the requirements of this RFP may be eliminated from further consideration. The Government reserves the right to make an award without discussions based solely upon initial proposals. Therefore, offerors should ensure that their initial proposal constitutes their best offer in terms of price.

(2) Award Without Discussion: The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)) based on lowest price proposal. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

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M.3 CAR 1352.215-75 EVALUATION CRITERIA (APR 2010)

Price Evaluation. The proposed prices will be evaluated but not scored. The price evaluation will determine whether the proposed prices are fair and reasonable in relation to the solicitation requirements. Costs identified in M.4 CAR 1352.371-74 FORESEEABLE COST FACTORS PERTAINING TO DIFFERENT SHIPYARD LOCATIONS (APR 2010) will be added to the offeror’s price for the Base CLINS, Additional Item Requirements and Option CLINS identified in Section B-Supplies or Services and Prices to determine the proposal offering the lowest evaluated overall price.

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M.4 CAR 1352.271-74 FORESEEABLE COST FACTORS PERTAINING TO DIFFERENT

SHIPYARD LOCATIONS (APR 2010)

(a) The Contracting Officer will evaluate certain foreseeable costs that will vary with the location of the commercial shipyard to be used by bidders/offerors under this solicitation. Costs will be calculated based on the bidder’s/offeror’s shipyard location and these costs will be added, for the purposes of evaluation only, to the bidder’s/offeror’s overall price.

(b) These elements of foreseeable costs consist of the following: (1) Vessel Transit:

(i) Vessel delivery costs will be based on one round trip from the vessel’s homeport of

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New Castle, NH to the contractor’s facility at a cruising speed of 11 knots. Distances will be based on the NOAA publication, “Distance Between U.S. Ports”.

(ii) Daily vessel operational cost to navigate the vessel between its homeport and the contractor's offered place of performance is $3,026.30 per day. The number of days to transit to the contractor’s offered place of performance from the vessel’s homeport will be multiplied by the per-day operational cost.

(iii) No operational costs will be applied if the ship can be delivered to the contractor’s facility from its homeport within eight (8) hours port-to-port. If the delivery time exceeds eight (8) hours, but is less than 24 hours, it will be considered one full day. Any fraction of subsequent day(s) will be considered as a full day.

(2) Shore Leave Costs: If the contractor’s facility is outside of a 50-mile radius of the vessel’s homeport –

(i) An assessment of $1,950.11 for each 1-day period or portion thereof, beginning with the vessel’s departure from the homeport and concluding with the vessel’s return to homeport.

(ii) There will be an additional transportation cost for 20 vessel crew members for one (1) round trip(s) between the contractor's offered place of performance and the vessel’s homeport at the cost of coach- type airfare.

(3) Travel and Per Diem Costs: If the contractor’s facility is outside of a 50-mile radius of the vessel’s homeport –

(i) There will be a transportation cost for one (1) Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for four (4) round trip(s) between the contractor's offered place of performance and the COR’s official duty station at the cost of coach-type airfare.

(ii) There will be a per diem expense for 77 calendar days to support one (1) COR while in the city of the place of contract performance, to be determined in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR). The cost of car rental for the estimated performance period will also be included.

M5. NOAA/ERAD -- SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REQUIREMENTS (SEP 2007)

In accordance with FAR Subpart 19.7 and Clause 52.219-9, entitled, “Small Business Subcontracting Plan

(JAN 2011)” a large business concern who is deemed the apparent successful/best value offeror, shall, upon request of the Contracting Officer, submit and negotiate an acceptable subcontracting plan. The subcontracting plan, where applicable, shall separately address subcontracting with small business concerns, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business, and with women-owned small business concerns. If the offeror is submitting an individual contract plan, the plan must separately address subcontracting with small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns with a separate part for the basic contract and separate parts for each option (if any). The plan shall be included in and made a part of the resultant contract. The subcontracting plan shall be negotiated within the time specified by the Contracting Officer. Failure to submit and negotiate the subcontracting plan shall make the offeror ineligible for award of a contract. See J.7, Subcontracting Plan Outline, for guidance on how best to achieve the requirements of this submittal.

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