Enclosure (C) Contractor Responsibility.pdf

"Source Selection Information - See FAR 2.101 and 3.104"

ENCLOSURE (C)

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY

Directorate of Contracting

Dear Offeror:

Prior to award, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 9 Contractor Qualifications, and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS) 209, the Contracting Officer must make the determination that your firm is a responsible contractor and is eligible for an award. To facilitate that responsibility determination, please:

a) Complete the Financial Standing Questionnaire and Calculation of Self- Performed Work forms below. Your firm’s “Calculation of Self-Performed Work worksheet may be shared with the price and non-pricing evaluation teams.

b) Provide a narrative, based on your understanding of the specifications in Division 01 – General Requirements, Section 01 15 00.12 10 – Supplementary Requirements, of those actions your firm will take in the first 30 days after issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP), assuming award and NTP will occur on 25 May 2021 and the Sample Project was an actual task order. This is not a request for a fragnet schedule, but a request for a narrative. Your narrative must not exceed 5 pages. If an activity fulfills a specification requirement, please cite that requirement, where appropriate. Your firm’s response should include: kickoff, obtaining financial security (BLG/ILC, etc.), Defense Base Act Insurance, SPOT, Submittals, Schedule, etc.

c) Provide a list of all projects presently being administered by your firm in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For each identified project, provide the first and last name of a customer/client point of contact, and valid email and telephone number for the individual identified. This response does not negate the need to provide past performance and/or experience information in response to the technical factors. In addition to the above, the Contracting Officer will use the Past Performance information submitted in response to the pertinent technical factor and will review the System for Award Management (SAM), the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), and any other permissible source for past performance information.

d) Provide a narrative regarding your firm’s record of integrity and business ethics.

At a minimum, your narrative must address: 1) whether your firm currently, or previously on any of your currently administered contracts identified above, has any subcontractors or suppliers that have been unpaid for more than 60 days (if so, explain why); 2) whether your firm has ever been cited for Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) violations; and 3) whether your firm has ever filed for bankruptcy or reincorporated after a bankruptcy filing. The narrative must not exceed two pages.

"Source Selection Information - See FAR 2.101 and 3.104"

e) Provide evidence consisting of a commitment or explicit arrangements that will be in existence at the time of contract award, to rent, purchase, or otherwise acquire the needed facilities, equipment, other resources, or personnel. To the extent that such a response includes a narrative, the narrative must not exceed five pages.

To the extent that any will be used in the performance of the contract, provide the names of any of the offeror’s immediate owners, predecessors, subsidiaries, and affiliated concerns (see FAR 19.001 amd 19.101 for definitions regarding affiliated concerns). If the offeror is a JV, provide the above for all entities which comprise the JV.

f) The first and last name (and middle initial, if applicable) and job title of all of your firm’s principals, as defined in FAR 52.209-5 -- Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters; any person identified as a Key Personnel in response to an technical evaluation criteria, if such is required; and any person with any contractual authority on the contract, if awarded.

g) The names and addresses of each subcontractor presently intended for use in the performance of the contract. For each subcontractor, include the first and last name (and middle initial, if applicable) of each of the subcontractor principals, as defined in FAR 52.209-5 -- Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters, and any person with any contractual authority on the subcontract, if awarded.

h) A copy of the offeror’s current business license, or other documentation which allows it to operate and perform the terms of this contract in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (as required by DFARS 252.225-7042 Authorization to Perform).

i) A copy of the offeror’s CTIP compliance plan, in accordance with the requirements at 52.222-56 – Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan.

In addition to the requirements at 52.222-56, the offeror’s compliance plan must identify the steps it will take to ensure that the CTIP provisions of the contract flow down to all resultant subcontracts; and must include a mitigation plan for the steps it will take when a CTIP violation allegation is made against it or any of its subcontractors, at any level.

Be advised the Contracting Officer is not limited to your firm’s responses in making a responsibility determination. Please complete the above requested information and submit with your proposal submission. All documents submitted in response to this request should be submitted together, and should be kept separate from your cost and technical proposals. The documentation requirements in the solicitation regarding page size, etc… apply to your response to this request, unless otherwise noted. Please be advised that all, or portions of your response, to this request for information may be incorporated into the awarded contract, should award be made to your firm.