Excel Price Offer Sheet Instructions.pdf

EXCEL PRICE OFFER SHEET

EXPLANATION/TERMS & CONDITIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

Completion/Submission Instructions:

1. Offerors are only to populate the cells highlighted in yellow. There are twelve (12) cells to be populated.

2. Enter your proposed mark-up rates in cells B7 (Home Office Overhead), B8 (Profit), and B12 (Bonds and Insurance)

3. Enter your proposed labor rates in cells C16 through C23.

4. Enter your proposed annual escalation rate in cell B27 (Total Annual Escalation Rate)

5. The Offer sheet will autocalculate/autopopulate your Total Evaluated Price (Cell D30).

6. After completing your Excel Price Offer Sheet, your Total Evaluated Price (the amount in

Cell D30) should be entered in block No. 17 of Form 1442. As stated above, this amount will not be awarded and is for price evaluation/price reasonableness determination only.

However, your proposed mark-up percentages, and proposed labor rates, if accepted, will become contractually binding ceiling rates.

7. Download your completed Excel Price Offer Sheet as a PDF document and submit it with your Completed Form 1442, as part of your price proposal.

Explanation of the Sheet and Supplementary Pricing Terms and Conditions:

Only populate/edit the cells highlighted in yellow, which are B7, B8, B12, B27, and C16 through C23. All other cells are locked and may not be edited or altered. Do not attempt to edit/alter any other cells.

The General Conditions amount (C2) and Cost of Work amount (C3) are based on the averages of competitive proposals received for a real task order and represent one kind of typical task order(size/complexity/scope) that will be issued against the resulting IDIQ contract. The total direct cost (C5) represents a fair and reasonable cost of a typical requirement. These amounts are being used amongst all offerors, to extend the proposed markups and labor rates into a meaningful price evaluation. Do not attempt to alter those cells. None of those amounts in C2, C3, and C5 are being awarded with the contract. In terms of pricing to be awarded, only the proposed mark-up percentages and Labor Rates will be awarded, along with a minimum guarantee of $2,500.00.

The Labor Hours that are shown (Cells B16-23) do not reflect the actual effort required of any typical task order. The number of hours are being used for all offerors, and utilized to extend offerors proposed markups and labor rates for meaningful price evaluation purposes. Do not attempt to alter those cells.

An individual may perform multiple roles on any given task order; however for price evaluation, a price shall be submitted for each labor category. If an offeror fails to submit a price for each labor category, their offer will be disqualified.

The Offer Sheet will autocalculate/autopopulate option year labor rate escalations for option years in column G through N.

Based on your proposed Overhead and Profit rates that you entered, your Maximum Task Order Modification Markup (on Tier 1 and 2 Subcontractor direct costs) will autocalculate in cell F12. This maximum modification mark-up is IAW GSAR 552.243-71 Equitable Adjustments, and applies to all future task order modifications. Do not attempt to alter F12. It will autocalculate.

All proposed mark-up and labor rates, if accepted, will become contractually binding ceiling rates on all task orders issued under the contract. Contractors may choose to lower any mark-up or rate at the task order level. The Government reserves the right to negotiate at the task order level. All Task orders must be determined to be fair and reasonable.

The proposed base year labor rates are the rates offerors enter on the sheet in the yellow cells , and the proposed option year labor rates are autocalculated and shown in columns G, I, K,& M.

Offerors are responsible for checking and ensuring the accuracy of data entered and appearing within your submitted Excel Price Offer Sheet.