Amendment to Solicitation.doc

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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 20-Apr-2009 08:00 AM CT to 20-Apr-2009 04:00 PM CT.

The Statement of Work has been changed to 7 April 2009. Specifications B.1 & B.2 have been changed.

The following have been modified:

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(a) The Government will award a Single IDIQ contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD

1. This is a competitive best value acquisition utilizing Performance/Price Tradeoff (PPT) procedures. For proposals determined, a tradeoff between past performance and price will be conducted with past performance being significantly more important than price.

2. Offeror shall propose on CLINs 0001 thru 0024, 1001 thru 1024, 2001 thru 2024, 3001 thru 3024, and 4001 thru 4024 via attachment labeled “Price Proposal Sheet”. Any offer that fails to cite a price for each item or fails to make an entry that indicates service will be provided at no charge may be rejected as nonconforming to this solicitation.

3. Only firm fixed price offers will be evaluated. An offer using a sliding price scale or subject to escalation based on any contingency will not be accepted.

4. The evaluation process will proceed as follows:

a. Price: Initially, all technically acceptable offers will be ranked according to price, including option prices. An offeror’s proposed prices will be determined by multiplying the quantities identified in the schedule by the proposed unit price for each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) to confirm the extended amount for each. All extended CLIN amounts will be totaled for evaluation purposes. Price will be evaluated for reasonableness and realism subject to the processes described in paragraphs d, e and f. Reasonableness will be determined based on prices submitted by the competition, current market conditions, and comparison to the Government estimate, if applicable. Realism will be based on an evaluation of prices to determine if they are compatible with the scope of effort, are not unbalanced, and are neither excessive nor insufficient for the effort to be accomplished.

b. Past Performance: The contracting officer will seek relevant and recent (within the past 3 years) performance information on all technically acceptable offerors based on (1) references provided by the offeror and (2) data independently obtained from other Government and commercial sources. “ Past Performance Survey” will be used to obtain present and past performance information. Relevant information includes performance of work efforts involving Floor Coverings Installation.

The offeror shall send the “Past Performance Survey” to a minimum of three references but no more than five overall.

The offeror not the government is responsible for ensuring their references complete the “Past Performance Survey” and send the survey directly to the 97th Contracting Squadron, Altus AFB, OK before proposal submission deadline. A minimum of three references shall be received but no more than five overall.

The offeror shall complete one each of the attachment labeled “Reference Sheet” for each reference and submit at least a minimum of three reference sheets but no more than five overall to the 97th Contracting Office, Altus AFB, OK before the proposal submission deadline.

The purpose of the past performance evaluation is to allow the Government to assess the offeror’s ability to perform the effort described in this RFP based on the offeror’s demonstrated present and past performance. The assessment process will result in an overall confidence assessment rating of substantial confidence, satisfactory confidence, limited confidence, no confidence, & unknown confidence. Past performance regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant and recent experience, or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement may not be rated as highly as past performance information for the principal offeror. Offerors with no relevant present or past performance history will receive an “unknown confidence” rating, meaning the rating is treated neither favorably nor unfavorably. However, a rating other than unknown confidence may be assessed if the offeror proposes management personnel who have a record of performance on relevant contracts, or if a proposed subcontractor or partner who will be performing a significant portion of the work has a performance history on relevant contracts. When relevant performance information indicates performance problems, the Government will consider the number and severity of the problems and the appropriateness and effectiveness of any corrective actions taken (not just planned or promised). The Government may review more recent contracts or performance evaluations to ensure corrective actions have been implemented and to evaluate their effectiveness. The offeror may be notified of any adverse past performance information and given the opportunity to respond.

RATING

DEFINITION

c. If the lowest priced technically acceptable offer is determined to be reasonable and realistic, and is judged to have an overall substantial confidence performance rating, that offer represents the best value for the Government and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award will be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers. If the lowest priced technically acceptable offer is not rated substantial confidence, the next lowest priced, technically acceptable offer will be evaluated and the process will continue until an offeror whose price is reasonable and realistic is rated substantial confidence for past performance. An integrated assessment will then be performed on all technically acceptable offerors whose past performance and price were evaluated, and award will be made to the offeror with the proposal determined to be the most advantageous to the Government based on the evaluation criteria. If no proposals are rated substantial confidence, an integrated assessment will be accomplished on all technically acceptable proposals and award will be made to the offeror determined to be the most advantageous to the Government based on the evaluation criteria.

d.

If a lower priced technically acceptable offer is determined to have an unreasonable or unrealistic price, discussions may be required.

e. The contracting officer may determine at any point in the process to open discussions. If the contracting officer determines discussions are necessary, all offerors will be evaluated on past performance and price. The competitive range may then be limited to the number of proposals that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated offers. Discussions will be conducted, Final Proposal Revisions requested, and the source selection authority will then make an integrated assessment best value award decision.

f. The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the lowest priced offeror.

g. Offerors may be asked to clarify certain aspects of their proposal (for example, the relevance of past performance information) or respond to adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to respond. Clarifications conducted to resolve relevance of the past performance information, adverse past performance information, or minor clerical errors will not constitute discussions and the contracting officer reserves the right to award a contract without the opportunity for proposal revision.

h. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective offerors. Therefore, each initial offer must address information in accordance with the paragraphs above and should contain the offerors’s best price and past performance reference list. The Government, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest.

Past Performance submissions will be rated for relevancy using the below chart.

Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

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.

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The list of attachments is changed to the following:

Exhibit/Attachment Table of Contents

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