FA4600-15-R-0022_Draft_52_212-2_(Updated).pdf

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a 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: Price and Technical. Past performance will be considered IAW

FAR 13.106-2(b)(3).

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all CLINs for all options to the total price for the basic period including the transition CLIN. 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).

(c) 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.

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-2:

1.0 Basis for Contract Award

The Government will select a responsible contractor who is deemed the best overall Offeror, ultimately based upon an integrated assessment of Price proposal and Technical proposal, with consideration of Past Performance information. The evaluation will be conducted in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part

12, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 212, and the Air Force Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) Part 5312. The contract may be awarded to the Offeror who is deemed responsible in accordance with FAR 9.1, as supplemented, whose proposal conforms to the solicitation’s requirements (to include all stated terms, conditions, representations, certifications, and all other information required by the solicitation) and is judged, based on the evaluation factors and subfactors, to be most advantageous to the Government. The Government seeks to award a single contract to the Offeror who gives the Government the most advantageous proposal. However, the Government reserves the right to not award a contract depending on the quality of proposals submitted and availability of funds. Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The following evaluation factors will be used to evaluate each proposal:

Factor 1: Price

Factor 2: Technical

Subfactor 1: Data Requirements

Subfactor 2: Network and Data Availability

Subfactor 3: Data Format and Content

Subfactor 4: Help Desk

Subfactor 5: Contractor Preparation Period

Subfactor 6: Global Coverage

Past performance will be considered IAW FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), but is not considered a separate evaluation factor.

Proposals will be evaluated for acceptability, but not ranked using the non-price factors/subfactors. In order to be considered awardable, there must be an “acceptable” rating in every non-price factor/subfactor; any proposal with a

Technical Factor ranked as UNACCEPTABLE is ineligible for award and will not be further evaluated. The

Government will award a contract to the offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the Government whose price is balanced, fair, and reasonable that received an acceptable technical rating.

1.1 Award without Discussions.

The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors in accordance with FAR 52.212-1. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the

Contracting Officer to be necessary. Offerors are advised to submit proposals that are fully and clearly acceptable as a standalone document without additional information. If award will be made without conducting discussions, offerors may only be given the opportunity to clarify certain aspects of proposals (e.g., adverse past performance information that may affect the responsibility determination) or to resolve minor or clerical errors.

1.2 Solicitation Requirements, Terms and Conditions.

Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, such as terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as factors or subfactors. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the solicitation may result in the offeror being ineligible for award. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and must provide complete supporting rationale. The Government reserves the right to determine any such exceptions unacceptable.

2.0 Factor 1 – Price.

An Offeror’s proposed prices will be determined by multiplying the quantities in Section B by the proposed unit price for each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) to confirm the extended amount for each. The extended amounts will be added together to determine the total price for each period of performance. The Offeror’s proposed total evaluated price will be inclusive of all CLINs (including the Transition Period), for the base period, all option periods (in accordance with FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract) and six month extension (in accordance with FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services). The total evaluated price will be used to determine the most advantageous offer. The offeror’s price proposal will be assessed for fairness and reasonableness in accordance with FAR 13.106-3. A “reasonable” price is a price that a prudent and competent buyer would be willing to pay, given data on competition, supply and demand, and general economic conditions. The Government may determine that an offer is unreasonable if the CLIN pricing between years is significantly unbalanced. Offerors whose price is determined to be unreasonable or unbalanced may not be considered for award.

3.0 Factor 2 – Technical.

The Government will evaluate the technical proposal(s) and assign ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable. During evaluation of each proposal, the Government will assign each subfactor a rating as shown in Table 1.0 below. A rating of unacceptable in one or more technical subfactors will constitute an overall rating of unacceptable for the technical evaluation. All technical proposal(s) should be specific and complete. Legibility, clarity and coherence are very important. Only those proposals determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for award. However, the offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial proposal, as received, without discussions.

Table 1.0, Technical Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings

The proposals shall be evaluated against the following Technical subfactors:

3.1 Subfactor 1: Data Requirements (Acceptable/Unacceptable)

The offeror shall demonstrate its ability to provide cloud-to-ground (CG) and cloud-to-cloud (CF) global lightning data in accordance with the specifications in tables 2-4 of the PWS, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The offeror shall also provide its statistical information on the Offeror’s CG lightning data product by submitting Attachment 2, tables 1-3 filled in with what the offeror’s data actually is to show it can meet the Government’s requirements. In accordance with 1.0, the offeror shall not copy tables 2-4 from the PWS for this information and shall provide sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. Copying information from tables 2-4 from the PWS shall cause the offeror to be considered nonresponsive and technically unacceptable.

Rating Description

Acceptable Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation.

3.2 Subfactor 2: Network and Data Availability (Acceptable/Unacceptable)

The offeror shall demonstrate its ability to maintain network and data availability to 98% (IAW PWS 3.9) monthly or higher with no more than 12 hours of down time during any month based on an average of a 28 day month.

3.3 Subfactor 3: Data Format and Content (Acceptable/Unacceptable)

The offeror shall demonstrate its ability to deliver the data in accordance with the delivery specifications in Section

3 of the PWS. (Para 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7)

3.4 Subfactor 4: Help Desk (Acceptable/Unacceptable)

The offeror shall demonstrate its ability to provide Help Desk Support 24 hours a day, seven days a week in accordance with Section 3, paragraph 3.10.2 of the PWS. The offeror shall acknowledge calls 24/7/365 with initial response within 10 hours after receiving service call.

3.5 Subfactor 5: Contractor Preparation Period (Acceptable/Unacceptable)

In accordance with paragraph 3.4.3 of the PWS, the offeror shall demonstrate its ability to integrate the offeror’s data feed with 557 Weather Wing’s software within a 30 day period after start of contract performance.

3.6 Subfactor 6: Global Coverage(Acceptable/Unacceptable)

The offeror shall demonstrate its ability to provide required coverage for location accuracy and detection efficiency.

The offeror shall indicate their actual coverage they can provide on the coverage maps for areas defined IAW PWS

Appendix A: Coverage Area Maps.

4.0 Past Performance

The Government will consider past performance IAW FAR 13.106-2(b)(3). The Government reserves the right to use information obtained from sources available to the Government, to include, but not limited to, the Past

Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information

System (FAPIIS), CPARS, or other databases; interviews with Program Managers, Contracting Officers and Fee

Determining Officials; the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and commercial sources.

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