Attachment 2- Instruction to Offerors.pdf

Attachment 2- Instruction to Offerors Patient Transport Services

FA4610-22-Q-0063

52.212-1 Addendum Period for Acceptance of Offers: The offeror agrees to hold the prices until 31 December 2022.

To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein.

Proposals must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. A complete proposal consists of two (2) parts:

Part Content

I Price Proposal, SF1449

II Technical Proposal

Failure to furnish a complete proposal may result in the proposal being determined unacceptable by the Government.

Response to this solicitation must be submitted by the due date specified in Block 8 of the SF1449.

The SF1449 must bear the signature or electronic certification of an official in the company authorized to bind the firm. The signed SF1449 document and the completed technical proposal must be submitted electronically to all individuals listed below. Receipt of your electronic submittal will be acknowledged via return email; if you do not receive an acknowledgement, you are advised to call for confirmation as firewall protections may block emails and/or strip attachments. Contact information is as follows:

Nisa Oh, Contract Specialist – nisa.oh@spaceforce.mil Charles Richardson, Contracting Officer – charles.richardson.16@spaceforce.mil

The Contracting Officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition for this acquisition.

Upon examination of the initial offers, the Contracting Officer will review this determination and if, in the Contracting Officer’s opinion, adequate price competition exists no additional cost information will be requested.

However, if at any time during this competition the Contracting Officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists offerors may be required to submit information other than cost or pricing data to support a determination of price reasonableness.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS:

PART I, PRICE PROPOSAL. Offerors are asked not to alter the electronic version of the SF1449 Solicitation (Word document) other than to fill in required information as outlined below. In particular, offerors are asked not to delete page breaks or to alter headers/footers.

a. SF 1449, Page 1. Complete the items listed below. In doing so, the offeror accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the solicitation, to include attachments. The solicitation constitutes the model contract.

Block 12, Discount terms (payment terms such as Net 30) Block 17a, Name / POC / address of offeror (code = cage code; facility code = DUNS) Block 26, Total award amount (one total proposed price for all years; inclusive of all CLINS) Block 30a, Signature Block 30b, Name / title of person authorized to sign offer Block 30c, Offer date

b. Section B, Price Schedule. The periods of performance and applicable contract line item numbers

(CLINs) are reflected below.

PERIOD PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE CLIN

Basic Period (6 months) 1 Nov 2022 – 30 Apr 2023 0001 – 0002

Option Year 1 1 May 2023 – 30 Apr 2024 1001 – 1002

Option Year 2 1 May 2024 – 30 Apr 2025 2001 – 2002

Option Year 3 1 May 2025 – 30 Apr 2026 3001 – 3002

Option Year 4 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027 4001 – 4002

6-Month Ext 1 May 2027 – 31 Oct 2027 5001 – 5002

For each contract line item number (CLIN), insert proposed unit price and extended amount as shown in the example below.

The extended amount must equal the quantity multiplied by the unit price. To prevent rounding issues, unit prices are limited to two (2) decimal places and no rounding of the extended amount is allowed.

Note: It is the responsibility of each offeror to verify their calculations.

EXAMPLE

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001 6 Months $123.45 $864.15

Patient Transport Services, Basic

FFP

Services, non-personal: Contractor shall furnish all management, supervision, equipment, vehicles, labor, training, and documentation to provide Paramedic and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Services to respond to requests for emergency medical services, patient treatment, and stabilization as required in accordance with Attachment 1, Performance Work Statement.

6-Mo Basic Period: 1 Nov 2022 - 30 Apr 2023

FOB: Destination

END OF EXAMPLE

c. Solicitation Amendments. Any solicitation amendments to the original solicitation document must be signed and returned by the date specified in the amendment document

d. System for Award Management (SAM) Registration. In order to eligible for award, offerors must be registered in SAM and shall complete Representations and Certifications in the system: https://www.sam.gov/.

(Reference FAR Provision 52.204-7, System for Award Management).

PART II, TECHNICAL PROPOSAL. Offerors shall prepare and submit a technical proposal by the date/time stated in Block 8 of the SF1449. Offerors shall provide sufficient information, as required below to allow the Government to judge the offeror’s technical capability to perform the requirements of this solicitation. Offeror’s technical proposal must address the following technical items:

1. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) – Paramedic Certifications. Offeror to provide documentation of current State of California certified EMT-Paramedics with Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications for all employees. Reference Performance Work Statement (PWS), Paragraph 1.3.1.2.1.

2. EMT – Paramedic Licenses. Offeror to provide documentation of current licenses to perform EMT Paramedic services in the State of California, to include certification by Santa Barbara County Emergency Management Services (EMS), for all employees. Reference PWS, Paragraph 1.2.2 and 1.3.1.2.1. (All EMS providers must follow Santa Barbara County EMS Agency Policy and Procedures listed at the following web address: http://cosb.countyofsb.org/phd/ems.aspx?id=22390

3. Emergency Ambulance Licenses / Ambulance Endorsement. Offeror to provide documentation of current employees’ licenses to operate an emergency ambulance in the State of California, to include ambulance endorsement. Reference PWS, Paragraph 1.2.2.1.

4. Required Response Times. Offeror to provide documentation demonstrating the ability to successfully meet the required timeline in the Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 6055.06 for on-scene arrival of twelve (12) minutes 90% of the time for emergency calls. Reference Performance Work Statement, Paragraph 1.7.4.

5. Call Tracking Methodology. Offeror to provide methodology for tracking the time when calls are received, the time arrived on scene, and the total travel time for each call. Reference PWS, Paragraph 1.2.7.

6. EMT – Paramedic Skills Maintenance Plan. Offeror to provide plan for preventing degradation of EMT-Paramedic skills due to low call volume experienced on Vandenberg SFB. Reference PWS, Paragraph 1.2.2.

7. Sub-Contracting Arrangements (e.g. Teaming arrangements). If your company is not performing ALL the work, you must provide information regarding the contemplated sub-contracting arrangement.

Sub-contractor arrangements include, but are not limited to, the following types of relationships:

prime/sub-contractor, mentor/protégé, joint venture, etc. If a sub-contractor arrangement is not applicable and ALL the work will be performed by your company as the Prime Contractor, please so state in your response. The table below is the suggested format for your consideration.

Role of Teaming Partner

Name

Percentage of Work

Performed by Prime

Contractor

Description of Work to be Performed by Each Partner

Prime Contractor

Sub #1 X%

Sub #2 X%

100%

8. Mission Essential Contractor Services Plan. The Government has identified all of the contractor services performed under this contract as essential contractor services in support of mission-essential functions. Therefore, in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) provision 252.237 7024, Notice of Continuation of Essential Contractor Services, offerors shall provide with their offer, a written plan describing how the offeror will continue to perform the essential contractor services listed in the PWS.