Atch_3_Addenda_to_FAR_52.212-1_Instructions.pdf

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (October 2015)

A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors or subfactors. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

Complete the necessary fill-ins and certifications in provisions/clauses. The provisions/clauses

FAR 52.212-3, 52.223-3 shall be returned along with the quote (see bottom).

The quote shall consist of two (2) separate parts – Technical Capability and Price.

1. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY: The Technical Capability will have three (3) subfactors;

SUBFACTOR 1 - Past Experience

SUBFACTOR 2 - Education

SUBFACTOR 3 - Licensure

2. PRICE QUOTE

B. The contracting officer has determined:

There is a high probability of adequate price competition in 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 required. 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 uncertified cost or pricing data to support a determination of price reasonableness.

C. Specific Instructions:

1 – TECHNICAL CAPABILITY - Limited to no more than 10 pages to include but not limited to attachments, title pages, and table of contents. Submit one (1) original and one (1) copy or original only if submitted electronically. Any attachments provided by the Contracting Office does not count toward the limit.

SUBFACTOR 1 – Past Experience: Provide documentation of recent and relevant contracts or employment for government agencies and/or commercial customers. See Subfactor 1 of Table 2, Addenda to FAR 52.212, Evaluation - Commercial Items for Past Experience standards.

SUBFACTOR 2 – Education: Submit a copy of valid degree/certificate to demonstrate completion of educational requirements. See Subfactor 2 of Table 2, Addenda to FAR 52.212, Evaluation - Commercial Items for Educational standards.

SUBFACTOR 3 - Licensure: Submit a copy of (a) valid license(s). See Subfactor 3 of Table 2, Addenda to FAR 52.212, Evaluation - Commercial Items for Licensure standards.

2 - PRICE - Limited to no more than 2 pages to include attachments. Submit one (1) original and one (1) copy or original only if submitted electronically. Any attachments provided by the

Contracting Office does not count toward the limit.

(a) Provide Discount Terms, Offeror Complete Address, Name, Date, CAGE Code, and

Signature. In doing so, the offeror accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the

SOLICITATION, with attachments. The SOLICITATION constitutes the model contract.

(b) Insert proposed unit and extended prices in the pricing schedule for each contract line item number (CLIN). The extended amount must equal the whole currency unit price multiplied by the number of units. The quote must be submitted for base performance period plus any option years detailed in the solicitation.

(c) Price quote can be submitted in either U.S. Dollars or Japanese Yen. The Government exchange rate that shall be used is ¥121.4519 to $1.00.

D. Documents submitted in response to this RFQ must be fully responsive to and consistent with the following:

(1) Requirements of the RFQ (CLINs & PWS) and government standards and regulations pertaining to the PWS.

(2) Evaluation Factors for Award in provision 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items and its addenda.

(3) Any limitation on the number of quote pages. Pages exceeding the page limitations set forth in this solicitation provision will not be read or evaluated, and will be removed from the quote.

E. Format for quote Factor 1 and 2 shall be as follows:

(1) The quote will be 8 1/2” x 11” paper, except for fold-outs used for charts, tables, or diagrams, which may not exceed 11” x 17”.

(2) A page is defined as one face of a sheet of paper containing information.

(3) Typing shall not be less than 10 pitch.

(4) Elaborate formats, bindings or color presentations are not desired or required.

F. Documents submitted in response to this solicitation must be fully responsive to and consistent with the following:

1. Requirements of the solicitation (Item Numbers) and Performance Work Statement (PWS), and government standards and regulations pertaining to the PWS.

2. Evaluation Factors for Award.

G. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer

IAW 52.212-1(h) “multiple awards”.

(End of Addendum to FAR 52.212-1)

52.212-3 -- Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items.

As prescribed in 12.301(b)(2), insert the following provision:

Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Oct 2016)

The offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management

(SAM) Web site accessed through http://www.sam.gov/portal. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (s) of this provision.

52.212-3 (b)

(1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the offeror in paragraph

(b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications posted on the SAMwebsite.

(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the

SAM website accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov. After reviewing the SAM database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representation and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and

Certifications—Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs

____________. [Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (s) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted electronically on SAM.]