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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2012)

This provision is incorporated by reference, and paragraph (c) is modified to read as follows:

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer for 120 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2012)

A.

To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the proposal, the offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. The proposal must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. The response shall consist of three (3) separate parts; Part I – Permits, Part II – Price Proposal and Part III – Past Performance Information.

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 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 cost data to the extent necessary for the contracting officer to determine the reasonableness and affordability of the price.

C.

Specific Instructions:

The offers shall be prepared to consist of the following three parts:

1. PART I – PERMITS – Submit one (1) copy of the following permits

(a) Industrial Waste Collection and transportation Business Permit

Item: Sludge, Waste Oil, Waste Acid, Waste Alkali, Waste Plastics, Waste Paper, Waste Wood, Waste Textile, Waste Food, Metal Scrap, Glass/Ceramics, Demolition Debris

(b) Industrial Waste Treatment Business Permit

Method: Intermediate Treatment (Incineration)

Item: Sludge, Waste Oil, Waste Acid, Waste Alkali, Waste Plastics, Waste Paper, Waste Wood, Waste Textile, Waste Food, Metal Scrap, Glass/Ceramics, Demolition Debris

(c) Specially Controlled Industrial Waste Collection and Transportation Business Permit Item: Infectious Medical Waste

(d) Specially Controlled Industrial Waste Treatment Business Permit

Method: Intermediate Treatment (Incineration)

2. PART II – PRICE PROPOSAL - Submit original and one (1) copy. The submission shall be made in sealed envelope, marked with the solicitation number, and the proposal submission due date and time specified in this solicitation.

(a) Standard Form (SF) 1449. Complete Blocks 12, 17a, 17b (when applicable), 30a, 30b, and 30c of the SF 1449. 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) Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs (Continuation of Blocks 19 through 24 of SF 1449). Insert proposed unit and extended prices in the Pricing Schedule. Complete with proposed unit price and extended amount for each listed line item. The extended amount must equal the whole yen unit price multiplied by the number of units. The proposal(s) must be submitted for a base year plus five (5) Option Years.

(c) Complete the necessary fill-ins and certifications in provisions. The provisions FAR 52.212-3 and DFARS 252.212-7000 shall be returned along with the proposal in its entirety.

(d) Remittance Address (Continuation to Block 17b of SF 1449). Provide remittance address when Block 17b is checked. The remittance address is used in the event the Government is unable to make the payment by Electronic Funds Transfer and sends a check to the Contractor.

(e) Acknowledgment of solicitation amendments when issued.

3.

PART III – PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION: The Past Performance information shall be recent and relevant information in demonstrating the offeror’s ability to successfully perform the required effort. Only references for the same or similar type contracts desired. The Past Performance information shall consist of (1) Past Performance Reference List and (2) Past Performance Survey. Submit original and one (1) copy.

(a) Past Performance Reference List: The offeror shall prepare the Past Performance Reference List in the same format to Solicitation Attachment 3 and submit to 374 CONS/LGCBB, by either e-mail (kumie.aoki.jp@us.af.mil) or FAX (042-530-3319 or 011-81-42-530-3319 from the United States), not later than 4 Sep 2012, 1400 hours) to match the information of Past Performance Survey as required in below paragraph (b). The reference list shall contain three (3) contracts performed (on-going or completed) as prime contractor, joint ventures and/or teaming partners of the most relevant contracts (similar in scope, size and complexity) for US Government agencies, Government of Japan or its political subdivisions, or commercial customers within the last 3 years of this solicitation release date. See below for “Relevant Contracts.” The evaluation of past performance information will take into account past performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to the instant acquisition. Furnish the following information for each reference on the reference list.

(1) Name of contracting activity (e.g. Government Agency/Company name)

(2) Point of Contact (POC), Contracting Officer and/or Contract Administrator’s phone/FAX number, and e-mail address (if available)

(3) Contract number and project title

(4) Contract Type (e.g. Firm-Fixed Price, IDIQ, Requirements type)

(5) Total contract value

(6) Performance period (e.g. date/month/year through date/month/year)

(7) Description of contract work performed

(8) Contracting Officer’s name and phone number

(9) Government Inspector/commercial project manager and phone number

(10) List of major subcontractors if applicable

In addition, the offeror may provide information on problems encountered on the contracts identified above and corrective actions taken to resolve these problems. This may include a discussion of efforts accomplished by the offeror to resolve problems encountered on prior contracts as well as past efforts to identify and manage program risk.

Relevant Contracts. Submit information on contracts that you consider relevant in demonstrating your ability to perform the proposed effort. Include rationale supporting your assertion of relevance. Offerors are required to explain what aspects of the contracts are deemed relevant to the proposed effort, and to what aspects of the proposed effort they relate. This may include a discussion of efforts accomplished by the offeror to resolve problems encountered on prior contracts as well as past efforts to identify and manage program risk. Relevant contracts (similar in scope, size and complexity) may include the work requirement(s) listed in Description of Services/General Information under the PWS, paragraph 1(Solicitation Attachment 1).

(b) Past Performance Survey: The Government requires the Past Performance Information of the contracts identified in Past Performance Reference List from each contracting activity or commercial activities. The offeror shall send out the Past Performance Survey (See Solicitation

Attachment 4) to respective Points of Contact (POCs) of contracting activity identified in Past Performance Reference List. The responsibility to send out the Past Performance Survey rests solely with the offeror – i.e., it shall not be delegated to any other entity. Once the Past Performance Survey is completed by your POCs, the information contained therein shall be considered sensitive and shall not be releasable. Past Performance Survey shall be sent directly back to 374 CONS/LGCBB from evaluating agencies/companies, not later than 4 Sep 12, 1400 hours by either e-mail (kumie.aoki.jp@us.af.mil) FAX (042-530-3319 or 011-81-42-530-3319 from the United States) . Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their reference sources receive the Past Performance Survey in time to complete and return the Past Performance Survey to 374th Contracting Squadron. No Past Performance Survey will be accepted directly from the offeror being evaluated. The Government will evaluate the quality and extent of offeror’s experience deemed relevant to the requirements of this solicitation. The Government will use information submitted by the offeror and other sources such as other Federal Government offices and commercial sources, to assess experience.

(c) If a teaming arrangement is contemplated, provide complete information as to the arrangement, including any relevant and recent past/present performance information on previous teaming arrangements with same partner. If this is a first time joint effort, each party to the arrangement must provide a list of past and present relevant contracts.

(d) 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-based Work Statement (PWS), and government standards and regulations pertaining to the PWS.

(2) Evaluation Factors for Award.

3.

General Information

(a) INFORMATION REGARDING SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: Hand carried proposals must be deposited in the bid depository located at 374th Contracting Squadron, Bldg 620, Yokota Air Base, Fussa-shi, Tokyo, #197-0001. The sealed envelope or package used to submit your proposal must show the time and date specified for receipt, the Solicitation Number, and the name and address of the offeror. Address proposals sent via mail or courier system to 374th Contracting Squadron, Bldg 620, Yokota Air Base, Fussa-shi, Tokyo, #197-0001.

(b) Offerors are cautioned that Yokota Air Base has visitor control procedures requiring individuals not affiliated with the installation to obtain a visitor pass prior to entrance. SOME DELAY SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED WHEN HAND CARRYING PROPOSALS. Offerors should allow sufficient time to obtain a visitor pass and arrive at the bid depository PRIOR to the time specified for receipt. Late proposals will be processed in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(f) “Late submission, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.”

(c) U.S. HOLIDAYS: The following U.S. Holidays are observed by this base:

New Year’s Day:

1 January

Martin Luther King’s Birthday:

3rd Monday in January

Presidents Day:

3rd Monday in February

Memorial Day:

Last Monday in May

Independence Day:

4 July

Labor Day:

1st Monday in September

Columbus Day:

2nd Monday in October

Veterans Day:

11 November

Thanksgiving Day:

4th Thursday in November

Christmas Day:

25 December

Note: No Japanese Holidays will be observed.

52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 45 days prior to the contract expiration; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 72 months.

(End of clause)

FAR 52.212-2, EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(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:

(1) TECHNICAL

(2) PRICE

(3) PAST PERFORMANCE

Past Performance is approximately equal to Price when being evaluated.

(b) 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).

(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.

ADDENDA TO FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS:

BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: This is a competitive selection in which competing offerors will be evaluated on an integrated assessment of technical acceptability, price and Past Performance, with Past Performance approximately equal to price. By submission of its offer in accordance with the instructions provided in provision FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, the offeror accedes to the terms of this model contract and all such offers shall be treated equally except for their technical capability, prices and performance records. The evaluation process shall proceed as follows:

A. Initially, offerors will be evaluated for technical acceptability. Technical acceptability is achieved when the offeror provides proof that they possess valid permits in conformance with Japanese laws, other jurisdictional regulations for the Contractor listed as follows:

a. Industrial Waste Collection and transportation Business Permit

Item: Sludge, Waste Oil, Waste Acid, Waste Alkali, Waste Plastics, Waste Paper, Waste Wood, Waste Textile, Waste Food, Metal Scrap, Glass/Ceramics, Demolition Debris

b. Industrial Waste Treatment Business Permit

Item: Sludge, Waste Oil, Waste Acid, Waste Alkali, Waste Plastics, Waste Paper, Waste Wood, Waste Textile, Waste Food, Metal Scrap, Glass/Ceramics, Demolition Debris

c. Specially Controlled Industrial Waste Collection and Transportation Business Permit

d. Specially Controlled Industrial Waste Treatment Business Permit

A technical proposal which fails to provide copies of "ALL" the required permits shall be rated as "Unacceptable" and will not be considered for award. The proposals must “Pass” all of the permit requirements in order to be determined “Acceptable”. There will be no point scores assigned, only “Pass” or “Fail” ratings. In order to be considered for award, there must be a “Pass” rating for every required permit. In addition, the Government will use the following technical acceptable/unacceptable ratings definitions when assigning technical overall ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable.

Rating

Definition

Acceptable Proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation

Unacceptable Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation B. Next, offerors will then be evaluated on price and Past Performance. Technically Acceptable offers shall then be ranked according to evaluated prices, including any option prices if applicable.

1.

For award purposes, the total evaluated price for each offeror will be evaluated base on the total offered price for CLIN x001through x017 (including the corresponding CLINs under Options) in accordance with FAR 52.217-9. The total of all CLINs is the total evaluated price and will be used to rank offers. Offered prices will be examined for reasonableness and a finding of unreasonableness shall constitute a basis for removing the offer from consideration for award. An offeror must therefore propose on all line items including Options. In order to meet the requirements of FAR Part 6 and Far Part 17, the price equivalent to the 6 months extension of services authorized by FAR 52.217-8 will be evaluated separately for every performance period, and will be factored as part of the total evaluated price for award. The Government will multiply the offeror’s proposed Price by a quantity equivalent to 6 months for CLINs x001 through x017 including Options under FAR 52.217-9, in order to evaluate the extension of services authorized by FAR 52.217-8.

C. Using Past Performance Survey, the Government shall seek performance information on all offerors based on (1) the references provided by the offerors and (2) data independently obtained from governmental and commercial sources. The purpose of the past performance evaluation is to allow the Government to assess the offeror’s performance risk (i.e. the Government’s judgment of the probability of an offeror successfully performing the effort described in this solicitation), based on the offeror’s demonstrated past performance on relevant contract. Relevancy definitions are listed in paragraph C. 2. (b). The performance confidence assessment process will result in an overall risk rating of Substantial Confidence, Satisfactory Confidence, Limited Confidence, No Confidence, or Unknown Confidence as defined below. Past Performance regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement will be evaluated as highly as past performance information for the principal offeror. Offerors with no relevant past or present performance history shall receive the rating “unknown confidence,” meaning the rating is treated neither favorably nor unfavorably. When relevant performance record 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.

1. Past Performance Evaluation:

Based on evaluation results, each offeror will be assigned one of the following ratings:

2.

Past Performance evaluation will be performed based on the following criteria:

(a) Recency: Pass or Fail Evaluation. Each contract shall be confirmed whether the contract has been completed during the past three (3) years from this solicitation release date, or is currently in progress.

(b) Relevancy: A relevancy determination of the offeror's present and past performance as prime contractor, subcontractor, joint ventures, and/or teaming partners will be made. A relevant contract is prescribed in the provision FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items. Higher relevancy will be assessed for contracts that are most similar to the effort, or portion of the effort, for which that contractor is being proposed, and may contribute to an overall higher relevancy score for the offeror. The Government is not bound by the offeror's opinion of relevancy. The following relevancy definitions apply:

Rating

Description

(c) Quality: Quality assessment is assigned based on the Quality Assessment Criteria evaluated under Paragraph 3 of Past Performance Survey (Solicitation Attachment 4).

D. In evaluating past performance, the government reserves the right to give greater consideration to information on those contracts deemed most relevant to the effort described in this solicitation.

E. If the lowest priced evaluated technically acceptable offer is judged to have a “Substantial Confidence” performance rating and is determined to be responsible, that offer represents the best value for the government and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award may be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers.

F. If the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror is not judged to have a “Substantial Confidence” performance assessment, the next lowest priced technically acceptable offeror will be evaluated and the process will continue (in order by price) until an offeror is judged to have a “Substantial Confidence” performance assessment and is determined to be responsible or until all offerors are evaluated. The Source Selection Authority shall then make an integrated assessment best value award decision.

G. Offerors are cautioned to submit sufficient information and in the format specified in paragraph ADDENDA TO 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, paragraph C. Offeror’s 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. Communication conducted to resolve minor or clerical errors will not constitute discussions and the Contracting Officer reserve 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. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest.

(End of Provision) (End of Summary of Changes)