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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

Addenda to 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items. (JAN 2017)

1. The following is inserted as new paragraph (m) of the provision:

(m) Quotation Preparation Instructions.

(1) To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, quoters must follow the instructions contained herein. Quoters 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. Quoters must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The response shall consist of three (3) separate parts; Part I - Summary and Miscellaneous Data, Part II - Price, and Part III – Past Performance.

(2) Specific Instructions:

PART I – SUMMARY AND MISCELLANEOUS DATA.

(a) Standard Form (SF) 1449. Complete blocks 12, 17a, 30a, 30b, and 30c. In doing so, the quoter accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the solicitation.

(b) Complete the necessary fill-ins and certifications in provisions and in the on-line Representations and Certifications at www.sam.gov. Return the provision FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, along with the quotation. For other provisions and clauses in the solicitation, the quoter is required to submit the pages that require an quoter fill-in.

(c) Submit an acknowledgment of the all solicitation amendments, if issued.

PART II – PRICE.

(a) This part shall contain a completed Schedule of Supplies/Services, continuation sheets of SF 1449, blocks 19 – 24.

(b) Insert proposed unit price(s) and extended amount(s) in the Schedule of Supplies/Services for each Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) or Sub CLIN (SCLIN), including all option periods. The extended amount must equal the unit price multiplied by the number of units. It is imperative that mathematical calculations are correct; particular care should be taken to ensure the amounts match when using the EXCEL program and the rounding of figures, limited to two decimal places.

(c) Extreme care should be exercised to ensure that no price data of any kind are included in Part III

PART III – PAST PERFORMANCE.

(a) Past Performance Information (PPI).

Provide a list of no more than three (3) recent and relevant contracts performed for any customer. [See definitions of recent and relevant in addendum to 52.212-2, paragraph (d)(2)]. Furnish the following information for each contract listed:

1. Company/Division name

1. Description of Product/Service

1. Contracting Agency/Customer

1. Contract Number

1. Contract Value

1. Period of Performance

1. Verified, up-to-date name, mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone number of the contracting officer (Point-of-Contact)

1. Comments regarding compliance with contract terms and conditions

1. Comments regarding any known performance deemed unacceptable to the customer, or not in accordance with the contract terms and conditions.

Include rationale supporting your assertion of relevance and identify aspects of the contracts deemed relevant and how they relate to the proposed effort. If an quoter has no past performance history of relevance, the quoter must affirmatively state it possesses no past performance history of relevance.

(b) Quality and Satisfaction Rating of Contracts. Provide any PPI currently available (letters, metrics, customer surveys, independent surveys, etc.) that demonstrates customer satisfaction with overall job performance and/or quality of completed and/or ongoing contracts. In addition, explain corrective actions taken in the past, if any, for substandard performance and any current performance problems, such as cost overruns, extended performance periods, numerous warranty calls, etc.

(c) The evaluation of PPI will take into account PPI regarding (i) predecessor companies, (ii) will take into account PPI regarding teaming partners, and will take into account PPI regarding subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to this acquisition.

(d) If a teaming arrangement is contemplated, provide complete information as to the arrangement, including any recent and relevant PPI 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 contracts of relevance.

(e) Subcontractor Consent. PPI pertaining to a subcontractor cannot be disclosed to the prime contractor without the subcontractor’s consent. Provide with the quotation a letter from each subcontractor that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement, consenting to the release of its past performance information to the prime contractor.

(3) Documents submitted in response to this RFQ must be consistent with the following:

(a) Requirements of the solicitation (CLINs) and Government standards.

(b) FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, of this solicitation.

(c) Submission for the quotation shall be as follows:

(i) Quoters shall submit electronic copies of quotation via e-mail or fax. By submitting an electronic copy, quoter assume all risk of quotations not getting through security measures and firewalls. Only files created using Microsoft WORD, Microsoft EXCEL, and/or Adobe.pdf files will be accepted. No zip files will be accepted. If submitting quotations electronically, email the file(s) by the solicitation closing date and time to the following email addresses and fax: kevin.willis.5@us.af.mil and steven.thomas.51@us.af.mil or FAX 042-551-0973. The Government will confirm receipt of your submission via email reply.

(ii) The following table summarizes the quotation submission:

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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:

(1) price

(2) past performance

(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.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items:

(d) Basis for Contract Award: This is a competitive lowest price with acceptable past performance award conducted in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13. By submission of its quote IAW the instructions provided in clause FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, the quoter accedes to all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions and representations and certification. Failure to meet a requirement may result in a quote being determined unacceptable. Award will be made to the lowest Total Evaluated Price (TEP) quote that is the lowest price with acceptable past performance. The Government may award all OR some line items. The evaluation process will include the following:

(1) Price Evaluation Factor:

(A) For award purposes, the total evaluated price for each offeror will be evaluated based on the total offered price for CLINs 0001, 0002, 0003, 1002, 1003, 2002, 2003, 3002, 3003, 4002, 4003, and 4004 in accordance with FAR 52.217-9. The total of all CLINs is the total evaluated price and will be used to rank offers. Prices will be evaluated for reasonableness. An offeror must therefore propose on all line items including Options.

(B) 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 calculated separately, 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 0001, 0002, 0003, 1002, 1003, 2002, 2003, 3002, 3003, 4002, 4003, and 4004 including Options under FAR 52.217-9, in order to evaluate the extension of services authorized by FAR 52.217-8.

The formula for the Option to Extend Services amount is as follows:

Base Year = CLIN Extended Amount x 0.5* Option Year 1 = CLIN Extended Amount x 0.5* Option Year 2 = CLIN Extended Amount x 0.5* Option Year 3 = CLIN Extended Amount x 0.5* Option Year 4 = CLIN Extended Amount x 0.5*

(2) Past Performance Factor:

(A) The Government will evaluate past performance information submitted from the lowest priced offeror under this acquisition. In the event that the lowest offeror fails to meet Government past performance acceptability standard as defined below, the offeror will be eliminated from consideration for award and the Government will then evaluate the next low offeror’s past performance. This process will continue until an offeror is found to have acceptable past performance.

(B) The Past Performance evaluation results in an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements. Offerors must receive a past performance rating of “Acceptable” to be eligible for award.

(i) Ratings. The Past Performance factor will receive one of the ratings described below.

TABLE 1- PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RATINGS

Note: In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance (see FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv)). Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.” More recent performance will have a greater impact on the Past Performance rating than less recent effort.

(ii) Evaluation Process. The past performance evaluation considers each offeror’s demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance in supplying products and services that meet the solicitation requirements. In conducting the Past Performance evaluation, the Government reserves the right to use both the information provided in the offeror’s Past Performance proposal volume and information obtained from other 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); Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), or other databases; and interviews/questionnaires with Program Managers, Contracting Officers and Fee Determining Officials, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and commercial sources.

(a) Recency Assessment. An assessment of the past performance information will be made to determine if it is recent. To be recent, the effort must be ongoing or must have been performed during the past 3 years from the date of issuance of this solicitation. Past performance information that fails this condition will not be evaluated.

(b) Relevancy Assessment. The Government will conduct an evaluation of all recent performance information obtained to determine whether the products provided/services performed under those contracts relate to the products/services identified within attachment 1, Performance of Work Statement. A relevancy determination of the offeror’s past performance will be made based upon the aforementioned considerations, including joint venture partner(s) and major and critical subcontractor(s). In determining the relevancy of effort performed under individual past performance contracts, the government will only consider the specific effort or portion consistent with that proposed by the prime, subcontractor or teaming partner. Past performance information pertaining to a subcontractor cannot be disclosed to the prime offeror without the subcontractor’s consent. The past performance information forms (PIFs) and information obtained from other sources will be used to establish the relevancy of past performance. The Government will use the following relevancy definitions when assessing recent, relevant contracts:

TABLE 2 – PAST PERFORMANCE RELEVANCY RATINGS

(c) Performance Quality Assessment. The Government will consider the performance quality of recent, relevant efforts (how well the contractor performed on the contracts). For each recent, relevant past performance citation reviewed, the performance quality of the work performed will be assessed. The quality assessment may result in positive or adverse findings. Adverse is defined as past performance information that supports an unsatisfactory rating on any evaluation element or any unfavorable comment received from sources without a formal rating system. For adverse information identified, the evaluation will consider the number and severity of the problem(s), mitigating circumstances, and the effectiveness of corrective actions that have resulted in sustained improvements. Process changes will only be considered when objectively measurable improvements in performance have been demonstrated. The Government will use the following quality levels when assessing recent, relevant efforts:

TABLE 3 – PAST PERFORMANCE QUALITY ASSESSMENT

(iii) Assigning Ratings. As a result of the relevancy and performance quality assessments of the recent contracts evaluated, offerors will receive an integrated past performance rating as outlined in Table 1 above.

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