FA670320Q0027 - Amendment 0002.pdf

FA670320Q0027

Aircraft Wash and Corrosion Control Services

AMENDMENT 0001

13 October 2020

The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (JUN 2020), applies to this acquisition. Written quotes are required (oral offers will not be accepted).

Submission of quotes must be in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-

Commercial Items and any addenda to the provision.

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items

A. Offerors must follow the instructions contained herein to assure timely and equitable evaluation quotes. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being ineligible for award. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale..

B. Submission of Offers: Electronic Submission of offers is required. Offers shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer: Kenneth Jacob, kenneth.jacob.1@us.af.mil and Contract

Specialist: Kevin Song, kevin.song@us.af.mil not later than 3:00 PM, (EDT), 16 October 2020.

Offerors shall submit a clear, concise and complete quote, and include only information that is relevant to this notice.

The following information shall be included with each offer:

1. The name, address, telephone number and email address of the offerors point of contact.

2. Remittance Address, if different from the Offeror’s mailing address.

3. Discount Terms (for payments prior to Net 30, if applicable).

4. CAGE Code and DUNS number.

5. Technical. In accordance with, FAR 52.212-1(b)(4), Offerors shall submit technical information which outlines the companies capability and planned approach to acquire and maintain sufficient equipment, materials, labor, and supplies to perform and meet the requirements of the PWS throughout the life of the entire contract. To include all Option

Periods.

6. Price. Offerors shall submit a firm-fixed priced offer for the entire requirement; partial offers shall not be accepted. Offerors shall insert proposed unit and extended prices for each Contract

Line Item Number (CLIN) in the Pricing Schedule at Attachment 3. The extended amount must equal the whole dollar unit price multiplied by the number of units. The proposal(s) must be submitted for a base year plus three (3) 1-yr Option Periods.

mailto:kenneth.jacob.1@us.af.mil mailto:kevin.song@us.af.mil

(b)(8) Representations/Certifications. Utilizing the provision below (52.212-3 -- Offeror

Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items) Offerors shall complete the necessary fill-ins, representations and certifications as set forth in the solicitation.

(b)(9) Acknowledgement of Solicitation Amendments. The Government reserves the right to revise or amend the solicitation and attachments prior to the offer closing time. Such amendments will be issued electronically by email. In such cases, the amendment will include an announcement of the new closing date and time. The Offeror shall acknowledge all amendments.

(b)(11) Offerors shall identify and explain any exception, deviation, or assumption to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide accompanying rationale. Offerors are cautioned that it is not the Government’s intent to incorporate the Offeror’s proposal in the resulting award.

Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

If an Offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the Offeror shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer in writing with supporting rationale as well as the remedies the Offeror is asking the Contracting Officer to consider as related to the omission or error. The Offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial proposal, as received, without discussion.

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from date specified for receipt of offers.

System for Award Management. In order for an Offeror to be considered for award, the Offeror must be registered in System for Management Award (SAM). Visit the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ for further information.

Email Format: The subject line of all emails that comprise the quotes shall be formatted as follows: Subject: FA670320Q0027/Company Name/Email X of X (insert number of the email and total number of emails).

C. 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 information to the extent necessary for the

Contracting Officer to determine the reasonableness and affordability of the price.

D. The quote shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The quote should not simply rephrase or restate the Government's requirements but, rather, shall provide convincing rationale to address how the Offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities or experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the Offeror's quote.

(End of provision)

The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014) applies to this acquisition.

(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.

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items

1. Basis for Contract Award

This acquisition is conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR 13.3, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial

Items. These regulations are available electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov. The

Government will select the quote with the lowest evaluated price, which is determined to be fair, reasonable and balanced, and technically acceptable.

The following factors will be used to evaluate each offer:

Factor 1: Technical Approach and Capability to meet the requirements

Factor 2: Price

2. Factor 1 – Technical Factor

The Government’s technical evaluation team shall evaluate the technical quotes on an acceptable or unacceptable basis, assigning a rating described below. Only those quotes 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 quote, as received, without further discussions.

3. Factor 2: Price Factor:

(a) Reasonableness. The offeror’s price quote will be evaluated for reasonableness. The existence of adequate price competition is expected to support a determination of reasonableness. Price analysis

Rating Description

Acceptable Quote meets the requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Quote does not meet the requirements of the solicitation.

https://www.acquisition.gov/ techniques may be used to further validate price reasonableness. If adequate price competition is not obtained or if price reasonableness cannot be determined using price analysis of Government obtained information, additional information may be required to support the proposed price.

(b) Balance: Offerors are cautioned against submitting an offer that contains unbalanced pricing.

Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line item numbers (CLINs) is significantly overstated or understated as indicated by the application of quote analysis techniques. The Government shall analyze offers to determine whether there are unbalances separately priced line items or sub-line items. Prices submitted will be compared and evaluated to assure that a logical progression exists as related to price and quantity changes within each offeror’s response to the pricing structure in the Price Schedule (Attachment 3). Offerors that are determined to be unbalanced may be rejected if the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

(c) The Total Evaluated Price (TEP) shall be calculated by multiplying the unit price by the quantity to calculate the extended prices for all of the firm fixed price CLINs for the basic year and the Option

CLINs, then totaling those amounts.

(d) 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).

(e) 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.

(End of provision)