16_JUN_14-REVISED-IDIQ-NRP-Combined_synopsis-solicitation.docx

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice and attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) dated 10 APR 2014 (Attachment #1) and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan dated 21 Apr 2014 (Attachment #2). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number, FA8052-14-R-0014.

The Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP) Certification Course. The associated NAICS Code is 611519 with a size standard of $14,000,000.00.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) and incorporates the provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-73.

The 773rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (773 ESS/PKB) Contracting Office contemplates that award of a single-award Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) non-personal service Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) along with award of the initial task order, Task Order 0001. This contract will contain Cost Reimbursement (CR) line items only for the additional NRP exam re-testing costs. This acquisition is solicited as full and open competition.

The Government guarantees a minimum amount equal to the price of 20 students, which will be awarded under Task Order 0001. The guaranteed minimum amount is only applicable to the base year. No minimum guarantee amount is given beyond the base year. The maximum quantity of students the Government may order during this IDIQ contract is 270 students. See ORDERING PROCEDURES below and in the DRAFT-FA8052-14-D-0002 Basic Contract (Attachment #3).

The period of performance for this contract will be a total of five (5) ordering periods from contract award. A base ordering period from contract award until 30 Sep 2014, and four (4) one-year ordering periods starting on 01 Oct 2014 and ending on 30 Sep 2018. The contract will consist of the FFP and CR CLINs, as shown in the DRAFT-FA8052-14-D-0002 Basic Contract.

In accordance with the PWS dated 10 APR 2014, the contractor shall support the following functions: Provide up to two training sessions that result in certification of up to 60 Air Force EMTs to the Paramedic Level per ordering period in accordance with the established standards set forth by NREMT, National EMS Education Standards and Paramedic Instructional Guidelines. Each four month training course will consist of no less than 20 students and no more than 35 students. Each class will be initiated with the issuance of a new task order under the basic IDIQ contract. Online training is not acceptable. Items listed below will be at no additional costs or fee.

1. The prime contractor shall be a fully certified and accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP), as granted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), as an approved program for paramedic training and certification. A CoAEMSP Letter of Review (LOR) is acceptable.

2. Required training shall include real world “ride along” (field internship) clinical program to all Paramedic students.

3. Provide a training facility located within 50 miles of a Level 1 Trauma Center; a hospital equipped to handle any level of severity of trauma, and has a trauma surgeon on-site 24/7 and an Operating Room ready at all times for trauma cases as defined by the American College of Surgeons.

4. Maintain a medical oversight relationship with a large urban EMS system with an Advanced Life Support (ALS) call rate of greater than 35% (Provide documentation of current relationship with EMS system and that ALS calls exceed 35% over the previous 2 years).

5. Provide training that does not exceed 120 calendar days. Training will consist of ALS courses for Paramedic certification with NREMT to include Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Basic Life Support (BLS).

6. Provide all textbooks and an opportunity for each student who successfully completes the program to take the National Registry Paramedic psychomotor and cognitive examinations.

7. Provide 1 (one) NRP testing opportunity after graduation of the course but prior to student’s departure.

8. Provide remedial training for students following their first time failure of the NRP Exam. Remedial training days will be in addition to the 120 calendar days allowed for initial training. Re-testing must be scheduled and accomplished prior to the student departing; but will not exceed, under any circumstances, 139 calendar days which includes the 120 calendar days allowed for initial training.

9. Provide all course material and any special uniform requirements to each student, (i.e., cargo pants, polo or tee-shirts required for clinical or ride-alongs). And provide all equipment, (i.e., stethoscope, trauma shears or utility scissors), and personal protective equipment for training, excluding pens, pencils, and writing paper.

10. Provide certificates of completion to students upon successful completion of training.

11. Provide students earned credit/semester hours with an official transcript.

All proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 – Tradeoff Source Selection Process, specifically a Price Performance Tradeoff (PPT) basis (See Attachment #4). Award may be made without discussions with the Offeror(s); the government reserves the right to have discussions, if required.

PROVISIONS/CLAUSES APPLICABLE TO THIS SOLICITATION: All of the provisions and clauses shown in the DRAFT Basic Contract (Attachment #3) apply to this solicitation, including the following:

FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Item (Apr 2014). FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Jan 1999) (Attachment #4). FAR 52.212-3 Alternate I, Offeror Representations and Certifications, Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation and the Offeror must include a completed copy of this provision with their proposal (Attachment #8) or have an up to date record of 52.212-3 in www.SAM.gov. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies to this Solicitation. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Status or Executive Orders, Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Service may apply FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965 applies to this solicitation.

An addendum is added to FAR 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity as shown below.

The provision at DFARS 252.209-7993 Representation by Corporations Regarding an unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Deviation 2014-O0009) (FEB 2014) applies to this solicitation and the Offeror must include a completed copy of Attachment #7 entitled DFARS 252.209-7993 with their proposal.

FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Item:

Each Offeror is required to submit their proposal as specified in FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items Addendum. The response shall consist of three (3) separate parts, Part I – Technical Capability, Part II Past Performance, and Part III – Pricing.

Part I: Technical Capability (Do not exceed 20 pages. This includes the cover page, cover letter, and table of contents).

Part II: Past Performance (Completion of Attachment #9. No more than 3 Questionnaires).

Part III: Pricing (Completion of Attachment #6).

In addition to a Technical, Past Performance, and Price Proposal, the offeror shall submit the following documents:

· Offeror shall submit an example of the 120 day course schedule to be used for the training course.

· Offeror shall submit proof of CoAEMSP Accreditation or LOR.

· Offeror shall submit proof of current relationship with large urban EMS system, and that ALS calls exceed 35% over the previous 2 years. A breakout of call volume records showing EMS level of care category provided is acceptable.

· Attach a completed copy of provision 52.212-3 Alternate I, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, or have an up to date record in www.SAM.gov.

· Attach a completed copy of provision 252.209-7993 Representation by Corporations Regarding an unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Deviation 2014-O0009) (FEB 2014) (Attachment #7).

ADDENDUM - FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Jul 2013):

Submission of Offers.

General Instructions:

(i) Interested parties capable of providing the specified services must submit a written offer via email to:

Contract Specialist – Dustin Tatum at Dustin.Tatum@us.af.mil

(ii) Do not send as an executable or .exe file. Email size shall not exceed five megabytes. Documents may be compressed (zipped) using WinZip 8.1 or later version. Any corrupted file or media containing a virus could result in the offer not being considered for award.

(iii) Software Compatibility. Use a word processing and spreadsheet program compatible with Microsoft ® Word 2007 ® and Microsoft ® Excel 2007 ®. PDF is Adobe ® Portable Document Format.

(iv) Submit offer as follows:

DOCUMENT CONTENT FILE FORMAT – The minimum font size for the proposal pages is 12 pitch. Required documents should be submitted via electronic email with a request receipt, and should be clearly marked as to volume number, title, copy number, solicitation identification and the Offeror’s name, address, CAGE code, DUNS number, and Tax Identification Number.

(End of Provision)

FAR Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items (Jan 1999):

See 52.212-2 in Attachment #4.

ADDENDUM-52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995) Paragraph 52.216-22 (c) is hereby REPLACED BY:

Withstanding any limitations on quantities in the Order Limitations clause or in the Schedule, the contractor will not be obligated to honor more than two (2) Task Orders during a given ordering period unless mutually agreed upon by the contractor and the Government.

(End Clause)

ORDERING PROCEDURES: The ordering procedures to be used under the IDIQ contract are as shown in the Attachment #3 and as follows:

· The minimum guaranteed amount for this IDIQ contract is equal to the price of 20 students, and will be ordered with the basic contract under Task Order 0001. The maximum number of students the Government may order during this IDIQ contract is a total of 270 students.

· As stated in FAR 52.216-19, the minimum/maximum ordering quantities the government may order under each task order is a minimum of 20 students and a maximum of 35 students. Also, the maximum amount the Government can order within an ordering period is a total of 60 students, except for the base period (30 students).

· Each order (course) will be initiated with a request to the contractor no less than 30 days prior to the anticipated start date of the course. The request will specify the anticipated number of students for the subsequent course.

· As stated in the ADDENDUM to FAR 52.216-22, the maximum number of orders the Government may place during an ordering period is 2 task orders, unless mutually agreed upon by the contractor and the Government.

· Orders may be placed by any warranted Contracting Officer serving in the 773 ESS/PK. Orders against any contract arising from this solicitation may be placed by mail, facsimile, or through other electronic commerce including email in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract.

COURSE APPROVAL. If any type of course approval, such as state course approval, is required prior to the start of a class, please state so in the technical capability proposal.

PERIOD FOR ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

SOLICITATION QUESTIONS. Any questions regarding the terms and conditions of this synopsis/solicitation shall be submitted by email only to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer (CO) noted above NLT 01:00 PM (local San Antonio, TX time) on Wednesday, 11 June 2014. Any questions received after this time/date may or may not be answered due to time constraints of the solicitation (see 52.212-1 Addendum– submission of offers).

PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONAIRES ARE DUE NTL 01:00 PM (local San Antonio, TX time) on Wednesday, 04 June 2014 to Mr. Dustin Tatum via email at Dustin.Tatum@us.af.mil.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITY AND COST/PRICE PROPOSALS ARE DUE NLT 01:00 PM (local San Antonio, TX time) on Tuesday, 17 June 2014. Any proposals received after designated closing date and time will not be considered for award. (see 52.212-1 Addendum – submission of offers)

Potential Offerors are to review and address the attachments which include the Performance Work Statement/Appendixes dated 10 APR 2014 (Attachment #1), Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan dated 21 Apr 2014 (Attachment #2) DRAFT-FA8052-14-D-0002 Basic Contract (Attachment #3), FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (Attachment #4), Evaluation Factors and Subfactors (Attachment #5), Pricing Schedule (Attachment #6), , DFARS 252.209-7993 (Attachment #7), FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (Attachment #8), and Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment #9).

Also include in proposal that a Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) account has been initiated or already established (DoD) has mandated the use of WAWF.

The Offeror must be registered and current on the System for Award Management website (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ ) no exemptions. All invoices shall be submitted using Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF).

To get more information about how to register for WAWF, contractors can go to the following web site and download the Contract Pay information:

http://www.dfas.mil/contractorpay/ContractPayInformation.pdf.

Attachments are as follows:

Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement (PWS) dated 10 APR 2014 Attachment 2: Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan dated 21 Apr 2014 Attachment 3: DRAFT-FA8052-14-D-0002 Basic Contract Attachment 4: FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items Attachment 5: Evaluation Factors & Subfactors Attachment 6: Pricing Schedule Attachment 7: DFARS 252.209-7993 (DEVIATION 2014-OO0009) Attachment 8: FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items Attachment 9: Past Performance Questionnaire