NRP_Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation.pdf

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 16 February 2018 (Attachment #1). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number, FA8052-18-R-0016.

The Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP) Certification Course. The associated NAICS Code is 611519 with a size standard of $15,000,000.00.

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 acquisition is solicited as full and open competition.

The Government guarantees a minimum amount equal to the price of 15 students for the National Registered

Paramedic Course, 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 200 students for the National

Registered Paramedic Course and 500 students for the National Registered Paramedic Recertification Course.

See ORDERING PROCEDURES below and in the DRAFT-FA8052-18-D-0002 Basic Contract (Attachment

#2).

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 2018, and four (4) one-year ordering periods starting on

01 Oct 2018 and ending on 30 Sep 2023. The contract will consist of the FFP CLINs, as shown in the

DRAFT-FA8052-18-D-0002 Basic Contract.

In accordance with the PWS dated 16 FEB 2018, the contractor shall support the following functions: Provide up to two training sessions that result in certification of up to 40 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

15 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 134 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 to include shipping costs 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. The Contractor shall have a 90% first time pass rate, 90% of the time with students completing the training for certification to the NRP level with NREMT. Provide remedial training for 100% of students following their first time failure of the NRP Exam. Remedial training days will be in addition to the

134 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, 148 calendar days. In the event of a 2nd time failure, the student will be released from the program to return to their home station.

9. Provide all course material(s) and any special uniform requirements to each student, (i.e., cargo pants, polo or tee-shirts required for clinical or ride-alongs). Also provide an equipment list, (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.

In accordance with the PWS dated 16 FEB 2018, the contractor shall support the following functions: EMT

Paramedic Re-Certification course shall provide re-certification training up to 100 AFMS EMTs annually at the Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP) level in accordance with the established standards set by the

National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Paramedic certification guidelines and will include Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) certification as well as a minimum of 36 hours of Ride-alongs and/or Clinical time. Training shall be conducted in no more than twelve (12) two week classes of no less than

10 students and no more than 20 students each, for a total of approximately 100 students trained annually.

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, objective-based, “ride along” (field internship) clinical program for all Paramedics.

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. Shall maintain a medical oversight relationship with a large urban EMS system with an Advanced Life

Support (ALS) call rate of greater than 35%.

5. Provide training for NRPs that does not exceed 14 calendar days. Training will consist of ALS courses for Paramedic certification with NREMT to include: Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)

6. All classes, to include clinicals, vehicular rotations and testing, must take place within 20 miles of an

Active Duty Air Force Base.

7. Contractor shall have as a minimum a 90% first time pass rate 90% of the time with students completing the training for certification to the NRP level with NREMT.

8. 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). Also provide an equipment list, (i.e., stethoscope, trauma shears or utility scissors), and personal protective equipment for training, excluding pens, pencils, and writing paper.

9. Upon successful completion of training, each student shall receive a Certificate of Completion.

All proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2 Evalution of Quotations or Offers.

The Government seeks to award to the Offeror who is best suited to fulfill the Air Force requirements. This may result in an award to a higher rated, higher priced Offeror, where the decision is consistent with the evaluation factors, and the Contracting Officer reasonably determines that the past performance of the higher priced Offeror outweighs the price difference

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.

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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 #8. No more than 3 Questionnaires).

Part III: Pricing (Completion of Attachment #5).

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

- Offeror shall submit an example of the 134 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:

Contracting Officer- SSgt Tessa Smith at tessa.smith.3@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.

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

See 52.212-2 in Attachment #3.

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.

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ORDERING PROCEDURES: The ordering procedures to be used under the IDIQ contract are as shown in the Attachment #2 and as follows:

- The minimum guaranteed amount for this IDIQ contract is equal to the price of 15 students for the

National Registered Paramedic Initial Course, 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 200 students. The maximum number of students the Government may order during this IDIQ contract for the Nationa Registerd Paramedic Recerfiticaion Course is a total of 500 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 15 students and a maximum of 35 students. Also, the maximum amount the Government can order within an ordering period is a total of 40 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 Thursday, 5 July 2018. 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, 11 July 2018 to SSgt Tessa Smith via email at tessa.smith.3@us.af.mil.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITY AND COST/PRICE PROPOSALS ARE DUE NLT 01:00 PM (local

San Antonio, TX time) on Wednesday, 25 July 2018. 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 16 FEB 2018 (Attachment #1), DRAFT-FA8052-18-D-0002 Basic Contract

(Attachment #2), FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (Attachment #3), Evaluation Factors and

Subfactors (Attachment #4), Pricing Schedule (Attachment #5), , DFARS 252.209-7993 (Attachment #6), FAR

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (Attachment #7), and Past

Performance Questionnaire (Attachment #8), CDRL A001 (Attachment #9), CDRL A002 (Attachment #10), CDRL A003 (Attachment #11), CDRL A004 (Attachment #12).

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 16 February 2018

Attachment 2: DRAFT-FA8052-14-D-0002 Basic Contract

Attachment 3: FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items

Attachment 4: Evaluation Factors & Subfactors

Attachment 5: Pricing Schedule

Attachment 6: DFARS 252.209-7993 (DEVIATION 2014-OO0009)

Attachment 7: FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items

Attachment 8: Past Performance Questionnaire

Attachment 9: CDRL A001

Attachment 10: CDRL A002

Attachment 11: CDRL A003

Attachment 12: CDRL A004 mailto:tessa.smith.3@us.af.mil https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/