Attachment_5,_FAR_52.212-1_and_52.212-2.pdf

Attachment 5

FA8052-18-R-0018

Addendum 1 to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items 30 May 2018 Addendum 1 to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (JAN 2017):

Submission of Offers.

(a) General Instructions:

(i) Interested parties capable of providing the specified services must submit a written offer via email to: John Walters, john.walters.9@us.af.mil and Christal Jackson, christal.jackson.6@us.af.mil no later than 10:00 AM CST, Friday, 29 June 2018.

(ii) Solicitation Questions. Any questions relating to the solicitation shall be submitted via email or faxed to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer (CO) noted in paragraph (i) above by 10:00AM on 12 June 2018. Any questions received after this time/date may or may not be answered due to time constraints of the solicitation. Submit offer as follows:

DOCUMENT CONTENT FILE FORMAT – The minimum font size for the proposal pages are 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 and address. Also include the Cage Code and DUNS number.

Volume I, Technical Capability Proposal PDF or .doc and

Volume II, Pricing Proposal in PDF or .docx and .xlsx

(Two separate documents are required)

Volume I: Technical Capability (Do not exceed 20 pages. This is inclusive of the cover page, cover letter, and table of contents) (All technical information shall be addressed ONLY in Volume I, Technical Capability).

Factor 1. Technical Capability

Technical Capability Proposals will be given a rating of Acceptable or Unacceptable.

mailto:john.walters.9@us.af.mil mailto:christal.jackson.6@us.af.mil

Addendum 1 to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items 30 May 2018

Determination Definition

Acceptable ALL of the minimum acceptable criteria are clearly met by the proposal. The Offeror’s proposal meets the performance and technical capability requirements defined in the SOW.

Unacceptable Not all of the minimum acceptable criteria are met by the proposal. An unacceptable proposal contains one or more deficiencies. The proposal fails to minimum performance and technical capability requirements defined in the SOW.

A technically acceptable proposal shall have a sound technical approach that meets all (a) Statement of Work (SOW) requirements; (b) Demonstrates technologies used in the approach are viable, procurable and producible; (c) Proposal has an approach that allows the flexibility to incorporate new technologies without a major revamp of the requirement. (d) Has a sound risk mitigation approach for all identified technical risks; and provides an effective approach to manage and minimize schedule and personnel disruptions.

Factor 1. Technical Capability

Sub-factor 1: Develop and Maintain Duties IAW dated SOW, dated 9 May 2018

Proposal must address how the Contractor will develop and maintain the tasks and subtasks for the SGH/QSPAR Annual Symposium.

Sub-Factor 2: Performance Objectives & Thresholds IAW SOW, dated 9 May 2018

Proposal must address how the Contractor’s identified deficiencies will be corrected from outputs/outcomes resulting from the performance requirements during the performance threshold period.

Sub-Factor 3: Personnel Requirements IAW SOW, dated 9 May 2018

The Contractor shall address the personnel requirements for the SGH/QSPAR Annual Symposium.

Volume II: Price Evaluation (Do not exceed 2 pages). This is inclusive of the cover page, cover letter, and table of contents). At a minimum, it will consist of attachment 2, price schedule.

Factor 2. Price Evaluation

Addendum 1 to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items 30 May 2018 The price evaluation will document the reasonable and affordability of the proposed total price based upon a comparison of the Offeror’s price to the Independent Government Estimate.

When two or more technically acceptable offers are received (competition) and the lowest price is selected; the price of the lowest Offeror can be concluded to be fair and reasonable. A price that is very low will be verified to assure that the Offeror understands what is being asked for and no mistakes have been made in preparing the price.

In accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b) and FAR 15.403-3(a), information other than pricing data may be required to support price reasonableness or realism in the absence of competition.

Information shall be provided in accordance with FAR 15.403-5. If after receipt of the proposals, the CO determines that there is insufficient information available to determine price reasonableness and none of the exceptions in FAR 15.403-1 apply; the Offeror shall be required to submit pricing data. All CLINs within Attachment 2 will be evaluated for determination of reasonableness and affordability. The Government will rank all technically acceptable offers by price. Failure to provide prices as stated in attachment 2 may result in the rejection of the proposal. All pricing information shall be addressed ONLY in Attachment 2, Pricing Schedule.

FAR Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items (Oct 2014):

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation and attached SOW utilizing the Lowest Price Technical Acceptable Source Selection technique in accordance with FAR 15.101-2. Evaluation may be made with or without discussions with the Offeror(s). The Government technical evaluation team will evaluate the technical proposals on an acceptable/inacceptable basis, assigning ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable. A decision on the technical acceptability of each Offeror’s technical proposal shall be made. Only those offers determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or a result of discussions will be considered for an award. The offers shall be evaluated against the following two (2) factors:

Factor 1. Technical Capability Factor 2. Price

Period of Acceptance of Offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT RIGHTS

Addendum 1 to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items 30 May 2018

1. Communications: Communications conducted to resolve minor or clerical errors will not constitute discussions and the contracting officer reserves the right to award a contract without the opportunity for quotation revision. Offerors are cautioned to submit sufficient information and in the format specified in Addendum to FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items. Offerors may be asked to clarify certain aspects of their quotation.

2. Government’s Intent to Award: 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. If discussions are held, discussions will only be held with those Offeror’s determined to be in the competitive range.

3. Competitive Range: The Contracting Officer may determine that the number of quotations that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted. The Contracting Officer may limit the number of quotations in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition.

4. A contract issued by the Contracting Office, signed by the Contracting Officer, is the only instrument by which Government funds are obligated. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. If you proceed with work prior to receipt of a fully executed contract, you do so at our own risk.