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Solicitation Number: FA8224-16-R-0021

1. What is the required proposal response format (i.e. font size, margins, charts, and tables

Minimum font size is 11pt. Charts, tables acceptable as long as veiwable in pdf or Microsoft Word or Excel. No specific margins required.

2. Will charts and graphs count towards the page count?

Yes

3. The FAR Clause at 52.212-1 suggests the government is interested in receiving multiple offers from a single vendor (page 11 (e) of solicitations standard form 1449). Is this correct?

Yes

4. On Page 16 the following is presented:

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The government will award one (1) 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) TECHNICAL FACTORS

(3) PAST PERFORMANCE

Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to price. Then an Addendum is included which states the evaluation is based on LPTA. Which is correct?

Proposals will be evaluated based on LPTA. The statement “Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to price” is changed to “Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. See Amendment 02.

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