Attachment_15,_Client_Authorization_Letter.pdf

SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION - See FAR 2.101 and 3.104

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

ATTACHMENT 15

Client Authorization Letter

NOTE TO OFFERORS: This procurement could be similar to commercial supplies/services.

Therefore, to assist the Government’s Past Performance Team in assessing your present and past performance on relevant commercial contracts, the following letter must be sent to your points of contact

(POCs) for those commercial efforts that you identify to us in your past performance volume. Should you propose to use critical subcontractors and/or joint venture members, you must obtain a similar client authorization letter from each entity. HOWEVER, it is your sole responsibility, as the offeror, to then send out these authorization letters with the Present/Past Performance Questionnaire to your own POCs and to those of your critical subcontractors and/or joint venture members and include a copy in your past performance volume.

Client Authorization Letter

(TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY

OFFEROR)

Dear (Client):

We are currently responding to the Department of the Air Force (AF), Warner Robins Air

Logistics Complex, Request for Proposal (FA8534-17-R-0007 for the procurement of the Noise

Suppressor Sustainment.

As you know past performance has become an element of increased emphasis in the AF’s acquisitions. They are requesting that clients of companies who submit proposals in response to their RFP for the Noise Suppressor Sustainment be contacted, and that their participation in the validation process be requested. We, therefore, respectfully request and hereby authorize you to complete the attached Questionnaire with regards to work we have performed for you, and submit it either electronically or by mail. If sending electronically, the following applies:

Exchanges of source selection information between Government and offerors will be controlled by the Contracting Officer. Exchanges of source selection information AFTER submission of the initial proposal packages between the Government and offerors will be controlled by the Contracting Officer. Email may be used to transmit such information only if the email can be sent encrypted, and must include “Source Selection Information

– See FAR 2.101 and 3.104” in the subject line of the email. Otherwise, source selection information will be transmitted via direct mailing or AMRDEC SAFE at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/guide.aspx. In order to facilitate the sending and receiving of encrypted emails, offerors must use MS Outlook email configured to support encryption or a different email product that is S/MIME compatible and configured to support encryption. If you intend to submit your source selection information via encrypted email, you will need to contact the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer indicated on the face page of the solicitation prior to your first submittal in order to https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/guide.aspx exchange certificates used for encryption. To ensure the process is working correctly, send a test encrypted message first (without including any source selection information).

Email to: Crystal.Crawford.1@us.af.mil or Travis.Simmons.3@us.af.mil.

If mailing, the outside envelope must be marked as follows:

NOTE: TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY

The completed questionnaire should be contained in a second envelope marked with the mailing address and the following legend:

Mail directly to:

AFLCMC/WNKAC

ATTN: Crystal Crawford or Travis Simmons

235 Byron Street, Suite 19A

Robins AFB, GA 31098-1813

Reference: RFP: (FA8534-17-R-0007) mailto:wendy.williams.8@us.af.mil mailto:amy.harshner.1@us.af.mil