FOPR ITO LPTA for BFT2-ROVER6-Amendment-0001 22 Sept 2020.pdf

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Fair Opportunity Proposal Request

FOPR# FA8552-20-R-0008-0001

Instructions to Offerors/Basis of Award

1. Proposal Submission.

A. This is a competitive selection conducted in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 16.505(b) (1). Orders placed under FAR 16.505 Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts are not source selections and are not subject to FAR 15.3 procedures. Accordingly, issuance of an order under this Fair Opportunity Proposal Request (FOPR), should an award be made, shall follow the ordering procedures outlined in FAR 16.505, as supplemented.

B. The proposal submitted in response to this FOPR for the HH-60G Blue Force Tracker 2 (BFT2) and Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver 6 (ROVER6) must be in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Special Operation Forces Personnel Recovery (SOF/PR) & Rotary Division Multiple Award Contract for Modifications (MACM) IDIQ contracts, requirements as stated in the FOPR and attachments, and the order Task Description. Unless otherwise asserted, the applicable terms and conditions of the MACM contracts are in full force and effect. All claimed capabilities to meet the requirements shall be realistic and are subject to verification by the Government. Non-conformance with these instructions may result in rejection of the proposal, an unfavorable proposal evaluation, or being deemed ineligible for award.

C. Offerors shall clearly identify any exception to the terms and conditions and shall provide complete supporting rationale. The Government reserves the right to determine any such exceptions are unacceptable. Any exception determined unacceptable by the Government may result in the Offeror’s proposal being determined unacceptable and ineligible for award. This information shall be provided in the format and content of the table below within the Offerors proposal cover letter. If no exceptions are taken, include a statement stating so within the proposal cover letter.

FOPR Exceptions

FOPR

Document

Page/ Paragraph

Requirement/ Portion Rationale

Performance Work Statement, Instruction To Offerors (ITO), Evaluation Factor, etc.

Applicable Page and Paragraph Numbers

Identify the requirement or portion to which exception is taken

Describe why the requirement can/will not be met

D. The proposal shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The proposal shall not simply rephrase or restate the Government's requirements but, rather, shall provide convincing rationale to address how the Offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities or experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the Offeror's proposal.

E. Discrepancies. If an Offeror believes the requirements in these instructions contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the Offeror shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer (CO) in writing with supporting rationale as well as the remedies the Offeror is asking the CO to consider as related to the omission or error.

F. Use of Non-Government Advisors. Offeror are advised that technical and cost/price data submitted to the Government in response to this FOPR may be released to non-Government advisors for proposal review and analysis. All non-Government advisors have signed non-disclosure statements. The non-Government advisors support will be provided by Quantitech. Offerors shall complete paragraph (2) below, or provide written objection to disclosure as indicated in paragraph (1) below, if the Offeror objects to disclosure of a portion of the proposal, the consent in paragraph (2) shall be provided for the remainder of the proposal. Include either paragraph (1) or (2) below, completed as applicable, within the proposal cover letter.

(1) Any objection to disclosure:

(a) Shall be provided in writing to the CO within ten days of FOPR issuance; and

(b) Shall include a detailed statement of the basis for the objection. The detailed statement shall identify the specific portions of the proposal the Offeror objects to disclosure to non-Government advisors.

(2) I understand technical and cost/price data submitted to the Government in response to this FOPR may be released to non-Government advisors. I consent to release of any (unless objection is provided in paragraph (1) above) proprietary, confidential, or privileged commercial or financial data provided by the firm(s) named below in response to this solicitation, to non-Government advisors for review and analysis:

(a) Firm:

(b) Name (individual authorized to commit firm):

(c) Title:

(d) Date of Execution:

G. The validity period of the delivery order is anticipated to extend from a projected award date of 07 Dec 20 through 31 Jan 22. This contracting action will establish a delivery order composed of Contract Line Items Numbers (CLINs) for production kits, and data as shown below:

CLIN Description Pricing

Arrangement Qty Unit of Issue Inspection* Acceptance* F.O.B.

Required Delivery**

0015 Production Kits

0015AA TCTO 1074, BFT2 FFP 32 KT Origin Origin Origin ***

0015AB TCTO 1075, ROVER6 FFP 32 KT Origin Origin Origin ***

0015AC

A3347936, KGV-72 Clearing Tool FFP 8 KT

Origin Origin Origin 03 May 2021

0015AD A3384649, BFT2 Test Cable FFP 8 KT Origin Origin Origin 03 May 2021

Contract Data Requirements List (Exhibit A)

A014 Status of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) Report NSP 1 LO Destination Destination N/A IAW 1423

A015 Status Report NSP 1 LO Destination Destination N/A IAW 1423

A00C Program Environmental Safety and Health Evaluation (PESHE) NSP 1 LO Destination Destination N/A IAW 1423

A02P Accident/Incident Report NSP 1 LO Destination Destination N/A IAW 1423

* Quality Assurance will be IAW FAR 52.246-11 Higher Level Contract Quality Requirements ** Early delivery will be acceptable as long as it is at no additional cost to the Government.

*** Required delivery for subCLINs 0015AA and 0015AB 3 KT due 03 March 2021 with subsequent deliveries of 3 kits per month until all 32 KT have been delivered for each CLIN.

H. Proposal Submission. Each Offeror shall submit proposals electronically via email in a format readable by Microsoft (MS) Word 2010, Adobe Acrobat DC, MS Excel 2010, and MS-Power Point 2010, as applicable to Point Of Contact and email address. The Contractor shall submit proposals for consideration no later than 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time, 28 Sep 20. Only one proposal shall be submitted, per company, in response to this requirement. Proposals received after the date/time specified will not be evaluated. Proposals shall be emailed or delivered via the DoD SAFE site (https://safe.apps.mil) to Amanda Ragan (amanda.ragan@us.af.mil) and Tominica Pines (tominica.pines@us.af.mil). If the Department of Defense Secure Access File Exchange site is utilized, it is the offeror’s responsibility to contact Ms. Ragan and Ms. Pines prior to the submittal date to request a drop-off link to ensure it can meet the deadline for proposals. In accordance with FAR Subpart 4.8, the Government will retain one copy of all unsuccessful proposals. Unless the offeror requests otherwise, the Government will destroy extra copies of such unsuccessful proposals.

I. Offerors submitting a proposal in response to this FOPR shall submit a Technical volume, and Price proposal. The text shall be single-spaced, on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet with a minimum one-inch margin all around. Font shall be no less than Times New Roman 10 pt. Pages shall be numbered consecutively within each volume. The page limits prescribed are maximum page limits for each volume. When both sides of a sheet display printed material, it shall be counted as two pages. Cover pages, tables of contents, tabs, and glossaries shall not be counted against prescribed page limits.

Pages submitted in excess of these limits will not be read or considered in the Government’s evaluation of the proposal. All proposal information shall be submitted in either MS Word or PDF format except for Pricing information (Volume II). Pricing information shall be submitted in an unlocked MS Excel format showing any linked values, cells, formulas, etc. Offerors must ensure Pricing information is only included in Volume II. Do NOT include any Pricing information in Volume I. Offerors shall submit proposals electronically in accordance with the table below. All electronic submissions shall reference the complete FOPR number in the subject line.

VOLUME REFERENCE TITLE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF

PAGES

I

Cover Letter / Requirements Technical Proposal Sheet

No page limit

Factor 1 Technical See below Sub-factor 1.1 Integrated Master Schedule 10 Sub-factor 1.2 Bill of Materials 10

II Factor 2 Price No page limit

(1) The Cover Letter/Requirements Technical Proposal Sheet (Appendix B of the MACM Ordering Guide) shall include Offerors’ contract number, small business status/categories, company primary and alternate points of contact with email/phone and who is authorized to contractually obligate the company, Commercial And Government Entity Code, address, proposal number, this solicitation number, program name, Pool (A or B) this effort falls under, total dollar value proposed, a statement that the company understands the requirements specified and will meet the performance standards and requirements therein, a statement that the company does or does not take exception to any of the requirements of this order, and acknowledges use of non-Government advisors.

(2) The Technical Proposal shall be specific and complete. Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. Responses will be evaluated against the Technical sub-factors defined in this mailto:tominica.pines@us.af.mil document. Provide as specifically as possible the actual methodology you would use for accomplishing/satisfying the sub-factors. Address your technical solution for meeting or exceeding the Government’s minimum performance or capability requirements of each technical sub-factor.

All the requirements specified in the solicitation are mandatory. By your proposal submission, you are representing that your firm will perform all the requirements specified in the solicitation. It is not necessary or desirable for you to tell us so in your proposal. Do not merely reiterate the objectives or reformulate the requirements specified in the solicitation.

2. Basis of Award:

A. Award will be made in accordance with the basic contract ordering procedures, the procedures specified in the FOPR and on the basis of the lowest priced proposal meeting the acceptability standards for non-price factors. An order may be awarded to the Contractor who is deemed responsible IAW FAR 9.1, as supplemented, whose proposal conforms to the FOPR’s requirements (to include all stated terms, conditions, representations, certifications, and all other information required by the FOPR instructions) and is judged, based on the evaluation factors and sub-factors, to represent the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest complete and reasonable price.

B. First, the Government will rank the proposals from lowest price to highest price, in order to establish an Initial Total Evaluated Price (I-TEP). The I-TEP will be calculated as the sum of the Contractor’s prices submitted for all CLINs. Next, the Government will evaluate the technical volumes on an acceptable or unacceptable basis, starting with the proposal with the lowest I-TEP.

Any sub-factor evaluated as “Unacceptable” will render the entire proposal unacceptable and, therefore not awardable. If the proposal with the lowest I-TEP is determined technically acceptable, the Government will evaluate the Contractor’s price, to include all options, for price completeness and reasonableness, as described above. If the lowest priced proposal is technically acceptable and the TEP is complete and reasonable, this Contractor’s proposal represents the best value to the Government and award will be made to that Contractor. If the lowest priced proposal is not technically acceptable, the Government will consider the correction potential and may enter into interchanges with that Contractor. If after interchanges with that Contractor, their proposal is technically acceptable and remains the lowest priced (with the TEP complete and reasonable), the order will be placed with that Contractor. If the Government deems the proposal not easily correctable, or if at any time it becomes other than the lowest priced proposal, the next lowest priced proposal will be evaluated for technical acceptability, followed by an analysis of their TEP to verify reasonableness and completeness. Interchanges will take place as necessary or deemed appropriate by the Government. The evaluation process will continue until reaching a technically acceptable proposal with a TEP that is reasonable and complete, or until all proposals are evaluated.

C. The Government intends to make selection for award based on the initial proposal submissions without conducting interchanges. Therefore, each offer shall contain the Offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to hold interchanges if, during the evaluation, it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. Interchanges are fluid interaction(s) between the CO and the Contractors that may address any aspect of the proposal and may or may not be documented in real time. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct interchanges using Interchange Notices (IN). Offeror responses to INs will be considered in making the order selection decision. Interchanges may be conducted with one, some or all Offerors as the Government is not required to conduct interchanges with any or all Contractors responding to this FOPR.

3. Evaluation Factors

A. Responses to this FOPR will be evaluated against the following factors and sub-factors:

(1) Factor 1: Technical

(a) Sub-factor 1.1: Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)

(b) Sub-factor 1.2: Consolidated Bill of Materials (BOM)

(2) Factor 2: Price

B. Factor 1: Technical.

(1) The Offeror’s proposal shall, at a minimum, address each of the sub-factors, as they apply to the HH-60G BFT2/ ROVER6 order task description. The Technical proposal shall demonstrate the Contractor’s ability to perform the technical requirements.

(a) Sub-Factor 1.1 – Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) - Submittal Requirements:

(1) This subfactor will evaluate the offeror’s ability to divide the effort into tasks and phases that can be successfully executed to deliver the required equipment in accordance with the HH-60G BFT 2/ROVER 6 order task description. The Contractor shall provide the following:

(a) A program execution roadmap that identifies discrete tasks, consistent with all authorized work, and relationships necessary for successful contract completion. (BFT 2/ROVER 6

TD 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.3.3)

(b) Task durations that are realistic. (BFT 2/ROVER 6 TD 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.3.3)

(c) Predecessor/successor relationships. (BFT 2/ROVER 6 TD 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.3.3)

(d) The Critical Path tasks. (BFT 2/ROVER 6 TD 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.3.3)

(e) Feasible resource loading (manpower) at the task level and feasible risk mitigation /contingency plans. (BFT 2/ROVER 6 TD 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.3.3)

(f) Appropriate level of fidelity. (BFT 2/ROVER 6 TD 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.3.3)

(g) Key external dependencies/subcontractor tasks/deliverables. (BFT 2/ROVER 6

TD 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.3.3)

(b) Sub-Factor 1.2 – Consolidated Bill of Materials (BOM) Submittal Requirements:

(1) This sub-factor will evaluate the offeror’s ability to interpret engineering drawings that comply with American Society of Mechanical Engineers Y14.2, Line Conventions and Lettering to create a Consolidated Bill of Materials required for development of the end items identified in the HH-60G BFT 2/ROVER 6 order task description. The Contractor shall provide the following:

(a) An adequate Consolidated BOM (C-BOM) that identifies all raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, parts, quantities of each needed to produce the end items.

(BFT 2/ROVER 6 TD 3.3.3.1, 3.3.3.2, 3.3.3.3)

(b) An adequate C-BOM that contains a consolidated priced summary of the individual material quantities and basis for pricing (vendor quotes, invoice pricing, etc.) (BFT

2/ROVER 6 TD 3.3.1.3, 3.3.2.3, 3.3.3.3)

(c) The following ratings will be utilized:

(C) Factor 2: Price.

(1). Price proposals shall support the proposed technical approach and will be evaluated for one Total Evaluated Price (TEP), two completeness, three reasonableness and four unbalanced pricing. Offerors whose price is determined to be incomplete or unreasonable will not be considered for award.

(2). For evaluation purposes, prices will be calculated using the total amount quoted for the identified CLINs. First the Total Evaluated Item Cost will be calculated by multiplying the quantity and unit price. Then TEP will be calculated as the sum of the Contractor’s proposed prices for sum of the CLINs/Total Evaluated Item Cost as shown below. Offerors are instructed to utilize the provided TEP Calculation Spreadsheet (Attachment 5) to input the individual Unit Price for the CLINs identified below. Attachment 5 will calculate the Total Evaluated Item Cost based on this input and generate the final TEP utilizing the methodology previously identified in this paragraph.

CLIN

Pricing

Arrangement Qty Unit of Issue Unit Price

Total Evaluated Item Cost

0015AA FFP 32 KT

0015AB FFP 32 KT

0015AC FFP 8 KT

0015AD FFP 8 KT

Total Evaluated Price

(3) Completeness. The proposal will be reviewed to determine the extent to which all the price elements have been addressed. The Contractor’s proposed price and other information will be evaluated to ensure continuity and traceability of prices to the technical volume and between the initial proposal and any revisions thereto. The review will determine the adequacy of the Contractor’s proposal in addressing and fulfilling the FOPR requirements.

(4) Reasonableness. For a price to be reasonable, it must represent a price to the Government that a prudent person would pay in the conduct of competitive business. The Government will determine prices fair and reasonable through the use of one or more of the price analysis techniques at FAR 15.404-1(b)(2).

TABLE A – Technical Ratings

Rating Description

Acceptable Proposal meets the requirements of the FOPR.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet the requirements of the FOPR.

1586913294C Cross-Out

(5) Unbalanced pricing. Offerors are cautioned against submitting an offer that contains unbalanced pricing. Unbalanced pricing may increase performance risk and could result in payment of unreasonably high prices. Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items is significantly over or understated. The Government shall analyze offers to determine whether they are unbalanced with respect to separately priced line items or sub-line items. An offer that is determined to be unbalanced may be rejected if the CO determines that the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

4. Although past performance may not be used as an evaluation factor, the Government may review information obtained from other sources available to the Government such as the Past Performance Information Retrieval System which will be used as part of the responsibility determination made IAW FAR 9.104-1. The Government reserves the right to obtain information relative to present and past performance on its own.

5. Ombudsman. IAW Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman (JUN 2016), an Ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from Offerors, potential Offerors, and others for this acquisition. If resolution cannot be made by the CO, concerned parties may contact the ombudsman, Timothy R. Inman at (478) 222- 4097 or via email at timothy.inman@us.af.mil.

6. Attachments/Exhibits. The attachments/exhibits applicable to this FOPR and resultant order shown are shown below.

Attachment/ Exhibit Description Date No. Pages

Attachment 1 BFT 2/ROVER 6 Task Description Attachment 2 Technical Drawing/Data Package:

1. 201529044, Cable Assembly, Power, Electric, Branched - W9044

2. 201529046, Cable Assembly, Radio Frequency - W9046-1, W9046-2

3. 201529049, Assembly, Cable, Radio Frequency - W9049-1, W9049-2

4. 201529053, Cable, Radio Frequency

5. 201529055, Backshell, Electrical Connector

6. 201529056, Termination, Shield, Electrical

Connector

7. 201529057, Band, Steel

8. 201529059, Cable Ethernet

9. 201529061, Connector, Plug, Electrical

10. 201529062, Cable, Sleeving, Poly Braid, Expando

11. 1H-60-1074 , Ver

12. 1H-60-1075 , Ver

13. A3384649_B-BFT2 Transceiver Test Cable

14. A3347936_KGV-72 Clearing Tool_3 Oct 19

Various N/A

Attachment 3 DD Form 1653, Transportation Requirements Attachment 4 AFMC Form 158, Packaging Requirements Attachment 5 Total Evaluated Price (TEP) Calculation Spreadsheet

Exhibit A DD Form 1423-1, Contract Data Requirements List Various mailto:timothy.inman@us.af.mil