JVA_Confirmations.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE GUNTER ANNEX ALABAMA

29 September 2017

Industry Partners, The purpose of this notice is to provide updated information in relation to Joint Venture Agreements

(JVA). The Contracting Officer submitted guidance and criteria for the submission of JVAs which were to be submitted and approved prior to submission of proposals. The deadline for JVA submissions was

16 June 2017. In the past few weeks, three months after the due date, we have received correspondence from industry stating they had not received confirmation of an approved or disapproved JVA. We understand that technology is not fail proof and things such as email server rejections do happen; in these situations we have immediately contacted our IT department to confirm the error and make exceptions in these situations. On the other hand, it is reasonably expected that industry would contact the government prior to several months passing and release of the final RFP to confirm the status of submitted documents.

With that being said, if an offeror feels they submitted a timely JVA to the correct email address and have not received confirmation from the SBEAS team, please submit an email to us stating as such no later than close of business today 29 September 2017. We will have our LAN shop search the server to confirm the submission and only if they confirm will the government review the submitted documents. This is not an opportunity to submit a JVA if you did not submit one prior to the deadline.

Please note that the government will not accept any inquiries related to JVAs past this deadline as it has been several months since the due date which is an extensive amount of time to confirm JVA status.

Respectfully, SBEAS Contracting