Sepulveda_AGS_PD2_amendment_02_R-0090.doc

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The following have been added by full text:

AMENDMENT 2

FIRST: This amendment is issued to remove the requirement for submission of Volume One Technical and Volume Two Past Performance in Clause 52.212-1 Addendum 1. The Requirement for submission of Volume Three Price and Contract Information remains in effect.

SECOND: This amendment is issued to remove the evaluation of the criteria of Volume One Technical in Clause 52.212-2 Addendum 1. The evaluation of Volume Two Past Performance and Volume Three Pricing remains in effect.

THIRD: In addition, the clauses have been updated, see below, and all other documents, terms and condition remain unchanged and in full effect.

52.212-1 Addendum:

(b) Submission of Offers.

1. General Instructions:

i. The Offeror’s proposal must include all data and information requested herein and must be submitted in accordance with these instructions. Non-conformance with these instructions may result in an unfavorable proposal evaluation.

ii. Interested parties capable of providing the specified services must submit a written offer via email to Aimee Richard, Aimee.Richard@tinker.af.mil and Trevor Myers, trevor.myers.3@us.af.mil.

iii. Do not send as an executable or .exe file. Email size shall not exceed five megabytes. Any corrupted file or media containing a virus could result in the offer not being considered for award.

iv. Software Compatibility. Use a word processing and spreadsheet program compatible with Microsoft ® Word 2007 ® and Microsoft ® Excel 2007 ®. PDF is Adobe ® Portable Document Format.

v. Solicitation Questions and Site Visit. Any questions relating to the solicitation shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer noted in paragraph i above (not to the Communications Squadron representative or other government representative) by 30 Sep 2013. Any questions received after this date may or may not be answered, due to time constraints of the solicitation. If the Offeror feels an inspection is necessary at the site where services are to be performed to identify any general and local conditions that affect the cost of contract performance, notify the Contract Specialist/ Contracting Officer by 7 Oct 2013. If a site visit is requested and conducted, all Offerors will be notified by amendment to the solicitation. Information provided at the site visit shall not alter the terms and conditions of the solicitation and specifications.

vi. Submit offer as follows:

DOCUMENT

CONTENTS

FILE FORMAT

Volume One

Technical Proposal PDF or .doc

Volume Two

Past Performance

PDF or .doc

Volume Three

Pricing and Contracting PDF or .doc and .xls

2. Specific Instructions for Volumes One, Two, and Three:

i. Volume One -- Technical Proposal (Do not exceed ten pages). An altered Government SOW submitted as Volume One Technical Proposal is not appropriate and will be considered technically unacceptable. Address the Technical Proposal subfactors as follows:

Subfactor 1 – Provider Capability. Provide evidence of being a telecommunications company that owns most of its own facilities such as switching equipment, transmission lines and infrastructure, having the capability to provide Primary Rate Interfaces (PRI), Direct Inward Dial (DID), and number portability. Provide documented evidence of all interconnection agreements and/or leasing arrangements relevant to this effort.

Subfactor 2 –Local Communication Services. Present a sound approach for providing local communication services detailed by a SITE-SPECIFIC diagram and descriptive legend that clearly illustrates the Offeror’s ability to meet all SOW and Appendix 10 requirements. Reference generic example diagram in Appendix 10.

ii. Volume Two -- Past Performance Information (PPI) (Do not exceed ten (10) pages). Submit information from recent contracts performed within the last three (3) years, which are considered relevant in demonstrating ability to perform local exchange services involving similar scope, magnitude of effort, and complexities as the services described in this solicitation. Include the following administrative data for each referenced contract submitted: Offeror’s company name; contracting agency; contract number; brief description of contract; contract type (i.e., fixed price, time and material, etc.); period of performance, identification of any significant achievements or past problems and resolution; and name, address, telephone number, and email address of program manager and Contracting Officer.

iii. Volume Three (Do not exceed ten (10) pages).

A. Contracting Information.

(1) Provide the signature block of the individual authorized to make an offer which includes individual’s name, title, e-mail address and phone number.

(2) Provide cage code, data universal numbering system (DUNS) number, and tax identification number as registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).

(3) Organizational Representatives. Provide a listing, in hierarchal succession of the Offeror’s points of contact delegated specifically for this requirement. Listing shall include names and titles, phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses for each representative. List shall reflect both contracting and technical representatives for help desk issues and troubleshooting.

(4) Evidence of Certification. Certification shall be in accordance with Clause 52.212-4 addendum (v)(3). Documentation must be submitted indicating that the Offeror is a local exchange carrier certified by the affiliated state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to provide services for this requirement (SPCOA – Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority, or COA – Certificate of Operating Authority).

(5) If the remittance address is different from the mailing address, include all applicable remittance addresses.

(6) Written acknowledgement of all applicable solicitation amendments.

B. Pricing Information.

(1) Schedule B Submission

a. Submit completed copy of the Government-provided Schedule B containing the Offeror’s proposed amounts. Enter pricing only on the Government Schedule B. Offeror shall NOT alter the Schedule B in any way with the exception of entering pricing. If the Schedule B is found to be altered in any way other than entering pricing, the action will be considered unacceptable and consequently, a reason to reject an Offeror’s proposal. Schedule B unit prices shall be limited to two decimal places.

b. Identify a CLIN/SLIN (Contract Line Item/Sub Line Item) as Not Separately Priced by entering "NSP" in the unit price. Identify a CLIN/SLIN as No Charge by entering "NC" in the unit price.

c. Include all applicable discounts in your pricing.

(2) The US Air Force is a Federal Government entity, and as such, is exempt from certain taxes. Therefore, the offeror/awardee may not propose for any taxes from which the Federal Government is exempt. In reference to CLIN 0004 – “Taxes, Fees and Surcharges” (TFS), Offeror(s) must submit the supporting state statutes, local ordinances, regulations, FCC rulings and rates, or other documentation justifying all applicable and allowable TFS. Enter only the amount that is documented as applicable and allowable. Inclusion of any amount that is not documented may render the proposal being rejected. Provide a separate delineation or breakdown of all applicable TFS.

(3) Provide a statement specifying that “all pricing in the proposal is Firm-Fixed, with the exception of TFS”.

(c) Period of Acceptance of Offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 120 days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

(e) Multiple offers. If more than one solution to the services is available, Offeror may submit multiple offers for consideration, subject to same page limitations. Multiple offers may not be considered if they alter the Government’s requirement. Should the Offeror claim exceptions to any requirement in the solicitation, these exceptions shall be listed and rationale provided. Failure to include exceptions will be deemed as acceptance of all terms and conditions of the solicitation and resulting contract.

(h) Multiple awards. This award shall be made on an all or none basis.

(End of Addendum to Provision 52.212-1)

52.212-2 Addendum:

Evaluation Criteria. This is a competitive best value source selection in which competing Offerors’ past performance history will be evaluated on a basis approximately equal to cost or price considerations. An award shall be made to this Offeror, subject to a positive determination of responsibility. By submission of an offer, the Offeror accedes to all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors. All Offerors shall be evaluated for technical acceptability. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being determined technically unacceptable. Moreover, the government reserves the right to award an order for services from an incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) or other LEC with a universal service obligation for the services required in this solicitation if it is in the best interest of the Government, price and other factors considered, as discussed herein, even if the company has not submitted an offer. Award will be made to the responsible Offeror proposing the combination most advantageous to the Government based upon an integrated assessment of the evaluation factors described below. The evaluation process shall proceed as follows:

(a) FACTOR 1 – TECHNICAL. The Government technical evaluation team will evaluate the technical proposals on a pass/fail basis, assigning ratings of acceptable or unacceptable. Only those offers determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for an award. The offers shall be evaluated against the following technical subfactors:

Subfactor 1 – Provider Capability. This subfactor is met when the Offeror provides evidence they are a telecommunications company which owns most of its own facilities such as switching equipment, transmission lines and infrastructure, having the capability to provide Primary Rate Interfaces (PRI), Direct Inward Dial (DID), and number portability. Provide documented evidence of all interconnection agreements and/or leasing arrangements relevant to this effort.

Subfactor 2 – Local Communications Services. This subfactor is met when the Offeror presents a sound approach for providing local communication services detailed by a SITE-SPECIFIC diagram and descriptive legend that clearly illustrates the Offeror’s ability to meet all SOW and Appendix 10 requirements. Reference generic example diagram in Appendix 10.

(b) FACTOR 2 -- PRICE. All CLINs/SLINs within the Schedule B will be evaluated for award multiplying the estimated quantity times the unit price in the Schedule B and subtracting any applicable considered discount(s) to derive the total evaluated price. The price evaluation will document the reasonableness and affordability of the proposed total evaluated price. The Government reserves the right to compare offered prices with tariff prices of an incumbent LEC or with any other LEC with a universal service obligation for the services required in this solicitation.

(c) FACTOR 3 -- PAST PERFORMANCE. In evaluating PPI, the government will employ several approaches including: reviewing contract references provided by the offeror; seeking PPI through the use of questionnaires; as well as using data independently obtained from other Government and commercial sources. Only recent (within the last three years) and relevant PPI (similar or greater in scope, magnitude of effort, and complexity than effort described in this solicitation) will be evaluated. When reviewing PPI, judgment will be used in assessing the probability of success, problems on previous efforts, and the alternatives available to meet the requirements. The assessment process will result in an overall performance confidence assessment rating of the Offeror’s ability to satisfactorily perform the services described in this solicitation. The performance confidence assessment will result in an overall performance confidence rating identified with corresponding definition as follows:

(A) Substantial Confidence – Based on the Offeror’s performance record, the

Government has a high expectation that the Offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

(B)Satisfactory Confidence –Based on the Offeror’s performance record, the

Government has an expectation that the Offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

(C) Limited Confidence –Based on the Offeror’s performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the Offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

(D) No Confidence –Based on the Offeror’s performance record, the Government has no expectation that the Offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

(E) Unknown Confidence –No performance record is identifiable, or the Offeror’s performance record is so limited that no confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned. In the case of an Offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the Offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance (reference FAR 15.3 (a)(2)(iv)).

The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the lowest priced offer if the lowest priced Offeror is judged to have a performance confidence assessment of “Satisfactory Confidence” or lower. If the lowest priced, technically acceptable offer is deemed to have a “Substantial Confidence” performance assessment, the Contracting Officer may determine it to represent the best value to the Government. If so, award shall be made to that offeror without discussions or further consideration of any other offer.

(End of Addendum to Provision 52.212-2) (End of Summary of Changes)