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Air Force Space Contractor Responsibility Watch List (CRWL).

In accordance with Section 1612 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (P.L. 115-91) and SMC Instruction (SMCI) 64-101, the contracting officer may not award a contract to a contractor included on the CRWL without making a determination of responsibility and obtaining the approval of the SMC Commander. A contractor that has been notified that it has been added to the CRWL may respond to this solicitation but must submit documentation in this volume describing how it has addressed the conditions that resulted in its inclusion on the CRWL and why those conditions will not impact performance on a contract resulting from this solicitation. The Contracting Officer will consider this information as well as other available information in making the determination of responsibility or nonresponsibility required by FAR 9.103.

In addition, in accordance with Section 1612 of the NDAA for FY18 (P.L. 115-91), SMCI 64-101, and the SMC Class Deviation of FAR clause 52.244-2, Subcontracts, in this solicitation, the offeror must receive written consent of the Contracting Officer prior to subcontracting with subcontractors on the CRWL whose subcontracts are valued in excess of $3M or 5% of the prime contract value, whichever is lesser. The Contracting Officer may not provide this consent without obtaining the approval of the SMC Commander. Offerors must inform proposed subcontractors that they must notify the offeror if they have been notified by the SMC Commander that they have been included on the CRWL. In order to be considered for a subcontract, a proposed subcontractor that has been notified that it has been added to the CRWL must submit documentation in this volume describing how it has addressed the conditions that resulted in its inclusion on the CRWL and why those conditions will not impact its performance on a subcontract to a contract resulting from this solicitation. The proposed subcontractor may submit CRWL related documentation through the offeror or directly to the Contracting Officer as long as the information is received prior to the proposal due date. In addition, the offeror must submit its determination of subcontractor responsibility in this volume. The Contracting Officer will consider information provided by the offeror and the proposed subcontractor as well as other available information in determining whether to grant consent to subcontract.