ARES III - Final RFP Cover Sheet amendment 01.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING

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TOM J. SHEA 661-277-8592

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11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, X is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning 0 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER.

If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

(X ) A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: ( ) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. ITEM

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B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

ARES 3 Source Selection

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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NSN 7540-01-152-8070 30-105 STANDARD FORM 30 (REV.10-83)

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SCHEDULE OF CHANGES

FA9300-11-R-0002 01

A. The purpose of this modification is to make changes to sections of the ARES III - Final RFP posted on FedBizOpps on 22-Sep-2011.

B. This amended RFP, posted on FedBizOpps as 'ARES III - Final RFP amendment 01' supercedes the original RFP posted.

C. Changes made from the original RFP are as follows:

1. Page 2, Section B: 'TBD' was removed from CLINs 0001, 0002 and 0003. CLIN 0003 was changed from COST PLUS FIXED FEE to COST.

2. Page 3, Section B: CLIN 0004 was changed from 'TBD' to $1,210,050. 'TBD' was removed from CLIN 0005.

3. Page 4, Section B: 'TBD' was removed from CLIN 0008. 'NSP' was added to CLIN 0008.

4. Page 5, Section B: 'TBD' was removed from CLINs 0009, 1002 and 1003. 'NSP' was added to

CLIN 0009.

5. Page 6, Section B: CLIN 1004 was changed from 'TBD' to $1,275,741. 'TBD' was removed from CLIN 1005.

6. Page 7, Section B: 'TBD' was removed from CLINs 2002 and 2003.

7. Page 8, Section B: CLIN 2004 was changed from 'TBD' to $656,981. 'TBD' was removed from

CLIN 2005.

8. Page 13, Section F: CLIN 0008 was changed to ‘30 Jun 2014’ to ‘ASREQ’.

9. Page 18, Section H: Para 3.3.3.1 the word 'perspective' was changed to 'prospective'.

10. Page 19, Section H: On Table 2, under Schedule 1., the wording “perspective candidates that meet” has been changed to “a prospective candidate that meets”. The wording ‘new’ has also been bolded.

11. Page 20, Section H: On Table 3, BASIC, Period 1 was change from 13-Jan-12 to 13-Jan-13.

BASIC, Period 2 was changed from 14-Jan-12 to 14-Jan-13. BASIC, Period 3 was changed from 13-Jan-13 to 13-Jan-14. BASIC, Period 4 was changed from 14-Jan-13 to 14-Jan-14. Option 1, Period 6 was changed from 1-Jan-14 to 1-Jan-15. On Option 1, Period 8 was changed from 1-Jan- 15 to 1-Jan-16. On Option 2, Period 10 1-Jan-16 was changed to 1-Jan-17. On Clause H029, the wording “at least 45 days” has been changed to “at least 5 weeks”.

12. Page 23, Section I: FAR clause 52.219-25 has been deleted.

13. Page 27, Section I: Clause 5352.209-9000 Organizational Conflict of Interest (Oct 2010) - Alternated III and VI (Oct 2010), para (2) was changed as follows:

FROM: (2) Restrictions: The contractor shall perform systems engineering and/or technical direction, but will not have overall contractual responsibility for the system's development, integration, assembly and checkout, or production. The parties recognize that the Contractor shall occupy a highly influential and responsible position in determining the system's basic concepts. The Contractor's judgment and recommendations must be objective, impartial, and independent. To avoid the appearance of bias, the contractor may not work on a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract at the Edwards Research Site either as a prime or subcontractor for the duration of the contract.

TO: (2) The contractor shall perform systems engineering and/or technical direction, but will not have overall contractual responsibility for the system's development, integration, assembly and checkout, or production. The parties recognize that the Contractor shall occupy a highly influential and responsible position in determining the system's basic concepts. The Contractor's judgment and recommendations must be objective, impartial, and independent.

14. Page 32, Section J: A new attachment, labeled 'Attachment 6 - Non-Mandatory Past Performance Cover Letter' was added to the contract.

15. Page 37, Section J, Exhibit A, CDRL A003: The Block 16 data (Block 4 information) has been changed on CDRL A003. The ‘Delete 10.2.8, 10.2.9’ and ‘Modify 10.2.3…., Modify 10.2.6…, Modify 10.2.7….’ information has been removed.

16. Page 41, Section J, Exhibit A, CDRL A006: Block 10, 12, 13 and 16 has been changed to monthly (MTHLY).

17. Page 43, Section J, Exhibit B, CDRL B001: The CDRL information has been changed to reflect ‘5 weeks’ instead of ’30 days’.

18. Page 52, Section J, Attachment 1 - Statement of Work: 'Para 4.2.10 Postal' was omitted from the Table of Contents.

19. Page 54, Section J, Attachment 1 – Statement of Work: “Para 3.1.4 Contract Holidays” has been added to the SOW. Para 3.1.4 Phase-In Period was re-numbered to Para 3.1.5.

20. Page 63, Section J, Attachment 1 – Statement of Work: Para 3.4.2.9 Rate Information was changed to, “The Contractor shall provide, as required, cost accounting data supporting their direct, indirect and overhead (O/H ) rates.”

21. Page 64, Section J, Attachment 1 – Statement of Work: Para 3.6.2 has been changed from $100,000.00 to $50,000.00.

22. Page 74, Section J, Attachment 1 – Statement of Work: Para 3.12.5 Transistion Period has been changed from 16-Mar-2012 to 13-Apr-2012 to 14-Jun-2012 to 13-Jul-2012.

23. Page 76, Section J, Attachment 1 - Statement of Work: The para '4.2.10 Postal. The government will provide on-base mail distribution and United States Postal Service and United Parcel Service for, but limited to, official government mail matter, required under terms of the SOW.' was removed.

24. Page 81, Section J, Attachment 1 – Statement of Work, Appendix B – Estimated Contract Man-Year Equivalents (CMEs): The FY12 through FY16 Labels were changed to Year 1 through Year 5.

25. Page 85, Section J, Attachment 3 – DD254 – An additional six pages were added to the attachment.

26. Page 99, Section L- 2 of 28: The OCI provision 5352.209-9001 was changed in para (1), to omit the resitction of contractors from competing on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts that are or will be performed at the Edwards Research Site (ERS) for the entire contract period. Para (1) was reworded to:

'Restrictions are needed to avoid the appearance of bias. The Contractor is required to obtain company-to-company non-disclosure agreements with on-site contractors at the ERS.'

27. Page 100, Section L, Para 2.0(c): The words “…should brief the oral presentations.” was added to the end of the sentence “It is recommended that the offeror’s potential program manager assigned to the contract.”

28. Page 102, Section L- 5 of 28: Table 2.2 removed the word 'onsite' from Vol III, page limit and added ‘Para L-5.3.2 – 1 page.’ from the Volume III row under the column, Page Limit. In the column ‘ORIGINAL/COPIES’, changed the wording to ‘ORIGINAL/COPIES/CDs’. Each row under ‘Original/Copies/CDs’ was changed to read Volume I – 1/5/0, Volume II – 1/5/3, Volume III – 1/5/4 and Volume IV – 1/5/1.

29. Page 103, Section L, Para 2.2.4.2: The words “and CDRL references” have been deleted from the sentence.

30. Page 104, Section L, Para 4.2.2 – Volume Organization: Table of Contents was changed to read (1) Table of Contents and the remaining Table headings were re-numbered (2) through (9).

31. Page 107, Section L- 10 of 28: Para 5.1 changed 'ATTACHMENT L-3' to 'ATTACHMENT L-2'.

Para 5.2 changed 'ATTACHMENT 2 to ATTACHMENT L-3'. Para 5.3 changed 'ATTACHMENT L- 2' to 'ATTACHMENT L-3'. The wording “as a prime” was deleted from the first sentence of para 5.3.

32. Page 108, Section L- 11 of 28:

The following Statements 'G' and 'J' were removed from this page, relabled 'M' and 'N' and placed at the end of Section L, Attachment L-3:

G (now M). Describe the nature or portion of the work in the SOW to be performed by the business entity being reported here. Also, estimate the dollar percentage of the total proposed to be performed by this entity and whether this entity will be performing as the prime or subcontractor.

J (now N). Pursuant to Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) requirements, include your Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate for the three most recently reported years of each contract submitted for consideration. Explain in detail any submitted rates that exceed industry averages as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/iif/) according to the applicable contract NAICS code (e.g. for contracts with NAICS codes beginning with 541, rates exceeding 1.1 for TCIR and 0.5 for DART, based on the most recent reported year of data, 2008).

The following statements were removed from this section:

H. Illustrate how your experience on this program applies to the scope, magnitude/complexity, contract type, and contract environment of the ARES III requirement. Describe the functions performed under the submitted contract and how they apply to your proposed portion of the ARES III SOW requirement. In addition, include the offeror's ability to overcome past problems and the effect of those actions, in terms of improvements achieved or problems rectified as they pertain to the ARES III requirement.

I. Include relevant information concerning your compliance with FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, on the contract you are submitting.

K. Include relevant information concerning any Government Furnished Property (GFP) that was managed on each contract you are submitting. Include a description of the Property Management Plan utilized to manage GFP in your possession under each submitted contract.

33. Page 114, Section L, para 7.3.2: The paragraph was changed to the following:

FROM: 7.3.2 Government Offices -- Provide the mailing address, telephone and fax numbers and facility codes for the cognizant Contract Administration Office, DCAA, and Government Paying Office. Also, provide the name and telephone and fax number for the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO).

TO: 7.3.2 Government Offices -- Provide the mailing address, telephone and fax numbers and facility codes for the nearest (cognizant) Defense Contract Management Administration (DCMA) and Defense Contract Auditing Agency (DCAA) to the offeror’s home office.

34. Page 116, Section L, Attachment L-1 Cross Reference Matrix: The Solicitation Cross Reference Matrix Table has been revised.

35. Page 117, Section L, Attachment L-3 Past Performance Information: The statement 'Please insert the Non-Mandatory Past Performance Cover Letter (Section J, Attachment 6) here.' was added to the top of the page.

36. Page 125, Section L, Attachment L-8: The statement 'CLIN 0008 - Modeling and Simulation (Includes Option X008) was changed to 'CLIN 0006 and 0007 - Modeling and Simulation (Includes Option X006 and X007).'

37. Page 127, Section M, M002 Para 1.2: The sentence at the end of the paragraph was changed to “The Past Performance and Cost/Price factors will contribute substantially to the selection decision.”

The following was added before the last sentence of the paragraph: “Within past performance, the scope, contract environment, magnitude/complexity and contract type are listed descending order of importance.”

38. Page 130, Section M: The Paragraph heading ‘2.0 Past Performance Factor’ was changed to ‘3.0 Past Performance Factor.’

39. Attachment L-7, Cost Model: A formula correction was made on worksheet L-7b Prime&Inter Labor Hours . Column H has been corrected to "=($J$27)*E33" and Column F has been corrected to "=($D$25)*G33" for each row.

40. Attachment L-7, Cost Model: Note #3 changed to the following, 'Year 1 Productive Man-year Hours: The first year of the basic period of performance is only 11 weeks versus 52 (year1 is 14Jul 2012 through 30 Sep 2012); adjust Productive Man-year hours accordingly in Cell J27. The last year (Option Period 2) period of performance is only 39 weeks versus 52 (the final year is 1 Oct 2016 through 30 Jun 2017); adjust Productive Man-year hours accordingly in Cell J28.' A new cell was also created on J28 labeled 'Last Productive Man Year Hours (Note 3)'

41. Attachment L-7, Cost Model: Row 179 was changed to the following values for other direct costs:

Base Option 1 Option 2

TOTAL

12 13 14 14 15 16 16 17

FROM: $ 323,636 $ 611,077 $ 311,414 $ 311,414 $ 634,580 $ 323,636 $ 323,636 $ 303,700 $ 3,143,093

TO: $ 131,852 $ 611,077 $ 467,121 $ 155,707 $ 634,580 $ 485,454 $ 161,818 $ 495,163 $ 3,142,772

$1,210,050 $1,275,741 $656,981

42. Attachment L-7, Cost Model: On L-7e: Cost Model, cell D169 was changed from ‘SUBCONTRACTOR FEE (Note 10)’ to ‘G&A ON SUBCONTRACTOR COSTS (Note 10).” Note 10 on L-7e – Total Costs was changed to read “G&A on Subcontractor Costs: Insert proposed G&A rate (if any) on D169.”

D. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.