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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

The following have been added by full text:

252.229-7999 (DEV)

252.229-7999 TAXES FOREIGN CONTRACTS IN AFGHANISTAN (DEVIATION 2013-O0016) JUL/2013 (DEV 2013- O0016)

(a) This acquisition is covered by the Agreement regarding the Status of United States Military and Civilian Personnel of the U.S. Department of Defense Present in Afghanistan with Cooperative Efforts in Response to Terrorism, Humanitarian and Civic Assistance, Military Training and Exercises, and other Activities, entered into between the United States and Afghanistan which was concluded by an exchange of diplomatic notes (U.S. Embassy Kabul note No. 202, dated September 26, 2002; Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes 791 and 93, dated December 12, 2002, and May 28, 2003, respectively), and entered into force on May 28, 2003.

(b) The Agreement exempts the Government of the United States of America and its contractors, subcontractors and contractor personnel from paying any tax or similar charge assessed within Afghanistan. The Agreement also exempts the acquisition, importation, exportation and use of articles and services in the Republic of Afghanistan by or on behalf of the Government of the United States of America in implementing this agreement from any taxes, customs duties or similar charges in Afghanistan.

(c) The Contractor shall exclude any Afghan taxes, customs duties or similar charges from its contract price.

(d) The Agreement does not exempt Afghan employees of DoD contractors and subcontractors from Afghan tax laws. To the extent required by Afghanistan law, contractors and subcontractors are required to withhold tax from the wages of these employees and to remit those payments to the appropriate Afghanistan taxing authority. These withholdings are an individuals liability, not a tax against the

Contractor or subcontractor.

(e) The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (e), in all subcontracts.

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SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

The following have been modified:

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

Attachment

Title

Pages

Date

J-1

Statement of Work

20 June 2014 J-2

CDRLs

29 May 2014

J-3

DD254/FOUO/Addendums

20 March 2014

J-4

Government Furnished Life Support Form

2 June 2014

J-5

Labor Pricing Sheet (Excell)

25 June 2014 J-6

SF 1408 Checklist

No Date

J-7

Theater Business Clearance Clauses

No Date

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

L.1 GENERAL PROPOSAL

L.1.1 This is an all-electronic solicitation release. No hard copies will be mailed. All Amendments to the solicitation will be posted to www.fedbizopps.gov. It is the responsibility of each Offeror to review the webpage for notice of amendments, updates, or changes to current information. The exclusive responsibility for source selection will reside with the Government. Proprietary information submitted in response to this solicitation will be protected from unauthorized disclosure as required by Subsection 27 of the Office of Procurement Policy Act as amended (41 U.S.C. 423) as implemented in DFARS. The proposal and corresponding program will be unclassified and treated as Source Selection Sensitive Information.

L.1.2 All proposals must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of the solicitation. Any commitments made in the proposal shall become part of the resultant contract. Any inconsistency, if unexplained, that raises a fundamental issue of the Offeror’s understanding and/or ability to perform under this contract may be a basis for rejection of the Offeror’s entire proposal. In no case shall statements similar to “we will comply with the requirements of the contract,” or equivalent declarations, be considered acceptable to meet the requirements of this RFP. Failure to comply with these instructions may result in an Offeror’s proposal being excluded from further consideration for award. Offerors shall submit with their proposals a list of names and telephone numbers of persons authorized to conduct negotiations.

L.1.3 The evaluation will consist of an evaluation of the qualifying criteria and Factors 1-3 outlined below. The Government intends to award one contract as a result of this solicitation. Offeror’s proposal volumes shall not contain any classified information. Classified information will not be accepted, and will be returned to the vendor. The Government will perform a virus scan on all electronic files/CDs provided by the Offerors. Any submittal failing the virus scan shall be immediately rejected and returned to the Offeror.

L. 1.4 Qualifying Criteria (Volume 1). All listed qualifying criteria submissions will be evaluated on a pass or fail basis in accordance with the evaluation criteria in Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award. The qualifying criteria proposal shall be organized in Tab format in the order listed in Section L and submitted IAW L.1.11

L.1.5 Management/Technical Capability (Volume 2) shall be prepared in accordance with these instructions and will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria in Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award. Proposals shall include necessary information to enable the evaluators to form a definitive conclusion concerning the Offeror’s ability to perform the required support services. The Management/Technical proposal shall be organized in Tab format in the order listed in Section L and submitted IAW L.1.11

L.1.6 Past and Present Performance (Volume 3) shall be prepared in accordance with these instructions and will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria in Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award and submitted IAW L.1.11.

L.1.7 Price/Cost (Volume 4) shall be prepared in accordance with these instructions and will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria in Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award and submitted IAW L.1.11

L.1.8 Mail delivery is acceptable. Hand delivery is also permitted.Hand delivery must be made by a person from an Offeror’s/teaming partner's staff. A messenger service delivering the proposal package on behalf of the Offeror is not considered a hand delivery, and will not be accepted. All hand-carried proposal documents, to include CD-ROMs/DVDs, shall be delivered to the address below. Offerors are requested to provide a 24-hour notice to both of the Point of Contact (POC) at the telephone numbers below to provide notification of pending arrival:

L.1.9 Submit or Hand Deliver clearly marked proposals to:

USSOCOM SORDAC KP

ATTN: H92222-14-R-0013 Elizabeth Holland/Marc Huizinga

7701 Tampa Point Blvd

MacDill AFB, FL 33621-5323

L.1.10 Format of the proposal volumes (and any resulting responses to Evaluations Notices (ENs)) shall be as follows:

o Text size shall be no smaller than what is equivalent to Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, 11 point, uncompressed font.

o Pages shall be single sided, one and one half spaced, with a minimum of one inch margins on all sides.

o Pages shall be dated and numbered sequentially by volume.

o Elaborate format, color representations, and bindings are not desirable. Three ring binders are preferred. The pages in the binders shall be easily removed and replaced in facilitate page changes. Any pages that are changed (as the result of negotiations) should be of a different color (as specified by the Contracting Officer) and have changed information clearly marked by a vertical line in the right margin of the page and/or circling if changing data in a chart. The Offeror shall indicate the new date on revised pages.

o Legible tables, charts, graphs and figures shall be used when necessary to depict organizations, systems and layout, implementation schedules, plans, etc. These displays shall be uncomplicated, legible and shall not exceed 11 by 17 inches in size. Foldout pages shall fold entirely within the volume, and count as one page. Foldout pages may only be used for large tables, charts, graphs, diagrams and schematics; not for pages of text. For tables, charts, graphs and figures, the text shall be no smaller than 8 point Narrow Arial font.

o Electronic copies must be provided on compact disks, read-only memory. Microsoft Office 2010 (2007 is acceptable), presentation and spreadsheet products are preferred. And changes, as a result of discussions, will be conformed into a compact disk and have changed information clearly marked by a vertical line in the right margin.

L.1.11 Proposal Submission Requirements

SPECIFIC PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Qualifying Criteria

Volume 1

Factor 1 – Management/Technical Capability

Volume 2

Subfactor 1: Management and Personnel Processes

Subfactor 2: Transition Plan

Factor 2 - Past and Present Performance

Volume 3

Factor 3 – Price/Cost

Volume 4

L.1.12 VOLUME 1 Qualifying Criteria. Provide documentation as required below in order for the Government to determine if appropriate information is provided for the Offeror to pass the requirements in the following areas:

L.1.12.1 Top Secret Facility Clearance. The Offeror must have a Top Secret Facility Clearance to include clearance for secret safeguarding as accredited by the Defense Security Service (DSS).

L.1.12.2 Contract Forms and Certifications. Include the following data in Qualifying Criteria (Volume 1) in the format indicated. Designate on the volume cover which proposal package contains the original, executed copy of the RFP and which contains copies.

a.

Section 1 – Proposal cover letter or proposal cover page (include names, office phone and facsimile numbers, if applicable, cell phone numbers, and e-mail addresses for proposal POCs).

b.

Section 2 – A conformed contract copy from this RFP with the original signature of an official authorized to contractually bind the Offeror in Block 17 of the SF 33. The Offeror must complete the following sections within the RFP for these criteria:

o Solicitation, Offer and Award (Standard Form 33), Blocks 12- 18 o All Section K, Representations, Certifications and Disclosures

L.1.12.3 Small Business Subcontracting Plan and Participation:

FAR 52.219-8, FAR 52.219-9 and DFARS 252.219-7003 clauses are included in this solicitation and will be incorporated into any resultant contract. A subcontracting plan is required from all Offerors other than small business concerns for proposals exceeding $650,000 which contain subcontracting opportunities. The plan shall be submitted with the initial proposal and will be concurrently negotiated. The Offeror’s submission must provide sufficient information to support the Contracting Officer's review of the subcontracting plan to determine if it is acceptable (otherwise an Offeror will be ineligible to receive the contract award).

L.1.12.3.1 Small Business Subcontracting Plan: Offerors must comply with all sections of FAR 19.704. This includes:

a.

Each Offeror shall describe their corporate commitment in providing subcontracting opportunities for small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business, HUBZone small business (no mandated minimum but should still be addressed), veteran-owned small business, and service disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.

b.

Describe the strength and specificity of each corporate commitment (i.e., what type of commitment, how binding is the commitment, how specific is the commitment to this proposed effort, and what type of work will be included in these subcontracting opportunities from the overall corporate level).

c.

Each Offeror shall include a listing of their subcontractors (large and small). For Small Businesses, list the socio-economic category (ies) for each entity.

d.

The NAICS code of 541990 pertains to this effort.

L.1.12.3.2 Small Business and Socio-Economic Program Participation: The Offeror shall describe how their subcontracting plan meets or exceeds mandatory small business participation minimum of 30% of total estimated contract dollars. The Offerors’ Small Business Subcontracting Plan shall indicate how the subcontracting plan will meet or exceed each category percentage as follows:

* HUBZone Small Business subcontracting is highly encouraged. Any percentage of subcontracts awarded to HUBZone Contractors will be counted and included in the overall required 30%.

L.2.0 VOLUME 2 – Factor 1 - Management/Technical Capability

L.2.1 FACTOR 1: Management/Technical Capability L.2.1.1 Subfactor 1: Management and Personnel Processes. The Offeror shall include their proposed organizational structure with explanatory rationale that demonstrates your understanding of the organization, logistics and management required by this solicitation. The Offeror must show outlined plans for each of the proposed organizational elements and defined responsibilities in support of requirements in the SOW. At a minimum the plan should address;

List by team member the types of tasks estimated to be subcontracted clearly outlining coverage for both CONUS and OCONUS efforts. Additionally, the Offeror shall list how it plans to allocate work between the prime and subcontractors, and exercise oversight/control over subcontractor cost, schedule and performance.

Identification of the key management positions in addition to their education and training.

Define how your organization intends to interface with Government personnel both at the component and various unit levels to include prime and subcontractors/teaming partners to ensure the successful performance of any resulting contract.

Detailed understanding of the type of services to be provided, specifically including but not limited to Full Motion Video (FMV), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets and the related analytical activities and products, Pattern of Life (PoL) Analysis, Terrain/Geospatial Analysis, GEOINT measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) of spectral, radar and infrared dataset.

Describe infrastructure/procedures to support deployed personnel

Understanding of how the required personnel support the mission and the necessary qualifications of

Personnel, to include providing up to 20 resumes of personnel that are not currently supporting the SOCOM imagery contract.

Detailed description of how the offeror will train new employees to ensure initial capability and continued professional development relevant to the SOW requirements throughout the contract performance period

Describe the overall management approach for the methods to be used to recruit and retain qualified personnel throughout the anticipated period of performance, including schedule management and back-up staffing plan to meet the required 90% fill rate and training programs relevant to this requirement. Additionally, the plan must include the Offeror’s average time (in calendar days) from recruitment to actual deployment.

· Describe how the Offeror will successfully turnover personnel on a rotational basis during performance of the Contract, to include knowledge transfer (while minimizing overlap of resources), account for end of tour rotations of Contractor Personnel, and emergency situations while minimizing degradation in services.

L.2.1.1.1 Key Personnel. The Offeror shall provide information regarding their proposed key personnel including identification of the key management positions and the corporate commitment of providing proposed candidates to the specified positions. For each proposed candidate the Offeror shall include a resume (not to exceed 2 pages for each Key Personnel, resumes do not count towards page limitations for Volume 2) that includes but not limited to the following information; management experience on similar contracts, educational experience, tenure with current employer, technical competency, specific knowledge and skill interfacing with people at all levels including communication and problem solving, and corporate and personal commitment to providing specific proposed key management

L.2.1.2 Subfactor 2: Transition Plan. The Offeror shall describe their overall management approach for transition and provide a complete transition plan. The Offeror shall address its capability to execute a smooth and seamless phase-in/transition leading to assumption of full operational responsibility.

This description shall include management expertise, ability to meet all security requirements (facility and personnel), procedures and policies, risk mitigation techniques, flexibility, and experience that when viewed collectively demonstrates the Offeror’s ability to successfully execute a contract phase-in while minimizing impacts to SOF users. Special attention should be given to the unique nature of OCONUS locations that require visas, travel coordination (to include US Military coordination and transportation), Synchronized Pre-Deployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT) requirements, unique skill sets that are required per the SOW, and the ability to plan for site specific requirements prior to personnel deployment. Offerors shall detail the extent to which their Transition Plan includes recruitment/hiring of employees of the incumbent contractor and/or its subcontractors. The Offeror shall state the percentage of the incumbent workforce the Offeror intends to hire as a planning factor. Offerors shall describe its contingency plan for insertion of non-incumbent employees in the event incumbent employees decline employment with their company and/or its subcontractors or are otherwise unavailable for work under this requirement The Offeror shall also include a timeline that graphically supports the narrative and highlights key milestones that demonstrates a complete transition within 60 days of contract award. The timeline shall demonstrate how the Offeror intends to staff 50% of personnel within 14 days of contract award, 75% of personnel within 30 days of award and 90% of personnel within 60 days of award as required in the SOW.

L.3.0 VOLUME 3 – Factor 2 - Past and Present Performance

L.3.1 Contents. The Offeror shall submit a Past and Present Performance Proposal (Volume 3) containing the following:

1. Table of Contents

2. Summary Page describing the role of the Offeror and each subcontractor, teaming partner, and /or joint venture partner for which the Offeror is required to provide Past Performance Information Sheets in accordance with paragraph L.3.1.1 below.

3. Past Performance Information Sheets– paragraph L.3.1.1 below.

4. Past Performance Information regarding Subcontracting—paragraph L.3.1.2 below.

5. Consent Letters executed by each subcontractor, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner, authorizing release of adverse past performance information so the Offeror can respond to such information. **Excluded from page limit for Volume 3

6. Organization Structure Change History, paragraph L.3.1.3.4 below. ****Excluded from page limit for Volume 3

L.3.1.1 Past and Present Performance Information Sheets. Submit information on contracts you consider most recent and relevant in demonstrating your ability to perform the proposed effort. The Offeror shall submit a maximum of five and a minimum of two Performance Information Sheets identifying active or completed contracts, either Government or commercial, for each prime, and a maximum of two and a minimum of one Past Performance Information Sheet. Past Performance Information Sheet for each major subcontractor, teaming partner, and/or joint venture (”major” is defined as those subcontractors, teaming partners, or joint ventures who are projected to perform approximately 25% or more of the total contract effort and therefore, contribute in demonstrating your ability to perform the proposed effort). Performance Information Sheets for each contract is limited to five pages (does not include SF 294/295 or consent letters). Offerors are cautioned that the Government may use the information provided by each Offeror in this volume and information obtained from other sources for the overall evaluation of past and present performance. The Government requests the Offeror provide references including current Points of Contact (POCs) for each contract identified. Contact information for each POC and reference shall include both a telephone number and email address.

No classified past performance supplements will be accepted. The Offeror may submit performance on classified programs as long as that information can be verified. If the Offeror intends to submit in this manner the information that is classified (customer, contract number, etc.) should be marked “reserved” and the description/write up of the work performed shall remain unclassified. If the Offeror cannot describe what work was accomplished in an unclassified manner they cannot submit that program for evaluation.

L.3.1.1.1 Offerors shall submit information on contracts considered relevant in demonstrating your ability to perform the proposed overall effort in your information sheets. Information sheets shall include specific information for each effort regarding experience in accordance with the following areas outlined below. Subcontractor information sheets shall clearly indicate what efforts that subcontractor will be performing in support of the prime Offeror. NOTE: If the experience in the following areas was not required under the referenced contract or not applicable to what a proposed subcontractor will be performing, the Offeror shall also indicate that it was not applicable or relevant on the Information Sheet. Offerors should clearly show:

Program management experience

Management of a geographically diverse workforce

Performance in recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining large numbers of personnel, in similar environments, with highly specialized skill sets for long term requirements

Experience in accessing internal and external team resources that were necessary to provide support for these specific solicitation requirements to include security requirements similar to those contained herein

Number of years (not including partners/subcontractors) the prime has been deploying and supporting employees while OCONUS in a hostile fire area

Average washout rate the Offeror has experienced historically (# of recruits/actual deployed imagery analyst)

L.3.1.2 Past Performance Information regarding Small Business Subcontracting

a. Provide one year history (within the past 12 months) demonstrating your corporate commitment to meet your subcontracting goals/targets by providing SF 294s, Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts, and SF 295s, Summary Subcontract Report, for those contracts/projects which you are submitting under Past Performance. The SF 294s and SF295s are excluded from the Volume 3 page count. Equivalent copies of ISRs or SSRs may be submitted in lieu of SF 294/295.

b. If goals were not met on the SF 294/295s, provide an explanation as to why the goals were not met.

L.3.1.3 Relevant Contracts. Relevancy will be determined based on contract references reflecting past and present performance over the past three years which is relevant to the following:

L.3.1.3.1 For the prime Offerors, relevancy is defined as contracts that are most similar to this overall effort. Some of the factors in determining relevancy include: magnitude, project complexity, security classification requirements, contract type, number of employees required, special operations support, other Federal Government agency support, scope required in the SOW (full motion video focused/functional spectrum of CONUS/OCONUS Imagery Analyst Support Services), etc. The more the overall effort is similar in these areas, the more relevant it becomes.

L.3.1.3.2 For proposed subcontractors/teaming partners, relevancy is defined by that which reflects experience in the area of expertise the subcontractor is projected to actually perform under this contract, (i.e. specific areas in the SOW/labor categories).

L.3.1.3.3 When making the relevancy determination the following definitions will be utilized.

L.3.1.3.4 Organizational Structure Change History. Many companies have acquired, been acquired by, or otherwise merged with other companies, and/or reorganized their divisions, business groups, subsidiary companies, etc. In many cases, these changes have taken place during the time of performance of relevant present or past efforts or between conclusion of recent past efforts and this source selection. As a result, it is sometimes difficult to determine what past performance is relevant to this acquisition. In order to facilitate this relevancy determination, include in this proposal volume a "roadmap" describing all such changes in the organization of your company. As part of this explanation, show how these changes impact the relevance of any efforts identified for the past performance evaluation/performance confidence assessment. Since the Government intends to consider present and past performance information provided by other sources as well as that provided by the Offeror(s), your "roadmap" should be both specifically applicable to the efforts identified and general enough to apply to efforts on which the Government receives information from other sources.

L.4.0 VOLUME 4 – Factor 3 –Price/Cost

L.4.1. Overview. The Offeror shall submit pricing for all labor categories by completing the attached Excel Sheet in Section J Attachment J-5 entitled “Labor Pricing Sheet (Excel)”. Offerors shall follow the instructions for completing the attachment located within the “Instruction Tab” of Attachment J-5. Offerors shall not re-format or remove cells from the J-5 Attachment. Submission of the pricing data shall be complete and accurate.

L.4.2. Labor Rates: (CLINS 0001/0002): Pricing for each CONUS and OCONUS labor category shall be fully burdened fixed hourly rates that are inclusive of wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, profit, and any escalation factor for each category of labor rounded to the nearest cent for a period of five years by completing attachment J-5 Excel file entitled “Labor Pricing Sheet.” If the Government labor categories are not the same title used by your company, map to the appropriate Government labor category based on the required qualifications and experience level to the labor category used by your company. In addition, provide the labor category title used by your company. In addition the Offeror shall provide a Total Compensation Plan IAW RFP Provision 52.222-46.

L.4.3 Travel Costs (CLIN 0003): The Offeror shall be required to travel (both CONUS and OCONUS) to fulfill the requirements of this contract on a cost reimbursable basis. Travel costs will be in accordance with FAR and the contract. Offerors shall identify and apply all indirect rates applicable to direct travel costs. Fee proposed on travel costs is not allowed. Travel Costs will include, but not necessarily be limited to, transportation to staging location, per diem (if paid), and lodging (if paid), and any other travel costs that the Offeror believes they will incur regarding travel costs. The Government provided the travel base amount within Attachment J-5 for evaluation purposes.

L.4.4 Other Direct Costs (CLIN 0004): The Government has provided the ODC base amount within Attachment J-5 for training, VISA, labor uplifts (post differential, hazardous duty pay), and DBA base labor. Any other ODCs should be placed upon the labor pricing sheet. Offerors shall include a detailed basis of estimate for all additional ODCs not specifically tied to the labor and travel components, plus applicable indirect rates within Attachment J-5.

Defense Base Act (DBA) Insurance: The Government has provided the base OCONUS labor cost to which DBA rate shall be applied on Attachment J-5. The Offeror shall provide, identify and price DBA insurance in accordance with FAR 52.228-3. The vendor shall explain how DBA is accounted for as part of their disclosed accounting practices (i.e., indirect thru application of the indirect rates or direct on the contract). If the DBA is a direct cost, the Vendor shall include in Attachment J-5 their proposed DBA rate. Under both of these scenarios the vendor must include the quote from the DBA insurance provider, with its cost proposal. If the Offeror is not proposing DBA Insurance, documentation that they are enrolled in the DBA self-insurance program, approved by the Department of Labor, must be provided within the proposal.

L.4.5 Indirect Rates: The Offeror shall be required to describe all indirect rates applied to CLIN 0003 Travel and CLIN 0004 ODCs as applicable. The Offeror is required to submit one of the following to support their proposed indirect rates:

1. Current Forward Pricing Rate Agreement (FPRA) for the contract period of performance, or

2. Detailed historical pool and base costs for the Offeror's prior three (3) years and budgeted pool and base costs for the contract period of performance.

L.4.6 Adequate Business Systems. The Offeror shall provide valid documentation from DCMA, DCAA, other Federal Audit Agency or other Offeror provided information that allows the contracting officer to determine that the contractor's accounting system will permit timely development of all necessary cost data for the cost type CLINs and the negotiation of cost in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations and applicable supplements in order to be considered for award (within the last 3 years from date of the issuance of this RFP). If the Offeror does not currently have an accounting system determined to be adequate by the Government, the Offeror shall complete Attachment J-7 - SF 1408 Checklist.

Contracting Officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate competition on this acquisition. Upon examination of the initial proposals, the contracting officer will review this determination and if in the Contracting Officer’s opinion, adequate competition exists no additional cost information will be requested and certification under FAR 15.406-2 will not be required. However, if at any time during this competition the Contracting Officer determines that adequate competition no longer exists; Offerors may be required to submit information to the extent necessary for the Contracting Officer to determine the reasonableness of price. Additionally, all information related to pricing shall be included in the section of the proposal defined as “Volume 4 Price Proposal”. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should pricing data be included elsewhere in the proposal.

(End of Summary of Changes)