MARSOC EOD Primer RFP - Amendment I Changes Only.docx

ADDENDUM 52.212-1

Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions.

(1) All questions concerning this procurement, either technical or contractual must be submitted in writing, via email, to the Contracting Office by 6 January 2022. Questions may be asked at any time; however, the Government cannot guarantee a response for questions submitted after 6 January 2022. Q&A will be provided to all offerors. Answers may or may not require amendment to the RFP. No direct exchanges between the technical representative and a prospective Offeror shall be conducted, all communication shall go thru the Contracting Officer or Contracts Specialist; submitted via email to: skylor.m.haynes.mil@socom.mil and Samuel.williams1@socom.mil.

(2) Proposals due date is 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 3023 January 2022. Proposals received after this time frame shall not be considered for award. The Government will award the contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer is conforming to the solicitation and will be the most advantageous to the Government. The prospective offeror must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website at http://www.sam.gov to be considered for award. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its proposal firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of proposals. All proposals must be submitted via email, no other form of submission will be accepted. Proposals shall be emailed to: Contracting Specialist skylor.m.haynes.mil@socom.mil and the Contracting Officer Samuel.williams1@socom.mil Offerors must provide the following information in their proposal: UEI #, CAGE CODE #, and TIN # The Government office designated for receipt of the proposal is the email inbox of the addressee indicated above. Notwithstanding the provisions at FAR 52.212-1(c), delivery is not accomplished until the addressee can open the email; delivery to a server or an email inbox on a server is not considered delivery to the designated Government office and the proposal is not under the Government's control until the addressee can open the email. The email shall not be considered delivered unless the entire content of the email and all attachments can be read by the addressee indicated above. Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from the addressee establishes that a record was received but does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received. Email attachments are limited to no more than 10 MB. Vendors are specifically warned that email may be subjected to spam filters or attachment stripping. It is therefore highly recommended that vendors request and receive delivery confirmation prior to the closing date.

All transmissions must clearly state the solicitation number and the name of the contracting specialist on the first page to ensure proper receipt.

(3) Comprehensive responses to the requirements of this RFP are required to enable the Government to evaluate the Offeror’s understanding of capability and approaches to accomplish the stated requirements. Proposals shall be submitted per the instructions herein, and non-conformance with the specified required content may be cause for rejection of the proposal. The proposal shall provide comprehensive responses to the areas provided for in this section. The proposal shall be a complete response to Attachment 1 – Statement of Work and the requirements of this RFP, taking into consideration required quantities and delivery schedules specified in this solicitation. The successful Offeror will be selected based on an evaluation of proposals as outlined in FAR 52.212-2, incorporated below.

(4) Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale in their proposal.

Proposal Format and Content.

Electronic proposals shall contain separate files for each of the (4) volumes. Individual emails shall not exceed 10 MB.

The proposal page format will be 8 1/2” x 11” except for fold-outs used for charts, tables, or diagrams, which may not exceed 11” x 17”. A page is defined as one face of a sheet of paper containing information. Type shall not be less than 10 pitch. Margins shall be 1” all-around for all pages. Elaborate formats or color presentations are not desired or required. Cover sheets, glossaries, and Table of Contents (TOCs) are not required. If included, they will not count towards page count limits. Failure to provide all required documents may render the proposal unacceptable.

Proposal submission requirements are the following:

Proposals shall not contain classified information.

Qualifying Criteria (Volume I): All listed qualifying criteria submissions will be evaluated on a pass or fail basis. The qualifying criteria shall be submitted in accordance with the instructions contained in this solicitation.

Complete business address of the Offeror, the corporate name to be used on any resultant contract, and the remittance address if different from that above. If this name does not identify a "parent company" or sponsoring "corporation" name, also provide such identity, as appropriate.

· Offeror must have a verifiable SECRET security clearance.

· The Offeror’s Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Unique Entity ID (UEI) Number and Tax Identification Number (TIN).

· Name, telephone numbers and e-mail address of person(s) to be contacted for clarification or questions to the proposal.

· Fill-In Clauses: provide all fill-ins or certifications required by the solicitation, for inclusion in any resulting contract.

· Terms and Conditions: The Offeror must include a statement that it either (a) agrees to the terms and conditions of this solicitation (which consists of the entire RFP, including all documents, exhibits, and other attachments that are incorporated therein by reference and made a part thereof) and any solicitation amendments; or (b) takes exceptions to any terms or conditions of the solicitation, and clearly identifies those exceptions. Exceptions to any of the terms and conditions of this RFP may be considered by the Government to be unacceptable.

· Specific Proposal validity period required minimum is 90-days.

· Vendors must demonstrate the ability to comply with the Facility Clearance DD254.

· Offer must provide proof they are authorized to teach X-Ray Too Kit (XRK) software by Sandia National Laboratory.

· The Offeror shall limit the Qualifying Volume to 3 pages.

Factor I: Technical (Volume II): This volume shall be prepared IAW the evaluation criteria below, Evaluation Factors for Award. Proposals shall address the Offeror’s technical capabilities to accomplish the work by providing specific narrative details and/ or description of actual methods, processes and procedures for providing the services described in Attachment 1 – Statement of Work (SOW). General statements that the Offeror understands the requirement and shall comply with the requirements of the RFP will be considered inadequate. Offerors are cautioned not to rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements in the proposal but furnish convincing narratives describing “how” they intend to meet these requirements. Offerors shall include resumes that demonstrate the proposed personnel meet the minimum qualifications listed in the SOW. The Offeror shall limit the Technical Volume to 10 pages. Two (2) copies of Volume II are required, a complete - Company specific copy (Limited to 10 Pages), and a ‘redacted’ copy (Limited to 10 Pages). THE REDACTED COPY OF VOLUME II MUST REMOVE ALL COMPANY SPECIFIC LOGOS, OR NAMES (TO INCLUDE PERSONNEL) THAT SPECIFICALLY TIE THE VOLUME TO THE COMPANY SUBMITTING THE PROPOSAL.

Resumes will be separate from the 10 Page requirement of the Technical Volume but will be limited to threetwo pages per Resume for the Lead, Coaches, Electronics Instructor, and XTK Instructor. All 5 resumes must meet the requirements of the SOW.

Factor II: Past Performance. (Volume III): Offerors should provide at least one (1) prior or current contracts/agreements for similar scoped projects performed in whole or part during the past three (3) years. The submitting offeror should submit relevant and recent past performance similar in scope and magnitude in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Include contract/agreement number, period of performance, reference name, reference telephone number, reference e-mail, and contract/agreement information.

The Government will evaluate each offeror’s past performance based on the references provided during the past three years previous (recent) and the relevance to the work that will be required under the resultant contract. Vendor format is acceptable. The Past Performance (Volume III) shall be limited to 15 pages (No more than 3 past/present performance submissions and each submission shall be 5 pages or less..

Recent and Relevant Contracts. Recent is defined as an action within the past three (3) years. Relevancy will be determined based on contract references reflecting past and present performance over the past three (3) years which is relevant to scope and magnitude of the requirement contain in this synopsis/solicitation, and attached SOW.

Factor III: Price (Volume IV): The Offeror shall provide a volume that includes a pricing sheet using the vendor’s format. The Offeror shall insert the “Per Course” cost, for the max of 12 students, for each CLIN. The Government will use this pricing data to determine the maximum value of the contract based on the maximum courses for each CLIN (e.g., if CLIN 0001 per course cost for 12 students, then that rate will be inserted for the CLIN UNIT PRICE, and the CLIN AMOUNT (Total) will reflect the UNIT PRICE multiplied by the QTY (Maximum Number of Courses/CLIN); again for CLIN X002, the highest “Per Course” cost (at Camp Lejeune for Phase One and Phases Two and Three at the Vendor’s Facilities) will be used to calculate the maximum CLIN AMOUNT). This volume should explain quoted prices as appropriate, to ensure complete understanding during the evaluation process. There is no page limit to this volume.

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