RFP Amendment 1 Released 22 Feb 11.doc

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SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

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PWS DATED 22 FEBRUARY 2011

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

as of 22/FEB/2011

1. Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Task Monitors (TMs).

a. Primary COR or TM.

Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DODAAC):

F3SF56

b. Alternate COR or TM.

2. Contract Title. Terrestrial Aeronautical Radiotelephone Service (TARS) for Executive Airlift fleet

3. Background. This service is required to support communications for the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Executive Airlift (EA) fleet. Most Executive Airlift aircraft still have TARS equipment onboard. These systems need the service to enable this equipment. TARS provides senior leadership and their staff non-secure voice access for day-to-day business communications. It currently provides two channels of clear voice via air to ground communications for the CONUS/North American area of operations with the capability for both domestic and international dialing. It supports interfaces for low speed fax, directory assistance and two toll free 1-800 number assignments per aircraft.

4. Objectives. This contract will provide TARS service for AMC units and customers. It will enable them to order this service from the vendor, use this service for the locations and periods defined in the contract and provide an expectation of how this service will be ordered and paid for.

5. Scope. This Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the requirements and responsibilities for the TARS service provided to Air Force EA aircraft. TARS provides EA aircraft with access to commercial, low-cost voice and data services via aircraft installed Magnastar C-2000 systems. Service providers must be able to use the current Magnastar system without any changes or modifications to the installed equipment and antenna system. Additionally, this service will provide directory assistance, toll free 1-800 numbers to each aircraft, monthly invoicing and call detail reporting.

5.1 Coverage.

Operating Region shall be defined as follows: North American TARS Network that includes all CONUS geographic coverage areas as commercially available.

5.2 Frequency Range.

The operational frequency range of the narrowband radiotelephone service shall be compatible with the antenna and frequency limitations of the currently installed Magnastar C-2000 system on AF VIPSAM aircraft.

The frequency range of the Magnastar C-2000 system is 1 MHz (transmit: 0.5 MHz at 850.5 – 851.0 MHz paired with receive: 0.5 MHz at 895.5 – 896.0 MHz).

5.3 Current number of aircraft being serviced: There are currently 52 aircraft utilizing this service under various military units.

5.4 Future Aircraft: Presently no future aircraft are forecast to utilize TARS, but the service must be capable of providing service for future subscribers.

6. Performance Requirements. Provide terrestrial, narrowband, full duplex UHF radiotelephone service for use with Magnastar C-2000 terminal(s) aboard any AMC Executive Airlift aircraft designated by the U.S. Air Force. This service includes Directory Assistance, a minimum of two toll free 1-800 telephone numbers assigned to each aircraft with the ability to add additional toll free numbers as required, and monthly invoicing with call detail reporting for each delivery order. The service shall allow mobile to fixed and fixed to mobile domestic and international service and shall be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

6.1 Task 1 - TARS Service.

6.1.1 Subtask 1 - Provide TARS Service. Provide terrestrial, narrowband, full duplex UHF radiotelephone service for use with Magnastar C-2000 terminal(s) aboard any AMC EA aircraft designated by the U.S. Air Force.

6.1.2 Subtask 2 - Monthly Delivery Order Invoice. The vendor will provide a cost summary of services provided under the respective delivery order itemized by CLIN Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) via an electronic media file. Each Communications Service Agreement (CSA) under the respective delivery order must be accounted for on the Monthly Delivery Order Invoice. The invoices may be combined on the Monthly Delivery Order Call Detail Report.

6.1.3 Subtask 3 - Monthly Delivery Order Call Detail Report. The vendor will provide a monthly Call Detail Report provided under the respective delivery order itemized by Communications Service Agreement (CSA) via an electronic media file using the MS Excel format.

Deliverables:

Provide TARS Service

Monthly Delivery Order Invoice

Monthly Delivery Order Call Detail Report

6.2 Task 2 - Directory Assistance. The vendor will provide Directory Assistance services to TARS subscribers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Deliverables:

Directory Assistance Service

6.3 Task 3 - Toll Free Telephone Access. Provide toll free 1-800 number assignments, 2 per aircraft tail number, for the purpose of receiving toll free calls from ground to air. Provide capability to assign additional toll free numbers as required.

Deliverables:

Assignment of toll free 1-800 numbers (2 per aircraft tail number)

7. Performance Standards.

7.1. TARS service will be available to subscribers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Scheduled vendor maintenance outages impacting service require email notification to the Contracting Officer and the customer listed on each individual Delivery Order 24 hours in advance of the outage.

7.2. The vendor provided air/ground service and underlying network system will be Federal Aviation Administration accredited and approved, where required.

8. Incentives. None specified.

9. Place of Performance. Place of performance will be at the vendor’s facilities. There are no scheduled travel requirements associated with this contract.

10. Period of Performance. 1 Apr 11 – 31 Mar 12 initial period with four 1-year options to extend period of performance to 31 Mar 15, a total of 5 years.

11. Delivery Schedule.

12. Security. All work will be UNCLASSIFIED. This system operates in the unclassified environment and no requirement for classified operations has been defined.

13. Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE)/Government-Furnished Information (GFI). No GFE will be required. GFI will be included in each individual Delivery Order and will include: (1) Aircraft type (2) Aircraft tail number listing all aircraft covered for the service, and (3) any additional information specified and needed by the vendor to provide required services.

14. Other Pertinent Information or Special Considerations. None.

a. Identification of Possible Follow-on Work. None.

b. Identification of Potential Conflicts of Interest (COI). None.

c. Identification of Non-Disclosure Requirements. All delivery order general data, voice transmissions, and aircraft tail number data the vendor may have access to are all considered sensitive and proprietary information for the purposes of this contract. Vendor personnel that process, handle, or have access to delivery order data are required to file non-disclosure agreements with the DITCO Contracting Officer before performing work on this contract and associated delivery orders.

d. Packaging, Packing and Shipping Instructions. None.

e. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria. None.

15. Section 508 Accessibility Standards. The following Section 508 Accessibility Standard(s) (Technical Standards and Functional Performance Criteria) are applicable (if box is checked) to this acquisition.

Technical Standards

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1194.21 - Software Applications and Operating Systems

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1194.22 - Web Based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications

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1194.23 - Telecommunications Products

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1194.24 - Video and Multimedia Products

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1194.25 - Self-Contained, Closed Products

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1194.26 - Desktop and Portable Computers

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1194.41 - Information, Documentation and Support

The Technical Standards above facilitate the assurance that the maximum technical standards are provided to the Offerors. Functional Performance Criteria is the minimally acceptable standards to ensure Section 508 compliance. This block is checked to ensure that the minimally acceptable electronic and information technology (E&IT) products are proposed.

Functional Performance Criteria

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1194.31 - Functional Performance Criteria

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52.215-9205

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF OFFERS

(JUN 1996)

(L511 Previously)

1. Purpose. These instructions prescribe the format of proposals and describe the approach for the development and presentation of proposal data. They are designed to ensure the submission of information essential to the understanding and comprehensive validation of proposals. There is no intent to limit the content of the proposals. The instructions permit the inclusion of any additional data or information an offeror deems pertinent. Offerors are cautioned to follow the instructions carefully. The Government reserves the right to reject any proposal that does not substantially comply with these Proposal Preparation Instructions.

2. Proposal Format. The offeror shall submit its proposal in accordance with the following instructions. The offeror must submit its proposal in electronic format. The offeror shall make every effort to minimize the amount of data submitted as part of the proposal.

(1) The proposal shall be submitted in three parts listed below:

Part I - Technical Proposal and Management Approach

Part II - Cost/Price Proposal

Part III - RFP and Associated Contract Documents

(2) All parts shall be submitted in Adobe Acrobat, Portable Document Format (PDF), Version 9.0. The font type shall either be Times New Roman or Arial Narrow, no smaller than 10-Point. It is recommend that the electronic PDF file be no larger than 1MB.

(3) Any other attached documents requested herein shall be compatible with Microsoft (MS) Office 2003 format. All pricing spreadsheets shall be submitted in MS Excel Office 2003 version software. Any graphics files embedded within the MS documents shall be provided in either *.jpg or *.pcx format in order to minimize memory storage requirements for electronic files. Landscape pages shall face right. It is recommended that the sum of all MS document files be no larger than 1MB compressed. Compression tools are limited to PKZip or WinZip.

3. Part I - Technical Proposal.

(1) The technical proposal shall include the necessary information to respond to each specific requirement of the Performance Work Statement (PWS), paragraph 6 with affirmative statements. The offeror must meet all the requirements of the PWS, either with organic capabilities or with a third party agreement to be considered Technically Acceptable. If the offeror intends to team with a third party the offeror must identify the third party in their technical proposal to be considered Technically Acceptable. Failure to meet all requirements may result in the offeror’s proposal being deemed nonresponsive.

(2) The technical proposal shall be formatted exactly as presented in the PWS for ease of correlation. Each response to paragraph will use the same paragraph numbering system as the PWS, and shall be self-sustaining without reference to any other response or literature for support.

(3) The technical proposal page limit is 20 pages and shall be Part I.

4. Part II - Cost/Price Proposal.

The Offeror shall submit a cost/price quote containing their proposed unit prices and total extended amounts for the CLINs contained in this RFP. The quantities presented in the CLIN pricing spreadsheet are provided for evaluation purposes only. Universal Service Fund (USF) shall not be included as part of the per-minute rate in the CLIN pricing spreadsheet. The USF will be reimbursed to the vendor as an actual cost. The Cost/Price proposal must be submitted in MS Excel Version 2003 using the formatted spreadsheet provided in RFP Attachment 1. The offeror’s cost/price quote shall be complete, submitting prices for all of the CLIN identified for the entire contract period (i.e., the first year basic period and four one-year options for a total of five years). Failure to price all of the CLINs may result in rejection of the Offeror’s quote.

5. Part III - RFP and Associated Contract Documents.

This part shall include contract information as follows:

a. Section 1: Cover Letter identifying the Name of the Offeror, Expiration Date, Taxpayer Identification (TIN), DUNS Number, Cage Code, Complete Mailing Address, Remittance Address and e-mail address and telephone number for two Points of Contacts for the RFP. Points of Contacts are limited to two.

b. Section 2: On-line Representations and Certifications (www.bpn.gov/orca)

c. Section 3: Section 508 – Offeror Certification

6. General Instructions

a. Electronic Submission. Use of software and procedures described in this section will reduce the amount of time and effort needed by the Government to receive and install proposals into an electronic evaluation system and will help to insure that proposals are suitable for reading electronically. Information regarding electronic products listed herein should not be construed as Government endorsement for such products.

(1) Efforts by the Government to clarify or expedite installation of electronic proposal submissions, in accordance with FAR 15.207(c), will not be considered discussions.

(2) The Government will receive the softcopy versions of the Offeror’s proposal via electronic mail.

(3) As indicated above, and expected as otherwise identified, all proposal parts shall be submitted in Adobe Acrobat PDF, Version 9.0. Offerors shall use the Acrobat Link feature for cross-references that are electronically linked, and linked files must be contained in the same directory. The Acrobat Bookmark feature may also be used for document navigation; however, use of the Acrobat Notes feature is prohibited. Offerors shall use the ‘Optimize’ Feature of Adobe Acrobat to decrease file size and prepare them for viewing on the Internet. Offerors are encouraged to limit file size to 1MB to reduce delay in downloading proposals over the Internet.

(4) The Offeror shall prepare a “readme” file, which describes the organization and layout of its softcopy submission.

(5) Exceptions to Adobe Acrobat. Proposal documents required to be submitted in other than Adobe Acrobat PDF media are described in paragraph 2(3), above.

b. Page Numbering. The offeror shall use a standard page numbering system to facilitate proposal references. Consecutive page numbering within sections is preferred, e.g., Page I-2-5, indicates Part I, Section 2, page 5. Charts, graphs and other insert materials shall be page-numbered as part of the page numbering system. Additional identification of such attachments is permissible.

c. Cost and Pricing Information. No cost or pricing information of any kind shall be included in any part except Part II, Cost/Price Proposal.

d. Proposal Submission. Proposals shall be submitted directly to the Contracting Officer via email at jody.renner@disa.mil and a courtesy copy to the Contract Specialist via email at wade.belcher@disa.mil.

e. Clarification of Proposals. All changes resulting from clarifications to the proposal will be submitted on a page for page basis. Each page changed shall contain a revision date located in a uniform location. Submissions will follow the electronic format.

f. Freedom of Ambiguity. The information supplied shall be closely aligned with the procurement under consideration and shall be free from ambiguities. Ambiguous statements or statements with dual meanings will be interpreted in their most stringent or unfavorable sense.

The following have been deleted:

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

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