HE1254-17-R-0003_Amendment_0003.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1) Re-open the Q&A period until 12:00PM ET on March 9, 2017.

2)Change 52.212-1(II)(Part 2)(a)(iii) - a please see summary of changes.

3)Provide instructions for getting onto the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico as attachment 10.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 8

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 08-Mar-2017

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State and Zip Code) X HE1254-17-R-0003

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

21-Feb-2017

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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 Offer is extended, X is not extended.

Offer 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 1 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.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

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

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, 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.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

08-Mar-2017

CODE

DOD EDUCATION ACTIVITY

ATTN: PROCUREMENT DIVISION

4800 MARK CENTER DRIVE

SUITE 05F09-02

ALEXANDRIA VA 22350-1400

HE1254 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

x

HE1254-17-R-0003

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1 -- PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

I. GENERAL

A. Addendum to 52.212-1 Paragraph (b) Submission of Offers: In addition to those requirements as stated in paragraph (b) above, the following are added and shall apply to the submission requirements in response to this solicitation:

B. Addendum to 52.212-1 Paragraph (c) Period for acceptance of offers: This paragraph (c) is changed to read as follows: The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 120 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an amendment to the solicitation.

C. Addendum to 52.212-1 Paragraph (e) Multiple Offers. This paragraph (e) is changed to read as follows:

Multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions will NOT be accepted.

D. Addendum to 52.212-1 Paragraph (h) Multiple awards. This paragraph (h) is changed to read as follows: The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer. DoDEA intends to award a single contract for each of the stated Curriculum Program Categories listed below. Offerors may propose to provide just one course within a category, so long as the offeror complies with all proposal submission terms with respect to that course.

II. OFFEROR STRUCTURE AND CONTENT

Offers may submit proposals for any or all of the categories of work listed below. Categories are defined as groupings of more than one individual course based upon similar content. (i.e. Category I “AP History” contains the following 4 courses: AP World History; AP US Government and Politics; AP Human Geography;

and AP European History).

Offerors must clearly identify on each proposal’s cover sheet, which category of work is being proposed (And specify individual courses if not proposing for all courses within any given category). For purposes of proposal preparation and potential separate contract award, each category encompasses delivery to all DoDEA locations.

Category I – AP History Courses (see Attachment 6) Category II – Secondary World History & Geography, US History and Government (see Attachment 8) Category III – Secondary Economics, Sociology, and Psychology (see Attachment 7) Category IV – Middle School History and Geography (see Attachment 9)

Offerors shall submit proposal packages, on a per category basis, consisting of the following separate/distinct parts for evaluation proposes and include the content identified herein:

PART 1 – ADMINISTRATIVE, PAST PERFORMANCE & PRICE.

This part shall include the following:

1. Administrative

a. A cover letter with the Offerors Tax Identification Number, Duns and Bradstreet Number, Cage code, point of contact information and the Solicitation Number HE1254-17-R-0003

b. Completed Standard Form (SF) 1449.

c. If an amendment(s) is made to the solicitation, the offeror shall acknowledge each amendment in block

15a-c of the SF50 acceding to the contract terms and conditions as written in the amendment by having an authorized official who can sign on behalf of the company sign the amendment(s). An Acrobat PDF file shall be created to capture the signatures for submission with the offeror’s proposal. Failure to acknowledge an amendment may render the offeror’s overall proposal ineligible for award and be rejected by the Government.

d. Completed FAR Provisions 52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility matters, And DFARS Provision 252.239-7009, Representation of Use of Cloud computing.

e. Attention is drawn to paragraphs (j) & (k) of 52.212-1, which requires all offerors to be registered in the System for Award management (SAM). As such, a copy of completed paragraph (b) of FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certification should be maintained in the SAM. If the Offeror is NOT registered in SAM at the time of proposal submission, a copy of competed paragraphs

(c) through (o) of FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification must be submitted.

f. Pre-paid postage/shipping labels for return of proposed materials.

2. Past Performance Information

a. Provide information on at least three recent contracts for supplies and services relevant to those required in the SOW. “Relevant” is defined as work similar in complexity and magnitude to the work described in the SOW. “Recent” is defined as contracts that have been completed within the past three years or a currently being performed.

b. Use the following forms to provide the necessary information for each “recent” and “relevant” contract submitted.

i. Attachment 2, Past Performance Part I must be completed and submitted by all offerors for all three recent contracts; and

ii. Attachment 3, Past Performance Part II is a questionnaire that must be forwarded by Offerors to a minimum of three references. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure that references complete the questionnaire and that their references submit the questionnaire directly to the DoDEA Procurement Division no later than the proposal due date.

c. Past Performance information may be obtained from any other sources available to the Government, to include, but not limited to, the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting system (eSRS), or other databases; and interviews with Program managers and Contracting Officers.

3. Price Proposal

The offeror shall complete Attachment 1a-d “Pricing Schedule Social Studies” for all proposed items specifically as detailed below. (Note: each pricing sheet contains multiple tabs. One for each of the courses within the category)

Offerors are advised that in the event unit prices x quantity have in any instance been incorrectly calculated, the unit price will govern. Offerors are cautioned that failure to complete pricing in its entirety as provided for by the Schedule for the base period and all option periods for each category the offeror elects to compete for may render the offeror’s proposal ineligible for award and be rejected by the Government.

a. FOR CURRICULUM MATERIALS:

i. Insert in to Insert into column B the specific titles or item descriptions (to include ISBNs as appropriate) for the offerors proposed curricular materials for each course. In the event the offeror has more than four specific items for any of the categories, the offeror shall insert additional rows and estimated quantities (using the numbering scheme indicated). In the event the offeror has less than four specific items for any of the categories the offeror shall delete the extra rows, such that the offerors final pricing schedule matches the offeror’s exact proposed content.

ii. Identify in column C whether the item identified in column B is a print item or a digital item.

iii. Insert into column D whether the item is a consumable item or not.

iv. Insert into column G the proposed unit price for year one (the initial base year); and insert into columns J; M; P; S; X; AA; AD; AG & AJ the proposed unit prices for years two through ten.

v. Double check the automatic calculations of pricing that should result

vi. For all SETS, the offeror shall propose a combined price for shipping one complete “set” consisting of all of the items in the identified category, which should allow for potentially reduced prices in the event that full sets are ordered.

b. FOR RELATED SERVICES:

i. Insert the proposed unit cost for one month of technical support across the ten years and double check the automatic calculations that should result;

ii. Insert the proposed unit cost for the standards alignment correlation and double check the resulting automatic calculation;

iii. Insert the proposed unit cost for the OCR copy and double check the resulting automatic calculation.

iv. Insert the offeror’s proposed professional development solutions in column B starting with CLIN

0800 (e.g. webinar; On-line module; etc.) and the proposed unit prices in column G and double check the resulting calculations.

c. FOR SHIPPING (CLIN 0900):

i. Do not insert a proposed cost for shipping. Shipping shall be separately negotiated as a firm fixed price CLIN under individual delivery orders (DO’s). Prior to DO issuance the Government will request a shipping quote from the vendor and will conduct a price analysis to determine price reasonableness.

ii. The Government has inserted an estimated shipping cost in this CLIN solely for evaluation purposes.

iii. See shipping Destination Tab for all anticipated shipping destinations.

Note: Shipping will typically always be via direct commercial means; however, shipments to Ankara Elementary School (ES), Brussels ES, Shape ES and WT Sampson ES shall be shipped to their Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO) address. Shipments cannot be made to the commercial addresses for these locations.

PART 2 – TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

This part shall include the following:

a. Proposed Materials:

i. One complete set of all proposed curricular materials (print and digital) for evaluation purposes.

ii. Each item should be clearly labeled to match the corresponding Category, Price Sheet, and exact

CLIN (i.e. AP History, Pricing Attachment 1a, CLIN 0001). The Government reserves the right not to evaluate items received but that are not labeled to a corresponding CLIN.

iii. Note: proposed materials must be returned to offerors. Prepaid shipping labels shall be included in the administrative proposal (reference preceding paragraph II(Part 1)(1)(f)).

iv. Include instructions for access to online courses/digital resources (as both a student and a teacher) for up to 10 evaluators simultaneously in a live environment.

b. Digital Information Technology Components:

i. A separate set of all proposed digital/IT components shall be submitted together with a packing slip identifying each item delivered and the corresponding CLIN in attachment one. (NOTE: See early submission deadline for IT components in paragraph (III)(B)(1) of this addendum. Items that are received but do not correspond to any item on the Price Offeror Excel spreadsheet may not be evaluated).

ii. Include instructions for access to online courses/digital resources (as both a student and a teacher) for up to 15 evaluators simultaneously in a live environment.

iii. A complete copy of the offeror’s terms and conditions for use (and/or end user license agreement) for all digital materials revised to reflect the inability of the Federal Government to indemnify the contractor (or any person to entity) as well as to be bound by the laws of any particular state (attention is drawn to paragraph (u) of the clause at FAR 52.212-4),

iv. A completed copy of attachments 4 and 5 to address vendor cloud information and section 508 compliance.

c. Curriculum Materials Evaluator “Map”: The contractor shall provide a document that sufficiently details the following desired attributes of their proposed Curricular Materials, Design, and Professional Development. The document shall be no longer than six pages per course, and no longer than 36 pages for all courses.

i. CURRICULUM MATERIALS: Provide clear examples of where (by specific item page number or other indicator) the offeror’s curriculum materials:

• Are aligned to the C3 Framework the College and Career Ready Standards – History and

Social Studies (CCRS-H/SS). (For Categories II, III, & IV only)

• Are aligned to meet the most current curricular requirements of The College Board for each course (https://www.collegeboard.org/). (For Category I only)

• Provide students and teachers appropriate lessons and formative and summative assessments for the age, grade, and stage of learning that supports students acquiring and practicing college- and career-ready skills needed to understand and communicate the curriculum content.

• Provide opportunities for differentiated instruction to meet the instructional needs of all students.

• Be augmented by digital resources that facilitate program delivery.

• Have teacher supplementary materials that promote student learning and achievement.

ii. CURRICULUM DESIGN:

For Categories II, III, & IV Only (As identified in Section II above): Provide clear examples of where (by specific item page number or other indicator) the offeror’s proposed curriculum resources are designed to (1) provide a sequence or collection of primary and secondary sources,

(2) meet the reading, writing, listening, and speaking requirements effectively and (3) engage students in expressing ideas that are well-supported and that build on others’ ideas appropriately.

For Categories I Only (As identified in Section II above): Provide clear examples of where (by specific item page number or other indicator) the offeror’s proposed curriculum resources are: (1) aligned to the College Board standards, (2) have digital resources that facilitate conceptual understanding and program delivery, and (3) have formative and summative assessments aligned to College Board standards.

iii. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Provide clear examples of where (by specific item page number or other indicator) the offeror’s professional development resources provide: (1) Teacher supplementary materials to include but not limited to: lesson preparation/ instructional strategies/graphic organizers, differentiated instruction, online resources (including student textbook and teacher editions), and assessment (print and/or CD/online) primary and secondary resources. (2) A digital or webinar overview of the print and digital resources to guide teachers, facilitators, and administrators in their use.

d. Curriculum Materials Related Services: The contractor shall provide a document that:

i. Describes their technical support (CLIN 0600) to include hours of operation; means of delivery (e.g.

phone; e-mail; internet); etc.

https://www.collegeboard.org/

ii. Provides a sample of their standards alignment correlation

iii. Describes their proposed professional development content and delivery.

III. OFFEROR SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Explicit instructions are set forth herein for offerors to prepare and submit a proposal to the Government in response to this solicitation. Offerors are strongly advised to carefully read and fully understand these instructions to ensure submission of a fully compliant and sufficiently prepared proposal. Offerors are cautioned that proposals containing less than the minimum information required by these instructions may be rejected by the government and eliminated from further consideration for award.

A. Copies, Format and Quantities:

Offerors shall submit a complete set of the follow documents for each of the categories they wish to propose.

Submissions for each category must be clearly distinguishable from one another and be clearly marked to identify the following: 1) Solicitation number; 2) Category being proposed; Part number as (detailed below).

1. One electronic copy of Part 1- Administrative, Past Performance & Price.

2. One hard copy set of Part 2a- Proposed Materials

3. Two hard copy sets of Part 2b- Digital IT Components (due on two separate dates).

4. One electronic and 10 hard copies of Part 2c- Curricular Materials Evaluator Map”.

5. One electronic and 10 hard copies of Part 2d- Curricular Materials Related Services”.

* In the case of a conflict between the electronic and the hard copy, the hard copy will be considered the correct version.

B. Closing Dates and Delivery Methods/Addresses:

1. Digital IT Components (Part 2b-First Hard Copy Set): For Pre-Information Assurance Testing by the DoDEA IT Division, the closing date for all IT Components is March 10, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. ET via U.S.

Postal, UPS, or FEDEX to the following address:

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) 4800 Mark Center Drive Suite 05H02-10 - Procurement Alexandria, VA 22350-1400 Attn: Stesnie Ridley/Social Studies

2. Complete Offer Package (Parts 1 and 2): The closing date for complete offer package (Parts 1, 2a, 2b

(Second set), 2c, and 2d) is March 16, 2017 at 1:00 P.M. ET via U.S. Postal, UPS, or FEDEX to the following address:

Burrows Elementary School 3308 John Quick RD Suite 202B Quantico VA 22134-2028 Attn: Cheryl Amerine/Social Studies Phone: 703-630-7024

The electronic copy of Parts 1 and 2d shall be sent by email to the Contract Specialist (CS) at Stesnie.Ridley@hq.dodea.edu. DoDEA has a maximum email limit of 10MB. Offerors shall confirm receipt of their electronic copy by return email from the CS.

C. Package Labeling:

mailto:Stesnie.Ridley@hq.dodea.edu

All boxes containing materials submitted in response to this RFP must include the following information on the label in this order:

What: Example:

Title of DoDEA Curriculum and Category: Social Studies-AP History Exact RFQ Number: HE1254-17-R-0003 Exact Box Number: Box 1 of 6 Exact Contents of Box: Student Materials, etc.

Offeror Name/POC Information: Your Company/Sue Smith/email/phone

D. Return of Materials:

1. Offerors are responsible for the return shipment of all materials and/or books submitted following the evaluation and award of contracts for each requirement.

2. Offerors shall provide prepaid return merchandise shipping labels as a part of the offer submission.

E. RFP Questions - Questions in regards to this RFP shall be submitted in writing via email to the CS at

Stesnie.Ridley@hq.dodea.edu with the subject line, “Questions to Solicitation Number HE1254-17-R-0003, (Social Studies)”no later than 10:00 AM ET on February 28, 2017. A consolidated list of all questions and answers will be provided via an amendment to the RFP posted to www. FedBizOpps.gov. It is the sole responsibility of the offeror to monitor the FBO website for Government postings containing information applicable to this RFP. Offerors are advised that questions or comments will not be honored if communicated outside of email or to any individual other than the points of contact identified above. Questions shall be grouped and identified by solicitation section, paragraph and page number, including attachments, and shall be attached to the email transmission as a Microsoft Word document.

F. Other Information

1. Offerors shall direct all communications to the attention of the cognizant individual(s) identified in Section (c.) above unless the solicitation is otherwise amended. Communications with other Government personnel may compromise the integrity of this acquisition and result in cancellation of the requirement.

2. Any aspect of the Offeror’s proposals that simply repeat the requirements or state “we will conform to the requirements as stated” are not acceptable and will not be considered.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DUE DATES

Item RFP Questions Complete Set of IT Components

Offer and Materials Submission

(to include another complete set of IT Components)

Material Set-Up**

Due Date/ Time

February 28, 10:00 AM ET

Reopened until

12:00PM EST

March 9, 2017

March 10, 2017

10:00 AM ET

March 16, 2017

01:00 PM ET

March 17, 2017

9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M

To

Stesnie.Ridley@ hq.dodea.edu

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) 4800 Mark Center Drive Suite 05H02-09 - Procurement

Part 1 & 2 Hard Copies to:

Burrows Elementary School 3308 John Quick Rd Suite 202B Quantico VA 22134-2028 Attn: Cheryl Amerine/Social

Burrows Elementary School 3308 John Quick RD Suite 202B Quantico VA 22134-mailto:Stesnie.Ridley@hq.dodea.edu

** On March 17, 2017, Offerors may set-up their submitted materials for the technical evaluation board (TEB) at the offeror’s own expense. Materials set-up is not required; however, the Government is not responsible for any missing materials or set-up of materials in any specific order or preference by Offerors. Offerors planning to set-up materials must notify the Contract Specialist via email Stesnie.Ridley@hq.dodea.edu, prior to March 17, 2017 at 9:00 A.M. EST. If any missing items are identified by Offerors during set-up (other than from Part 1), Offerors will have an opportunity to reship/hand-carry missing items for technical review prior to the TEB start date, Monday, March 20, 2017.

(End of addendum to FAR 52.212-1)

The following have been deleted:

AMENDMENT 02

(End of Summary of Changes)

Alexandria, VA 22350- Attn: Stesnie Ridley/Social Studies

Studies Phone: 703-630-7024

Part 1 Electronic Copy to:

Stesnie.Ridley@hq.dodea.edu