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11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. 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 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication 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 letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication 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 NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

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.)

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

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C. DATE SIGNED

Previous edition unusable STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016) Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

The purpose of this amendment is to execute the following:Block 14 (Description of Amendment/Modification):

1. Provide Questions and Answers regarding the solicitation

2. Provide an updated Performance Work Statement (PWS) - (changes to the PWS are highlighted in yellow)

3. Update offeror due date to 06/12/2025, 4:00 PM EST

See Summary for Changes

List of Attachments

Miscellaneous text in this section has been modified to:

Attachment 1 - Pricing Sheet Attachment 2 - Terms of Service (TOS) Attachment 3 - Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) Attachment 4 - Cloud Questionnaire Attachment 5 - FAR/DFARS Fill-ins Attachment 6 - Privacy Checklist Attachment 7 - DD2930a Attachment 8 - Past Performance Questionnaire

Attachment 9 - Performance Work Statement - Revised

Attachment 10 - Questions and Answers

Instructions, Conditions, & Notices to Offerors or Quoters

Miscellaneous text in this section has been modified to:

Non-DoD Schools Program - Community Profiles (NDSP)

DoDEA's NDSP requires a contractor to host, maintain and update an interactive website featuring a world map that enables stakeholders to search and select a country and a city/duty station within that country and obtain information about the area's PK-12 educational options.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

DoDEA plans to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Purchase Order contract. Performance requirements for this contract are provided in the attached PWS of this RFQ.

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

1.2 Addendum to 52.212-1 Paragraph (e) Multiple Offers. This paragraph is changed to read as follows: Only one quote will be accepted.

2.0 Quote Structure, Content, and Additional Instructions

2.1 Quote Structure and Content

Vendors shall submit quote package consisting of the following separate/distinct volumes for evaluation purposes and include the content identified herein:

- Administrative Cover Letter. This volume shall include the following:2.1.1 VOLUME 1

a. Tax identification number (TIN)

b. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI);

c. Complete Business Mailing Address;

d. Cage Code/NAICS Code (All potential vendors, please verify that your company is under the NAICS Code identified in Block of the SF-1449);

and,

e. Contact Name, Phone, and E-mail address

f. Quoter's shall complete and provide all FAR and DFARS provisions listed in Attachment 5 g. Quoter's quotes shall be valid for 120 days from the quote submission date.

h. Quoter's shall submit a signed SF-1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items and, if applicable, any SF-30(s) Amendment of Solicitation(s) issued.

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i. FAR Part 52.212-3 Alt-1, Offeror Representation and Certifications filled out completely. NOTE: If your offerors Annual Representation and Certifications are not fully completed in the System for Award Management (SAM), please fill-in and submit with your quote or acknowledge in your quote that your Representation and Certifications have been completed in its entirety. If you certified as a Small Business and you are also certified as a Small Disadvantaged Business, complete Alt 1, paragraph c (11).

j. - Pricing Sheet Completed Attachment 1

k. - Terms of Service Addendum (If the vendor will have a potential Subcontractor, the Subcontractor will have to Completed Attachment 2 complete this attachment as well and the vendor shall submit with their quote).

l. , ACR including the VPAT, 1. Provide an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) for each commercially available Completed Attachment 3 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) item offered through this contract. Create the ACR using the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template Version 2.1 or later, located at https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat. Complete each ACR in accordance with the instructions provided in the VPAT template. Each ACR must address the applicable Section 508 requirements referenced in the Performance Work Statement and attached Accessibility Requirements Statement (ARS). Each ACR shall state exactly how the ICT meets the applicable standards in the remarks /explanations column, or through additional narrative. All "Not Applicable" (N/A) responses must be explained in the remarks/explanations column or through additional narrative. Address each standard individually and with specificity, and clarify whether conformance is achieved throughout the entire ICT Item (for example - user functionality, administrator functionality, and reporting), or only in limited areas of the ICT Item. Provide a description of the evaluation methods used to support Section 508 conformance claims. The agency reserves the right, prior to making an award decision, to perform testing on some or all of the Offeror's proposed ICT items to validate Section 508 conformance claims made in the ACR.

2. Describe your approach to incorporating universal design principles to ensure ICT products or services are designed to support disabled users.

3. Describe plans for features that do not fully conform to the Section 508 Standards.

4. Describe "typical" user scenarios and tasks, including individuals with disabilities, to ensure fair and accurate accessibility testing of the ICT product or service being offered.

m. - Cloud Questionnaire (If the vendor will have a potential Subcontractor, the Subcontractor will have to complete this Complete Attachment 4 attachment as well and the vendor shall submit with their quote).

n. - DoDEA Privacy Checklist. Vendors shall complete DoDEA Privacy Checklist and return with quote submission. If Completed Attachment 6 any checkboxes are not checked, the vendor shall provide a justification.

o. - DD 2930a. Vendors shall provide detailed responses, to the best of vendor's ability, to questions 2, 3 and 7 of the DD2930a and Attachment 7 return with their quote submission.

q. DoDEA requires digital access to the Vendors digital resources.

2.1.2 VOLUME 2: Factor 1. Technical Approach: Vendors shall provide a technical approach quote that demonstrates the vendor's capability of meeting and/or exceeding the Government's requirements in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) sections listed below:

a. Subfactor 1, Website and Interactive Map (PWS 2.1-2.2):

b. Subfactor 2, Related Resources (PWS 2.3)

c. Subfactor 3. Transitions (PWS 2.10

2.1.3 VOLUME 3: PAST PERFORMANCE

Factor 2. Past Performance:

2.1.3.1 The Vendors shall submit at least 3 and no more than 5 references of relevant contracts within the past 5 years for the Vendor's own and/or subcontractors past performance. The Vendors shall complete Attachment #8 "Present and Past Performance Questionnaire" for each of their quoted /offered references. The table below shall be used to complete Attachment #8. Email to DoDEA's POC by the submitted due date on SF 1449, Block 8.

2.1.2 VOLUME 4: Factor 1. Price

Pricing shall be submitted in one of two ways:

1. In the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet titled, "Attachment 1, Pricing Sheet". All items must have a price or be marked "NSP" for "Not Separately Priced." Each item will state the description including item descriptions (make, model, and etc.), quantity, unit, unit price, and extended total. A final total for (1) Base year and (2) 12-month Option Years is required in the Excel Spreadsheet. (Attachment 1, Pricing Sheet). The quoter may submit a modified Pricing Sheet that is more appropriate to their standard commercial practice that includes an alternate pricing structure other than what is provided, in addition the quoter shall reference the Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINs) and Sub-CLINs in Attachment 1, Pricing Sheet.

PRICING SHEET: The price quoted shall include a completed pricing sheet in the attached format. The Vendors shall ensure mathematical computations are correct. Errors in addition or multiplication may be considered nonresponsive to this RFQ. (See Attachment 1). (a) Vendors shall quote on all contract line items, by price. A zero-dollar figure in a quote means that the line item shall be provided at no charge to the Government. A line-item price left blank will be considered nonresponsive to this request and the quote will not be considered for award. Due to the difficulties in receipt of mail through normal postal services, questions and quotes shall be sent via e-mail to the POC for this RFQ. The Quoter is responsible for ensuring receipt by the POC. The Government reserves the right not to respond to any questions received concerning this solicitation after the question receipt date and time above. Vendors shall submit one set of questions only; multiple sets of questions will not be accepted.

E:3.3 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND QUOTE DUE DAT

Submission must be sent in electronically to the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer on or before the closing date and time as identified on the SF-1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items, Block 8. Your quote must cite the solicitation number and your corporation's name in your submission. Late submissions will not be accepted

3.4 SUBMISSION PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

3.4.1 To be considered for selection, the Quoter shall submit a complete response to this Request for Quote (RFQ) using the sequence and format provided herein. The Vendors shall only provide an electronic submission. The electronic version of the text shall be in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Portable Data Format (PDF) format, except supporting price information, which shall be in Microsoft Excel format. The electronic spreadsheets shall not be compiled, or password protected; all cells and formulas shall be visible, editable, and unprotected. Spreadsheets should reflect the Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN) structure listed in the RFQ.

3.4.2 The Quoter shall ensure that the submission is readable, in the format specified in the solicitation, and has been verified as free of computer viruses. Prior to any review, the Government will check all files for viruses and ensure that all information is readable. In the event that any files are defective (unreadable), the Government will only review the readable electronic files. If the defective media renders a significant portion of the Quoter's quote unreadable, the Government will consider the submission incomplete and not further consider the quote for consideration. Failure to submit of the information requested within this solicitation may cause for unfavorable consideration.

3.4.3 Submissions must be clear, coherent, and prepared in sufficient detail for effective evaluation of the Quoter's quote against the evaluation criteria. Submissions must clearly demonstrate how the Quoter intends to accomplish the tasks and must include convincing rationale and substantiation of all claims. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentations beyond those sufficient to present a complete, effective response to the solicitation are not desired. The Quoter shall describe its approach, through the use of graphs, charts, diagrams, and narrative, in sufficient detail for the Government to understand and evaluate the nature of the approach.

3.4.4 Content shall be indexed (cross-indexed, as appropriate) and logically assembled. Information shall be confined to the appropriate volume to facilitate evaluation. The Quoter(s) shall present all information relevant to each evaluation element in the appropriate volume and section. Page limitations shall be treated as maximums. Pages over the maximum page limitation for any volume will not be evaluated. Page limitations include all text, graphs, pictures, appendices, references, exhibits, etc. Tabs, index sheets, tables of contents, dividers and other such aids that are solely used to assist the evaluator in locating information and are advisory in nature, imparting no other information other than the identification of content, will not be counted against any page limits stated within this RFQ.

3.4.5 Electronic submissions shall be arranged so that it can be printed on 8 1/2" x 11" (with no foldouts) white paper and printed double-sided. The text shall have 1" margins on all sides, be single-spaced, and use Times New Roman font color black, font size of 12. Illustrations (e.g., graphics figures, graphs, and tables) shall be in portrait format with font colors other than black allowable and font sizes 12, 10, 9, and 8 considered acceptable.

The Quoter's company name (no logos), the date, solicitation number, volume number and section shall be included on each page of the submission (this information may be included in a header/footer). All pages shall be numbered,

3.5 QUESTIONS:

Questions or concerns regarding this requirement, may be submitted to the POCs via e-mail no later than Monday, 19 May 2025 at 4:00PM Eastern

Follow-up/additional questions will not be accepted after this date. Answers to the questions will be provided to all Vendors Standard Time (EST).

in writing and included in an amendment to the RFQ, giving due regard to the proper protection of proprietary information. The Government reserves the right not to respond to any questions received concerning this solicitation after the question due date and time above. Vendors shall submit one set of questions only; multiple sets of questions will not be accepted. Due to the difficulties in receipt of mail through normal postal services, questions and quotes shall be sent via e-mail to the POC for this RFQ. The Quoter is responsible for ensuring receipt by the POC. The Government reserves the right not to respond to any questions received concerning this solicitation after the question receipt date and time above. Vendors shall submit one set of questions only; multiple sets of questions will not be accepted.

4.0 PAGE LIMITS

Volume 1: Administrative - No Page Limit

Volume 2: Technical Approach - 5 Pages Volume 4: Price - No Page Limit Note: DoDEA has a maximum email limit of 10MB. Vendors shall confirm receipt of their electronic copy by return email from above email addresses.

ATTACHMENT 5

Vendors shall provide and complete the following fill-in FAR and DFARS provisions and submit with their quotes.

PROVISIONS:

FAR 52.204-24

FAR 52.212-3 Alt 1

FAR 52.229-11

DFARS 252.204-7016

DFARS 252.204-7017

DFARS 252.204-7019

DFARS 252.239-7009

NOTE: Please make sure, that each Volume is individually separated by Volume, and when submitting Attachments 1 - 7, please make sure that the attachments are provided as separate documents as part of Volume 1.

4800 MARK CENTER DRIVE, ATTN: SUITE 05E08

ALEXANDRIA, VA 22350-1400

UNITED STATES

Mumbi Mutala, Email: mumbi.mutala@dodea.edu Telephone: 571 372 1341 AdminBy:

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