ADDENDUM_TO_FAR_PART_12_CLAUSES.pdf

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

BASIC PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Proposals for this solicitation will be accepted until the date and time indicated on the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Ref No. HQ0029-2297-0001-000. Prospective Offerors should submit inquiries related to this solicitation by e-mail to:

Leila Miller, leila.miller@dma.mil and Marilyn Jackson, Marilyn.jackson@dma.mil

While email is a convenient method of communication, it is not 100% reliable. It is incumbent upon the sender that the message is delivered/read. DMA contracting cannot be held responsible for email delivery issues.

Include the solicitation number, and project title with any questions/clarifications. Written questions must be received by this office not later than 15 business days prior to the date set for receipt of offers.

TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Oral explanations or instructions are not binding. Any information given to an Offeror which impacts the solicitation and/or offer will be given in the form of a written amendment to the solicitation.

As this is a competitive negotiation acquisition, there is no public proposal opening and no information will be given out as to the number of Offerors or the results of the competition until award is made.

The Government will not make assumptions concerning intent, capabilities, or experiences. Clear identification of proposal details shall rest as the sole responsibility of the Offeror. The Government may reject incomplete proposals after initial evaluation without further consideration. Therefore the proposal shall meet the following basic requirements:

a. Proposals shall be typed, in the English language, and easy to read.

b. Proposals shall be organized, concise, and submitted in the volumes and in the order indicated below. Volumes shall be clearly identified and tabbed. Each factor and sub-factor shall be described in a separate tabbed section.

c. Proposals may be submitted in a single 2 or 3 ring binder or spiral bound volume. Each volume shall be identified by the solicitation number, and name, address, and telephone number of the prime Offeror on the cover. Each volume shall contain a Table of Contents and include the page numbers at the bottom of each page.

d. Proposals shall be submitted with one original and four copies. Each volume shall indicate which is the original and which are copies.

e. Offerors shall submit a signed Offer Standard Form 1449 for this solicitation including verification of all amendments received in the original volume.

f. Proposals shall completely and adequately address the requirements of this solicitation. Failure to submit attachments or failure to complete the proposal properly may result in rejection of the offer mailto:leila.miller@dma.mil mailto:Marilyn.jackson@dma.mil without further evaluation. Therefore, Offerors are urged to follow instructions and speak with the Contracting Officer if instructions are not understood.

This Request for Proposal does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal or for any other costs incurred by any firm submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation either before or after the solicitation closing date, with no obligation to the Offeror by the Government.

PERIOD OF ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL: Proposals offering less than 120 calendar days for acceptance by the Government from the date designated for receipt of proposals will be considered non-responsive and will be rejected.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE/SITE VISIT

1. A pre-proposal conference, including site visit, will be held at the following location:

HQ DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

SUITE W205

FORT GEORGE MEADE, MD 20755

DATE/TIME: WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB, 9:00 A.M. (EST)

2. The purpose of the conference is to provide offerors an opportunity to receive a functional briefing of DIMOC activities and the requirement. Offerors will have the opportunity to submit written questions concerning requirements of the solicitation.

3. Attendance at the conference is urged and expected for participation in the RFP. Due to the limited space available, advance registration with a list of attendees from each offeror is critical. If any offeror does not register with the Contract Specialist, Ms. Leila S. Miller, phone (301) 222-6031or email:

Leila.Miller@dma.mil three workdays in advance, his/her attendance will be permitted on a space available basis only. Attendance is at the expense of the offerors.

PROPOSAL FORMAT

Proposals shall be submitted in the following format:

Proposal Package Original Copies

VOLUME 1 – Technical Proposal 1 3

FACTOR 1 – Technical Approach/Management Plan FACTOR 2 – Experience FACTOR 3 – Past performance FACTOR 4 – Commercial Rate Structure FACTOR 5 – Subcontracting Plan

VOLUME 2 – Price Proposal and 1 0 Administrative Submission

FACTOR 6 – Price Proposal

Volume 2 shall also include the following:

Schedule of Prices to include breakdown of anticipated costs for digitizing, storing and marketing of material, to include any equipment investment or shipping costs. Offerors shall also provide a

All amendments, signed and dated Representation and Certifications Offeror’s point of contact, to include e-mail address and phone number Name, Address, DUNS, CAGE and TAX Identification Number of the Contractor submitting the proposal.

JOINT VENTURES

A company that is part of a Joint Venture must submit a legally binding joint venture agreement. The Government will not evaluate the capability of any contractors that are not included in the Joint Venture agreement. Joint Ventures must include a copy of the legal joint venture signed by an authorized officer from each of the firms comprising the Joint Venture with the chief executive of each entity identified and must be translated into English, if the original agreement is in a language other than English.

Joint ventures shall submit the following additional documentation regarding their business entities:

a. A copy of their Joint Venture agreement in English.

b. A detailed statement outlining the following in terms of percentages, where appropriate.

(1) The relationship of the joint venture parties in terms of business ownership, capital contribution, and profit distribution or loss sharing.

(2) The management approach of the joint venture in terms of who will conduct, direct, supervise and control the project and have custody and control of the assets of the joint venture and perform the duties necessary to complete the work.

(3) The structure of the joint venture and decision-making responsibilities of the joint venture parties in terms of who will control the manner and method of performance of the work.

(4) Identification of party maintaining the joint venture bank accounts for the payment of all expenses and the deposits of all receipts, identification of responsibility for bookkeeping and records, and payment of applicable taxes for the joint venture.

(5) Identification of party furnishing the facilities, such as office supplies and telephone service.

(6) Identification of party having overall control of the joint venture.

Other sections of the proposal shall identify, where appropriate, whether key personnel are employees of the individual joint venture parties and identify the party, or whether hired as employees of the joint venture.

*** All members of the Joint Venture shall sign the SF 1449.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS:

Proposals shall be received at the following address by the date and time indicated on the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. No facsimiles or emailed proposals are permitted:

DMA CONTRACTING OFFICE - EAST

ATTN: LEILA S. MILLER

6700 TAYLOR AVE

FORT GEORGE MEADE, MD 20755

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS - VOLUME 1

FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL APPROACH/MANAGEMENT PLAN

Submission Requirements:

Offeror shall provide a program management plan detailing their technical approach as to how they intend to accomplish the required work. The plan will demonstrate workflow from shipping, delivery to the contractor, digitization, storage, digital delivery, and return of physical media to the government. The proposed workflow should show priority of effort and provide for safe handling, accountability and security of government-provided media throughout the process. The plan shall also include the Offeror’s proposed schedule to accomplish the work.

Offeror shall submit a disaster recovery/contingency plan and a plan for protection of government media while in possession of the vendor. Contractor will provide for back-up of digitized content in the event of catastrophic failure of natural disaster and protection of the government’s physical media.

Key personnel resumes: At a minimum, Offeror shall provide the resume for the program manager the Offeror intends to use on the contract.

Offeror shall submit a Quality Assurance Plan that covers how the contractor plans to ensure safe delivery and processing of government physical media. Plan should also cover how the contractor will meet or exceed the government’s maximum allowable error rate for digitization and metadata input given the basic volume delivery standard of 20 percent per year.

Offeror shall provide a conceptual marketing plan that demonstrates, as a minimum, an understanding of the likely target audience for commercial sales and where government media would be used. Marketing plan shall provide/demonstrate website design and other delivery/marketing tools used in providing this service along with a cost-share delivery to the government. In all cases, the successful offeror will demonstrate an understanding for the propriety of marketing approach during performance of this contract, given this is a partnership with the Department of Defense.

FACTOR 2: EXPERIENCE

Submission Requirements:

Offerors shall submit descriptions of three (3) projects performed within the last 5 years pertinent to the Government’s request. Information provided must be in sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine the relevancy of the experience. Relevant experience will reflect involvement in the following areas: multimedia; digitization of still imagery, motion and sound recordings of various analog formats into various digital file formats for access, distribution and archival uses; financial management and knowledge of management controls.

Include information in sufficient detail to allow the Government to evaluate your experience, to include the client information, scope of work that was accomplished, and dates the project was performed.

Offerors may submit a combination of projects demonstrating experience with all relevant aspects of the solicitation.

FACTOR 3: PAST PERFORMANCE

Submission Requirements:

Offerors shall provide past performance information for each of the projects submitted under Factor 2, Experience, using the attached Past Performance Questionnaire. Complete the top portion of the questionnaire and include it with the proposal. Ensure correct phone numbers and email addresses are provided for the client points of contact. Offerors should contact the points of contact and notify them that the Defense Media Activity will be contacting them between the dates of 8-12 APR 2013 to obtain past performance information and request that they be available during that timeframe.

Offerors are encouraged to provide any awards received, customer letters of appreciation, or any other forms of performance recognition, especially with regard to the projects submitted for consideration under Factor 1, Experience.

The Government reserves the right to use past performance information obtained from sources other than those identified by the Offeror. Other sources may include, but are not limited to, the Past Performance Information retrieval System (PPIRS), the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), and the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS). This past performance information will be used for the evaluation of past performance.

The Government does not assume the duty to search for data to cure the problems it finds in the information provided by the Offeror. The burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information remains with the Offeror.

FACTOR 4: COMMERICIAL RATE STRUCTURE

Submission Requirements:

Offerors shall submit the fees and methodology that will be used for commercial and public sales of Defense Media Activity content. The Government wants to insure that a fair and reasonable price point will be established and what margin (on sales) is the difference between the selling price and cost.

FACTOR 5: SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

Submission Requirements:

Offerors shall submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan detailing Small Businesses participation and the plan must:

(1) Ensure that Small Business concerns participate in the performance of this contract, the contractor shall ensure that a portion of the subcontracts are awarded to domestic small businesses in the various socio-economic programs and perform in accordance with all requirements set forth in the contract. The contractor , regardless of its business size, shall ensure that small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business (SDB) (including 8(a) program participants), and women-owned small business concerns will have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in contract performance consistent with its efficient performance. In order to assure small businesses have equitable opportunity to compete, the contractor shall publicize subcontracting opportunities on SBA’s SUB-Net http://web.sba.gov/subnet) the DSCC Small Business Programs website. In order to effectively implement the intent of this clause to the extent consistent with efficient contract performance, the Contractor shall perform the following functions:

(2) Assist small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business (including 8(a) program participants), and women-owned small business concerns by arranging solicitations, time for the preparation of bids, quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules so as to facilitate the participation by such concerns.

Where the Contractor’s lists of potential small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business (including 8(a) program participants), and women-owned small business subcontractors are excessively long, reasonable effort shall be made to give all such small business concerns an opportunity to compete over a period of time.

(3) Provide adequate and timely consideration of the potentialities of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business (including 8(a) program participants), and women-owned small business concerns in areas of contract performance such as Installation, Statistical analysis, Training, or other areas as each potential offeror may see fit.

(4) Counsel and discuss subcontracting opportunities with representatives of small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business (including 8(a) program participants), and women-owned small business firms.

(5) Rely on the written representation of its subcontractor regarding the subcontractor’s status as a small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business or a woman-owned small business concern. When a subcontractor represents itself as a HUBZone Certified business concern, a small disadvantaged business concern or an active 8(a) program participant, the contractor shall rely on the business status found in the Dynamic Small Business search engine of the Central Contractor Registration System (CCR) (www.ccr.gov). This information on contractor status is provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA). For specific questions or concerns about SDB or 8(a) eligibility, contact via email, SDB@sba.gov or at the following address:

Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Certification and Eligibility 409 Third Street, S.W. - 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20416 Telephone: (202) 619-1850

(6) Provide notice to subcontractors concerning penalties and remedies for misrepresentations of business status as small, veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged (including 8(a) program participants), or women-owned small business for the purpose of obtaining a subcontract that is to be included as part or all of a target(s) in the contract.

The failure of the Contractor or subcontractor to comply in good faith with the clause of this contract entitled “Utilization of Small Business Concerns,” shall be a material breach of the contract.

In order to encourage the contractor to utilize the businesses in the various socioeconomic programs, the following targets are established:

- 36.7 percent of total subcontracting dollars to be subcontracted to Small Business concerns;

- 3 percent of total subcontracting dollars to be subcontracted to HUBZone Small Business concerns;

- 3 percent of total subcontracting dollars to be subcontracted to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concerns;

- 5 percent of total subcontracting dollars to be subcontracted to Small Disadvantage Business concerns, and;

- 5 percent of total subcontracting dollars to be subcontracted to Women-Owned Small Business concerns.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS – VOLUME 2

FACTOR 6: PRICE

Submission Requirements (to include administrative requirements):

The Offer duly executed with an original signature by an official authorized to bind the company

Price Proposal – the offeror shall provide their own pricing structure and a breakdown of anticipated costs for digitizing, storing and marketing of material, to include any equipment investment or shipping costs.

Acknowledgement of all amendments to the solicitation, in accordance with the instructions on the Standard Form 30 (amendment form), if issued.

“Representations and Certifications” fully completed.

For Joint Ventures, a complete and legally binding document with all the information required under the paragraph entitled “Joint Ventures”.

The Offeror’s point(s) of contact, to include name, telephone number and e-mail address, with the authority to legally bind the Contractor.

Name, Address, DUNS, CAGE, and TAX Identification Number of the Contractor submitting the proposal.

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-2

PROPOSAL EVALUATION AND CONTRACT AWARD

1. ELIGIBILITY FOR CONTRACT AWARD

In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), no contract shall be entered into unless the Contracting Officer ensures that all requirements of law, executive orders, regulations, and all other applicable procedures, including clearances and approvals, have been met. This includes the FAR requirement that no award shall be made unless the contracting officer makes an affirmative determination of responsibility. To be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must meet the general standards in FAR Part 9 and any special standards set forth in the solicitation.

2. BEST VALUE SOURCE SELECTION

The Government will evaluate each proposal against the evaluation factors established under the Evaluation Factors for Award. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror’s initial proposal should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. However, should no proposal be determined technically acceptable, the Contracting Officer may establish a competitive range consisting of the most highly rated proposals. Once the competitive range is established, the Government will engage in discussions with all offerors included in the competitive range. After receipt of the Offeror’s responses raised during discussions, responses will be rated again in the same manner as for the initial evaluation.

3. BASIS OF AWARD

Subject to the provisions contained herein, award will be made to one (1) Offeror who is deemed responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation; who conforms to the solicitation requirements; and whose proposal, judged by an overall assessment of the evaluation criteria and other considerations specified in this solicitation, represents the best value for the Government. The Government intends to select the responsible Offeror whose proposal conforms to the solicitation and is determined to be the Best Value to the Government in accordance with the following relationship between price and technical merit: The non-cost related Technical Factors of Technical Approach/Management Plan, Experience, Past Performance, Commercial Rate Structure and Subcontracting Plan are listed in descending order of importance. Technical Approach/ Management Plan is approximately twice as important as Experience and Past Performance, combined. Commercial Rate Structure and Subcontracting Plan are the least important. When combined, the five (5) Technical Factors of Technical Approach/Management Plan, Experience, Past Performance, Commercial Rate Structure and Subcontracting Plan are approximately equal to Price.

4. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

Evaluation of the Technical Proposal

The proposal will be evaluated to determine whether the Offeror’s experience, past performance, methods and approach in meeting the solicitation requirements provide the Government with a high level of confidence to ensure successful performance.

FACTOR 1 – TECHNICAL APPROACH/MANAGEMENT PLAN

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s technical approach/management plan provided in response to the solicitation in accordance with the following:

• Soundness of the program management plan for digitization, storage and delivery of content to government and public customers. A satisfactory plan will demonstrate

(1) An understanding of workflow from receipt to delivery of content back to the government.

(2) A comprehensive accounting for all government media while in possession of the contractor.

(3) A realistic and timely schedule for digitization of various media (film, video and still) for delivery back to the government – i.e. expected timeline based on the volume cited in the estimated volume of media holdings from the 2010 inventory study in the Statement of Objectives. A satisfactory offer will show a minimum delivery of 20 percent of media volume per year for five years.

• The Offeror’s back-up storage solution provides for full accessibility for search and retrieval of imagery in the event of disaster. The plan provides a reasonable assurance of the offeror’s ability to safeguard all government physical media in its possession in the event of a natural disaster or emergency situation (fire, flood, etc.). Offeror will also demonstrate an understanding of Visual Information Handling Procedures issued by the National Archives and Records Administration, as well as film and video industry standards

• Experience and qualifications of the Program Manager: The Program Manager’s resume will demonstrate a minimum of three years experience in the following areas:

(1) Demonstrated knowledge coupled with past performance in managing digital workflow for archiving.

(2) Knowledge in digital and analog formats.

(3) Knowledge and applied experience in the safe and protective handling of legacy/analog print, film and video media.

• Soundness of the quality assurance (QA) plan. A satisfactory QA plan will:

(1) Provide a process review plan that covers the entire workflow to final delivery of digital media having no more than one percent error rate (metadata, file format and playback/ delivery) of the volume cited in the schedule for digitization for annual delivery to the government. Provide for protection and security of government provided physical media from shipping to and receipt by contractor to return of physical media to the government.

• Marketing plan along with description of likely target audiences for commercial sales.

(1) Provide conceptual or draft plan detailing how government digital media will be promoted to the public and commercial customers. Provide examples where sales have increased using online and or delivery.

(2) Plan for or provide website design that demonstrates appropriateness for partnership with the government.

The color and adjectival ratings for FACTOR 1 – TECHNICAL APPROACH/MANAGEMENT PLAN are listed and defined below:

Color Rating Description Blue Outstanding Proposal meets requirements and indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths far outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is very low.

Purple Good Proposal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains strengths which outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Green Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths and weaknesses are offsetting or will have little or no impact on contract performance. Risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow Marginal Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. The proposal has one or more weaknesses which are not offset by strengths.

Risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Red Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements and contains one or more deficiencies. Proposal is unawardable.

FACTOR 2: EXPERIENCE

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s response based on the following information to be provided and documented in accordance with this solicitation:

• Relevancy of experience. Relevant experience will reflect involvement in the following areas:

multimedia; digitization of still imagery, motion and sound recordings of various analog formats into various digital file formats for access, distribution and archival uses; financial management and knowledge of management controls.

• The most relevant submissions by the offeror will be examples of projects requiring large volume digitization in the minimum of 50,000 media items.

The color and adjectival ratings for FACTOR 2 – EXPERIENCE are listed and defined below:

understanding of the requirements. Strengths far outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is very low.

Purple Good Proposal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains strengths which outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Green Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths and weaknesses are offsetting or will have little or no impact on contract performance. Risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow Marginal Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. The proposal has one or more weaknesses which are not offset by strengths.

Risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

FACTOR 3 – PAST PERFORMANCE

Past performance information will be evaluated, including work history and demonstrated quality performance as shown by past government and commercial entities’ evaluations of offeror’s performance within the last five years in work areas related to the RFP. The following items shall be considered in evaluating past performance: Currency and Relevancy of the Information; Source of the Information;

Context of the Past Performance Information; and General Trends in Performance.

The Government will contact the three current and/or previous clients provided by the Offeror. The Government may also seek past performance information through the use of data independently obtained from other Government and commercial sources. All contacts will be asked to briefly state the nature of their involvement with the Offeror and will then be asked the questions contained in the Past Performance Questionnaire.

The Offeror must demonstrate recent, relevant, acceptable past performance for the three projects submitted under Factor 2, Experience, and from any other sources the Government may contact.

Performance under a project will be determined “acceptable” if the Offeror has obtained or demonstrated a performance evaluation rating of at least “satisfactory”, or equivalent, on the project, and will be determined recent and relevant if the project meets the minimum requirements as outlined under Factor 2, Experience.

There are two aspects to the past performance evaluation. The first is to evaluate the offeror’s past performance to determine how relevant a recent effort accomplished by the offeror is to the effort to be acquired through the source selection. A performance confidence assessment rating will be assigned for each Offeror after evaluating the Offeror’s recent past performance, focusing on performance that is relevant to the contract requirements. With respect to relevancy, more relevant past performance will typically be a stronger predictor of future success and have more influence on the past performance confidence assessment than past performance of lesser relevance.

The ratings and definitions for FACTOR 3 – RELEVANCY OF PAST PERFORMANCE are listed and defined below:

Rating Definition Very Relevant Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

The second aspect of the past performance evaluation will be to determine how well the contractor performed on the contracts. The past performance evaluation performed in support of a current source selection does not establish, create, or change the existing record and history of the offeror’s past performance on past contracts; rather, the past performance evaluation process gathers information from customers on how well the offeror performed those past contracts. The Government will evaluate the past performance information and determine the quality and usefulness as it applies to performance confidence assessment.

The ratings and definitions for FACTOR 3 – PERFORMANCE CONFIDENCE ASSESSMENT OF PAST PERFORMANCE are listed and defined below:

Rating Description Substantial Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Limited Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Unknown Confidence (Neutral) No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned.

FACTOR 4 – COMMERICAL RATE STRUCTURE

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s response based on the following information to be provided and documented in accordance with this solicitation:

• A satisfactory offer will demonstrate a price schedule that is comparable to rates currently used industry wide.

The adjectival ratings for FACTOR 4 – COMMERCIAL RATE STRUCTURE are listed and defined below:

understanding of the requirements. Strengths far outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is very low.

Purple Good Proposal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains strengths which outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Green Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths and weaknesses are offsetting or will have little or no impact on contract performance. Risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow Marginal Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. The proposal has one or more weaknesses which are not offset by strengths.

Risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

FACTOR 5 – SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s response based on the adequacy of required information, goals and assurances. The assessment of this sub-factor will consider the extent to which such firms are specifically identified in the proposal; the extent of commitment to use such firms; the complexity and variety of the work small firms are to perform; past performance . The plan should ensure that a portion of the subcontracts are awarded to domestic small businesses in the various socio-economic programs and perform in accordance with all requirements set forth in the contract. The contractor shall ensure that small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small disadvantaged business (SDB), and women-owned small business concerns will have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in contract performance consistent with its efficient performance.

The ratings and definitions for FACTOR 5 – SUBCONTRACTING PLAN are listed and defined below:

Color Rating Description Blue Outstanding Proposal meets requirements and indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths far outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is very low.

Purple Good Proposal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains strengths which outweigh any weaknesses. Risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Green Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Strengths and weaknesses are offsetting or will have little or no impact on contract performance. Risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow Marginal Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. The proposal has one or more weaknesses which are not offset by strengths.

Risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

FACTOR 6 – PRICE

An evaluation will be performed on the proposed Price. The evaluation will not be assigned an adjectival or color rating but will be evaluated for completeness and reasonableness as follows:

Completeness - To be complete, the Offeror must provide all data that is requested and necessary to conduct an evaluation.

Reasonableness – The Offeror's proposal is evaluated through price analysis techniques as described in FAR Part 15. For Price to be reasonable, it must represent a Price that provides best value to the

Government when consideration is given to Prices in the market, (market conditions may be evidenced by other competitive proposals), technical and functional capabilities of the Offeror.