HTC711-18-R-R001,_Amendment_0005.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 incorporate the follow ing revisions:

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged as a result of this amendment.

POC for this action is Lindsay Carr at 618-220-7034 or lindsay.d.carr.civ@mail.mil.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 11-Apr-2018

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 HTC711-18-R-R001

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

06-Mar-2018

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

11-Apr-2018

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USTRANSCOM-AQ - HTC711

508 SCOTT DR

SCOTT AFB IL 62225-5357

HTC711 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been added by reference:

252.233-7001

The following have been modified:

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1 – INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS

FAR 52.212-1 Paragraph (a) is tailored to read as follows:

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear in Block 10 of the solicitation cover sheet

(SF 1449).

FAR 52.212-1 Paragraph (b) is tailored to read as follows:

(b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers shall be submitted on the SF 1449. The Offeror shall submit signed and dated offers to the address identified below at or before the offer due date/local time identified in Block 8 of the SF 1449.

Ms. Lindsay Carr; lindsay.d.carr.civ@mail.mil Mr. Andrew McClain; andrew.s.mcclain2.civ@mail.mil

As a minimum, offers must show--

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the Offeror;

(4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;

(5) Terms of any express warranty;

(6) Price and any discount terms;

(7) "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address;

(8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the Offeror shall complete electronically);

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(9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments. Amendments to the solicitation, if any, shall be acknowledged by signing and submitting a copy of the amendment(s) with the proposal. Only an authorized official of the firm shall sign solicitation amendments;

(10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and

(11) Offers shall be submitted on the SF 1449. In submitting an offer, the Offeror assents to the contract terms and conditions as written in the RFP, with attachments. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

General Information

(A) Proposals shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and to substantiate the stated information. Proposals shall not rephrase or restate the Government’s requirements, but shall provide convincing rationale to address how the Offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their company or experience and will use this information to evaluate the offer.

(B) Offerors shall submit their proposals in four (4) separate volumes as identified below:

Volume I: Business Proposal Volume II: Technical Capability Proposal Volume III: Past Performance Proposal Volume IV: Price Proposal

Offerors shall submit proposals via AMRDEC Safe Access File Exchange as a zip file at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil. Hard copy, facsimile or emailed proposals WILL NOT be accepted.

(C) Each volume shall include a cover page including Offeror name, title of the proposal, volume number, and solicitation number. Provide a table of contents with sufficient detail to easily allow the location of important elements.

(D) Page Limitations. The page limits are inclusive of any charts, diagrams, and/or other graphics. The cover page and table of contents are excluded from the page limitation. All pages shall be numbered. Times New Roman 12 point font shall be used except for figures, tables, and diagrams where smaller is acceptable as long as it is readable. Excess pages exceeding the maximum limits will not be read or considered in the evaluation.

Volume I: The Business Proposal has no page limitation.

Volume II: The Technical Capability Proposal is limited to 50 pages.

Volume III: The Past Performance Proposal is limited to 10 pages. The page limit does not include the questionnaire.

Volume IV: The Price Proposal has no page limitation.

(E) Proposal Preparation Costs – This solicitation does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of the Offeror’s proposal or in making any necessary studies for the preparation thereof, or for any visit the Contracting Officer may request for the purpose of clarification of the proposal or for preparation of negotiations. By the submission of its offer, the Offeror assumes all associated costs.

Volume I – Business Proposal

The Business Proposal shall include all documents/information required by the solicitation but is not part of the Technical Capability, Past Performance or Price Proposal Volumes. This includes all documents requiring signature or completion by the Offeror, such as the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/ form, solicitation amendments, Financial Information Questionnaire, and Offeror Information Sheet. By submitting a Business Proposal, the Offeror assents to the contract terms and conditions as written in the RFP, with attachments.

The Business Proposal shall also comply with the instructions below. Offerors shall identify the individuals authorized to negotiate with the Government and obligate their company contractually. Only an authorized official of the firm shall sign the required documents.

(A) The offer shall be submitted on Standard Form (SF) 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items. Offerors shall complete blocks 12, 17a, and 30 a, b, and c of the SF 1449. Offerors shall ensure the information in Block 17a is consistent with the company information in the System for Award Management (SAM). Complete Block 17b, if applicable.

(B) The Offeror shall complete/submit the Offeror Information Sheet, Attachment 9 of this solicitation.

(C) Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI): As required by FAR 9.5, the Government will ensure no organizational conflicts of interest are present. If any such conflict of interest is found to exist, the Contracting Officer may disqualify the Offeror or determine that it is otherwise in the best interests of the United States to contract with the Offeror and include the appropriate provisions to avoid, neutralize, mitigate, or waive such conflict in the contract awarded. The Offeror shall provide the Contracting Officer with complete information of any previous or ongoing work that is in any way associated with this acquisition, or related acquisitions. The Offeror shall submit a mitigation plan that addresses actual or perceived conflicts of interest related to the services required by this effort for Government review. The Government will conduct an independent assessment review of any submitted OCI Mitigation Plan to determine if any actual or perceived OCI exists and what further actions are necessary, if any.

Additionally, the Government will monitor contract performance for emerging areas of conflict of interest and take action considered necessary to avoid, neutralize, or mitigate conflicts. If the Offeror believes there is no OCI, a statement as such shall be included.

(D) Financial Questionnaire. Offerors shall complete the Financial Capability Questionnaire (Attachment

8) and submit the questionnaire with its proposal. In addition, Offerors shall include a copy of a written letter to their financial institution authorizing the financial institution to release the Offeror’s financial information to the Contracting Officer. NOTE: As an alternative to the Financial Capability Questionnaire process described above, publicly traded companies may submit a copy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K.

(E) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items. The offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) Web site located at http://www.sam.gov/portal. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u) of this provision.

(F) Small Business (SB) Proposal. SB Proposals shall address the following plans, as applicable:

1. Small Business Subcontracting Plan (applies to Large Businesses Only). Offerors shall submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Attachment 10) in accordance with FAR 19.704, FAR 52.219-9, DFARS 219.7, and DFARS 252.219-7003. The successful Offeror’s Small Business Subcontracting Plan will be reviewed for acceptability prior to award by the Contracting Officer. A Subcontracting Plan deemed as unacceptable may preclude an Offeror from being eligible for contract award. To the extent there is any overlapping content between an Offerors' proposed Subcontracting Plan and its proposed Small Business Participation Commitment Plan, the overlapping content must be consistent for a Subcontracting Plan to be deemed as acceptable. The following subcontracting goals are contract minimums to assist in the development of your Subcontracting Plan target goals.

Small Business (SB) 40% of total domestic subcontracting dollars

Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) 5% of total domestic subcontracting dollars http://www.sam.gov/portal

Veteran Owned SB (includes SDVOSB) 3% of total domestic subcontracting dollars

Service Disabled Veteran Owned SB (SDVOSB) 2% of total domestic subcontracting dollars

HUBZone 1% of total domestic subcontracting dollars

Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) 10% of total domestic subcontracting dollars

2. Small Business Participation Commitment Plan (applies to both Small and Large Businesses).

The Offeror shall submit a Small Business Participation Commitment Plan (Attachment 11) which identifies the Offeror’s commitment to utilizing small business concerns (Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business) in the performance of this contract to the maximum extent possible.

Volume II: Technical Capability Proposal. This volume shall address Offeror’s Technical Capability and shall outline the Offeror’s understanding of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) requirements, and it shall be demonstrated by more than a reiteration of the PWS. Repeating the PWS without sufficient elaboration shall not be acceptable. Statements such as “the Offeror understands,” “can or will comply with all the requirements of the PWS,” or “standard procedures will be employed,” are insufficient. The Technical Capability Proposal shall exclude any reference to the price aspects of the proposal. Offeror shall demonstrate its understanding of the work and each subfactor as described below.

(A) Sub-Factor 1 – Information Technology/Management:

1. Technical Approach. The Offeror shall submit its technical approach, to include a description of their Enterprise/System Architecture, to accomplish the requirements of PWS paragraph 1.3.12. The Offeror’s proposed technical approach shall address:

• Technical support

• Technologies employed

• Hardware

• System partitioning

• Database technologies

• Communications network infrastructure

2. Transportation Management System. The Offeror shall submit their technical approach to meet the on-line web access requirements. The Offeror’s proposed technical approach shall address web technology to include:

• Secure access

• Ease of use

• Simple and complex query capabilities

• Data manipulation and output capabilities

• Management and performance reporting

• Customer feedback reporting

• Track and trace shipments (Intransit Visibility)

• Claims management and reporting

• Ability to upload attachments

The Offeror shall also provide a functional/operational design diagram of the transportation management system (TMS) capabilities. This shall include screen-shots/mock-ups and procedures for the following queries: shipping instruction module, storage module, expiration dates, ITV and VIN numbers.

3. System Availability, Performance, and Scalability. The Offeror shall submit their technical approach to meet the required system performance, availability and surge requirements. The Offeror’s technical approach shall address any associated technical challenges and issues. In addition, the Offeror’s technical approach shall describe system failover and disaster recovery capabilities to be utilized to mitigate degradations in system performance.

(B) Subfactor 2 – Implementation/Transition:

1. Implementation/Transition Plan. The Offeror shall submit their proposed implementation/transition plan.

The Offeror shall provide all personnel, equipment, facilities, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary for establishment of successful IT system connections between the Offeror’s Transportation Management System (TMS) and each VPC in accordance with Appendix A VPC List identified in the PWS, as well as any other implementation requirements such as training, cyber security, etc. The Offeror may propose their own unique order/schedule of implementation for the Government to consider to more fully benefit the Government, i.e., reduced costs, quicker implementations, etc., so long as all sites are implemented (fully operational, to include establishment of successful information systems connections to the required systems) no later than 1 March 2019.

The Offeror shall also provide an accelerated implementation/transition plan in which all sites are fully implemented (fully operational, to include establishment of successful information systems connections to the required systems) within 45 calendar days prior to execution of CLINs 0001 and 0002.

The preferred order of implementation/transition by the Government is as follows:

• Communication Plan in accordance with Appendix F, Transition of Services

• TMS implementation

• Acceptance of electronic data files of stored POVs from the outgoing contractor

• Acceptance of hard copy data files of stored POVs from the outgoing contractor

• Acceptance of stored POVs from the outgoing contractor

• Acceptance of electronic data files of in-transit POVs from the outgoing contractor

• Acceptance of hard copy data files of in-transit POVs from the outgoing contractor

• Acceptance of in-transit POVs

• Paper and electronic files for the past 4 years incorporated into the successor database not identified above

The Offeror shall identify a proposed timeline for implementing each location identified in Appendix A VPC List identified in the PWS. The preferred order of implementation/transition by the Government is as follows:

• Seattle

• Los Angeles

• Honolulu

• San Diego

• Dallas

• Baltimore

• Norfolk

• Atlanta

• Charleston

• St. Louis

• Anchorage

• Denver

• NY/NJ

• Orlando

• All other VPCs

2. Implementation/Transition Approach. The Offeror shall submit their approach to implementing services/operations with minimal disruption to existing operations at each location. This shall include:

• Establishment of successful information systems connections

• Training of Government personnel in the use of the Offeror’s Transportation Management System, including track and trace process, report generation, etc. during implementation and throughout the contract period of performance.

• Carrier familiarization with site unique requirements

• Installation and vendor site access, dock processes and locations, operation hours to include non-standard operational requirements (weekend/holidays), appointment process, etc.

• Transition of open transaction data and supporting documentation (i.e. PDF files) from the incumbent contractor

3. Joint Test Plan. The Offeror shall have a fully operational test capability available to perform integration testing as described in the Government’s Joint Test Plan, which will be provided after contract award. The offeror shall have staff to support the planning and execution of all defined test events. This includes test readiness reviews, test execution, and test result reviews/remediation. The Offeror’s test capability shall prove the ability to interface with the Government’s Transportation Financial Management System (TFMS) and Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) for order and payment processing. This capability includes processing of PCS orders, validation of performance, and payment of vendor invoices. The Offeror shall provide a description of their test environment to include their operating system, server configuration, and telecommunications capability.

4. Staffing. The Offeror shall submit their staffing approach for accomplishing the Implementation tasks of the PWS. The Offeror shall include a table identifying position titles and number of employees for each position. The Offeror’s staffing approach shall also include a brief position description for each position identified.

(C) Subfactor 3 – Technical Approach:

1. Offeror shall describe its approach for achieving the objectives of EACH of the following PWS paragraphs:

• Facilities, PWS paragraph 1.3.3

• POV Turn-In Procedures, PWS paragraph 1.3.4.

• Transportation, PWS paragraph 1.3.5.

• POV Storage, PWS paragraph 1.3.6.

• Notification, PWS paragraph 1.3.7.

• POV Pick-Up Procedures, PWS paragraph 1.3.8.

• POVs beyond storage entitlement, PWS paragraph 1.3.9.

• Customer Service, PWS paragraph 1.3.10.

• Claims, PWS paragraph 1.3.11.

2. Staffing. The Offeror shall submit their staffing approach for accomplishing these operational tasks of the

PWS. The Offeror shall include a table identifying position titles and number of employees for each position. The Offeror’s staffing approach shall also include a brief position description for each position identified.

(D) Subfactor 4 – Carrier Management:

1. Carrier Management Approach. The Offeror shall submit their approach to carrier management to ensure availability of the required resources to meet the requirements of the PWS. This shall include:

• Carrier selection process, to include both internal and subcontracted carriers (if applicable), for normal day-to-day operating conditions, surge and peak seasonal periods.

o Address how driver qualifications/credentialing are considered to ensure driver can gain installation access and is authorized to move the materiel under his/her control o Address how assigned carrier knows which load is assigned to the carrier Address actions to remedy situations in which the carrier picks up the incorrect load o Address how an assigned carrier will understand their responsibility regarding:

Appointments at pickup/destination locations Loss/damage identification and notification Accident notification/reporting and safeguarding of government freight in the event accident occurs

• Carrier performance management, to include corrective actions to be taken for carrier performance issues and safety issues.

2. Staffing. The Offeror shall submit their staffing approach for accomplishing the Carrier Management tasks of the PWS. The Offeror shall include a table identifying position titles and number of employees for each position.

The Offeror’s staffing approach shall also include a brief position description for each position identified.

Volume III – Past Performance Proposal.

(A) Past Performance References. The Offeror shall submit no more than three past performance references for the Offeror (prime contractor), public or private, for which the Offeror has performed services within the previous three calendar years similar in nature to the services described in this solicitation. The Offeror shall submit no more than three past performance references for each major subcontractor, public or private, for which each subcontractor has performed services within the previous three calendar years similar in nature to the services described in this solicitation. Each reference shall include the following: company/division name, description of service and a detailed narrative of relevance to this requirement, contracting agency, current points of contact to include name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address for each reference, contract type, contract award date and period of performance, contract amount (annually and life cycle), questionnaire log including the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address for each POC to whom the Past Performance Questionnaire was sent for completion. The Government may contact the references to verify information and/or gather additional information.

References provided should address the contractor’s performance in the following areas for CONUS and/or OCONUS operations: POV processing, arranging for or providing ocean transportation, arranging for or providing inland transportation, customer service, and storage.

(B) Past Performance Questionnaire. Offerors shall complete Section 1 of the Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 7) and send to each of the Offeror’s references identified in the proposal. The Past Performance Questionnaire shall be completed by the cognizant Contracting Officer/Agency the Offeror contracted with and emailed directly to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. Note: The Contracting Officer will not accept surveys emailed by the Offeror. Offerors should use every diligent effort to follow-up with each Office/Agency to ensure the Contracting Officer receives the past performance questionnaires no later than the offer due date/time.

The responsibility to send out the Past Performance Questionnaire rests solely with the Offeror. Once the questionnaires are completed by your reference points of contact, the information therein shall be considered procurement sensitive and shall not be released to you, the Offeror. Completed Past Performance Questionnaires should be submitted via email to lindsay.d.carr.civ@mail.mil and andrew.s.mcclain2.civ@mail.mil.

(C) Subcontractor Consent (if applicable). Past performance information pertaining to a subcontractor cannot be disclosed to the prime Offeror without the subcontractor’s consent. Provide a letter from your proposed subcontractor(s) that will perform principal aspects of the requirement consenting to the release of their past performance information to the prime contractor.

Volume IV – Price Proposal:

(A) Offerors shall insert a price for each origin-destination combination listed in Attachment 3, tab A-1 Tx Prices. To be eligible for award, the Offeror must provide prices for all origin-destination combinations. Prices for the Base Period Year 2 and all Option year prices (tabs A-2 Tx Prices, A-3 Tx Prices, A-4 Tx Prices, A-5 Tx Prices, and A-6 Tx Prices) will auto populate by multiplying the previous year’s transportation price by the respective year’s proposed discount rate and the percent increase calculated using projected indices IAW the IHS GII Pricing and Purchasing Industry Forecasting in accordance with Attachment 3: 4.61% for Base Period Year 2, 4.34% for Option Period 1, 3.31% for Option Period 2, and 3.05% for Option Period 3. Actual index numbers will be used in contract performance. Tab A-6 Tx Prices will auto populate using the same rates as Option Period 3.

(B) For all proposed prices including ocean carriage, Offeror’s price proposal shall be based on and include prices of U.S. flag vessels operated by a VISA "Participant" that has made a current, minimum commitment of its U.S. flag vessel capacity to Stages I, II and III of VISA or that has made a current, minimum commitment of its Jones Act capacity (capacity exclusively engaged in the domestic trades) to Stage III of VISA and a current, minimum commitment of the remainder of its U.S. flag vessel capacity to Stages I, II and III or, VISA or with regard to an offer for a long-term charter to DoD that has made a current, minimum commitment of its U.S. flag vessel capacity to Stage III of VISA. Proposed pricing shall also be based on subcontracting the Norfolk VPC Operations as defined in PWS paragraph 4.4. Attachment 12, Didlake Pricing for Norfolk VPC is provided for the offerors in establishing pricing.

(C) Offeror shall insert prices for each of the yellow blocks in Attachment 3, Tab B-1 Misc, Tab B-2 Misc, Tab B-3 Misc, Tab B-4 Misc, and Tab B-5 Misc. If the Offeror intends to offer any of these services at no additional charge, $0 shall be inserted in the applicable cell. Tab B-6 Misc will auto populate using the same prices as Option Period 3. Offerors shall not insert prices for CLINs 500 (Out of Pocket) or 501 (Miscellaneous).

(D) Do not alter the format of Attachment 3, Pricing Schedule. Price proposals shall be submitted in .xlsx format.

(E) All prices submitted shall be entered to the nearest cent.

(12) Protest Instructions.

i. Protest is defined in Part 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

ii. Any protests to the agency, per FAR 33.103, shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer at the address provided in block 9 of the SF 1449, or electronically to lindsay.d.carr.civ@mail.mil

iii. A copy of any protest to GAO shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer at the address provided in block 9 of the SF 1449, or electronically to lindsay.d.carr.civ@mail.mil in accordance with FAR 33.104.

(13) Submission Questions.

i. Formal communications, such as requests for clarification, questions, and/or written information concerning this solicitation shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing via email at lindsay.d.carr.civ@mail.mil and andrew.s.mcclain2.civ@mail.mil.

ii. No information concerning this solicitation or requests for clarification will be provided in response to Offeror-initiated telephone calls. Written questions will be answered in writing and provided to all Offerors via www.fbo.gov.

Due to the time required to research a question and provide an answer, questions received less than 15 calendar days prior to the due date of offers specified in this solicitation may not be answered.

iii. The request shall be in the following format:

Reference: Section _____, Page _____, Paragraph _____ Question: ______________________________________

FAR 52.212-1 Paragraph (c) Period for acceptance of offers is changed to read as follows:

The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 180 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

FAR 52.212-1 Paragraph (e) Multiple offers is changed to read as follows:

Multiple offers with identical Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) codes shall be excluded from consideration.

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FAR 52.212-1 Paragraph (g) Contract Award is tailored to read as follows:

The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a single contract after discussions with Offerors. However, the Government reserves the right to award without discussions. Therefore the Offeror’s initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a technical and price standpoint. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest priced offer, and waive informalities and minor irregularities in the offers received.

FAR 52.212-1 Paragraph (k) System for Award Management is tailored to read as follows:

The Offeror shall be registered in the SAM database prior to the proposal due date in order to submit representations and certificates electronically. Offeror shall remain registered during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database by the time prescribed, the Offeror will be determined ineligible for award and be excluded from further competition. Offerors shall ensure their company information in SAM is accurate and complete. Offerors shall also ensure the company information provided in the offer is consistent with the information in SAM.

After the Offeror has completed annual representations and certificates electronically via SAM, the Offerors shall complete only paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-3 – Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items.

FAR 52.212-1 Paragraph (l)(7) Debriefing is added:

Debriefings may be provided in writing, orally, or in person, at the Government’s discretion.

(End of Addendum)

(End of Summary of Changes)