2022.03.28 NGDS 2 Solicitation HTC71122RC003_Amendment 0002.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

See Continuation Sheet.

Offerors are required to acknow ledge this amendment by signing/returning 1 copy to the issuing off ice. The POC for this action is transcom.scott.tcaq.mbx.aq-cl@mail.mil; ATTN: Jennifer M. Knobeloch.

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 28-Mar-2022

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 HTC71122RC003

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

03-Mar-2022

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 X is extended, 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

28-Mar-2022

CODE

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

See Item 6

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HTC71122RC003

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

AMENDMENT 0002

The purpose of Amendment 0002 to Solicitation HTC711-22-R-C002 is to complete the following actions:

a) Revise 52.212-2(a)(1) Factor 1: Business Proposal to remove Subfactor 2: Small Business Subcontracting

Plan. The purpose of this change is to align the subcontracting plan as an element under the Proposal Compliance package and not a stand-alone evaluation subfactor. Offerors will not be required to resubmit the subcontracting plan provided they submit a signed acknowledgment of Amendment 0002 unless a revised subcontracting plan is requested by the contracting officer.

As a result of this change, the following revisions have been made:

1) 52.212-2(a)(1)(i) has been revised accordingly to state “The Business Proposal contains one subfactor:

Proposal Compliance”.

2) Additionally, 52.212-2(a)(1)(i)(a) has been revised to include element “5)” which contains information for the Small Business Subcontracting plan that was formerly contained under “Subfactor 2”

3) 52.212-1(b)(12)(f)(1)(ii) – “Subfactor 2 – Small Business Subcontracting Plan” has been removed. The

Small Business subcontracting plan has been incorporated under Business Proposal Subfactor 1 Proposal

Compliance, “52.212-1(b)(12)(f)(1)(j)”

b) Proposal Due Dates have been extended for volume III and Volume IV as follows:

Volume III, Technical Capability, shall be submitted no later than Monday, 4 April 2022 at 4:00 PM CDT. Volume

IV, Pricing, shall be submitted no later than Monday, 4 April 2022 at 4:00 PM CDT. Note: The due date/time listed in block 8 of the SF 30 will remain unchanged as the date in block 8 was based on the due date for Volume I &

Volume II, which remained unchanged as a result of this amendment.

c) Revise 52.212-1(b)(12)(f)(1)(i)(h), Business Proposal Subfactor 1 Proposal Compliance to remove the following statement “International Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Optional Services or”. The revised paragraph now reads: If the Offeror is not proposing Domestic Optional Standard Mail Shipping Services, the Offeror shall provide a statement indicating such.

d) Revise 52.212-1(b)(12)(f)(4) of Volume IV, Subfactor 1 International Transportation Services Rates and

Non-Basic Service Discounts to remove the statement: “For those Offerors proposing on Optional International

Delivery Services, the offeror shall propose all-inclusive cost-per-pound rates for all weight increments and lanes in

Attachment 2a, International Profile 6 and 7 Pricing; tab 4-Optional Rates.”

e) Revise the Annual Rate Refresh & Price Adjustment language found in the solicitation document to specify

“Contractors will have the opportunity to request new rates for FY27, and escalation rates for FY28-FY30. Such request shall be submitted by 1 April 2026” (previously stated by 1 April 2027).

f) Performance Work Statement (PWS) Para. 2.7 has been revised to include the following statements:

“Unless approved by the shipper, the return service type must be equal to or lower than ordered for the original shipment. The Contractor may charge the contracted service type and rate applicable to the lane/zone of the returned shipment or less if a lower return service is more cost effective and meets Contractor service capability and consignee return needs.” and “Consistent with their commercial process, the contractor has the option to include a return service accessorial on Attachment 2b or treat the return as an independent shipment linked to the original without an accessorial, at the rates specified in Attachments 2a and 2c-2g.” The following statement was removed:

“The Contractor may only charge the service type and rate applicable to the original shipment or less if a lower return service is more cost effective and meets Contractor service capability and consignee return needs.”

g) Edit paragraph indentation formatting error for PWS para. 2.12.2

h) Remove PWS Para. 2.18.8 in its entirety, where it states, “If the delivery is delayed or not made within 30 days of planned delivery, the Contractor is required to initiate tracer action and notify the shipper of that action.”

i) Performance Work Statement (PWS) Para. 2.24.6 has been revised to remove “Date of last payment; and past due balance” from the Account Information Report field headings.

j) Appendix 6.1 – Definitions has been revised to include a definition for "Unites States of America (USA), which reads “All 50 states within the United States, including the District of Columbia (DC)." "U.S.A. - Unites

States of America” was also added to the list of Acronyms found in Appendix 6.1.

k) Correct formatting in Appendix 6.3 Shipper Profiles, to ensure the Domestic and International profiles fit into page one of the document.

l) Correct an error found in the header of appendix 6.10. The header previously stated “Appendix 6.3”

m) Revise Appendix 6.10. The table found under paragraph 6.10.3.9 has been revised to include the statement:

“Required when available" for Package Length/Height/Width Dimensions. A footnote has been included at the bottom of the table stating: “Required when available” is defined as not optional and is required when the data is captured or resident in any system within the contractor's network.”

n) Revise Appendix 6.10. The Table found under paragraph 6.10.4.16 has been revised to include a statement for the description of “Government Child Agency Name” to clarify the “Reference Table will be provided upon award”

o) Attachments 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, and 2g have been edited to remove all conditional formatting.

p) Make an administrative change to Amendment 0001- where we stated in “(i)” that Appendix 6.7 was updated to include a statement in Row 40 specifying "**For to/from USA and intra Puerto Rico pricing, see attachments 2c – 2c." This should have read “see attachments 2c – 2g”. The response to question 4 in “RFP Q&A

Round 1” Document has been updated accordingly. The revision to Appendix 6.7 was entered correctly, and

Appendix 6.7 itself was not affected by this clerical error.

q) Update Attachment 3 – to include the most recent revisions to Wage Determination 1996-0460; and 2011-

0217. Wage Determination “1996-0460 Rev 41” has been replaced by Wage Determination “1996-0460 Rev 42”;

and Wage Determination “2011-0217 Rev 29” has been replaced by Wage Determination “2011-0217 Rev 30.”

r) Revise the header found at the top of Attachment 6 – “Small Business Participation Commitment Plan”.

The header previously reflected “Attachment 7”. The header has been corrected to indicate “Attachment 6”.

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

52.212-1 ADDENDUM

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND

COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)

Paragraph (a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standards remains as written.

Paragraph (b) Submission of offers is tailored as follows:

Submission of offers. Offerors shall submit signed and dated offers to the following email address at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation:

USTRANSCOM/TCAQ-CL ORG BOX; transcom.scott.tcaq.mbx.aq-cl@mail.mil , ATTN: Jennifer Knobeloch, Contracting Officer

Hard copy hand-delivered and facsimile proposals will NOT be accepted. Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) guidance prohibits the use of DoD SAFE for contract proposals or other contract award documentation.

Proposal Due Dates.

Volume I, Business Proposal, shall be submitted no later than Thursday, 24 March 2022, 4:00 PM CDT.

Volume II, Corporate Experience, shall be submitted no later than Thursday, 24 March 2022 at 4:00 PM CDT.

Volume III, Technical Capability, shall be submitted no later than Thursday, 31 March Monday, 4 April, 2022 at

4:00 PM CDT.

Volume IV, Pricing, shall be submitted no later than Thursday, 31 March Monday, 4 April 2022 at 4:00 PM CDT.

Non-Government Advisors. Technical Capability, Subfactor 2 Reporting Dictionary shall be subject to evaluation by a team of Government personnel that may include non-Government advisors. Submission of your Technical

Capability proposal is considered your written consent to release proprietary, confidential, or privileged commercial or financial data included in your proposal to such non-Government advisors. All personnel, including non-government advisors, participating on the evaluation team will have received source selection training and signed non-disclosure certificate prohibiting them from releasing proprietary information prior to receipt of proprietary information.

Offers shall be submitted on the SF 1449. As a minimum, offers must show:

Subparagraphs (b)(1) through (b) (9) and (b) (11) remain as written;

Subparagraphs (b)(12) is added as follows:

(12) Proposal Preparation Instructions.

(a) To be eligible to receive a contract award and subsequent Task Orders/Orders, Offerors are required to be a

CRAF Contractor at time of proposal submission and maintain CRAF status for the duration of the NGDS-2 contract. TRANSFARS 5552.247-9003, Requirement for Carriers to Participate in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet

(CRAF) and Maintain Good Standing is incorporated into this contract. Non-CRAF Offerors who submit a timely proposal may be considered for contract award upon becoming a CRAF Contractor, subject to the

Government’s need for additional capacity at that time.

(b) Proposals shall be submitted in Microsoft Office Word and Excel compatible format. Microsoft Word documents shall be prepared using 12 pitch font. Page and font size may be adjusted for charts, graphs, or titles but must be legible.

(c) 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 PWS requirements but shall provide convincing rationale to address how the Offeror intends to meet those requirements. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of, or experience with, their company and will use the information provided to evaluate their offer.

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(d) Formal communications, such as requests for clarifications, questions, and/or written information concerning this solicitation shall be submitted in writing via email and shall reference the applicable solicitation or PWS paragraph. Submit all formal communications to the following point of contact:

USTRANSCOM/TCAQ-CL ORG BOX, transcom.scott.tcaq.mbx.aq-cl@mail.mil, ATTN: Jennifer Knobeloch, Contracting Officer

Written questions will be answered in writing and provided to all Offerors via SAM.gov. Solicitation changes will be made via formal Amendments. However, due to the time required to research questions and provide answers, questions received less than ten calendar days prior to the due date of offers specified in this solicitation may not be answered.

(e) Detailed Proposal Instructions.

(1) This solicitation encompasses two service segments: International Transportation Services (i.e., International) and Domestic Transportation Services (i.e., Domestic). International Transportation Services are defined as those services described in PWS paragraphs 1.1 (and all subparagraphs thereto). Domestic

Transportation Services are defined as those services described in PWS paragraphs 1.2 and 1.3 (and all subparagraphs thereto). PWS paragraphs 2.0 through 5.0 (and all subparagraphs thereto) apply to both

International and Domestic Transportation Services. Note: Offerors may choose to propose on one or both service segments. In either event, only one proposal will be required to be submitted in accordance with the instructions contained herein.

(2) A proposal shall consist of four separate volumes:

-Volume I Business Proposal

-Volume II Corporate Experience

-Volume III Technical Capability

-Volume IV Price

(3) Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria set forth in FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation

– Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021), as included in this Request for Proposal

(RFP). Offerors are required to submit one soft copy electronically. Volumes I-III soft copy shall be provided in Microsoft Office Word or Excel – compatible formats. Volume IV, Price shall be submitted in

Excel format provided. All Volumes shall be submitted via email. The recipient of the offers is as follows:

USTRANSCOM/TCAQ-CL ORG BOX; transcom.scott.tcaq.mbx.aq-cl@mail.mil , ATTN: Jennifer

Knobeloch, Contracting Officer

(4) Each volume shall include an introductory page identifying Offeror name, title of the proposal, volume number, and solicitation number. Provide a table of contents within each volume with sufficient detail to easily allow for the location of information to be evaluated. Elaborate formats or color presentations are not desired or required.

(5) Page limitations. Page limitations, per volume, are identified below. All pages, including tables of Content and introductory cover pages within each volume will be counted toward the page limitations. If digital copies include links that embed other documents, those other documents will count toward the page count.

Pages beyond the limit stated will not be evaluated.

Volume Page/Submission Limitation

Volume I – Business Proposal No page limitation

Volume II – Corporate Experience 12 pages

Volume III – Technical Capability

Technical Approach

Reporting Dictionary

Service Guide

Small Business Utilization

22 pages

1 completed copy of Attach 5, Reporting Dictionary

No page limitation

No page limitation

Volume IV – Price Proposal No page limitation

(f) Proposal Volume Information.

(1) Volume I – Business Proposal. The Business Proposal shall include all documents and information required below:

(i) Subfactor 1: Proposal Compliance. The Offeror shall provide all documents and information identified below:

(a) Solicitation/Contract Form. Offerors shall complete SF Form 1449, blocks 12, 17a and 30 a, b, and c, and all provisions included in this solicitation. Block 17a shall include the Commercial and

Government Entity (CAGE) code of the Offeror. Signature by the Offeror on the SF 1449 constitutes an offer, which the Government may accept, and acknowledgement by the Offeror that they accede to the terms and conditions included in the contract and agree to perform all requirements included in the

NGDS PWS. Block 17b; check this block if your remittance address is different and identify the remittance address in your proposal.

(b) Online Representations and Certifications. Offerors are required to register in the System for Award

Management (SAM) database (https://www.sam.gov) and complete electronic representations and certifications in the SAM. The Government will reference the date of SAM verification and include an electronic copy of the electronically submitted representations and certifications in the contract file.

(c) Acknowledgement of Solicitation Amendments (if any). Include one signed copy of each Amendment.

Any Solicitation Amendments issued after the Business Proposal due date shall be signed and provided with Volume IV, Price Proposal.

(d) For the prime and principal subcontractor(s), provide the Company/Division Name, Address, Identifying Codes, and Applicable Designations. Provide company/division’s street address; CAGE and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number.

(e) Letter signed by the Prime Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) contractor identifying individuals who are authorized to negotiate and sign documents.

(f) Statement acknowledging the requirement to maintain CRAF status for the duration of the contract.

(g) Statement indicating which service segment(s) (International and/or Domestic) the Offeror is proposing.

(h) If the Offeror is not proposing International Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Optional Services or

Domestic Optional Standard Mail Shipping Services, the Offeror shall provide a statement indicating such.

(i) The offeror shall submit any applicable collective bargaining agreement(s) (CBA) with its proposal. If awarded a contract, the CBA will be assigned a wage determination number and incorporated into the contract.

(j) Subfactor 2: Small Business Subcontracting Plan. Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Applies to

Large Business Only). Offerors who certify as a large business concern shall submit a Small Business

Subcontracting Plan at time of proposal submission. The contents of the Offeror’s proposed Small

Business Subcontracting Plan shall be compliant with the requirements stated in FAR 19.704, FAR

Clause 52.219-9 (Deviation 2018-O00018 and 2019-O0005), DFARS 219.7, and DFARS Clause

252.219-7003. Attachment 4 of the solicitation may be used as a template for developing a Small

Business Subcontracting Plan. An offeror’s Commercial Plan may be submitted.

https://www.sam.gov/

a. The Offeror’s plan shall address all elements stated in FAR 19.704(a)(1) through (15) and include goals focusing on the types of services and dollars to be subcontracted to small business concerns for this particular acquisition. The Contracting Officer will review the

Small Business Subcontracting Plan’s information, goals, and assurances to ensure all have been addressed in the plan. The information contained in the Small Business Subcontracting

Plan must appear to be realistic and demonstrate “good faith” effort to ensure the subcontracted dollars and the types of services to be subcontracted will go to small business concerns. Once the Contracting Officer has determined the Small Business Subcontracting

Plan is compliant with the subcontracting plan requirements, it shall be incorporated into and made a material part of the contract.

b. The following matrix contains suggested subcontracting target goals only and are provided to assist the Offerors in the development of Small Business Subcontracting goals for this acquisition. Offerors are encouraged to propose percentage goals greater than those listed.

Although distinct and different in their purpose, IAW DFARS 215.304(c)(i)(C) the Small

Business Subcontracting Plan and the Small Business Participation Commitment Document shall reflect the same commitments to the small business concerns by listing the small businesses in both documents in order to facilitate compliance with DFARS Clause 252.219-

7003(e).

CATEGORY TARGET GOAL

Small Business 21.5%

Small Disadvantage Business 5%

Women-Owned Small Business 2.1%

Veteran-Owned Small Business 2.3%

Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 1%

HUBZone Certified Small Business 1%

(2) Volume II – Corporate Experience.

(k) The Offeror shall identify recent and relevant corporate experience.

a. An Offeror, or their principal subcontractor(s), is expected to have at least 12 consecutive months of recent and relevant corporate experience (as defined in the table below). A principal subcontractor is defined as a subcontractor responsible for performing or brokering a substantial amount of the transportation services required to accomplish small package delivery services under the contract.

b. To demonstrate corporate experience, the Offeror shall identify all their and/or their principal subcontractor(s) most relevant Government or commercial contracts and efforts performed within the past three years. The Offeror shall clearly identify which efforts were performed by their company and those performed by their principal subcontractor(s).

c. The Offeror shall explain how each referenced contract or effort is considered relevant in terms of scope, magnitude and complexity as defined below.

d. All references provided, when considered together, should demonstrate relevant corporate experience of the Offeror, or principal subcontractor(s). Each individual reference provided, however, is not required to demonstrate relevancy in all performance areas.

e. Offerors may also provide any other information they consider important or relevant to the requirements in the solicitation.

TERM DEFINITION

Recent Defined as within the prior three years from date of proposal submission.

Relevant Defined as small package delivery service of similar scope, magnitude, and complexity.

Scope U.S. domestic services are defined as the pickup and delivery of small packages as moving between U.S. ZIP Codes located within the 50 U.S. States plus the

District of Columbia. U.S. domestic pickup and delivery service must be provided to a minimum of 95% of all U.S. ZIP Codes (as defined by the U.S.

Postal Service (USPS)). International services are defined as the delivery of small packages not meeting the U.S. domestic services definition. For U.S. domestic service, individual package weights are letters up to and including 150 pounds for shipments in and between the 48 CONUS states, and up to and including 300 pounds for shipments that involve addresses in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

For international service, weight of individual packages is letter up to and including 300 pounds

Magnitude For International services, average delivery of 36,000 small packages per month;

for domestic services, average delivery of 2,225,000 small packages per month.

Complexity Door-to-door pickup and delivery, transportation, timely and accurate In-Transit

Visibility (ITV), and customs clearance processing, if applicable, of small packages as defined herein.

f. The Offeror shall provide the following information for each referenced contract or effort:

1) Name and address of the Contracting/Buying activity

2) Contracting Officer’s (or similar commercial agent) name and verified email address and phone number

3) Contract or effort number

4) Contract or effort type (fixed price, cost reimbursement, etc.)

5) Performance period of the contract or effort (performance start and end date)

6) Total life-cycle contract or effort value

7) Detailed explanation of how the contract or effort is relevant in terms of scope, magnitude and complexity as defined above.

8) Describe the service performed (door-to-door pickup and delivery, transportation, timely and accurate In-Transit Visibility (ITV), and customs clearance processing, if applicable, of small packages).

9) Identify geographical locations where small package deliveries were made.

10) Identify the average number of monthly shipments delivered.

11) Identify the percentage of U.S. postal zip codes serviced, if applicable.

(3) Volume III – Technical Capability. This volume shall address the offeror’s technical capability and shall outline the offeror’s understanding of the PWS requirements. Offerors shall ensure their proposal clearly demonstrates their technical capability to perform the PWS requirements and does not merely restate the

PWS requirements. Statements such as “the Offeror understands”; “can or will comply with all requirements”, “standard procedures will be utilized”, or “in accordance with service guide” etc., are not sufficient to demonstrate an Offeror’s technical capability to perform the PWS requirements. The

Technical Capability Volume shall not include any pricing information. All pricing information is to be submitted in Volume IV of the Offeror’s proposal.

(i) Subfactor 1 – Technical Approach. The Offeror shall describe its technical approach to performing the international express and/or domestic express and ground transportation services identified in PWS paragraphs 1.1., 1.2, and 1.3, as well as all other services identified in PWS paragraph 2.

(ii) Subfactor 2 – Reporting Dictionary. The Offeror shall complete the spreadsheet provided at Attachment

5, Reporting Dictionary. Instructions for completion of the spreadsheets are included in the first tab titled

“Instructions”.

(iii) Subfactor 3 – Service Guide. The Offeror is required to 1) have a published Service Guide that is applicable to the public, explaining the various services the Contractor offers as customary commercial practice for performance of express and ground small package delivery services; and 2) identify the web address where a copy of its published Service Guide, in effect at time of proposal submission, can be accessed.

(iv) Subfactor 4 – Small Business Utilization. The Offeror shall provide a complete Attachment 6 Small

Business Participation Commitment Plan. The document shall demonstrate the Offeror’s ability to maximize small business utilization. Small Business Participation Commitment Plan is excluded from the page limitation.

(4) Volume IV – Price Proposal.

The MS-Excel documents provided at Attachments 2a through 2g contain specific instructions for their completion in the first tab of each attachment. Do not alter the format of those attachments, (e.g., cell formats, cell shading, or page layout) during rate submission. Numeric cell inputs shall be proposed in U.S. dollar and cent format and limited to two decimal positions (e.g., $2.50). Alterations, formula adjustments, cell formatting, adding terms or conditions, etc., may result in your offer being determined non-responsive.

Any solicitation Amendments issued after the Business Proposal due date shall be signed and provided with Volume

IV, Pricing Proposal.

Subfactor 1 – International Transportation Services Rates and Non-Basic Service Discounts. For those Offerors proposing on International Transportation Services, offeror shall propose International rates in Attachment 2a, International Profile 6 and 7 Pricing, tabs 2 and 3. Offerors shall also propose transit time on all lanes. Offerors shall propose rates for all lanes they offer commercially. Additionally, offerors shall propose a specific percentage discount from their published Service Guide rates for Non-Basic Services. For those Offerors proposing on

Optional International Delivery Services, the offeror shall propose all-inclusive cost-per-pound rates for all weight increments and lanes in Attachment 2a, International Profile 6 and 7 Pricing; tab 4-Optional Rates.

Offerors shall only complete the pricing matrices for the base year. Prices will be adjusted annually according to the

Offeror’s negotiated escalation rates incorporated into the contract and in accordance with annual rate refresh procedures.

Subfactor 2 – Domestic Transportation Services Rates. For those Offerors proposing on Domestic Transportation

Services, the offeror shall propose all-inclusive cost-per-pound rates for all weight increments for all offeror proposed zones within Attachment 2c through 2g Domestic Profiles 1 thru 6 spreadsheets. Offerors shall propose rates for all zones they offer commercially. Optional Standard Mail service rates, shall be proposed all-inclusive cost-per-pound rates for all weight increments on Attachment 2b, tab 4-Optional Standard Mail. Offerors shall insert proposed pricing for the Domestic Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Report under SF 1449, Contract Line

Item Number (CLIN) 0003, Sub Line Item Numbers (SLINs) 0003AA through 0003AD and Contract Line Item

Number (CLIN) 1003, Sub Line Item Numbers (SLINs) 1003AA through 1003AD, of the Schedule. Offerors shall only complete the pricing matrices for the base year only, except for Domestic Greenhouse Gas Emission Report, prices will be adjusted annually according to the Offeror’s negotiated escalation rates incorporated into the contract and in accordance with annual rate refresh procedures.

Subfactor 3 – Accessorial Surcharges. Offerors shall provide accessorial (surcharge) service codes, descriptions, definitions/parameters for each accessorial (surcharge), units of measure, prices, and minimum charges in

Attachment 2b, Accessorial, Escalation, & Optional Service Pricing; tab 2 – Accessorials. Offerors shall only complete the pricing matrices for the base year. Prices will be adjusted annually according to the Offeror’s negotiated escalation rates incorporated into the contract and in accordance with annual rate refresh procedures.

Subfactor 4 – Annual Escalation Rates. Offerors shall propose annual escalation rates in Attachment 2b; tab 3 –

Escalation in accordance with tab “1-Instructions”. Annual escalation proposed on Attachment 2b will apply to

Attachments 2a-2g for all service levels and accessorials proposed. Offerors shall only complete the Pricing

Matrices for the base year. Prices will be adjusted annually according to the Offeror’s negotiated escalation rates incorporated into the contract and annual in accordance with rate refresh procedures.

Paragraph (c) Period for acceptance of offers is tailored to read: The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 240 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

Paragraph (d) remains as written.

Paragraph (e) Multiple offers is tailored to read: The Government will not consider multiple offers presenting alternate terms and conditions for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation.

Paragraph (f) remains as written.

Paragraph (g) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids) is tailored to read: The Government intends to evaluate offers and award contracts without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror’s initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest and may waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

Paragraph (h) Multiple awards is tailored to read: The Government intends to award multiple IDIQ contracts for

International Transportation Services and multiple IDIQ contracts for Domestic Transportation Services as a result of this solicitation. These IDIQ awards will be made based on the evaluation criteria contained herein. Offerors who propose on and receive awards for both service segments (i.e., International and Domestic Transportation

Services) will be awarded only one IDIQ contract which will encompass the International and Domestic

Transportation Service requirements. Subsequent Task Order awards will be made pursuant to the fair opportunity ordering procedures set forth in FAR Part 16.505, Ordering.

Paragraph (i) remains as written.

Paragraph (j) remains as written.

Paragraph (k) remains as written.

Paragraph (l) remains as written.

(End of Provision)

RATE REFRESH/ PRICE ADJUSTMENT

ANNUAL RATE REFRESH & PRICE ADJUSTMENT: At proposal submission, offerors will propose year one

(FY23) base rates and an escalation factor for each of the three remaining years (FY24-26) of the base period, and each of the four years (FY27-FY30) in the option period. Contractors will have the opportunity to request new rates for FY27, and escalation rates for FY28-FY30. Such request shall be submitted by 1 April 20267, and must contain rationale supporting the request for new rates, such as industry-related events, world events, or economic conditions.

The Government will evaluate requests for rate refresh on a lane-by-lane basis to determine if the proposed rates are fair and reasonable, utilizing one or more techniques set forth in FAR 15.404-1(b)(2). Rates shall not exceed

Contractor published commercial rates + government Cost Recovery Fee. Proposed rates that cannot be determined fair and reasonable will not be awarded, and the original proposed escalation rates will be applied. The rates in affect for FY30, will be in affect during the 6-month extension (if applicable).

(a) Contract rate adjustments will be accomplished in the following order on an annual basis:

(1) Cost Recovery Fee. The Cost Recovery Fee rate percentage addressed in PWS paragraph 3.0 and sub paragraphs may be adjusted by the Government on an annual basis. If an adjustment is made, all transportation and accessorial rates will be adjusted in an amount equal to the percentage increase or decrease of the new Cost Recovery Fee.

(2) Escalation. Contract rates will be adjusted annually based on application of the applicable escalation percentage identified in Attachment 2b. Annual escalation adjustments will be applied to all transportation and accessorial rates. Upon notification to the Government, the Contractor may choose to forgo the application of the annual escalation percentage.

NOTE: The “Set Escalation Percentage” cell found at the top of the rate sheets is offered as a convenience to carriers as a means of allowing the annual escalation rate to be applied automatically to every current year rate on file by service level (excel spreadsheet tab). This optional field may be used in lieu of requiring the manual entry of new rates each year. If a carrier chooses to utilize the “Set Escalation Percentage” cell when applying the escalation rate after the first year of performance, all carrier rates in Attachment 2 will be U.S. dollar and cent formatted and limited to two decimals utilizing the “set precision as displayed” function in excel. The following year’s escalation will then be applied to the hard-coded two-decimal dollar value displayed in the rate sheet. This pricing methodology will be applied to the four-year base period, and if applicable, the four-year option period.

Example: Assume a per lb. rate of $1.23 for the first year of performance with proposed escalation rates of

1% in year 2; 2% in year 3; and 3% in year 4.

a) After the first year of performance at a rate of $1.23, the year-two rate will be calculated as

$1.23*(1+.01) =$1.2423 and the rate will be hard-coded at the “display value” of $1.24.

b) The year-three rate will be calculated as $1.24*(1+.02) = 1.2648, and the rate will be hard-coded at the

“display value” of $1.26

c) The year-four rate will be calculated as $1.26*(1+.03) = 1.2978, and the rate will be hard-coded at the

“display value” of $1.30.

(3) Voluntary Rate Reduction. The contractor may choose to lower individual transportation, accessorial rates, or Domestic Greenhouse Gas Emission Report pricing on an annual basis.

(4) Service Contract Labor Standards Price Adjustments. Rate adjustments required via application of the

Service Contract Labor Standards Act will be processed in accordance with FAR 52.222-43, Fair Labor

Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards – Price Adjustments (Multiple Year and Option

Contracts).

(b) All annual rate or price adjustments will become effective on 1 October of each year via contract modification.

(c) Rates shall not exceed Contractor published commercial rates + government Cost Recovery Fee.

52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2021)

(a) The Government will award multiple Indefinite Delivery Indefinity Quantity (IDIQ) contracts resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offerors whose offers conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Multiple contracts will be awarded to provide Government shippers flexibility of choice and service coverage. Best value source selection procedures without tradeoffs will be utilized for each service segment (i.e.., International and Domestic) in accordance with FAR 15.101 and Department of Defense (DoD) Source Selection Procedures, dated 31 March 2016. If an Offeror is selected for award of both service segments (i.e., International and Domestic), they will be awarded only one IDIQ contract, which will encompass both service segments. Contracts will be awarded to the Offerors whose proposals have been determined acceptable under the Business Proposal, Corporate Experience, and Technical Capability evaluation factors, who have proposed fair and reasonable prices, and who have been determined responsible.

(1) The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

-Factor 1: Business Proposal

Subfactor 1: Proposal Compliance

Subfactor 2: Small Business Subcontracting Plan

-Factor 2: Corporate Experience

-Factor 3: Technical Capability

Subfactor 1: Technical Approach

Subfactor 2: Reporting Dictionary

Subfactor 3: Service Guide

Subfactor 4: Small Business Utilization

-Factor 4: Price

Subfactor 1: International Transportation Services Rates and Non-Basic Service Discounts

Subfactor 2: Domestic Transportation Services Rates

Subfactor 3: Accessorial Surcharges

Subfactor 4: Annual Escalation Rates

All evaluation factors and subfactors are of equal importance.

(i) Business Proposal. Business Proposal shall be evaluated first. The Business Proposal contains two one subfactors: Proposal Compliance and Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The Business Proposal will be evaluated on an Acceptable or Unacceptable basis at the subfactor level in accordance with the ratings identified below. Only those proposals rated Acceptable will be considered for award. If an Offeror is rated Unacceptable under this evaluation factor the evaluation process will cease, no further factors or subfactors will be evaluated, and the Offeror will not receive a contract award.

ADJECTIVAL RATING DEFINITION

Acceptable Proposal meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Proposal fails to meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

(a) Subfactor 1 – Proposal Compliance. To be rated Acceptable, the Offeror:

1) shall be a CRAF program participant at time of proposal submittal;

2) shall submit all documents and information required to be submitted under the Proposal

Preparation Instructions in accordance with the Addendum to FAR Clause 52.212-2;

3) the Offer must be registered at the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website prior to proposal submission; and

4) an authorized official of the firm shall sign the offer and all Amendments and Certifications requiring signature.

5) Subfactor 2 – shall submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan (applies to Large Business concerns only) in accordance with FAR 19.702(a)(1)(i) that meets the elements in FAR

52.219-9 (Alternate II). To be rated Acceptable, the Offeror’s plan shall address all elements stated in FAR Clause 52.219-9(d)(1) through (15) and include goals focusing on the types of services and dollars to be subcontracted to small business concerns for this acquisition. The

Contracting Officer will review the Small Business Subcontracting Plan’s information

(Attachment 4) goals, and assurances to ensure all have been addressed in the plan. Once the

Contracting Officer has determined the Small Business Subcontracting Plan is compliant to the subcontracting plan requirements, it shall be incorporated into and made a material part of the contract.

CATEGORY TARGET GOAL

Small Business 21.5%

Small Disadvantage Business 5%

Women-Owned Small Business 2.1%

Veteran-Owned Small Business 2.3%

Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small

Business 1%

HUBZone Certified Small Business 1%

(ii) Corporate Experience. Corporate Experience factor will be evaluated on an Acceptable or

Unacceptable basis in accordance with the ratings identified below. If Offer is determined Unacceptable under this factor, there will be no further evaluation of the offeror’s proposal. To be rated Acceptable, Offeror’s proposal must reflect that the offeror, or their principal subcontractor, has at least 12 consecutive months of recent and relevant corporate experience as defined below. Offeror must be able to provide all services identified for the service segment (International and/or Domestic) being proposed. If proposing on both International and Domestic service segments, only one evaluation rating will be assessed encompassing both service segments. If proposing only one service segment, the non-proposed service segment will not result in an Unacceptable rating.

TERM DEFINITION

Recent Defined as within the prior three years from date of proposal submission.

Relevant Defined as small package delivery service of similar scope, magnitude, and complexity.

Scope U.S. domestic services are defined as the pickup and delivery of small packages as moving between U.S. ZIP Codes located within the 50 U.S. States plus the

District of Columbia. U.S. domestic pickup and delivery service must be provided to a minimum of 95% of all U.S. ZIP Codes (as defined by the U.S.

Postal Service (USPS)). International services are defined as the delivery of small packages not meeting the U.S. domestic services definition. For U.S. domestic service, individual package weights are letters up to and including 150 pounds for shipments in and between the 48 CONUS states, and up to and including 300 pounds for shipments that involve addresses in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

For international service, weight of individual packages is letter up to and including 300 pounds.

Magnitude For International services, average delivery of 36,000 small packages per month;

for domestic services, average delivery of 2,225,000 small packages per month.

Complexity Door-to-door pickup and delivery, transportation, timely and accurate In-Transit

Visibility (ITV), and customs clearance processing, if applicable, of small packages as defined herein.

(iii) Technical Capability. The Technical Capability contains four subfactors. Technical Capability will be evaluated on an Acceptable or Unacceptable basis at the subfactor level.

(a) Subfactor 1: Technical Approach. To be rated Acceptable, the offeror shall demonstrate their detailed technical approach to accomplishing small package delivery service identified in

Performance Work Statement (PWS) paragraphs 1.1., 1.2, 1.3, and 2 is logical and should result in successful performance of those services.

(b) Subfactor 2: Reporting Dictionary: To be rated Acceptable, the offeror’s Attachment 5, Reporting Dictionary submission shall be completed for all data sources provided in PWS

Appendix 6.10. The offeror shall provide the Government a data feed dictionary containing comprehensive data feed metadata as outlined in paragraphs 6.10.2, 6.10.3, 6.10.4.8.1., 6.10.4.13, and 6.10.4.14 of Appendix 6.10.

(c) Subfactor 3: Service Guide. To be rated Acceptable, the Government must be able to 1) access the offeror’s published Service Guide in effect at time of proposal submission via the web address provided by the offeror; and 2) validate that the published Service Guide is applicable to the public and explains the various services the offeror provides as customary commercial practice for performance of express and/or ground small package services.

(d) Subfactor 4: Small Business Utilization: To be rated Acceptable, offerors must meet or exceed at least 3 of the 6 subcontracting socioeconomic category target goals. Offerors shall submit Small Business Participation Commitment Plan (Attachment 6), which demonstrates an adequate approach and understanding of small business and the extent of their inclusion of small business concerns and all other socioeconomic concern categories in performance of resultant contract. The Government’s evaluation of participation and commitment will be measured as

Acceptable or Unacceptable for maximum use and application, using the ratings as defined above.

(iv) Price. The Price Factor contains four subfactors, which will be evaluated for fairness and reasonableness at the subfactor level. All International Transportation Services Rates, Domestic Transportation

Services Rates, Accessorial Surcharge Rates, and Optional Services Rates shall be proposed in U.S. dollar and cent format and limited to two decimals, which will be hardcoded per the “1-Instructions” tab found in Attachment 2b.

Attachment 7 provides NGDS historical shipment volume data and estimates. Tabs 1 through 42 provides NGDS historical shipment volume by Profile total to date (30 Nov 21) and by fiscal year. Tab 43 provides per year shipment volume estimates for Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

(a) Subfactor 1: International Transportation Services Rates and Non-Basic Service Discounts

(Attachment 2a). To determine the proposed International Transportation Services rates and Non-

Basic Service discounts fair and reasonable, the Government will perform a price analysis using one or more techniques set forth in FAR 15.404-1(b). Proposed rates that cannot be determined fair and reasonable will not be awarded. The Government will evaluate individual transportation rates on a by-lane basis to determine if the proposed rates are fair and reasonable, utilizing one or more techniques set forth in FAR 15.404-1(b)(2).

(b) Subfactor 2: Domestic Transportation Services Rates (Attachments 2c thru 2g and Optional

Standard Mail Rates (Attachment 2b). To determine the proposed Domestic Transportation rates and Optional Mail rates fair and reasonable, the Government will perform a price analysis using one or more techniques set forth in FAR 15.404-1(b)(2). Proposed rates that cannot be determined fair and reasonable will not be awarded.

(c) Subfactor 3: Accessorial Surcharges (Attachment 2b). To determine the proposed accessorial surcharge rates fair and reasonable, the Government will perform a price analysis using one or more techniques set forth in FAR 15.404-1(b)(2). Proposed rates that cannot be determined fair and reasonable will not be awarded.

(d) Subfactor 4: Annual Escalation Rates (Attachment 2b). To determine the proposed annual escalation rates fair and reasonable, the Government will perform a price analysis using one or more techniques as set forth in FAR 15.404-1(b)(2). Proposed rates that cannot be determined fair and reasonable will not be awarded.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes to include the basic requirement and options.

The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced.

Evaluation of the options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). The Government will evaluate pricing for the six-month option period under FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, at the escalated rates and prices for the eighth year of performance.

(c) Basis for Award.

(1) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(2) The Government reserves the right to award without discussions.

(3) The Government anticipates that multiple IDIQ contract awards will be made for International

Transportation Services. Awards will be made to those…