HTC71125RC0005 A0002 Attach QA Responses.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

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

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1. Attach the Q&A responses to the solicitation.

2. Update the 52.212-1(b) email submission instructions for better clarif ication of the email submission process.

3. All terms and conditions remain the same.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 6

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 04-Mar-2025

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 HTC71125RC005

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

07-Feb-2025

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 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

04-Mar-2025

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

FACILITY CODECODE

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HTC71125RC005

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

ADDENDUM TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) 52.212-1 –

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL

SERVICES 11 Dec 2024

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. Electronic copies of each volume shall be submitted electronically via email to the points of contact listed below. Hard copy, facsimile, or emailed proposals will NOT be accepted. Proposal submissions shall not exceed 20mb per email. Offerors may split proposal files across multiple emails due to file size, in which case offers shall numerically label emails stating the sequential number of the individual email and the total number of emails for the submission in each message (e.g., “1 of 2”; “2 of 2”). The Government will make all reasonable attempts to promptly confirm proposal receipt and accessibility. If the offeror fails to obtain confirmation of receipt and accessibility within two business days of proposal submission, the offeror should assume the Government did not receive the proposal and contact the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist. In determining whether an electronic proposal is late, the Contracting Officer will refer to FAR 15.208(b)(1)(i) and seek information as to whether the proposal was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals. Therefore, in order to ensure electronic receipt by the Government, the offeror should submit the proposal not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the submission deadline and request confirmation of receipt from the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist.

Contract Specialist: TSgt Ryan LaFever; ryan.c.lafever.mil@mail.mil Contracting Officer: Mrs. Barbara Wolf; barbara.l.wolf11.civ@mail.mil

This notification must occur prior to the proposal submission deadline. Contractor notification shall be in writing and may be in conjunction with verbal notification, but verbal notification alone shall not be sufficient. The Contracting Officer will provide alternate submission instructions, if necessary.

(1) through (11) remain unchanged.

(12) is added and reads as follows:

(12) The Government requires the services identified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached to this solicitation. Offerors are to submit a proposal to provide the services identified in the PWS in accordance with (IAW) the instructions herein.

mailto:ryan.c.lafever.mil@mail.mil mailto:barbara.l.wolf11.civ@mail.mil

(i) 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 separate volumes as identified below:

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

(C) Each volume shall include a cover page including Offeror name, title of the proposals, volume number, and solicitation number.

(D) The contract will be awarded pursuant of FAR 15.101-1 and will be awarded on a best value basis IAW the evaluation criteria specified herein.

(E) Page Limitations: Proposals shall be submitted electronically and formatted on 8

½ by 11-inch paper with no less than one-inch margins on all sides. Page limits are inclusive of any charts, diagrams, and/or other graphs. The cover page and any tables of contents are excluded from the page limitation. Summaries on the cover page will not be considered as part of the evaluation. Additionally, any table of exhibits, glossary, or cross reference compliance matrix utilized will be excluded from the page limitation. All pages shall be numbered. The font shall be Times New Roman and no smaller than 12- point except for headers, footers, figures, tables, and diagrams, where smaller point Times New Roman font is acceptable as long as it is easily legible. Pages exceeding the page limitation will be deleted/removed from the proposal prior to evaluation and will not be considered during the evaluation process.

(F) By your proposal submission, you are representing that your firm is capable of performing all the requirements specified in the solicitation. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 180 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

(ii) Volume I – Business Proposal: Offerors are required to comply with the following format and content requirements for their business proposal.

(A) Solicitation/Contract Form. Offerors shall complete the SF Form 1449, blocks 12, 17a and 30a, b, and c. Block 17a should include the offeror’s Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. 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 contract terms and conditions and PWS requirements. To be eligible for award, the contractor is required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of offer submission and at time of contract award.

(B) Block 17b. Check this block if the offeror’s remittance address is different, identify the remittance address in the proposal, and ensure this address matches the address in SAM.gov.

(C) Acknowledgement of Solicitation Amendments (if any): Return one signed copy of each amendment.

(D) For the prime and any principal subcontractor(s), provide the company/division’s street address, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and CAGE code. A principal subcontractor is defined as a subcontractor that will perform major or critical aspects of this requirement.

(E) Complete and submit Attachment 5, RFP Offeror Information Sheet, identifying individuals who are authorized to negotiate and sign documents on the behalf of the carrier.

(F) Complete and submit Attachment 6, Basic Eligibility, and submit supporting documentation to validate air carrier status. Submit information which documents:

(1) the offeror is a certified U.S. or Foreign Flagged air carrier (e.g., Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/foreign Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Operations Specification (OpSpecs) or foreign equivalent) for the aircraft/services required; and (2) the offeror does or does not have approval from the Commercial Airlift Review Board (CARB) to participate in the DoD Commercial Air Transportation Quality and Safety Review Program. (Note: IAW the Fly America Act (49 U.S.C. § 40118), priority of award will go to a U.S.-flag air carrier unless an exception applies.)

(G) IAW FAR 4.1102(a), Representations and Certifications shall be submitted online using https://www.sam.gov where available OR may be submitted with your contract documentation. Failure to do so will result in your proposal being found noncompliant with the solicitation. The following provisions require your input and must be included with your proposal if they are not in your SAM record.

• FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain

Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021) (NOTE: FAR 52.204-24 only needs to be completed if FAR 52.204-26 is not completed in SAM.gov, or if the Offeror represents it “will” provide or “does” use covered telecommunications equipment in FAR 52.204- 26.)

• FAR 52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct

2018)

• FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Reps & Certs – Commercial Products and Commercial Services with Alternate I (May 2024)

• FAR 52.229-11, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements—Notice and Representation (Jun 2020) (NOTE: Offerors representing as a "foreign person" must also submit an IRS Form W-14.)

• DFARS 252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered

Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation (May 2021) (NOTE: DFARS 252.204-7017 only needs to be completed if DFARS 252.204-7016 is not completed in SAM.gov, or if the Offeror represents it “does” provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services in DFARS 252.204-7016.)

(iii) Volume II – Technical Proposal (The Technical Proposal shall not exceed 10 pages. The

RFP Attachment 2, Aircraft Identification Sheet, FAA OpSpecs/foreign CAA equivalent, and the Offeror’s Sample Schedule are separate Technical Proposal documents that do not count against the Technical Proposal page limitation).

http://www.sam.gov/

(A) Technical Approach. Offeror shall provide specific, detailed, and complete information to fully demonstrate that the Offeror possesses sufficient understanding of and capability to meet the performance requirements outlined in the PWS, as established by the technical subfactors identified in FAR 52.212-2.

The Offeror’s proposed technical approach must clearly describe the techniques, procedures, and programs the Offeror will utilize to meet the performance requirements.

(B) Offeror shall complete Attachment 2, Aircraft Identification Sheet, indicating which DoD CARB approved aircraft will be used to perform the requirement.

(C) Offeror shall provide a Sample Schedule as a separate Technical Proposal document that clearly describes the ability to provide transportation as detailed in PWS paragraph 2, Schedule, and paragraph 2.1, Passenger Services San Clemente Island.

(iv) Volume III – Past Performance Proposal (Shall not exceed 6 pages; Attachment 4, Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs), do not count against page limitations).

(A) The Government will evaluate past performance to assess the Offeror’s probability of meeting the RFP requirements. This evaluation considers the Offeror’s demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance in supplying the services that meet the contract requirements. The recency and relevance of the information, source of the information, context of the data, and general trends in the offeror’s performance shall be considered. These are combined to establish one performance confidence assessment rating for each Offeror.

(B) Past Performance References. The Offeror shall submit no more than three past performance references from different contracts or efforts by the Offeror, its affiliate, subsidiary, key personnel or subcontractor has performed, which are similar to the scope and complexity of services described in this RFP. If an affiliate, subsidiary, key personnel or subcontractor is offered as part of the proposal for the completion of this contract, then the Offeror must demonstrate in their proposal how the resources of the subsidiary, affiliate, key personnel or subcontractor will affect the successful completion of the current solicitation. This includes work for commercial customers, DoD, other Federal agencies, and subcontracts that are similar to the Government requirements. Additionally, offerors shall provide the following for each reference submitted.

• Contract Name/Title, Contract Number and Task Order Number, as applicable

• Contracting Officer or Contract Manager’s Name, Email, and phone number

• Name and address of the contracting activity (buying and administrative)

• Contracting Officer’s Representative Name, Email, and phone number

• Contract Type (Firm-Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, IDIQ, etc.)

• Annual Dollar Value and Total Lifecycle Contract Value (including option years)

• Performance Period – Base Year and number of Option Years

• Brief description of work performed and how it is relevant to this effort

• Type of aircraft used

(C) The Government may contact these references to verify information and/or obtain additional information.

(D) PPQ. The Government will evaluate the quality and extent of the offeror’s past performance deemed relevant to the requirements of this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to use information submitted by the offeror and other sources, such as the other Government offices and commercial sources to assess past performance. The offeror shall send a PPQ (Attachment 4, Past Performance Questionnaire) for each past performance contract reference identified. The responsibility to send the PPQ rests solely with the offeror; it shall not be delegated to any other entity. Once the questionnaires are completed, the information therein shall be considered source selection sensitive and shall not be released to the offeror. The PPQs shall be sent directly to the Government from the respondent (i.e., past performance reference POC) via email. The evaluation of past performance information will consider the past performance information regarding key personnel, principal subcontractor(s), subsidiary(ies), or affiliate(s) that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to the acquisition. Completed PPQs shall be received by the proposal due date referenced in the solicitation in order to be considered part of the past performance information.

(v) Volume I – Price Proposal (no page limitation)

(A) Offerors shall submit proposed pricing in Attachment 3, RFP Pricing Table, in

Microsoft Excel format.

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

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 180 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

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

(e) Multiple offers. Multiple offers with identical CAGE codes shall be excluded from consideration.

FAR 52.212-1 Paragraph (l)(7) is added and reads as follows:

(l)(7) Debriefings may be provided in writing, orally, or in person, at the Government’s discretion.

(End of Summary of Changes)