ID05170076_RFQ_Letter.pdf

Federal Acquisition Service Great Lakes Region

RFP ID05170076

11 Sep 17

MEMORANDUM FOR: The University of Tennessee

FROM: GSA/FAS/5QZA

1710 Corporate Crossing, Suite 3

O’Fallon, IL 62269-3734

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP) ID05170076, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)

School of Systems and Logistics Educational Support Services

It is the intent of the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)

Contracting Division (5QZA) to negotiate fair and reasonable prices for a single-award, open market contract. The Government is conducting this negotiation as a sole source award in accordance with (IAW) 10 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(B), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii).

The contract type will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP). In response to this RFP, GSA requests that your company provide a technical and price proposal, as defined below.

I. REQUIREMENTS

A. Your technical and price proposal shall be developed using the Performance Work

Statement (PWS), Attachment 1, which will be incorporated into the resultant award. Failure to provide a technically acceptable proposal may result in delayed award or cancellation of this RFP.

B. Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance includes a one-year base period from 30 Sep 17 through 29 Sep 18. The period of performance will be confirmed at award.

II. INSTRUCTIONS

A. The contractor shall review the attached PWS and provide both a technical solution and price proposal in response to the RFP.

1. The technical solution shall include, at a minimum:

a) Written acceptance and statement of understanding of the technical requirements as demonstrated in the PWS.

b) A Quality Control Plan (QCP). The technical quote shall include the contractor’s

QCP for both services and deliverables.

b) A complete staffing approach that identifies the personnel resources and skill sets available to fulfill the PWS requirements, including labor categories, complete skill level descriptions, and proposed site identification.

2. The resultant award will be Firm Fixed Price. The price proposal shall include:

a) Monthly Firm Fixed Price amount to perform all of the services in the PWS for the

12-month Base Period.

b) Detailed price breakout of how monthly Firm Fixed Price amount was determined.

The breakout should include, at minimum, labor categories, labor rates, and labor hours proposed for all services required to perform the PWS tasks.

c) Please include a Not to Exceed (NTE) amount of $4,000.00 for Other Direct Costs

(ODCs) and a NTE amount of $40,000.00 for Travel in your proposal.

III. GOVERNMENT EVALUATION AND REVIEW

A. The technical proposal will be reviewed for reasonableness and adherence to the instructions identified above. It will be given an Acceptable or Unacceptable rating. The price proposal will be evaluated to determine if it is fair and reasonable.

B. The Government intends to award a contract based on the initial quote without further negotiation. The Government, however, reserves the right to conduct negotiations if deemed in its best interest.

IV. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please see RFQ Attachment 2 for a list of provisions and clauses applicable to this contract.

Additionally, please see Attachment 3 for the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).

This document will be used for surveillance of the contract after award.

V. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

A. By submission of a proposal, the contractor accedes to all RFP requirements including:

terms and conditions and representations and certifications. The contractor shall clearly identify any exception to the RFP terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, with no obligation to the contractor by the Government. The Government reserves the right not to award a contract in response to this RFP.

B. Proposal shall be submitted through the GSA IT Solutions Shop (ITSS) and emailed to jacqueline.mcglone@gsa.gov and robin.swaney@gsa.gov no later than 12:00 PM Central

Time, 18 Sep 17.

JACQUELINE M. MCGLONE

Contracting Officer

3 Attachments:

1. PWS

2. Provisions and Clauses

3. QASP