ID05180023_RFP_Letter_082718.pdf

Federal Acquisition Service Great Lakes Region 5

RFP ID05180023

27 Aug 2018

MEMORANDUM FOR: Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Interested Parties

FROM: GSA/FAS/5QZA

1734 Corporate Crossing, Suite 2 O’Fallon, IL 62269-3734

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP) ID05180023, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) School of Systems and Logistics Educational Support Services, Better Business Deals Course

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. In response to this RFP, GSA requests that your company provide a technical, past performance and price proposal, as defined below.

The client has determined that use of the GSA Contracting Office to solicit and issue a contract to satisfy this requirement is in the best interest of the Government, economic and other factors considered, and the requirement is not being used to procure personal services prohibited by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 37.104 titled “Personal Services Contract”.

I. REQUIREMENTS

A. Your technical, past performance 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 your response being removed from evaluation and consideration for award.

B. Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance includes a one-year base period and four one-year option periods. The period of performance will be confirmed at award.

II. INSTRUCTIONS

A. The contractor shall review the attached PWS and provide a technical solution, past performance information, and a price proposal in response to the RFP. See separate attachments to this letter for instructions on how the prepare your response.

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 to include a response to the requirements of the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan for both services and deliverables

b) Written documentation to provide a sample of the offeror’s teaching and on-site educational services.

c) 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 offeror shall provide information to demonstrate relevant and recent past performance as described in Section L & M of this RFP.

3. 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. See RFQ Attachment 5, Price Template.

III. GOVERNMENT EVALUATION AND REVIEW

A. The technical proposal will be evaluated in accordance with the instructions of Section L and the criteria identified in Section M of this solicitation. 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 past performance proposal will be evaluated in accordance with the instructions of Section L and the criteria identified in Section M of this solicitation.

C. The cost price information will be evaluated for reasonableness, completeness and accuracy in accordance with the instructions of Section L and criteria identified in Section M of this solicitation. 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 RFP Attachment 3 for a list of provisions and clauses applicable to this solicitation.

Additionally, please see Attachment 2 for the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).

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

V. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

The resulting contact award and administration actions of the contract will be performed by the GSA office located at:

GSA/Federal Acquisition Service, Region 5 1734 Corporate Crossing, Suite 2 O'Fallon, IL 62269

VI. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

A. By submission of a proposal, the contractor agrees 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. Proposals shall be submitted through the GSA IT Solutions Shop (ITSS). Offerors must be registered in ITSS before submission will be allowed. If your company is not registered in the ITSS system, you must register to submit your proposal prior to the proposal due date.

Instructions for registering are provided on the web site https://portal.fas.gsa.gov/assist-web/registration/contractor/search. If you need technical support the toll free number is 877 - 472-4788. Proposals are due 26 Sep 2018 at 2:00 PM Central Time.

Questions related to this solicitation should be submitted via email to jacqueline.johnson@gsa.gov and robin.swaney@gsa.gov no later than 2:00 PM Central Time, 5 Sep 18.

JACQUELINE D. JOHNSON

Contracting Officer

5 Attachments:

1. PWS

2. QASP

3. Clauses and Provisions

4. Sections L&M

5. Price Template