Instructions to Offerors and Evaluation Criteria.pdf

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA

FOR

SHIPPING AND STORAGE CONTAINER, CNU-766/E & CNU-776/E

2 February 2022

1. Instructions to Offerors:

A. This solicitation is expected to result in the award of a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract for the aluminum shipping and storage containers as described under the requirements section of this solicitation and accompanying requirements attachment. This solicitation is prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. An award, if any, will be made to the responsible Offeror who submits a proposal that:

1. Conforms to the requirements of the solicitation.

2. Receives a rating of “Acceptable” on the Technical evaluation factor.

3. Submits the proposal with the lowest Total Evaluated Price (TEP), provided that the TEP is not unbalanced and is fair and reasonable.

B. The anticipated contract will include one 12-month base period with two 12-month option periods. Quantities, delivery schedules and destinations for all three (3) years are included in the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

C. Each Offeror shall submit proposals by 4:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time) on 16 February 2022. Proposals shall be submitted electronically to Jane Hartkemeyer, Contracting Officer, via email at jane.hartkemeyer@us.af.mil and Dylan Dixon, Contract Specialist, via email at dylan.dixon@us.af.mil. All submissions shall reference the complete RFP number in the subject line.

D. Offerors shall submit a Technical proposal and a Price proposal. Length of the proposal shall not exceed ten (10) pages in length, with margins no smaller than 1 inch, and type font no smaller than 12 point, Times New Roman font. Proposals not submitted in accordance with these requirements may be considered non-responsive.

E. Within the Price proposal, Offerors shall provide a price list that includes unit prices for CNU-766/E containers and CNU-776/E containers for each of the three (3) years. Shipping costs for each delivery location shall also be addressed. The price list must specify an effective date, which shall be the date that proposals are due and have an expiration date no earlier than one year from the date that proposals are due.

F. Within the Technical proposal, Offerors shall include the following information to address each Technical subfactor:

Subfactor 2.1 – Previous Experience mailto:jane.hartkemeyer@us.af.mil mailto:dylan.dixon@us.af.mil.

1. Offerors shall provide a list of orders completed within the last three (3) years for similar manufactured containers.

2. Offerors shall provide a list of key personnel who shall be involved in the manufacturing of the containers, including applicable qualifications and experience with the materials specified on the drawings, to include 5356 welding requirement.

Subfactor 2.2 - Production

3. Offerors shall explain in detail their interpretation/understanding of the requirements by providing a brief explanation on how they shall meet/accomplish each paragraph in the Prime Item Specification SP20171300.

Subfactor 2.3 – Quality

4. Offerors shall provide their quality control plan and system for ensuring that the containers shall meet all specifications contained in Prime Item Specification SP20171300 and DL20191700 for CNU-766/E and DL20191800 for CNU- 776/E.

2. Evaluation Factors for Award:

The following areas will be used in the evaluation of proposals:

Factor 1: Price Factor 2: Technical

Subfactor 2.1 - Previous Experience

Subfactor 2.3 - Quality

FACTOR 1: Price

Price shall be the first factor evaluated. Price proposals will be evaluated to determine if unit prices are fair and reasonable. Total evaluated price shall be based on adding all line items to include options. The lowest price complete offer shall be the first evaluated for technical acceptability, and if it passes shall move to determination of contractor responsibility and then award. If the lowest offer is not found technically acceptable, or the contractor is deemed not to be responsible, the next lowest offer shall be evaluated for technical acceptability, and so on.

FACTOR 2: Technical

Pursuant to evaluation of all requirements, the Technical factor will receive an overall rating of either “Acceptable,” or “Unacceptable” using the rating and descriptions in the table below:

Rating Description

Acceptable

Proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable

Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirement of the solicitation.

In determining whether a technical proposal is Acceptable or Unacceptable, the Government will consider the extent to which the technical proposal demonstrates the Offeror’s ability to manufacture CNU-766/E and CNU-776/E containers in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) and the Prime Item Product Specification Sheets and to meet all of the Subfactors listed below:

Subfactor 2.1 – Previous Experience

This subfactor is met when the Offeror:

1. Provides a minimum of three (3) examples of orders completed of a similar size, quantity, and delivery timeline as required by the Government for this order.

a. The list shall include company/organization name(s), POC phone number(s) and email address(es).

1. Describes a sound understanding of the requirements and explains how they shall accomplish each paragraph in the Prime Item Specification SP20171300.

2. Provides a list of their current equipment which shall be used to manufacture, test and inspect the required containers as required in the Prime Item Specification SP20171300.

3. Provides a layout or a detailed description of their facility to include total square footage and square footage of storage area for finished containers as specified in paragraph 5.1 of the Prime Item Specification SP20171300.

4. Provides a production schedule and list of suppliers who can provide all materials used in the fabrication of the containers and explains how delivery of the supplies fits into the schedule.

Subfactor 2.3 – Quality

1. Describes a sound quality control plan and system for ensuring that the containers shall meet all specifications contained in Prime Item Specification SP20171300 and Drawings DL20191700 and DL20191800.