J3. RFO - MAF ATCT Modernization - FINAL.pdf

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

SIR #697DCK-25-R-00211

SCREENING INFORMATION REQUEST (SIR)

REQUEST FOR OFFER OR PROPOSAL

MAF Airport Traffic Control Tower and Base Building Modernization Project

June 11, 2025

I. Purpose:

This solicitation is for the Midland Tower (MAF) Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and Base Building Modernization Project, specifically HVAC, roof at tower cab and base building, fire alarm sensors and electrical components replacement located in Midland, TX. A best value, fixed price, selection process will be utilized for this source selection. The FAA will evaluate each response received and select one qualified offeror based on the evaluation criteria established in this SIR. Evaluation criteria include but are not limited to financial resources, technical capabilities, past performance, key personnel, schedule and pricing.

II. Submission Deadline and Point of Contact:

All submittals must be received no later than 1300 Eastern Time, on 08/12/2025. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. Hand delivered proposals are not allowed and will not be accepted.

Complete proposals forwarded must address all evaluation criteria and must be submitted electronically, emailed to the address below. However, the onus will be on the submitter that all files submitted are receivable and can be opened/read. Any proposals and/or files received that cannot be opened will be considered as not received at all. The title page must identify at a minimum the company name, Solicitation/RFO #, offeror point of contact name, phone number, email address, DUNS #, and business size in accordance with the applicable NAICS code. Also, each proposal must be well organized and have a table of contents. Each page after the table of contents must have a page number. Any proposal that does not comply with these requirements may be excluded from evaluation. The RFO package must also include a completed Past Performance Survey Questionnaire (minimum of 2 completed questionnaires will be required), per attachments listed in Section L of the Solicitation/RFO.

Electronic copy must be sent to Thuylinh TranNguyen via email at Thuylinh.T.TranNguyen@faa.gov (due to FAA email size limitations of 20 MB, multiple emails may be necessary).

Submittals forwarded must address all evaluation criteria and responses must be typewritten, and all questions must be answered to be considered responsive. If a question is not applicable, the Offeror should indicate “N/A.”

The Solicitation P.O.C. (point of contact) is Thuylinh TranNguyen, Contracting Officer, who can be contacted at thuylinh.t.trannguyen@faa.gov. Any/all questions or requests must be directed only to the

CO.

Period of Performance: 365 calendar days Estimated Price Range: $4,000,000 - $7,000,000

III. Submittal Format Proposal must be at least single spaced, on 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper, with a minimum 1-inch margin all around. Text must be of a minimum 12-point front size or a maximum 10 characters per inch (10-pitch, pica) spacing. Bolding, underlining, and italics may be used to identify topic demarcations or points of emphasis. Graphical representations must use Arial font and be, at a minimum an 8-point font size.

Graphics must have adequate space to maintain readability. Submission must be in Word or PDF versions.

Pages must be number consecutively. A page printed on both sides must be counted as two pages. Pages submitted in excess of the page limitations stated throughout this document will not be evaluated. Page covers and/or dividers do not count towards the page limit. The page limitation are as follows:

mailto:thuylinh.t.trannguyen@faa.gov

Factors Proposal and Other Documents Page Limit

Title Page N/A

Table of Contents N/A

Executive Summary 1

Volume I Business Proposal

Part A Exceptions/No Exceptions Cover Letter N/A

Part B SIR, Offer and Award, and SF30 Amendments – Completed & Signed N/A

Part C SIR Section K—filled in and signed N/A

Part D Financial capability letter N/A

Part E Certificate of liability N/A

Part F Bid Bond

Volume II Technical Proposal

Factor 1 Technical Capability 6

Factor 2 Past Performance N/A

Factor 3 Key Personnel and Team Composition 6

Factor 4 Schedule N/A

Volume III Price Proposal

Factor 5 Price Proposal N/A

IV. Project Scope:

The MAF ATCT and Base Building HVAC Modernization work includes, but is not limited to, furnishing and installing all labor, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary as described in the summary below.

Offeror’s proposal must comply with the FAA’s Specification and all corresponding attachments.

Scope of Work:

1. Replacement of the existing fire alarm/detection system throughout the tower and base building including the TRACON as depicted in the design drawings.

a. The conduit and wire installed for the new fire alarm system may be reused.

b. All new fire alarm circuits shall be wired class A.

2. Installation and programming of new fire alarm control panel.

3. Installation of new monitoring and control modules throughout the tower as depicted in the design drawings.

4. Modification to Stair pressurization system as depicted in the drawings.

5. Remove door at bottom of tower stairs.

6. Install new dampers as depicted in drawings.

7. Firestopping associated with the mechanical, architectural, and fire alarm system work.

8. Inspection, testing and commissioning of the new fire protection and life safety equipment associated with this upgrade.

9. Provide fire watch services as required during the construction period.

10. Painting and patching.

11. Reinstallation and replacement of removed, damaged and / or broken ceiling tiles and ceiling systems (gypsum and metallic).

12. Remove and replace HVAC units (RTUs and AHUs) and their control units (CUs). Install new transition ductwork as needed

13. Remove and replace VAV, Humidifiers, Heaters (EHs), and ceiling fans

14. Remove abandoned exhaust fan

15. Remove and replace base building and cab roofs

16. Remove and replace roof hatch and install fall protection railings

17. Remove and replace the retractable (tri-fold) pull-down ladder

18. Install a ballasted guardrail, tie off roof anchor, access ramp with stair and platform

19. Remove and replace Electrical panels (ELPT and NLPT) and breakers

20. BID ALTERNATE: Remove and replace the Lightning, Grounding, Bonding and Shielding

Protection (LBGSP)

V. Screening Information:

Prospective offers are required to submit a proposal as discussed herein. Offerors will be evaluate for responsiveness and responsibility in accordance with AMS T.3.2.2.7(A)(1). Proposals that are determined nonresponsive and/or not responsible will not be evaluated any further. Proposals will be technically evaluated as excellent , good, satisfactory, marginal, or unsatisfactory on the basis of the criteria listed below.

Any proposal determined to be unsatisfactory in any of the following criteria will render the entire proposal to be unacceptable and therefore removed from further consideration. The government may reject any and all offers and waive informalities or minor irregularities in submitted documents. The government reserves the right to consider any references or items of past performance and not to be limited to those for similar projects or only to those submitted by the offeror. One-on-one communications may be held, at the option of the Government, with one or more offerors, as determined by the Contracting Officer, to clarify submitted materials, resolve issues, and/or omissions. However, the offeror is advised that the Government reserves the right to reject offers without communication. Additionally, communications with one Offeror do not necessitate communications with all Offerors. In accordance with AMS Policy Section 3.2.2.3.1.2.2, the FAA reserves the right to conduct Communications with all, some, or none of the Offerors, as circumstances warrant. Offerors should ensure that submissions are complete and accurate. Failure to submit the required information may result in rejection of proposal in accordance with AMS guidelines.

The FAA also reserves the right to award a contract immediately following the conclusion of evaluations and is not required to conduct discussions or negotiations with the successful Offeror or any other Offeror.

A prospective offeror must submit a complete proposal, which will encompass the content set forth herein. All proposal areas must be fully addressed. A negative response is required in the event of no experience for a particular area, or for any item that is not applicable. Any omission, partial, or vague responses may lead to the rejection of the offeror's proposal without communication with offeror. The government reserves the right to use and evaluate any and all available information pertinent to any offeror and its subcontractors, in addition to the data incorporated in the submitted proposal.

Each proposal must include a cover page/title sheet that identifies the company name. Also, each proposal must have a table of contents.

VI. Proposal Criteria:

Proposal submission must contain comprehensive, concise and factual information, and complete and substantiated price data. Submittals that contain omissions or incomplete responses to the requirements of this SIR, that restate or rephrase such requirement without further elaboration, or that do not specifically address all such requirements may be considered deficient and may not be evaluated. The proposal submission criteria are as follows:

Volume I: Business Proposal

Volume II: Technical Proposal Factor 1: Technical Capabilities Factor 2: Past Performance Factor 3: Key Personnel and Team Composition Factor 4: Schedule

Volume III: Price Proposal Factor 5: Pricing

Volume I: Business Proposal

Offerors must complete and submit all items listed below.

A. A cover letter stating that no exceptions are taken to any specification requirements or contract terms and conditions, or detailed summary of all exceptions.

B. Complete Solicitation, Offer and Award, any applicable SF 30 amendment documents signed and completed.

C. Offer must complete ALL clauses in Section K, Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors, and include Section K in the proposal. Systems for Awards (SAM.GOV) representations and certifications must not be submitted in lieu of Section K.

D. A financial capability letter from the financial institution to include Name, Email, and Telephone number of bank's point of contact, Number of years' business has been conducted with each bank, Types of open accounts (checking, loans, etc.), Balance of current accounts (the bank will provide a "range of figures" for this information, such as medium five-figures range)

E. A certificate of liability from the insurance company that shows requirements can be met.

F. A letter from a Treasury-approved bonding company confirming bonding capacity at 100% of the propose price.

Volume II: Technical Proposal Factor 1: Technical Capabilities Offerors must demonstrate that they meet the following qualifications by citing a minimum of two (2) specific projects during which they accomplished the following criteria.

For projects wherein the offeror was a subcontractor, provide a point of contact (name, phone number, and address) for the General or Prime Contractor. The government reserves the right to verify performance by soliciting feedback from the sponsor/owner/customer and/or General Contractor.

A. Proposal Experience Offerors must demonstrate that they meet the following qualifications by citing a minimum of two (2) specific projects during which they accomplished the following criteria.

The construction projects/contracts that are similar in contract value, size, scope, complexity, and type of the work described in this screening information request (attachment J1 – J2) within the last ten (10 ) years to include the contract number, project title and brief description of the work and relevant subcontractor and supplier management.

For projects wherein the offeror was a subcontractor, provide a point of contact (name, phone number, and address) for the General or Prime Contractor as well. The government reserves the right to verify performance by soliciting feedback from the sponsor/owner/customer and/or General Contractor.

For each project used to demonstrate the offeror has met or exceeded the applicable criterion, provide at a minimum the following data:

A. Project title, description, and contract number

B. Dollar Value

C. Customer name, address, phone number/email, and contact person

D. Scope of work performed

E. Performance period

F. Ability to meet schedules and budget constraints

G. Any noteworthy technical problems encountered and solutions

H. Any contractual issues or technical matters disputed and resolution thereof

I. Any claims and resolution thereof (i.e. nature, number, dollar value)

B. Describe firm's ability to perform the work, as stated in the FAA Drawings and Specification, and that the firm takes no exceptions to the Specification. If exceptions are taken, demonstrate how it will be mitigated to successfully complete the work.

C. Describe how the project's quality, timeliness and budget will be tracked and controlled, and the method of reporting to the FAA.

Technical Capabilities Criterion:

1. Successful completion of Fire Life Safety project at an active operational area, critical facility or 24/7 continuous facility operation (i.e., Hospitals, FAA Facilities, Emergency response centers, Airports, Data centers, etc.).

2. Successful completion of projects involving the construction of replacements of fire/smoke damper systems.

3. Successful completion of projects involving the construction of a replacements of electrical panel systems.

4. Successful completion of projects involving the construction of lightning protection system

(LPGBS)

5. Successful completion of projects involving roof replacement, guardrail installation and building roof access systems.

6. Successful completion of projects involving different HVAC equipment replacements and associated electrical works.

Factor 2: Past Performance Past performance will be evaluated as a measure of the Government’s confidence in the Offeror’s ability to successfully perform this project based on demonstrated relevant and recent performance. It will be evaluated based on the information received as part of the past performance questionnaires, phone interviews with identified customers, project descriptions, and other applicable information.

Evaluation will consider the extent of the Offeror’s recent, relevant experience and ability to successfully meet project quality, performance, technical requirements, schedule, cost control, and customer satisfaction.

The projects identified by the Offeror may not serve as the sole basis of evaluation of past performance. The Government reserves the right to obtain and utilize information obtained by the Government from sources other than those identified by the Offeror, including but not limited to the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPAR). The FAA may evaluate additional past performance information as available under the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and any other means available to obtain relevant past performance ratings. Any CPARS performance information evaluated would be considered in conjunction with your past performance submittals as required in this Solicitation.

A. The Offeror must initiate a minimum of two (2) Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) (Attachment L3) for the projects within the last 10 years for a construction project similar in contract value, size, scope, and complexity of the Specifications and Drawings (attachments J1 and J1a). Specifically, the PPQ must be for Fire Life Safety projects, electrical panel replacements, HVAC equipment replacement, roof replacement, Lightning and Surge Protection, Grounding, Bonding, and Shielding (LPGBS) projects and experience in a sensitive work environment where work must be completed in active operational areas and 24/7 continuous facility operation is required (Examples are Hospitals, FAA Facilities, Emergency response centers, Airports, Data centers, etc.). The Offeror must complete blocks 1 through 7 on the form. The Offeror must request that the owner’s representative most knowledgeable of the project complete block 8 on the form and submit the PPQ directly to the Contracting Officer identified on the form no later than the qualifications proposal due date. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that the telephone numbers provided for the owner’s representative indicated on each Relevant Project Summary are accurate and that the representative is aware that members of the FAA project team may contact them regarding the questionnaire and the Offeror’s past performance. Offeror’s may submit CPARS in lieu of

PPQ.

Factor 3: Key Personnel and Team Composition Provide resumes for Construction Team to demonstrate education, experience and training that meets the qualifications listed below. The combined key personnel proposed for the Construction Team must have a minimum of 20 years of experience in Fire Life Safety projects, electrical panel replacements, HVAC equipment replacement, roof replacement, Lightning and Surge Protection, Grounding, Bonding, and Shielding (LPGBS) projects. The Offeror must be a licensed/certified sprinkler contractor and installer. Offeror must provide resumes for the key personnel below but no more than six (6) resumes will be reviewed. Indicate by name and function the key individuals that are proposed for the project team.

A. Project Superintendent with a minimum of ten (10) years of experience to include a minimum of 5 years of experience coordinating mechanical, electrical and control subcontractors in Fire Life Safety projects, electrical panel replacements, HVAC equipment replacement, roof replacement, and LPGBS projects. Offeror must submit two resumes, one for day shift and one for night shift.

B. NICET Category 1 Engineer must be a National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) Level III (or IV) Sprinkler System Engineer Technical with a minimum of five (5) of experience.

C. Quality Control (QC) Manager with a minimum of five (5) years of experience as a superintendent, inspector, QC manager, project manager, project engineer or construction manager on similar size and type construction contracts that include the major trades that are part of this requirement. The QC Manager is required to be on site at all times. The QC Manager must be employed by the prime Contractor. The QC Manager will be responsible for implementing the QC plan.

Offeror must provide written acknowledgement of the requirement to maintain a physical presence of a Project Superintendent at the project site any time work is taking place. Additionally, Offeror must provide written acknowledgement of the requirement for Project Superintendent is separate, distinct positions that require separate personnel to perform those duties.

Factor 4: Schedule The Offerors must submit an organized and detailed narrative and comprehensive preliminary schedule to achieve the requirements described for this project. The schedule must minimize impacts to the facility, and plan work accordingly (showing night work for all TRACON work, night work for all critical equipment areas, etc.). Follow the phasing document for the different phases of the work.

The schedule must include at a minimum the starts/finishes, /expected durations for the following milestones:

1. Notice of Award

2. NTP

3. Temporary facilities and Field trailer operational

4. Electrical Panel replacements

5. HVAC replacement

6. Fire/life safety upgrade

7. LPGBS upgrade

8. 25% completion of cab and base roof replacement

9. 50% completion of cab and base roof replacement

10. 75% completion of cab and base roof replacement

11. Base roof replacement completed

12. Start of HVAC commissioning

13. CAI Complete

14. CAI Punch List Complete

Schedule Criterion:

A. Project duration is limited by Specification 00 14 00 to reduce the period of potential impact to critical air traffic control operations. The Agency anticipates portions of the project will require both day and night shift work in the same 24-hour period for certain efforts, to meet this project duration requirement.

B. Project Schedule of 365 days is specified, if this is unrealistic provide a narrative and explain a more reasonable schedule that minimizes impacts to the facility and minimizes the duration of the project.

Volume III: Price Proposal Factor 5: Price Proposal The Offeror must provide a full breakdown of the cost proposal for the project and Option 01 – Bid Alternate (Attachment J2) on a Firm-Fixed-Price basis. The proposal must include all cost related to direct and indirect labor, fringe benefits, overhead, G&A expenses, material, equipment, other direct costs, profit, insurance, bonds, freight, handling, transportation, any applicable federal, state, and local taxes, all applicable fees, permits, licenses, and any other applicable miscellaneous charges necessary to perform all the work in accordance with the FAA Specifications and all corresponding attachments (J1 – J2). The proposal must breakout costs to include unit rates and quantity/hours for labor, materials, other direct costs, overhead and profit. Offeror must utilize Attachment L1 – Standard Proposal Breakdown for the price proposal. Additional tabs within the spreadsheet may be utilized to provide the necessary information required for this factor. This requirement is subject to the Davis- Bason Act and must comply with the Wage Determination (Attachment J4). If needed, the FAA may request further breakdown to evaluate each proposal. The minimum line items that must be broken out are the following:

1. Existing conditions

2. Fire alarm system removal and new installation

3. Fire Stop system removal and new installation.

4. Fire and smoke dampers

5. Acoustical ceilings

6. Electrical Panels (ELPT and NLPT)

7. Electrical breakers

8. TVSS

9. HVAC units and their control systems

10. VAV

11. Humidifiers

12. Heaters

13. Exhaust fans

14. Stair pressurization fans

15. Ceiling fans

16. Roof (Base building and cab roof)

17. Ballasted guardrail

18. Access ramp with stair and platform

19. Roof ladder and hatch

20. Fall protection.

21. Construction facilities

22. Dayshift superintendent

23. Nightshift superintendent

24. Nightshift differential

25. Overhead

26. Profit, Insurance and bonding

27. Option 01 – Bid Alternate

VII. Evaluation Criteria:

After proposal submission is closed, the Contracting Officer will review all proposals to determine whether each proposal is responsive to the SIR. Each proposal will be determined responsive or non-responsive.

The Contracting Officer will also conduct a responsibility determination in accordance with AMS T3.2.2.7(A)(1). The CO will use information provided in Volume I but reserves the right to use other available information or to request additional information to make the determination.

All responsive and responsible offers will be advanced to technical and pricing evaluations unless otherwise determined by the CO in accordance with the AMS.

Offerors have the responsibility of demonstrating they meet the minimum criteria. The evaluation criteria for Volume II, Factors 1-4 will be rated either excellent, good, satisfactory, marginal, or unsatisfactory.

Factors 1 – 4 are of equal importance. Any Offeror receiving an unsatisfactory rating for any of Factors 1

– 4 will not be eligible for award.

Evaluation Criteria Factors

1. Technical Capabilities

2. Past Performance

3. Key Personnel

4. Schedule

Factors 1-4 will be rated in accordance with the adjectival ratings listed in the tables below. Offerors with an overall minimum rating of Satisfactory for all Factors 1-4 will proceed to have Factor 5 – Price Proposal evaluated.

The Government will utilize the trade-off source selection method as non-cost factors are more important than price. The relative order of importance of the non-cost/price evaluation factors is as follows:

Factor 1-4 are of equal importance. When the proposal is evaluated as a whole, Factors 1-4 are significantly more important than price.

The importance of price will increase if the Offeror’s non-cost/price proposals are considered essentially equal in terms of overall quality, or if price is so high as to significantly diminish the value of a non-cost/price proposal’s superiority to the Government. Award will be made to the responsible Offeror(s) whose offer conforms to the solicitation and represents the best value to the Government, price and non-price factors considered.

Offerors’ proposal will be evaluated based on the adjectival ratings listed below for each factor.

A. Evaluation Ratings:

FACTOR 1 - TECHNICAL CAPABILITY, FACTOR 3 - KEY PERSONNEL AND TEAM

COMPOSITION and FACTOR 4 – SCHEDULE Factor 1, 3 and 4 will be rated utilizing the ratings in Table 2 below:

Table 2: Adjectival Rating Definition for Factor 1 ,3 , and 4

TECHNICAL

EXCELLENT

The Offeror’s proposal contains no deficiencies and addresses all aspects of the criteria with clarity and in detail. Contains multiple impactful strengths, and no weaknesses exist. The highest quality of contract performance is anticipated with no risk.

GOOD

The Offeror’s proposal contains no deficiencies and addresses all aspects of the criteria. Contain at least one strength, and no weaknesses exist. A high quality of contract performance is anticipated with low risk.

SATISFACTORY

The Offeror’s proposal contains no deficiencies and generally addresses all aspects of the criteria. Strengths offset weaknesses. A quality contract performance is anticipated with an acceptable amount of risk.

MARGINAL

The Offeror’s proposal contains no deficiencies but fails to address all the criteria. One or more weaknesses exist, which are not offset by strengths. Contract performance is anticipated with risk.

UNSATISFACTORY The Offeror’s proposal contains deficiencies or multiple weaknesses amounting to a deficiency, creating an unacceptable risk.

FACTOR 2 - PAST PERFORMANCE

Factor 2 will be rated utilizing the ratings in Table 3 and 4 below:

Table 3: Adjectival Rating Definition for Recency and Relevancy

PAST PERFORMANCE RECENCY AND RELEVANCY

RECENT Contracts must be completed or substantially completed within the last ten (10) years from the date of this Solicitation.

RELEVANT

Completed or substantially completed contracts that are similar in terms of size and complexity to the subject requirement.

Table 4: Adjectival Rating Definition for Factor 3 Past Performance

PAST PERFORMANCE

SUBSTANTIAL

CONFIDENCE

The Offeror’s recent/relevant past performance record presents no risk and demonstrate above “satisfactory” ratings, or an equivalent, in a majority of the project examples.

SATISFACTORY

CONFIDENCE

The Offeror’s recent/relevant past performance record demonstrates “satisfactory” ratings, or an equivalent, in a majority of ratings within the project examples and there is nothing else presented within the project examples that is determined to constitute a risk.

NO CONFIDENCE

The Offeror’s performance record is not recent, or not relevant, or demonstrate ratings below “satisfactory”, or an equivalent, that is determined to constitute a risk. There also may be a finding of no confidence if the Offeror does not provide any information to substantiate its past performance record.

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESS/DEFICIENCY/RISK/OMISSION

Table 5: Adjectival Rating Definition

Strength An aspect of a proposal that would positively impact the performance of the contract or provide added value beyond the minimum requirements of the SIR, or otherwise benefit the FAA.

Weakness An aspect of a proposal that would negatively impact the performance of the contract or fail to meet the minimum requirements of the SIR or otherwise harm the FAA.

Deficiency A material failure to meet the requirements of the SIR or a combination of weaknesses that increase the risk of unsuccessful performance to an unacceptable level. Deficiencies are fatal errors that cannot be corrected without major revisions.

Risk An aspect of a proposal that presents an uncertainty as to the ability of the Offeror to successfully perform the required effort.

Omission Information requested in the SIR that was not provided in the proposal. An omission is not necessarily a deficiency if is not material in nature and the intent of the Offeror can be readily determined.

B. Cost/ Price Analysis The FAA will conduct a price analysis to determine price fairness and reasonableness utilizing one or more of the price/cost analysis techniques defined in the AMS. The price proposal must include all costs for all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, insurance, notification, licenses, permits, fees and supervision necessary to perform all work in accordance with Specifications (Attachment J1) and all corresponding attachments. The price proposal must break out costs, to include unit rates and quantity/hours for labor, materials, and other direct costs, overhead and profit. Offeror must utilize Attachment L1. Any omission of any required pricing information constitutes incomplete pricing and therefore, unreasonable pricing.

The FAA will evaluate proposals for reasonableness in accordance with AMS Policy Section 3.2.3 and AMS Procurement Guidance Section T3.2.3. A price is reasonable if, in its nature and amount, it does not exceed that which would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of competitive business. When determining price reasonableness, the Government reserves the right to compare the Offeror’s proposed prices to the Independent Government Cost Estimate, to published catalog or market prices, to prior prices paid for the same or similar items and services, or as compared to any other sources. The FAA reserves the right to perform price realism and/or cost realism in accordance with AMS T.3.2.3(A)(1). The FAA reserves the right to conduct cost realism analysis by identifying the specific elements of a cost estimate or a proposed price and comparing those elements against reliable and independent means of cost measurement. This analysis judges whether or not the estimates under analysis are verifiable, complete, and accurate, and whether or not the offeror's estimating methodology is logical, appropriate, and adequately explained. This verifies that the costs or prices proposed fairly represent the costs likely to be incurred for the proposed services under the offeror's technical and management approach. The offeror’s Most Probable Cost (MPC) is determined by adjusting each offeror’s proposed cost, and fee when appropriate, to reflect any cost additions or reductions in cost elements to realistic levels based on the results of the cost realism analysis. The FAA at its sole discretion may require additional information to conduct this cost and price analysis or reject proposals lacking completeness or consistency.

Submissions that reflect unbalanced prices may be eliminated from further consideration on the basis that such pricing may increase performance risk and could result in payment of unreasonably high prices.

To be considered responsive, the contractor must submit a proposal for the Base and Option #1.

Pricing will be evaluated by adding the total price for the option to the total price of the Base price reference AMS Clause 3.2.4-31. The FAA reserves the right to award only the base or the base and option #1 depending on the funding available at time of the award, and the Contracting Officer’s determination that Option 1 pricing is fair and reasonable.

C. Basis of Award The Government will make a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) award to the contractor offering the responsible Best Value offer and Responsibility will be determined in accordance with AMS Policy 3.2.2.2.

Offerors receiving a rating of “Unsatisfactory” for any Factors 1 – 4 above will not be considered for award. This acquisition utilizes Tradeoff Source Selection procedures to make an integrated assessment for a best value award decision. Tradeoffs may be made between Technical Factors (1 -4) and Price.

The Source Selection Official (SSO) will consider the evaluation factors in accordance with that which is listed above and apply his/her business judgement to select the offeror representing the best value.