E1-M6700120Q0030 Amendment 0001.pdf

CONTRACTING DEPARTMENT

ATTN: TRACY FULKS

PO BOX 8368

CAMP LEJEUNE NC 28547-8368

M5016920SUDV004

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 extend the RFQ closing date from 21 July 2020 to 28 July 2020. THe period for questions has been extended to end 30 June 2020 at 1:00 EDST.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 7

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 24-Jun-2020

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 M6700120Q0030

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

18-Jun-2020

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 X is extended, 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 1 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

24-Jun-2020

CODE

M67001MARINE CORPS FIELD CONTRACTING SYS

P.O. BOX 8368

BLDG 1116 BIRCH STREET

CAMP LEJEUNE NC 28547-8368

M67001 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE M67001

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

M6700120Q0030

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 21-Jul-2020 01:00 PM to 28-Jul-2020 01:00 PM.

The following have been modified:

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

The term “offeror” or “offer” as used in FAR 52.212-1 shall be understood to mean “Quoter” and “quote,” respectively. Further, the term “award” shall be understood to describe the Government’s issuance of a purchase order in response to a request for quotes (RFQ).

BASIS OF AWARD is “Best Value” to the Government. The Government will award a single contract on “an all or none basis”resulting from this request for quotes to the responsible vendor whose quote, The term “offeror” or

“offer” as used in FAR 52.212-1 shall be understood to mean “Quoter” and “quote,” respectively. Further, the term “award” shall be understood to describe the Government’s issuance of a purchase order in response to a request for quotes (RFQ).

BASIS OF AWARD is “Best Value” to the Government. The Government will award a single firm fixed-price contract resulting from this request for quote to the responsible vendor whose quote, conforming to the RFQ; will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

Evaluation Factors: (1) Technical Capability including all subfactors, (2) Past Performance; and (3) Price.

The Government will award a single contract resulting from this request for quotes to the responsible vendor whose quote, conforming to the RFQ; will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

Quotes will be evaluated in an efficient and minimally burdensome fashion. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to evaluate quotes without the use of formal evaluation procedures such as establishing a competitive range, conducting discussions, scoring quotations, and to make an award to other than the lowest quote. However, the

Government reserves the right to award no contract at all, depending on the quality of the quotes submitted.

Quotes will be evaluated using a price/technical tradeoff. This process is appropriate because it is in the

Government’s best interest to consider award to other than the lowest price. When combined, all non-cost factors are significantly more important than the price. In evaluating the technical portion of the quote, the technical evaluators will evaluate the following factors and subfactors as described in the “Basis of Award”. The factors of

Technical Capability and Past Performance are weighted equally. All technical subfactors are weighted equally.

Technical Capability and Past Performance, when combined, are significantly more important than the price.

The Government intends to evaluate quotes and award a contract without discussions with vendors. Vendors should not expect requests for clarification or additional information from the Government. Therefore, the vendor’s initial quote should contain the vendor’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions with vendors if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary and in the best interest to the Government. The Government may reject any or all quotes if such action is in the public interest; and may waive informalities and minor irregularities in quotes received.

***NOTE Any quoter who receives a rating of Unacceptable on any technical factor or subfactor will be rated unacceptable overall and cannot receive the award.***

EVALUATION. The Government intends to make a single award to satisfy this requirement. Award will be made on the initial evaluation of quotes received in response to this RFQ. Therefore, quoters are cautioned to ensure that initial quotes contain your best terms from a technical and price standpoint. The following factors will be used to evaluate quotes:

FACTOR 1 TECHNICAL CAPABILITY: A Detailed technical narrative that shall include the contractor’s technical approach for accomplishment of work that explains how the requirements described in the Performance

Work Statement (PWS) will be accomplished from beginning to end. A vendor’s quote shall be written in a logical, practical, clear, concise, and logically assembled manner, containing all pertinent information in sufficient detail to provide the evaluators with a clear understanding of the vendor’s approach and to permit evaluation of the proposed program. It is the responsibility of the vendor to present enough information to allow the various work efforts, support, and management approaches to be meaningfully evaluated without discussions.

Quote shall include confirmation of experience on all listed hardware and software and documentation of all system partnerships and certifications.

SubFactor A - Core TAS/ETAS for the term of the contract. This core TAS/ETAS support package shall provide the primary services required for day-to-day support of the MCASB UC/DWDM systems, and all associated systems.

a. The contractor shall provide support on a 24/7 basis

b. The contractor shall take incoming service calls.

c. The contractor shall provide initial Tier 1 support and if required Tier II and Tier III support

d. The contractor shall open ETAS tickets with required company on service issues.

SubFactor B - Unlimited Technical Assistance Support Services to include:

a. remote and on-site maintenance,

b. diagnostics,

c. routine technical assistance,

d. emergency technical assistance services as required.

e. testing,

f. diagnostic fault isolation,

g. problem resolution,

h. System restoration from the system company’s TAS facilities for the UC/DWDM system.

i. Remote support shall include both telephonic assistance, direct remote access and on site assistance to the switching system via PSTN modem connection and/or Ethernet connection, as available.

SubFactor C

Special remote terminals to allow the UC/DWDM TAS center to communicate with the system to diagnose fault conditions and recommend corrective actions.

a. Emergency TAS shall be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

b. For those customers requiring non-service threatening support, routine TAS shall be available from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday

Subfactor D - Repair and Replacement (R&R) of the UC and DWDM suites hardware, including disk drives, power rectifiers and inverter modules. a. Coverage shall include all equipment on attached parts list and associated ancillary equipment, rectifiers, inverters, voice mail components.

a. Typical turn-around time for R&R service shall be 20 business days or less.

b. During emergency situations, necessary replacements shall be shipped within 24 hours.

SubFactor E - Software support of the UC and DWDM suite, including security patches and software upgrades to include the operating system and bios as needed. Coverage shall include all software on attached list and associated ancillary equipment.

a. Typical turn-around time for software patching and upgrade service shall be 20 business days or less.

b. During emergency situations, necessary patches and program repairs shall be made within 24 hours.

FACTOR 2 PAST PERFORMANCE

Quoters shall send blank Past Performance Questionnaires (Attachment 4) to present and/or past Government and/or industry customers for work of similar scope performed within three (3) years of the RFQ release date. Efforts that have not yet been completed shall have at least six (6) months of performance prior to the date of issuance of this solicitation. If a quoter does not request past performance feedback from its customers on the basis that it does not possess a recent/relevant past performance record, then the quoter shall affirmatively state so in its proposal.

Questionnaires regarding the quoter’s own past performance as a prime only will be accepted.

Quoters lacking relevant past performance history will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance and will receive a neutral rating.

Quoters shall follow-up to ensure that the Government receives at least one (1), but not more than three (3) completed questionnaires.

It is the quoter’s responsibility to ensure that their customers complete Attachment Four (4) Past Performance

Questionnaire and return it DIRECTLY to Ms. Tracy Fulks, Contract Specialist, tracy.fulks@usmc.mil, 910-451-

1256 by the closing date and time. Include “RFQ M67001-20-Q-0030 Past Performance Quoter Name” in the subject line.

FACTOR 3 PRICE: All quotes must be the Contractor’s Best Pricing.

SUBMISSSION REQUIREMENTS:

Quoters shall submit two (2) copies of technical volume and one (1) each of past performance and pricing.

The quote shall demonstrate an understanding of and ability to meet all of the requirements set forth in the RFQ’s performance work statement (PWS). The Quoter shall provide sufficient detail to substantiate the validity of all statements. The Quoter shall demonstrate that the quote is in compliance with the requirements, terms, and conditions of the RFQ. Comprehensive responses to the requirements of the RFQ are required to enable the

Government to evaluate the Quoter's understanding of and capability to accomplish the requirements of the PWS.

General statements that the Quoter can or will comply with the requirements, that standard procedures will be used, that well known techniques will be used, or paraphrasing the solicitation’s requirements in whole or in part, will

NOT constitute compliance. Failure to conform to any of the requirements of the solicitation may form the basis for rejection of the quote.

Brochuremanship is not desired. Clarity, completeness, and conciseness are essential and the overall quality of the quote will be evaluated in the context of being representative of the Quoter’s services. A Quoter’s quote is presumed to represent the best efforts to respond to the solicitation.

Since only the quote submitted in response to this solicitation will be evaluated, Quoters should make certain that their quote is complete with regard to the information provided. Data previously submitted, or presumed to be known, e.g., previous projects performed for the Government, will not be considered in the evaluation unless that information is physically contained in the quote.

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Quotes shall be presented in three (3) separate volumes:

Volume I (Technical)

Volume II (Past Performance) to be created by the Contract Specialist

Volume III (Price and Solicitation Documents)

VOLUME I SHALL NOT CONTAIN ANY PRICING DATA. Format requirements:

8.5 x 11 inch paper

Single-spaced typed lines

1 inch margins on all sides

No smaller than 12 point font, Times New Roman

Graphs and drawings must be clear and legible

No hyperlinks are permitted

Each volume of the quote shall be clearly marked as to the volume number, the solicitation number, and the

Contractor’s name. Pages shall be numbered consecutively within each volume showing volume and page. For example, page 9 of Volume I would be numbered I-9 and page 10 of Volume II would be numbered II-10.

Quoters are advised that the Government may selectively verify any information provided in the quote. Quoters are cautioned that they are responsible to ensure that material that they desire to have evaluated for a particular section is contained in that specific section.

All quotes shall include the following information in the technical volume.

Volume 1: Technical Capability - See EVALUATION FACTOR 1

The Quoter's technical volume submission shall include all relevant supporting information required or specified in the Solicitation. This Volume shall be limited to 15 double sided pages. Cover sheets, table of contents, and other front matter are not included in the page limit.

Any material included in Volume I (not including the Appendix) in excess of the fifteen (15) page limit will neither be read nor evaluated. Any information included in the Appendix and not listed in the documents above, for the

Appendix, will neither be read nor evaluated.

Volume 2: Past Performance - See EVALUATION FACTOR 2

Completed Past Performance Questionnaires shall be submitted electronically via email directly to the Contract

Specialist from the evaluator.

Volume 2:The Contract Specialist will create Volume 2 from the past performance questionnaires that are submitted directly to the Government, Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Contract Performance

Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) reports, Past Performance Questionnaires and/or data independently obtained from other government and commercial sources.

Contract Performance Assessment Reports (CPARs) and Questionnaires (Attachment 4) will be the primary customer feedback data used to evaluate the vendor’s past performance. The Past Performance Information

Reporting System (PPIRS) will be the primary paperless method used to retrieve the CPARS for this source selection. For all contracts identified that do not have a CPARS, The vendor shall forward a copy of Past

Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 1) to that contract’s Procuring Contracting Office (PCO). Please forward all questionnaires within two weeks from this solicitation’s release date to allow adequate time for the recipient to respond. Note that the vendor should not reference this solicitation’s number when distributing the past performance questionnaires to customers. The vendor shall include instructions for the customers to send completed questionnaires within two weeks of its receipt via e-mail to Ms Tracy Fulks, at tracy.fulks@usmc.mil. The vendor shall ensure that all points of contact are current and include an email address and phone number. The vendor shall not conduct follow-up actions with regard to this questionnaire, other than to confirm receipt by the recipient. The

Government may contact customers identified by the vendor to obtain follow-up Past Performance Information as needed.

Vendors lacking relevant past performance history will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance and will receive a neutral rating.

Offerors are reminded that the Government reserves the right to use information to evaluate past performance obtained from sources other than those identified by the vendor. The Government may send additional questionnaires and/or obtain information from sources identified by the Government evaluation team.

To evaluate price, quotes will be evaluated using a price/technical tradeoff. This process is appropriate because it is in the Government’s best interest to consider award to other than the lowest price.

Volume 3: Price and Solicitation documents - See EVALUATION FACTOR 3

Solicitation Documents

a. Cover letter - The Cover Letter shall be signed by an authorized company official and include the following

1) The Solicitation number.

2) Company Information. The name, address, TIN, DUNS number, CAGE Code and telephone number of the Quoter.

3) Authorized Personnel. Provide the name, title, telephone number, facsimile number, and e-mail address of the company/division point of contact that can obligate your company contractually. Also, identify those individuals authorized to negotiate with the Government and who can answer questions regarding your quote.

4) “Remit to” address, if different than mailing address.

5) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments (if applicable).

6) Agreement with terms. A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the RFQ. Quoters are to clearly detail any exceptions taken and the rationale for the exceptions taken to the RFQ. Please note that exceptions taken to the RFQ may render the quote unacceptable to the Government.

7) Quote expiration date.

8) Completed FAR Provision 52.212-3 Alt 1

9) Completed FAR Provision 52.204-26

b. Price Documents: Additional supporting documents may be submitted at the quoters discretion.

1) All information relating to pricing data shall be included in Volume III. The price quote shall cover all aspects of the proposed effort. Data contained in the price quote shall be consistent with data contained in

Volume I and the filled-out CLINs in the RFQ. The price data shall support the level of resources required to complete the requirements of this solicitation. The Quoter shall provide sufficient price information to allow the Contracting Officer to determine the reasonableness of the proposed price.

2) Quoters shall submit their price quote using the SF1449 including a total for all periods

QUESTIONS

All questions shall be submitted, in writing, by 30 June 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDST. Questions shall be via email to tracy.fulks@usmc.mil . Contractors are responsible to ensure receipt of all questions with the requested time frame.

Include “M67001-20-Q-0030 Questions” in the subject line.

NOTE: Questions received after the above date and time will NOT be answered.

A set of questions and answers will be provided via amendment posted on FBO..

If there are no questions, no amendment will be posted.

There will be no additional period for the submission of questions prior to the closing date and time.

SUBMISSION OF PAST PERFORMANCE

Completed Past Performance Questionnaire Forms may be submitted, no later than 16 July 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDST.

Past Performance submission shall be directly from reference via email to tracy.fulks@usmc.mil . Include “RFQ

M67001-20-Q-0030 Past Performance Quoter Name” in the subject line.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful quoter within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party.

Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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