M6700124Q1072-Amendment 00001.pdf

M67001MARINE CORPS FIELD CONTRACTING SYS

ATTN: ARLENE WILLIAMS

PO BOX 8368 BLD 316

CAMP LEJEUNE NC 28542

MMP1004549011

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, update FAR 52.212-2, reopen and extend the solicitation closing date to 17 June 2024 at 4:30 P.M. EDT and answ er questions from vendors.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 6

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 11-Jun-2024

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 M6700124Q1072

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

22-May-2024

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

11-Jun-2024

CODE

M67001

MARINE CORPS FIELD CONTRACTING SYS

PO BOX 8368 BLDG 316

CAMP LEJEUNE NC 28547-8368

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

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE M67001

FACILITY CODECODE

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M6700124Q1072

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR COURT REPORTER SERVICES SOLICITATION M6700124Q1072

The following are the questions and answers:

Question 1: Is this a new requirement and if not, can the government say who the current incumbent is and if they are eligible to bid?

Answer: This is not an incumbent.

Question 2: Is the government requiring resumes with quote submission?

Answer: No.

Question 3: Can a candidate’s experience be leveraged for the vendor’s experience?

Answer: The vendor and court reporter must have 1 year experience.

Question 4: How far in advance is a vendor notified of when a court reporter will be required?

Answer: The Government will provide a notice between 1 -2 weeks in advance.

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 10-Jun-2024 04:30 PM to 17-Jun-2024 04:30 PM.

The following have been modified:

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror 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:

BASIS OF AWARD: Quotes will be evaluated based on (1) Technical Factor 1: Capability (2) Technical Factor 2:

Experience; (3) Past performance and (4) Price.

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).

The Government intends to award one contract as a result of this solicitation; however, the Government reserves the right to award no contract. The Government will award a contract resulting from this RFQ to the quoter whose offer conforms to the solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:

a. Technical Factor 1: Technical Capability

Technical Factor 2: Experience

b. Factor 3: Past Performance

c. Factor 4: 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 awarding to other than the lowest price. In evaluating the technical portion of the quote, the technical evaluators will evaluate the factors and sub factors as described in the “Basis of Award”. The factors of Technical Capability and Past Performance are weighted equally. Technical Capability and Technical

Experience, are weighted equally. Technical Capability, Technical Experience, and Past Performance, when combined, are approximately equal in importance to 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.

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.

A vendor’s quote must 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.

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 have discussions with vendors if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all quotations if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest quotation; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in quotations received. Evaluation of the technical approach will be based upon the extent to which the vendor thoroughly and accurately describes the overall technical solution.

All the requirements specified in the solicitation are mandatory. By your proposal submission, you are representing that you will perform all the requirements specified in the solicitation. It is not necessary or desirable for you to tell us so in your proposal. Do not merely reiterate the objectives or reformulate the requirements specified in the solicitation.

Quotes shall provide the following:

• Introduction of company cover page with Company Name, Cage Code, and SAMs Unique Identification

Number.

• Technical Section: Shall be redacted with no company name.

• Past Performance: to be created by the Contract Specialist

• Price and Solicitation Documents

(i) The Technical Volume shall be specific and complete. In the Technical Volume, address your proposed approach to meeting the minimum performance or capability requirements of each technical Subfactor.

(ii) Marketing presentations are not wanted and will not be evaluated. Hard and compelling evidence of capabilities is required to receive credit for evaluation factors.

(iii) Legibility, clarity, and coherence are very important. However, there is no page limitation.

(iv) Your responses will be evaluated against 52.212-2, Evaluation Factors.

(v) Provide as specifically as possible, the actual methodology you would use for accomplishing and satisfying the requirements.

(vi) All the requirements specified in the solicitation are mandatory. By your proposal submission, you are representing that you will perform all the requirements specified in the solicitation. It is not necessary or desirable for you to tell us so in your proposal. Do not merely reiterate the objectives or reformulate the requirements specified in the solicitation.

(vii) Proposal must only have the company name on the first page, and not anywhere else in the document. Failure to comply with this may result in the proposal not being considered.

In evaluating the technical portion of the quote, the technical evaluators will evaluate the following factors and subfactors as stated in the “Basis of Award” of the RFQ.

Factor 1- Technical Capability

(i) The offeror shall outline how they intend to accomplish the overall requirement and discuss organization, personnel qualifications, and supplies. The offeror shall demonstrate their ability to perform the services listed in section 5 of the Performance Work Statement (PWS). The offeror shall demonstrate the ability to provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, and materials necessary to perform the tasks on-site.

Factor 2- Experience

Offeror shall have a minimum of one (1) year experience performing similar type of work. All work shall be performed by personnel certified to perform services. The offeror shall identify (contract number, dates of services, and Government contact information for verification) contracts that it has performed as the prime contractor to demonstrate that it has the experience associated with the requirements of the PWS. The offeror shall not receive credit for this subfactor if information provided is missing or cannot be verified. Lack of a record of experience associated with performing work similar to this requirement may be considered a significant weakness.

Technical Proposal Rating Methods: Each quote received will be evaluated against the criteria set forth in the solicitation. Evaluator(s) will use a rating method which involves the use of the following ratings: Excellent, Good, Fair, Marginal, and Poor for each factor/subfactors.

A “Weakness” is defined as a flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

A “Significant Weakness” is defined as a flaw that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

A “Strength” is defined as an aspect of an offeror’s proposal that has merit or exceeds specified performance or capability requirements in a way that is advantageous to the Government during contract performance.

A “Deficiency” is defined as a material failure of a proposal to meet a government requirement, or combination of significant weaknesses, in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

The rating adjectives to be used are as follows:

a. Excellent. The proposal meets the fullest expectations of the Government. The offeror has convincingly demonstrated the RFQ’s requirements have been analyzed, evaluated, and synthesized into approaches, plans, and techniques that, when implemented, should result in an outstanding, effective, efficient, and economical performance under the contract. An assigned rating within “excellent” indicates that, in terms of the specific factor

(or subfactors), the proposal contains essentially no weaknesses or deficiencies and meets the fullest expectations of the Government.

b. Good. The proposal is fully responsive with no significant deficiencies. Fulfilling the definition of

“good” indicates that, in terms of the specific factor (or subfactors), the proposal demonstrates a level of effort that meets the RFQ’s requirements, and that this effort has produced, or could produce, results which should prove to be substantially beneficial to the project.

c. Fair. The proposal is adequately responsive with minor deficiencies, but no major deficiencies noted.

An assigned rating of “fair” indicates that, in terms of the specific factor (or subfactors), any deficiencies noted are of a minor nature that should not seriously affect the offeror’s performance. A rating within “fair” is used when there are no indications of exceptional features or innovations that could prove to be beneficial, or contrarily, weaknesses that could diminish the quality of the effort or increase the risks of failure.

d. Marginal. The proposal contains significant weaknesses in several factors or subfactors. A rating of

“marginal” indicates that, in terms of the specific factor (or subfactors), the offeror may satisfactorily complete the assigned tasks, but there is no significant risk that the contractor will not successfully complete the effort.

e. Poor. The proposal is not adequately responsive or does not address the specific factors or subfactors.

The offeror’s interpretation of the Government’s requirement is so superficial, incomplete, vague, incompatible, incomprehensible, or incorrect as to be unsatisfactory. The assignment of a rating within the bounds of “poor” indicates a probability that the deficiencies will cause the project to fail.

Factor 3- Past Performance

The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS), Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), Contracting Officer’s knowledge of and previous experience with the service being acquired, and any other reasonable basis will be used to obtain Past Performance on quoters.

Offerors lacking relevant past performance history will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. In such circumstance, the offer 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 offeror. The Government may send additional questionnaires and/or obtain information from sources identified by the Government evaluation team.

Factor 4- Price

(i) The price quoted shall be submitted separately from the technical proposal. The offeror shall submit quoted pricing for each CLIN total. The Government will evaluate the reasonableness of the price on each acceptable quote in relation to the offeror’s relative capability.

This acquisition will be conducted in accordance with FAR part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, FAR subpart

13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, and FAR subpart 16.503, Requirements Contracts.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options (Four

12-month Option Years) 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 offeror 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.

NOTICE TO OFFERORS:

SUBMISSION OF QUOTES: Quotes may be submitted via email (no larger than 2MB) to Arlene Williams, arlene.d.williams@usmc.mil (preferred method) or via hand delivery/courier to Contracting Department, Bldg. 316, G Street 2nd Floor, Camp Lejeune, NC 28547. It is solely the offeror’s responsibility to ensure quotes are submitted in accordance with FAR provision 52.212-1, including its addenda, and received within the required timeframe. All quotes, if timely received, will be considered for award. The information submitted shall be clear and legible.

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