RFP_Amendment__0001.doc

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 30-Jan-2013 02:00 PM to 13-Feb-2013 02:00 PM.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

L-1.0 INSTRUCTIONS

L-1.0 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

L-1.1.

INTRODUCTION

a. Offerors shall not submit more than one (1) offer in response to this solicitation.

b. A concise and comprehensive proposal is required. Organization, clarity, accuracy of information, relevance, and completeness are of prime importance. The proposal shall be complete and clear in all respects without the need for additional explanation or information. The proposal shall be in sufficient detail and scope to permit the Government to evaluate it with respect to the evaluation factors specified in Section M of this solicitation.

c. Unnecessarily elaborate proposals beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal are not desired. Offerors shall confine their submission to essential matters, sufficient to define their offer, and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Likewise, Offerors are cautioned against general, vague, or unsubstantiated statements, which prevent or render difficult the Government’s evaluation of the proposal. Statements such as "will comply," or "noted and understood" without supporting narrative to define compliance are not acceptable. Moreover, the Government will not assume that an Offeror possesses any capability, understanding, and/or commitment that is not specifically delineated and supported in its respective proposal.

d. The Offeror shall not include classified material in any proposal section.

PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION FOR AWARD MUST ADDRESS THE FULL SCOPE OF THE SOLICITATION. PROPOSALS, WHICH ADDRESS ONLY PART OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE CONSIDERED UNACCEPTABLE.

A CEILING ON THE NUMBER OF PAGES IN THE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN IMPOSED, AS INDICATED IN THE SECTIONS BELOW. IN THE EVENT THAT AN OFFEROR EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM PAGE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED BELOW, THE GOVERNMENT WILL ONLY EVALUATE THE PAGES THAT COMPLY WITH THE MAXIMUM NUMBER PRESCRIBED (STARTING WITH PAGE ONE AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE MAXIMUM NUMBER IS REACHED) FOR THE RESPECTIVE VOLUME. ALL PAGES, OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL, IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAGES STATED WILL NOT BE EVALUATED.

AS PRESCRIBED BY 52.215-1, THE GOVERNMENT MAY AWARD ON THE BASIS OF INITIAL OFFERS RECEIVED, WITHOUT DISCUSSION. THEREFORE, EACH INITIAL OFFER SHOULD CONTAIN THE OFFEROR’S BEST TERMS FROM A BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL STANDPOINT.

Sealed offers for the supplies/service to be provided shall be hand-carried or express mailed (facsimile offers not accepted) to the following location by 1400 Local Time on 13 February 2013. Any proposal received after 1400 Local Time on 13 February 2013 will be considered a late submission. Proposals shall be valid for a period of at least six (6) months from the submittal due date.

Offeror’s shall prominently mark all containers used for delivery of proposals with the following:

“SOLICITATION M67854-13-R-5009”

For FEDEX, Hand-Carry, UPS, etc:

Commander

Marine Corps Systems Command

Materiel Management

2201A Willis Street

Quantico, VA 22134-6050

Attn: Ms. Tommie Klise, CT 025, 703-432-3660

L-1.2 Questions

Questions about the solicitation documents are due by 8:00 A.M local time on 10 January 2013 to tommie.klise@usmc.mil in the following table format. Please do not bundle multiple questions into one. Questions received after the above time and date will not be included in the provided response. Additionally, all questions shall be via E-mail. Government responses will be posted on FEDBIZOPS.

General Issue

Solicitation

SOW

Purchase Description

Other

L-2.0 PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS

This request for proposals is written in the Uniform Contract Format described in FAR 15.204-1. The Government advises prospective Offerors to read the terms and conditions of the model contract carefully. Proposals shall be prepared using “Times New Roman” 12 point font style on 8½ x 11 inch white paper. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font style not less than 8 point. Foldouts are not allowed. Margins shall be 1 inch on all sides. All material submitted may be single-spaced. Offerors shall ensure that each page provides identification of the submitting Offeror in the header or footer. Number all pages sequentially.

Offeror shall include one electronic “soft” copy (one copy of the business volume and one copy of the technical volume on separate discs) of the full proposal using the Microsoft Office for Windows suite of applications, submitted on CD-ROM, formatted for a personal computer. Price breakdown shall include completed MS Excel spreadsheets with formulae intact. Schedules will be in MS Project or compatible format. Delivery of process flows may be in hard copy if not compatible with the above software.

Proposals shall be valid for a period of at least six (6) months.

NOTE: In the event that there is a conflict between the written hard copy of the proposal and the electronic “soft” copy of the proposal, the written hard copy will take precedence.

L-2.1 Organization of the Proposal

Each Offeror must submit their proposal materials in three-ring, binders. Individual sections shall be removable and replaceable to the volumes. Each volume shall contain a title page, table of contents, and list of tables and figures for that volume. Use tab separators to separate required sections within a volume. The title page, table of contents, list of tables and figures, and tab separators do not count against page count. Number all pages sequentially. Only material allocated to a specific section shall be in that section. Business and Technical Volumes shall be submitted in separate binders. An original and six (6) copies of the Technical Volume, as well as an original and one (1) copy of the Business Volume, shall be provided.

Offerors shall provide in each volume a Table of Contents and Acronym List. The Technical Volume shall include a Non-Price Factor Cross-Reference Matrix showing the proposal paragraph number where an evaluator will find the detailed discussion of the non-price factors. The Table of Contents, Acronym List and the Non-Price Factor Cross-Reference Matrix will not be included as part of the page count. The following instructions apply to the format:

Table 1

*In the event an Offeror provides a proposal that is printed or copied double-sided on paper pursuant to FAR clause 52.204-4, each side of the paper shall represent one page.

The following instructions apply to the format:

Business Volume:

Letter of Transmittal / Executive Summary: This section shall include the Offeror’s Letter of Transmittal, along with a brief summary of the Offeror’s capability to accomplish the requirements of the contract. Any exceptions, deviations, and/or waivers taken to any aspect of the RFP shall be identified in the Letter of Transmittal.

Part I.

This part shall include the model contract information for Sections A – K, to include one signed and completed copy of the Standard Form 33, acknowledging any solicitation amendments, signed by a person authorized to enter into the proposed contract on behalf of the Offeror. This part also shall include a completed Section B.

Part II.

This part shall contain all cost/price data that will allow the Government to conduct an adequate price analysis. This part shall also contain the Offeror’s Small/Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan (no plan is required if Offeror is a small business), the executed Certification identified in L-2.2 Part II Pricing, and any other information requested under Part II Business approach below.

Technical Volume:

Part III.

Past Performance

Part IV.

This part shall explain the Offeror’s ability to meet or exceed the requirements stated in Part IV of Section L-2.2 of this solicitation. The volume shall not include any cost/pricing data.

L-2.2 Content of the Proposal

The following instructions are provided for the relevant portions of the proposal:

Part I. Model Contract. The Offeror shall agree to the terms and conditions of the model contract of this solicitation that consists of RFP Sections A - K, including all documents, exhibits, and attachments. The submission of these items in accordance with the instructions will, upon acceptance by the Government, contractually bind the Government and the Contractor to the terms and conditions of the model contract.

(1) The Business Volume shall include a completed, signed original copy of the entire solicitation (Sections A through K), with all appropriate “fill-ins” completed. (NOTE: On the first page of this volume, the Offeror shall certify that the proposal has been prepared completely consistent with the terms and conditions of the solicitation. Any exceptions, deviations, and/or waivers shall render the Offeror’s proposal unacceptable to the Government. As provided below, Offerors must certify that their respective offer provided in response to solicitation M67854-13-R-5009 does not take any exception to, deviate from or otherwise request a waiver for any of the requirements delineated in solicitation M67854-13-R-5009. .

(2) The price proposal shall include a firm-fixed unit price for each separately priced CLIN in SECTION B in the format provided for each CLIN.

(3) It is expected that this contract will be awarded based upon a determination that there is adequate price competition; therefore, the Offeror is not required to submit or certify cost or pricing data with its proposal. If, after receipt of the proposals, the Contracting Officer determines that adequate price competition does not exist, the Offeror shall provide certified cost or pricing data as requested by the Contracting Officer.

Part II. Pricing. All dollar amounts provided in a completed Section B shall be rounded to the nearest dollar.

Offerors are hereby notified that the CLIN pricing submitted in their respective proposal will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria delineated in Section M of the RFP.

Part III. Past Performance The offeror shall demonstrate relevant past performance or affirmatively state that it possesses no relevant past performance. To demonstrate past performance, the offeror shall identify a maximum of THREE (3) of its most relevant contracts or efforts within the past three years, and provide any other information the offeror considers relevant to the requirements of the solicitation. Offerors should provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the relevance of the contracts or efforts to the requirements of the solicitation. Relevance is defined as contracts that are similar in size, scope, complexity, and cost/price. The contracts or efforts will be evaluated in the aggregate in order to allow offerors who may not have the entire scope, magnitude, and complexity of the requirement under one individual contract to still be considered acceptable if experience with the full scope, magnitude, and complexity of the requirement can be demonstrated within the allotted number of contracts or efforts as described above. Only a set of up to three contracts or efforts shall be submitted.

Ensure that accurate and concise information is provided for each contract or effort, whether the data is for the prime or the subcontractor, including:

•Title of Contract, Contract Number, and Sponsoring Organization;

Name, mailing address, telephone and email address for the Technical POC or COR and Contracting Officer;

•Type of Contract, Value, Award and Completion Dates;

Brief description of the services performed, problems identified and corrective action taken, awards/recognition received; and

•Cure/Show Cause notices received, and reasons.

Offerors are advised that the Government may use and evaluate independently obtained past performance data such as Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) and Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) as well as and in addition to all recent and relevant past performance data provided by the Offeror. Moreover, since the Government may not necessarily interview all of the sources provided by the Offeror. Furthermore, the Government does not assume the duty to search for data to explain or remedy any inconsistencies it finds in the information provided by the Offeror. The burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information remains with the Offeror.

For each contract of relevant work above, the Offeror shall provide a Past Performance Questionnaire as provided in Section J. The Offeror shall send out, and track the completion of, the Past Performance Questionnaires to each of the Offeror’s Governments/Commercial Points of Contact (POCs). Any completed Past Performance Questionnaires must be submitted directly from the Offeror's Governments/Commercial POCs to the Government not later than the closing date of the solicitation. Each of the Offeror’s POCs shall email its completed Past Performance Questionnaire directly to the contract specialist at tommie.klise@usmc.mil.

Part IV. Technical This part shall explain the Offeror's ability to meet or exceed the factors delineated in the Purchase Description. The volume shall not include any cost/pricing data. The Technical Volume shall include a Cross–Reference Matrix showing the proposal paragraph number where an evaluator will find the detailed discussion of the requirements listed in the Purchase Description. The Offeror shall provide data to substantiate their product meets or exceeds the requirements of the Purchase Description. It is permissible to submit the substantiating data on a CD-ROM and will not be counted against the page limitations set forth in Section L. Substantiating data in excess of page limit shall be limited to technical drawings, photographs, test reports, and product specification sheets. The offeror shall identify any “value-added” features that will contribute to the overall accomplishment of the MHEES program. These elements shall be quantified from the standpoint of improvements to configuration change, performance, cost reduction, innovative business strategies, or other measures the offeror believes will contribute to program execution.

L-3.0 INTENT TO INCORPORATE CONTRACTOR’S TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

All or part of the successful Offeror’s technical proposal may be incorporated in any contract resulting from this solicitation. Moreover, the successful Offeror’s technical proposal may be incorporated by reference. Nothing contained in the successful Offeror’s technical proposal shall constitute a waiver to any other requirement of the contract. In the event of any conflict between the successful Offeror’s technical proposal and other requirement of the contract, the conflict shall be resolved in accordance with the Order of Precedence clause. (FAR 52.215-8)

The successful Offeror will provide, as necessary, any updated technical proposal changes that reflect the results/responses to any items of clarification and/or discussions.

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