MM_RFP_Amendment_01..doc

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:

AMENDMENT BODY

1. FAR clause 52.222-17 Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers was incorporated into the RFP.

2. DARS Clause 252.222-7002 Compliance with Local Labor Laws (Overseas) was incorporated into the RFP.

3. FAR 52.212-1 ADDENDUM was revised to include:

“Unless offeror proposes a shorter period, by submission of an offer, offeror agrees that its offer, including any timely revisions thereto, shall remain valid until the Government makes award under this solicitation. The foregoing does not preclude an offeror from withdrawing its offer prior to award.”

AND:

(3) Subfactor 3: Quality Assurance (QA).

Offerors shall submit (a) or (b) to meet the minimum requirement for this section:

(a) A copy of its ISO 9001:2008 certificate.

Or

(b) A statement certifying that its QMS has been accepted by a Government agency under a previous contract effort (include contract number) and that its QMS addresses the following topics: Control of Documents; Customer Focus; Management Review; Competence, training and awareness; Purchasing Process; Customer Property; Internal Audits; Control of nonconforming product; Corrective Action; Preventive Action. Offerors need not provide a copy of its QMS with its proposals.

4. FAR 52.212-2 was updated to read:

Subfactor 3: Quality Assurance. The Government will ensure that an offeror has met the minimum requirements for Quality Assurance in accordance with Subfactor 3 as mentioned in FAR 52.212-1 ADDENDUM.

5. Section 2.1 of the PWS was revised to include:

MSC will require onsite (Government office/warehouse space) contractor support in the following, but not limited to, the following locations: Norfolk, VA, San Diego, CA, Singapore, Bahrain, Guam, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Chinhae, South Korea.

And:

(forklift and fork truck will be used interchangebely for the purposes of this requirement. Forklift/fork truck operators liscense and forklift/fork truck operators certificate will also be used interchangeably for the purposes of this requirement.)

And:

Contractor personnel are not authorized to operate Government vehicles and must provide vehicles to ensure the delivery of materials to ships on the waterfront. The list of vehicles that are required can be found in Attachment 18.

6. Attachment 07:the closing date was updated.

7. FAR 52.212-4 ADDENDUM paragraph 18.0 was revised to include:

Attachment 17: Daily Metrics; is now included in the list of attachments in FAR 52.212-4.

Attachment 18 : MSC Warehouse Vehicle Requirements; is now included in the list of attachments in FAR 52.212-4.

8. Attachment 03 (Labor Category Rate Table) has been revised.

9. Attachment 18 (MSC Warehouse Vehicle Requirements) has now been incorporated as a new attachment.

10. Attachment 12 (List of Govt Space and Locations list) has been revised. Hawaii and Korea have been added to the list, and San Diego has included one additional space available for Contractor use.

11. Attachment 15 (Wage Determinations); now includes WD for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

12. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been added by reference:

The following have been added by full text:

52.222-17 Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers. (JAN 2013)

(a) Service employee, as used in this clause, means any person engaged in the performance of a service contract other than any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541. The term ``service employee'' includes all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be alleged to exist between a contractor or subcontractor and such persons.

(b) The Contractor and its subcontractors shall, except as otherwise provided herein, in good faith offer those service employees employed under the predecessor contract whose employment will be terminated as a result of award of this contract or the expiration of the contract under which the service employees were hired, a right of first refusal of employment under this contract in positions for which the service employees are qualified.

(1) The Contractor and its subcontractors shall determine the number of service employees necessary for efficient performance of this contract and may elect to employ fewer employees than the predecessor Contractor employed in connection with performance of the work.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, there shall be no employment opening under this contract, and the Contractor and any subcontractors shall not offer employment under this contract, to any person prior to having complied fully with this obligation.

(i) The successor Contractor and its subcontractors shall make a bona fide express offer of employment to each service employee as provided herein and shall state the time within which the service employee must accept such offer, but in no case shall the period within which the service employee must accept the offer of employment be less than 10 days.

(ii) The successor Contractor and its subcontractors shall decide any question concerning a service employee's qualifications based upon the individual's education and employment history, with particular emphasis on the employee's experience on the predecessor contract, and the Contractor may utilize employment screening processes only when such processes are provided for by the contracting agency, are conditions of the service contract, and are consistent with Executive Order 13495.

(iii) Where the successor Contractor does not initially offer employment to all the predecessor contract service employees, the obligation to offer employment shall continue for 90 days after the successor contractor's first date of performance on the contract.

(iv) An offer of employment will be presumed to be bona fide even if it is not for a position similar to the one the employee previously held, but is one for which the employee is qualified, and even if it is subject to different employment terms and conditions, including changes to pay or benefits. (See 29 CFR 9.12 for a detailed description of a bonafide offer of employment).

(c)(1) Notwithstanding the obligation under paragraph (b) of this clause, the successor Contractor and any subcontractors (i) may employ under this contract any service employee who has worked for the contractor or subcontractor for at least three months immediately preceding the commencement of this contract and who would otherwise face lay-off or discharge, (ii) are not required to offer a right of first refusal to any service employee(s) of the predecessor contractor who are not service employees within the meaning of the Service Contract Act, 41 U.S.C. 6701(3), and (iii) are not required to offer a right of first refusal to any service employee(s) of the predecessor contractor whom the Contractor or any of its subcontractors reasonably believes, based on the particular service employee's past performance, has failed to perform suitably on the job (see 29 CFR 9.12(c)(4) for additional information). The successor Contractor bears the responsibility of demonstrating the appropriateness of claiming any of these exceptions.

(2) In addition, any Contractor or subcontractor that has been certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a HUBZone small business concern must ensure that it complies with the statutory and regulatory requirements of the HUBZone Program (e.g., it must ensure that at least 35 percent of all of its employees reside within a HUBZone). The HUBZone small business Contractor or subcontractor must consider whether it can meet the requirements of this clause and Executive Order 13495 while also ensuring it meets the HUBZone Program's requirements.

(3) Nothing in this clause shall be construed to permit a Contractor or subcontractor to fail to comply with any provision of any other Executive order or law. For example, the requirements of the HUBZone Program (see FAR subpart 19.13), Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment Opportunity), and the Vietnam Era Veterans'

Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 may conflict, in certain circumstances, with the requirements of Executive Order 13495. All applicable laws and Executive orders must be satisfied in tandem with, and if necessary prior to, the requirements of Executive Order 13495, 29 CFR part 9, and this clause.

(d)(1) The Contractor shall, not less than 30 days before completion of the Contractor's performance of services on the contract, furnish the Contracting Officer with a certified list of the names of all service employees working under this contract and its subcontracts at the time the list is submitted. The list shall also contain anniversary dates of employment of each service employee under this contract and its predecessor contracts with either the current or predecessor contractors or their subcontractors. Where changes to the workforce are made after the submission of the certified list described in this paragraph, the Contractor shall, in accordance with paragraph (e) of this clause, not less than 10 days before completion of the services on this contract, furnish the Contracting Officer with an updated certified list of the names of all service employees employed within the last month of contract performance. The updated list shall also contain anniversary dates of employment, and, where applicable, dates of separation of each service employee under the contract and its predecessor contracts with either the current or predecessor Contractors or their subcontractors.

(2) Immediately upon receipt of the certified service employee list but not before contract award, the contracting officer shall provide the certified service employee list to the successor contractor, and, if requested, to employees of the predecessor contractor or subcontractors or their authorized representatives.

(3) The Contracting Officer will direct the predecessor Contractor to provide written notice (Appendix B to 29 CFR chapter 9) to service employees of their possible right to an offer of employment with the successor contractor. Where a significant portion of the predecessor Contractor's workforce is not fluent in English, the notice shall be provided in English and the language(s) with which service employees are more familiar. The written notice shall be—

(i) Posted in a conspicuous place at the worksite; or (ii) Delivered to the service employees individually. If such delivery is via email, the notification must result in an electronic delivery receipt or some other reliable confirmation that the intended recipient received the notice.

(e)(1) If required in accordance with 52.222-41(n), the predecessor Contractor shall, not less than 10 days before completion of this contract, furnish the Contracting Officer a certified list of the names of all service employees working under this contract and its subcontracts during the last month of contract performance. The list shall also contain anniversary dates of employment of each service employee under this contract and its predecessor contracts either with the current or predecessor Contractors or their subcontractors. If there are no changes to the workforce before the predecessor contract is completed, then the predecessor Contractor is not required to submit a revised list 10 days prior to completion of performance and the requirements of 52.222-41(n) are met. When there are changes to the workforce after submission of the 30-day list, the predecessor Contractor shall submit a revised certified list not less than 10 days prior to performance completion.

(2) Immediately upon receipt of the certified service employee list but not before contract award, the contracting officer shall provide the certified service employee list to the successor contractor, and, if requested, to employees of the predecessor contractor or subcontractors or their authorized representatives.

(f) The Contractor and subcontractor shall maintain the following records (regardless of format, e.g., paper or electronic) of its compliance with this clause for not less than a period of three years from the date the records were created.

(1) Copies of any written offers of employment or a contemporaneous written record of any oral offers of employment, including the date, location, and attendance roster of any service employee meeting(s) at which the offers were extended, a summary of each meeting, a copy of any written notice that may have been distributed, and the names of the service employees from the predecessor contract to whom an offer was made.

(2) A copy of any record that forms the basis for any exemption claimed under this part.

(3) A copy of the service employee list provided to or received from the contracting agency.

(4) An entry on the pay records of the amount of any retroactive payment of wages or compensation under the supervision of the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division to each service employee, the period covered by such payment, and the date of payment, and a copy of any receipt form provided by or authorized by the Wage and Hour Division. The Contractor shall also deliver a copy of the receipt to the service employee and file the original, as evidence of payment by the Contractor and receipt by the service employee, with the Administrator or an authorized representative within 10 days after payment is made.

(g) Disputes concerning the requirements of this clause shall not be subject to the general disputes clause (52.233-1) of this contract. Such disputes shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures of the Department of Labor set forth in 29 CFR part 9. Disputes within the meaning of this clause include disputes between or among any of the following: The Contractor, the contracting agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the service employees under the contract or its predecessor contract. The Contracting Officer will refer any service employee who wishes to file a complaint, or ask questions concerning this contract clause, to the: Branch of Government Contracts Enforcement, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Contact email: displaced@dol.gov.

(h) The Contractor shall cooperate in any review or investigation by the Department of Labor into possible violations of the provisions of this clause and shall make such records requested by such official(s) available for inspection, copying, or transcription upon request.

(i) If it is determined, pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), that the Contractor or its subcontractors are not in compliance with the requirements of this clause or any regulation or order of the Secretary, appropriate sanctions may be imposed and remedies invoked against the Contractor or its subcontractors, as provided in Executive Order 13495, the regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary, or as otherwise provided by law.

(j) The Contractor shall take such action with respect to any such subcontract as may be directed by the Secretary of Labor as a means of enforcing such provisions, including the imposition of sanctions for noncompliance. However, if the Contractor, as a result of such direction, becomes involved in litigation with a subcontractor, or is threatened with such involvement, the Contractor may request that the United States, through the

Secretary, enter into such litigation to protect the interests of the United States.

(k) The Contracting Officer will withhold, or cause to be withheld, from the prime Contractor under this or any other

Government contract with the same prime Contractor, such sums as an authorized official of the Department of Labor requests, upon a determination by the Administrator, the Administrative Law Judge, or the Administrative Review Board, that there has been a failure to comply with the terms of this clause and that wages lost as a result of the violations are due to service employees or that other monetary relief is appropriate. If the Contracting Officer or the Administrator, upon final order of the Secretary, finds that the Contractor has failed to provide a list of the names of service employees working under the contract, the Contracting Officer may, in his or her discretion, or upon request by the Administrator, take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of the payment of contract funds until such time as the list is provided to the Contracting Officer.

(l) Subcontracts. In every subcontract over the simplified acquisition threshold entered into in order to perform services under this contract, the Contractor shall include a provision that ensures—

(1) That each subcontractor will honor the requirements of paragraphs (b) through (c) of this clause with respect to the service employees of a predecessor subcontractor or subcontractors working under this contract, as well as of a predecessor Contractor and its subcontractors;

(2) That the subcontractor will provide the Contractor with the information about the service employees of the subcontractor needed by the Contractor to comply with paragraphs (d) and (e) of this clause; and

(3) The recordkeeping requirements of paragraph (f) of this clause.

The following have been modified:

52.212-1 ADDENDUM

52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JULY 2013)

SUBMISSION PACKAGE

Proposals shall be only hand delivered or mailed.

Unless offeror proposes a shorter period, by submission of an offer, offeror agrees that its offer, including any timely revisions thereto, shall remain valid until the Government makes award under this solicitation. The foregoing does not preclude an offeror from withdrawing its offer prior to award.

Hand delivered and mailed proposals shall be sent to the following location and must be received there prior to the due date and time for proposal submission:

Military Sealift Command

Attention: Ms. Britni Jones, Code N1022

914 Charles Morris Ct., SE, Building 157

Washington Navy Yard, DC 20398-5540

Access to the Washington Navy Yard is restricted. Offerors and couriers and other delivery services may encounter unpredictable and lengthy delays or denied access when attempting to enter that facility. Similarly, mailed proposals may encounter unpredictable and lengthy routing delays. In all cases, Offerors are responsible for the risks associated with the chosen delivery method and for ensuring that the Government receives the complete proposal at the appropriate designated location prior to the due date and time for proposal submission.

Proposals shall be presented in two (2) separately bound volumes:

· Volume I (Technical)

· Volume II (Past Performance, Price, and Solicitation Documents)

Three hard copies of Volume I and two hard copies of Volume II shall be provided. Additionally, one electronic copy each of Volume I and Volume II shall be provided. The electronic copies shall be in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF) and shall be provided on a CD. If there is a discrepancy between the hard copy and the electronic copy, the hard copy will prevail. Volume I shall not contain any pricing data.

Each volume of the proposal shall be clearly marked as to the volume number, the solicitation number, and the Contractor’s name.

VOLUME 1: Technical

FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL

(1) Subfactor 1: Technical Approach to Sample Activities Offerors must respond to the three sample activities below. Responses must include:

· Technical and Management approach to the solution.

· Discussion of Deliverables.

Responses shall be limited to ten (10) 8.5” x 11” pages, 1-inch page margins, and 12-point font for each sample task (total of 30 pages).

Sample Task: (a) Background: MSC has taken over responsibility from Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for all MSC ship end-use material to be received at its Balboa Avenue Training Site (BATS) warehouse in San Diego CA. Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) will continue to be received at the local DLA warehouse and not delivered to BATS. The BATS warehouse receives end-use material for MSC Ships and stores it until shipping instructions are received from the ship. On average, 70% of all material procured by MSC and the ships is open market and 30% is standards stock. BATS supports approximately 18 MSC ships between Third and Seventh fleet. The number of ships in Third fleet fluctuates between 5 and 9 ships. BATS utilizes a stake truck for local delivery and has access to government owned material handling equipment (MHE). Upon receipt of shipping instructions from a MSC ship, or appropriate MSC representative, the accumulated material is consolidated and prepared for shipment. Assume that MSC can utilize all methods of commercial and military transportation.

Task:

1) Describe, as the MSC support contractor, how your company would execute the tasks required to successfully receive the material from DLA and commercial sources, ensure material is properly marked, and properly accounted for in the inventory system.

2) Describe how material in the three Issue Priority Groups (IPG) 1, 2, and 3 will be received, staged and delivery coordinated with the ships for local delivery as well as outside the San Diego area.

3) Describe the various transportation options that could be employed and the recommended methods of transportation solutions in Third fleet and Seventh fleet.

4) Describe the controls that will need to be employed to ensure that target metrics cited in Section 4 of the PWS will be achieved and maintained.

Sample Task: (b) Background: MSC Logistics Type Desk, who manages life-cycle sustainment,orders Government Furnished Material (DFM) for MSC ships around the world. Material is ordered by MSC and is delivered to the MSC Norfolk warehouse in W-143 on the Norfolk Naval Base. The local DLA warehouse only handles HAZMAT. Once the overhauls are awarded, the W-143 warehouse personnel pull the material that has been received to date and prepare it for consolidated shipment to the commercial shipyard. The USNS NEVERSAIL is planned for overhaul within the next 3 months. The commercial shipyard has not yet been identified; however, approximately 300 GFM line items are expected to be required to support the overhaul. It is expected that the commercial shipyard will be in an OCONUS location in either the 6th fleet or 5th fleet AOR. Assume that MSC can utilize all methods of commercial and military transportation.

Task:

1) Describe, as the MSC support contractor, how your company would execute the tasks required to successfully receive the material from DLA and commercial sources, ensure material is properly marked, and properly accounted for in the inventory system as it is delivered to the W-143 warehouse in support of the USNS NEVERSAIL.

2) Once a shipyard contract has been awarded outside the local area, and the shipping request submitted, describe the processes to assemble the material requirements and prepare the GFM for shipment. Describe the delivery methods available for an OCONUS availability from W-143 and the recommended mode of transportation to meet the overhaul schedule.

3) Describe the controls that will need to be employed to ensure that target metrics cited in Section 4 of the PWS will be achieved and maintained.

Sample Task: (c) Background: The USNS NEVERSAIL shipyard availability is completed and there is residual material in A, G and F condition that needs to be returned to the W-143 warehouse. The Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) representative in the shipyard identifies the material that needs to be returned and submits a shipping request to the MSC W-143 warehouse. The shipyard then ships the residual material back to the W-143 warehouse.

Task:

1) Describe, as the MSC support contractor, how your company would execute the tasks required to successfully receive material from the shipyard availability, inspect, mark, and properly account for the residual inventory as it is delivered to warehouse and stowed into a location.

2) Describe the processes to notify the government that additional inspection of material is required if the company employees are unable to identify the material.

3) Describe the controls that will need to be employed to ensure that target metrics cited in Section 4 of the PWS will be achieved and maintained.

(2) Subfactor 2: Personnel Resumes are not required for non-key personnel and will not be evaluated. Offeror shall provide the following for Key Personnel:

1 Project Manager – 1 Resume

1 Senior Supply Management Analyst – 1 Resume

5 Supply Management Analysts – 5 Resumes

4 Material Management Supervisors – 4 Resumes

The structure of the resumes shall follow the format of Attachment 10.

For each resume, offerors must state whether the key personnel is currently employed by the offeror or not. If not, the offeror must provide a signed Letter of Intent for each proposed key personnel who is not employed by the offeror. In order to qualify as Key Personnel, the individual proposed must be a full time employee with the offeror at the time of proposal submission; of have a signed letter of intent to become a full time employee with the offeror should that offeror be awarded the contract.

Resumes must demonstrate that the individual meets the minimum technical requirements. The following table shows the minimum technical requirements for each key personnel category.

Material Management Personnel Minimum Requirements Labor

Category Minimum Requirements

Project Manager

(Key) Minimum Requirements

· Requires Bachelors degree in a business, technical, or engineering field

· Requires certification as Project Management Professional

· 8 years of experience in the fields of supply, logistics or physical distribution

· 6 years of experience in warehouse management

· 6 years of experience in managing warehouse management projects with at least 20 personnel

· 6 years of experience in managing multiple warehouse locations

· 6 years of experience in DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard, or a commercial ship operating company

· 6 years of experience using either DOD , Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard or commercial warehouse inventory systems

· 6 years of experience using DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard or commercial in-transit visibility tools for inventory tracking purposes.

· Must hold current fork truck operator’s license

Senior Supply Management Analyst (Key)

Minimum Requirements

· 12 years of experience providing warehouse support services to MSC, DOD, U.S. Coast Guard, or commercial ship operating companies.

· 6 years of experience in material identification and sourcing material from commercial or federal sources

· 6 years of experience in material order submission, tracking, and expediting using DoD and Navy Military Standard Requisitioning & Issue Procedures (MILSTRIP) or Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) requisition transactions

· 6 years of experience in material shipping, monitoring, tracing, and tracking using both commercial sources and the Defense Transportation System (DTS) for CONUS and OCONUS delivery

· 6 years of experience conducting shipboard inventories, developing storeroom mock-ups, layout, and supporting material on-loads and off-loads

· 6 years of experience using either DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard or commercial warehouse inventory systems

· 6 years of experience using DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard or commercial in-transit visibility tools for inventory tracking purposes

Supply Management Analyst

(Key)

Minimum Requirements

· 6 years of experience providing warehouse support services to MSC, DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard, or commercial ship operating companies

· 4 years of experience in material identification and sourcing material from commercial or federal sources

· 4 years of experience in material order submission, tracking, and expediting using DoD and Navy MILSTRIP or DLMS requisition transactions

· 4 years of experience in material shipping, monitoring, tracing, and tracking using both commercial sources and the Defense Transportation System (DTS) for CONUS and OCONUS delivery

· 2 years of experience conducting shipboard inventories, developing storeroom mock-ups, layout, and supporting material on-loads and off-loads

· 2 years of experience using either DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard or commercial warehouse inventory systems

· 2 years of experience using either DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard or commercial in-transit visibility tools for inventory tracking purposes

· 10 years of experience in material/inventory management operations at the Fleet and waterfront level.

· 6 years of experience in managing a material distribution facility

· 4 years of experience in managing/supervising warehouse staff

· 4 years of experience with material packaging, handling, storage & transportation (PHS&T) requirements, processes, and procedures, to include Hazardous material and controlled material special handling processes, and knowledge of Federal/DoD Supply system requirements

· 4 years experience managing specialized military equipment such as CBRD equipment, Force Protection Equipment, Communications equipment or IT equipment

· 4 years of experience using either DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard or commercial warehouse inventory systems

· 4 years of experience using commercial in-transit visibility tools for inventory tracking purposes

· High school diploma

· 4 years experience in material/inventory management operations at the Fleet or waterfront level

· 2 years of experience with Federal/DoD Supply system material identification and labeling requirements

· 2 years of experience with Material packaging, handling, storage & transportation (PHS&T) requirements, processes, and procedures

· 2 years of experience with Federal/DoD material disposal processes and procedures

· 2 years of experience with military specific equipment management

· 2 years experience managing specialized military equipment such as CBRD equipment, Force Protection Equipment, Communications Equipment, IT Equipment

· 2 years of experience using either DOD, Merchant Marine, U.S. Coast Guard or commercial warehouse inventory systems

· High school diploma

· 1 year of demonstrated data entry experience.

· 1 year of experience using a variety of IT equipment to scanners, bar code scanners, tablet computers, and MS Office suite proficiency.

(3) Subfactor 3: Quality Assurance (QA).

Offerors shall submit (a) or (b) to meet the minimum requirement for this section:

(a) A copy of its ISO 9001:2008 certificate.

Or

(b) A statement certifying that its QMS has been accepted by a Government agency under a previous contract effort (include contract number) and that its QMS addresses the following topics: Control of Documents; Customer Focus; Management Review; Competence, training and awareness; Purchasing Process; Customer Property; Internal Audits; Control of nonconforming product; Corrective Action; Preventive Action. Offerors need not provide a copy of its QMS with its proposals.

VOLUME II: PAST PERFORMANCE, PRICE, and SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS

FACTOR 2 – PAST PERFORMANCE:

Offerors are requested to provide information on up to three previous Government contracts whose effort is/was recent and relevant to the effort required by this solicitation.

a. “Recent” is defined as a contract in-progress or completed within the last three years. If the offeror has not had three Government contracts within the last three years, information on recent and relevant subcontracts and/or commercial contracts may be submitted.

b. “Relevant” is defined as a contract that is of similar scope, magnitude, complexity to the requirements as set forth in this solicitation.

Scope: Experience in the areas defined in the PWS.

Magnitude: The measure of the similarity of the volume, dollar value and/or duration of the work actually performed under the offeror’s submitted contracts to the PWS.

Complexity: The measure of the similarity of technical difficulty, managerial intricacy and/or required coordination of efforts and disciplines performed by the offeror in its submitted contracts to the PWS. For complexity, not only will the tasks performed by the offeror be considered, but also the offeror’s ability to coordinate tasks (e.g., concurrent performance requirements).

A Past Performance Data Sheet (Attachment 06) is requested to be submitted for each contract to be considered as past performance. Offerors shall provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the similarity of the contracts to the requirements of this solicitation; a detailed description of the work performed for the contract; and the role performed, including whether the offeror acted as a prime contractor or a subcontractor.

For each of the contracts the offeror describes in a Performance Data Sheet (Attachment 06), the offeror is requested to provide a Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 07) to a reference at the organization that awarded the contract. It is requested that the reference, not the offeror, email or fax the completed Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 07) BEFORE THE DUE DATE FOR PROPOSALS directly to Britni Jones, Military Sealift Command, 914 Charles Morris Court SE, Washington Navy Yard DC 20398-5540, e-mail: britni.jones@navy.mil ; Fax Number: (202) 685-5965. The offeror, NOT THE GOVERNMENT, is responsible for ensuring that the Government receives a sufficient number of questionnaires.

An offeror that does not have recent and relevant past performance to provide for consideration is requested to affirmatively state that it does not have recent and relevant past performance for the Government to consider.

FACTOR 3 – PRICE:

All information relating to price data shall be included in Volume II.

Price Worksheet

Offerors shall complete the attached spreadsheet (Attachment 03). Offerors shall fill in the labor rate for each corresponding labor category for the base year and for each option period. Offerors shall provide fully loaded labor rates, inclusive of all direct costs, indirect costs, and profit. Offerors shall also include its proposed formula for overtime rates.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS

Section A – Proposal Cover Letter

The following information shall be provided in the proposal cover letter:

Authorized Offeror Personnel: Provide the name, title, telephone number, facsimile number, and e-mail address of the individual who can obligate your company contractually. Also, identify those individuals authorized to negotiate with the Government and who can answer questions regarding your proposal.

Company Information: The name, address, telephone number, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number , and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code of the offeror.

Agreement with Terms: A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offerors are to clearly detail any exceptions taken and the rationale for the exceptions taken to the solicitation. Exceptions taken to the solicitation may render the proposal unacceptable to the Government.

Section B – Signed SF 1449, Acknowledge Amendments (if applicable), and Other Documents

Offerors shall provide the following:

1) Signed SF 1449

2) Completed Representations and Certifications. Offerors must complete all applicable Representations and Certifications, including FAR 52.212-3. Offerors must also complete all applicable provisions, including FAR 52.209-7, 52.219-1, and 252.209-7993.

3) Acknowledgement of all solicitation amendments. Offerors must acknowledge all solicitation amendments.

4) Completed Form DD254 (Attachment 14) with applicable CAGE code

5) Service Contract Act (SCA) Certification. The offeror shall certify that it will comply with the Service Contract Act and Department of Labor Wage Determination (Attachment 15 in performance of this contract, should they apply).

QUESTIONS

Questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted by e-mail to Ms. Britni Jones (e-mail addresses: britni.jones@navy.mil ). The deadline for questions is 15 days prior to the due date for proposals. Questions received after the deadline may not be answered.

(End of Provision)

52.212-4 ADDENDUM

1.0 CONTRACT TYPE

This will be a single-award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract with reimbursable elements for actual travel and other direct costs (ODCs). Under this type of contract, no work may be performed until directed by a task order.

2.0

ORDERING PROCEDURES

After the contract award, individual task orders will be issued to support contract requirements. The Contractor will be sent a Request for Proposal (RFP) for services to be performed. Each RFP will include a Performance Work Statement (PWS), instructions for submitting offers, and the Government’s evaluation procedures. In response to the RFP, the Contractor will provide a firm-fixed-price quote to complete the requirements and any information required by the RFP’s instructions. This firm-fixed-price quote shall include all labor. The prices for labor shall be in accordance with the labor rates established in the contract. Travel and ODCs shall be priced separately under each task order and will be reimbursed in accordance with the Contract. The Contractor shall respond to each RFP within the time established by the Government for response (will vary on an individual task order basis, but is typically 5 to 10 business days after receipt of the RFP). The Contractor will be directed to commence work via a TO issued by the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist. The Contractor shall provide notice of acceptance of the TO by either commencing work or signing the SF 1449 and returning it to the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist.

Electronic mail is an acceptable form of transmission for all task orders, modifications, and correspondence issued under the contract. Orders may be issued orally by the Contracting Officer; however, orally issued task orders will be followed up with a written task order within 3 business days.

3.0

PACKAGING AND MARKING

The Contractor shall comply with the packaging and marking requirements in accordance with the Schedule and Task Order.

4.0

PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance of this contract shall be for a firm period of one year followed by four one-year option periods. A summary of the estimated periods of performance is below:

The above periods of performance for the options apply only if the Government exercises the options in accordance with FAR 52.217-9.

4.1

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

See section 1 of the PWS. Additional information may be added on a Task Order basis.

4.2

KICK-OFF MEETING

A contract kick-off meeting will be scheduled within five (5) business days after a task order award, if a meeting is deemed necessary by the Government. The Contractor shall contact the COR and arrange a mutually agreeable time and place to meet for the purpose of discussing the requirements and details of the work.

4.3

DELIVERABLES

Deliverables shall be identified by each individual TO. In any case, all deliverables shall be of sufficient completeness to stand alone and provide a complete record of the task accomplished.

4.4

PLACE OF DELIVERY

Copies of original documents of all correspondence requiring signatures, such as copies of invoices, monthly status reports, etc. shall be delivered to the Government at via email or street address contained in the applicable Task Order.

4.5

TASKING SPREADSHEET

Upon receipt of its first task order award, the Contractor shall provide a task tracking spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format listing each TO and the associated deliverables. The spreadsheet shall be updated every month and sent to the COR. The task tracking spreadsheet shall also be updated upon completion of each task. The spreadsheet shall, at a minimum, list the date of each TO, a description of each TO, and the percentage of each requirement completed under each TO. The cost of this effort shall be included in the fixed price task order award.

4.6

WRITTEN DELIVERABLES

The Contractor shall review, approve, and sign all draft and final written documents before delivery to the Government.

4.7

FORMAT FOR DELIVERABLES

All documentation deliverables shall be prepared using Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint) or AutoCAD for drawings in a format acceptable to the COR, unless the use of other software is mutually agreed between the COR and the contractor. Any additional instructions regarding formats for deliverables will be provided in specific Task Orders.

5.0

DESIGNATION OF CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE

5.1 The Contracting Officer herby appoints the following individual as Contracting Officer’s Representative(s) (COR) for this contract/order:

Primary (COR)

Name:

Code:

Address:

Phone Number:

E-mail:

Alternate COR (ACOR)

Name:

Code:

Address:

Phone Number:

E-mail:

5.2 The COR will represent the Contracting Officer in the administration of technical details within the scope of this requirement and will perform inspection and acceptance of all deliverables. The COR is not otherwise authorized to make any representations or commitments of any kind on behalf of the Contracting Officer or the Government. The COR does not have the authority to alter the Contractor's obligations or change the specifications in the contract or issue Task Orders. If, as a result of technical discussions, it is desirable to alter contract obligations or statements of work, a modification must be issued in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer. The COR is responsible for reviewing the invoices submitted by the Contractor and informing the Contracting Officer of areas where exceptions are to be taken. The COR authority is nondelegable. The COR may be personally liable for unauthorized acts.

5.3 TPOCs (Technical Point of Contact) will be assigned on individual task orders. Additional CORs and/or ACORs may be assigned on individual task orders, if necessary.

6.0

PROCEDURES FOR TASK ORDERS

6.1 Task orders will be provided to the Contractor by the Contracting Officer during the term (term is defined as the period of performance for the basic contract and any options that may be exercised) of this contract. Task orders will provide specific information relating to the tasks contained in the Statement of Work and will be provided to the contractor in writing. Any task order issued hereunder will be subject to the terms and conditions of the contract. The contract shall control in the event of conflict with any task order issued hereunder, and cannot be modified by any task order.

6.2 As stated, task orders shall be issued in writing and shall include, but is not limited to, the following information.

1) Date of issuance of task order;

2) Applicable contract number/task order;

3) Task order identification number;

4) Description of task order (Scope);

5) Place of performance, including ship name if applicable;

6) Period of performance (Schedule);

7) Required deliverable, including format if specific format is required;

9) Technical point of contact, if any;

10) Signature of the Contracting Officer

6.3 If the contractor considers the task order to be outside the scope of the contract, the contractor shall notify the COR/ACOR immediately. If the Contracting Officer determines that the task order requires work that is outside the scope of the contract, the contractor shall not proceed with the effort until the Contracting Officer executes a contract modification or otherwise resolves the matter.

6.4 Performance of the task order shall not exceed the authorized cost and schedule without a modified task order from the COR/ACOR. The Contractor shall provide the status of all task orders in the monthly status reports noting any potential issues with scope, cost and/or schedule.

6.5 The Performance Assessment Plan (PAP), included as Attachment 01, provides the plan for performance assessment under the contract.

7.0

CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL REPORTING SYSTEM

7.1 Past performance information will be collected and maintained under this contract using the Department of Defense Contractor Performance Appraisal Reporting System (CPARS). CPARS is a web-enabled application that collects and manages the contractor’s performance information on a given contract during a specific period of time. Additional information is available at http://www.cpars.navy.mil.

7.2 After contract award, the contractor will be given access authorization by the respective

MSC Focal Point, to review and comment on any element of the proposed rating before that rating becomes final. Within 60 days after contract award, the contractor shall provide in writing (or via e-mail) to the Contracting Officer the name, title, e-mail address and telephone number of the company individual(s) who will have the responsibility of reviewing and approving any Contractor Performance Appraisal Report (CPAR) developed under the contract. If, during the life of this contract these company individual(s) are replaced by the contractor, the name, title, e-mail address and telephone number of the substitute individuals will be provided to the Contracting Officer within 60 days of the replacement.

8.0

MSC CHECK IN/OUT

The contractor shall adhere to MSC check in/out procedures for the termination and/or collection of all Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Common Access Card (CAC), PKI SOFTWARE CERTIFICATES, MSC Badges, Parking Passes, and Parking Decals, provided to MSC contractors – both on site and off site, which provide access to Government resources and are sponsored or issued by MSC.

9.0

AUTHORIZED CHANGES ONLY BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER

9.1 No order, statement, or conduct of Government personnel who visit the Contractor’s facilities or in any other manner communicates with contractor personnel during the performance of this contract shall constitute a change under the Changes clause of this contract.

9.2 The Contractor shall not comply with any order, direction or request of Government personnel unless it is issued in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer, or is pursuant to specific authority otherwise included as a part of this contract.

9.3 The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to approve changes in any of the requirements of this contract and notwithstanding provisions contained elsewhere in this contract, the said authority remains solely the Contracting Officer’s. In the event the contractor effects any change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in charges incurred as a result thereof. The contact information for the Contracting Officer is:

Name: Robert Naftal

Address: 914 Charles Morris Ct. SE

Washington Navy Yard, DC 20398-5540

Phone Number: (202) 685-5938

E-mail: robert.naftal@navy.mil 10.0

EMPLOYMENT OF NAVY PERSONNEL RESTRICTED

In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall not use as a consultant or employ (on either a full or part time basis) any active duty Navy personnel (civilian or military) without the prior approval of the Contracting Officer. Such approval may be given only in circumstances where it is clear that no laws and no DoD or Navy instructions, regulations, or policies are contravened and no appearance of a conflict of interest will result.

11.0

CONTRACTOR IDENTIFICATION

11.1 Contractor employees must be clearly identifiable while on Government property by wearing appropriate badges.

11.2 Contractor personnel and their subcontractors must identify themselves as contractors or subcontractors during meetings, telephone conversations, in electronic messages, or correspondence related to this contract.

11.3 Contractor-occupied facilities (on Department of the Navy or other Government installations) such as offices, separate rooms, or cubicles must be clearly identified with Contractor supplied signs, name plates or other identification, showing that these are work areas for Contractor or subcontractor personnel.

12.0

KEY PERSONNEL

12.1 The labor categories marked as Key Personnel in Attachment 08 are for both the overall contract and for the individual task orders. In order to qualify as Key Personnel, the individual proposed must be a full time employee with the offeror at the time of proposal submission

, or have a signed letter of intent to become a full time employee with the offeror should that offeror be awarded the contract. Key Personnel may not have a dual role, including that of the major technical roles.

12.2 List of Approved Key Personnel will be added at the time of award and will be based upon the offeror’s proposal. When individual task orders are solicited, the Contractor will identify both Key Personnel and non-Key Personnel that will accomplish the task order, if required. If required, resumes will be submitted and evaluated for non-Key Personnel on an individual task order basis.

12.3 If the Contracting Officer determines that a suitable and timely replacement of Key Personnel who have been reassigned, terminated or have otherwise become unavailable for the contract work is not reasonably forthcoming or that the resultant reduction in effort would be so substantial as to impair the successful completion of the contract or the task order, then the contract may be terminated by the Contracting Officer for default or for the convenience of the Government, as appropriate in accordance with FAR Subpart 49.2 and FAR Subpart 49.4.