19RWP63_0002_sol.pdf

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 acknow ledge questions received from offeror and provide Government responses in regards to those questions. The proposal due date and all other terms and conditions w ill remain unchanged.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 9

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 08-Oct-2019

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 N0016419RWP63

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

12-Sep-2019

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 is extended, X 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

08-Oct-2019

CODE

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER CRANE DIV

L. WAGLER (812-854-1061)

BLDG 121

300 HWY 361

CRANE IN 47522-5001

N00164 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

N0016419RWP63

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following items are applicable to this modification:

PROPOSAL QUESTIONS

Listed below are questions the Government received in regards to the solicitation. The Government has responded with answers below each question.

Question 1: Phase matching: G384018‐1 and G848055 TWTs

a) Will the offeror be required to match the phase characteristics of the incumbent supplier or may the offeror develop a phase standard unique to their own TWTs?

Answer: Potential offerors will not receive incumbent’s phase data. Phase standards (multiple) are specific to a manufacturing line.

b) If phase match to the incumbent is required, how will the phase standard be transferred?

Answer: Offerors will not receive incumbent’s phase data

Question 2: Please define what is meant by a major repair versus a minor repair? Is there historical data to support the anticipated major repairs to be done? What is the determination for minor repairs to be handled by the awarded contractor versus onsite by NSWC Crane Division?

Answer: The SOW within N0016419RWP63 defines the requirement of NSWC Crane Division. Multiple or additional repair categories are not required or intended to be included under any contract resulting from this solicitation.

Question 3: Regarding the Technical Volume, Subfactor E, please clarify that the entire Small Business Participation and Subcontracting Plan response is meant to be within the five (5) page limit requirement. In other words, what is included specifically within the “Subcontract Participation Data portion”?

Answer: As stated under Technical Volume, Subfactor E, in Section L of the solicitation “Submission shall be separate from subcontracting plans that are to be submitted by large businesses pursuant to FAR 52.219 9.” The 5 pages applies to the narrative regarding small business participation and related subcontracting opportunities. To clarify, in the forthcoming amendment the section heading will be changed from “Small Business Participation and Subcontracting Plan” to “Small Business Participation”.

Question 4: What is the status of the current Security Classification Guide, listed on Page 3 of Attachment 8 (DD254)? Ref: OPNAVINST 5513.8c: ID 08‐38; SU AN/SLQ‐32 AN/SLQ‐32 (V) 1, (V) 2, (V) 3

Answer: If required, a copy of the Security Classification Guide referenced in the DD254 will be provided at the time of award.

Question 5: Regarding the list of tests provided in the 3 files; N0016419RWP63 Attachment 4 Fab Spec G384018‐1 Rev A, N0016419RWP63 Attachment 5 Fab Spec 848060‐1 Rev AA, and N0016419RWP63 Attachment 6 Fab Spec 848055 Rev AP

a) Are these tests to be performed by the Contractor or by the Government?

Answer: These attachments define the First Article Testing that would be performed by the Government.

b) If these tests are to be performed by the contractor, are these First Article tests or tests to be performed on each TWT?

Answer: The intent is Government performed First Article Testing. All TWTs delivered under any potential resulting contract would be required to be capable of passing the testing defined in the Fabrication Specifications. IAW paragraph 3.2.4 of the SOW, NSWC Crane will review and approve Contractor inspection, initial test, factory acceptance testing and repair procedures under any resulting contract. Failure to follow approved procedures would warrant repeat of the testing defined in the Fabrication Specifications. Provided approved procedures are followed and the remanufactured/repaired TWTs meet requirements, repeat of this testing will not be required

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

This section contains general proposal submission instructions as well as specific proposal requirements for Travelling Wave Tubes (TWT) for the AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Counter Measures.

The contractor’s proposal shall include the following:

Document / Information Volume Number Technical Proposal (Resumes & Relevant Certifications, Solution Approach Documentation, and Written Statement of Work Compliance Matrix

Volume I (50 page limit)

Small Business Participation Volume I (5 page limit)

Past Performance Summaries & Matrix (Min 3, Max 5 references) Volume II

(5 page limit for summary) (1 page limit for matrix)

Pricing Volume III (No page limit)

Completed/Signed Solicitation with Amendments including a Cover Letter Volume IV

(No page limit)

Note: Page number restrictions are not inclusive of cover pages and/or glossary pages.

I. General Information:

a) The technical proposal, the price proposal, and the past performance proposal shall be submitted in separate volumes.

b) Proposals shall not contain classified information.

c) For proposal purposes, the estimated date of contract award is 01 April 2020.

d) Solicitation information and amendments will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov. Offerors may e-mail written questions requesting clarification of the RFP to the Government via the Contract Specialist, Logan Wagler at logan.wagler@navy.mil . The Government will answer questions received up to 14 days prior to the closing date of the RFP and will provide responses to interested parties via an amendment to the solicitation. Questions received after this date may not be answered.

e) Delivery & Submission Method

1) Electronic Delivery of Proposals. Electronic submission to logan.wagler@navy.mil is acceptable.

Timeliness of proposals will be determined IAW 52.212-1(f) or 52.215-1(c)(3)(ii)(A). Be advised that large electronic files are problematic due to limitations on Government email inbox. In addition, .zip file are stripped from e-mails and cannot be submitted. Utilization of DOD SAFE at https://safe.apps.mil, is an acceptable transmission tool. Offerors shall request a unique code from logan.wagler@navy.mil prior to utilizing DOD SAFE. Send early and verify receipt. DOD SAFE supports files sizes up to 8GB. Any proposal sent by electronic submission must be completely received in the POC's email inbox prior to the time the solicitation closes in order to be timely;

therefore, please take into consideration the time the electronic transmission process may take for the POC to actually receive your email when submitting.

2) NSWC Crane will NOT accept facsimile proposals.

f) Offeror shall not embed sound or video files into the electronic files.

g) Proposal Format. Format of the proposal volumes shall be as follows:

1) Text size shall be no smaller than what is equivalent to Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, 10 point, uncompressed font.

2) Pages shall be printed single sided, one and one half spaced, with a minimum of one inch margins on all sides. Pages shall be dated and numbered sequentially by volume. A cover sheet should be included in each volume, clearly marked as to volume number, title, “original” or copy number, solicitation identification, and the offeror's name.

3) Elaborate format, color representations, and bindings are not desirable. Any pages that are changed (as the result of negotiations) should be of a different color (as specified by the Contracting Officer) and have changed information clearly marked by a vertical line in the right margin of the page and/or circling if changing data in a chart. The offeror shall indicate the new date on revised pages.

4) Legible tables, charts, graphs and figures shall be used when necessary to depict organizations, systems and layout, implementation schedules, plans, etc. These displays shall be uncomplicated, legible, and shall not exceed 11 by 17 inches in size. Foldout pages shall fold entirely within the volume and count as one page. Foldout pages may only be used for large tables, charts, graphs, diagrams, and schematics; not for pages of text. For tables, charts, graphs, and figures, the text shall be no smaller than 8 point, Times New Roman.

5) The Offeror’s proposal must contain a precise description of all terms and conditions of the services and supplies offered and must address all topics described below. The information provided in the proposal shall appear in the same order as outlined herein.

6) In the event that any portion of the proposal is written by anyone who is not a bona fide employee of the firm submitting the proposal, a certificate to this effect shall be furnished which must be signed by an authorized official of the Offeror and shall indicate the person’s name, employment capacity, firm name, relationship of that firm to the Offeror, and which portion of the proposal was written by that person. This certificate requirement applies to both the prime and any subcontractors. The certification shall be provided in Volume I.

7) Offerors should assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience, and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the Offeror's proposals only. The Contractor should not presume that data previously submitted, or presumed to be known (e.g., data or services previously submitted or performed for the Government), will be considered as part of the proposal. The Government does not assume the duty to search for data to cure problems it finds in proposals. Failure to conform to the requirements of this solicitation may form the basis for rejection of the proposal.

II. COVER LETTER: The proposal shall include a cover letter and the completed Solicitation with any amendments signed by an individual authorized to commit the company to the proposal. The cover letter shall be submitted with Volume IV. The cover letter shall identify all enclosures being transmitted as part of the proposal. The letter shall reference the solicitation number and acknowledge that it transmits an offer in response to the solicitation. The cover letter required by this paragraph supersedes and replaces the “First Page” requirements referred to in FAR 52.215-1, Subsection (c)(2). It shall state:

1. Solicitation Number (N00164-19-R-WP63)

2. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number,

3. Duns Number,

4. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN),

5. Name, address and telephone number of the cognizant DCMA Office (can be found at http://www.dcma.mil/ )

6. Proposal validity through 01 July 2020.

7. Names, telephone numbers and email addresses of persons authorized to conduct negotiations, as well as the names of the official authorized to bind the Offeror’s organization shall be clearly identified.

8. Any exceptions taken to any requirements of the solicitation, to include but not be limited to technical exceptions, clauses and or provisions and the basis for the exceptions. The cover letter shall indicate in which volume and on what page of the Offeror’s proposal the exception is addressed.

9. A copy of the Offerors SAM registration information from the SAM website. This does not count towards the page limitation of the cover letter.

III. Technical Proposals (Volume I)

a) The Technical portion of the proposal shall be submitted as Volume I, and shall be no more than 50 pages

(excluding glossary of terms, Table of Contents, and cover page); plus an executive summary of no more than one (1) page.

b) The technical proposal shall not contain any cost or pricing information.

c) Each technical proposal shall enable Government evaluating personnel to make a thorough evaluation and arrive at a sound determination as to whether or not the proposal will meet the requirements of the government. Each technical proposal shall be specific, detailed, and complete as to clearly and fully demonstrate that the prospective contractor has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the requirements and has valid and practical solutions to technical problems. Statements that paraphrase the specifications/Statement of Work or attest that "standard procedures will be employed” are inadequate to demonstrate how the proposal complies with the requirements of the specification/Statement of Work.

d) Each Offeror shall submit electronic copies of the following Technical Documentation in response to Factor 1 and its subfactors in such detail to allow the Government to evaluate the proposal. This shall include:

1) FACTOR I – Technical

a) Subfactor A: Technical Approach or Capability and Offerors shall demonstrate technical approach through specific knowledge, skill sets, capability, and experience to perform all aspects of the tasks in accordance with the Statement of Work. The Technical approach or capability shall include a matrix to summarize compliance with the technical requirements and the Statement of Work. The matrix shall be cross referenced to the specifications and/or Statement of Work by paragraph number and title to facilitate Government verification that all items have been addressed.

Offerors shall submit product test data that demonstrates the proposed products ability to meet the requirements defined in the following documents: Critical item Product Fabrication Specification, Raytheon 848055 Rev. AP, tables III, IV, V and VI (Section J Attachment #6); Critical item Product Fabrication Specification, Raytheon 848060-1 Rev. AA tables III, IV, and V (Section J Attachment #5); and Critical item Product Fabrication Specification, Raytheon G384018-1 Rev. A tables III, IV, V and VI (Section J Attachment #4)

b) Subfactor B: Management Approach The Management approach shall describe in sufficient detail the offeror’s management plan for the performance of the tasking in the Statement of Work. Discuss communication lines and customer interface and subcontractor management and quality control. Discuss how delivery orders will be managed from time of receipt to completion of performance. Explain cost and schedule estimating procedures.

Describe the proposed Quality Management approach and how it compares to ANSI/ASQC 9001-2008.

Specifically explaining how it will reduce program risk

c) Subfactor C: Schedule To include but not limited to the Transition to Production.

The offeror shall demonstrate their ability to plan and execute to the delivery schedule identified in Section F. Time to deliver after order issuance, production milestones such as the ability to meet the maximum production, and minimum monthly requirements without impact to quality shall be demonstrated. The offeror shall address the maximum number of units that can be remanufactured, tested, and delivered in one month and the lead time required for that delivery.

Offeror shall describe its ability to respond to a changing workload. The proposal should also provide production schedules, capacities, and constraints.

d) Subfactor D: Logistic & Life Cycle Support The Offeror shall explain how it will procure bill of materials (BOM) parts so they will be ready for production, address mitigation of the obsolescence parts, including qualification, retention, and storing of replacement parts in inventory, as well as any special conditions or protections necessary.

e) Subfactor E: Small Business Participation In accordance with FAR 15.304, it is the intent of the Government to encourage participation of small businesses whenever practicable. Describe the extent to which your company has identified and committed to provide for participation by small, small and disadvantaged businesses (SDB), woman-owned businesses (WOB), veteran owned small business and service-disabled veteran owned small business, historically black colleges and universities, or other minority institutions for the performance of this effort.

ALL offerors shall provide sufficient information to demonstrate that the tasks assigned the selected subcontractors are meaningful in the sense that they will be performing functions important to the overall success of the program and also broaden the subcontractor's technical capability.

ALL Offerors shall describe their management approach for enhancing small business subcontractor's technical capability. Of special interest is the amount and type of work to be performed by the subcontractors. The offeror shall explain the reasons for and advantages of selecting particular subcontractors.

Submission shall be separate from subcontracting plans that are to be submitted by large businesses pursuant to FAR 52.219 9.

The Subcontract Participation Data portion of the proposal shall be submitted as a part of Volume I at a maximum of five (5) pages within the volume.

IV. Past Performance (Volume II)

a) The Past Performance portion of the proposal shall be submitted as a part of Volume II, and shall be no more than a maximum of five (5) pages for the narrative summary and 1 page for the matrix.

b) The offeror shall provide a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) past performance references.

The offeror shall contact past performance references directly and request that they complete and submit the Contractor Performance Questionnaire (Section J, Attachment 7) to the address in Block 7 of SF33, Page 1 of the Solicitation or to logan.wagler@navy.mil in accordance with the timeline set in Block 9 of SF33, Page 1 of the Solicitation. The completed questionnaires shall be sent directly from the POC to the contract specialist, Logan Wagler. Any information provided by the offeror’s references is subject to verification/validation by the Government during the evaluation process. In the event references are not received by the close of the solicitation, the Government may make contact and follow up with the listed references identified on the Contractor Past Performance Data matrix.

c) Offeror shall provide a one (1) page matrix identifying the following information for each of the Past Performance Questionnaires sent out:

1) Organization/Customer

2) Brief Description

3) Contract Number

4) Telephone & E-mail of Organization/Customer Point of Contact (POC)

5) Award value

6) Place of Performance

d) The offeror’s matrix shall contain a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) references to contracts that are recent and relevant to this requirement. Proposals must prove PPQs have been sent to each POC; Failure to send the PPQ to each POC will be considered a proposal deficiency and may result in exclusion of the offeror’s proposal from consideration for award. The offeror shall exert its best efforts to ensure that at least two POCs per relevant contract submit a completed Present/Past Performance Questionnaire directly to the Government.

e) Offerors should include a discussion of any significant achievements and explain any Past Performance problems that it considers relevant to the proposed efforts. Offerors should also discuss past and present efforts to identify and manage program risk.

f) For the purposes of this solicitation, recent contracts are defined as those on which performance occurred during the last three (3) years. In determining relevancy, the offeror should consider the type and value of the contract, and the type of requirement compared to this solicited requirement. The offeror should also consider the level or amount of effort. The offeror must detail (if using the “related technology” as a reference) how the “related technology” is applicable to the solicited effort. Should the offeror not explain how the related technology is applicable, the reference may not be considered relevant. If an offeror has no current or relevant past performance information, they should so state that in this volume.

g) Each offeror shall submit present and past performance information for itself on projects of similar size, scope, and technical complexity. The total number of past performance references for each offeror shall not exceed five (including any references submitted by subcontractors, team members and/or joint ventures). This volume shall provide a list of current and relevant contracts on which the offeror has performed in the format requested in the Proposal Requirements portion of this document. This information, as well as other information the Government may obtain elsewhere via Government databases (CPARs, PPIRs etc.) and other government agencies (DCMA, DCAA etc.), will be used to evaluate the offeror's past performance. The Government reserves the right to solicit feedback beyond what is identified in the questionnaire. NO CLASSIFIED PAST PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTS WILL BE

ACCEPTED.

V. Price Proposals (Volume III)

a) Price will be evaluated. Certified Cost or Pricing Data will not be required if adequate competition exists. If the Government determines that adequate competition was not obtained and/or if the total evaluated price cannot be deemed fair and reasonable, the Government reserves the right to request cost or pricing data (certified or data other than certified) and to evaluate such data utilizing the proposal analysis techniques delineated in FAR 15.404-1 as deemed appropriate. DFARS 252.215-7008, Only One Offer may be invoked if applicable.

b) The offeror shall submit as Volume III a cost/price proposal. No Technical or Past Performance information shall be submitted as part of the cost/price proposal.

c) The Offeror’s proposal should represent its best efforts to respond to the solicitation. Any inconsistency between promised performance and the proposed cost/price must be explained in the proposal. For example, if the intended use of new and innovative techniques is the basis for an abnormally low estimate, the nature of these techniques and the impact on cost or price shall be explained; or, if a corporate policy decision has been made to absorb a portion of the estimated cost/price, that must be stated in the proposal.

Any inconsistency, if unexplained, may raise a fundamental question of the Offeror’s understanding of the nature and scope of the work required and may adversely impact the evaluation of the Offeror’s proposal.

The burden of proof as to cost/price credibility rests with the Offeror. Unrealistically low costs/prices may indicate an inability to understand requirements and a high risk approach to contract performance. The Offeror shall describe how the quantity price breaks are derived, escalation utilized, and the basis for the escalation in Volume III of the proposal.

d) The Offeror shall submit pricing in the Section B pricing matrices for all priced CLINs, including all quantity ranges, when applicable. The proposed prices for production CLINs shall be inclusive of all fabricating, testing, and inspection of the solicited item. The contractor may propose quantity break different than those listed in Section “B” if more advantageous to the Government.

e) Unbalanced Pricing. If the Offeror's unit prices appear unbalanced when comparing from ordering period to ordering period and quantity range to quantity range, the Offeror shall provide documentation, including calculations and supporting rationale, explaining the apparent unbalanced pricing.

f) Offerors shall propose prices for the five year period, assuming any contract(s) awarded may be awarded as late as the date of proposal validity expiration. Pricing for year one shall be for a period from the date of award to 365 days after award. Pricing for years two, three, and four shall be for subsequent 365 day periods.

EXCEPTIONS

Offerors are not encouraged to take exceptions to this solicitation, however, any exceptions taken to the specifications, statement of work, performance work statement or terms and conditions of this solicitation shall be explained in detail and set forth in a cover letter as well as in the cost proposal. Offerors are to detail the particular section, clause paragraph and page to which they are taking exception.

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