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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

L-1 CONTENT OF PROPOSAL (SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)

PART A GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1.0 GENERAL

The Offeror is required to submit sufficient information concerning the following areas to enable Government personnel to fully ascertain capabilities of the Offeror to perform the requirements. The proposal must be sufficient in detail and scope to permit evaluation and provide the evaluators a clear understanding of the Offeror’s capability to meet or exceed the defined elements as required by the solicitation. All proposals must clearly and convincingly demonstrate that the Offeror has a thorough understanding of the requirements, associated risks and is able, willing and competent to devote the resources necessary to meet the requirements, and that the Offeror has valid and practical solutions for all requirements and potential risk areas. Offeror must respond to all requirements of the solicitation and not alter or rearrange the solicitation. The Offeror has the burden of proof to demonstrate compliance with all the evaluation factors and or subfactors identified in this solicitation. The Offeror is advised that the Government may incorporate into the final contract enhancing features included in the Offeror’s proposal deemed beneficial to the Government. With the exception of the Price/Cost volume, no cost or pricing information should appear in any volume. Alternate proposals are not acceptable.

In presenting material in the proposal, the Offeror is advised that quality of information is more important than quantity. Clarity, brevity, and logical organization should be emphasized during proposal preparation. The Offeror is responsible to present enough information to allow the Government to evaluate the proposed work effort, support, and approach, as well as the price/cost proposal without opening discussions. Statements that the prospective Offeror understands, or can and/or will comply with, the specifications, and paraphrasing the requirements or parts thereof without supporting information are considered inadequate by the Government, and may render a rating of unacceptable . For the purpose of this solicitation, relevance is defined as something that has a logical connection with the matter under consideration. Such aspects of relevance include the type of effort (e.g., development, production, repair), the type of requirements (e.g., weapon systems, information systems, engineering services, scheduled depot maintenance), service similarity, service complexity, contract type, contract dollar value, the division of the company that will perform the work, and degree of participation by principal subcontractors, team members, or critical team members. Recency is defined as performance within 5 years of the date of this proposal submission.

The Offeror must include any data that illustrates the adequacy of the various assumptions, approaches, and solutions to problems. Failure to address a specific factor or subfactor clearly may be considered a deficiency. There is no need to repeat information in more than one volume if an overlap exists; the detailed information must be included in the most logical place and summarized and referenced in other areas. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentation materials beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal is neither necessary nor desired.

The Offeror is expected to comply with all requirements of the RFP. The Government advises the Offeror that taking exception or deviating from any term or condition of the RFP may make an offer unacceptable, and the proposal unawardable, unless the RFP expressly authorizes such an exception or deviation with regard to that specific term or condition. The Government may consider any exception or deviation to any term or condition of the RFP that is not expressly authorized by the RFP to be a deficiency.

Throughout these instructions, a “principal subcontractor” is defined as a subcontractor who provides at least 10% of the proposed total price/cost (excluding the Offeror’s profit/fee), for the contract. “Team member” is defined as those entities that make up a joint venture or any other partnership or teaming arrangement formed for the purpose of responding to this solicitation. “Critical team member” is defined as those entities of the Offeror that perform a critical function in the performance of the resulting contract, whether it is technical or financial, and/or that have important roles in any high or medium risk areas identified in the Offeror’s proposal.

2.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT

Written proposals must be formatted using a Times New Roman 12 pt normal font (no reduction permitted), single-spaced with 1-inch margins all around, and formatted for standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper. All pages should be numbered with section and page numbers. Graphs shall be presented in no smaller than a 10 pt font and should contain a grid, which allows values to be read directly from the graph to the same accuracy that a 10 x 10 to the ½ inch grid provides. Graphic resolution should be consistent with the purpose of the data presented.

The Offeror will provide one complete copy of the written proposal to the Procuring Contracting Officer PCO as electronic files fully compatible with Microsoft Office 2000 and for information not supported by MS Office products, with the latest Adobe Acrobat reader on a CD-ROM. The Offeror will ensure that the Price/Cost Volume is provided on a separate CD-ROM. Each CD-ROM is to be labeled for content and the Offeror’s name. If a discrepancy exists between the original paper copy of the proposal and the disk copy, the paper copy will take precedence.

The Offeror must present proposal information in a manner that facilitates a one-to-one comparison between the information presented and this Proposal Instruction. Proposal information must be structured such that its paragraph number/letter is identical to the Proposal Instructions paragraph number to which it is responding, although the Offeror may add lower tier subparagraphs. The Offeror must provide reasons it will not provide information for a particular paragraph.

3.0 PROPOSAL CONTENT AND VOLUMES

Each volume of the proposal shall be submitted as one original and additional copies as specified in the table below. All volumes of the original proposal shall be delivered to the address provided in Section 4.0 prior to the closing date/time stated in this solicitation. Page limitations for each volume if any, are also specified in the table below; title and table of contents pages do not count towards page limit. Proposal pages beyond the specified maximum limit will not be reviewed as part of the evaluation.

Note: Page limits are not being imposed at the Technical subfactor level. However, the Technical volume submission (consisting of the offeror’s responses to all four Technical subfactors) is limited to 45 pages.

AND WAIVERS

Each volume shall contain the following information:

Cover and title page

Title of proposal and proposal number as applicable

Offeror’s name, address and POC

RFP number

Proposal volume/book number

Copy number

Table of Contents (The table of contents must provide sufficient detail to enable easy location of important elements)

Use tabs and dividers

4.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:

Offeror shall submit proposals via United States Postal Service or through a commercial carrier using the address provided below. Offeror shall not submit proposals by facsimile or electronically via email.

Naval Air Systems Command

Aircraft Support Contracts Department

Code: AIR-2.5.1.5.12 (Dania Malveo)

22299 Exploration Drive

Exploration IV, Suite 301

Lexington Park, MD 20653

Solicitation Number: N00421-10-R-1051

Hand carried proposals may be delivered to the address above, attention Candice Anderson and/or Dania Malveo.

5.0 PROPOSAL PACKAGING:

The Offeror shall package the proposal volumes in cartons or equivalent packaging containers in the most efficient manner possible, grouping like volumes to the maximum extent possible. Each container shall be single person portable. One container shall include all Original Proposal volumes including the original/signed documents submitted as part of Volume 1 Executive Summary.

Each box should include a packing slip detailing the contents to include the volume number, title, and copy number. Also, each box should be stamped or marked “For Official Use Only” and “Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104”.

6.0 CLASSIFIED DATA

All proposals must be UNCLASSIFIED.

7.0 SOLICITATION CHANGES

For any changes and additional information for the solicitation please go to website:

http://www.navair.navy.mil/doing_business/open_solicitations

PART B SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

1.0 VOLUME 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Note: This volume shall not contain any reference to cost or price aspects of the offer.

The purpose of the Executive Summary is to provide the evaluators with an overview of the Offeror’s proposal and strategy. The Offeror shall include the following in this volume:

i.

A concise abstract of the Offeror’s strategy for each of the evaluation criteria contained in the solicitation.

ii.

Offeror Summary Table: The Offeror shall complete the table below. The Offeror should include all subcontractors and team members who will be involved with the performance or management of the program work and should list all sites where the work will be performed. If a teaming or subcontracting arrangement is proposed, identify the work share, distribution elements, and ratios that each contractor will perform using the table below. Also provide a definition of the legal relationship between the entities if it is other than a Prime/subcontractor relationship.

Contractor Name

(Indicate Prime, Team Member or Sub)

iii.

Signed SF33 for basic solicitation and each amendment

iv. Signed Representations, Certifications and Acknowledgements (refer to Section K of the solicitation) or Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) reference v.

Affirmation of no Exceptions, Deviations or Waivers if Volume 5 is not being submitted as part of the proposal.

2.0 VOLUME 2: TECHNICAL

Note: This volume shall not contain any reference to cost or price aspects of the offer.

The Offeror shall provide all information and data required to conduct a thorough and complete technical evaluation. The Offeror shall address the following in the proposal:

2.1

STAFFING/PERSONNEL/KEY LABOR

The offeror shall provide the following information:

2.1.1 Workforce Qualifications Spreadsheet. The offeror shall complete the attached Workforce Qualifications spreadsheet (Attachment P1) for each current, contingent, and prospective hire employee proposed under this effort. All contingent hires (key and non-key) shall have a letter of intent submitted under Volume 4. The letter of intent is a separate written agreement signed by the potential employee(s) to work for the offeror effective at contract award. Subcontractors and team members shall provide this information either separately or included in the prime contractor’s submission of this document.

The following definitions apply to section 2.1.1: A “contingent hire” is an individual who has committed, under a signed letter of intent, to being employed by the offeror if the offeror is awarded the contract. A “prospective hire” is an individual that the offeror has committed to hiring if the offeror is awarded the contract whose identity may not be known until after contract award.

Note: The offeror is forewarned that it may receive a weakness if it proposes the predominance of a labor category or Statement of Work (SOW) section tasking using prospective or contingent hire employees and the evaluation team deems this a risk to successful performance.

2.1.2 Labor category information. The offeror shall submit labor category titles, functional responsibilities and labor qualifications for all key and non-key labor categories proposed under the prospective contract and that meet the minimum qualifications stated in Section L-2. The labor category title shall be consistent throughout the proposal. Functional responsibilities shall include the principal duties to be performed under that labor category on the prospective contract. Labor qualifications shall include experience and/or education requirements for all labor categories proposed. The labor qualification information proposed will be incorporated by reference into the resulting contract award, thereby becoming the standards for use during performance of the effort.

2.1.2.1 Key Labor Categories. The offeror shall submit a list of the proposed key labor categories and applicable personnel. This list shall meet the minimum criteria stated Section L-2.

2.1.3 Key Personnel Resumes.

2.1.3.1 For any proposed Key Personnel, provide a resume of the work assignments, training, etc., that demonstrates the experience and specialized qualifications of each key person proposed. Resumes shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:

· Employee name

· Years of employment experience in chronological order including narrative description of duties and responsibilities

· Current position, title and employer

· Educational history

· Institution name, degree or certification earned, and year for all degrees or certifications earned

· Current level of security clearance and status (final, interim, or pending)

2.1.3.2 The Government may check educational background to verify degrees or certifications received.

2.1.4 Workforce Hour Matrix.

2.1.4.1 The offeror shall provide a breakdown of hours for each individual labor category proposed for the base and each option period of performance. The offeror must submit a labor category breakdown that covers the completion of the tasks in the SOW in Section C of the solicitation in accordance with the format in the Workforce Hour Matrix (Attachment P2). Subcontractors’ and team members’ information shall be included under the prime contractor’s submission.

2.1.5 Qualification/Recruitment/Retention Plan:

Offerors shall present in sufficient detail the following:

2.1.5.1 qualification/recruitment/retention procedures that would provide workforce improvements and upgrade the skills of highly trained and motivated personnel;

2.1.5.2 description of its process for qualifying personnel to perform PBSOW tasks;

2.1.5.3 explanation of approaches for maintaining technical competence to perform the tasks in the PBSOW; and

2.1.5.4 employee retention plan.

NOTE: As a courtesy, offerors are reminded that if any personnel proposed for performance under this contract meet the definition of a “senior mentor,” the requirements at DFARS PGI 237.102-73 will apply.

2.2

UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK

2.2.1 Statement of Work Approach:

2.2.1.1 Provide a written narrative of the offeror’s proposed understanding and capability to perform the requirements of the Performance Based Statement of Work (PBSOW). The narrative shall include, but is not limited to, the elements set forth below:

2.2.1.1.1 Provide a detailed description of the approach, including a detailed step-by-step procedure and methodology which would be used in accomplishing each task,

2.2.1.1.2 Identify reference documents that would be utilized to perform the PBSOW tasking,

2.2.1.1.3 Provide a product outline describing what would be the expected deliverable(s) as a result of the tasking,

2.2.1.1.4 Identify any areas that may impact successful performance,

2.2.1.1.5 Provide a description of possible areas to be investigated in researching each task, and

2.2.1.1.6 Implementation plan that includes:

2.2.1.1.6.1 Manpower utilization to maintain an optimum level of support

2.2.1.1.6.2 Warranty of work, if applicable

2.2.1.1.6.3 Quality control of work product

2.2.1.1.6.4 Quality assurance plan to monitor performance based metrics

2.2.2 Sample Tasks

2.2.2.1 The offeror shall provide written responses to the sample task(s) provided below.

Sample Task 1: Your Government customer has asked you to assist him in the planning, development and execution of a new NAVAIR Strategic Plan. Your role is to provide the necessary skills and processes to organize strategy development meetings, produce a strategic planning document, assist senior leadership in communicating the goals and objectives though out the organization, help with successfully executing the strategies leading to goal accomplishment and measuring/reporting the results back to leadership.

Sample Task 2: Your staff has prepared a very important speech for the NAVAIR Commander and during his review he unexpectedly decides what you have given him is not what he needs. He provides some guidance but his expectations remain unclear. It's 6:00 PM the end of the workday and subject matter experts have gone home for the day. The Commander tells you he needs a final product on his desk for review at 7:00 AM.

2.2.2.1.1 Unique methods of resolving problems identified in the Sample Task(s) above are encouraged; however, be mindful of the need for timely accomplishment of contract objectives with minimal risk to program achievement, schedule and cost. The sample task response shall include, but not be limited to, the following guidelines:

2.2.2.1.1.1 a description of possible areas to be investigated in researching each task,

2.2.2.1.1.2 a detailed description of the approach including a detailed step-by-step procedure and methodology which would be used in accomplishing each task,

2.2.2.1.1.3 a breakdown of the hours proposed to complete the tasking by labor category,

2.2.2.1.1.4 identification of additional information that would be used in accomplishing each task,

2.2.2.1.1.5 a detailed work plan for implementation, and

2.2.2.1.1.6 a product outline describing what would be the expected deliverable(s) as a result of this task.

2.3

EXPERIENCE:

2.3.1 The offeror shall submit a Corporate Experience Form (Attachment P3) that depicts the most recent relevant experience from the PBSOW paragraphs, in Section C.

Note: All of the sections of the PBSOW should be addressed in the Corporate Experience Form (Attachment P3), with special attention added to the following areas of concern:

a. Development of a strategic plan for a large Navy Enterprise

b. Warfare analysis and assessments for decision support

c. Executive Support

d. Requirement analysis and development of a formal training program for business/financial management

2.3.2 The Offeror shall complete a Corporate Experience Form (Attachment P3) for each reference detailing information that describes the team’s experience similar to that required for the resultant contract award. Offeror shall include its experience in its role as either/both a prime contractor or a subcontractor. Identify the period of performance and contract number. Explain in the Relevancy of Experience and Associated Degree of Relevancy sections why the experience should be considered relevant and the degree of relevance that the experience has to the above identified elements. Specifically, describe in the Description of Experience section the task performed and the outcome achieved. In general, recent experience will be considered more relevant than older experience.

2.4

SMALL BUSINESS UTILIZATION :

All Offerors (including Small Businesses) shall address their strategies for utilizing Small Business (SB) concerns in the performance of this contract, whether as a joint venture, teaming arrangement or subcontractor. For purposes of this solicitation, SB shall also include Small Disadvantaged Business, Veteran-Owned SB, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned SB, HUBZone SB, Women-Owned SB, and Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions (MI). Each subcategory of SB shall be addressed. In describing its strategy for this solicitation, the Offeror shall, as applicable:

Describe its approach to identifying SB Concerns;

Describe the extent of participation of SB Concerns on this contract, especially as principal subcontractors;

Describe the extent of commitment to use such SB Concerns;

Describe the complexity and variety of the work SB Concerns are to perform;

Identify what processes have been implemented to correct past inabilities to meet proposed goals;

Provide targets, expressed as dollars and percentages of total contract values for SB participation. Targets of subcontractors must be listed separately.

Demonstrating Realism through Submission of Reports: To demonstrate the realism of the utilization strategy, the Offeror shall provide information demostrating results for the most current three relevant contracts, that best demonstrate the Offeror's ability to achieve the proposed subcontracting goals. Explain how the results shown demonstrates the realism of the plan. The Offeror may provide this information in a format substantially the same as the ISR or SSR (SF 294/295)

3.0 VOLUME 3: PAST PERFORMANCE

3.1 The offeror shall identify on the Past Performance Matrix (Attachment P4) contracts whose performance is within five years of this proposal submission and contains efforts similar to those efforts, e.g., tasks, contract type, location, contract dollar value, etc., required by this solicitation for itself, primary subcontractors, and critical team members. A primary subcontractor is defined as any subcontractor who is providing at least 20% of the total labor cost proposed. Commercial contracts may be included. A critical team member is defined as a subcontractor providing less than 20% of the labor cost proposed who is deemed essential to the successful performance of the requirement by the offeror. These contracts should be the same contracts identified in the Corporate Experience Section, if this Technical subfactor is applicable to this procurement, but include only those that are within five years of this proposal submission. When possible, these contracts should include at least five contracts for the prime contractor, and at least two contracts for each primary subcontractor.

3.2 If a past performance problem has been identified, describe the status of the improvement efforts and, where applicable, describe the impact that the improvement effort had on resolving the problem so that it would not reoccur.

3.3 FOR CONTRACTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORTING SYSTEM (CPARS), AND FOR WHICH ANNUAL REPORTING HAS BEEN PERFORMED, DO NOT SEND THE PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SERVICES TO THE CUSTOMER.

3.4 For contracts that have Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARs) that are more than 12 months old the offeror will complete items numbered 1 through 8 on page 1 of the Past Performance Questionnaire Package for Services (Attachment P5) and forward it to the contract customer’s Program Manager to address only the items numbered 9 to 15 on page 1. For all contracts identified which do not have CPARs, the offeror will complete items numbered 1 through 8 page 1 of the Past Performance Questionnaire Package for Services (Attachment P5) and forward the 2 pages to that contract customer’s Technical Point of Contact or Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). All questionnaires shall be forwarded within two weeks from the RFP release date with enough lead-time so that responses can be received by the Government concurrent with the Government’s receipt of the offeror’s past performance information submitted as per paragraph 3.1 and 3.2. The offeror shall include past performance package instructions to the customers. This submittal information is provided at the top of the questionnaires to facilitate the offeror’s effort in meeting these instructions. The offeror shall not conduct follow-up actions with regard to this questionnaire. The Government will ensure that the customers have received and will respond to the questionnaires. The Government may send any other questionnaires as necessary.

3.5 Offerors shall provide written consent from their primary subcontractors that will allow the Government to coordinate their past performance issue(s) with the prime offeror. If offerors do not submit such written consent, then the Government will address any past performance issues directly with the primary subcontractor and the offeror will forfeit the opportunity to participate in any related discussions. Consequently, for any primary subcontractors and critical team members that do not provide such written consent, provide a point of contact (name, address, phone number, and email address) with which the Government may coordinate these issues and obtain any responses as needed.

3.6 Offerors are reminded that the Government may use information other than that provided by the Offerors in their proposals, such as questionnaires, to evaluate past performance. The Government may use past performance information obtained from sources other than those identified by the offeror. The Past Performance Information Reporting system (PPIRs) will be the primary method used to evaluate past performance. It is incumbent upon the offeror to explain the relevance of the data provided. The Government does not assume the duty to search for data to cure the problems it finds in the information provided by the offeror. The burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information remains with the offeror.

3.7 If the offeror does not have any past performance, it shall provide an affirmative statement stating it has no past performance. This statement shall be provided in the submittal under Volume 3 Past Performance.

4.0 VOLUME 4: PRICE/COST PROPOSAL

4.1 Volume Content:

(a) This Volume shall contain the information requested below and shall include a copy of Section B with the Contract Line Item (CLIN) and Sub-CLIN Unit Prices and for evaluation purposes, the Total Prices filled in (Supplies and/or Services and Prices and/or Costs) using the estimated quantities value in the solicitation and the instructions below. Offeror’s must also complete and submit the Firm-Fixed-Price Fully Burdened Labor Rate chart contained in section B, as these rates will be utilized in negotiating task orders under the IDIQ contract resulting from this solicitation. If applicable, Offeror’s labor classifications should cross-reference to Department of Labor (DOL) wage determination classifications as much as possible. In addition, the Offeror shall provide a percentage breakdown of the Offeror’s indirect costs and burdens added to the Government estimates for any and all Cost Reimbursable CLINs in section B. Section B prices shall be provided separately in one digital data copy in MS Office 2000 Excel format on CD-ROM media. Within all Excel spreadsheets, the Offeror shall use formulas and functions to the maximum extent possible and avoid using output type “value only” cells. If links are utilized, supply those referenced files. Spreadsheets shall not be protected.

(b) All price/cost and price/cost supporting information shall be contained in section B and the price/cost proposal. No price or pricing information shall be included in any other technical volume including cover letters. Offeror are responsible for submitting sufficient information to enable the Government to fully evaluate their price/cost proposal.

4.2 Ground Rules and Assumptions:

(a) As this is a competitive acquisition with adequate price competition anticipated, any price/cost documentation requested shall not be certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.406-2. However, in the event that adequate price competition does not exist after receipt of proposals, the Government reserves the right to request additional cost or pricing data as necessary from both the Offeror and subcontractors and may conduct negotiations with the Offeror, pursuant to FAR Part 15.403-4, in order to ensure a reasonable and realistic price/cost. Further, the Offeror may be required to provide a Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data prior to award, pursuant to FAR 15.406-2. Offeror shall acknowledge the requirement to provide additional cost or pricing information and certify the data prior to award if/when requested by the Government.

(b) The cost of general purpose items required to conduct normal business operations will not be considered allowable Other Direct Charges. The following types of general purpose costs required to conduct normal business operations are not directly reimbursable: the cost and associated costs for telephones and telephone charges (except for project-related telephone charges for performance of this contract which, per contractor's DCAA-approved accounting system, may be directly reimbursed under communication expenses), modems, typewriters, reproduction machines, word processing equipment, personal computers, computer software, Internet access charges, facsimile machines, commercial carrier charges, pagers, and other general purpose office equipment and office supplies.

(c) The Offeror shall provide sufficient information to support its price/cost as well as an explanation of all ground rules and assumptions that affect the price/cost estimates. Any apparent imbalances in the pricing, high or low proposed prices/costs as compared to historical data, or any other anomalies should be fully explained. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to, investments, programmatic variables (e.g., inflation/escalation, location, make/buy decisions, prime/subcontractor relationships, and business base concerns), etc.

4.3 Price/Cost Information:

(a) Reasonableness and Consistency between the Technical and Price/Cost Volumes. Demonstrate that the fully burdened Firm-Fixed-Price labor rates and the total proposed price/cost are reasonable, realistic, and commensurate with the work required by the solicitation and the technical and management approaches identified in the Technical Volume of the proposal. Show traceability with the CLINS, SubCLINs, the PWS, proposed effort, proposed manning levels, and the prices/costs. Refer to specific sections in the Technical Volume as needed to illustrate the consistency between the Price/Cost Volume and the Technical Volume. The Offeror shall explain any inconsistency between promised performance and price/cost, as well as any appearance of unbalanced pricing, in the proposal.

(b) The Government is not soliciting any investments. However, in order for the Government to properly assess a proposed price/cost that appears low due to a corporate decision to absorb costs, e.g., lower than usual burdens or rates, the Offeror shall fully identify and explain any such investments.

(c) The Offeror shall identify the proposed prices/costs for each CLIN or SLIN as specified in Section B of this solicitation. The Offeror shall provide a fully burdened labor rate (i.e., "wrap-rate") for each labor category in each contract period (i.e., base period, option period I, option period II) and the total estimated number of hours in each contract period. The Offeror shall also state the number of hours used in determining an employee work year. The offeror is required to demonstrate the reasonableness of the fully burdened rates proposed and describe the basis for the rates, showing each labor category’s build up and skill mix. The Offeror shall sum up the proposed Total Prices/Costs by contract year, and provide a total overall price/cost of the proposal using estimated quantities, and submit a complete Section B.

(d) Direct/Indirect Rates: The Offeror shall use and submit Forward Pricing Rate Agreements (FPRAs), and Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs), as applicable.

(e) The Offeror shall provide a schedule which contains the proposed burden rates by year for material, direct labor overhead, General and Administrative expense, fee/profit and any other applicable burden applied to direct cost elements.

(f) In addition, the Offeror shall provide a percentage breakdown of the Contractor indirect costs and burdens added to the Government estimates for the Cost Reimbursable CLINs in section B. Inclusive of contractor-applied burdens, ODC’s shall be proposed in accordance with the figures provided in section L-2 paragraph 1.1.

(g) Limitation on Subcontracting: This requirement is being set-aside for the 8(a) program. Provide a breakout to demonstrate how the prime contractor will perform at least 50% of the cost of contract incurred for personnel with its own employees for each period of performance in accordance with FAR clause 52.219-14. Cost of contract incurred for personnel includes direct labor cost, overhead that has only direct labor as its base, and the small business’s General and Administrative (G&A) rate multiplied by the labor cost.

(h) If subcontractors are proposed, provide the same information required for the prime contractor. The prime contractor must justify the reasonableness of each subcontractor's cost, if applicable. A discussion for the basis of this determination is required for each proposed subcontractor. If the contractor requires the use of consultants in its proposal the consultant cost shall be captured under the appropriate labor CLIN not the ODCs CLIN.

4.4 Use of Government Furnished Property:

(a) If the Offeror proposes/requires the use of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) or Government Furnished Information (GFI), then the Offeror shall provide:

A complete description of the required GFE/GFI including part number and serial number, if applicable.

Where the GFE/GFI is to be located.

The name, organization, complete address and telephone number of a cognizant Government point of contact.

In the case of GFE/GFI accountable to other Government contracts, a copy of the correspondence authorizing use of such GFE/GFI on this contract.

The monetary impact to the Offeror’s proposal if the proposed GFE/GFI is not provided as GFE/GFI.

If none, so state.

4.5 Other Costs

The Offeror shall identify additional costs, that would be incurred that has not been identified in the solicitation and describe in detail the performance that would cause these costs. Also, describe any assumptions with regard to Government’s actions (e.g., providing resources whether it be equipment or people) that enabled the proposed price/cost to be lower and identify the amount by which it is lower.

5.0 VOLUME 5– EXCEPTIONS, DEVIATIONS AND WAIVERS:

In this Volume, the Offeror must certify that it contains all exceptions, deviations, and waivers that the Offeror takes from the provisions of the solicitation and its applicable documents. An “exception” is where an Offeror states it will not comply with a requirement, usually involving contract terms and conditions. A “deviation” is where an Offeror states it will not comply with a requirement but proposes an alternative to meet the intent of the requirement, usually involving a specification. A “waiver” is where an Offeror requests authorization for the Government to accept an item, which will depart from, specified requirements, but would nevertheless be considered suitable. Exceptions, deviations, and requests for waivers may cause proposals to be considered deficient. An assumption or condition shall not be considered an exception, deviation, or request for waiver as defined herein.

Provide a detailed description for each exception, deviation, or request for waiver, as applicable. The Offeror shall indicate the Offeror’s difficulty with the applicable requirement and the Offeror’s proposed solution. The Offeror shall specifically identify the portion of the solicitation and the Offeror’s proposal which are affected. If there are no exceptions, deviations or waivers, the Offeror shall provide a one-page Volume 5 in the Executive Summary stating so.

L-2 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED INFORMATION

1.0 ODCs

1.1. Other Direct Costs. The Government's estimate for travel, material, and NMCI for the prime and all subcontract efforts (burdened) is listed below:

Offerors shall utilize the Not-To-Exceed (NTE) amounts provided by the Government for ODC CLINs 0002, 1002, and 2002. If an offeror chooses to increase one of these NTE CLIN values it must provide the justification for this variance.

2.0 Labor Hours

2.1 The Government historical estimate is 253,440 hours for the entire work effort. A work-year is defined as 1920 hours exclusive of holidays and leave. The contractor shall propose these labor hours per labor category.

* Key Personnel

2.1.1 Minimum Personnel Requirements

2.1.1.1 The contractor shall be responsible for employing personnel having the following levels of education, professional, and technical experience. These qualifications are only a baseline; contractors should strive for technical excellence in personnel by demonstrating experience and qualifications beyond these qualifications.

2.1.1.2 The specialized experience included as part of the required qualifications shall have been obtained in the field of endeavor indicated by the applicable labor categories listed below. The experience indicated in the following labor categories must have been performed during the past five years. In cases requiring experience of more than five years, five years of the total experience must be within the past five years. Key personnel are those who will be performing in Key Labor Categories listed below.

2.1.1.3 Personnel must have, or be able to obtain the appropriate security clearance as stated on the DD Form 254. Proof of U.S. citizenship is required to be permitted access to Government installation, aircraft, and ships.

Note: All required experience for all labor categories may have been obtained concurrently. All degrees shall be obtained from an accredited college or university.

The aforementioned matrix is provided to illustrate the relationship between the applicable labor categories contained in L-2, 2.1 of this solicitation.

2.1.1.4 DEFINITIONS

As used in the minimum personnel qualification descriptions for this contract, the terms indicated shall be defined or their meaning qualified as follows:

2.1.1.4.1 accredited institution - a post-secondary educational institution (junior college, college, university, technical trade, or professional school) which was approved by an accrediting agency listed as nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

2.1.1.4.2 degree - an academic title conferred by an educational institution upon completion of a unified course of study; if not otherwise qualified, the term shall mean a degree at the bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral levels only.

2.1.1.4.3 experience and years of experience

2.1.1.4.3.1 When used in relation to requirements for past participation in professional work or employment activities, “experience” shall mean full-time (on the basis of a standard forty hour work week) participation, at least one-half of which time was spent performing qualifying functions as practitioner or employee.

2.1.1.4.3.2 When used in relation to requirements for a particular term or period of participation, “years of experience” shall mean full, productive years of participation. Productive years are work years of fifty-two weeks reduced by reasonable amounts of time for holiday, annual, and sick leave. If participation was part-time, or if less than one-half of the standard work week was spent performing qualifying functions, the actual time spent performing qualifying functions may be cumulated to arrive at full years (or years and months) of experience. For example, only the actual number of full days (or full-day equivalents) of duty or drills completed during a year of military reserve participation, or in other qualifying part-time employment or practice may be cumulated toward years of experience. Qualifying part-time experience performed in addition to other full-time qualifying employment during the same period of time may be cumulated on a full-time equivalent basis and added to the full-time experience to satisfy a total experience requirement.

2.1.2 Labor Category Qualifications:

The following are descriptions of the experience and educational standards identified by the Government as being the minimum acceptable standards for the respective labor categories. Key personnel require a resume submission and are designated by an asterisk (*).

Program Manager*

(a) Education: Position requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University.

(b) Experience: Position requires twelve (12) years experience in business or DOD program management and office operation/management support. This experience must demonstrate the ability to supervise, direct and coordinate a variety of work requirements. This individual must have direct experience supporting a Chief of Staff for a Major Navy Command including oversight of business management contractor support to the Deputy, Vice Commander and Commander in the following types strategic efforts and operations: Naval Capabilities Development Process/Integrated Analysis & Planning, Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE) War Council, producing NAE strategic documents and themes to communicate the NAE, overseeing operations of a Headquarters Washington liaison office, as well as development of executive knowledge management tools for NAVAIR. Experience performing financial and administrative requirements, to include project controls, strategic management procedures and senior level communication also is required. A minimum of seven (7) years supervisory/Team Lead experience is required.

Senior Consultant

(a) Education: Position requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University.

(b) Experience: Position requires eight (8) years of experience, of which four (4) years must include specialized experience in either strategic planning/management, communications, business operations, data/information management, or project management. Team Lead experience is required, to include administrative activities. Specialized experience, to include business financial analysis; evaluation of existing procedures and processes; developing communication techniques, models, and/or managing data for large organizations, is desired. This individual must have experience working with industry/government executive level personnel. Four (4) additional years of relevant experience will be considered equivalent to a bachelor’s degree.

Project Manager

(a) Education: Position requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University.

(b) Experience: Position requires six (6) years experience, of which at least three (3) years must be specialized. Specialized experience must be in one (1) or more of the following: strategic planning, communications, data/information management, project management, executive staff support, or senior level communications. Two (2) years of supervisory/lead experience is required, including financial management and administrative activities experience. Experience performing complex evaluations of existing procedures, processes, communication techniques, models, and/or systems related to management problems is desirable. Four (4) additional years of relevant experience will be considered equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.

Project Manager for Air Warfare Analysis*

Specialized experience: This individual must have experience and expert knowledge sufficient to support Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) and warfare analysis division senior leadership with requirements generation and development of warfare analysis policy for Aircraft Division (AD), Weapons Division operations, and command staffing analytics.

Project Manager for Strategic Leadership Support*

Specialized experience: This individual must have experience and knowledge sufficient to support senior Navy Leadership in facilitating and developing command-wide strategic planning and Enterprise level vision documents, administering large organization executive board meetings, and developing command-wide messages for trade shows/conferences.

Project Manager for WLO*

Specialized experience: This individual must have experience supporting senior Navy leadership liaison operations and providing facilities management while managing all activities related to an organization relocation.

Project Manager for Naval Aviation News Magazine*

Specialized experience: This individual must have experience operating as a managing editor of a DoD-published periodical that included historical content.

Project Manager for NAE (Naval Aviation Enterprise) War Council

Specialized experience: This individual must demonstrate direct knowledge of and experience with NAE and possess the ability to support senior leadership in a rapidly changing environment.

Senior Analyst

(a) Education: Position requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University.

(b) Experience: Minimum of six (6) years experience in performing research and/or analytical tasks related to business/program management operations which includes experience in any of the following areas: financial management; database design and development; briefing or website development; software analysis; local area network administration; analyzing troubleshooting for computer hardware/software issues; statistical analysis; marketing analysis; design communications; resource manpower analysis; program/business statistical analysis; or preparing documentation for internal/external communications. Experience in conducting analytical studies, analyzing various information, and providing reports on complex issues is desirable. Must possess excellent communication skills and have experience operating in a lead position. This individual must have demonstrated experience in collecting various forms of information and producing reports, summaries, briefs, speeches, etc., to support conclusions and/or recommendations. Four (4) additional years of relevant experience will be considered equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.

Analyst

(a) Education: Position requires a Bachelor’s degree from and accredited College or University.

(b) Experience: Minimum of four (4) years experience in performing research and/or analytical tasks related to business/program management operations which includes experience in any of the following areas: financial management; database design and development; briefing or website development; software analysis; local area network administration; analyzing troubleshooting for computer hardware/software issues; statistical analysis; marketing analysis; design communications; resource manpower analysis; program/business statistical analysis; research and writing for internal/external communications. Experience in conducting analytical studies, analyzing various information, and providing reports on complex issues is desirable. Must possess excellent communication skills and be able to work with minimal supervision. This individual must have demonstrated experience in collecting various forms of information and producing reports, summaries, briefs, speeches, etc. to support conclusions and/or recommendation. Four (4) additional years of relevant experience will be considered equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.

Jr. Analyst

(a) Education: Position requires an Associate’s degree from an accredited College or University.

(b) Experience: Minimum of two (2) years of recent experience in the collection, analysis or design presentation of data/information related to program/business operations as an assistant. This individual must be familiar with various types of software, including database, spreadsheet, publication or presentation software packages, and have demonstrated experience in assisting in the collection and analysis of data or experience in marketing or design communications. The individual must have demonstrated experience in producing briefings, reports, summaries, tables, charts and other forms of written material with regular supervisory reviews. A high school diploma with two (2) years of relevant experience is considered equivalent education and experience for this position.

Executive Management Assistant

(a) Education: Position requires a High School diploma.

(b) Experience: Position requires experience in routine clerical operations and a working knowledge of office automated machinery. This individual must possess excellent communication skills and have experience using various software applications to include meeting and conference scheduling. This individual also must have experience in such areas as preparing materials, newsletters, brochures, and other media presentations.