17-R-4703-0004.docx

N32205-17-R-4703

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The solicitation issue date has changed from 29-Aug-2017 to 05-Oct-2017.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following were previously included by reference and are now included by full text:

L –2 REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

A. Proposal Submittal and Inquiries.

1. Proposals shall be submitted prior to the closing date and time identified on the SF 33, the following address:

Military Sealift Command

2. Electronic submissions via email or facsimile will not be accepted. Offers shall be mailed through a commercial/Government carrier or hand carried.

3. All questions concerning the solicitation shall be addressed to the contracting specialist identified below via email:

danielle.hinton@navy.mil and patrick.d.brown@navy.mil

4. See L-5, “Inspection of Vessel/Pre-Proposal Conference,” for instructions to participate in a pre-proposal inspection of the vessel.

B. General Instructions

1. The selection of a source for award purposes will be conducted utilizing source selection (negotiated) procedures as delineated in FAR Subpart 15.3. Offers will be evaluated using the criteria under Section M, “Evaluation Factors for Award.” Noncompliance with the Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements may hamper the Government’s ability to properly evaluate the proposal and may result in elimination of the proposal from further consideration for contract award.

2. The offer. The submission of the documentation specified below will constitute the offeror’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the RFP, concurrence with the specifications, and contract type.

3. It is the Government’s intention to award without discussions. Offerors are encouraged to submit their best technical proposal and prices in initial proposals. In accordance with (IAW) FAR 15.306, should discussions become necessary, the Government reserves the right to hold them. If this occurs, a competitive range will be determined and offerors notified. The competitive range may be limited for purposes of efficiency IAW FAR 15.306(c)(2). Proposals containing unacceptable ratings may be included in the competitive range provided they can be made acceptable as a result of discussions.

4. Instructions outlined in paragraph C below, prescribe the format for the proposal and describe the approach for the development and presentation of proposal data. These instructions are designed to ensure the submission of information needed to allow for evaluation of proposals.

5. The Work Item (WI) Package is only available upon a written request being made to the contract specialist. All other referenced documents for this solicitation are available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at https://www.fbo.gov.

6. Debriefings. The KO will promptly notify offerors of the decision to eliminate their proposals from the competitive range, whereupon an offeror can request and receive a debriefing in accordance with FAR 15.505. The KO will notify unsuccessful offerors in the competitive range of the source selection decision IAW FAR 15.506. Upon such notification, unsuccessful offerors may request and receive a debriefing. Any offeror requesting a debriefing must make the request in accordance with the requirements of FAR 15.506.

C. Proposal Preparation Instructions

1. Offeror’s proposal shall consist of two (2) separate volumes: (Volume I) General; and (Volume II) Technical Proposal.

2. Proposal Format

a. Offerors shall submit an original and the number of copies listed in paragraph “c” below of their proposals.

b. The proposals shall be organized into two (2) separate sealed volumes. Each hard copy volume of the proposal shall be separately bound in a three-ring loose leaf binder. The original copy of each volume shall be marked, “Original;” and any copy shall be marked, “Copy.”

c. In addition to submitting hard copies of the proposals, digital copies shall be provided on CD-ROM disk in Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and/or Excel. Offerors shall ensure that proposal disks are virus free, and free of password protection. The Government reserves the right to eliminate a proposal from consideration if access to proposal data is prohibited due to viruses, passwords, and/or wrong format.

d. The table below shows detailed page limits and number of copies required to be submitted:

The proposal shall not exceed the limits stated above. If the page limits are exceeded, the pages in excess of the limit shall be removed and remain unread.

The offeror shall submit a technical and a price proposal that shall include, at a minimum:

D. Proposal Content

1. Volume 1 – General. Offerors are required to submit: (TAB A) a completed SF 33 to include acknowledgement of amendments, if applicable; (TAB B) Section B – Supplies or Services and Price and an itemized breakdown of price on the form(s) provided in Attachments J-2 and J-3; (TAB C) Subcontracting Plan (applicable if the offeror is a large business); (TAB D) Section K Representations and Certifications; and (TAB E) Past Performance.

TAB A, SF 33. The SF 33 shall be fully completed upon submission. The offeror shall acknowledge any amendments to the RFP in accordance with the instructions on the SF 33 and FAR Clause 52.215-1(b).

TAB B, Price:

For the price submission, the hard copy version will take precedence for any differences noted between the hard copy and electronic versions of an offeror’s proposal.

Offerors shall submit prices in the format specified on the Contractor Price Breakdown forms of this solicitation, Attachment J-2 and J-3. Each specification Item Number must be either priced or marked “Not Separately Priced (NSP)”.

Overall Price. Unit prices and extended prices must be submitted as indicated, except “Not Separately Priced” items.

Offerors shall include any costs associated with third party access to the contractor’s facility, including costs for badges, safety orientation instruction, and/or parking, in the price proposal under the Shipboard Access and Security Item. For estimating purposes, offerors shall assume that (1) the Government will require access, to include safety orientation instruction and parking at the shipyard facility, for thirty individuals for the entire duration of the performance period; and (2) 20% of the badges issued to the government and third party personnel will be lost/misplaced and will require replacement.

Offerors shall include the Hazardous Waste Handling Fee rate per WI 023 Hazardous Waste Disposal at a Contractor’s Facility; and the unit price per Kilowatt Hour for electrical power, the unit price per gallon potable water, and the unit price per gallon of distilled water per WI 011 on the Section B part of the solicitation.

The contractor agrees that its manhour rate for the CLIN 0002 - 10,000 manhours and CLIN 0003 – 400 manhours of the “Additional Government Requirements” includes the complete and full compensation to which it is entitled, including, but not limited to, compensation for all the direct labor costs, (e.g., straight time, overtime, premium time, shift differential, holiday time, standby time, etc.) for performing the Additional Government Requirements, as well as compensation for acceleration, delay and disruption and other impact, if any, to the aforementioned WI, to work performed under any other Government contract and to any work in progress for the Government. The contractor further agrees that it is not entitled to a time extension to the delivery date of any ship under a Government contract by reason or as of a result of the ordering of the CLIN 0002 - 10,000 manhours and CLIN 0003 – 400 manhours of “Additional Government Requirements”.

“Additional Government Requirements” does not include work performed pursuant to the clause of this contract entitled “Inspection of and Manner of doing work,” “Guarantees,” or other contract provision relating to the correction of defects.

TAB C, Subcontracting Plan. IAW FAR Clause 52.219-9, 52.219-9 Alt II, and DFARS Clause 252.219-7003, large business offerors shall submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan with their proposal. Offerors shall ensure that they submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan with all of the information required.

In preparing the Small Business Subcontracting Plan, offerors should note that historical compliance with FAR Clause 52.219-8, 52.219-9 Alt II, and DFARS Clause 252.219-7003 shall be evaluated as part of Past Performance.

TAB D, Section K (Representation, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors). The offeror shall ensure that Section K is submitted thoroughly completed with all blocks in each certification/representation completed truthfully and completely.

TAB E, Past Performance:

The Past Performance evaluation will be accomplished by reviewing aspects of an offeror’s recent and relevant Past Performance. Offerors shall provide information for up to three (3) 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 (3) years. If the offeror has not had three (3) Government contracts within the last three (3) 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.

i. Scope: Experience in the areas defined in the Statement of Work (SOW).

ii. 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.

iii. 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 SOW. 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 J-12) shall 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. Offerors are responsible for the accuracy of all data provided. Past performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience and subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement may be provided as past performance submissions.

For each of the contracts the offeror describes in a Performance Data Sheet (Attachment J-12), the offeror is request to provide a Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment J-13) to a reference at the organization that awarded the contract. The reference, not the offeror, shall email the completed past performance Questionnaire BEFORE THE DUE DATE FOR PROPOSALS directly to Danielle Hinton, Military Sealift Command Norfolk, Bldg SP-64 471 C Street, Naval Station Norfolk, VA 23511-2419, email to danielle.hinton@navy.mil fax submittals will not be considered. The offeror, NOT THE GOVERNMENT, is responsible for ensuring the Government receives a sufficient number of questionnaires.

2. Volume II – Technical Proposal.

The technical proposal will be the basis for assessing the offeror’s ability to understand and perform the tasks in the solicitation. Section M of the solicitation outlines the evaluation factors and defines the source selection evaluation criteria for evaluating the technical proposal. A legible, neat, orderly and comprehensive proposal is required. Data should be presented in Evaluation Factor sequence (1.0-3.0) and paragraph numbering in the proposal submitted should coincide with the numbering system set forth in Section M. Failure to respond to any one of the evaluation factors may result in disqualification of the proposal.

The technical proposal must demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to meet all of the requirements covered in the specification. The proposal should be sufficiently complete to demonstrate how the offeror will comply with government directions and requirements throughout the performance period. Data previously submitted, or presumed to be known, i.e., descriptions of previous projects performed for the government, cannot be considered as a part of the proposal unless physically incorporated in the proposal.

All information must be presented in sufficient depth for the government to make a comprehensive evaluation of the offeror’s understanding of the work package and of the offeror’s capability to successfully perform the work package.

The proposal should demonstrate this understanding and capability in a concise, logical manner and should not contain superfluous material not directly related to the solicitation.

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