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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

See amendment details below .

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 12

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 10-Jan-2022

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 N3220522R4021

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

15-Dec-2021

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 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

10-Jan-2022

CODE

MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND NORFOLK

471 EAST C. STREET

BLDG. SP-64

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK

NORFOLK VA 23511

N32205 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

N3220522R4021

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following items are applicable to this modification:

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

A0002 The purpose of this modification is as follows:

1. Amend Part X(c)(9) and Part X(w) to Reserved.

2. Amend Part XI(a) and Part XI(b)(1) to remove classified requirement.

3. Amend Part IX(e) Performance Work Statement to remove classified requirement and amend Part IX(r) Classified Vessel Requirement to Not Applicable.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

DRYTIME PROFORMA

MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND

DRY CARGO TIME CHARTER (DRYTIME – LONG TERM CHARTER)

AUGUST 2020 (REV 1 (05-13)

PART IX. ATTACHMENTS – DRY CARGO TIME CHARTER

Vessel(s):

Owner, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), CAGE Code, TIN (and TIN of parent, if applicable):

MSC DRYTIME 2020

PART I - DRYTIME BOXES

Solicitation Number (date): N32205-22-R-4021 Contract Number (date):

1. Vessel(s) Required:

The vessel requirements are provided as Attachment E- Performance Work Statement (PWS).

2. Place / Range of Delivery:

Far East/Indian Ocean, Port in Chop (intention Singapore)

3. Place / Range of Redelivery:

Far East/Indian Ocean, Port in Chop (intention Singapore)

4. Charter Period:

One 365-day firm period with three 1-year option periods and one 334 day period.

5. Laydays:

Commencing: 23 June 2022

Cancelling: 09 September 2022

Offeror must provide a five (5) day layday window period within the Commencing and Cancelling laydays.

6. Terms/Conditions/Attachments added, deleted or modified:

PART V(a)(B) applies.

PART V(d) applies.

PART V(e) applies.

PART V(m) applies.

PART V(o) applies.

PART X(h) is hereby updated as follows: For treatment of late proposals or modifications of proposals, see FAR 52.215-1.

PART IX(r) is hereby amended to Not Applicable.

PART X(c)(9) is hereby amended to Reserved.

PART X(w) is hereby amended to Reserved.

PART XI(a) and (b)(1) has been amended to remove classified requirement.

(a) Attachment IX (A) - Government Furnished Property (GFP) and Directives

(b) Attachment IX (B) - Basic Pricing Data

(c) Attachment IX (C) - Crew Complement

(d) Attachment IX (D) - DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification

(e) Attachment IX (E) - Vessel Requirements & Performance Work Statement (PWS)

(f) Attachment IX (F) – Request for Clarifications/Questions

(g) Attachment IX (G) – U.S Department of Labor Wage Determination

(h) Attachment IX (H) - Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) Requirements

(i) Attachment IX (I) - Specifications for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense

(CBR-D) Decontamination Station

(j) Attachment IX (J) - Shipboard Security System (SSS) Requirements

(k) Attachment IX (K) – Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense

Requirements

(CBRN)

(l) Attachment IX (L) - COMSCINST 3121.9 Series, MSC Standard Operating Manual

(SOM)

(m) Attachment IX (M) - Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL)

(n) Attachment IX (N) – Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SFLLL)

(o) Attachment IX (O) - Mission Cargo Data

(p) Attachment IX (P) - Missions Essential Contractor Services Plan (MECSP) Worksheet

(q) Attachment IX (Q) - Technical Offer Worksheet

(r) Attachment IX (R) - Classified Vessel Requirement (Not distributed with Solicitation-post award)

(s) Attachment IX (S) – Drawings Decontamination Stations

(t) Attachment IX (T) – Ships Characteristics Card

ATTACHMENT IX(R)

CLASSIFIED VESSEL REQUIREMENT (NOT DISTRIBUTED WITH SOLICITATION

– POST AWARD)

(NOT APPICIABLE)

PART X. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – LONG TERM CHARTER

FAR 52.212-1 (ADDENDUM) ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--

COMMERCIAL ITEMS)

In accordance with FAR 12.302 (Tailoring of provisions and clauses for the acquisition of commercial items) the following shall take precedence over the un-tailored paragraphs

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear in Block 10 of the solicitation cover sheet (SF 1449). However, the small business size standard https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/FormsStandard68.html#wp1189284 for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b) This procurement is a FAR Part 12 acquisition being conducted under FAR 15.101-2 and FAR 15.306 procedures.

(c) Submission of offers. (Tailored) Submit signed and dated offers to the point of contact specified in Block 7 of the SF 1449 at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation.

Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show --

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) Reserved (Tailored);

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(4) Terms of any express warranty;

(5) Price and any discount terms;

(6) “Remit to” address, if different than mailing address;

(7) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.209-5 (XII)(c)(1));

FAR 52.209-7 (XII(c)(2)); FAR 52.209-11 (XII(c)(3)); and FAR 52.212-3 (XII(c)(4)) (see FAR 52.212-3(b)) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically). (Tailored)

(8) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

(9) Reserved

(d) The Government intends to award one (1) contract under this RFP. The contract will have a performance period that will last for one firm year with three one-year and one 11-month optional periods. This acquisition is conducted as 100% small business set aside.

(e) Potential Offerors requesting additional information or clarifications relating to this solicitation shall submit their request in writing by email to F. Carley Orvin at franklin.orvin@navy.mil and Christopher Tomlin at christopher.tomlin1@navy.mil.

Questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted no later than 1:00pm local time, 14 days after the solicitation was issued; otherwise questions may not be answered prior to the solicitation closing. Offerors shall submit questions to this solicitation using the Request for Clarification and Question form provided as Attachment F to this solicitation. Each question shall be submitted on a separate form. Questions shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist identified in this solicitation. Questions submitted not using https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/FormsStandard68.html#wp1189284 this form, or that combine more than one question per form, may not receive a response. No telephonic responses will be provided.

(f) Proposals/modifications must be submitted via e-mail in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, and must be compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later version.

Proposals/modifications must contain either a verifiable electronic signature (e.g. PKI enabled certificate), or a scanned image of the handwritten signature of the Offeror or Offeror's agent. Offerors are advised that delays in the receipt of e-mail do occur, and the Offeror is solely responsible for timely receipt of offers by the Government regardless of any problems or delays related to computer hardware or software systems including, but not limited to, servers and firewalls. An E-mail proposal that resides on a Government server, but has not appeared in the designated E-mail inbox by the due date and time for proposal submission will be considered late. Offerors are advised that the Government may be unable to receive other types of electronic files (e.g., .zip files) or files in excess of 20 megabytes.

For electronic proposal/modifications, the only acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government's control prior to the time and date set for receipt of offers is the receipt of the E-mail proposal, readable, in its entirety in the designated E-mail inbox by the due date and time for proposal submission. Any other timestamp or meta-data of the Offeror's sent e-mail shall not be construed as sufficient documentation of the Government's receipt of an e-mailed offer. It is the Offeror's responsibility to ensure the proposal has been received in the designated E-mail inbox by the due date and time.

(g) For With respect to FAR 52.215-1(d), 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.

(h) For treatment of late proposals or modifications of proposals, see FAR 52.215-1.

(i) Representations and Certifications clauses that offerors are required to complete are also provided.

(j) A proposal shall not require extensive searching throughout the document(s) to locate and evaluate a particular item. Each offer should be written, to the greatest extent possible, on a stand-alone basis. The Government will not search through and fill-in missing information between offers, and it is the offeror's responsibility to provide all documentation in each volume as required.

(k) Failure of an offer to address any items in the Performance Work Statement may make the offer unacceptable and/or may result in it not being considered for award.

(l) 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.

(m) (Tailored) Owner’s e-mail address, and point of contact to be used in conjunction with the

Government’s web-based post-contract performance information system, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS).

(n) Reserved.

(o) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions, including alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with FAR subpart 4.10), or alternative commercial products or commercial services for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

(p) Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary.

The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(q) Multiple awards. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(r) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation.

(1)(i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to--

GSA Federal Supply Service Specifications Section Suite 8100 470 L’Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20407 Telephone (202) 619-8925 Facsimile (202) 619-8978

(ii) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of this provision. Additional copies will be issued for a fee.

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-4#FAR_Subpart_4_10

(2) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the following ASSIST websites--

(i) ASSIST ( http://assist.daps.dla.mil ).

(ii) Quick Search (http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/ )

(iii) ASSISTdocs.com ( http://assistdocs.com ).

(3) Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DoDSSP) by—

(i) Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard (http://assist.daps.dla.mil/wizard);

(ii) Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk (215) 697-2179, Mon-Fri, 0730 to

1600 EST; or

(iii) Ordering from DoDSSP, Building 4 Section D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Telephone (215) 697-2667/2197, Facsimile (215) 697-1462.

(4) Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance.

(s) Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). (Applies to all offers that exceed the micro-purchase threshold, and offers at or below the micro-purchase threshold if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation “Unique Entity Identifier” followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the Offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see FAR subpart 32.11) for the same entity. If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for unique entity identifier establishment directly to obtain one. The Offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier.

(t) System for Award Management. Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror.

Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov.

(u) Debriefing. If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1) The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed offeror’s offer.

http://assist.daps.dla.mil/ http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/ http://assistdocs.com/ http://assist.daps.dla.mil/wizard

(2) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror.

(3) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4) A summary of rationale for award;

(5) For acquisitions of commercial items, the make and model of the item to be delivered by the successful offeror.

(6) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed offeror as to whether source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

(v) Service of Protest. (Added) Protests, as defined in FAR 33.101, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the General Accounting Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from the Contracting Officer. The mailing address is the same as that stated in Box 9, SF 1449. Interested parties may request an independent review of their protest as an alternative to consideration by the Contracting Officer or as an appeal of the Contracting Officer’s decision on their protest. See FAR

33.103. Requests for independent review shall be addressed to:

Director, Contracts & Business Management Directorate, Code N10 Military Sealift Command 471 East C Street, Bldg. SP-64 Naval Station Norfolk Norfolk, VA 23511-2419

MSC encourages potential protestors to discuss their concerns with the Contracting Officer prior to filing a protest. The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

(w) Reserved.

PART XI. FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014) (tailored pursuant to FAR 12.302(a)) – LONG TERM CHARTER

(a) The Government will evaluate offers using a Low Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) process in accordance with FAR 15.101-2. The critical submission data, technical proposal, proposal, and, past performance will be evaluated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis.

Technical tradeoffs will not be made, and no additional credit will be given for exceeding the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Award will be made based on the offeror with the lowest evaluated price proposal whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements and meets the acceptability standards for all non-price factors (Critical Submission Data, Technical, and Past Performance). To be eligible for award, an offer must receive an acceptable rating in every non-price factor. An unacceptable rating in any non-price factor will render the entire offer unacceptable.

Award will be made, if at all, according to the preference scale set forth in sec. III.A.3. of VISA (available at 79 Federal Register 64462-64470). If this RFP does not include DFARS 252.247- 7026, award will be made, if at all, for the technically acceptable offer in the highest VISA priority which has the lowest price among the offers in that VISA priority. If this RFP includes DFARS 252.247-7026, then this evaluation scheme is subject to the next paragraph.

If 50% or more of the cost of overhaul, repair, and maintenance work of an offeror’s “covered vessel[s]” (see definition at DFARS 252.247-7026(a)) has been conducted within a U.S. shipyard during the period covering the current calendar year through the date of proposal submission, plus the preceding four calendar years, then the offeror is in “Category 1.” All other offerors are in “Category 2.” Award will be made, if at all, for the technically acceptable “Category 1” offer with the highest VISA priority which has the lowest price among the offers with that VISA priority. If no such offers exist, then award will be made, if at all, to the lowest price, technically acceptable, “Category 2” offer with the highest VISA priority. This evaluation scheme will continue, with “Category 1” offers within a particular VISA priority level having preference over “Category 2” offers within the same preference level.

Compliance with Combatting in Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Plan will be reviewed for the apparent awardee. Award will not be made to an offeror that has non-compliant CTIP plan.

The Government intends to award without discussions. Pursuant to FAR 52.215-1(f) (4), however, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions.

Proposals will first be evaluated on the requirements of Part X of the RFP identified as "Critical Submission Data". An offeror found not acceptable with the requirements of Part X of the RFP identified as “Critical Submission Data” will not be further evaluated and ineligible for award.

In selecting the lowest price technically acceptable offer, the following factors will be considered:

Factor 1: Technical Factor 2: Past Performance Factor 3: Price

(b) Evaluation of Factors

1. Technical.

All proposals will be evaluated based on the requirements listed in PART X.

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL of FAR 52.212-1(ADDENDUM – ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS). Technical proposals will be evaluated based on acceptable/unacceptable criteria. In order to be determined technically acceptable, and thus be eligible for award, vessels must meet or exceed the requirements for the technical factor described in PART X TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.

Proposals rated unacceptable for any of the technical requirements listed in Part X will be rated overall unacceptable for the technical factor.

2. Past Performance The Government will search CPARS for each offeror’s three most recent and relevant government contracts for the ocean transportation of cargo. While the Government intends to use primarily CPARS to gather information on offerors’ past performance, it reserves the right to consider other sources of relevant information. The Government will not consider the past performance of parent or sister companies, and will only consider the past performance of the offeror. Recency and relevancy are defined in Section o, above, of past performance information. The Government will consider the extent of the offeror’s ability to perform a previous contract successfully by considering the overall quality of service provided.

At a minimum, award will not be made to an offeror who is or within the past three years has been seriously deficient in contract performance, unless the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances were properly beyond the offeror’s control or that the offeror took appropriate corrective action.

If discussions are held, offerors will be given the opportunity to address unfavorable reports of past performance assuming the offeror has not previously addressed it in the CPARS or other past performance database.

Rating Scale: The Government will assign ratings as follows: Acceptable: Based on the offeror's performance record, the government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the offeror's performance record is unknown (see note below). Unacceptable: Based on the offeror's performance record, the government does not have a reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Note: In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance (see FAR 15.305(a) (2) (iv)). Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.”

3. Price.

Price analysis techniques will be used to determine price reasonableness. Adequate price competition is expected. Materially unbalanced offers will not be considered for award.

The total evaluated price will equal the sum of the total dollar amounts offered for charter hire for the firm and option periods, including the 52.217-8 option to extend, delivery and redelivery bonuses (if offered), and fuel costs and any other costs set forth in the offer as determined in the Basic Pricing Data Sheet (Attachment B).

For evaluation purposes, the option price for the FAR 52.217-8 six-month period will use the daily rate of the final period.

Fuel calculations will be based on the data provided in the “Fuel Consumption Data” tab in Attachment B.

(c) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced.

Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(d) Notice. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(e) Reserved.

(End of provision)

(End of Summary of Changes)