Amendment_0001_RFP_Solicitation_N61331-17-R-0006.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 update sections (review summary of changes) and extend the closing of the solicitation from 06

January 2017 at 04:00 p.m. CST to 17 January 2017 at 04:00 p.m. CST.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 24

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 20-Dec-2016

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 N61331-17-R-0006

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

06-Dec-2016

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 X is extended, 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

20-Dec-2016

CODE

NSWC PANAMA CITY (J. KILGORE)

JAMELL.KILGORE@NAVY.MIL

850-636-6039

110 VERNON AVE.

PANAMA CITY FL 32407-7001

N61331 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

N61331-17-R-0006

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

AMENDMENT 0001

This amendment extends the RFP from 6 January 2017 1600 CST to 17 January 2017 1600 CST.

STATEMENT OF WORK (Verbiage Change)

3.1.1 Planning, Design, System Layout, Fabrication, and Test-Bed/System Integration and Removal (Aircraft

Testing Support)

Change from Typical efforts shall include but are not necessarily limited to:

Change to Typical efforts shall include:

3.1.2 Engineering Check Out & Data Collection Flights (Aircraft Flight Support)

Change from: Acting as the Design Engineering Representative (DER) official for all required flight testing work.

Change to: Provide support in the areas of Design Engineering Representative (DER) official for all required flight testing work.

Change from: Acting as the Designated Air Worthiness (DAR) official for all required flight testing work.

Change to: Provide support in the areas of Designated Air Worthiness (DAR) official for all required flight testing work.

Change from: Serving as an airframe & power plant (A&P) Inspection Authority (IA) for all platforms in accordance with all current and future FAA regulations.

Change to: Provide support in the areas of airframe & power plant (A&P) Inspection Authority (IA) for all platforms in accordance with all current and future FAA regulations.

Change from: Performing as an International Trafficking in Arms Representative (ITAR) as required. Change to:

Provide support in the areas of International Trafficking in Arms Representative (ITAR) as required.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors –Commercial Items (Change Verbiage)

FACTOR 4: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

c. Key Personnel Resumes shall contain the following information:

· Change from Education and professional development history. Change to: Education and work development history.

· Change from Chronology of professional experience with emphasis on PWS related experience. Change to:

Chronology of work experience with emphasis on PWS related experience.

3.3 VOLUME III

FACTOR 6: PRICE PROPOSAL

Deleted:

b. Provide supporting cost data as required in the format of attachment J.6 “Supporting Cost Data”.

c. Complete Attachment J.5 Staffing Plan WITH Cost.

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-2, EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEM

Factors 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are equal in importance. Factors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, when combined, are equal in importance to Factor 6.

Deleted:

(k) Award will be made to the Contractors: (1) deemed responsible in accordance with FAR 9.104; (2) submitting proposals that conform to the solicitation's requirements, and; (3) considered the best value to the Government.

(l) Award will be based upon evaluation of Factors 1- 5. Each of the non-price factors shall have adjectival ratings and Factor 6- Price shall be determined by a Total Evaluated Price (TEP).

Change from FACTOR 5 – PRICE : Change to FACTOR 6 – PRICE

Deleted HQ G-2-0009 SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING INVOICING (NAVSEA) (APR

2015)

ATTACHMENTS that were deleted:

J.5 - Staffing Plan with Cost

J.6 – Supporting Cost Data

UPDATED ATTACHMENTS:

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION PAGES DATE

Exhibit A Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) (A0001-

A0004) 3 29 November 2016

Attachment J.1 Desired Qualification for Key Personnel 2 N/A

Attachment J.2 Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) 3 N/A

Attachment J.3 Flight Testing Scenario 1 N/A

Attachment J.4 Staffing Plan WITHOUT Cost 1 N/A

Attachment J.5 Job Descriptions 3 N/A

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors –Commercial Items

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION

1.0 GENERAL

1.1 It is the Offeror's responsibility to bring to the attention of the Contracting Officer at the earliest possible time, but prior to the closing date, any ambiguities, discrepancies, inconsistencies, or conflicts between the Performance

Work Statement (PWS) and other solicitation documents attached hereto or incorporated by reference.

1.2 All questions should be submitted via e-mail within 15 calendar days after issuance of this solicitation to the cognizant contract specialist, Jamell Kilgore at jamell.kilgore@navy.mil. Questions submitted after 15 calendar days may or may not be answered prior to the closing date. Further, responses to late questions provided may not result in an extension of the solicitation closing date and time. Offeror’s questions that are answered will be addressed in subsequent amendments to the solicitation and will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities

Web page (FedBizOpps) at https://www.fbo.gov . Although every effort will be made, the Government makes no guarantee that all questions received within the allotted timeframe will be answered.

1.3 Award will be made under this solicitation based on a best value source selection process. Proposals shall be emailed to jamell.kilgore@navy.mil by the time and date specified on the SF 1449. Offerors must comply with the detailed instructions for the format and content of the proposal; proposals that do not comply with the detailed instructions for the format and content of the proposal may be considered non-responsive and may render the

Offeror ineligible for award.

1.4. Each Offeror shall submit its proposals in its entirety ELECTRONICALLY. No hard copies will be accepted.

1.5 The Subject Line of the e-mail shall state the following: N61331-17-R-0006, CONTRACTOR NAME, VOLUME #.

1.6 Each individual volume of the proposal may be sent separately in an individual email. Each individual volume of the Proposal shall stand on its own as complete and inclusive and shall contain all pertinent information in sufficient detail to permit evaluation of the particular area of interest. All Volumes shall be unclassified.

1.7 Microsoft Office (2003 or later) compatible files are required. All filenames shall include the

Offeror's company name and title/subject of file content; all files shall be named with the file extension .doc, .xls, .ppt, or .pdf.

1.8 Each proposal must be sufficiently complete to demonstrate the manner in which it is proposed to comply with the applicable requirements of the solicitation. Brochuremanship is not desired; clarity and completeness are essential. Elaborate art work or expensive visual aids are neither necessary nor wanted and may be construed as an indication of the offeror’s lack of price consciousness.

2.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT:

2.1 All Offerors shall submit their proposals in accordance with the format and content specified. Proposals that do not comply with the format and content specifications may be considered non-responsive and may render the offeror ineligible for award.

2.2 Page Limitations: The Table below identifies page limitations for each volume of the proposal. Any pages submitted in excess of the page limitations will not be reviewed or evaluated. When both sides of a sheet display printed material, it shall be counted as two pages. Graphs, charts, and tables are included in the page count.

Volume Contents Page Limit mailto:jamell.kilgore@navy.mil https://www.fbo.gov/ mailto:jamell.kilgore@navy.mil

I

Legal Offer No Page Limit

II

Non-Price: Evaluation Factors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Limited to 50 Pages

III Price Proposal: Evaluation Factor 6 – SF 1449 and

Representations and Certifications as applicable.

No Page Limit

2.2.1 The following are not included in the page limitations:

Title/Cover pages

Tables of contents

Glossaries of abbreviations and acronyms

Proposal Cross-Reference Tables

Past Performance References

Resumes certifications

2.2.2 All documents that are excluded from the page count limitation may be included as appendixes.

2.2.3 The electronic proposal shall meet the following format requirements:

a. Instructions regarding use of certain electronic products (i.e., Microsoft Office Products, Adobe) listed herein shall not be construed as Government endorsement of specified products.

b. All file names shall include the Offeror's company name and title/subject of file content; all files shall be named with the file extension .doc, .xls, .ppt, or .pdf.

c. Compression tools are limited to PKZip or WinZip.

g. The electronic proposal, Volumes I and II, shall be prepared so that if printed, the proposal meets the following format requirements: 8.5 x 11 inch paper, 12 point times new roman font, single-spaced typed with 1 inch margins.

h. No graphics or pictures (brochuremanship) other than required or necessary graphs/tables/charts are allowable in any volume of the proposal, with the exception of the staffing plan.

i. The font size for text contained in embedded graphics (tables and illustrations) shall be no smaller than 8 point Times New Roman font.

j. Volume I and II shall be submitted utilizing Microsoft Office Word or Adobe (2003 or later).

2.3 Page Numbering: The Offeror shall use a standard page numbering system to facilitate proposal references.

Consecutive pages shall be numbered within each section. Charts, graphs and other insert materials shall be page-numbered as part of the page numbering system.

2.4 Cover Page and Table of Contents:

a. Each proposal volume must include a Cover Page and a Table of Contents.

b. Volume I shall include a Master Table of Contents and a Proposal Cross-Reference Table. The Proposal

Cross-Reference Table shall indicate the required proposal content and the section/page number where this content appears in the proposal.

c. The Cover Page shall identify the solicitation number, proposal volume and title, the Offeror’s name, address, phone number and electronic address.

2.5 Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms: Each volume shall contain a glossary which includes all abbreviations, acronyms and their corresponding definitions. Glossaries will not count against page limitations.

2.6 Cost and Pricing Information: No cost or pricing information of any kind shall be included in Volume II.

3.0 PROPOSAL CONTENT AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH VOLUME

3.1 VOLUME 1: Legal Offer –

The Legal Offer must include the following:

a. Cover Letter shall:

b. Identifying: (1) the solicitation number, (2) all enclosures being transmitted as part of the proposal, and; (3) acknowledgement that it transmits an offer in response to the solicitation.

c. It shall state that the proposal is valid through 180 days after the proposal due date.

d. A statement specifying the Offeror’s unconditional agreement to the terms and conditions of the solicitation and agreement to furnish any and all items upon which prices are offered at the price set for each item.

e. Names, titles, phone numbers and electronic addresses of persons authorized to negotiate on the Offeror’s behalf with the Government in connection with this solicitation.

f. Names, title and signature of person authorized to sign the proposal. Proposals signed by an agent shall be accompanied by evidence of that agent’s authority.

g. Per 3.1.3, Organizational Conflict of Interest, if no conflicts of interest exist, then the Offeror shall clearly state this in its cover letter.

h. Signed SF1449 and acknowledgement of all amendment(s) by either submitting a signed copy of each

SF 30 amendment.

i. 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Item (Jul 2016).

j. Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) and Mitigation Plan - In accordance with the Provision HQ

L-2-0005 Notification of Potential Organizational Conflict(s) of Interest paragraph (e), if the Offeror determines that a potential OCI does not exist at any tier, the Offeror shall include a statement to that effect in its response to this solicitation as part of Volume I. If the Offeror determines that they have a potential

OCI, the Offeror shall follow the guidance of FAR 52.212-1, its applicable addendum, Provision HQ L-2-

0005 Notification of Potential Organizational Conflict(s) of Interest, and submit an OCI Mitigation Plan with their proposal.

3.2 VOLUME 2: Non-Price Proposal

a. General - The non-price proposal shall not contain any reference to price.

i. The non-price proposal should be written so that management and engineering oriented personnel can evaluate the proposal and arrive at a sound determination as to whether the proposal meets the requirements of this solicitation. To this end, the proposal shall be specific, detailed and complete as to clearly and fully demonstrate that the prospective Offeror has a clear understanding of the solicitation requirements.

ii. 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, drawings and/or Statement of Work.

iii. General statements that the offeror understands the problem and can or will comply with the requirements of the solicitation will be considered to be inadequate.

iv. In the event any portion of the non-price 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. It must be signed by a responsible officer of the Offeror and shall show the author's name, employment capacity, the name of the person's firm, the relationship of that firm to the Offeror's, and the portion of the non-price proposal he/she wrote.

v. Technical information previously submitted, if any, may not be considered by the Government; hence, any such information should not be relied upon or incorporated in the Non-Price Proposal by reference.

vi. The Government will assess performance risk for each factor. Offerors shall specifically identify area(s) within their non-price proposal where risk is present and identify what steps they will take to mitigate this risk to ensure fully successful performance.

vii. Complete Attachment J.4 Staffing Plan WITHOUT Cost. Do not include “Cost/Price” information or provide information violating the Privacy Act in Attachment J.4.

b. NON PRICE FACTORS - The Non-Price Factors include the following:

Factor 1- Technical Approach

Factor 2 – Flight Test Preparation and Flight Testing Scenario

Factor 3 – Facilities

Factor 4 – Resource Management

Factor 5 – Past Performance

FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL APPROACH

a. Demonstrate your approach to integration and installation of hardware and support equipment for both internal (e.g. vibration damping, vibration isolation, structural integrity of equipment) and external (e.g.

hardware sensor(s)/ system(s)) flight tests .

b. Demonstrate your approach to fabricating flight test equipment and special parts for the supporting flight tests.

c. Describe the transition process you will take to assume responsibility for this Task Order within 45 calendar days after award. This includes the incumbent contractor. Of particular interest is how the

Offeror will assume responsibility for government furnished property and hire personnel. Provide a schedule indicating key milestones to successfully commence performance of this Contract within 45 calendar days after award.

FACTOR 2: FLIGHT TEST PREPARATION AND FLIGHT TESTING SCENARIO

a. Describe your approach for the flight test preparation and flight testing in accordance with Attachment J.3 of this solicitation.

FACTOR 3: FACILITIES

a. Describe the location(s) and capabilities of your outdoor test range including hours of operation.

b. Describe the indoor facility capability to include:

i. Repair and maintain helicopter platforms.

ii. Provide objective quality evidence that your facility is licensed and insured as a helicopter repair facility.

iii. Perform fabrication of support equipment and structures.

1. Key Personnel Resumes

a. Submit resumes for Key Personnel. Attachment J.1 lists the desired qualifications for Key

Personnel. It is provided as a guide to notify Offerors of the types of experience and training that the Government considers important to successfully execute the Contract. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to provide information and evidence that clearly demonstrates the ability of proposed personnel to satisfactorily fulfill the Contract requirements. Do not provide information that will violate the Privacy Act.

b. If the proposed key personnel are not current employees of the Offeror or proposed

Subcontractor, a signed copy of the acceptance letter shall be provided. An additional copy of this letter shall be provided in the Cost Proposal which identifies a projected start date and agreed to annual salary.

c. Key Personnel Resumes shall contain the following information:

· Years of Experience

· New/Current Position/Title/Company

· Education and work development history

· Chronology of work experience with emphasis on PWS related experience

2. Certifications

a. Provide all certifications IAW paragraph 3.0 requirements of the Statement of Work.

b. Describe your recruitment and retention methodologies to fulfill the requirements and describe your plan for training personnel to meet and maintain qualifications and certifications.

FACTOR 5: PAST PERFORMANCE

a. Provide up to three past performance that reflect recent, relevant experience within the last five years that demonstrate the Offeror’s ability to handle the scope and breadth of the PWS. Three of the Prime's relevant past performances are desired, however, the Government will accept two Prime past performance references and one past performance reference from a teamed subcontractor. Example contracts may have been performed for Federal, State, and/or local Governments, as well as private industry.

b. Include the following information for each past performance reference:

Contract/Task Order number

Contract type

Program name

Total contract cost

Short description of work performed

Description of how the work performed is relevant to the requirements in the PWS

Names and valid phone number, e-mail address, and mailing address for the Procuring Contracting

Officer (PCO), Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and Program Manager (PM).

c. Offerors are responsible for providing contract descriptions and applicable experience in sufficient detail to permit evaluation of the example contract’s relevancy. If the Offeror does not provide up to three past performance references during the last five years, the Offeror shall address this and provide a written narrative detailing the reasons for not providing three references.

d. The relevancy of Offerors’ past work and how this experience will assist in performing under this contract shall be explained in detail. Offerors are advised that: (1) the Government may contact any or all references in the proposal and third parties (such as other customers, the DoD Past Performance Information Retrieval System

(PPIRS), other Government contractors, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Labor, consumer protection organizations, etc.) for performance information; (2) the Government reserves the right to use any such information received as part of its evaluation of the Offeror’s past performance; (3) the

Government reserves the right to directly solicit input on the Offeror’s past performance from any other sources and the Government may use any other data available to its evaluators, including the personal knowledge of those individuals; and (4) if the Offeror omits projects of which the Government evaluation team is aware or becomes aware, customer assessments may be sought from the relevant organization.

e. The Government reserves the right to limit or expand the number of references it contacts and to contact references other than those provided by the Offeror. If subcontracting is proposed for subject Contract/Task

Order, past performance references where the Offeror has served as a prime Contractor with Subcontractors would be of interest.

f. If past performance is supplied for a firm who’s CAGE CODE and DUNS Number does not match the CAGE

CODE and DUNS NUMBER for the offeror, the offeror MUST provide a DETAILED written explanation of how the past performance information is relevant. For example, if the offeror provides past performance data from a different firm with a different CAGE CODE and DUNS NUMBER, the offeror’s proposal MUST clearly demonstrate how it will employ into this Contract the same policies, procedures, processes, management, and similar systems and delineate how the offeror will achieve the same quality of past performance in performance of this Contract. The proposal must clearly show how experience from any other entity other than the offeror is relevant to the offeror’s ability to perform. The relevant considerations are whether the resources of a different firm will be provided or relied upon for contract performance such that the other firms(s) will have meaningful involvement in contract performance. Failure to provide an adequate connection and link between the offeror and the submitted past performance from a different firm(s) may result in a lower relevancy rating.

3.3 VOLUME III

FACTOR 6: PRICE PROPOSAL

a. Pricing information shall be submitted by completing all CLINs on the SF 1449, Continuation Pages.

b. If any amendments to the solicitation are issued the Offeror must ensure that such amendment(s) are signed, dated, and returned with the proposal by the submission date and time.

c. Please ensure all the information for your company is current within the System For Award Management.

d. Complete all required Representations and Certifications.

e. Offeror to provide fully burdened pricing for material.

f. Indirect rates such as G&A and material handling may be applied if they are consistent with the Offeror’s accounting methods but they may not include fee.

*The Government’s unburdened totals for ODC’s (travel and material) under this effort are listed in Table (1)

Material and Table (2) Travel for tasking specified in the Statement of Work. Note: The amounts below have already been escalated and are unburdened.

Table 1 Material CLIN 0004

Period Unburdened Material

Base NTE $126,300

Option Year 1 NTE $133,878

Option Year 2 NTE $141,456

Option Year 3 NTE $149,034

Option Year 4 NTE $139,562

Total All Years NTE $690,230

Table 2 Travel CLIN 0005

Period Unburdened Material

Base NTE $127,000

Option Year 1 NTE $134,620

Option Year 2 NTE $142,240

Option Year 3 NTE $149,860

Option Year 4 NTE $138,880

Total All Years NTE $692,600

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

See the Addendum to 52.212-2

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

(End of provision).

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-2, EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEM

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

(a) The basis of evaluation is described below.

(b) The Government anticipates awarding one contract to the offeror who represents the best value to the

Government. Within the best value continuum, the Government will employ a tradeoff analysis of price and non-price factors (FAR 15.101-1) in evaluating the proposals submitted. The Government will determine best value on the proposal responses to the evaluation factors in the solicitation. "Factors" shall include all of those evaluation factors which are described in FAR 52.212-2 and its applicable addendum. Any proposal that is found to be an

“UNACCEPTABLE” in any factor of the non-price proposal will result in the entire Proposal being deemed unacceptable and ineligible for award.

(c) The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract to the offeror based upon initial offers, without discussions. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror’s best and most favorable terms and conditions from a cost or price and technical standpoint. However, if considered necessary, discussions may be conducted with offerors in the competitive range. Additionally, the contracting officer may determine that the number of most highly rated proposals that might otherwise be included in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted. The contracting officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.

(d) Offerors must propose on all items in this solicitation to be eligible for award. The Government may reject any or all proposals if such action is in the Government’s interest.

(e) The Government may waive informalities and minor irregularities in proposals received.

(f) If an Offeror (a) takes exception to any of the terms and conditions of the RFP, (b) imposes additional conditions, or (c) omits material information required by this RFP, then the Government will consider an offer to be unacceptable and the Offeror to be ineligible for contract award. The Government reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this RFP by amendment at any time prior to the source selection decision.

(g) The Government reserves the right to make an award to other than the lowest priced offeror or to the offeror with the highest non-price ratings.

(h) Offerors are advised that non-price proposals may be evaluated without consideration of any proposed subcontractor which is deemed to have an organizational conflict of interest.

(i) The following definitions will be used for the evaluations:

1. Deficiency is a material failure of a proposal to meet a Government requirement or a combination of weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level.

2. Risk, as it pertains to source selection, is the potential for unsuccessful contract performance. The consideration of risk assesses the degree to which an Offeror’s proposed approach to achieving the technical factor or sub-factor may involve risk of disruption of schedule, increased cost or degradation of performance, the need for increased Government oversight, and the likelihood of unsuccessful contract performance.

3. Weakness means a flaw in the proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

4. Significant Weakness is a flaw that appreciably increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

5. Strength is an aspect of an Offeror's proposal that has merit or exceeds specified performance or capability requirements in a way that will be advantageous to the Government during contract performance.

(j) The Government has established the relative importance of the factors as follows:

Factors 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are equal in importance. Factors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, when combined, are equal in importance to Factor 6.

(k) The following adjectival ratings/definitions shall be used for the evaluation of Factors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4. The combined technical/risk rating includes consideration of risk in conjunction with the strengths, weaknesses and deficiencies in determining technical ratings.

Rating Description

Outstanding Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements, contains multiple strengths and risk of unsuccessful performance is very low.

Good Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements, contains at least one strength and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Acceptable Proposal indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements and risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Marginal Proposal has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements of the solicitation, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable. Proposal is unawardable.

FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL APPROACH

BASIS FOR EVALUATION: Factor 1 will be evaluated as an overall factor with no sub-factors. The

Government will evaluate the degree to which the Offeror’s approach is realistic, thorough and detailed.

FACTOR 2: FLIGHT TEST PREPARATION AND FLIGHT TESTING SCENARIO

BASIS FOR EVALUATION: Factor 2 will be evaluated as an overall factor with no sub-factors. The Government will evaluate the degree to which the Offeror’s approach is realistic, thorough and detailed. .

FACTOR 3: FACILITIES

BASIS FOR EVALUATION: Factor 3 will be evaluated as an overall factor with no sub-factors. The Government will evaluate the degree to which the Offeror’s approach is realistic, thorough and detailed.

BASIS FOR EVALUATION: Factor 4 will be evaluated as an overall factor with no sub-factors. The Government will evaluate the degree to which the Offeror’s approach is realistic, thorough and detailed.

FACTOR 5: PAST PERFORMANCE

BASIS FOR EVALUATION: Factor 5 will be evaluated as an overall factor with no subfactors. The Government will evaluate the recency, relevancy and quality of the past performance information to assign a performance confidence rating.

Recency: The first aspect of Past Performance determines if the offeror’s past performance references meet the time period established under Factor 5. Recency, as it pertains to past performance information, is a measure of the time that has elapsed since the past performance reference occurred. Recency is generally expressed as a time period during which past performance references are considered relevant.

Relevancy. The second aspect of Past Performance determines how relevant a recent effort accomplished by the offeror is to the solicitation requirements, particularly if the effort is similar in size, scope, and complexity.

Relevancy, as it pertains to past performance information, is a measure of the extent of similarity between the service/support effort, scope of work, complexity, dollar value, contract type, and subcontract/teaming or other comparable attributes of past performance examples and the source solicitation requirements; and a measure of the likelihood that the past performance is an indicator of future performance. Relevancy of the past performance information shall be evaluated as follows:

Rating Definition

Very Relevant

Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant

Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant

Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant

Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Quality: The third aspect of Past Performance is to establish the overall quality of the offeror’s past performance.

The Government will review all past performance information collected and determine the quality of the offeror’s performance, general trends, and usefulness of the information and incorporate these into the performance confidence assessment. A separate quality assessment rating will not be assigned.

Sources of Past Performance Information for the Performance Confidence Assessment are as follows:

Past performance information may be provided by the Offeror, as solicited.

Past performance information may be obtained from questionnaires tailored to the circumstances of the acquisition.

Past performance information shall be obtained from any other sources available to the Government, to include, but not limited to, the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee

Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), or other databases; interviews with Program Managers, Contracting Officers, and Fee Determining

Officials.

The Government will use the adjectival ratings disclosed in the table below for the Performance Confidence

Assessment which considers the recency, relevancy and quality of the past performance information evaluated.

Rating Description

Substantial

Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory

Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral Confidence

No recent/relevant performance record is available or the Offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned. The offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

Limited Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

FACTOR 6 - PRICE

a. This effort is firm-fixed-price.

b. As a result, the risk of price escalation is on the Contractor and not the Government. Therefore, the Government will not conduct a price realism analysis.

c. The Government will only evaluate the total proposed price for reasonableness. To determine the total evaluated price, the Government will add the “Amount” column for all of the CLINs.

d. The Government anticipates adequate price competition and adequate price competition establishes reasonableness. However, the Government reserves the right to use other methods to determine reasonableness, but is not obligated to do so.

e. The Government may reject a price proposal if it is materially unbalanced between line items or subline items.

STATEMENT OF WORK

STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR

AIR SERVICES SUPPORT FOR

FLIGHT TEST PREPARATION & FLIGHT TESTING

1.0 SCOPE

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Intelligent Sensing & Irregular

Warfare Branch (Code X12) and Assault Breaching Systems Branch (Code A16) continue to have requirements for commercially available manned rotary and fixed wing aircraft and unmanned drone flight test support for ongoing testing of sensor systems in support of projects such as:

Advanced Littoral Reconnaissance Technologies (ALRT)

Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsored programs such as ALRT/Laser Interferometric Sensor (LIS)

Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsored programs such as ALRT/Compact Modular Sensor and Suite

(CMSS)

Mine Warfare Program Office (PMS 495) sponsored Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis

System (COBRA) acquisition program

Various on-going science and technology investigations at NSWC PCD to address evolving sensor and test-bed hardware suites for reconnaissance and surveillance in the littorals.

Major portions of the testing will principally be conducted at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Fort Walton Beach, FL, Tyndall AFB, Panama City FL, and Gulf of Mexico test ranges but may also occur at other test ranges around the United States and potentially even OCONUS. The Contractors support facility should be within a 30 miles radius from NSWC PCD to facilitate speedy communications during all phases of the planning, design, and fabrication of support hardware as well as integration events and optimized testing events of the hardware on the air platforms in order to minimize overall government travel expenses. This Statement of Work (SOW) specifies the requirements for the platforms and the support services required to integrate sensor systems onto suitable airborne platforms and execute testing. Most, but not necessarily all, required airframe support will consist primarily of providing/flying a Bell UH-1H helicopter, a S61 (or equivalent), Bell platforms (or equivalent) to those such as a

206B, a 206L, and/or a 407B, and various Unmanned Aerial Vehicles such as those ranging from quad copters to octocopters that can carry payloads in the few pounds up to the 100 pound range in order to support technology studies. Further requirements for this effort will require the Contractor to provide vehicle flight crews, on-site test support, and ground Support that is required to handle all platform and test support needs at any given test event), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approvals, and associated flight clearance paperwork for system hardware checkout and data collection events at the various locations in accordance with each locations required approvals.

These efforts will be performed in response to individual delivery orders that will be issued under the contract.

1.1 Acronyms

AFB Air Force Base

ALRT Advanced Littoral Reconnaissance Technologies

AMSDL Acquisition Management System and Data Requirements Control List

CDRL Contract Data Requirements List

CMSS Compact Modular Sensor and Suite

COBRA Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis System

COR Contracting Officer Representative

DAR Designated Air Worthiness

DER Design Engineering Representative

DoD Department of Defense

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

GPS Global Positioning System

ITAR International Trafficking in Arms Representative

LIS Laser Interferometric Sensor

NSWC PCD Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division

OCONUS Outside the Continental United States

ONR Office of Naval Research

SATCOM Satellite Communication

SOW Statement of Work

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

VFR Visual Flight Rules

WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

Specific applicable military standards, specifications, or other documents will be specified in individual delivery orders for specific tasks issued under this indefinite quantity contract.

2.1 Military Specifications

None

2.2 Military Standards

None

2.3 Other Documents

a) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 133 External Load Operator

b) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 135 on Demand, Intrastate, VFR, 9 Passengers

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall coordinate with the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) and Contract Specialist to conduct a kick-off meeting within ten working days after the award of the Contract to review the terms and conditions, SOW and Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) requirements for this contract. The Contractor shall have the applicable Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 133 External Load Operator and Part 135 on

Demand, Intrastate, VFR, 9 Passengers or less, Single Pilot Certifications and shall maintain them in good standing for the period of performance of the contract. (CDRL A002)

3.1 General

The Contractor shall, in response to individual delivery orders issued under the contract, provide flight test support for science and technology equipment and also for acquisition program equipment to include a variety of well-maintained and up-to-date maintenance airborne platforms, including UH-1H helicopter or equivalent, other rotary wing variant helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles or surrogates along with a local area heliport facility with adequate room to lay out test fields for sensor checkout. The Contractor shall provide a local area shop of sufficient size to allow work to proceed on the platform in an indoor facility area to avoid weather delays. The Contractor shall provide shop resources that allow for quick fixes to general problems that may arise and/or to support required fabricated equipment for integration. The Contractor shall provide qualified flight crews for all flights and shall also provide pre-test sensor hardware integration support, pre-test checkout flights in the local area (at or near shop to reduce time required to fix problems), pre-test data collection checkouts to verify performance (over local area fields at or near shop to reduce time to verify sensor operation and/or to fix problems which may typically occur during engineering checkouts), and all required periodic flight testing support, pre-testing and during testing, within the following areas:

3.1.1 Planning, Design, System Layout, Fabrication, and Test-Bed/System Integration and Removal

(Aircraft Testing Support)

The Contractor shall provide technical support to the Government to address the integration of sensors, sensor support equipment, processing equipment, power distribution supply units, and navigation support on each required aircraft platform. The Contractor shall provide technical support to address all required system installation and development to include aircraft services, FAA coordination, FAA paper work, design of and build of support hardware or fixtures with drawings as required, support for Global Positioning System (GPS) hardware, tracking and navigation hardware for support of flight tracks, support for fitting of hardware onto support structures, shipping of hardware as needed, specific design of all support hardware for installation, support for integration onto the platform, approval of all integration to meet FAA requirements, and flights to support testing. The Contractor shall ensure the system is installed in the aircraft in compliance with all FAA and other required commercial and government regulations and shall be identified in each delivery order. The Contractor shall provide both facility support and use of the platforms both within the facility and around the local facility for all phases of planning, setup, design & measurement, integration, testing, removal, and cleanup as well as for all local flight checkouts, required flights during all test events and at all locations (local or long distance).

Typical efforts shall include:

Providing engineering support related to all aspects of design and integration of designed components, development of functional strategy and of support hardware, drawings, fabrication of parts, and integration of testing hardware onto the platforms for flight checkout and data collections.

Providing the immediate and direct fabrication of support equipment and/or special parts as required in the local area shop in order to make test equipment flyable within one day and/or fix problems that arise during testing for next day ops.

Providing immediate modifications to any/all existing government furnished hardware, test targets and baseline standards such as calibration targets, or other support equipment as may be needed to test current and/or future variants of the test hardware.

Providing immediate on-site fabrication of all required support structures and the integration and expert support for installation of test hardware for normal flight tasks and also for unexpected tasks like the protection from freezing and/or overheating, on-the-fly electrical modification requirements and/or re-works due to unexpected problems, general changes required to meet flight requirements, and on-the-fly modifications or rearrangement of equipment to support mission variations as may be desired for the collection of alternate data sets.

Providing an indoor laser safe use area for hardware modifications and/or laser checkouts and laser power measurements as well as a secure access outdoor range area of at least 2000’ in length and in the nearby local hanger area, for use to check out systems with lasers on the ground prior to flights. The outdoor range area shall also be used to set up target fields when needed and should be at least half as wide as it is long to allow for test setups that will allow for pre-test system checkouts and/or actual test events. It would also be advantageous if the field area had some type of small pond to allow for in-water target assessment.

Providing certified forklifts and cranes along with certified operators for those devices to provide services to address the appropriate handling of systems and/or hardware up to one ton. (CDRL A002)

Providing all required wiring and support equipment for addressing all navigation requirements and tracks flown, to include up to three GPS antennas/splitters, differential GPS, WAAS GPS, AGNAV/TrackMap capability (or equivalent), all seat hot-mike communications, VHF, UHF, access to SATCOM, direct powering of equipment from helicopter busses, connections for externally supplied power generators, and routing of all cables through the skin of the aircraft and/or around/in the aircraft as required.

Providing Engineering, designing, fabrication, and procurement of new test targets, support frames, brackets, harnesses, connectors, power busses, control units, power distribution units, and other unique support hardware to support test systems and providing drawings for these items.

Providing support for all strapping and securing of all integration and installation of hardware and support equipment both externally (hardware sensor(s)/system(s)) and internally to address all processing equipment and providing all required vibration damping for correct loading, vibration isolation to insure good data collects, and insure structural integrity of all equipment and support frames mounted onto all required platforms.

Providing all required aircraft and equipment weight and balance calculations and measurements in order to perform all required FAA weight and balance calculations and be able to do so within one business day of flying the test bed.

Providing representatives to attend all government required test planning, safety, operational, test-briefing, test-de-briefing, and other required meetings.

Obtaining all required Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approvals for all initial, engineering checkout, and final operational final flight test bed designs, operational hardware, system operational checks, and system data collections. Prepare FAA paperwork, coordinate with the FAA, and obtain all required approvals in a rapid manner for newly installed hardware components, support hardware fixes, in-between system changes, quick repairs, and changes during flight testing sequences. Provide all FAA required documents for all minor and major test hardware changes and new system installs.

Installing wires and trouble-shoot signal issues related to Global Positioning System (GPS) units, differential GPS units, and avionics to the…