N61340-13-R-1057-0002_Amendment.doc

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 12-Nov-2013 03:00 PM to 18-Nov-2013 03:00 PM.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

L - CONTENT OF PROPOSALS (SUPPLIES OR SERVICES) (JUN 2011)

PART A

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1.0

GENERAL

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

In presenting material in the proposal, the Offeror is advised that quality of information is more important than quantity. Clarity, brevity, and logical organization should be emphasized during proposal preparation. The Offeror is responsible to present enough information to allow the Government to evaluate the proposed work effort, support, and approach, as well as the price/cost proposal without opening discussions. Though the Government reserves the right to hold discussions, award may be based upon initial offers. Statements that the prospective Offeror understands, or can and/or will comply with, the specifications, and paraphrasing the requirements or parts thereof without supporting information are considered inadequate by the Government, and may render a rating of unacceptable.

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

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

Throughout these instructions, a “principal subcontractor” is defined as a subcontractor who provides at least 30% of the proposed total price/cost (excluding the Offeror’s profit/fee), for the contract. “Team member” is defined as those entities that make up a joint venture or any other legal partnership entity formed for the purpose of responding to this solicitation. A team member could also be a corporate parent, division, subsidiary, or affiliate.

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PROPOSAL FORMAT

Written proposals must be formatted using a Times New Roman 12 pt normal font (no reduction permitted), single-spaced with 1-inch margins all around, and formatted for standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper. All pages should be numbered with section and page numbers. When foldout pages are used they must not exceed 11 x 17 inches and will be counted as 1 page. Drawings may be provided separately and may be any size but should be folded to approximately 8.5 x 11 inch standard size and will count as 1 page. Graphs shall be presented in no smaller than a 10 pt font. Graphic resolution should be consistent with the purpose of the data presented.

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

The Offeror must present proposal information in a manner that facilitates a one-to-one comparison between the information presented and this Proposal Instruction. Proposal information must be structured such that its paragraph number/letter is identical to the Proposal Instructions paragraph number to which it is responding, although the Offeror may add lower tier subparagraphs. The Offeror must provide reasons it will not provide information for a particular paragraph. The proposal information instructions are structured by paragraph numbers where first, second, third, and fourth parts correspond to the volume, book, section, and element, etc., in Offeror’s proposal.

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PROPOSAL CONTENT AND VOLUMES

Each volume of the proposal shall be submitted as one original and additional copies as specified in the table below. All volumes of the original proposal shall be delivered to the address provided in Section 4.0 prior to the closing date/time stated in this solicitation. Page limitations for each volume, if any, are also specified in the table below; cover pages, title pages, table of contents, cross reference tables, dividers, and index tabs will not be counted as part of the page limit, so long as they are inserted solely for the purpose of reading ease and locating sections of the proposal. Pages marked: "This page intentionally left blank" will not be counted towards page limit. Proposal pages beyond the specified maximum limit will not be reviewed as part of the evaluation.

Electronic Copy: 1 Original

Electronic Copy: 1 Original

Electronic Copy: 1 Original

*Page limitation does not include personnel allocation matrix, OPSEC plan, and Annex A Small Business Participation Plan and Small Business Subcontracting Strategy and Plan

**Past Performance Questionnaires are not part of the Past Performance Volume and therefore are not included in the page limitations.

Each volume shall contain the following information:

Cover and title page

Title of proposal and proposal number as applicable

Offeror’s name, address and POC

RFP number

Proposal volume/book number

Copy number

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

Use tabs and dividers

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PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:

Clearly mark all packages with the solicitation number. The submission date for all Volumes shall be no later than the date and time specified in Block 9 of Standard Form 33 of the RFP.

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

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) Orlando – Contracts Division

ATTN: Jonathan Catalano, Code: 25351

12350 Research Parkway

Orlando, FL 32826-3275

Solicitation Number: N61340-13-R-1057

If the proposal or Final Proposal Revision (if and when a Final Proposal Revision is requested) is hand carried, the offeror shall notify the cognizant Contract Specialist at least one (1) business day prior to the closing date/time specified in Block 9 of the Standard Form 33 or as specified in the amendment/letter requesting Final Proposal Revisions. Offerors will be required to supply the Contract Specialist (or as an alternate, the PCO listed under FAR Clause 52.233-2 in section L) with the name, citizenship, and telephone number of all the individuals that will be present to hand deliver the proposal in order to prepare the necessary Visit Request(s) prior to arrival. Hand deliveries shall be made to the following address: Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division, DeFlorez Building, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826-3275. Naval Air Warfare Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) – Orlando is a secure facility and all visitors will be stopped by security personnel upon entrance. Only authorized visitors will be permitted to enter. Upon admittance, Offerors are required to report to the lobby of the DeFlorez Building and contact the cognizant Contract Specialist to accept the proposal submission (a telephone is available in the lobby to place calls within the building). Please note center security personnel are not authorized to accept proposals. Do not use the Bid Box near the Business Information Center to deposit hand carried proposals (only for sealed bid procurements). Do not use the wooden mail box located on the counter to deposit hand carried proposals (only for documents that are NOT time sensitive). The Contract Specialist will provide the offeror with documentation reflecting the date and time the proposal submission was received for the offeror’s records.

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PROPOSAL PACKAGING:

The offerors shall package the proposal volumes in cartons or equivalent packaging containers in the most efficient manner possible grouping like volumes to the maximum extent possible. Also each carton shall be single person portable. However, the Master Set, as described below, shall be packaged separately and marked as the Master Set. Each box should include a packing slip detailing the contents to include the volume number, title, and copy number. Also, each box should be stamped or marked “For Official Use Only” and “Source Selection Information -- See FAR-2.101 and 3.104.” The Master Set shall include all original proposal volumes including the original/signed documents.

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CLASSIFIED DATA

All proposals must be UNCLASSIFIED.

7.0

SOLICITATION CHANGES

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

www.fbo.gov or www.neco.navy.mil

PART B SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

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VOLUME 1: FACTOR A – TECHNICAL/MANAGEMENT

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

In this Volume, the Offeror shall describe the technical proficiency, capabilities, and management approach proposed by the Offeror to fulfill the requirements of the solicitation. Throughout this Volume the Offeror shall demonstrate an understanding of the requirements specified in the RFP, SOW, and SOW references and address any risks and associated risk mitigation plans.

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

Element 1.1 - Management The offeror shall provide a detailed stand-alone management plan that will be followed during contract execution. The offeror’s management plan must include, at a minimum:

A. Organizational Structure: Provide:

i. A descriptive organizational chart and supporting narrative outlining how the offeror’s management team will manage all the contract requirements within the SOW

ii. Description of direct lines of control, responsibilities, functional relationships, and clearly defined levels of decision authority between the offeror’s management team and technical team for executing all the contract requirements within the SOW

iii. Description of all proposed interfaces between the contractor and the Government, and between the contractor and subcontractors

B. Management Approach: Provide:

i. Description of how the offeror intends to administer and control delivery order resource allocation among multiple concurrent delivery orders

ii. Description of how the offeror intends to measure and report progress of performance in accomplishing delivery order and core software support

C. Security: The offeror shall provide an OPSEC plan that describes their approach for meeting security requirements.

D. Start up: Provide:

i. A detailed plan and schedule describing how the offeror intends to start up operations and be fully operational to meet the requirements of the SOW 30 days from issuance of the post award conference (PAC) delivery order

E. Risk Management Plan:

The offeror shall provide a proposed risk management plan that will identify, assess, quantify, mitigate and monitor risk. The risk management plan shall be designed to mitigate risk to the maximum possible extent through integration of metrics to monitor program status. Additionally, the offeror shall describe how they intend to maintain a workforce with the required proficiency, expertise and work hours under variable task loading and varying skill mix demands. Clearly explain how the offeror will effectively support and, where possible, accelerate the steep learning curve associated with acquiring the skills for new employees working on tasks and the provisions for compensating for short-term and long-term loss of personnel. The offeror shall propose how Government personnel will gain insight and participate in the risk management process.

Element 1.2 – Personnel Allocations

The offeror shall provide a Personnel Allocation Matrix for the following CLINs:

CLIN 0002 Trainer Systems (FFP) (Total Estimated Value = $1.5M x 5 years = $7.5M) CLIN 0003 Trainer Systems (CPFF) (Total Estimated Value = $3.25M x 5 years = $16.25M) CLIN 0004 Trainer Event Technical Products (FFP) (Total Estimated Value = $.05M x 5 years = $.25M) The offeror shall provide a Personnel Allocation Matrix as part of the proposal, utilizing the below example table to identify and describe proposed labor categories and labor hours per CLIN. The offeror shall include all projected labor categories that are necessary in fulfilling these CLIN requirements. This may include additional labor categories beyond those labor categories proposed for the sample tasks.

NOTE: Estimated values cited in Section B are to depict the amount of effort that is anticipated to be ordered under each CLIN and are not hard constraints. This information is for proposal and technical evaluation purposes only.

Personnel Allocation Matrix Table (SAMPLE)

· Organization and program planning for the project

· Develops Program Cost Estimates

· Develops Program Key milestones and Schedules

· Supervises contractor personnel assigned to the project

· Develops and maintains Quality Management Processes

· Develops and oversees Configuration Control processes

· Develops and oversees Risk Management processes Six (6) years of cumulative experience in training simulation, commercial and advanced and training technology, training support, and training evaluation management.

· Maintain on- and off-site backups of all software and documentation

Amplifying information for each element of the Personnel Allocation Matrix is found below:

A. Labor Categories: Identify labor categories proposed to execute the tasking associated with CLINs listed above for one year of the contracted effort. If the offeror proposes a subcontractor or teaming approach, identify the same level of detail for subcontractors.

B. Labor Category Descriptions: Describe the labor categories to a level of detail that demonstrates how minimum requirements will be met, and any unique attributes, knowledge, skills, abilities, or talents applicable to the tasking in each CLIN. If the offeror proposes a subcontractor or teaming approach, identify the same level of detail for subcontractors.

C. Qualifications and Experience: Provide background experience information for each proposed individual.

D. Educational Background: Provide background information on universities or other institutions attended, degrees attained, degree areas, applicable certifications, and other related information that would provide value to the Government.

E.

Labor Hours: Identify the proposed labor hours per labor category required to execute the tasking associated with each CLIN in the RFP for one year of the contracted effort. If the offeror proposes a subcontractor or teaming approach, identify the same level of detail for subcontractors.

F. Labor Availability: Identify how many personnel per labor category are currently available to fulfill the estimated requirements and how many new hires are required to fully staff the proposed amount of labor hours.

Element 1.3 – Technical Approach Sample Task 1 (CPFF)

The Sample Task 1 SOW Attachment 10 is representative of the types of task orders that will be issued to fulfill requirements specified in the RFP, SOW, and SOW references. Describe the technical approach, processes, procedures, methods, and steps the offeror will employ to accomplish the Sample Task 1 SOW Attachment 10. At a minimum, include all elements within the sample SOW section 3.2 and the following elements in the proposed technical approach (as applicable):

i. DESIGN: The offeror shall provide a top-level description of the design approach to meeting all requirements stated in the Sample Task 1 Attachment 10 SOW and state how the Systems Engineering process will be utilized to perform the requirements analysis, design, development, production, test and support of the MH-60R Air Crew Tactical Team Trainer (RACT3). The description shall include a block diagram of each system’s overall design. Additional diagrams and narrative may be used by the offeror to further detail the design approach. The offeror shall describe the design approach for the Instructor Operator Station (IOS) and After Action Review (AAR). The offeror shall identify through block diagrams and narrative the proposed computational system architecture identifying commercial and developmental simulation software, processors, memory, mass storage, communications equipment, networking hardware, and backplanes of the device. The offeror shall provide detailed justification for the selection of the particular hardware and software solution. The offeror shall describe any plans and processes to develop new software and to leverage and adapt existing software. The offeror shall demonstrate their understanding of the computational and processing requirements associated with the device. The offeror shall describe any software development systems, computers, and processes including the use of software development folders and computer aided software development tools to create products such as real-time operation and diagnostic software. The offeror shall provide any assumptions associated with the proposed design approach.

ii. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT: The offeror shall describe their in-plant configuration management system and process. The offeror shall describe their transition from the in-plant software development system and configuration management system to the Government maintained Configuration Management System on the Government local systems at NAWCTSD. The offeror shall provide any assumptions associated with the proposed design approach in regards to development system selection.

iii. TEST AND EVALUATION (T&E): The offeror shall provide their approach for establishing a Test and Evaluation (T&E) program designed to verify that the integration, testing, and delivery of trainer systems and subsystems equipment and software meet the technical requirements of this effort. The offeror shall address and provide information for the following T&E test criteria elements: Contractor and Government Physical and Functional Configuration Audits and Acceptance Tests.

iv. INFORMATION ASSURANCE: The offeror shall provide their approach to meeting the Information Assurance (IA) requirements of the effort.

Element 1.4 – Technical Approach Sample Task 2 (FFP)

Based on the Sample Task 1 SOW Attachment 10, describe the technical approach, processes, procedures, methods, and steps the offeror will employ to build and deliver three RACT3 production units within 18 months after acceptance of the RACT3 prototype unit. The production units will be delivered to Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, FL, NAS North Island, San Diego, CA, and NAS Kaneohe Bay, HI. At a minimum, describe how the offeror plans to tailor the development process for items i-iv identified under Element 1.3 – Technical Approach Sample Task 1 (CPFF).

Element 1.5 – Technical Approach Sample Task 3 (FFP)

The Sample Task 3 SOW Attachment 12 is representative of the types of task orders that will be issued to fulfill requirements specified in the RFP, SOW, and SOW references. At a minimum, include the following:

i. The technical approach, processes, procedures, methods, and steps the offeror will employ to accomplish the Sample Task 3 SOW Attachment 12.

ii. Labor categories with associated hours required to accomplish each element of the sample task.

iii. Personnel qualifications and experience with Unit Level Training (ULT) and Fleet Synthetic Training (FST) events, Joint Semi Automated Force (JSAF) Navy Training Baseline (NTB), and Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE).

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VOLUME 2: FACTOR B – PRICE/ADMINISTRATIVE

2.1 Volume Content:

(a) The offeror shall complete the Resource Allocation Matrix (Attachment 2) for each labor category proposed in the Personnel Allocation Matrix provided in Element 1.2 above with the following information: labor categories and fully-burdened hourly rate (including profit) for each year and each out-year for FFP CLINs and labor categories and fully-burdened hourly rate (excluding fee) for each year and each out-year for CPFF CLINs. Additionally, the offeror shall include a fixed factor(s) that represents all the appropriate overhead, G&A and profit applicable to the travel, material and other direct costs for Trainer Systems (FFP) (CLIN 0002) and Training Event Technical Products (CLIN 0004). The offeror shall also include a fixed factor(s) that represents all the appropriate overhead, and G&A exclusive of fee applicable to the travel, material and other direct costs for Trainer Systems (CPFF) (CLIN 0003).

For the CPFF CLINs, the offeror shall also provide a breakout of the direct and indirect labor rates proposed for each of the labor categories in Attachment 2 of the RFP. The offeror and proposed subcontractors shall provide the most current DCAA Provisional Billing Rate Approval Letter, DCAA Final Billing Rate Approval Letter, and/or DCAA Forward Pricing Rate Agreement or recommendation, payroll verification for currently employed proposed personnel, and any other information necessary to substantiate the rates proposed. Payroll verification shall consist of a form containing the title, direct labor rate and a signed certification by an authorized representative of the company that the information contained in the form is correct. If any of the rates utilized by the offeror or any subcontractors differ from the DCAA information and/or payroll verification a justification shall be provided for the difference. If DCAA has not reviewed the rate information for an offeror or one of its subcontractors, the offeror must submit a detailed justification of the proposed direct and indirect rates.

(Insert additional columns for each indirect rate) Fully Burdened Labor Rate Exclusive of Fee (Year xx)

(Year xx)

NOTE: Offerors are advised that labor categories proposed in the Resource Allocation Matrix, Attachment 2 of the RFP, beyond those labor categories and rates proposed for the sample tasks below will only be evaluated for cost realism and price reasonableness, as appropriate, and will not be included in the total evaluated price.

(b) For Post Award Conference CLIN 0001, the offeror shall propose a total price for the Contract Line Item (CLIN) Unit Price and fill-in section B of the solicitation.

(c) The offeror shall provide a CPFF cost proposal for Sample Task 1 under the Trainer Systems (CPFF) CLIN 0003. Please propose labor categories and hours that are associated with the technical solution for Sample Task 1 in accordance with the Resource Allocation Matrix and Personnel Allocation Matrix. The offeror shall provide the tables (examples below) for the proposed labor categories, hours, fully burdened labor rate (exclusive of fee), fee and an estimated total cost. The offeror shall also provide a table for the proposed other direct cost category associated with Sample Task 1 (e.g. travel, material, ODCs), and fixed factor(s) in accordance with the Resource Allocation Matrix. For evaluation purposes only, include a fixed fee of 6%. No fee shall be applicable to direct travel costs.

To establish costs for the out year CLINs (1003, 2003, 3003, and 4003), recalculate the cost for Sample Task 1 using the out-year rates proposed in the Resource Allocation Matrix and fee. The offeror shall calculate the estimated total CLIN cost for each year by filling out the tables (examples below.)

NOTE: The proposed cost for the sample task may vary from the estimated CLIN value cited in Section B.

(Insert additional columns for each indirect rate)

(d) The offeror shall provide a price proposal for Sample Task 2 under the Trainer Systems (FFP) CLIN 0002. Please propose labor categories and hours that are associated with the technical solution for Sample Task 2 in accordance with the Resource Allocation Matrix and Personnel Allocation Matrix. The offeror shall provide the tables (examples below) for the proposed labor categories, hours, fully burdened labor rate and an estimated total price. The offeror shall also provide a table for the proposed other direct cost category associated with Sample Task 2 (e.g. travel, material, ODCs), and fixed factor(s) in accordance with the Resource Allocation Matrix.

To establish prices for the out-year CLINs (1002, 2002, 3002, and 4002), recalculate the price for Sample Task 2 using the out-year rates proposed in the Resource Allocation Matrix. The offeror shall calculate the estimated total CLIN price for each year by filling out the tables (examples below.)

NOTE: The proposed price for the sample task may vary from the estimated CLIN value cited in Section B.

Estimated Total

(e) The offeror shall provide a price proposal for Sample Task 3 under the Training Event Technical Products (FFP) CLIN 0004. Please propose labor categories and hours that are associated with the technical solution for Sample Task 3 in accordance with the Resource Allocation Matrix and Personnel Allocation Matrix. The offeror shall provide the tables (examples below) for the proposed labor categories, hours, fully burdened labor rate and an estimated total price. The offeror shall also provide a table for the proposed other direct cost category associated with Sample Task 3 (e.g. travel, material, ODCs), and fixed factor(s) in accordance with the Resource Allocation Matrix.

To establish prices for the out-year CLINs (1004, 2004, 3004, and 4004), recalculate the price for Sample Task 3 using the out-year rates proposed in the Resource Allocation Matrix. The offeror shall calculate the estimated total CLIN price for each year by filling out the tables (examples below.)

NOTE: The proposed price for the sample task may vary from the estimated CLIN value cited in Section B.

Estimated Total

2.2 Ground Rules and Assumptions:

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

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

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

2.3 Price/Cost Information:

(a) Reasonableness and consistency between the Technical/Management and Price/Cost Volumes. Demonstrate that the unit prices and the total proposed prices are consistent with the technical and management approaches identified in the Technical/Management Volume of the proposal. Show traceability with the CLINs, SOW, proposed effort, proposed manning levels, and the prices/costs. Refer to specific sections in the Technical/ Management Volume as needed to illustrate the consistency between the Price/Cost Volume and the Technical/ Management Volume. The Offeror shall explain any inconsistency between promised performance and price/cost, as well as any appearance of unbalanced pricing, in the proposal.

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

(c) Fill-in the proposed prices/costs for each contract line item number (CLIN) in Section B as calculated above in section 2.1 Volume Content in this solicitation. The offeror shall sum up the proposed Total Prices and Estimated Costs by contract year, and provide a total overall price of the proposal.

2.5 Administrative Information:

(a) Administrative Information. The following sections of the solicitation shall be completed and included in Volume 2 of the offeror’s proposal:

(i) Standard Form 33, Blocks 13-18; Note: Block 17 shall contain a signature by an official authorized to bind the company;

(ii) Standard Form 30 Blocks 8 and 15 acknowledging receipt of each amendment issued (only if Amendments are issued),

(iii) Signed Representations, Certifications and Acknowledgements or OnLine Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) reference

(iv) Complete NAVAIR Clause 5252.201-9502 in Section G.

(b) Offeror Representatives: Provide the name, title, phone number and e-mail address of the company/division point of contact regarding decisions made with respect to the company's proposal and who can obligate the company contractually. Also identify those individuals authorized to negotiate with the Government.

(c) Government Agency Information: Provide the mailing address, telephone, fax numbers, and facility codes for the offeror's local Defense Contract Management Agency and Defense Contract Audit Agency offices.

(d) The period for acceptance of the offer stating how long the offeror agrees to honor the proposed prices. This period shall be, at a minimum, one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

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

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

(f) The offeror shall also provide documentation verifying that it has a DCAA approved Cost Accounting System or. state that its Cost Accounting System has not been approved by DCAA.

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VOLUME 3: FACTOR C - PAST PERFORMANCE

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

3.1 General

The Offeror shall identify up to three (3) of the Offeror’s most relevant contracts, and up to two (2) of the most relevant contracts for each principal subcontractor. Any submitted contract must contain performance within five (5) years of this proposal submission date as specified in Block 9 of Standard Form 33 of the RFP (any active portion of performance within five years). Submitted contracts without performance within this specified period will not be considered by the Government. Commercial contracts may be included. In general, recent performance will be considered more relevant than older performance. When possible, these contracts should include up to three of the most relevant contracts for the prime contractor and up to two of the most relevant contracts for each principal subcontractor and team member. (as defined in Paragraph I, General Instructions).

If proposing as a legal joint venture or partnership entity, the offeror should provide up to three past performance references performed by the joint venture or partnership, and up to two past performance references for each principal subcontractor of the joint venture or partnership. If a joint venture or partnership has three past performance references, the government will not consider past performance references performed by individual team members of the joint venture or partnership unless the team member is a proposed principal subcontractor.

If a joint venture or partnership has less than three past performance references, each team member of the joint venture or partnership may individually submit no more than two references in addition to the past performance references submitted by the joint venture or partnership. The government will not consider past performance references performed by individual team members of the joint venture or partnership unless the offeror’s proposal demonstrates how the resources of the individual joint venture or partnership team member – its workforce, management, facilities or other resources – will in fact be provided for meaningful involvement in contract performance. Merely stating that the offeror has access to the resources of an individual joint venture or partnership team member will not be considered relevant to the past performance evaluation.

For each contract or delivery order identified, provide contract data, relevancy, past performance, and systemic improvement information as described below. Demonstrate the relevancy of the Offeror’s, and if applicable, the Offeror’s principal subcontractors’ past performance and systemic improvements with respect to the solicitation requirements. Specifically identify software development/modification efforts that are relevant, including activities such as development of military tactical or training systems, simulation of military tactical equipment, NCTE compliance, use of HLA or DIS, and IA accreditation and/or implementation of IA controls. For each past performance problem identified, describe the status of the systemic improvement efforts and, where applicable, demonstrate the impact that the systemic improvement effort had on resolving the problem such that it would not reoccur.

For contracts or delivery orders that have CPARS Reports that are more than six months old, e.g., the date the Assessing Official completed the assessment is more than six months before the due date for this Past Performance Volume, or contracts identified which do not have CPARS Reports, the Offeror will forward a copy of the Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 4) to that contract customer’s Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO), Program Manager or Point of Contact (as required per Section 3.2). All questionnaires shall be forwarded in a timely manner after the RFP release date to ensure sufficient lead-time so that responses can be received by the Government. The Offeror shall include instructions for the customers to send completed questionnaires prior to the RFP closing date and time via e-mail to jonathan.catalano@navy.mil or via fax number 407-380-4164, while allowing the customer adequate lead time to complete their response. This submittal information is provided at the top of the questionnaires to facilitate the Offeror’s effort in meeting these instructions. The Government may send any other questionnaires as necessary. The Government requires that the offeror verify the Past Performance questionnaire Point of Contact(s) are accurate and willing to complete the Past Performance questionnaires prior to submitting to the Government.

The Offeror shall provide written consent from their principal subcontractors that will allow the Government to coordinate their Past Performance issue(s) with the Offeror. If the Offeror does not submit such written consent, then the Government will address any past performance issues directly with the principal subcontractor and the Offeror will forfeit the opportunity to participate in any related discussions. Consequently, for any principal subcontractors that do not provide such written consent, provide a point of contact (name, address, phone number, and email address) with which the Government may coordinate these issues and obtain any responses as needed.

The offeror shall provide a list of Show Cause Notices, Cure Notices and Terminations for Default received on any contract within the last 5 years. Include a brief description as well as a statement of relevancy to this requirement.

The Government may use information other than that provided by the Offeror in their proposals to evaluate past performance. The Government may use Past Performance information obtained from sources other than those identified by the Offeror. The Past Performance Information Reporting System (PPIRS) will be the primary method used to evaluate Past Performance. It is incumbent upon the Offeror to explain the relevance of the data provided. The Government has no duty to search for data to cure the problems it finds in the information provided by the Offeror. The Offeror has the burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information.

(a) Contract Data

Provide all the information identified below separately for each contract. Additionally, provide this information electronically as a separate file on CD-ROM, which contains Offeror’s Past Performance proposal in a Word Table in the format depicted below:

Relevant Contract Data

Prime (P), or Sub (S)

1 Place of Performance should be the same as being proposed in this solicitation. If different please include an explanation.

2 CPARS (yes/no) - CPARS completion date - on DOD PPAIS (yes/no) (Indicate whether or not any CPARS have been completed and identify the last CPARS completion date and if it is currently on DoD PPAIS)

3 Recency-Efforts performed within the last _five _ years.

(b) Past Performance Information - The Offeror shall provide a brief description of performance in delivering quality products in each of the following areas: 1) meeting technical requirements, i.e., the quality of technical performance, e.g., performing analysis, design, testing, etc., 2) meeting schedule requirements, i.e., schedule performance, e.g., on time or late delivery, modification of original schedules and reasons for any changes, etc., 3) controlling contract cost, i.e., cost performance, e.g., on time or late delivery, modification of original schedules and reasons for any changes, etc., and 4) managing the contracted effort, i.e., program management, e.g., cooperation with customer, subcontract management.

(c) Systemic improvement Information - Identify those systemic improvement actions taken to resolve past problems. Describe the techniques, elements, and tools used to correct problems and, if applicable, how these techniques, elements, and tools will be used during this contract.

3.2. Past Performance Data Requirements

Provide all the information identified below separately for each contract. Provide a summary of the Customer’s Points of Contact in a MS Word Table using the format below which is illustrated with an example. Include an electronic copy of this table in MS Word on a CD.

1. Offeror’s Name (Prime, Principal Sub, JV/SLE, JV/SLE Member)

1. Contract #,

4. Offeror’s Role (e.g., prime or sub)

2. Questionnaire # __ Sent?

3. For Subs - Agreement to allow Coordination with Prime?

Point of Contact’s Name;

Phone Number, Fax Number and

E-mail address

4. Prime

2. Questionnaire #1: - Sent 5/4/05

3. N/A

Al (PM)

444-444-4444, fax 555-555-5555, Al@RYP

1. CPARS: No

2. Questionnaire #2: - Sent 5/4/05

3. N/A Sue (PCO)

333-333-3333 fax 222-222-2222

Sue@RTP

1. CPARS: No

2. Questionnaire #3: - Sent 5/4/05

3. N/A Joe (ACO)

111-111-1111 fax 888-888-8888

Joe@ RYP

4. Sub

2. Questionnaire # 1: - Sent 5/4/05

3. N/A Sue (PCO)

333-333-3333 fax 222-222-2222

Sue@AB

4. Prime

2. Questionnaire: - Not Sent

3. Agreement: Yes Sue (PCO)

333-333-3333 fax 222-222-2222

Sue@NNB

4.0 ANNEX A - SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION PLAN AND SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING STRATEGY AND PLAN

4.1 Small Business (SB) Participation Plan: Notwithstanding whether an offeror is required to submit a SB Subcontracting Plan, all offerors shall submit a SB Participation Plan using Attachment (7): SB Participation. A SB Participation Plan is separate and independent of a SB Subcontracting Plan (provide response to the SB Participation Plan as a separate section of Annex A). All SB offerors should include their own participation in their proposal information and also list those supplies/services they will be delivering/performing under the contract. SB offerors are requested in Attachment (7) to include Large Business participation for information purposes only. The SB Participation Plan Proposal shall, at a minimum:

(a) Describe its approach to identifying SB Concerns

(b) Describe the extent of participation of SB Concerns on this contract. The proposed participation levels shall be stated in terms of percentages of an offeror’s cumulative task orders’ obligated dollar amount. (For example, if an offeror were to propose a SB subcontracting participation level of 10%, then the participation level would be to subcontract to SBs $10,000 of the commutative task orders’ obligated amount of $100,000.)

(c) Describe the extent of commitment to use such SB Concerns

(d) Describe the complexity and variety of the work SB Concerns are to perform. The offeror’s use of SB concerns is to be in the applicable performance/services of this contract under the NAICS Code 611699.

(e) Identify what processes have been implemented to correct past inabilities to meet proposed goals

(f) Demonstrate that its SB strategy is consistent with its SB Subcontracting Plan

4.2 Small Business Subcontracting Plan: As set forth in FAR 52.219-9, “Small Business Subcontracting Plan,” all large business offerors shall submit, in addition to the Small Business Participation Plan, a Small Business Subcontracting Plan conforming to the requirements of FAR subpart 19.704. The plan shall provide a statement of the total dollars planned to be subcontracted and a statement of the total dollars planned to be subcontracted to small businesses, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business, as well as Historically Black Colleges or Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs) along with the following information:

(a) Provide a description of the principle types of supplies and services to be subcontracted and identify if the source is a small business.

(b) Provide a description of the method to be used to identify potential sources.

(c) Provide prior performance information in small business subcontracting with copies of completed DCMA Form 640 for the last three (3) years providing results of your Small Business Program review performed by Defense Contract Management Agency.

(d) Provide a statement which identifies how the offeror plans to meet their subcontracting and small business goals.

Offerors submitting Small Business Subcontracting Plans per FAR Clause 52.219-9 “Small Business Subcontracting Plan” and DFARS Clause 252.219-7003 “Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan” (DoD Contracts) which reflect a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) goal of less than five percent shall also provide, as a part of the subcontracting plan submission, those extenuating circumstances of why a five percent SDB goal cannot be proposed.

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