N61340-18-R-1200_amendment0007.docx

N61340-18-R-1200

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

The following have been modified:

Exhibit/Attachment Table of Contents

Attachment 5

Attachment 6 DOL Wage Determination No. 2015-4539 Rev 5 Location: Duval County

Government Furnished Property

10-JAN-2018

17-JAN-2018

Attachment L-2

Attachment L-3

PPQ

FAR 52.222-46 Hourly Wages

JULY-2008

12-JAN-2018

Attachment L-4

Attachment L-5

Attachment L-6

Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet

Past Performance Contract Reference Worksheet

Q&A Form Responses

10-JAN-2018

10-JAN-2018

10-JAN-2018

12-JAN-2018

Attachment L-9 Q&A Form Responses 1 25-APR-2018

*Attachments L-1, L-2, L-3, L-4 L-5, L-6, L-7, and L-8 are for proposal preparation only and will not become part of the successful offeror’s contract award document.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

SECTION L INFORMATION

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS (Services)

PART A GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1.0 GENERAL

Section L contains instructions on how to prepare and submit proposals in response to this solicitation. Nonconformance with these instructions may result in an unfavorable proposal evaluation.

The government will base its evaluation on the information presented in the offeror's proposal. The offeror has the burden to submit a proposal that convincingly demonstrates that the offeror has an accurate understanding of the requirements; that the offeror has viable solutions for the requirements; and that the offeror is able, willing and competent to devote the resources necessary to meet the requirements.

It is the offeror’s responsibility to submit a proposal that enables government evaluators to effectively evaluate and substantiate the validity of any assertions set forth in the offeror’s proposal. Do not simply rephrase or restate the government's requirements. Statements that the offeror will provide a particular feature or objective without explaining how the offeror proposes to meet that feature or objective may adversely impact the evaluation of the offeror. The following types of statements may adversely impact the government’s evaluation of the offeror:

· unsupported statements that the offeror allegedly understands the requirements;

· unsupported statements that the offeror allegedly can or will comply with requirements;

· unsupported statements that merely paraphrase the requirements;

· undefined or explained statements such as “best commercial practices will be used”;

· undefined or explained statements such as “standard procedures will be used”; and

· undefined or explained statements such as “well-known techniques will be employed.”

Alternate proposals are not acceptable. In addition, taking exception or deviating from any term or condition of the RFP may make the proposal not awardable.

There is no need to repeat information in the same volume or in more than one volume. If an overlap exists, the detailed information should be included in the most logical place and summarized and referenced in other areas. With the exception of the Price Volume, no cost or pricing information should appear in any volume.

2.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT

Written proposals should be formatted using a Times New Roman 12 point normal font, no reduction permitted, single-spaced, 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 should not exceed 11 x 17 inches and will be counted as 1 page. Drawings may be provided separately and may be any size, with font of any size, but should be folded to approximately 8.5 x 11 inch standard size and will count as 1 page. Graphs should be presented in no smaller than a 10 point font.

3.0 PROPOSAL VOLUMES

All proposals must be UNCLASSIFIED. Each volume of the proposal shall be submitted as one paper original as specified in the table below. The offeror shall also provide a complete copy of the proposal fully compatible with Microsoft Office 2010 on a Compact Disk Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM). For information not supported by Microsoft Office products, the offeror shall provide a .pdf file that is able to be read in the latest Adobe Acrobat reader on the CD-ROM. All content, whether in Microsoft or Adobe Acrobat shall be fully searchable and provide the government the ability to highlight, copy and paste information from said documents into the government’s evaluation forms. The offeror shall ensure that the Price Volume is provided on a separate CD-ROM in Microsoft Office 2010 Excel format, with spreadsheets unprotected and no hidden cells. Each CD-ROM is to be labeled for content and the offeror’s name. If a discrepancy exists between the original paper version of the proposal and the CD-ROM “copy,” the CD-ROM will take precedence.

Each proposal volume binder must contain the solicitation number; cover and title page; title of the proposal; offeror’s name, address, CAGE Code, and point of contact; proposal volume number; and table of content in sufficient detail so evaluators can easily locate elements.

1 CD-ROM Copy

1 CD-ROM Copy

1 CD-ROM Copy

1 CD-ROM Copy

4.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Mark all packages clearly with the solicitation number N61340-18-R-1200. Proposal submissions shall be received no later than the date and time specified in Section A, Block 9 of the Standard Form 26. Offerors shall not submit proposals by facsimile, via email, or any other electronic submissions.

It is requested that the offeror’s Volume II Past Performance and Annex A be received two weeks prior to the date/time specified in Block 9 of Standard Form 33 of the RFP. If received after the date/time specified in Block 9 of Standard Form 33, the entire proposal will be treated as late pursuant to FAR 52.215-1.

4.1 Hand Carried Proposals: Hand carried proposals must be delivered to the address below in paragraph 4.2, attention Tony (Anthony) McEntegart. If a proposal or amendment is hand carried, the offeror must submit a written visit request no later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to delivery of the proposal. Without the visit request, the offeror may not get beyond the installation security gate to deliver its proposal. A visit request may be obtained by contacting Tony (Anthony) McEntegary, Contract Specialist, at anthony.mcentegart@navy.mil. Offerors will be required to supply the Contract Specialist with the name, citizenship, and telephone numbers of all the individuals that will be present to hand deliver the proposals in order to prepare the necessary Visitor Request(s) prior to arrival. NAWCTSD is a secured 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). In the event that Tony (Anthony) McEntegart is not available, please contact the alternate point of contact, Ayana Graham, at (407) 380-4012.

Please note center security personnel are not authorized to accept proposals. The Contract Specialist will provide the offeror with documentation reflecting the date and time the proposal submission was received for the offeror’s record.

4.2 Non-Hand Carried Proposals: Offerors shall submit proposals using the following address:

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division Code: AIR-2.5.3.1.1 Attn: Tony (Anthony) McEntegart, Contract Specialist 12211 Science Drive Orlando, FL 32826 Phone: (407) 381-8614 Solicitation Number: N61340-18-R-1200

5.0 PROPOSAL PACKAGING

The offeror shall package the proposal volumes in cartons or equivalent packaging containers in the most efficient manner possible, grouping like-volumes to the maximum extent possible. Each container shall be single-person portable. One container shall include all original proposal volumes. Each box should include a packing slip detailing the contents, to include the volume number, title, and copy number. Also, each box should be stamped or marked “For Official Use Only” and “Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104”

6.0 CHANGES TO SOLICITATION

All amendments to this solicitation will be posted at https://www.fbo.gov/. Offerors and potential offerors should search the database for the solicitation number N61340-18-R-1200.

7.0 SOLICITATION QUESTIONS

Any questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing by electronic mail to both of the below addresses using the format of Attachment L-1, Q&A Form:

Questions containing proprietary information shall not be submitted because all government responses to questions will be provided to all potential offerors via amendment to the solicitation. All questions must be submitted no later than April 20, 2018.

The government reserves the right to not respond to any questions received concerning this solicitation after the question receipt date above. Accordingly, offerors are encouraged to carefully review all solicitation requirements and submit questions to the government early in the proposal cycle. It is not anticipated that the closing date for receipt of offers will be extended.

PART B SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Cost or pricing information shall only appear in the Price volume.

1.0 VOLUME 1: TECHNICAL (Factor 1)

1.1.1. The offeror shall provide a statement certifying it will provide staffing as specified in Section 3.7 of the SOW and Attachment 4, Cost Breakout Spreadsheet (CBS).

1.1.2. The offeror shall provide a statement certifying it will obtain appropriate security clearances during mobilization and obtain base auto passes during mobilization as specified in Section 3.2.1. of the SOW.

1.1.3. The offeror shall provide a statement certifying that while performing under active Task Orders, the offeror agrees to fill positions at “Other Locations” as set forth under Section 1.4.1.3 in the SOW and Section B.2. Fixed Burdened Labor Rate.

1.1.4 Because it is necessary for the contractor to be able to support all of the FRC-Southeast requirements at the start of performance, offerors must have a Secret Facility Clearance in place no later than the contract award date to be considered for contract award. Offerors shall provide a statement regarding their current Facility Clearance Level (FCL) within their Technical proposal, which the government will verify prior to award. The government’s verification and any exchanges with an offeror are not considered “discussions,” under FAR Subpart 15.3. An offeror that fails to possess a current FCL at the secret level shall not be considered for award.

The offeror shall provide a Past Performance Contract Reference Worksheet, Attachment L-5.

2.2.1. If an offeror submits a contract reference pursuant to 2.1.4 (a) above, the offeror shall complete the “Single-Award Indefinite Delivery Contract” section under the Past Performance Contract Reference Worksheet, Attachment L-5 for each past performance contract reference submitted as an entire single award indefinite delivery contract. In completing the “Single-Award Indefinite Delivery Contract” section, the offeror shall (1) provide the single-award indefinite delivery contract number for each past performance contract reference submitted; (2) provide the task order number for each and every task order issued under the entire single-award indefinite delivery contract; (3) provide the period of performance for each and every task order issued under the single-award indefinite delivery contract; (4) provide a yes or no response for each and every task order issued under the single-award indefinite delivery contract if each and every task order issued under the single-award indefinite delivery contract is recent as defined above in 2.1.3; (5) provide a yes or no response for each and every task order issued under the single-award indefinite delivery contract if the offeror provided a relevancy information worksheet as set forth below. If the offeror’s response is no, the offeror shall provide a statement as to why stating no.

2.2.2. If an offeror submits a contract reference pursuant to 2.1.4(b) above, the offeror shall complete the “Specific Task Order” section under the Past Performance Contract Reference Worksheet, Attachment L-5 for each past performance contract reference submitted as a specific task order from a single-award indefinite delivery contract. In completing the “Specific Task Order” section, the offeror shall (1) provide the specific task order submitted as a past performance contract reference; (2) provide the period of performance for the specific task order submitted as a past performance contract reference; (3) provide a yes or no response for the specific task order submitted as a past performance contract reference, if the offeror provided a relevancy information worksheet as set forth below. If the offeror’s response is no, the offeror shall provide a statement as to why it is stating no.

2.2.3. If an offeror submits a standalone contract, the offeror shall complete the “Standalone Contract” section under the Past Performance Contract Reference Worksheet, Attachment L-5 for each past performance contract reference submitted as a standalone contract. In completing the “Standalone Contract” section, the offeror shall (1) provide the standalone contract submitted as a past performance contract reference; (2) provide the period of performance for each standalone contract submitted as a past performance contract reference; (3) provide a yes or no response for each standalone contract submitted as a past performance contract reference if the offeror provided a relevancy information worksheet as set forth below. If the offeror’s response is no, the offeror shall provide a statement as to why stating no.

2.3 Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract

The offeror shall provide a “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” Attachment L-4.

If an offeror submits an entire single-award indefinite delivery contract as a past performance reference, the offeror shall complete a “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” Attachment L-4 for each and every recent and relevant task order issued under the entire single-award indefinite delivery contract.

If an offeror submits a specific task order from a single-award indefinite delivery contract as a past performance reference, the offeror shall complete a “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” Attachment L-4 for only the specific task order.

If an offeror submits a standalone contract as a past performance reference, the offeror shall complete a “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” Attachment L-4, for the standalone contract.

2.3.1. In completing the “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” Attachment L-4, the offeror shall provide rationale on how the services performed by the offeror compares to the services required to be performed by the offeror under this solicitation for the following areas: Scope of Effort, Magnitude of Effort, and Complexity of Effort Information.

2.3.1 Scope of Effort – The offeror shall provide rationale on how the scope of the work performed in the offeror’s past performance contract’s Statement of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statement (PWS), and/or Statement of Objectives (SOO) compares to the requirements under this solicitation’s Statement of Work regarding each of the Engineering Support Services described in the “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” Attachment L-4, under the Scope of Effort Section. The offeror shall provide the paragraph reference(s) of the past performance contract’s Statement of Work, Performance Work Statement, and/or Statement of Objectives that the offeror believes support its rationale in the “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet” Attachment L-4 under the Scope of the Effort Section. The offeror shall provide the offeror’s past performance contract’s Statement of Work, Performance Work Statement, and/or Statement of Objectives that are referenced by the offeror in the “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” in the Annex A Volume, as discussed in Section L 3.0 Proposal Volumes.

2.3.2 Magnitude of Effort — The offeror shall provide the average annual number of labor hours of the effort performed by the offeror under the past performance contract, wherein engineering support services similar to the scope of this solicitation were performed, and rationale as to how the average number of labor hours of the effort performed compares to the average annual number of labor hours of the effort to be worked under this solicitation (109,440 labor hours) in the “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” Attachment L-4, under the Magnitude of Effort section.

2.3.3 Complexity of Effort Information — The offeror shall provide the following in the “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet,” Attachment L-4 under the Complexity of Effort section:

2.3.3.1 Number of sites supported and rationale on how the number of sites supported under the past performance contract effort compares to the number of sites supported for this solicitation’s effort (7 sites).

2.3.3.2 Number of days per week and rationale on how the number of days per week worked under the past performance contract effort compares to the number of days per week to be worked for this solicitation’s effort (4 to 5 days depending on work schedule).

All questionnaires are requested to be completed and submitted to Tony (Anthony) McEntegart, Contract Specialist, via email at anthony.mcentegart@navy.mil byApril 19, 2018.

3.0 VOLUME III – PRICE (Factor 3)

3.1 Price Volume

No price information shall be included in cover letters. The Price Volume shall be prepared in accordance with the instructions below.

Based on more than one potential offeror expressing interest in this procurement, the Government anticipates that pricing will be determined reasonable based on adequate price competition. However, per DFARS 215.371 if only one offer is received in response to this competitive solicitation the government may require the submission of cost or pricing data necessary to determine a fair and reasonable price and to comply with the requirement for certified cost or pricing data at FAR 15.403-4.

3.2 Cost Breakout Spreadsheet (CBS)

The offeror shall complete the CBS Spreadsheet, Attachment 4. The labor categories, labor hours, and unburdened material and unburdened travel for the proposed work effort have been identified by the government in the spreadsheet. The offeror shall NOT tailor any of this information.

The labor categories and labor hours set forth in the CBS Spreadsheet are based on anticipated new level of effort work that will be required over the period of performance. Because there is no contract currently in place for this requirement, the government developed the anticipated engineering support services labor categories and labor hours based on the platforms that are anticipated to require support, along with the anticipated Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) required to conduct the support.

The rates for the new level of effort work were estimated using the labor rates from the Department of Labor sponsored website https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/wages/. In addition, the wage determination under the U.S. Department of Labor Service Contract Act of 1965 (SCA) was used for the labor categories and labor rates subject to SCA. Three (3) of the eighteen (18) labor categories and labor rates are subject to SCA.

3.2.1 Labor Categories and Labor Hours.

Government labor categories set forth in the CBS Spreadsheet are described in Section J, Attachment 1, Statement of Work. The proposed labor personnel shall meet the requirements set forth in Section J, Attachment 1, Statement of Work. The government’s labor category titles may not be the same nomenclature as the offeror’s existing labor category titles, but the offeror shall NOT tailor the “Government Labor Category” column in the CBS Spreadsheet. Instead, the offeror shall insert the title of the labor category the offeror will be utilizing in the adjacent column entitled, “Contractor Proposed Category,” but only if the offeror’s labor category qualifications meet the government’s labor category qualifications set forth in Section J, Attachment 1. If the offeror’s labor category title is not the same as the government’s labor category title and the offeror utilizes the column, “Contractor Proposed Category,” then the offeror shall provide its associated labor category description. The offeror's proposed labor categories must meet the minimum personnel qualifications for each comparable government-provided labor category.

3.2.2 Fixed Burdened Rates.

The offeror shall insert fixed burdened labor rates for each labor category identified in the CBS Spreadsheet. Formulas have been created in the spreadsheet to multiply the inserted fixed burdened labor rates by the labor category’s number of hours. The fixed burdened labor rates shall include its direct labor rate and all other applicable and allowable direct costs and indirect costs, excluding fee. The fixed burdened labor rates shall use a 40-hour week for conversion of salaried employees to hourly basis. The government will not award a contract to an offeror whose proposed fixed burdened labor rates exceed the NAVAIR functional area “tripwire” rate of $300,000 annually per employee. The successful offeror’s fixed burdened labor rates will become part of the contract under Section B.2 Fixed Burdened Labor Rates and will be used during the execution of the contract.

If an offeror’s proposed fixed burdened labor rate is 10% or more LOWER than the government provided rates set forth in Attachment L-3, the offeror must explain why its salaries and fringe benefits are adequate to attract, recruit, and retain suitably qualified personnel to meet requirements. Such information may include data, such as recognized national and regional compensation surveys, and studies of professional, public, and private organizations used to establish the offeror’s total compensation structure.

3.2.3. Mobilization. The offeror shall propose a firm-fixed price for Mobilization in the CBS Spreadsheet.

3.2.4. Fee. The offeror shall insert a fixed fee percentage in the CBS Spreadsheet. The contract will contain the offeror’s proposed fixed fee dollar amount, which is the fee percentage multiplied by the offeror’s total estimated price. The proposed fixed fee shall not exceed the 10% statutory limitation specified in FAR section 15.404-4(c)(4)(i)(C).

3.2.5 Material and Travel. The government has provided the offeror unburdened material and travel amounts in the CBS spreadsheet.

3.2.5.1 The offeror shall propose a fixed factor for material and travel that will be applied against the government provided unburdened material amount and travel amount. The fixed factor includes all appropriate indirect rates allowable and allocable to material and travel. Fee shall not be included in any of the fixed factors.

3.2.6 Option to Extend Services.

The CBS spreadsheet includes an Option to Extend Services in accordance with FAR clause 52.217-8. This clause has been incorporated in the contract to account for a situation where invoking of the clause, in whole or part, becomes necessary for up to a six month performance period. The offeror shall not complete or tailor any information under the Option to Extend Services in the CBS Spreadsheet. The Option to Extend Services in the CBS Spreadsheet will be calculated by the government for the offeror. The government will add one-half of Year 5 of the total CPFF estimated price, including fee.

3.3 Section B

CLINs 0002-0006 and 0010-0014 in Section B are broken out by funding types. Since the government contract writing system, Standard Procuring System (SPS), requires a dollar amount to be associated with each CLIN, the government identified 40% Aircraft Procurement Navy (APN) or Budget Program 11 (BP11), 3% Foreign Military Sales (FMS), 46% Operations and Maintenance (O&M), 6% Research and Development Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), and 5% Working Capital Fund (WCF) are planned to be used for labor during the contract performance; however these percentages are estimates. The percentages can change between CLINs during the performance of the contract.

Offerors shall NOT complete or fill in the CLINs under Section B in response to the RFP. The government will complete the CLINs for the successful offeror, upon contract award using the “Section B CLINs” Tab created by the government, in the CBS Spreadsheet. The “Section B CLINs” Tab includes formulas which link back to the information in the CBS Spreadsheet. The offeror shall NOT tailor any of the information in the “Section B CLINs” Tab. CLINs will be calculated by the following:

3.3.1. CLIN 0001 Mobilization – The offeror’s proposed firm-fixed-price for Mobilization in the CBS Spreadsheet

3.3.2. CLIN 0002 ESS APN or BP11 – The offeror’s proposed total labor for years 1-5, including fee, multiplied by 40%.

3.3.3. CLIN 0003 ESS FMS – The offeror’s proposed total labor for years 1-5, including fee, multiplied by 3%

3.3.4. CLIN 0004 ESS O&M – The offeror’s proposed total labor for years 1-5, including fee, multiplied by 46%

3.3.5. CLIN 0005 ESS RDT&E – The offeror’s proposed total labor for years 1-5, including fee, multiplied by 6%

3.3.6. CLIN 0006 ESS WCF – The offeror’s proposed total labor for years 1-5, including fee, multiplied by 5%

3.3.7. CLIN 0007 Material – The material dollar amount provided by the government and the applied fixed factor proposed by the offeror for years 1-5 in the CBS Spreadsheet

3.3.8. CLIN 0008 Travel – The travel dollar amount provided by the government and the applied fixed factor proposed by the offeror for years 1-5 in the CBS Spreadsheet

3.3.9. CLIN 0009 Administrative & Technical Data – Not Separately Priced (NSP)

3.3.10. CLIN 0010 OPTION APN or BP11 – The total labor for the option, including fee, multiplied by 40%

3.3.11. CLIN 0011 OPTION FMS – The total labor for the option, including fee, multiplied by 3%

3.3.12. CLIN 0012 OPTION O&M – The total labor for the option, including fee, multiplied by 46%

3.3.13. CLIN 0013 OPTION RDT&E – The total labor for the option, including fee, multiplied by 6%

3.3.14. CLIN 0014 OPTION WCF – The total labor for the option, including fee, multiplied by 5%

3.3.15. CLIN 0015 OPTION Material –The material dollar amount and applied fixed factor for the option in the CBS Spreadsheet.

3.3.16. CLIN 0016 OPTION Travel –The travel dollar amount and applied fixed factor for the option in the CBS Spreadsheet.

3.3.17. CLIN 0017 OPTION Administrative & Technical Data – Not Separately Priced (NSP)

3.4 Administrative Information

Offerors shall provide the following information:

3.4.1. The original signed cover page of the Standard Form 33 (SF33) for the basic solicitation and each amendment (as applicable).

3.4.2. A completed Attachment 4, CBS Spreadsheet.

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE

The anticipated award date for this requirement is 8 August 2018.

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

SECTION M INFORMATION

The government intends to award a contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to the solicitation’s requirements and is the most advantageous to the government based upon an integrated assessment of the evaluation factors described further below.

Although the government may waive informalities and minor irregularities in proposals received, the failure to comply with terms and conditions of the solicitation may adversely impact the offeror’s evaluation results and could result in the offeror being removed from consideration for award.

2.0 AWARD ON INITIAL PROPOSALS

The government intends to award on initial proposals. If the government establishes a competitive range to seek revised proposals, the Government 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. As a result, an offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a past performance and price standpoint. 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, as defined at FAR 15.001. In addition, any approach that relies on government resources or operations in order to comply with a requirement (e.g., Government Furnished Property, Government Furnished Equipment, Government personnel/actions, Government Concept of Operation changes, etc.), unless otherwise permitted by the RFP, may be considered a deficiency. A proposal assessed with a deficiency will make the offer ineligible for award.

3.0 EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

Proposals will be evaluated using the factors listed below.

Factor 1: Technical Factor 2: Past Performance Factor 3: Price The Past Performance Factor is more important than the Price Factor among Technically acceptable proposals. Technical proposals deemed unacceptable are not awardable.

Because the Past Performance Factor is more important than the Price Factor among Technically acceptable proposals, the selection official is permitted to select an offeror that has proposed a higher price if the past performance of the offeror is worth the price premium. Thus, the selection official will perform a tradeoff between the offeror’s evaluated price and their evaluated assessments under the Past Performance Factor. The government will assign one of the Past Performance factor ratings in the Performance Confidence Assessment Ratings table below. The selection official, however; will not base his or her decision on the ratings because ratings are merely guides to intelligent decision making. The selection official will perform a tradeoff between offerors’ evaluated prices and their evaluated assessments under the Past Performance Factor among Technically acceptable proposals.

3.1 TECHNICAL

The government will use the following Requirements Checklist to evaluate Technical. Technial will be evaluated acceptable/unacceptable.

3.1.1. REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

Government evaluators will use the Requirements Checklist below to determine whether an offeror is technically acceptable.

Technical

Check One

Acceptable Unacceptable

Acceptable

Acceptable

3.1.1. TECHNICAL EVALUATION RATINGS

The technical rating assignments reflect the government’s assessment of the offeror’s technical solution for meeting the government’s requirement.

Technical Ratings

3.1.2 The Government will assess if the offeror has a Secret Facility Clearance as of the contract award date. The Government will verify each offeror’s facility clearance status with the Defense Security Service (DSS). An offeror without the appropriate Secret Facility Clearance as of the award date will no longer be considered for contract award.

3.2 PAST PERFORMANCE FACTOR (Factor 2)

Past performance will be evaluated to establish a Performance Confidence Assessment Rating that will reflect the government’s confidence that the offeror will successfully perform the requirements in the solicitation, based on the offeror’s relevant past performance record within 3 years of the proposal due date. It is a predictor of future performance in accomplishing the work. The government is not evaluating past performance of any entity other than the prime contractor entity identified in Block 15 of Standard Form 33. There are three aspects to the past performance assessment: Recency, Relevancy, and the Demonstrated Past Performance.

3.2.1 RECENCY

Recency is expressed as a time period during which past performance references are considered relevant, and is critical to establishing the relevancy of past performance information. For this requirement, recency submissions shall be of work performed within three (3) years of the RFP release date. A recency determination will be made for each offeror’s past performance submission. A determination of Not Recent will be assigned to offer submissions which are greater than three (3) years old, or for which an award date cannot be determined, and the submission will not be evaluated or rated. Only submissions meeting the parameters established in this RFP will be evaluated to receive a Relevance or Past Performance Confidence rating.

3.2.2 RELEVANCY

3.2.2.1 Past Performance Contract Reference Worksheet

The government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance contract reference worksheet to determine if the information is complete and accurate in accordance with Section L, 2.2.

3.2.2.2 Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract The government will evaluate the past performance contract references to determine how relevant it is to this solicitation’s effort. Any past performance contract reference deemed to be Not Relevant will receive no further consideration, with no opportunity to submit a replacement, even if the government requests revised proposals.

The offeror’s rationale in the “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet” will be evaluated to assess relevance. The offeror’s Statement of Work, Performance Work Statement, and/or Statement of Objectives paragraph references in the “Relevancy Information of the Past Performance Contract Worksheet” will be used to validate the offeror’s rationale.

In determining relevancy, the government will compare the past performance effort to the effort to be performed under this solicitation in three areas: Scope, Magnitude, and Complexity.

3.2.2.2.1. Scope of Effort –Scope of Effort in comparison to the scope of the work performed in the offeror’s past performance contract’s Statement of Work, Performance Work Statement, and/or Statement of Objectives to the scope of the requirements under this solicitation’s Statement of Work regarding the Engineering Support Services areas: Engineering Investigations, Configuration Management, Reliability and Affordability Analysis Tasks (RAAT), Production Engineering Services, and Engineering Data.

3.2.2.2.2 Magnitude - Magnitude in comparison to the average annual number of labor hours of the effort performed by the offeror under the past performance contract, wherein engineering support services similar to the scope of this solicitation were performed, to the average annual number of labor hours to be worked under this solicitation.

3.2.2.2.3 Complexity – Complexity regarding the work performed by the offeror under the past performance contract to the complexity of the work required under this solicitation regarding the number of sites supported and number of days worked per week.

The government will assign the following relevancy ratings to proposed contract references:

Past Performance Contract Relevancy Ratings

Rating

scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

3.2.3 DEMONSTRATED PAST PERFORMANCE

After relevancy of a past performance contract is established, the government will evaluate the offeror’s demonstrated past performance for that past performance contract in the following CPARs areas. The Past Performance team will review PPQs if CPARs are not available:

3.2.3.1 Quality. The government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance in the delivery of quality services, which includes meeting technical requirements, and will also incorporate pertinent assessments from CPARS or if CPARS do not exist, the PPQ.

3.2.3.2. Schedule. The government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance in meeting schedule requirements, which will incorporate pertinent assessments from CPARS or if CPARS do not exist, the PPQ.

3.2.3.3. Cost Control. The government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance in cost control, which will incorporate pertinent assessments from CPARS or if CPARS do not exist, the PPQ.

3.2.3.4. Management. The government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance in program management and subcontract management, which will incorporate pertinent assessments from CPARS or if CPARS do not exist, the PPQ.

3.2.3.5. Utilization of Small Business. The government will evaluate the offeror’s compliance with FAR clause 52.219-8, which will incorporate pertinent assessments from CPARS or if CPARS do not exist, from the PPQ.

3.2.3.6. Regulatory Compliance. The government will evaluate the offeror’s past performance in compliance with terms and conditions in the contract or order relating to applicable regulations and codes.

For those cases where the contractor may have had past performance problems likely to occur again, the government will assess whether the offeror successfully applied improvements to resolve those recurring problems. Problems not addressed by the offeror are considered to exist still.

3.2.4 PAST PERFORMANCE CONFIDENCE ASSESSMENT RATING

After the government has compiled a full assessment of the offeror’s relevant and demonstrated past performance, the government will assign a Performance Confidence Assessment Rating to the offeror. The assessment will reflect the government’s level of confidence in the offeror’s ability to successfully perform the solicited effort based on the offeror’s record of relevant past and present performance. The Performance Confidence Assessment Ratings are set forth in the table below. As part of the assessment, the government may combine ratings across contract references that contain similar/overlapping magnitudes and complexities. In addition, the government will take into account any show cause notices, cure notices and terminations for default that are deemed relevant to this solicitation’s effort.

In the case of offerors for which there is no information on past contract performance or where past contract performance information is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past contract performance (see FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv).) In this case, the offeror’s past performance is unknown and assigned a performance confidence rating of “neutral.” Although the SSEB may not rate an offeror that lacks recent, relevant past performance favorably or unfavorably with regard to past performance, the SSA may determine, that a “Substantial Confidence” or “Satisfactory Confidence” past performance rating is worth more than a “Neutral Confidence” past performance rating in a best value tradeoff as long as the determination is consistent with stated solicitation criteria.

The government will assign one of the following performance confidence assessment ratings to the offeror’s Past Performance factor based upon the government’s confidence that the offeror will successfully perform the solicitation’s requirements based upon the offeror’s relevant past performance record.

Performance Confidence Assessment Ratings

Rating

Government has a high expectation that the offeror will perform the required effort successfully.

Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will perform the required effort successfully.

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.

Government has a low expectation that the offeror will perform the required effort successfully.

Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to perform the required effort successfully.

4.0 PRICE FACTOR

The government will evaluate the offeror’s Price Volume for the accuracy and completion of the CBS spreadsheet; its total evaluated price; price reasonableness; whether the offeror’s proposed prices are balanced; and for administrative completeness as requested in Section L.

0. Cost Breakout Spreadsheet (CBS)