N6134019R1203_N61340-19-R-1203_Amendment_0001_SF-30.docx

N6134019R1203

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

The following have been modified:

ACTS IDIQ ATTACHMENTS

The items below (Attachment L-x) pertain only the solicitation and will be removed when the contract is awarded.

Exhibit 1b CDRL Listing:

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

SECTION L

L-1 CONTENT OF PROPOSALS (SUPPLIES) (11 Dec 2018)

PART A GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1.0 GENERAL

The Offeror shall respond to all requirements of the solicitation and not alter or rearrange the solicitation. The Offeror is advised that the Government may incorporate any portions of the Offeror’s proposal into the resulting contract.

In presenting material in the proposal, the Offeror is advised that quality of information is more important than quantity. Clarity, brevity, and logical organization shall be emphasized during proposal preparation. Statements that the prospective Offeror understands, can comply with, or will comply with, the specifications, and paraphrasing the requirements or parts thereof without supporting information are considered inadequate by the Government, and may result in assessing weaknesses and/or deficiencies.

The Offeror shall include any data that illustrates the adequacy of the various assumptions, approaches, and solutions to problems. Failure to address a specific factor or subfactor clearly may be considered a deficiency. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentation materials beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal is neither necessary nor desired.

The Government advises the Offeror that taking exception or deviating from any term or condition of the RFP may result in the assessment of a deficiency to the proposal.

Throughout these instructions, a “JV Team member” is defined as one of the entities that make up a joint venture (JV) formed for the purpose of responding to this solicitation.

Questions: Offerors may submit questions requesting clarification of solicitation requirements by emailing the contract specialist at harrison.carter@navy.mil. It is required that all questions be received within 15 calendar days of the date this solicitation is issued.

2.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT

Written proposals shall 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 shall 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 and tables shall be presented in no smaller than a 10 pt. font and should contain a grid, which allows values to be read directly from the graph to the same accuracy that a 10 x 10 to the ½ inch grid provides. Graphic resolution, including such data as tables or charts, should be consistent with the purpose of the data presented.

The Offeror shall provide one complete copy of the proposal to the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) as electronic files fully compatible with Microsoft Office 2010 and for information not supported by MS Office products, with the latest Adobe Acrobat reader on a CD/DVD-ROM. The Offeror shall ensure that the Price/Cost Volume is provided on a separate CD/DVD-ROM. Each CD/DVD-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. Data stored on the media shall be unlocked.

3.0 PROPOSAL CONTENT AND VOLUMES

The Offeror shall present proposal information in a manner that facilitates a one-to-one comparison between the information presented and this Proposal Instruction. Proposal information shall be structured such that its Volume/paragraph number matches the Proposal Instructions Volume/paragraph number provided in section “Part B Specific Instructions” to which it is responding, although the Offeror may add lower tier subparagraphs. The Offeror shall 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, section, and element, etc., in the Offeror’s proposal.

Each volume of the proposal shall be submitted as one original and additional copies as specified in the table below. The table below supersedes the copies requested in Block 9 of the Standard Form (SF) 33. 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; title and table of contents pages do not count towards the page limit. Any pages submitted exceeding the page limit shall be disregarded and NOT evaluated.

Information submitted as an Annex to the proposal includes manuals, specifications, plans, procedures, and policies that exist as an official document of the company or facility, as well as other information requested in Part B Specific Instructions. Page limitations for Annexes, if any, are specified below. The authorized Annexes are summarized in the table below.

1a

ACTS IDIQ MANAGEMENT / TECHNICAL APPROACH

Element 1.1

15*/** Paper Copies: 1 Original/2 Copies Electronic Copy: 1 Original

1b Delivery Order (DO)

TECHNICAL APPROACH

DO Technical Proposal Element 1.2

30**/*** Paper Copies: 1 Original /3 Copies

PAST PERFORMANCE

As Needed Paper Copies: 1 Original/1 Copy Electronic Copy: 1 Original

3a

ACTS PRICE &

ADMINISTRATIVE

Element 3.1 – Volume Content

As Needed Paper Copies: 1 Original/1 Copy

3b

DO PRICE &

ADMINSTRATIVE

DO 0001 Cost Proposal Element 3.2 – DO 0001

As Needed Paper Copies: 1 Original/1 Copy

*Page limitation does not include front matter such as title page, table of contents, list of figures, etc., glossary (if used), personnel allocation matrix, Configuration Management Plan (CMP), Software Development Plan (SDP) nor System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), if provided.

**Page limitation does not include pages exclusively consisting of charts, tables, or spreadsheets.

*** The deliver order technical approach shall be submitted in a separate binder.

Each volume shall contain the following information:

The Offeror shall submit a Cross Reference Matrix (CRM) for the Technical Volume, similar to the example below, to help ensure that all solicitation requirements are addressed and to facilitate the evaluators’ review of the Offeror’s proposal. The CRM should be a single integrated matrix and cross-reference the proposal volumes and paragraphs to specific RFP requirements, as well as other parts of the proposal that contain relevant information. The Offeror’s CRM may be identical to the example below or revised such as to add columns to indicate the page number on which information may be found, identify where other relevant information in the proposal is located, or provide other comments. The CRM does not count against any of the proposal page limitations.

EXAMPLE OF A CROSS REFERENCE MATRIX (CRM)

Volume 1 Technical Example: Para 3.1 Note: This column shall address all paragraphs in Sections xx and xy of the SOW/PWS.

Volume 1 Technical

Volume 1 Technical

4.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:

Clearly mark all packages with the solicitation number. The submission date for all Volumes shall be no later than 4:00 pm EST, Tuesday 5 March 2019. It is requested that Volume 2 Past Performance information be submitted not later than 21 days after the final RFP release date.

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 Code: AIR-2.5.3.4.1 (H. David Carter) 12211 Science Drive Orlando, FL 32826-3725 Solicitation Number: N61340-19-R-1203

Hand carried proposals may be delivered to the address above, attention (PCO: Ms. Shannon Walyus) and/or (Specialist: H. David Carter).

Please note that center security personnel or other personnel (other than the PCO or CS) are not authorized to accept proposals. The CS will provide the offeror with documentation reflecting the date and time the proposal submission was received for the offeror’s records.

Late Proposals: See FAR provision 52.215-1.

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 including the original/signed documents submitted as part of Volume 3 Price.

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” (FOUO) and “Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104.”

5.1 Restriction on Disclosure and Use of Data: Offerors that include in their proposals data that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the government except for evaluation purposes, shall—

(a) Mark the title page with the following legend:

“This proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed—in whole or in part—for any purpose other than to evaluate this proposal. If, however, a task or delivery order is awarded to this offeror as a result of — or in connection with — the submission of this data, the government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting task or delivery order. This restriction does not limit the government's right to use information contained in this data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in sheets [insert numbers or other identification of sheets]”; and

(b) Mark each sheet of data it wishes to restrict with the following legend:

“Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal.”

6.0 CLASSIFIED DATA

All proposals shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

However, there is classified data associated with DO 0001 and some of the post-award GFI to be supplied will include CONFIDENTIAL and possibly SECRET information, whereas the contractor’s deliverables shall be UNCLASSIFIED Official Use Only (FOUO). The contractor shall also be conducting data gathering on board Naval submarines and in associated facilities, and may be exposed to classified information or equipment. Offerors shall submit proof, in the form of its valid Facility Verification Notice, wherein Facility Clearance Status/Level of Document Safeguarding Level indicates that they can accept and store restricted [For Official Use Only (FOUO), Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPI), no foreign nationals (NOFORN)) and classified (Confidential and Secret)] data effective not later than the date that proposals are due. The eventual awardee shall complete its portion of the DD Form 254 (Exhibit 3) and submit it to the government within 5 business days after contract award. In addition, a current copy of the offeror’s DD form 2345 Military Critical Technical Data Agreement (Attachment L-5) shall be provided as part of the Technical Volume; does not count towards the volume page count. Proposals lacking valid (government issued/certified) proof of classified handling and storage capability to the levels mentioned above will be rejected and will not be considered for award.

7.0 SOLICITATION CHANGES

For notice of any changes and additional information provided by the Government for the solicitation, please go to www.FedBizOpps.gov or www.neco.navy.mil.

8.0 ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION (GFI):

GFI listed in the ACTS IDIQ SOW will be made available via CD/DVD to offerors. Offerors shall make their request for GFI no later than 5 working days after FINAL RFP release. Offerors shall contact H. David Carter, harrison.carter@navy.mil to coordinate receipt of the media. It is the offerors’ responsibility to ensure they obtain all offered materials in time to complete their proposal before the submission deadline. Instructions and requirements to obtain materials are located in Attachment L-2, ACTS Export Controlled Government Furnished Information (GFI) Request and Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Form. All personnel provided access to GFI shall be U.S. citizens.

9.0 SOLICITATION QUESTIONS

9.1 Questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing using the ACTS RFP Question and Answer Form (Attachment L-1). The Government may answer questions prior to the deadline for proposal submission provided that those questions are received no later than 15 calendar days following the Final RFP release date.

Any questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing by electronic mail to the following addresses:

Each question shall reference the applicable document, paragraph, and page number. Questions containing proprietary information shall not be submitted because all government responses to questions, if answered, will be provided to all potential offerors via amendment to the solicitation. Answers to questions will be posted via formal RFP amendments; therefore do not include proprietary information in your questions.

9.2 The Government reserves the right not to respond to any questions concerning this solicitation received after the time frame specified above. Accordingly, offerors are encouraged to carefully review all solicitation requirements and submit questions to the Government early in the proposal preparation cycle.

PART B SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

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

1.0 VOLUME 1: FACTOR A – MANAGEMENT/TECHNICAL APPROACH

The Offeror shall provide all information and data required in Element 1.1 below to determine labor resources to be employed to fulfill future requirements within the scope of Exhibit 1a – Advanced Computer-based Training System (ACTS) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Statement of Work (SOW), as well as ACTS IDIQ Delivery Order (DO) 0001, MRTS 3D Virginia Internal Countermeasures Launcher (ICL) SOW (Attachment L-7b). In addition, the approach for application of resources, systems and processes to execute requirements in the SOWs shall be clearly defined, per Element 1.2 below.

Element 1.1: Personnel Allocation - The offeror shall provide a Personnel Allocation Matrix (PAM) (Exhibit 4) as part of the proposal, utilizing the below example table to identify and describe proposed labor categories.

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.

Bachelor Degree PMP Certification

1. Maintain on- and off-site backups of all software and documentation

Note:

The descriptions above are for illustrative purposes only. They are not specific minimum requirements expected by the government.

Amplifying information for each element of the Personnel Allocation Matrix (Exhibit 4) is found below:

1. Labor Categories: Identify labor categories proposed to accomplish work under the ACTS IDIQ as described in the SOW. If the offeror proposes a subcontractor or teaming approach, identify the same level of detail for subcontractors.

1. 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 applicable talents. If the offeror proposes a subcontractor or teaming approach, identify the same level of detail for subcontractors.

1. Qualifications and Experience: Provide minimum background experience information for each proposed labor category.

1. Educational Background: Provide minimum formal educational background, i.e. degrees or certifications, for each proposed labor category.

If awarded the contract, the offeror’s PAM will become an attachment to the contract, making the labor categories, descriptions, qualifications & experience, and educational background contract requirements. After award, the failure to comply with the labor categories, labor category descriptions, qualifications & experience, or education background set forth in the offeror's PAM is a failure to comply with a material requirement of the contract.

Element 1.2 Delivery Order 0001, MRTS 3D Virginia Internal Countermeasures Launcher (ICL)

The offeror shall provide the information below. This volume shall not contain any reference to cost or price aspects of the offer.

1.2.1 Offerors shall describe the instructional systems and systems engineering technical approaches, labor categories, number of labor hours, processes, steps, and activities the offeror plans to use to derive requirements, design, develop, produce, and test software products, as well as to develop the documentation and to comply with the tailored DO 0001 Systems Engineering Test Review (SETR) process and maintain configuration management under DO 0001. Offerors shall discuss any assumptions, estimating methods, and historical analogous data the offeror uses to determine the offeror’s technical approach. “Historical experience” or “subject matter expert estimate” do not provide the level of detail sought by this RFP. Ensure the offeror’s Contractor Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS) and Technical Basis of Estimate (TBOE) are unprotected. If an offeror provides additional plans (e.g. the offeror’s software development plan), they shall be considered as part of the proposal.

1.2.1.1 As part of the DO proposal, each offeror shall explain their adherence to the GFI style guides, reusability and ease of reusability of the products and subcomponents that will be delivered under DO 0001, section 3.2 of the Performance Specification for MRTS 3D ICL (Attachment L-7c – DO 01 - VA ICL Performance Specification).

1.2.1.2 Offerors shall explain the reusability and maturity of software development processes (e.g. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) or International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifications) when proposed for use producing Delivery Order 0001.

1.2.1.3 Offeror shall submit its Software Development Plan (SDP) (CDRL A001) as part of the proposal. Applicable SDP elements shall be used to produce Delivery Order 0001.

1.2.2 The offeror shall define applicable labor (labor categories), from those reflected in the PAM, level of effort (labor hours), division of work among the prime offeror, JV members (if so proposed) and its proposed subcontractors, and other items (materials, travel, etc.). The offeror’s technical proposal will be evaluated to ensure offerors utilize labor categories reflected in the proposed PAM. The government’s WBS for DO 0001 is found at Attachment L-4. The offeror’s proposal shall state all assumptions.

· Level I – requirements in DO 01 SOW and DO 01 Performance Spec

· Level II – corresponding subsections to Level I requirements

· Level III – processes/steps proposed to meet Level II requirements

· Program Management

· Cybersecurity

· Information Security

· Systems Engineering

· Software Engineering

· Graphic Artistry

· Subject Matter Expert(s)

· Quality Assurance

· Logistics

2.0 VOLUME 2: FACTOR B - PAST PERFORMANCE

2.1 Sources of past performance evaluation information include information provided by the offeror in response to the solicitation, information obtained from questionnaires, and 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 Systems, Electronic Subcontract Reporting System, or other databases; the Defense Contract Management Agency; and interviews with Program Managers, Contracting Officers, and Fee Determining Officials.

2.2 The offeror shall complete the Past Performance Information Form (PPIF), Attachment L-3, for each past performance reference performed within five years of the solicitation release date. Total PPIFs submitted shall not exceed three (3), whether proposing as a Prime Contractor, or, if proposing as a Joint Venture (JV), no more than one form for each JV team member. The offeror shall submit written consent from its JV team member(s) that will allow the Government to coordinate any past performance issues directly with the offeror. If the offeror does not submit the written consent, the Government will address any past performance issues directly with JV Team member and the offeror will forfeit the opportunity to participate in any related discussions. Consequently, for any JV team member that does not provide the written consent, the offeror shall provide the name, address, phone number, and email address with whom the Government may address any past performance issues.

The offeror shall provide a narrative on each Past Performance Information Form (PPIF) in the “Contract Effort Description” area that clearly describes how each contract reference has relevant work effort that matches the relevancy definitions specified below, in 2.3(a) of this solicitation. Additionally, the offeror shall provide one electronic copy of the Statement of Work/Performance Work Statement for each contract referenced as Annex 1 to this Past Performance Volume.

2.3 The primary source of past performance information will be PPIRS. If a Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) exists for multiple years for the same contract/order, all periods of performance within the recency period specified above, for that contract/order, will be used for evaluation. In the event a CPAR does not exist for a past performance reference, the offeror shall submit a Contractor Performance Assessment Questionnaire (CPAQ), Attachment L-6, to the Program Manager who is the Assessing Official. The offeror shall include instructions for the Program Manager to send completed questionnaires within two weeks of its receipt via e-mail to H. David Carter, Contract Specialist, at Email: harrison.carter@navy.mil, thereby allowing the customer approximately two weeks to complete their response. All CPAQs should be received by the Government concurrently with the offeror’s proposal submission.

(a) Past Performance Information – Whether submitting a PPIF (Attachment L-3) or CPAQ (Attachment L-6), the brief description in the “Contract Effort Description” portion of each document shall address the following, which are listed in descending order of importance:

1. Software development using gaming engines that can run in local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) in a classified or unclassified environment, including foreign military sales (FMS).

2. Contractor Systems Integrator (CSI), to include:

a. Standardized development and configuration management of common software architectures that include software development kits (SDKs) and definition of application programming interfaces (APIs)

b. Evaluating third party medium and high-fidelity training software products for standards compliance and distribution

3. Integration efforts with external systems such as learning management systems (LMS) and other types of meta data storage.

4. Creating and maintaining cloud-based software distribution for products developed by other contractors and third party developers.

5. Designing, procuring and installing electronic classrooms and laboratories with commercial off the shelf (COTS) equipment and software.

(b) 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.

The Offeror shall include instructions for sending the completed questionnaire within two weeks of its receipt via e-mail to H. David Carter Contract Specialist, at Email harrison.carter@navy.mil, thereby allowing the customer approximately two weeks to complete their response. All CPAQs should be received by the Government concurrently with the Offeror’s proposal submission.

3.0 VOLUME 3: PRICE PROPOSAL

3.1 Volume Content:

(a) Administrative Information. The following sections of the solicitation shall be completed and included in Volume 3 of the offeror’s proposal:

(i) Signed Standard Form 33, Blocks 13-18 for basic solicitation and acknowledgment of each amendment, including completion of any RFP clause or provision that requires a fill-in or response.; 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 and/or System for Award Management (SAM) and Section K, certifications, representations and other statements,

(iv) Complete NAVAIR Clause 5252.204-9502 in Section G,

(v) Completes Resource Allocation Matrices tables in Exhibit 2 in Section J, (vi). Guarantee the length of proposal validity (for at least 180 days after proposal submission)

(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) Pursuant to FAR section 16.301-3(a)(3) and DFARS clause 252.242-7006, “Accounting System Administration,” the contractor’s accounting system shall be adequate during the entire period of contract performance for determining charges applicable to this contract. As a result, all offerors shall provide evidence from DCAA, other federal civilian audit agencies, or a private accounting firm that, as of the proposal due date, the offeror’s accounting system has been audited and has been determined adequate and suitable for administration of a cost-reimbursable type of contract. Offerors that submit evidence from a private accounting firm shall submit Standard Form 1408, completed and signed by the private accounting firm that performed the audit.

3.2 Delivery Order (DO) 0001

For DO 0001 - MRTS 3D ICL SOW (RFP Attachment L-7b), the offeror shall fill in the Contract Line Item (CLIN) Unit Price and Max Amount portions of the applicable SF 33. The offeror shall provide the tables (examples below), to identify proposed labor categories, hours, fully burdened labor rates (less profit), profit amount and total estimated price proposed for work effort defined in the applicable DO’s Statement of Work (SOW) and resulting technical proposal. Offerors shall ensure proposed labor categories, fully burdened rates and fixed-factor rates coincide with those proposed in their PAM and RFP Exhibit 2 Resource Allocation Matrix (RAM) – Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) tables. Insert the completed table(s) in the appropriate portion of the Cost/Price volume. The offeror shall identify proposed other direct cost category (e.g. travel, material, other direct costs (ODCs)), direct cost, and fixed factor (from the appropriate RAM table). The offeror shall provide an integrated master schedule (IMS) and a Basis of Estimate (BOE) with their proposal.

Each offeror shall enter the Contract Line Item (CLIN) Unit Prices and Total Price information in Section B of the delivery order.

3.3 Rate Information

The Offeror shall provide pricing information for Firm Fixed-Price Delivery Order 0001. For the purpose of DO 0001 evaluation, rates reflected in the RAM shall be fully burdened; indirect rate information need not be provided.

3.4 Ground Rules and Assumptions:

(a) As this is a competitive acquisition with adequate price competition anticipated, certified cost or pricing data in accordance with FAR 15.403-1 is not required. 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. 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 Offeror shall provide sufficient information to support its price as well as an explanation of all ground rules and assumptions that affect the price estimates.

(c) Total dollar ceiling for all delivery orders issued under the ACTS ID/IQ contract is $99,000,000.00. Initial contract line item (CLIN) value allocations represent projected award/types based upon historical and programmed requirements as of contract award. The Government reserves the right to reallocate value across the CLINs as necessary, throughout the ordering period, to accommodate requirements received.

3.5 Price Information:

(a) Reasonableness and Consistency shall exist between the Management/Technical (methodology) and Price Volumes (application of resources). Offerors shall demonstrate that the unit prices and the total proposed prices are reasonable and commensurate with the work required by the solicitation and the management/technical approaches identified in the Management/Technical Volume of the proposal. Offerors shall show traceability with the CLINs, SOW, proposed effort, proposed manning levels, and the prices. Offerors shall refer to specific sections in the Management/Technical Volume as needed to illustrate the consistency between the Price Volume and the Management/Technical Volume. The Offeror shall explain any inconsistency between proposed performance and price, 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 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) The offeror shall prepare and submit a RAM. The RAM shall depict all labor categories included in the PAM and include associated fully burdened labor rates. 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.

3.6 Incumbent Information. There is no incumbent for the ACTS requirement.

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

SECTION M

M-1 EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD (SUPPLIES) (10 DEC 2018)

PART A: GENERAL INFORMATION

1.0 GENERAL

The Government expects to select one offeror whose proposal offers the “best value” to the Government, using the trade-off method. "Best value" means the expected outcome of an acquisition that, in the Government's estimation, provides the greatest overall benefit(s) in response to the requirement. The offeror is advised that the lowest priced proposal meeting the solicitation requirements may not be selected for an award if award to a higher priced offeror is determined to be more beneficial to the Government. However, the perceived benefits of the higher priced proposal must merit the additional price.

2.0 EVALUATION PROCESS

For the Management/Technical factor, a combined Management/Technical /Risk rating will be assigned. This method reflects whether the proposal meets or does not meet the minimum requirements along with an assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, significant weaknesses, and deficiencies of the proposal to determine the combined Management/Technical /Risk rating. The benefit to the Government associated with assessed strengths along with technical risk will be considered in determining whether the offeror’s proposal rises to a level of being thorough or exceptional. Assessment of technical risk considers potential for disruption of schedule, increase in costs, degradation of performance, the need to increase Government oversight, or the likelihood of unsuccessful contract performance. Offerors are advised that during the evaluation process, a management/technical factor with an “Unacceptable” Management/Technical /Risk Rating may result in the entire proposal being found unacceptable and eliminated from the competition.

Under Past Performance, the Government will evaluate recent performance to determine how well an Offeror has performed work similar to the work required by the solicitation. When proposals are received from joint ventures, specifically formed by the offeror to propose on a particular acquisition, the past performance evaluation will consider each (one minimum per JV member, maximum three total) individual JV team member’s relevant past performance. After evaluating the offeror’s past performance information, a Performance Confidence Assessment Rating will then be assigned, which addresses the Government’s level of confidence in the offeror’s ability to perform the required effort successfully based on the offeror’s relevant past performance and systemic improvement. More relevant past performance will typically be a stronger predictor of future success and have more influence on the Performance Confidence Assessment Rating than past performance of lesser relevance. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance, the offeror will receive a Performance Confidence Assessment Rating of “Unknown Confidence (Neutral)” which is considered a “Neutral” rating.

3.0 EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

Proposals will be evaluated using the factors (and any subfactors), listed below.

Factor A: MANAGEMENT/TECHNICAL APPROACH (Volume 1)

Factor B: PAST PERFORMANCE (Volume 2)

Factor C: PRICE and ADMINISTRATIVE (Volume 3)

Factors are listed in descending order of importance. Elements within the Technical Factor are not weighted or rated subfactors. Factor C Price (DO 0001), is the price that the selection official will use to make his or her tradeoff decision.

All evaluation factors other than price, when combined, are significantly more important than price.

PART B: SPECIFIC INFORMATION

1.0 FACTOR A - MANAGEMENT / TECHNICAL APPROACH

The evaluation will include an assessment of the following:

Element 1.1: Personnel Allocation

Element 1.2 Delivery Order DO 0001, MRTS 3D Virginia Internal Countermeasure Launcher (ICL)

i. The government will assess the likelihood that the offeror’s proposed division of work among the prime offeror, JV members (if so proposed), and its proposed subcontractors is likely to accomplish the program within schedule.

2.0 FACTOR B - PAST PERFORMANCE

There are three aspects to the past performance evaluation: recency, relevancy, and quality. The first aspect of the past performance is to evaluate the recency of the offeror’s past performance being evaluated. Past performance will be considered recent if the contract/order has been performed within five years of the solicitation release date. Past Performance that is not recent will not be considered in the evaluation.

The second aspect of the past performance evaluation is to evaluate how relevant the Past Performance being evaluated is to the requirements of this solicitation. More relevant past performance will typically be a stronger predictor of future success and have more influence on the Past Performance Confidence Assessment than past performance of lesser relevance. The Government will use the following aspects to determine relevancy for this evaluation:

3.0 FACTOR C - PRICE

Firm Fixed Price CLINs:

Each Offeror’s price proposal will be evaluated to determine whether it is complete, reasonable. In its evaluation, the Government will perform a price analysis to assess if the proposed Delivery Order exhibits price reasonableness and is realistic. The Government may use various price analysis techniques such a comparison of the Offeror’s proposed price to competing Offerors’ prices in response to this solicitation, comparison to the Government’s independent price estimate, among other techniques to perform the price analysis.

Unrealistically low costs or inconsistencies between the technical and price proposals may be assessed as proposal risk and could be considered weaknesses under the technical factor. Therefore, any inconsistency, whether real or apparent, between the technical proposal and price proposal should be explained in the narrative section of the price proposal.