N6247021R9011 AMENDMENT 0002 FINAL.pdf

AMENDMENT 0002

RFP NO.: N62470-21-R-9011 Work Number: 1691219

Non-Government Standards Internet Subscription

Amendment 0002 is being issued for the following:

1. Extend proposal due date

2. Provide Pre-Proposal Inquiry (PPI) responses.

3. Revise the Solicitation

4. Provide additional Clauses in Full Text

5. Provide the revised PWS (see attachments)

6. Provide Attachments

1. The proposal due date has been extended from Thursday, 13 April 2023, 2:00 PM Norfolk, Virginia Local Time to Thursday, 27 April 2023, 2:00 PM Norfolk, Virginia Local Time.

2. Pre-Proposal Inquiry (PPI) responses:

1. Inquiry: How many users do you plan to be on the platform simultaneously? I’m guessing the platform shouldn’t limit the users since access will be given throughout the U.S. I wanted to check with you first.

Response: Unlimited access to the platform and the number of users are listed in the Performance Work Statement in Appendix C. Refer to the modified Performance Work Statement item 2.1 page 19.

2. Inquiry: What locations will need access to these standards and how many concurrent users? Please provide the addresses of the locations.

Response: All locations listed in the Performance Work Statement Appendix C require access to the standards. The number of concurrent users for each SDO is listed in the revised Performance Work Statement Appendix A. Locations are listed in the Performance Work Statement Appendix C by installations/cities. Reference page 7.

3. Inquiry: NFPA no longer allows for downloadable content or pdf access except when purchasing the content directly from the NFPA. Due to this reason and our interest in providing the best customer experience, we no longer offer NFPA content. Are we able to respond to this solicitation if we do not offer NFPA content? (ITEM R1LL) This is only available from NFPA directly. The only other publisher we do not currently carry is UMRL.

Response: Refer to attached modified Performance Work Statement removing NFPA from Appendix A.1: Required Products List to Appendix A.2: Desired but Not Required Product List.

In the Non-Government Standards Internet Subscription document in Appendix B, item R1LL National Fire Protection Association has been removed from the Required Products List from A.1, and item D2O National Fire Protection Association has been added to the Desired but Not Required Products List from A.2, reference page 17.

4. Inquiry: Are you asking for complete sets of standards/ publications for each publisher? Or are you looking for custom collections (specific standards from each publisher if so we will need these to provide an accurate quotation?

Response: Descriptions are in the Performance Work Statement Appendix A. Descriptions were taken from the URL listed under Source of Products description column. Reference page 7.

5. Inquiry: Clarification needed between ASME American Society of Engineers and ASME standards?

(Items R1N and R10).

Response: Refer to the attached modified Performance Work Statement Appendix A.1 for description and removal of item 16 (R1P). Reference page 8.

6. Inquiry: Clarification needed between API Segments and API standards? Item R1I and R1J.

Response: Refer to attached modified Performance Work Statement Appendix A for description of items 9 (R1I) and 10 (R1J) in the Amendment. The 3 standards listed under the API standard may not be a part of the API segments therefore they are listed separately. Reference page 7-8.

7. Inquiry: What Contract Vehicle will be used for this procurement? Commercial or GSA?

Response: Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) single award contract for commercial services by utilizing FAR Part 12, and FAR Part 15 procedures.

8. Inquiry: In Appendix A.2 - Desired Products but Not Required, CSA - Please provide number of unique users that would require access along with total number of potential users.

Response: The number of authorized users is listed in the Performance Work Statement Appendix C.

Reference page 19.

9. Inquiry: Appendix C - List of Locations and Authorized Users o Currently NAVFAC has provided a list of locations by State, City (Location) and Command.

o It appears the attempt Is to group potential/authorized users by City (Location).

o By doing so, this does not break out the potential/authorized users by each command at their location.

o Would NAVFAC please provide a new list by Service Agency/Installation Command, Location (City/State) and number of potential/authorized users at each location?

Response: NAFVAC will not provide a new list by Service Agency/Installation Command, Location (City/State) and number of potential/authorized users at each location.

10. Inquiry: I have a question about submitting a hardcopy and separate CD as the electronic copy. Is that still applicable since to submit, we’ll need to upload using the DoD SAFE application?

Response: See Amendment detail below.

11. Inquiry: With the current deadline of April 13, 2023, we would greatly appreciate an extension of this due date until 5/4/2023. This extension would provide adequate time required to communicate with our various 3rd party SDO partners and to provide the best pricing options to NAVFAC.

Response: See Amendment detail below.

12. Inquiry: I am writing to request an extension for Solicitation N6247021R9011. We would like to request an additional week to work on this quotation due to the fact we have yet to receive a response regarding our submitted questions.

Response: See Amendment detail below.

3. Revise the Solicitation

Pages 5-6

CURRENT:

C. Basis of Evaluation and Submittal Requirements for Each Factor

(a) Price:

(1) Solicitation Submittal Requirements:

The Offeror shall submit one (1) printed original hard copy, marked “Price Proposal”, and one (1) electronic copy on separate CD. Price proposals shall be submitted on 8½ x 11 size page with a font size no smaller than 10 point. Electronic pricing information should be provided in both Microsoft Excel and PDF format and shall be Microsoft Office 2016 and fully editable to allow Government evaluators to make price adjustments. All required documents provided in a format other than Microsoft Excel must be provided as PDFs. Offerors are advised that in the event of a discrepancy between pricing information contained on the Excel version and the PDF version, the PDF shall govern. Pricing information shall not encompass any elements of the non-price proposal. A separate PDF shall be provided for each item specified below.

REVISED TO:

C. Basis of Evaluation and Submittal Requirements for Each Factor

(a) Price:

Offerors shall submit one (1) electronic copy of their proposals via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module at https://piee.eb.mil. Facsimile submission is not authorized.

All responses must be received by the Government by the response due date and time specified above.

The electronic copies of the proposals shall be submitted in a PDF format or in a format that can be read by MS Excel 2016. Electronic pricing information should be provided in both Microsoft Excel and PDF format. The Microsoft Excel pricing information shall be compatible with Microsoft Office 2016 and fully editable to allow Government evaluators to make price adjustments. All required documents provided in a format other than Microsoft Excel must be provided as PDFs. Price proposals shall be submitted with a font size no smaller than 10 point. Offerors are advised that in the event of a discrepancy between pricing information contained on the Excel version and the PDF version, the PDF shall govern.

Pricing information shall not encompass any elements of the non-price proposal. A separate PDF shall be provided for each item specified below.

Pages 6-7

CURRENT:

(b) Non-Price Factor:

The offeror shall submit one printed original hard copy, marked “Non-Price Proposal”, and one (1) electronic copy on separate CD. Non-price proposals shall be submitted on 8 ½ x 11 size page with a font size no smaller than 10 point. Each factor has a page limitation identified. Pages exceeding the page limitation for any factor shall not be evaluated. The non-price proposal shall not include any pricing information.

REVISED TO:

(c) Non-Price Factor:

Offerors shall submit one (1) electronic copy of their proposals via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module at https://piee.eb.mil, marked “Non-Price Proposal”. Facsimile submission is not authorized. All responses must be received by the Government by the response due date and time specified above. The electronic copies of the proposals shall be submitted in a format readable via PDF and MS Word 2016, as applicable. Electronic non-price information should be provided in both Microsoft Word and PDF format. The Microsoft Word document shall be compatible with Microsoft Office 2016 and fully editable to allow Government evaluators to make adjustments. All required documents provided in a format other than Microsoft Word must be provided as in PDF format. Non- Price proposals shall be submitted with a font size no smaller than 10 point. Offerors are advised that in the event of a discrepancy between non-pricing information contained on the Word version and the PDF version, the PDF shall govern. Each factor has a page limitation identified. Pages exceeding the page limitation for any factor shall not be evaluated. The non-price proposal shall not include any pricing information.

CURRENT:

Responses are due no later than 13 April 2023, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Offerors that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit their proposal package via the DoD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) application. All responses to this announcement shall be submitted electronically via DoD SAFE. Hand carried delivery or postal/courier delivery of hard copies and/or CD-ROMs are not authorized. Facsimile submission is not authorized. All responses must be received by the Government by the response due date and time specified above.

Instructions for response submission are as follows:

1. Send an email to both the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer listed below at least 48 hours prior to the submission deadline advising of the email address and point of contact that the firm will use to submit the proposal package.

Kimberly King, Kimberly.y.king.civ@us.navy.mil AND kimberly.y.king@navy.mil

Rebecca Douglas, rebecca.douglas.civ@us.navy.mil AND rebecca.douglas@navy.mil

2. The Government will confirm receipt of the email and the Contracting Officer will send a “Request for drop-off” from the DoD SAFE application to the email provided by the firm.

3. The firm will then receive a “Request for drop off” email from the DoD SAFE application with a link provided to submit the response. Using the link provided, firms shall submit the complete proposal package. Proposal packages must be submitted via the DoD SAFE application prior to the submission deadline. The Contracting Officer will confirm receipt.

Note that “Requests for drop-off” from the DoD SAFE application are only valid for 14 days. The DoD SAFE application has a 25 file limit for upload and 8GB file size limit. Please plan accordingly. Do not assume that electronic submission will occur instantaneously. Large files may take some time to upload.

Firms are encouraged to keep a copy of the upload confirmation for their record. Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR 15.208.

REVISED TO:

Responses are due no later than Thursday, 27 April 2023, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Offerors that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit their proposal package via the PIEE Solicitation Module. Facsimile submission is not authorized. All responses must be received by the Government by the response due date and time specified above.

Instructions for response submission are as follows:

1. Offerors shall submit one (1) electronic copy of their proposals via the PIEE Solicitation Module.

2. Submission, modification, revision and withdrawal of proposals shall be via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module at https://piee.eb.mil. Proposals received after the proposal due date and time will not be considered or evaluated for receipt of award. The Government will not be responsible for any failure of receipt of the Proposals or any failure of the Offeror to verify receipt of the proposals. The electronic copies of the proposals shall be submitted in a format readable by Microsoft (MS) Word 2016, Adobe Acrobat, MS Excel 2016 and MS PowerPoint 2016.

Please note that any submissions by any other method in place of the PIEE Solicitation Module WILL NOT be accepted and will not be evaluated. In order to submit your proposal on the PIEE Solicitation Portal, Offerors will first need to register for the PIEE ‘Proposal Manager’ role. For step-by-step instructions, see “Vendor Access Instructions” at:

https://dodprocurementtoolbox.com/sitepages/solicitation-module.

4. The following Clauses have been added in Full Text:

DFAR 252.225-7059, Prohibition on Certain Procurements From The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region— Certification (DEC 2022)

(a) Definitions. Forced labor, person, and XUAR, as used in this provision, have the meaning given in the 252.225–7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, clause of this solicitation.

(b) Prohibition. DoD may not knowingly procure any products mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor from XUAR or from an entity that has used labor from within or transferred from XUAR as part of any forced labor programs, as specified in paragraph (b) of the 252.225– 7060, Prohibition on certain procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, clause of this solicitation.

(c) Certification. (1) The Offeror does [ ] does not [ ] certify that the Offeror has made a good faith effort to determine that forced labor from XUAR was not or will not be used in the performance of a contract resulting from this solicitation. (2) Offerors who do not certify having made a good faith effort will not be eligible for award.

(End of provision)

- FAR 252.225-7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements From The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (DEC 2022)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Forced Labor means all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer themselves voluntarily. Person means— (1) A natural person, corporation, company, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group; or (2) Any successor, subunit, parent entity, or subsidiary of, or any entity under common ownership or control with, any entity described in paragraph (1) of this definition.

XUAR means the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.

(b) Prohibition. The Contractor shall not provide any products mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor from XUAR or from an entity that has used labor from within or transferred from XUAR as part of any forced labor programs throughout the entire period of performance of the contract.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert this clause, including this paragraph (c), without alteration other than to identify the appropriate parties, in subcontracts including subcontracts for commercial items and commercially available off-the-shelf items.

(End of clause)

5. Provide Revised PWS:

See attachments

6. Provide Attachments:

Attachment 1 – Amendment 0002 Attachment 2 - Revised PWS Attachment 3 - PIEE Solicitation Module Vendor Access Instructions Attachment 4 - Registration Instructions for the PIEE Solicitation Module Attachment 5 - Department of Defense Procurement Toolbox