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N68335-15-R-0042

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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The following have been added by full text:

AMENDMENT TWO

The purpose of Amendment 0002 is to renumber the “Volume Numbers” at Section L, Note L-1, Part B to be consistent with the “Proposal Content and Volumes” table at Section L, Note L-1, Part A, Paragraph 3.0.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

NOTE L-1

L – [1] CONTENT OF PROPOSALS (SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)

PART A GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1.0 GENERAL

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

In presenting material in the proposal, the Offeror is advised that quality of information is more important than quantity. Clarity, brevity, and logical organization should be emphasized during proposal preparation. The Offeror is responsible to present enough information to allow the Government to evaluate the proposed work effort, support, and approach, as well as the price/cost proposal without opening discussions. Statements that the prospective Offeror understands, or can and/or will comply with, the specifications, and paraphrasing the requirements or parts thereof without supporting information are considered inadequate by the Government and may render a rating of unacceptable. For the purpose of this solicitation, relevance is defined as something that has a logical connection with the matter under consideration. Such aspects of relevance include the type of effort (e.g., development, production, repair), the type of requirements (e.g., weapon systems, information systems, engineering services, scheduled depot maintenance), service similarity, service complexity, contract type, contract dollar value, the division of the company that will perform the work, and degree of participation by principal subcontractors, team members, or critical team members. Recency is defined as performance within 5 years of the date of this proposal submission.

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

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

Throughout these instructions, a “principal subcontractor” is defined as a subcontractor who provides at least 10% of the proposed total price/cost (excluding the Offeror’s profit/fee), for the contract. “Team member” is defined as those entities that make up a joint venture or any other partnership or teaming arrangement formed for the purpose of responding to this solicitation. “Critical team member” is defined as those entities of the Offeror that perform a critical function in the performance of the resulting contract, whether it is technical or financial, and/or that have important roles in any high or medium risk areas identified in the Offeror’s proposal.

2.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT

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

The Offeror will provide one complete copy of the written proposal to the Contract Specialist as outlined in Section 4.0 and electronic files fully compatible with Microsoft Office 2000 and for information not supported by MS Office products, with the latest Adobe Acrobat reader on a CD-ROM. The Offeror will ensure that the Price/Cost Volume is provided on a separate CD-ROM. Each CD-ROM is to be labeled for content and the Offeror’s name. If a discrepancy exists between the original paper copy of the proposal and the disk copy, the paper copy will take precedence.

3.0 PROPOSAL CONTENT AND VOLUMES

Each volume of the proposal shall be submitted as one original and additional copies as specified in the table below. All volumes of the original proposal shall be delivered to the address provided in Section 4.0 prior to the closing date/time stated in this solicitation. Page limitations for each volume if any, are also specified in the table below; title and table of contents pages do not count towards page limit. Proposal pages beyond the specified maximum limit will not be reviewed as part of the evaluation.

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 Performance Specification

4.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:

Clearly mark all packages with the solicitation number. The submission date for the original proposal shall be no later than the date and time specified in Block 9 of Standard Form 33 of the RFP. However, Offeror shall also submit copies of Volume (2) Past Performance information in paragraphs 3.1 and 3.2 two weeks prior to the submission date/time specified in Block 9 of Standard Form 33 of the RFP.

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

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Code: AIR-2.5.2.3.3 Alison Grosch Rte. 547, Bldg 120, Room 166 Lakehurst, NJ 08733 Solicitation Number: N68335-15-R-0042

Hand carried proposals may be delivered to the address above, attention (PCO) and/or (Specialist).

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.

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 CLASSIFIED DATA

All proposals must be UNCLASSIFIED

7.0 SOLICITATION CHANGES

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

http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.display&key=OpenSolicitations

PART B SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

1.0 VOLUME 1: TECHNICAL

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

PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY:

Production Manufacturing Processes and Techniques. In this section the Offeror shall provide a detailed narrative discussion of the processes that will be utilized to manufacture and assemble the H-1 BFRS in accordance with the drawing package and the Statement of Work. The Offeror shall discuss manufacturing, assembly, finishing processes and techniques during the production process. The offeror shall discuss their manufacturing production capacities and ability to meet the proposed delivery schedule. The Offeror shall identify any suppliers of critical or unique parts and discuss a mitigation plan to address risk in the event any suppliers are no longer capable of producing these parts. The Offeror shall discuss the qualifications and experience of personnel that will be assigned to this contract. The Offeror shall describe the welding standards, and whether or not the welding shall be completed in accordance with American Welding Society (AWS) Standards. The Offeror shall discuss the production labor resources, broken down by specialty, including welding certifications, and how their individual experience can be leveraged on this effort. The Offeror shall discuss whether these personnel are currently employed by the company or will be hired to meet the contractual requirements. The Offeror shall cite specific experience and certifications related to welding of large aluminum items

Production Facilities and Equipment. The offerer shall provide a detailed description of production facilities and equipment that contain, as a minimum, a discussion of the Offeror’s capital equipment and facilities to be used during production of H-1 BFRS to include: key fabrication and assembly equipment, assembly line layout, and material flow system layout to include material receiving areas, material receiving inspection, storage areas, pre-assembly component layout and handling equipment. The narrative should identify and describe how any specialized equipment, tools, and fixtures would be used in the manufacturing and assembly process. The offerer shall include specific details concerning the setup, fixturing and welding of the BFRS Forward and Aft Strongback Assemblies (e.g., large weldments with tight interface tolerances). The offeror shall describe its methods and techniques of controlling weld distortion (warping) of large components. The offeror shall discuss any major components being subcontracted and their management procedures of subcontractors.

PRODUCTION QUALITY ASSURANCE:

The Offeror shall discuss and provide detailed information describing the Offeror’s quality assurance program and ability to implement a recognized industry standard of process control system that is equivalent to or better than ISO 9001:2008 .

2.0 VOLUME 2: PAST PERFORMANCE

· Quality of product and process

· Timeliness of performance

· Business professionalism/ business relationships

· Customer satisfaction

· Quality awards

2.1 General

The Offeror shall identify any contracts performed within five years of this proposal submission date which contains efforts similar to those performed by Offeror, Offeror’s principal subcontractors, and critical team members in solicitation. e.g., tasks, complexity, contract type, contract dollar value, etc. Commercial contracts may be included. List the contracts from the most relevant to the least relevant. In general, recent performance will be considered more relevant than older performance. When possible, these contracts should include at least five of the most relevant contracts for the prime contractor, five of the most relevant contracts for each critical team member, and two of the most relevant contracts for each principal subcontractor (as defined in Paragraph I, General Instructions). If proposing as joint venture/single legal entity (JV/SLE), the Offeror should provide the five past performance references for the JV/SLE. If less than the five past performance references are available for the JV/SLE, each member of the JV/SLE should individually submit the five references in addition to their JV/SLE references.

For each contract identified, provide contract data, relevancy, past performance, and systemic improvement information as described below. Demonstrate the relevancy of the Offeror’s, and if applicable, the Offeror’s principal subcontractors’ or critical team members’ past performance and systemic improvements with respect to the solicitation requirements. For each past performance problem identified, describe the status of the systemic improvement efforts and, where applicable, demonstrate the impact that the systemic improvement effort had on resolving the problem such that it would not reoccur.

For contracts that have CPARS Reports that are more than six months old, e.g., the completion date is more than six months before the due date for this Past Performance Volume; the Offeror will forward a copy of the CPARS Update Questionnaire (Attachment 1) to that contract customer’s Program Manager. For all contracts identified which do not have CPARS Reports the Offeror will forward a copy of the Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 2) to that contract customer’s PCO, Administrative Contracting Officer, and Program Manager. All questionnaires shall be forwarded within two weeks from the RFP release date with enough lead-time so that responses can be received by the Government concurrent with the Government’s receipt of the Offeror’s Past Performance information submitted as per paragraph 3.1 and 3.2 The Offeror shall include instructions for the customers to send completed questionnaires within two weeks of its receipt via e-mail to Alison Grosch, Contract Specialist, at alison.grosch@navy.mil, thereby allowing the customer approximately 2 weeks to complete their response. This submittal information is provided at the top of the questionnaires to facilitate the Offeror’s effort in meeting these instructions. The Offeror shall not conduct follow-up actions with regard to this questionnaire. The Government will ensure that the customers have received and will respond to the questionnaires. The Government may send any other questionnaires as necessary.

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

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

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

Relevant Contract Data

Prime (P), or Sub (S)

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

2 - CPARS (yes/no) - CPARS completion date - on DOD PPAIS (yes/no) (Indicate whether or not any CPARS have been completed and identify the last CPARS completion date and if it is currently on DoD PPAIS) 3 Recency - Efforts performed within the last five years.

4 - Relevancy – Provide a concise assessment of the degree of relevancy that each contract identified has to the solicitation; identifying tasks and/or aspects of the effort undertaken on the contract that are relevant to the program. Also provide the Offeror’s assessment of the relevancy of the contract in terms of one of the following ratings: Very Relevant (V), Relevant (R), Somewhat Relevant (S), or Not Relevant (N) where:

Past Performance Relevancy Ratings

(b) Relevancy - The Offeror shall explain what aspects of the contract are deemed relevant to the proposed contract. At a minimum, identify key or critical tasks of the solicitation and indicate the relevancy of the “past performance” contract to these tasks. Also identify where contract performance took place and provide rationale why it is relevant to the solicitation if the location is different from where the related effort is proposed to take place.

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

(d) 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.

2.2. Past Performance Data Requirements

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

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

1. Contract #,

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

2. Questionnaire # __ Sent?

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

Point of Contact’s Name;

Phone Number, Fax Number and E-mail address

4. Prime

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

3. N/A

Al (PM) 444-444-4444, fax 555-555-5555, Al@RYP

1. CPARS: No

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

3. N/A Sue (PCO) 333-333-3333 fax 222-222-2222 Sue@RTP

1. CPARS: No

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

3. N/A Joe (ACO) 111-111-1111 fax 888-888-8888 Joe@ RYP

4. Sub

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

3. N/A Sue (PCO) 333-333-3333 fax 222-222-2222 Sue@AB

4. Prime

2. Questionnaire: - Not Sent

3. Agreement: Yes Sue (PCO) 333-333-3333 fax 222-222-2222 Sue@NNB

3.0 VOLUME 3: PRICE/COST PROPOSAL

3.1 Volume Content:

(a) This Volume shall contain the information requested below and shall include a copy of Section B with the Contract Line Item (CLIN) and Sub-CLIN Unit Prices and for evaluation purposes, the Total Prices filled in (Supplies and/or Services and Prices and/or Costs) using the estimated quantities value in the solicitation and the instructions below.

(b) All price/cost and price/cost supporting information shall be contained in section B and the price/cost proposal. No price or pricing information shall be included in any other technical volume including cover letters. Offeror are responsible for submitting sufficient information to enable the Government to fully evaluate their price/cost proposal.

3.2 Ground Rules and Assumptions:

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

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

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

3.3 Price/Cost Information:

(a) Reasonableness and Consistency between the Technical and Price/Cost Volumes. Demonstrate that the unit prices and the total proposed price/cost are reasonable, realistic, and commensurate with the work required by the solicitation and the technical and management approaches identified in the Technical Volume of the proposal. Show traceability with the CLINS, SubCLINs, the PWS, proposed effort, proposed manning levels, and the prices/costs. Refer to specific sections in the Technical Volume as needed to illustrate the consistency between the Price/Cost Volume and the Technical Volume. The Offeror shall explain any inconsistency between promised performance and price/cost, as well as any appearance of unbalanced pricing, in the proposal.

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

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