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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

SECTION L

SECTION L INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

Part A General Instructions

1.1 Each Offeror shall submit one (1) proposal via email to the Contract Specialist, Jason Ucci at Jason. ucci@navy.mil, no later than the date and time specified in Block 9 of the Standard Form 33. Offerors shall NOT submit proposals via the FedBizOpps website.

The size per email shall not exceed 9MB. If necessary, Offerors may submit multiple emails. If submitting multiple emails, the subject line shall include "Email 1 of 2", "Email 2 of 2", as appropriate to the number of emails submitted. Offerors shall not submit compressed or .zip files. If the Offeror does not receive confirmation of receipt, it is the responsibility of the Offeror to contact Jason Ucci to confirm their proposal has been received.

Please reference FAR 52.215-1(c)(3) as it pertains to lateness and proposal submission as this clause will govern any proposal that is not received by the Government by the date and time specified in Block 9 of the Standard Form 33.

1.2 All questions shall be submitted via email to Jason Ucci no later than 11:00 AM EST one week after solicitation release. Offerors shall NOT submit questions via the FedBizOpps website.

1.3 All communications shall be conducted only in writing and directly to the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer as identified in the Standard Form 33 and above. Offerors shall not contact any other Government personnel other than the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer identified. Contacting any other Government personnel other than the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer identified may result in an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) and may result in an Offeror being excluded from competition and award.

The Offeror shall disclose any potential OCI situations with itself, subcontractors, partners or any other Offeror as it applies to this solicitation for the Power Supply Unit base contract awards to the Contracting Officer as soon as the OCI is identified; including if identified prior to proposal submission, or the Offeror shall submit an affirmation statement in its proposal that they are not aware of any OCI in its Cover Letter. The disclosure shall include the facts and an analysis of the actual or perceived conflict and recommend an approach to neutralize, mitigate, or avoid the potential conflict. The Contracting Officer will determine if resolution is necessary and promptly respond to resolve any potential conflicts, which may include notifying an Offeror of their exclusion from the competition. If an Offeror fails to submit either a disclosure of potential OCI situations or an affirmative statement that the Offeror is not aware of any OCI, the Offeror may not be considered for award. Offerors are advised that Government Support Contractors from the following companies participated in the preparation of this solicitation: PSI Pax and SAIC (N00421-17-D-0002), ICI Services and SAIC (N00178-04-D-4065-M801).

1.4 Costs associated with the preparation and submission of the technical proposal or bid in response to this solicitation are the responsibility of the Offeror. All testing of Power Supply Units is strictly the responsibility of the Offeror, the Government will not reimburse the Offeror for any of these costs.

1.5 Offerors shall not submit any assumptions, terms, conditions, caveats, or exceptions with proposals. All concerns shall be addressed by submitting questions by the date specified in this solicitation.

1.6 The e-mail proposal submittal shall consist of separate files as set forth and named below. Microsoft Office 2007 software or higher shall be used to create the required files.

Offerors may encrypt or password protect proprietary information as they see fit.

The Offeror shall prepare proposal as follows:

Cover Letter xxxx COVER MMDDYY.docx or .pdf Cover Letter (3 pages)

Volume 2: Price

Volume 3: xxxx SUBK MMDDYY.docx or .pdf Small Business SubK Plan (No pg. limit)

Offerors shall replace xxxx with the company name and MMDDYY with the date of the proposal. For example, OffererA TECHA 021517.docx.

In order to reduce proposal size, proposals shall be limited to the number of pages outlined above for each volume. Page limit is viewed as total pages within a file including, but not limited to, table of contents, cover page, glossary page, etc. All proposal information shall be confined to the appropriate file. Pages containing text shall be typewritten using the standard letter size (8.5 x 11) in Microsoft Word. Text shall be in a minimum of twelve (12) point Times New Roman font and the page layout shall have no less than one inch (1) margins. Drawings or other graphics shall be reduced only to the extent legibility is not lost. Any table or graphic shall have a minimum of ten (10) point Times New Roman font. All pages shall be appropriately numbered and marked with the complete company name, date, and solicitation number in the header or footer.

1.7 Cost/price information shall not be included in Volumes 1 or 3.

1.8 For proposal purposes only, the anticipated ordering period is five (5) years as follows:

Ordering Period: 15 August 2017 - 14 August 2022 (5 years)

Part B Proposal Contents

All information the Offeror intends to have considered shall be submitted with the initial proposal. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient information to permit a complete, thorough, and accurate evaluation of the submitted proposal. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked. Unclear proposals may not result in questions for clarification.

The Government evaluation will be limited to the information provided by the Offeror, and the Government will not assume the Offeror possesses any capability, understanding, or commitment not specified in its proposal. The Offeror is responsible for submitting its proposal with sufficient details to clearly demonstrate an understanding of the requirements and full compliance with the solicitation requirements to permit a complete, thorough, and accurate evaluation of the submitted proposal. The Offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal and provide an adequate basis for evaluation of the proposal.

The use of hyperlinks in the proposal is prohibited. If the Offeror wishes to restrict the disclosure of its proposal, the Offeror shall mark its proposal in accordance with FAR 52.203- 13(b)(3)(ii).

Cover Letter

Offerors shall submit a cover letter on company letterhead. The cover letter shall not exceed three (3) pages, including the signed Standard Form 33. The following information shall be included in the cover letter:

a. The point of contact for the proposal, including the individual’s name, company position/title, phone number, and e-mail address

b. An affirmative statement that the identified point of contact has the authority to enter into an agreement on behalf of the Offerors company

c. An affirmative statement of agreement to all terms, conditions, and provisions of this solicitation and that the proposal does not include any assumptions, terms, conditions, caveats, or exceptions

d. An affirmative statement that the Offeror is not aware of any OCI with itself, subcontractors, partners or any other Offeror as it applies to this solicitation for the Power Supply Unit base contract awards, or an affirmative statement that any OCI that the Offeror is aware of for any Offeror as it applies to this solicitation has been disclosed to the Contracting Officer and the date it was disclosed, including if disclosed with proposal submission

e. An affirmative statement that the entire proposal will remain valid for a minimum of one (1) year from the date of proposal submission

f. The Offeror’s Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, DUNS number, and cognizant DCAA and DCMA offices

g. Signed copy of the Standard Form 33; digital signature or handwritten signature on scanned copy will be acceptable

Offerors shall attach to the cover letter any submissions required in accordance with Section K of this solicitation. Submission requirements for Section K are not included in the page limit for the cover letter.

Volume 1: Technical

Part A – Corporate Experience

Each Offeror shall provide one example in narrative form demonstrating that it meets the following criteria as an entity (not individual employees performing on the contract). This criterion is to demonstrate that your company has corporate experience with building/manufacturing AC/DC Multi-channel power supplies or shipboard power supplies similar to drawing 56769 paragraphs listed below. This corporate experience shall be for a minimum of five years within the past ten years from the date of this solicitation release. For the example proposed the narrative shall include the following information:

· How exactly the product is similar as it pertains to each of the following parameters listed identified in drawing 56769:

· The Offeror shall include the part number(s) and nomenclature(s) of the product they are using for comparison

· The Offeror shall provide the contract number (and task order number if applicable) and the requiring activity/customer/agency.

· The Offeror shall provide start and end dates of the period of performance for the contract (and task order if applicable).

Part B – Certification/Certification Plan

The Offeror shall provide one of the following for submittal to the Government:

1. Test report(s) cover sheet from an independent, US Government approved test facility, certifying that the Offeror’s power supply with Navy Part Number 56769 has successfully passed shock, vibration, and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) testing in accordance with procedures set forth in MIL-S-901D, MIL-STD-167-1A, and MIL-STD-461F. The certification can either be for the Navy Part Number 56769 tested individually, or for the Navy Part Number 56769 tested as part of the AN/UPX-29(V) system.

or

2. Test report(s) cover sheet from an independent, US Government approved, test facility for a similar shipboard power supply that has passed shock, vibration, and EMI testing in accordance with procedures set forth in MIL-S-901D, MIL-STD-167-1A, and MIL-STD-461F. The certification can either be for the similar shipboard power supply tested individually, or the similar shipboard power supply tested as part an integrated system. This certification shall be signed by someone from the independent test facility, be on the independent test facilities letter head, shall clearly identify the nomenclature/part number, and the name of the Offeror’s company.

or

3. A plan for the certification of the PSU to pass shock, vibration, and EMI testing in accordance with procedures set forth in MIL-S-901D, MIL-STD-167-1A, and MIL-STD-461F by May 2018. The plan for the certification shall contain the following:

a. PSU nomenclature/part number and name of Offeror's company,

b. The anticipated date of completed PSU build, anticipated date of submission of all items to schedule test event(s), anticipated test event date(s), anticipated length of time required to run the test(s), anticipated date of successful test(s),

c. List of anticipated independent, US Government approved test facilities to be used for testing,

d. The steps and documents that are completed at the time of the initial technical proposal submission for the certification,

e. The steps and documents remaining to obtain the Certification,

f. Any supporting assumptions enabling the completion of the Certification,

g. Shall clearly show the date that the PSU will obtain a valid certification and a statement that the certification date is achievable by May 2018,

h. The test facility Point of Contact (POC) for the Certification.

The Government may contact the POC to verify the information contained within the Certification Plan is realistic and achievable. Any discrepancies identified between the Certification Plan and information obtained from the POC may result in an unacceptable rating. Each page of the Certification plan shall be single spaced with a minimum of twelve (12) point Times New Roman font and no less than one (1) inch margins/borders. Any table or graphic shall utilize a minimum of ten (10) point Times New Roman font. Any drawings or other graphic shall be reduced only to the extent legibility is not lost.

Volume 2: Price

Part A- The Offeror shall complete the Section J Attachment 0002 Spreadsheet in accordance with the embedded instructions and the instructions below and label the file as xxxx TOTALPRICE MMDDYY.xlsx Price for submittal to the Government. The unit quantities provided by the Government in the spreadsheet are for evaluation purposes only. The proposed unit prices in the xxxx TOTALPRICE MMDDYY.xlsx Price shall be the Offeror’s intended Firm-Fixed-Price contract ceiling unit prices for each CLIN and specified range quantity.

Please Note: Contractors shall not propose any unit prices that exceed the ceiling prices established in the xxxx TOTALPRICE MMDDYY.xlsx.

Part B - The Offeror shall submit a price narrative xxx PRICENARR.docx or.pdf explaining how they believe unbalanced pricing does not exist in its xxxx PRICE MMDDYY.xlsx. If the Offeror believes unbalanced pricing does exist in its xxxx PRICE MMDDYY.xlsx they shall state where they believe it exists within its xxxx PRICENARR.docx or.pdf and explain how it does not pose an unacceptable risk to the Government. The xxxx PRICENARR.docx or.pdf shall sufficiently document necessary information to adequately support and explain the prices proposed as it pertains to the aforementioned.

Please see FAR 15.404-1(g)(1)(i-iii) which addresses when the greatest risks associated with unbalanced pricing occur, the xxxx PRICENARR.docx or.pdf shall address these FAR references. There is no page limitation for the price narrative.

Volume 3: Small Business Subcontracting Plan

All Offerors are required to submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan unless they are a small business. This requirement does not apply to small businesses

1. If submitting an Individual Small Business Subcontracting Plan or a Master Small Business Subcontracting Plan not yet approved by an Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) it shall be in accordance with FAR 52.219-9, DFARs 252.219-7003 and FAR 19.704.

2. If submitting a Master Subcontracting Plan that is already approved by an ACO, Offerors shall submit proof that the plan has been approved by an ACO and valid for at least four months after date of this proposal submittal.

3. If submitting a Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plan it shall be in accordance with DFARs 252.219-7004. The Offeror shall describe how SB participation on this contract will contribute to its overall Comprehensive Subcontracting goals. The Offeror shall describe its specific efforts to ensure the resulting contract meets or exceeds proposed goals. These efforts shall include, but are not limited to: sponsoring program specific outreach programs and industry conferences, establishing Mentor-Protégé relationships and using the NAVAIR Office of Small Business Programs website (http://www.navair.navy.mil/osbp ) to locate small business concerns.

Please note if the Offeror is submitting a Comprehensive Small Business Subcontracting Plan they shall submit proof they were selected for participation in the test program and proof that the ACO stated that this plan can be incorporated into this Contract and will be negotiated on annual basis. The plan shall also include proof from the Administrative Contracting Officer that the plan is approved for a period of at least four months after date of this proposal submittal.

4. No commercial subcontracting plans shall be submitted.

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