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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES

CLIN 0004

The CLIN extended description has changed from:

This CLIN shall be IAW SOW paragraph 3.1.3.Ordering Period Year 1.

To:

This CLIN shall be IAW SOW paragraph 3.1.3.Ordering Period Year 1.Please disregard "FFP" above this is due to system limitations. This CLIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP).

CLIN 0005

This CLIN shall be IAW SOW paragraph 3.3.2.Ordering Period Year 1.

This CLIN shall be IAW SOW paragraph 3.3.2.Ordering Period Year 1.Please disregard "FFP" above this is due to system limitations. This CLIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP).

CLIN A002

This ELIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP) and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 60 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for Drawings, Technical Manual, and Operation and Maintenance Manual in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.1.2 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit B, CDRL A002 in Section J.

This ELIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP) and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 60 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for Drawings, Technical Manual, and Operation and Maintenance Manual in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.1.2 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit B, CDRL A002 in Section J.Please disregard "FFP" above this is due to system limitations. This CLIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP).

CLIN A003

This ELIN is NSP and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 12 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for test plan and procedures in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.1.4 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit C, CDRL A003 in Section J.

This ELIN is NSP and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 12 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for test plan and procedures in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.1.4 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit C, CDRL A003 in Section J.Please disregard "FFP" above this is due to system limitations. This CLIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP).

CLIN A004

This ELIN is NSP and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 12 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for the First Article Unit Test Report in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.1.5 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit D, CDRL A004 in Section J.

This ELIN is NSP and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 12 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for the First Article Unit Test Report in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.1.5 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit D, CDRL A004 in Section J.Please disregard "FFP" above this is due to system limitations. This CLIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP).

CLIN A005

This ELIN is NSP and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 12 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for the OJT handbook in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.3.3 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit E, CDRL A005 in Section J.

This ELIN is NSP and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 12 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for the OJT handbook in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.3.3 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit E, CDRL A005 in Section J.Please disregard "FFP" above this is due to system limitations. This CLIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP).

CLIN A006

This ELIN is NSP and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 12 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for Interim Spares List in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.3.1 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit F, CDRL A006 in Section J.

This ELIN is NSP and is for orders placed from the date of contract award through 12 months after the date of contract award. This ELIN is for Interim Spares List in accordance with (IAW) Statement of Work Paragraph 3.3.1 as set forth in Section C and Exhibit F, CDRL A006 in Section J.Please disregard "FFP" above this is due to system limitations. This CLIN is Not Separately Priced (NSP).

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

SECTION L

Part A General Instructions

1.0 General

1.1 This effort is a Small Business Set-aside for a five (5) year FFP IDIQ contract via the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. The Offeror is required to submit sufficient information concerning the following areas to enable the 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. The 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 compilation with the evaluation factors 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.

1.2 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 documentation are considered inadequate by the Government and may render a rating of unacceptable.

1.3 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 clearly may be considered a deficiency and render the proposal unacceptable. 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 material beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal is neither necessary nor desired.

1.4 The Offeror is required to comply with all requirements of the Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government advises the Offeror that taking exception or deviation from any term or condition of the RFP may make an offer unacceptable and the proposal unawardable, unless the RFP expressly authorized such and 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.

1.5 The Offeror shall disclose any potential OCI situations with itself, subcontractors, partners or any other Offeror as it applies to this solicitation for the TPX 42 Recorder 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. The contractors who provided assistance in drafting this solicitation include Gryphon Technologies (contract # N00421-13-D-0012), SAIC (contract # N00421-16-D-0005), and ManTech (contract # N00421-13-D-0012). All of these contractors were acting as subcontractors under the aforementioned contracts. The prime contractor for N00421-13-D-0012 is CTSI and the prime contractor for N00421-16-D-0005 is AMELEX.

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.

1.6 All questions shall be submitted via email to Jason Ucci at Jason.ucci@navy.mil. It is required that all questions be received within 10 calendar days of the date of solicitation issuance. Though the Government reserves the right to hold discussions, award may be based upon initial offers. Therefore offers should take no exceptions to terms or conditions or omit any requirements. The Offeror’s initial proposal should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a cost or price or technical standpoint.

2.0 Proposal Format, Content, and Volumes

2.1 Offerors shall email its proposal to Jason.ucci@navy.mil by the date specified in block 9 of the standard form 33. The e-mail proposal submittal shall consist of separate files as set forth and named below. Offerors may encrypt or password protect proprietary information as they see fit.

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.

2.2 The Offeror shall prepare proposal as follows:

Cover Letter xxxx COVER MMDDYY.docx or .pdf Cover Letter (5 pages)

Volume 2: Corporate Experience xxxx CORP EX MMDDYY.docx or .pdf (3 pgs.)

Part B - xxxx PRICENARR.docx or.pdf Price Narrative (No Page Limit)

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

2.3 Cost/price information shall not be included in Volumes 1 or 2.

2.4 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).

2.5 Costs associated with the preparation and submission of the technical proposal or bid in response to this solicitation are the responsibility of the Offeror.

Part B Specific Instructions

1.0 Cover Letter

1.1 Offerors shall submit a cover letter on company letterhead. The cover letter shall not exceed five (5) pages, including the signed Standard Form 33 for the solicitation and any amendments as applicable. 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 TPX 42 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 180 days from the date of proposal submission

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

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

h. 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

i. Technical Data/Software Rights: The Government's rights in non-commercial technical data and software deliverables shall be governed by DFARS 252.227-7013 and DFARS 252.227-7014, respectively. The Government's rights in commercial technical data shall be governed by DFARS 252.227-7015. Because the Government's rights in commercial software are governed by the licensor's commercial software license agreements (unless the license terms are inconsistent with Federal procurement law or do not otherwise satisfy user needs), the Offeror's proposal shall include all applicable commercial software license agreements related to commercial software deliverables. Pursuant to the requirements set forth in DFARS 252.227-7017, Offerors are required to specifically identify Data/Software Rights Assertions related to technical data and software deliverables. In accordance with DFARS 252.227-7017(e), Offeror's shall sign the aforementioned Data and Software Rights Assertions.

2.0 Volume 1: Technical

Part A Functional Description- The Offeror will provide a detailed description of how its proposed Commercial Ruggedized Recorder Reproducer will meet the requirements listed in the Specification. Data shall be provided by the Offeror in support of the assertion of compliance with the requirements set forth in the SSS using a cross reference matrix (CRM). In addition to the hardware design, descriptions of the proposed software graphical user interface shall be provided to demonstrate how operators will be able to review/playback recorded data, export selected data, adjust any settings, and interact with other features of the recorder using the ruggedized 1U slide out keyboard and display.

The Offeror shall submit a Cross Reference Matrix (CRM) for Part A, similar to the example below, to help ensure that all requirements of the specification are addressed. The CRM should be a single integrated matrix and address how its product will successfully meet each specification from 3.1 through 3.13. 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 provider other comments. The CRM does not count against any of the proposal page limitations.

Cross Reference Matrix

Part B Production Manufacturing - In this section, the Offeror shall provide a detailed narrative discussion of the processes that will be utilized to manufacture and assemble the AN/TPX-42A(V) Recorder/Reproducers in accordance with the AN/TPX-42A(V) Shipboard Air Traffic Control Recorder Reproducer System/Subsystem Specification. 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 150 day delivery of the first article after the contract is awarded. 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 describe software security standards, and how the operating system will meet the latest revision of the DoD Information Assurance (IA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) upon release of the RFP for the Offeror proposed Linux operating system. The Offeror shall cite specific experience and certifications related to software and operating system security implementation.

Part C 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 the AN/TPX-42A(V) Recorders 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 shall 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 machining of assemblies. The Offeror shall describe its methods and techniques for ensuring tolerances of manufactured components.

Part D Production Quality Assurance- The Offeror shall provide a copy of an ISO 9001:2008 certificate from an approved ISO 9001 registrar (e.g., DNV, BSI, ABS) and stamped name from ISO 9001 IAF approved accreditation body (e.g., ANAB, UKAS), that is applicable to the group or subdivision producing the recorder-reproducer. If an Offeror does not have the aforementioned certification, the Offeror shall provide 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.

3.0 Volume 2: Corporate Experience

3.1 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 and/or delivering a multi-channel (greater than 2) analog and digital data recorder. 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 and associated experience is similar in size and scope to the AN/TPX-42A(V) Recorder Reproducer specification requirements.

· 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).

If the proposed corporate experience was performed by a predecessor company, provide the information for the recent and relevant contract of the predecessor company and document the history of the evolution from the predecessor company.

Offeror shall NOT propose corporate experience examples of subcontractors or teammates.

4.0 Volume 3: Price

Part A - The Offeror shall complete the Section J Attachment 02 Spreadsheet in accordance with the embedded instructions and the instructions below and label the file as xxxx PRICE 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 PRICE MMDDYY.xlsx Price shall be the Offerors intended Firm-Fixed-Price contract ceiling unit prices for each CLIN and range quantity.

Please Note: Contractors shall not propose unit prices in response to any order RFP that exceeds the ceiling prices established in the xxxx PRICE 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.

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