RFQ N6883622Q0418 Amendment 0001_09222022.pdf

(Due to a software issue, this document constitutes an amendment to request for quote (RFQ) N6883622Q0418)

RFQ N6883622Q0418 AMENDMENT 0001

Offerors are required to sign, date, and return this amendment with the other Volumes required by the RFQ.

Vendor Signature Date

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1. Update the proposal due date on the RFQ to 1600 CST, 23 SEP 2022.

2. Update Addendum 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors (see below).

All other terms and conditions of the RFQ remain the same.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES:

ADDENDUM 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

The following provisions are incorporated into 52.212-1 as an addendum to this solicitation:

The Government intends to post solicitation N6883622Q0418 and all amendments to SAM.gov.

QUESTIONS: Questions regarding the solicitation should be submitted in SAM.gov. Each question or comment should reference the applicable document, page number, and paragraph number. Offerors shall not include any proprietary information in a question, because the Government will provide the question and answer to all potential offerors. All questions must be submitted no later than 1600 EST, 20 September 2022.

The Government reserves the right not to respond to any questions received concerning this solicitation after the questions receipt date above. Accordingly, offerors are encouraged to carefully review all solicitation requirements and submit questions to the Government early in the proposal timeframe.

HISTORICAL DATA: Incumbent: LRV Associates, Contract number N6883618P0744

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. This procurement is being solicited in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 19.5 - Small

Business programs. See block 10 of the SF1449 for the type of Small Business Set Aside, the North American

Industry Classification Code System (NAICS), and the Small Business Size Standard.

(b) Submission of offers. Offerors shall submit offers in PDF format by volume as described below. Each volume shall contain a cover sheet with #1 and #3 below.

The offer shall contain the following information:

1. Solicitation number as indicated on page one (1) of the SF1449, Block 5 and the Title of the procurement.

2. Time specified for receipt of offers: Offerors shall ensure that offers are received by the Government point of contact no later than the date and time indicated on page one (1) of the SF1449, Block 8.

3. Name, title, e-mail address, and telephone number of the individual(s) with authority to bind the company.

Offeror’s POC information for contractual questions/discussions. CAGE Code, Unique Entity ID (UEI), Business Size, and GSA Contract Number if applicable.

4. Technical Description: See volumes below.

5. Terms of any express warranty: Not modified.

6. Provide Price and any discount terms as described in Price Volume.

7. “Remit to” address: The Offeror shall submit all volumes via email to Laura Martinez, laura.a.martinez10.civ@us.navy.mil

8. Representations and certifications: See Contractor Responsibility Volume.

9. Acknowledgment solicitation amendments: All amendments issued with signatures to acknowledge terms and conditions of amendments. Acknowledgement of all amendments issued to the solicitation shall be signed, and dated.

10. Past performance information , when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information ).

11. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

Offers shall be submitted in volumes as follows:

Volume I – Price There is no page limit for Volume I submission

Offerors shall submit the following:

1. Standard Form (SF) 1449. Blocks 17a, 30a, 30b, and 30c of page one (1) of SF 1449 shall be completed and signed to show the Offeror has read and agrees to comply with all terms, conditions, and instructions provided in the solicitation document.

2. Price Offer. The Offeror shall fill in the price schedule and include unit prices. The unit price should be evenly incremented so that it adds up to the total price without rounding past the second digit right of the decimal point for total prices for all contract line items (CLINs). Pricing shall be structured in accordance with the contract line items identified in the SF 1449 bid schedule.

Volume II – Past Performance Volume II is limited to 3 pages

The Offeror shall provide a maximum of three (3) relevant past performance evaluations of similar size, scope and complexity to services set forth in the PWS and completed within the past three (3) years prior to the solicitation closing date (See Block 8 of the SF1449). If a completed Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System

(CPARS) evaluation is available which meets the requirements identified above, it shall be submitted with the offer.

The Offeror may submit a combination of delivery orders (DOs), task orders (TOs), technical direction letters

(TDLs), and/or technical area tasks (TATs) placed under an Indefinite Delivery type contract or BPA as one of the examples of past performance, however, no more than three (3) total will be reviewed. Each individual example in the combination must meet the requirements listed above.

If no recent (within the past three years prior to solicitation closing date), relevant past performance is submitted, the

Offeror will receive a Neutral Rating.

Note: An incomplete PPQ may not be evaluated.

Volume III Contractor Responsibility There is no page limit for Volume III submission

1. Representation and Certifications. Offerors shall either complete the following provisions contained in the solicitation OR provide a statement that certification in System for Award Management (SAM) is current, complete, and accurate as of the date of the Offeror’s signature, or list any changes as they relate to the following provisions:

FAR 52.204-24

FAR 52.212-3

FAR 52.209-11

DFARS 252.204-7016

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2. Limitations on Subcontracting. Offeror shall affirmatively state that they intend to meet the requirements outlined in FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Sep 2021) (Deviation 2021-O0008).

Note: After the solicitation closing date, the Contracting Officer may require an Offeror to promptly submit additional information to demonstrate the Offeror is responsible.

AWARD NOTICE TO SUCCESSFUL OFFEROR

A written notice of award or acceptance of an Offer will be emailed to the successful Offeror. Before the Offeror’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

Failure to submit all required documentation shall render an offer non-responsive and the offer will not be considered for award.

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. Offeror agrees to hold their prices firm for a period of 120 calendar days from date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an amendment to the solicitation.

(d) Product samples. Not modified.

(e) Multiple offers. Not modified.

(f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers. Not modified.

(g) Contract award. Not modified.

(h) Multiple awards. Not modified.

(i) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation. Not modified.

(j) Unique entity identifier. Not modified.

(k) Reserved.

(l) Debriefing. Not modified.

Basis of Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Per FAR Subpart 13.106-1: This is to notify potential offerors that the basis on which award will be made is price, and past performance. The Contracting Officer will use best value. This solicitation is not required to state the relative importance assigned to each evaluation factor subfactor, nor are they required to include subfactors.

The type of source selection utilized in this procurement is the Best Value Trade-Off IAW Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The

Government considers it to be in its best interest to allow consideration of award to other than the lowest priced offer or other than the highest rated offer. The Government reserves the right to make award solely on initial offer received.

Initially, offerors shall be listed in order of price from lowest to highest, inclusive of all option pricing. Past

Performance will be evaluated and appropriate adjectival ratings will be assessed in order from lowest priced to highest priced.

Once an offeror is found to have an overall Past Performance Confidence Assessment rating of “Substantial

Confidence” the evaluation process will stop. Further consideration will not be given to other offers and the Government shall then make an integrated Best Value award decision amongst the offers evaluated.

Note: Price has the potential to become more significant during the evaluation process. The degree of importance of price will increase with the degree of equality of the offers in relation to the other factors on which selection is to be based.

Price - The Government will evaluate price in accordance with FAR 13.106-3(a), Award and Documentation. The

Government may evaluate any and all information submitted by the offeror to support the reasonableness of the prices offered. The method of evaluation used is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

Price will be evaluated by multiplying the estimated quantities by the offered unit price for each line item and then adding the totals together thereby identifying the offeror’s total estimated price for each line item.

The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option (s).

Note: Offerors that do not offer all items (including options) or which offer only partial CLIN pricing will be considered non-responsive. Failure to furnish the price in accordance with the instructions above shall render the offer unacceptable.

Past Performance - The past performance evaluation results in an assessment of the offeror’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements. The past performance evaluation considers each offeror’s demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance in supplying services that meet the contract’s requirements as described in the

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1. The recency and relevance of the information, source of the information, context of the data, and general trends in Contractor’s performance shall be considered. These are combined to establish one performance confidence assessment rating for each offeror. This evaluation is separate and distinct from the

Contracting Officer’s responsibility determination. Submitted Past Performance project relevancy will be rated as either “relevant” or “not relevant”.

Rating Definition

Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar size, scope complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the size, scope and complexities this solicitation requires.

A review of all past performance, general trends, and usefulness of the information will be incorporated into an overall performance confidence assessment rating. The past performance confidence assessment rating is based on the offeror’s overall record of recency, relevancy and quality of performance and will be rated as stated below.

Performance Confidence Assessment

Rating Description

Substantial Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral Confidence No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned. The offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

Limited Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

In the case of offerors for which there is no information on past contract performance or where past contract performance is not available, the offerors may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past contract performance. In this case, the offeror’s past performance is unknown and assigned a confidence rating of

“neutral.” Past performance ratings of “Substantial Confidence” and “Satisfactory Confidence” hold more value than a “Neutral Confidence” rating and will be considered more favorably in the evaluation of past performance.