Alliant_2_Special_Notice_of_Amendment-Number-11-4JAUG2016.pdf

A2 Unrestricted SPECIAL NOTICE OF RFP AMENDMENT # 11 4AUG2016 Solicitation # QTA0016JCA0003

ALLIANT 2 UNRESTRICTED GWAC

SPECIAL NOTICE OF RFP AMENDMENT # 11

4 AUGUST 2016

NOTICE 1: Section K.2(b)(2) FAR 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (APR 2016) is amended to check (i) “Paragraph (d) applies,” and K.2(c)(2) is amended to uncheck all previously checked (iii) through (viii) provisions are indicated below with (i) and (ii) remaining checked:

K.2 (b)(2) If the provision at 52.204-7 is not included in this solicitation, and the offeror is currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), and has completed the Representations and Certifications section of SAM electronically, the offeror may choose to use paragraph (d) of this provision instead of completing the corresponding individual representations and certifications in the solicitation. The offeror shall indicate which option applies by checking one of the following boxes:

_X_ (i) Paragraph (d) applies.

K.2 (c)(2) The following representations or certifications are applicable as indicated by the Contracting

Officer:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

X (i) 52.204-17, Ownership or Control of Offeror.

X (ii) 52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror.

X (iii) 52.222-18, Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products.

X (iv) 52.222-48, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment- Certification.

X (v) 52.222-52, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services-Certification.

X (vi) 52.223-9, with its Alternate I, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for

EPA–Designated Products (Alternate I only).

X (vii) 52.227-6, Royalty Information.

X (A) Basic.

X B) Alternate I.

X (viii) 52.227-15, Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software.

NOTICE 2: Section L.5.1.4 Meaningful Relationship Commitment Letters, if applicable is amended to add the following as the last paragraph of section L.5.1.4:

Meaningful relationship commitment letters shall only be used within the offering Prime Contractor’s corporate structure. They are not available for use by subcontractors in a Small Business Prime/Sub CTA or members of a Small Business or Other-than-Small Business Joint Venture or Partnership CTA.

NOTICE 3: Section L.5.1.5-Alt Contractor Teaming Arrangements, if applicable is amended to add the following as the last paragraph of section L.5.1.5-Alt:

NOTE: Offerors proposing as a CTA must offer as a single type of CTA. Combinations of CTAs are not acceptable, e.g., a joint venture CTA utilizing subcontractors that are not members of the JV or a Prime/Sub CTA utilizing a JV as a subcontractor.

NOTICE 4: Section L.5.1.5.1 Partnership or Joint Venture, if applicable is amended to replace the sentence in (1) to read as follows:

1) The Joint Venture or Partnership is registered in SAM.GOV at https://www.sam.gov and has a corresponding DUNS Number.

The Joint Venture itself and all members of the Joint Venture must be registered in SAM.GOV and have a corresponding DUNS Number

NOTICE 5: Section L.5.1.5.1-Alt Partnership or Joint Venture, if applicable is amended to replace the sentence in (1) to read as follows:

1) The Joint Venture is registered in SAM.GOV at https://www.sam.gov and has a corresponding DUNS Number.

The Joint Venture itself and all members of the Joint Venture must be registered in SAM.GOV and have a corresponding DUNS Number

NOTICE 6: Section L.5.2.1 Relevant Experience Projects is amended to delete two phrases, “a Single Award” and “Single Award,” and also to add one phrase “are well defined, for a specific purpose(s)” within the same sentence; Additionally, the section is amended to add one new sentence, “If a collection of task orders is used as a single project under an Indefinite Delivery task order contract or a BPA, the collection must be all of the task orders awarded under that contract or BPA. The Project cannot be unbundled and individual task orders used to satisfy other Relevant Experience Projects (PSC or LET).” Changes are presented in red text in the paragraph below:

A Relevant Experience “project” is defined as (1) a single contract; (2) a single task order awarded under a Multiple Award contract (as defined below); (3) a single task order awarded under a master Single-Award Indefinite Delivery task order contract (Definite Quantity, Requirements, or Indefinite Quantity) contract (FAR 16.5); (4) a single task order placed under a Federal Supply Schedule contract (FAR 8.405-2); or (5) a single task order placed under a master Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)(FAR 8.405-3). When a Single-Award an Indefinite Delivery task order contract or a Single Award BPA’s requirements are well defined, for a specific purpose(s), and task orders are issued on a recurring basis, a collection of task orders placed under it may be combined and submitted as a single project. If a collection of task orders is used as a single project under an Indefinite Delivery task order contract or a BPA, the collection must be all of the task orders awarded under that contract or BPA. The Project cannot be unbundled and individual task orders used to satisfy other Relevant Experience Projects (PSC or LET).

NOTICE 7: Section L.5.2.2 PSC Group Relevant Experience is amended to correct a reference to the proper section number in item #1. See below in red text.

1. Each project must have included the performance of one of the PSCs listed in L.5.2.2.4 L.5.2.2.7 PSC Code Table. The performance of the claimed PSC must have been integral to the performance of the project and for IT services.

NOTICE 8: Section L.5.2.2.4 PSC Group Relevant Experience Project with Cost- Reimbursement is amended to add one sentence:

If one or more Task Orders, coded in FPDS-NG as a federal government cost-reimbursement contract-type among a “collection of task orders,” is submitted as a single Project under an Indefinite Delivery Task Order contract, the Offeror may claim the maximum points for one occurrence of the two Cost-reimbursement Projects occurrences available. For example, a maximum of 1,500 points out of the 3,000 total points under L.5.2.2.4 may be claimed. No more than one occurrence may be claimed within any single Project.

NOTICE 9: Section L.5.4.4 Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), Part 2, is amended to allow for an official letter if an audit report is not available noted in red text below:

Part 2- Provide a copy of the Offeror’s official audit report, if applicable and/or an official letter from Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) or other Cognizant Federal Agency (CFA), as applicable. The offer shall make reference to the page number and paragraph of the audit report or letter that determined the approval of the EVMS ANSI/EIA Standard-748.

The above changes will be enacted on all items noted on the Special Notices for Amendment via formal SF-30 Amendment to the RFP in the near future.

PLEASE NOTE – The Procuring Contract Officer (PCO) anticipates multiple Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) postings into this Alliant 2 Unrestricted RFP document on addressing the critical questions and issues that may affect the Offeror’s submission of a proposal. The intent of the PCO is to provide important information to the public quickly as acquisition team responses for critical questions are developed. Therefore, rather than delay any information to the public for the sake of delivering a single document with all responses and RFP changes, which may inadvertently result in a much later FBO posting date, the PCO has decided to release information in smaller packages over multiple postings. - J. Cavadias, GSA Alliant 2 GWAC PCO

ADDITIONAL MESSAGE: The 3rd Release of A2 Questions and Responses will be released in the next few business days.