SF-30_SUMMARY_OF_CHANGES_-_Amendment_No._9-JC.pdf

ALLIANT 2 UNRESTRICTED GWAC

Amendment # 9 (October 25, 2016) to Solicitation # QTA0016JCA0003

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

This SF-30 Amendment # 9 contains new notifications of RFP changes and officially enacts changes within this document incorporating them into Solicitation # QTA0016JCA0003.

SECTION L - AMENDMENTS

1. Section L.5.7.1 Organizational Risk Assessment is amended to delete the words “subcontracted to” and replace with “performed with” in red text for the purpose to CLARIFY the third item (last paragraph below). This amendment requires no submission of revised proposal documents from the offeror. The only action required is acknowledgement of this SF-30 amendment via email, as described in “Instructions” under Additional Information on page 3 of this document:

SMALL BUSINESS OFFERORS

1) An individual company, or

2) An established or new Joint Venture/Partnership, or

3) A Prime Contractor and its proposed First Tier Subcontractor team

A Business Arrangement is considered to have previously performed together if one of the following applicable conditions is met:

1) An individual company has previously performed on a contract/order as itself, which is not proposing as part of a joint venture or, if a small business CTA, with a team of subcontractors;

2) A Joint Venture/Partnership has previously performed work on a contract/order;

3) A Prime Contractor with a proposed first tier subcontractor team has previously subcontracted to performed with each subcontractor proposed. (Small Business CTA Offerors Only)

(No further changes on RFP section L.5.7.1)

SECTION M - AMENDMENTS

2. Section M.2 BASIS OF AWARD is amended to add a new second paragraph into this RFP section that is written below in red italic text. This specific purpose of this change is only to CLARIFY the relative importance of price and non-price evaluation factors. This SF- 30 amendment requires no submission of revised proposal documents from the offeror.

The only action required is acknowledgement of this amendment via email, as described in “Instructions” under Additional Information on page 3 of this document.

ALLIANT 2 UNRESTRICTED GWAC

Amendment # 9 (October 25, 2016) to Solicitation # QTA0016JCA0003

M.2. BASIS FOR AWARDS

The source selection process on the Alliant 2 Unrestricted Master Contract will neither be based on the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) nor Tradeoffs. Within the best value continuum, FAR 15.101 defines best value as using any one or a combination of source selection approaches. For the Master Contract, the Highest Technically Rated Offerors with a Fair and Reasonable Price will determine the best value basis for Master Contract awards.

The Highest Technically Rated, Fair and Reasonable Price approach will best achieve the objective of awarding contracts to Offerors of Information Technology Services Solutions expertise with qualities that are most important to GSA and its agency customers, including Past Performance, Relevant Experience, and Systems, Certifications and Clearances.

This methodology considers the non-price factors, when combined, to be significantly more important than price. This is because the methodology will evaluate the pricing of only those Offers which achieve one of the top sixty verified technical ratings/scores. If one (or more) of the offerors in the top sixty verified ratings is found to not have a fair and reasonable price, it will be eliminated from the ranking. There will be no tradeoff between the non-price factors and price.

The GWAC Program intends to issue Multiple Awards to a maximum of 60 contractors. Even if there is a single point difference between Offeror 60 and Offeror 61, only the Offeror in the 60th position will receive an award. In the event of a tie at the maximum number 60 position, all Offerors precisely tied at the 60th position will receive an award . . .

(No further changes in RFP Section M.2)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ü The Offer deadline was Thursday, October 13, 2016, 4:00 p.m. PST and is not extended.

New offeror proposals or revised proposals to already submitted proposals will not be accepted or considered by the government.

ü INSTRUCTIONS: Acknowledgement of this amendment on this SF-30 Amendment

# 9 is required for all offerors who had submitted a proposal by the October 13, 2016 proposal due date. Offerors should complete sections 8 and 15, with signature, as instructed in SF-30 section 11, method (a); scan the completed and signed document;

email it no later than 4 November 2016 to the GWAC PCO at a2@gsa.gov. It is not necessary or preferable to create and deliver a supplemental DVD via postal mail or deliver it in-person to the GSA office.

ü Block 13 A, B, C, D, and E on Page 1 of the SF 30 do not apply.

(End of Alliant 2 Unrestricted Amendment #9)