RFQ Career Planning Support.pdf

US ABILITYONE COMMISSION

Request for Quotation (RFQ) 950441-23-Q-0012 for

Development of AbilityOne Career Planning Support

RFQ Points of Contacts:

Contracting Officer, Shelly Hammond, shammond@abilityone.gov

Contract Specialist, Christa Pritchett, cpritchett@abilityone.gov

Important Dates:

21 Aug 2023 all Questions are due

7 Sep 2023 All Quotes are due mailto:shammond@abilityone.gov mailto:cpritchett@abilityone.gov

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 OVERVIEW 3

2.0. SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS 3

3.0. SUBMISSION OF QUOTES 3

4.0 PERFORMANCE 4

5.0. INSTRUCTIONS TO QUOTERS 4

6.0 QUOTATION PACKAGE 5

7.0 EVALUATION OF QUOTES 7

8.0 LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, AND ATTACHMENTS 12

• Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement

• Attachment 2 – SF 1449, Price Schedule, Terms, Clauses

• Attachment 3 – Cost Breakdown

• Attachment 4 – Reps and Certs - FAR Provision 52.204-24

• Attachment 5 – Experience Worksheet

• Attachment 6 – Past Performance Questionnaire

1.0. OVERVIEW

Method of Acquisition: AbilityOne intends to make a single-award Order, for the development of a Career Planning Support Resources. Award will be made IAW Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-2 with the responsible contractor whose quote conforms to the requirements outlined in this RFQ and is most advantageous to the Government based on the best value determination of price with non-price factors. FAR 2.101 defines “best value” as the “expected outcome of an acquisition that, in the Government’s estimation, provides the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirement”.

Award is expected to be made September 2023. It is anticipated that the duration of the Order will be one year with the possibility of an extension of performance up to an additional six (6) months, in accordance with FAR 52.217-8.

This requirement is available for Full and Open Competition, with the exception of Non-Profit Agencies under the AbilityOne Program, with a NAICS code of 541612, Human Resources Consulting Services, with a size standard of $29.0 million.

Preparation Costs: This RFQ does not commit the Government to pay for the preparation and/or submission of a quotation.

2.0 SUMISSION OF QUESTIONS

Questions concerning this RFQ must be submitted via email with the subject header RFQ: 950441- 23-Q-0012 to the attention of:

Name: Shelly Hammond Name: Christa Pritchett Email: shammond@abilityone.gov Email: cpritchett@abilityone.gov

All questions must be submitted in writing no later than 3:00pm EST, 21 Aug 2023 Questions received after this date may be answered at the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

Questions and requests for clarifications shall accompany and reference the Section Number, Page Number and Paragraph number of the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) (attachment 1).

Communications with officials other than the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist may compromise the competitiveness of this acquisition; may result in the cancellation of the solicitation and/or exclusion of your quotation from this competitive procurement action.

3.0 SUBMISSION OF QUOTES

Quotation Due Date: In order to be considered for award, quotes conforming to the requirements of the RFQ shall be e-mailed to both the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist listed above, no later than 3:00pm Eastern Time on 7 Sep 2023.

Electronic Submission of Proposals: Quotes must be submitted via e-mail on or before the date and time established in this section of this RFQ. The date and time of receipt will be established mailto:shammond@abilityone.gov mailto:cpritchett@abilityone.gov according to the Government computer system’s documentation showing the exact official time of receipt and not by the time the proposal was sent by the Quoter. It is the Quoter’s responsibility to ensure proposals are complete and submitted early enough to be received by the POC before the deadline, and to confirm receipt before the deadline. An electronically submitted proposal that is received late may not be considered unless the Contracting Officer deems that the late submission is in the best interest of the Government and will not cause any unduly delay to the acquisition.

If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that quotes cannot be received by the exact time specified in the RFQ, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the RFQ or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of quotes will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the RFQ on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

4.0. PERFORMANCE

Place of Performance: All work under this Order will be accomplished remotely, however, AbilityOne and stakeholders are available to support the Contractor during the core operating hours of 0800 to 1700 EST Monday through Friday, except U.S. Federal Holidays.

Period of Performance: The term of this contract is from the contract start date through 12 months thereafter. Additionally, the Government has the ability to extend the services an additional six months for a potential total performance period of 18 months.

5.0. INSTRUCTIONS TO QUOTERS

52.214-34 Submission of Offers in the English Language 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisition

52.233-2 Service of Protest 52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal.

52.207-1 Notice of Standard Competition.

52.207-2 Notice of Streamlined Competition.

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-7 System for Award Management.

52.216-1 Type of Contract.

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

General Submission Instructions: Quoters shall submit signed and dated quotes via GSA E-Buy at or before the exact time specified therein. The Quote shall be completed and contain the information requested in this section of the RFQ.

Quotes must be submitted for all services under the order. Any quotes that do not offer all the required services we be determined to be non-responsive.

Quotes submitted in response to this RFQ shall be in English and in U.S. dollars.

Quoters may submit revised quotations only if requested or allowed by the Contracting Officer.

However, a late modification of an otherwise timely successful quote that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, may be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

Quotes submitted in response to this RFQ will be valid for a period of one hundred and twenty

(120) calendar days.

Restriction on disclosure and use of data: Quoters that include in their quotes data that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, shall:

Mark the title page with the following legend: “This quote includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used or disclosed in whole or in part for any purpose other than to evaluate this quote. If, however, an Order is awarded to this Quoter as a result of or in connection with the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resultant Order. This restriction does not limit the Government's right to use information contained in this data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in sheets [insert numbers or other identification of sheets]”; and

Mark each sheet of data it wishes to restrict with the following legend: “Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this quote”.

Reps and Certs: AbilityOne will utilize the data contained in SAM.gov to ensure the Quoters have completed their Annual Reps and Certs. If the Quoter’s Annual Reps and Certs are not up to date in SAM.gov, then their quotes will be considered non-responsive to the terms and conditions of the RFQ and rejected. Quoters are required to complete FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021 and it shall be included with the quote within Volume III – Reps & Certs and Price Quote (see Attachment 4, Reps and Certs)

Quotation Package Instructions: The Quoter’s Quotation Package shall consist of three (3) Volumes: Volume I: Technical Quote, Volume II: Past Performance and Volume III: Reps & Certs and Price Quote; and shall be submitted in Portable Document File (PDF) format and in Microsoft Excel format for the Pricing Matrix. Files shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in quotes is prohibited. Quote Packages shall be formatted so as to be printable on non-reduced 8- 1/2” x 11” pages using font size 12 with 1” margins on all four sides. Any forms and charts shall be clearly labeled and referenced and are not subject to the font size limitation. Quoters are advised that the entire quote package submission, inclusive of all attachments, shall not exceed 25MB.

Failure to meet this requirement may result in a rejection of the Quoter’s quote.

Notwithstanding any other statement within the solicitation, there is a size limitation of twenty

(20) pages for Sub-Factor I: Specifications and Milestones. This limitation is inclusive of any charts, tables, pictures, and diagrams. This limitation is not intended to imply the Government is expecting quotes to be of a particular length. Instead, quoters are encouraged to make their quotes only as voluminous as is necessary to respond to the preparation instructions set forth in the solicitation. Pages that exceed the required page limitations may not be evaluated. Additional pages over the maximum allowed may be removed or not read and may not be evaluated by the Government.

The quote should clearly demonstrate that the offeror has a thorough understanding of the requirement. Mere statements made by the offeror that he/she understands, can or will meet the solicitation requirements or paraphrasing the solicitation or parts thereof will be considered inadequate. Phrases such as "Standard procedures will be employed" or "well known techniques will be used," for example, will also be considered inadequate. Clarity and completeness of the description of the offeror’s approach to the project is essential. Marketing brochures count against the page limitation and should only be submitted if they are necessary to support the content of the technical quote.

The Quoter’s quote must include all information requested and must be submitted in accordance with these instructions. Compliance with these instructions is mandatory and failure to furnish a complete proposal, at the time of proposal submission, may result in the proposal being unacceptable to the Government and may eliminate the Offeror from further consideration for award. It is the Quoter's responsibility to ensure the completeness of the proposal submitted.

Evaluation of a proposal will be conducted solely on the basis of the information contained within it and the Government will not assume that a Quoter possesses any capabilities not specified.

Instructions contained herein, prescribe the format for the quote and describe the approach for the development and presentation of proposal data. These instructions are designed to ensure the submission of necessary information to provide for the understanding and comprehensive evaluation of quotes.

Joint Ventures or Partnerships: Quoters that are part of a Joint Venture, Partnership or other teaming arrangement must provide documentation supporting their arrangement to include the name, address, and point of contract for each participant. The documentation shall include a description of the roles and responsibilities of each participant to include the employer-employee relationship of key personnel.

6.0 QUOTATION PACKAGE

The quote package shall be comprised of THREE electronic PDF files.

VOLUME I: Technical Quote The first file shall contain your Technical Quote, to be named “TECHNICAL QUOTE 950441-23-Q- 0012. The quote will be evaluated against the evaluation criteria defined in SECTION 7.0 below.

The quote will be prepared in an orderly format and in sufficient detail to enable the Government to make a full evaluation of the contractor’s technical competence and ability to comply with the contract task requirements specified in the PWS. In the Technical Quote volume, Quoters shall address their proposed approach to meeting the requirements of each evaluation subfactor. The Technical Quote shall be organized according to the following general outline:

• Table of Contents

• Sub-factor I Specifications and Milestones

• Sub-factor II Experience

• Sub-factor III Management and Staffing Approach

Sub-factor I, Specifications and Milestones. The Quoter shall submit a description of how they plan to develop the components of job individualizations, person-centered employment plans and career advancement programs; how they will identify the qualifications of professionals to deliver these employment supports; how they will identify sources of funding and community supports;

and how they will evaluate and recommend training programs, as delineated in PWS 1.4 and 6.

The Quoter shall also include a project schedule from contract start date through the end of the base year period of performance. The schedule shall identify all critical path milestones along with a brief description of what services are performed for each critical path milestone identified.

Sub-factor II, Experience. The Quoter shall submit a detailed descriptive listing of no more than three (3) projects performed within the past five (5) years where they demonstrated the qualifications of PWS 5.0 and utilized similar software, applications, and/or forms that they are proposing under Subfactor 1, Technical Specifications and Milestones. The quoter shall also demonstrate experience providing services for the management, supervision, labor, and materials that are similar in nature to the size, scope, and complexity of the services required by this RFQ.

The Quoter shall utilize the Experience Worksheet (Attachment 5) to provide their experience information.

Sub-factor III, Management and Staffing Approach. Quoters shall provide a detailed description and overall project work plan for successfully managing, performing, and executing the project objectives.

The Quoter’s proposal shall:

1. Include an organizational chart that aligns with the contractor’s technical approach;

2. Demonstrate a plan to monitor its employees at their facility or remotely, including subcontractors, to continuously meet the Government’s requirements, as outlined in the PWS; and

3. Demonstrate a sound management plan and discuss their established procedures/processes to manage employees and complete all required tasks IAW PWS requirements. The contractor shall demonstrate the process for safeguarding all data and documents pertaining to this task order while performing the work at their facility.

VOLUME II: Past Performance

The second file shall contain your Past Performance, to be named “PAST PERFORMANCE 950441- 23-Q-0012.

The Past Performance evaluation will be accomplished by reviewing aspects of an Offeror's recent and relevant Past Performance, focusing on and targeting performance that is relevant to the effort as it directly relates to the work being procured under this RFQ and as defined in the PWS.

The Offeror SHALL NOT go back any farther than three (3) years for the submitted data, from the release date of this RFQ. The past performance data shall document a successful history of past contract performance. The Past Performance volume shall contain the following:

Summary Page: The Quoter shall provide documentation outlining the Quoter’s past performance with contracts, as a prime or major subcontractor, which is the same or similar in nature of work, size, scope and complexity to the services being procured under this RFQ. The submittal shall include rationale supporting your assertion of relevance and how it was determined that the work performed previously was the same or similar in nature, size, scope and complexity to the work specified by this RFQ. Quoters are required to explain what aspects of the contracts are deemed relevant to the proposed effort, and to what aspects of the proposed effort they relate. The Offeror shall submit a minimum of three (3) but no more than a total of five (5) Specific Relevant Contracts. The past performance information shall include POCs and phone numbers of the individuals responsible for surveillance and acceptance of services for each contract.

Past Performance Questionnaire: (Past Performance Questionnaire Attachment 6) For the contracts identified on the summary page, the Quoter shall forward a copy of the Past Performance Questionnaire to the points of contact responsible for monitoring performance under such contracts. The points of contact shall return the questionnaires directly to Christa Pritchett, Contract Specialist and Shelly Hammond, Contracting Officer, no later than the proposal due date and time. The information contained in the questionnaires will be used to evaluate the Offeror’s past performance. New entities that have no past customers shall annotate on the Summary Page that they have had no previous clients and that questionnaires cannot be provided.

CPARS is an acceptable substitution for the Past Performance Questionnaire.

Volume III: Reps & Certs and Price Quote

The third file shall contain your Reps & Certs and Price Quote, to be named “REPS & CERTS AND

PRICE QUOTE 950441-23-Q-0012.

Required documents: Quoters are required to submit a completed the Pricing Schedule (Attachment 2), the Cost Breakdown (attachment 3, example only), a completed FAR Provision 52.204-24 (attachment 4), signed acknowledgement of any/all RFQ Amendments, and a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the RFQ (attachment 2). All final monetary extensions shall be in whole dollars only (to include unit prices). The Volume shall be organized as follows and contain the identified information.

The Pricing Schedule (Attachment 2) shall be submitted fully completed and error free. Quoters shall propose a firm fixed price for each FFP CLIN. The price for CLIN 0001 shall be derived from the quoter’s prices contained in the Cost Breakdown.

Utilizing a format similar to Attachment 3, Cost Breakdown, the Quoter shall develop a line item and firm fixed price for each critical path task identified in their Project Management plan (prices shall include all labor, material, and/or equipment costs). The total price of the critical path tasks in the Cost Breakdown shall be used to price CLIN 0001 of the Pricing Schedule.

Offerors may not use pricing alternatives, which differ from these instructions.

Quoters shall also include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation and agreement to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item.

The contractor must acknowledge receipt of any amendments to this solicitation in its quote by signing and returning with the quote an SF 30 form for each amendment to the solicitation.

7.0 EVALUATION OF QUOTES

The Government intends to award one Purchase Order as a result of this RFQ. Quotes received for less than the stated number of items listed in the Pricing Schedule will be considered ineligible for award.

Quotes will be evaluated on the basis of adjectival ratings to determine Best Value and conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.101-1. Award will be made to a single Quoter whose proposal conforms to the RFQ requirements, and whose proposal, judged by an overall assessment of the evaluation criteria, represents the best value to the Government. The best value is defined as 1) The Quote who presents a highly rated, technically acceptable offer in the Technical Factor, and 2) Provides the best value to the Government based upon an integrated assessment between past performance and price. In this assessment, all evaluation factors other than price, when combined, are significantly more important than price.

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)). Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals. A contractor may be eliminated from consideration without further communication if its technical and/or pricing quotes are not among those contractors considered most advantageous to the Government based on a best value determination.

After award, AbilityOne will provide timely notification to unsuccessful offerors. If an unsuccessful offeror requests information on an award that was based on factors other than price alone, a brief explanation of the basis for the award decision shall be provided.

Evaluation criteria consists of Factors and Subfactors. The proposals will be evaluated under three evaluation factors: Technical, Past Performance and Price as follows:

Factor 1: Technical Sub-factor 1: Specifications and Milestones Sub-factor 2: Experience Sub-factor 3: Management and Staffing Approach https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-15#FAR_15_306

Factor 2: Past Performance Factor 3: Price

Technical Factor. The Government will evaluate the Technical sub-factors on a basis of adjectival ratings. Any sub-factor that is rated Unacceptable will result in the overall Technical factor being determined Unacceptable. Only those proposals determined to be technically acceptable will be considered for award. Factor 1 and Sub-factors 1-3 will receive one of the adjectival ratings defined in Table 1 below:

*Deficiency is a material failure of a proposal to meet a Government requirement or a combination of significant weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level.

Subfactor 1 – Specifications and Milestones. To be considered acceptable, Quoters shall demonstrate the following:

The proposed software, applications, and form(s) solutions shall meet the requirements delineated in Sections 2.0 and 4.0 of the PWS and demonstrate it has the functionality to meet the objectives delineated in Section 1.4 of the PWS.

Table 1. TECHNICAL RATINGS

Color Rating Description

Blue Outstanding Proposal meets requirements and indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements. The proposal contains multiple strengths and no deficiencies.*

Purple Good Proposal meets requirements and indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal contains at least one strength and no deficiencies.*

Green Acceptable Proposal meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements. Proposal has no strengths or deficiencies.*

Yellow Marginal Proposal does not clearly meet requirements and has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements.

Red Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements and contains one or more deficiencies and is un-awardable.*

The Quoters milestones are realistic and reasonable to develop AbilityOne Program career planning support resources IAW paragraphs 2.0 and 4.0. of the PWS. Their identification of the critical path milestones and their description of the milestones reflect a thorough understanding of the PWS requirements and is sufficient to demonstrate they have the ability to perform the services.

Subfactor 2 – Experience. To be considered acceptable, Quoters shall demonstrate the following:

The Quoter has successful experience in performing projects and services that are similar in nature to the size, scope, and complexity of the services required by this RFQ.

Sub-factor 3- Management and Staffing Approach. To be considered acceptable, Quoters shall demonstrate the following:

Quoters shall provide a detailed description and overall project work plan for successfully managing, performing, and executing the project objectives.

Quoters must identify the key personnel who will execute the project objectives and must include resumes to show the proposed personnel have the required qualifications as set forth in the PWS and shall clearly articulate the extent to which the key personnel have committed themselves to work on this effort. A high level of commitment to work on this effort would be indicated by current employment with the Quoter or an agreement to begin employment or to enter into a contractor agreement contingent on award of this task order to the Quoter. Resumes for key personnel do not count against the page count limit.

The Quoter’s proposal shall:

1. Include an organizational chart that aligns with the contractor’s technical approach;

2. Demonstrate a plan to monitor their personnel to continuously meet the Government’s requirements, as outlined in the PWS; and

3. Demonstrate a sound management plan and discuss their established procedures/processes to manage their personnel and complete all required tasks IAW PWS requirements.

Factor 2 – Past Performance. The Past Performance evaluation will assess the performance confidence the Governments has with the Quoter’s likelihood of success in performing the RFQ requirements based upon the Quoter’s most recent and relevant past performance record.

Performance confidence is assessed at the Factor level after evaluating aspects of the Quoter’s recent past performance and focusing on performance that is relevant to the services being procured under this solicitation. Quoters are cautioned that in conducting the performance confidence assessment, the Government may use data provided in the Quoter’s proposal and data obtained from other sources. The areas of Past Performance to be reviewed in the evaluation process include:

• Customer Satisfaction

• Timeliness

• Technical Success

• Quality of Service

• Cost Control

Recency Assessment. An assessment of the past performance information will be made to determine if it is recent. To be recent, the effort must be substantially complete (50% or more) or must have been performed during the past three years from the date of issuance of this solicitation. Past performance information that fails this condition will not be evaluated.

Relevancy Assessment. The Government will conduct an in-depth evaluation of all recent performance information obtained to determine how closely the services performed under those projects relate to this acquisition. For each recent past performance citation reviewed, the relevance of the work performed will be assessed. Consideration will be given to criteria such as similarity, complexity, and diversity of tasks, type of effort, scope, value, and performance period.

With respect to relevancy, more relevant past performance is a stronger predictor of future success and will have more influence on the past performance confidence assessment than past performance of lesser relevance. A relevancy determination of the Quoter’s (including joint venture partner(s) and major and critical subcontractor(s)) past performance will be made. In determining relevancy for individual contracts, consideration will be given to the effort, or portion of the effort, being proposed by the Quoter, teaming partner or subcontractor whose contract is being reviewed and evaluated. The past performance information provided in the proposal and obtained from other sources will be used to establish the degree of relevancy of past performance. The Government will use the definitions in Table 2 when assessing recent, relevant contracts.

TABLE 2. PAST PERFORMANCE RELEVANCY RATINGS

Rating Definition

Very Relevant Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Performance Record. The past performance evaluation performed in support of a current source selection does not establish, create or change the existing record and history of the Quoter’s past performance on past contracts; rather, the past performance evaluation process gathers information from customers on how well the Offeror performed those past contracts.

Performance Confidence Assessment. The Government will conduct a Performance Confidence Assessment of the Quoter’s past performance to arrive at a confidence rating at the Factor level.

The Government will review this past performance information and determine the quality and usefulness as it applies to performance confidence assessment. More recent and relevant performance will have a greater impact on the Performance Confidence Assessment than less recent or relevant effort. A strong record of relevant past performance may be considered more advantageous to the government than an “Unknown confidence” rating. Likewise, a more relevant past performance record may receive a higher confidence rating and be considered more favorable than a less relevant record of favorable performance. In conducting a performance confidence assessment, each Quoter shall be assigned one of the ratings in Table 3. Quoters without a record of recent/relevant past performance will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance and will receive an "Unknown/Neutral" confidence rating.

TABLE 3. PERFORMANCE CONFIDENCE ASSESSMENTS

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.

Factor 3 - Price

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

Price will not be scored or rated. All CLIN prices proposed in the Pricing Schedule and the Cost Breakdown will be evaluated for Price Reasonableness and Balance. Unbalanced pricing will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(g) as applicable, to assess potential performance risk which could result in unreasonably high prices. Price reasonableness will be evaluated in accordance with the proposal analysis techniques described in FAR 15.404-1(b). Through this technique the Government will determine whether prices are reasonable, and balanced.

Options: The Government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR Clause 52.217-8) by adding one-half of the Offeror's price for the Award Period. The Offeror will not propose a price for the six-month period. The extension of services clause will be exercised only if necessary, utilizing the negotiated rates of the preceding period.

Total Evaluated Price (TEP): The TEP shall be used for evaluation of price reasonableness and for the purpose of determining best value for award. The TEP will be the sum of the Award Period and the option to extend services as described in the paragraph above. The TEP shall be calculated as follows:

The sum of all CLINs contained in Pricing Schedule, including the sum of the annual estimated cost, as provided by the government, for Travel.

One-half of the Quoter's price for the Award Period to evaluate the Governments option to extend services in accordance with FAR Clause 52.217-8.

Evaluation of the option to extend shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option.

Balanced Pricing. The government will evaluate all CLINs for balance. Offerors are cautioned against submitting an offer that contains unbalanced pricing. Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items (including Base and Option Periods) is significantly overstated or understated as indicated by the application of cost or price analysis techniques. Offers that are determined to be unbalanced may be rejected, if the lack of balance poses a significant risk to the Government.

Completeness/Accuracy. The Offeror’s proposal shall comply with the Price volume instructions in the solicitation.

Reasonableness. A price is reasonable if, in its nature and amount, it does not exceed that which would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of competitive business.

8.0 LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, AND ATTACHMENTS

The attachments specified below will be incorporated into the resultant Order.

• Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement

• Attachment 2 – SF 1449, Price Schedule, Terms, Clauses

• Attachment 3 – Cost Breakdown

• Attachment 4 – Reps and Certs - FAR Provision 52.204-24

• Attachment 5 – Experience Worksheet

• Attachment 6 – Past Performance Questionnaire

This requirement is available for Full and Open Competition, with the exception of Non-Profit Agencies under the AbilityOne Program, with a NAICS code of 541612, Human Resources Consulting Services, with a size standard of $29.0 million.