SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION – CUI

See RFO 2.101 and 3.104

Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER)

Section L - Instructions, Conditions, & Notices to Offerors or Quoters

The Department of War (DoW) has issued specific class deviations implementing direction provided in Executive order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, E.O. 14265, Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum, M-25-26, Overhauling the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Therefore, the revised FAR Parts published on the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul web page at https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide shall be used in lieu of the text codified at 48 CFR chapter 1 (https://www.ecfr.gov).

L-1 TYPE OF ACQUISITION: This acquisition will utilize the Tradeoff approach Source Selection procedures in accordance with RFO 15.103-1 and 15.201 / Subpart 15.2 as supplemented by the DoD Source Selection Procedures referenced in R-DFARS 215.201 / 215.202-70 and DAF Part 15 Source Selection to make an integrated assessment for a best value award decision.

It is a competitive 8(a) set-aside for firms certified with the Small Business Administration (SBA) in the Massachusetts approved geographical region which can include having a bona fide office located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Syracuse NY or Vermont.

L-2 SCHEDULED SITE VISIT PROCEDURES: A Site Visit for the Repair ATCALS, Bldg 5505 (SABER Seed Project) has been scheduled for THURSDAY, 09 JULY 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. Please monitor this SAM.gov notice for any potential changes to the site visit date/time.

Anyone interested in attending this site visit must email the name(s) of individual(s) to Ewa Gosselin and Amy Dumais. ewa.gosselin@us.af.mil and amy.dumais@us.af.mil) no later than MONDAY, 06 JULY 2026 COB. Upon receipt of name(s), the Contracting Officer will provide further instructions on obtaining base access.

ALL ATTENDEES MUST BE VETTED BY SECURITY FORCES PRIOR TO ENTRANCE ONTO THE BASE.

ESCORTING OF VEHICLES BY WARB PERSONNEL IS PROHIBITED. On the day of the site visit, visitors will proceed to the Westover Road Gate (main gate) located at 30 Patriot Avenue, Westover ARB, Chicopee, MA, 01022-1507. All approved names will be on a list at this gate allowing access onto the base. All base visitors must present a REAL ID-compliant identification card or approved alternative documents. This change aligns with federal regulations and enhances base security. Entrance can be denied for those who are late and without proper identification. Contracting Officer will provide directions to the location for the site visit.

NOTE: Anyone driving a vehicle considered to be “commercial” will be required to undergo inspection prior to base entrance. Please allow sufficient time for this process.

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THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

COULD BE IMPOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION.

L-3 RFIs/QUESTIONS: All questions related to this solicitation must be submitted in writing, via email to Ewa Gosselin and Amy Dumais, ewa.gosselin@us.af.mil and amy.dumais@us.af.mil.

All questions shall be submitted and received no later than THURSDAY, 16 JULY 2026, COB.

Questions received after this date may not be answered. All questions with answers will be posted to SAM.gov as an amendment to the solicitation announcement.

L-4 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:

All proposals shall be received by this office NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, 30 JULY 2026 AT 2:00 PM EDT (SF1442, Block 13a). In accordance with RFO 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors- Competitive Acquisition, offerors are responsible for submitting proposals, and any modifications or revisions, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitations by the time specified in the solicitation. NO proposals will be accepted after the deadline as specified in this solicitation.

2. Facsimile and electronic submittals of proposals are NOT permitted. Mailed and hand delivery of proposals are accepted and shall be sent to the address below:

439 CONF/PKB

250 Airlift Drive, Box 37 Westover ARB, MA 01022-1507 Attn: Ewa Gosselin, Contracting Officer Solicitation #FA6606-26-R-0008

The Offeror shall allow sufficient time when mailing proposal and a tracking number be provided. Late proposals will be processed in accordance with RFO 52.215-1(c)(3)(ii).

3. In accordance with RFO 9.103, the apparent prospective offeror will be requested by the Government, prior to award, to submit documentation to establish its responsibility. The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) will be used as part of the responsibility determination, to include Supplier Risk data (for all contracts above $2K) and NIST SP 800-171 (if CUI is applicable to this acquisition). Therefore, the offeror is expected to be compliant with all Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting provisions/clauses as applicable and included in this solicitation.

4. The Government shall not pay any Offeror for any cost or expenses associated with the preparation of their proposal.

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5. The Government intends to award one task order to your acquisition contract as a result of this solicitation. A decision on the technical acceptability of each offeror's proposal will be made. For those offerors who are determined to be technically acceptable, tradeoffs may be made between company experience and price with company experience considered significantly more important than price. This may result in an award to a higher rated, higher priced offeror where the decision is compliant with the evaluation factors and the Source Selection Authority (SSA) reasonably determines that the superior past and present company experience of the higher priced offeror outweighs the price difference. The SSA will base the source selection decision on an integrated assessment of proposals against all source selection criteria in the solicitation (described below). While the Government will strive for maximum objectivity, the tradeoff process, by its nature, is subjective; therefore, professional judgment is implicit throughout the entire process

6. The contracting officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this acquisition per RFO 15.403-2(b)(1). Therefore, certified cost or pricing data is not required. However, the offeror is required to submit data other than certified cost or pricing data as specified in this section: Instructions to Offerors, PART II-Price Proposal, to determine price reasonableness in accordance with RFO 15.404-1. If at any time during this competition, the contracting officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists or that price reasonableness cannot be determined, offerors may be required to submit certified cost or pricing data or additional data other than certified cost or pricing data, as appropriate, for the contracting officer to determine price reasonableness.

7. JOINT VENTURE OFFERORS: If the offeror is a joint venture, the offeror shall provide all required solicitation information for all parties including a copy of the joint venture agreement.

The agreement shall include information that identifies the responsibilities for each entity under the subsequent contract. The agreement shall demonstrate the relationship between the firms and identify contractual relationships and authorities to bind each entity of the joint venture. NO CORRECTIONS AND/ORCHANGES ARE ALLOWED AFTER TIME OF SUBMISSION OF

PROPOSAL.

8. In compliance with RFO 4.309 Storage, handling and contract files, Source Selection materials will be securely maintained by the Government at Westover Air Reserve Base Contracting Office at 250 Airlift Drive, Westover ARB, MA 01022. Every effort will be made to store all source selection documents electronically on secure Government computers in files accessible only to those who have signed non-disclosure agreements. Any hard copy documents produced will be physically secured. At the conclusion of the source selection the hardcopy files will be shredded, and the electronic documents will be securely maintained as part of the electronic contract file. Correspondence (i.e. email) will be archived with the electronic file or permanently deleted, if no longer required.

9. Debriefings: The CO will promptly notify offerors of any decision to exclude them from the competitive range IAW RFO 15.206-1; whereupon they may request and receive a debriefing in accordance with RFO 15.206-2.

L-5 SPECIFIC PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

SUBMISSION OF COMPLETE PROPOSALS: All proposals must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. Failure to furnish a complete proposal, at the time of proposal submission, may result in the proposal being unacceptable to the Government and elimination from award consideration. Any commitments made in the proposal shall become a part of the resulting contract. To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors and sub factors. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being ineligible for award. Offeror shall submit an original and one (1) hard copy. Hard copies of the Offeror’s proposal shall be submitted in a separate, tabbed, three-ring binder or portfolio folder.

The proposal submission shall consist of four (4) distinct volumes, each separately tabbed and identified as such:

Volume I – Completed RFP

Volume II – Technical Proposal Sub Factor 1 – Organizational Structure and Team Qualifications shall be limited to fifteen (15) pages.

Sub Factor 2 – Initial Task Order Project shall have no page limitation.

Sub Factor 3 – Surge Plan shall be limited to five (5) pages.

Volume III – Company Experience shall be limited to ten (10) pages

Volume IV – Price Proposal shall be limited to fifteen (15) pages.

Each volume shall be clearly marked on its cover with the project title, the volume title, the solicitation number, and the name and address of the offeror. Information within each volume shall be organized sequentially under the specified tabs to facilitate evaluation. The proposal shall be prepared on standard 8.5 x 11-inch paper, except for fold-outs used for charts, tables, or diagrams, which may not exceed 11” x 17”. All information within the proposal must be in the English language, and all monetary figures must be in United States dollars. To ensure readability, a minimum font of 12-point is required for all text, although this does not apply to charts, graphs, drawings, diagrams, and other supporting illustrations or spreadsheets. All pages shall have margins of at least one inch and be numbered consecutively within their respective volume. A page is defined as a single face of a sheet of paper; therefore, a sheet printed on both sides counts as two pages. Any pages exceeding the specified page limits will be removed and not evaluated. These page limits do include pages with illustrations, photos, or sketches, but do not include title sheets, indices, tables of content, or schedules. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

VOLUME I – COMPLETED RFP

1. Complete and sign blocks 14, 15, 17, 19, and 20 (a-c) of the RFP Section A, SF1442. By signing Block 20b. of the SF1442, the offeror accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the RFP.

2. Acknowledge any amendments issued block 19 of the SF1442.

3. Offerors shall ensure that all clauses, provisions and certifications that require "fill in" information are appropriately completed in Section I through K and submitted with their proposal.

VOLUME II -TECHNICAL PROPOSAL ACCEPTABILITY

Initially, the Government technical evaluation team shall evaluate the technical proposals using ratings of "Acceptable," or "Unacceptable." Failure to meet a requirement will result in an offer being determined technically unacceptable. The technical proposal shall be evaluated against the following sub factors, and address the following:

Sub Factor 1- Organizational Structure and Team Qualifications

The Offeror shall provide their organizational structure identifying all management and key personnel with a description of their work experience relating to projects similar in scope to those expected to perform work with this project with experience in multi-trade commercial and institutional building construction projects, renovations, alterations and repair, etc. with a minimum value of $250,000, to ensure compliance with the SABER Statement of Work, Section D, Part 1, Personnel requirements. NOTE: Any deviations or substitutions of key personnel named on the project must be approved by the Contracting Officer.

• Team Qualifications Form, Attachment A, is provided with the solicitation for offerors to provide their organizational structure and proposed team.

• Key Personnel Qualifications, Attachment B, is provided with the solicitation for offerors to identify all key personnel with a description of their work experience relating to projects similar in scope to those expected to perform work with this project with experience in multi-trade commercial and institutional building construction projects, renovations, alterations and repair, etc. with a minimum value of $250,000.

• For joint ventures, the organizational chart shall show the respective areas of responsibility for each partner. In addition, a narrative shall describe the roles and responsibilities of each joint venture partner.

Sub Factor 2- Initial Task Order Project

The Offeror shall provide a proposal for the initial Task Order Seed Project – Repair ATCALS, Building 5505. Refer to Section B, Part 2 for information on Task Order Proposal Preparation.

For the purpose of evaluation, design shall be required up to 35% Schematic Design.

Sub Factor 3 – Surge Plan

The Offeror shall provide a surge plan demonstrating how well they manage surges in multiple work sites on separate task orders concurrently without causing undue delay of completion of these multiple task orders.

VOLUME III - COMPANY EXPERIENCE PROPOSAL

Example Project Samples

The Offeror shall provide Company Experience demonstrating construction experience in multi-trade commercial and institutional building construction projects, renovations, alterations and repair, etc. with a total contract dollar value of at least $250,000 and have similar complexity and function, utilizing trades relevant to those required by this solicitation. If the offeror represents the combining of two or more companies as a joint venture for the purpose of this RFP, each company in the joint venture may submit project examples, but the total submitted by the joint venture will not exceed three (3).

Example Project Form, Attachment C, provided with the solicitation may be used by Offerors to demonstrate Company Experience efforts. The following information shall be provided for each project:

Project Title and Location Project Owner’s Name, Point of Contact, and Contact phone number Year Completed or Anticipated to be Completed If project is not yet complete, provide current percentage of construction completed and a description of work remaining to be completed Scope of the project, to include purpose/use of facility Size of the project; differentiate square footage of new construction versus renovation (if the project includes both)

Self-performance work by firm; provide a description of type of work self-performed by your firm AND percentage of work self-performed Dollar value of the project Whether the project was design/build or design/bid/build

VOLUME IV- PRICE PROPOSAL

Coefficient and Initial Task Order Pricing

Offerors shall provide proposed Coefficients. Offerors whose proposed coefficients are determined to be unreasonable or unbalanced may not be considered for award.

Insert proposed coefficients in the Coefficient Pricing Schedule, Attachment D. Refer to the SABER Statement of Work, Section A, Part 3 for information on Coefficients.

Coefficient Rate Reasonableness Justification. Contractors shall provide full explanation with sufficient details for the basis for development of its coefficient.

Offerors shall provide pricing for the initial Task Order project. Pricing should be provided in accordance with the SABER Statement of Work, Section A, Part 4.