Solicitation Exhibit A - Fire Suppression Support Services LOE.xlsx

Instructions

Section B

Cost Summary

Indirect Rate Summary

Please enter corresponding indirect rates for the prime and each subcontractor for each of the periods.

Subcontractors may provide data separately in the above format for proprietary reasons.

Provide the necessary narrative describing how the rates were derived and applied, the composition of the allocation pools & bases, and provide any supporting forward rate agreements and DCAA/DCMA agreements/reports.

If rates proposed are based on other than actual rates, please state the reason(s).

Sample Fringe, Overhead, and G&A worksheet schedules follow this tab.

Labor Rate Schedule

Labor Detail (FFP)

Labor Detail (T&M)

ODC Cost Detail

Fringe Benefit Worksheet

Paid Leave/Vacation (PTO, Sick, Military, etc.) Years of Experience Hours Alloted Per Year

Microsoft_Word_Document.docx General

Each offeror is to provide a cost/price proposal and accompanying narrative as part of their proposal in response to the solicitation. FAR 15.403-5(b) allows the contracting officer to specify the format of cost or pricing data or data other than certified cost or pricing data. The completed workbook shall be part of the cost/price proposal. This is a required flow down requirement, and therefore shall be submitted for the prime offeror AND for any and all divisions and subcontractors proposed to perform effort in response to this solicitation. The information will be evaluated for fairness, reasonableness, based on the cost/price analysis, and cost realism analysis (on cost CLINS) criteria in FAR 15.404-1.

Overall Instructions

· The worksheets are designed to automatically compute and populate other cells in the Excel workbook.

· The worksheet tabs shaded green have inputs required on that worksheet.

· Type the appropriate name of the Prime Contractor/Subcontractor/Division in Cell H14, the street address in Cell H15, and the city, state, and zip code in Cell H16 on the Instructions worksheet of the LOE Workbook. It will carry through the remaining worksheets.

· Please enter the requested data in the green shaded areas on the Indirect Rate Summary worksheet. This data pulls over to the labor detail worksheet.

· Please enter the requested data in the green shaded areas on the Direct Labor Rate Schedule, which includes the proposed labor rates, the cost basis for the rate proposed and the escalation rate used. The direct rate information feeds into the Labor Detail worksheet.

· Please enter the requested data in the green shaded areas on the Labor Cost Detail worksheet, which includes which entity will be performing the work (columns D and E). Column L will only need inputs if the prime offeror is inputting a subcontractor’s fully burdened labor rate into that column.

· Please enter the requested data in the green shaded areas on the ODC Cost Detail worksheet. For the purposes of proposal, the Government has input normalized values for the ODCs. These numbers are to be used. The offerors may add any burden and/or G&A as appropriate. Since these are estimated amounts that may or may not occur, no fixed fee will be allowed on the ODCs.

· To assist in the evaluation of the total compensation plan, please complete the requested data on the Fringe Benefit Worksheet. Any information not included will be assumed to not be offered. Offerors shall still supply a copy of its total compensation plan in accordance with the RFP.

Section B Worksheet

The Section B worksheet imports data from the Cost Summary, Labor Cost Detail, and ODC Cost Detail worksheets and is used as a basis for the proposed formal Section B. Please note that there are three cells that may turn green. THESE ARE NOT INPUTS. It is a different shade of green and is only used as a check to ensure the final price on the Section B worksheet agrees with the summations pulled from the other worksheets.

Cost Summary Worksheet

This worksheet is for Government analysis purposes. It is populated from the Labor Cost Detail and ODC Cost Detail worksheets.

Direct Labor Rate Schedule Worksheet

Enter the requested data in the green shaded cells. It may be necessary for each offeror to revise the number of rows, columns, and/or formulas to reflect nuances in the offeror's accounting and estimating systems or different pay rates. However, it is requested that the general format be maintained as much as possible for cost/price analysis and contract administration purposes.

Labor Cost Detail Worksheet

Enter the requested data in the green shaded cells. It may be necessary for each offeror to revise the number of rows, columns, and/or formulas to reflect nuances in the offeror's accounting and estimating systems. However, it is requested that the general format be maintained as much as possible for cost/price analysis and contract administration purposes. For specific instructions, see the Notes that follow.

NOTE 1: Column A is the location where the Labor Category will perform.

NOTE 2: Column B is the type of labor.

NOTE 3: Column C of the Labor Cost Detail worksheet are the labor categories for this action.

NOTE 4: During contract performance these categories may be performed by the prime contractor and/or other divisions or subcontractors. The offeror is to enter a ‘P’ in column D if the effort is to be performed by the prime contractor and a ‘S’ if performed by another division or subcontractor.

NOTE 5: Enter the name of the division or subcontractor in column E. If the particular individual category is to be performed by more than one entity, the offeror will be required to insert additional row(s) under the labor category and to allocate the FTEs in column F and the hours in columns G and H for the individual category in column C for the original and inserted rows to reflect the proposed performance during the contract. After this allocation, the total of the original and inserted rows under the individual category shall total to the number of hours provided by the Government for the respective labor category.

NOTE 6: For the purposes of this solicitation, the hours worked under a FTE shall consist of the hours worked by an individual employee and not multiple employees (i.e. 1 FTE = 1 employee). One FTE shall not be split among two or more employees.

NOTE 7: The Total Productive Hours are maximum productive hours to be used on this contract IAW the tasks outlined in the RFP. The Total Productive Hours are based on the number of FTEs multiplied by the Annual Productive Hours, which is 1,920, multiplied by the number of months in that period. Total Productive Hours are the total hours in a work year less any days not actually worked (i.e. not including holidays, sick days, vacations, etc). For the purposes of this solicitation please assume a 40 hour work week.

· Base Period: 12 Months

· Option Periods 1, 2, 12 Months

ODC Cost Detail Worksheet

NOTE 13: Enter the requested data in the green shaded cells. An estimated normalized amount for other direct cost (ODC) and travel has been specified for proposal purposes for all periods. Each offeror is to include this amount in their proposal. Any material handling and/or G&A is to be applied as appropriate. Since this is an estimated amount that may or may not occur, no fixed fee will be authorized.

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