ATT 5 - FAR 52.212 - 1 Addenda.pdf

FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND

COMMERCIAL SERVICES (SEP 2023)

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The

NAICS code for this acquisition is 483211 and it appear in Block 10 of SF 1449). In addition to the above, for NAICS code 483211 – To qualify as a small business concern for purpose of Government procurement, the firm must have no more than 1,050 employees. Additionally, to qualify under the capacity size standard, the firm, together with its affiliates, must be primarily engaged in inland water freight transportation. A firm’s “primary industry” is determined in accordance with 13 CFR § 121.107.

(b)Submission of offers. The following is hereby added:

(12) All offerors shall submit signed and dated offer to the email specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation.

(13) All offerors shall submit a technical description of the services being offered in sufficient details to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. The contractor shall provide to the Government the following plans as part of the proposal for evaluation and acceptance:

i. Operational Capability Plan

ii. Quality Control Plan

iii. Safety and Environmental Plan

The three plans all combined may not exceed 30 one-side pages, not including barge registration/license data and insurance certificates. The three plans must address and include all the information and documents required in 52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL

PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021), FACTOR 1.

(14) All offerors shall return:

i. Attachment 1 “Offer Pricing Schedule.”

ii. Attachment 2 “Past Performance Experience Form.” The Government requires a minimum of three past performance references. Offerors shall include past and recent relevant contracts for the same or similar services and include POC (Point of Contact) information including telephone number and email address.

iii. All applicable clauses in the solicitation

iv. G9.07-5 ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF FUNDS PAYMENTS – FEDERAL

RESERVE WIRE TRANSFER SYSTEM: Foreign offerors may elect payment by electronic transfer of funds via the Federal Reserve Wire Transfer System, which does not require the receiving bank to be located in the United States. Offerors must verify their Financial Institution (FI) is capable of receiving Federal Wire transactions via either a SWIFT Code or an IBAN number. Offerors that receive an award under this solicitation must ensure that the appropriate arrangements are made with its FI prior to submission of the first invoice.

(15) Any award to a contractor, at the time of award, was suspended, debarred, or ineligible for receipt of contracts with Government agencies or in receipt of a notice of proposed debarment from any Government agency, is voidable at the option of the Government.

(c) Period of Acceptance. Period of Acceptance shall be changed to 180 days.

(f) Late Submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers. Any offer, modification, or revision, received by the Government after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before an award is made and the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and the terms of the offer are more favorable to the Government.

(g) Contract Award. All offerors will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION –

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021) and M72 EVALUATION OF OFFERS (EXCEPTIONS/DEVIATIONS) (DLA ENERGY APR 1997). Alternate proposals will be valuated to ensure that the proposals are technically feasible with the regards to Government terminal requirements, personnel, hours of operation, etc. and shall be submitted with the full implementation plan and pricing schedule.

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FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (SEP 2023)