SPRDL1-24-R-0156 amendment 0003.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. Contract ID Code Page Of

2. Amendment/Modification No.

3. Effective Date

4. Requisition/Purchase Req No.

5. Project No. (If applicable)

6. Issued By Code 7. Administered By (If other than Item 6) Code

8. Name And Address Of Contractor (No., Street, City, County, State and Zip Code)

9A. Amendment Of Solicitation No.

9B. Dated (See Item 11)

10A. Modification Of Contract/Order No.

10B. Dated (See Item 13) Code Facility Code

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning ____________ copies of the amendments: (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. Accounting And Appropriation Data (If required)

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS

It Modifies The Contract/Order No. As Described In Item 14.

A. This Change Order is Issued Pursuant To: The Changes Set Forth In Item 14 Are Made In

The Contract/Order No. In Item 10A.

B. The Above Numbered Contract/Order Is Modified To Reflect The Administrative Changes (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) Set

Forth In Item 14, Pursuant To The Authority of FAR 43.103(b).

C. This Supplemental Agreement Is Entered Into Pursuant To Authority Of:

D. Other (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return _______________ copies to the Issuing Office.

14. Description Of Amendment/Modification (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. Name And Title Of Signer (Type or print)

16A. Name And Title Of Contracting Officer (Type or print)

15B. Contractor/Offeror 15C. Date Signed 16B. United States Of America 16C. Date Signed

By (Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

PREVIOUS EDITIONS UNUSABLE

30-105-02 STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

SEE SCHEDULE

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Firm Fixed Price

0003 2024NOV05

SPRDL1

DLA LAND WARREN

WARREN, MI 48397-5000

STEPHEN GRANCH

EMAIL: STEPHEN.GRANCH@DLA.MIL

SPRDL1-24-R-0156

2024AUG23

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SEE SECOND PAGE FOR DESCRIPTION

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SECTION A - SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Buyer Name: STEPHEN GRANCH

Buyer Office Symbol/Telephone Number: ZGBB/(586)467-1244

Type of Contract 1: Firm Fixed Price

Kind of Contract: Supply Contracts and Priced Orders

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The purpose of this amendment 0003 to solicitation SPRDL1-24-R-0156 is to revise Section L and to extend the deadline for submission of offers.

1. Section L.1 is hereby revised as follows:

FROM: The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless_____ ________________ another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. This notification is made pursuant to FAR clause 52.212-1(c).

TO: The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 95 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless___ ________________ another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. This notification is made pursuant to FAR clause 52.212-1(c).

2. The deadline for submission of offers to solicitation SPRDL1-24-R-0156 is hereby extended from November 4, 2024, to December 2, 2024, at 3:00 pm local time (Warren, MI).

3. All other terms and conditions of solicitation SPRDL1-24-R-0156 remain in full force and effect.

*** END OF NARRATIVE A0004 ***

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SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1 Period for Acceptance of Offers___________________________________

The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 95 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless __ another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. This notification is made pursuant to FAR clause 52.212-1(c).

L.2 E-mail Offer Submissions____________________________

(a) Vendors shall email offers to the Contracting Specialist identified on the cover page of the solicitation. The email shall include subject header: Proposal Submission SPRDL1-24-R-0053 (company name) on the solicitation.

(b) Submissions must be received by the deadline as stated in the solicitation. All electronics formats are acceptable, PDF format is preferred.

(c) An electronic read-receipt is recommended for submission confirmation. Vendors will receive an e-mail reply by the Contracting

Specialist stating whether the e-mail was received by the deadline.

(d) Questions regarding email submissions should be directed to the Contracting Specialist identified on the cover page of the solicitation.

L.3 Part Numbers Not Currently Approved_______________________________________

As specified elsewhere in this solicitation, part or all of the contract item to be procured is restricted to certain approved manufacturer's part numbers as set forth in the Schedule and/or the Technical Data Package. Any firm that produces an item which it believes to be equivalent to one of these approved part numbers is encouraged to have such item tested and approved, so that the item will be eligible to be bought on future acquisitions. Please write to the attention of the Contract Specialist at the email address indicated on the cover page of this solicitation and request a statement of the procedures by which items can be tested and approved for procurement. Such an inquiry should cite the applicable National Stock Number (NSN), the already approved part number, the part number of the item which the enquirer believes to be identical to our approved item, and a brief statement of the basis on which the new item is believed to be equivalent to the already approved item.

L.4 Notice Regarding Required Manufacturers Part Number / Source Controlled Components / Source Controlled Contract Items_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(a) This acquisition may contain one of the following:

(i) It may be restricted to the manufacturer's part number or numbers identified in the Schedule (Section B), or in the Technical

Data Package. Please see the narrative entitled ACQUISITION OF MANUFACTURER'S PART NUMBER in this solicitation.

(ii) It is possible at least one component of the item to be purchased under this acquisition is restricted to specified manufacturer's part numbers as set forth in the Technical Data Package. Please see the narrative entitled ACQUISITION OF MANUFACTURER'S

PART NUMBER: COMPONENTS in this solicitation.

(iii) The drawings in the Technical Data Package for this requirement may contain reference notes indicating one or more sources of supply that have previously furnished the items depicted on the drawings.

(b) With the exceptions described in paragraph c below, and in the narrative entitled REPRESENTATION OF INTENT TO SUPPLY A SOURCE-

CONTROLLED ITEM, offers that propose to furnish any alternative to the required manufacturer's part number(s) will not be considered for contract award. It is understood that, by submitting an offer under this solicitation, Offeror agrees to supply one of the required part numbers unless the conditions set forth either in paragraph (c) below or in the narrative entitled REPRESENTATION OF INTENT TO

SUPPLY A SOURCE-CONTROLLED ITEM are met.

(c) Required Approval for Equivalent Items

(1) If a firm manufactures an item which it believes to be totally equivalent to the required item(s), it may submit an offer based on the equivalent item if the following conditions are met:

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i. Prior to receipt of this solicitation, the firm must have received written Government Engineering approval of a test procedure on its non-listed item.

ii. The firm must indicate in its offer the date of the written Government Engineering approval of its test procedure, and the name and title of the approving official.

iii. The firm indicates in its offer that it is in the process of having its item independently tested per the approved test procedure to demonstrate full physical, functional, and mechanical interchangeability of its part with an already approved part cited in this solicitation, or that it is awaiting final Government Engineering approval of the summary report furnished at the conclusion of independent testing; and

iv. The firm must have secured final written approval of its part from Government Engineering by the time of bid opening (in the case of formally advertised acquisitions) or by the time of contract award (in the case of negotiated acquisitions).

v. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Government expressly reserves to the Procuring Contracting Officer the right to waive the conditions set forth in paragraph (c)1 above in making an award when it is clearly established that written approval from Government

Engineering of a non-listed part number can be obtained without delay in the anticipated date of award.

(2) When the foregoing conditions are met, the Government reserves the right to make an award for a non-listed item. In no other instance will award be made to any firm that does not agree to furnish one of the required part numbers listed in this solicitation.

(3) Any firm that manufactures or regularly sells an item which it views as equivalent in all respects to one of our required part numbers, but that has not initiated approved qualification testing in order to demonstrate that its part is totally equivalent to the required part, should see the notice entitled PART NUMBERS NOT CURRENTLY APPROVED, located elsewhere in this Section L.

(d) It is the responsibility of each Offeror to ensure the availability of sufficient quantities of source-controlled components before making an offer in response to this solicitation. Except as described in paragraph (e) below, offers that propose to substitute alternatives to the source-controlled components, even if the substitute items are represented as equivalent in all respects to the source-controlled components, will not be considered for contract award.

(e) Required Approval for Alternatives to the Source-Controlled Component:

(1) By meeting the following conditions, a firm may submit an offer conditioned on acceptance by the Government of alternatives to the source-controlled component(s) listed in the Technical Data Package:

-- Prior to receipt of this solicitation, the firm must have received written Government Engineering approval of a test procedure on its proposed equivalent component.

-- The firm must indicate in its offer the date of the written Government Engineering approval, and the name and title of the approving official.

-- The firm must certify in its offer that it is in the process of having its item independently tested per the approved test procedure to demonstrate full physical, functional, and mechanical interchangeability of its part with an already-approved part cited in this solicitation, or that it is awaiting final Government Engineering approval of the summary report furnished at the conclusion of testing; and

-- The firm must have secured final written approval of its part from Government Engineering by the time of bid opening (in the case of formally advertised acquisitions) or by the time of contract award (in the case of negotiated acquisitions).

(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Procuring Contracting Officer has the right to waive the above conditions in making an award when it is clearly established that written approval of a non-listed part from Government Engineering can be obtained without delay in the anticipated date of award.

When either of the foregoing conditions are met, the Government reserves the right to make an award where use of the equivalent item is authorized in lieu of the source-controlled item. Where the foregoing conditions are not met, Offeror will not be eligible for award unless agreeing to furnish the source-controlled item(s) from the indicated source(s).

(3) Any firm that manufactures or regularly sells an item which it views as equivalent in all respects to one of our required components, but that has not initiated approved qualification testing in order to demonstrate that its part is totally equivalent to the required component, should see the notice entitled PART NUMBERS NOT CURRENTLY APPROVED, located elsewhere in this Section L.

(f) If the drawings in the Technical Data Package for this requirement contain reference notes indicating one or more sources of supply have previously furnished the items depicted on the drawings, these notes also specify some sort of approval requirement, typically phrased in one of the following ways:

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(1) or equal

(2) or approved substantial equal

(3) Ordnance Corps approval required

(4) Ordnance Corps Engineering approval required

(g) With the exceptions described in paragraph (h) below, and in the narrative entitled REPRESENTATION OF INTENT TO SUPPLY A SOURCE-

CONTROLLED ITEM), the listing of sources of supply on drawings with such approval requirements means that only those listed sources may furnish the items depicted on such drawings. Thus, any Offeror responding to this solicitation and not meeting the exception criteria set forth herein will be deemed to have agreed to furnish the contract item from a listed source.

(h) Required Approval for Non-listed Part Number:

(1) When the following conditions are met, the Government reserves the right to consider and accept an offer conditioned on a manufacturer's part number not cited in the Technical Data Package. In order to be eligible for such consideration, any firm offering a non-listed part number must:

-- have received, prior to receipt of this solicitation, written TACOM approval of a test plan on its item, designed to demonstrate that the non-listed part is physically, functionally, and mechanically interchangeable with the listed part number(s) cited herein;

-- indicate in its offer the date of the formal Government Engineering approval of the test plan, and the name and title of the approving official;

-- be in the process of having its non-listed part number tested by an independent testing facility under the terms of the approved plan, or be awaiting final Government Engineering approval of the summary report furnished at the conclusion of testing; and

-- have secured final written approval of its part from Government Engineering by the time of bid opening (in the case of formally advertised acquisitions) or by the time of contract award (in the case of negotiated acquisitions).

(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Procuring Contracting Officer has the right to waive the above conditions in making an award when it is clearly established that written approval from Government Engineering can be obtained without delay in the anticipated date of award.

(3) Any firm that cannot comply with conditions in paragraph (c) above upon submission of its offer under this solicitation, but that believes one of its part numbers to be equivalent to the approved part number(s) cited in this solicitation, is invited to begin the qualification procedure to gain approval of such non-listed part number for purposes of future acquisition action. Please see the narrative entitled PART NUMBERS NOT CURRENTLY APPROVED, which is located elsewhere in this Section L.

L.5 Data and Communications Submitted to the Government Electronically______________________________________________________________________

(a) The Government often employs Contractors as system administrators to operate and maintain Government computer systems. These systems include local area networks, web sites, databases, other electronic records, e-mail accounts, other electronic data transfer mechanisms and computer software. The employees of these contracted system administrators sign nondisclosure agreements obligating them not to reveal information contained in files, documents, computers or systems that they administer. However, unless such information is protected in some way, contracted system administrators do have the ability to access such information.

(b) Potential Contractors as well as any other parties are thus advised to take steps needed to prevent access by contracted system administrators to information submitted electronically to the Government. Absent such steps, it is assumed that contracted system administrators are permitted the capability to access the data. The access will be limited to that which is necessary for the contract system administrator to perform its duties for the Government. The access shall be subject to the condition that third party information is not to be revealed by the contracted system administrator.

L.6 Acquisition of New Facilities, Special test Equipment or Special Tooling____________________________________________________________________________

It is not the intent of the Government to acquire, or to have acquired for its account, any facilities, special test equipment, or special tooling. The Government shall under no circumstances reimburse the Offeror for the cost of any new facilities, special test equipment, or special tooling as a separate item. An Offeror may, however, amortize the cost of any such facilities, special test equipment, or special tooling it may require in the submitted price of the items. Such facilities, special test equipment or special tooling shall not be subject to Government option rights to take title to the same except as specified in the DEFAULT, TERMINATION FOR

THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT, and/or PROGRESS PAYMENT clauses of this contract.

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L.7 Reverse Auction___________________

The Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) may utilize on-line reverse auctioning as a means of conducting price discussions under this solicitation. If the PCO does not conduct a reverse auction, award may be made on the basis of initial offers or following discussions not using reverse auctioning as a pricing technique. If the PCO decides to use on-line reverse auctioning to conduct price negotiations, the PCO will notify offerors of this decision and the following provisions will apply.

(a) The award decision will be made in accordance with the evaluation factors as set forth in the solicitation. The reverse on-line auction will be used as a pricing technique during discussions to establish the final offered prices from each offeror. These prices will be used in conjunction with the evaluation factors stated elsewhere in the solicitation in order to make the award decision in accordance with the basis for award stated in the solicitation.

(b) Following the decision to conduct discussions using on-line reverse auctioning as a pricing technique, the PCO or his/her representative will provide offerors determined to be in the competitive range with information concerning the on-line auction process.

The Government intends to use a commercial web-based product to conduct the reverse auction.

(c) Prior to or simultaneously with conducting the on-line reverse auction, the PCO may hold discussions with the offerors concerning matters appropriate for discussion, such as issues involving technical proposals or unbalanced pricing.

(d) The lowest offeror's price(s) for each round of the reverse auction will be disclosed to other offerors and anyone else having authorized access to the on-line auction. This disclosure is anonymous, meaning that each offeror's identity will be concealed from other offerors (although it will be known to the Government; only a generic identifier will be used for each offerors proposed pricing, such as "Offeror A" or "lowest-priced offeror"). By submitting a proposal in response to the solicitation, offerors agree to participate in the reverse auction and that their prices may be disclosed, including to other offerors, during the reverse auction.

(e) The reverse auction system currently in use designates offers as "Lead," meaning the current low price in that auction, or "Not

Lead," meaning not the current low price in that auction. In the event of a tie offer, the reverse auction provider's system designates the first offer of that price as "Lead" and the second or subsequent offer of that price as "Not Lead." Offerors shall not submit a tie offer, since this is inconsistent with the purpose of the reverse auction. If a tie offer is submitted, the "Not Lead" offeror that submitted the tie offer must offer a changed price; it will be ineligible for award if the final price in the auction is the tie offer price.

(f) An offerors final auction price at the close of the reverse auction will be considered its final proposal revision. No price revisions will be accepted after the close of the reverse auction, unless the PCO decides that further discussions are needed and final proposal revisions are again requested in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.307, or the PCO determines that it would be in the best interest of the Government to re-open the auction.

(g) The following information is provided regarding the procedures to be followed if a reverse auction is conducted.

(1) Each offeror identified by the PCO as a participant in the reverse auction will be contacted by Defense Logistic Agencys commercial reverse auction service provider to advise the offeror of the event and to provide an explanation of the process.

(2) In order for an Offeror to participate in the reverse auction, such offeror must agree with terms and conditions of the entire solicitation, including this provision, and agree to the commercial reverse auction service providers terms and conditions for using its service. Information concerning the reverse auction process and the commercial service providers terms and conditions is embedded within the email notification sent by the on-line reverse auction pricing tool system administrator.

(3) Offerors shall secure the passwords and other confidential materials provided by the commercial reverse auction service provider or the Government and ensure they are used only for purposes of participation in the reverse auction. Offerors shall keep their own and other offerors pricing in confidence until after contract award.

(4) Any offeror unable to enter pricing through the commercial reverse auction service providers system during a reverse auction must notify the PCO or designated representative immediately. The PCO may, at his/her sole discretion, extend or re-open the reverse auction if the reason for the offerors inability to enter pricing is determined to be without fault on the part of the offeror and outside the offerors control.

(5) The reverse auction will be conducted using the commercial reverse auction service providers website as embedded in the email notification. Offerors shall be responsible for providing their own computer and internet connection.

(6) Training:

(i) The commercial reverse auction service provider will provide familiarization training to offerors employees; this training may be provided through written material, the commercial reverse auction service providers website, and/or other means.

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(ii) An employee of an offeror who successfully completes the training shall be designated as a 'trained offeror.' Only trained offerors may participate in a reverse auction. The PCO reserves the right to request that offerors provide an alternate offeror employee to become a 'trained offeror.' The PCO also reserves the right to take away the 'trained offeror' designation from any trained offeror who fails to abide by the solicitations or commercial reverse auction service providers terms and conditions.

L.8 Agency Protests___________________

Companies protesting this procurement may file a protest 1) with the Procuring contracting officer, 2) with the General Accounting

Office, or 3) pursuant to Executive Order No. 12979, with the Agency for a decision by the Activity's Chief of the Contracting Office.

Protests filed with the agency should clearly state that they are an "Agency Level Protest under Executive Order No. 12979." (Note: DLA procedures for Agency Level Protests filed under Executive Order No. 12979 allow for a higher level decision on the initial protest than would occur with a protest to the Procuring Contracting Officer; this process is not an appellate review of a Procuring Contracting

Officer's decision on a protest previously filed with the Procuring Contracting Officer). Absent a clear indication of the intent to file an agency level protest, protests will be presumed to be protests to the Procuring contracting officer.

NOTE: DLA Agency Protests for DLA Warren shall be filed with:

Chief of the Contracting Office

DLA Land Warren

Mail Stop 729; ZG

6501 E. Eleven Mile Road

Warren, MI 48397-5000

Contracting Officer Protests shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer designated in the solicitation or award.

L.9 Notice of Offerors Intending to Offer Other Than New Material_________________________________________________________________

(a) The Government intends to acquire only new material. Unless this contract otherwise requires virgin material or supplies composed of, or manufactured from, virgin material, the Contractor shall provide supplies that are new, as defined in this clause.

(b) Definitions:

(1) "New" means composed of previously unused components, whether manufactured from virgin material, recovered material in the form of raw material, or materials and by-products generated from, and reused within, an original manufacturing process; provided that the supplies meet contract requirements, including but not limited to, performance, reliability, and life expectancy.

(2) "Reconditioned" means restored to the original normal operating condition by readjustments and material replacement.

(3) "Recovered material" means waste materials and by-products that have been recovered or diverted from solid waste including post-consumer material, but such term does not include those materials and by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process.

(4) "Remanufactured" means factory rebuilt to original specifications.

(5) "Virgin material" means previously unused raw material, including previously unused copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, iron, other metal or metal ore, or any undeveloped resource that is, or with new technology will become, a source of raw materials.

(6) "Residual Inventory" means inventory from a transferred or terminated Government or commercial contract.

(c) Used, reconditioned, remanufactured supplies, unused former Government surplus property, or residual inventory shall not be used unless the Contractor has proposed the use of such supplies, and the Procuring Contracting Officer has authorized their use.

(d) Offers to provide other than new material shall be submitted to the Procuring Contracting Officer for approval:

(1) Offerors of other than new material must provide sufficient information from which a determination of acceptability can be made. Contractors who intend to offer other than new material must contact the Contracting Office listed on the first page of this solicitation to obtain an Other Than New Material Worksheet. Form must be completely filled out and is to accompany your offer.

(e) If the use of used, reconditioned, remanufactured items, unused former Government surplus property, or residual inventory are approved by the Procuring Contracting Officer, we may require you to meet specific marking, inspection, and testing requirements beyond

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those found in this solicitation. We will negotiate these additional requirements with you before award and put them in any resulting contract.

L.10 Source Notes on Drawings Conform to Mil Tech Data Requirements____________________________________________________________________

Notwithstanding the fact that ordnance drawings furnished with this solicitation may list particular manufacturer part numbers as approved sources, or as being the same as, or equivalent to, the ordnance part described on the drawing, the item to be supplied under this solicitation must conform to all specific technical requirements expressed on such drawing(s). To the extent that there may be any inconsistency between a manufacturer's part number and specific technical requirements expressed on an ordnance drawing which references the manufacturer's part number, the specific technical requirements shall control and take precedence. Offerors shall bear the responsibility of verifying that the approved part as supplied will conform with all such specific technical requirements.

L.11 Provision for Waiver of Required First Article Approval____________________________________________________________

(a) The requirement entitled FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL in Section I of this solicitation may be waived by the Government, provided that the Offeror meets the conditions identified below.

(1) Offerors who intend to request a waiver or partial waiver of the First Article Test (FAT) must provide sufficient information in order for the Government to determine whether the request is to be approved. If the Offeror intends to request a waiver, a First Article Waiver Worksheet must be completed and submitted to the Government along with any supporting documentation. The worksheet can be found as an attachment/exhibit to the solicitation or by contacting the Contract Specialist on page 1.

The Offerors request will not be considered if the worksheet and any supporting documentation is not submitted to the Government. The worksheet must be completed in its entirety. For those sections of the worksheet which do not apply, annotate with N/A (not applicable).

To substantiate or clarify information provided by the Offeror, the Government may request additional information

(2) Offerors should not assume that the FAT waiver request will be granted even if the completed worksheet and any supporting information is submitted to the Government.

(3) The worksheet and any additional supporting documentation is part of your quote/offer and must be submitted as part of the response to this solicitation on Company letterhead and signed by an agent of the Company.

(4) The Offeror may request a waiver for only a portion of the First Article Test, such as a vibration test or a salt water spray test, or the test on a component or subassembly of the procured item.

(5) The Offeror shall list specifically on the worksheet, by technical data package reference, that portion of the test requested to be waived. The references shall include but may not be limited to the following as applicable:

(i) Identification of the specification or standard along with the specific specification or standard paragraph(s)

(ii) Identification of the drawing with specific references to the drawing notes.

(iii) Identification of the Quality Assurance Provision (QAP), or Quality Assurance Requirement (QAR) or Supplemental

Quality Assurance Provision (SQAP) with specific references to the specific paragraph.

(6) Supporting documentation.

(i) The request for waiver must be accompanied by documentation in support of the request. The documentation may include information such as the following; (1) Copy of the Administrative Contracting Officers (ACOs) or Procuring Contracting Officers (PCO) letter approving a First Article Test report on a recent contract for the same or similar item. (2) Copy of a FAT report for the same or a similar item as that herein solicited. (3) Copy of an ACO or PCO letter approving a prior waiver request. (4) If the waiver request is based on similarity, a copy of the drawing/other appropriate technical requirements of the similar item.

(ii) If a copy of a FAT report is submitted in support of a request for waiver under this solicitation, the test report must have been approved and signed by an authorized representative of the Government.

(iii) The FAT report and all supporting documentation should be submitted by electronic media and should accompany the

Offerors proposal. If the FAT report and supporting documentation cannot be transmitted by electronic media, the Offeror shall contact the PCO for further instruction.

(b) Note that if a waiver is granted to the successful offeror, an accelerated delivery schedule will apply. See Section F of this

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solicitation.

(c) Note: Cost considerations shall apply for approving a waiver or a portion thereof of a FAT.

L.12 Offerors Quality Assurance System______________________________________

(a) This solicitation will result in a contract that will require the Contractor to use a quality-assurance system to ensure the quality of the contract items.

(b) To allow DLA Land Warren to analyze your proposed quality system, especially if that system is not based on a national or international standard, you must identify your system as part of your response to this solicitation.

(1) If the Government is requiring ISO 9001:2015 (tailored: delete paragraph 7.3) where you will be required to supply conforming product to an established design, and your quality system conforms to ISO 9002, MIL-I-45208 or another comparable specification or standard, this is sufficient description: you need not further describe your quality system in response to this solicitation.

(2) If the Government is requiring ISO 9001:2015 (untailored) where your capability to design and supply conforming product needs to be demonstrated, and your quality system conforms to ISO 9001, MIL-Q-9858, or another comparable specification or standard, this is sufficient description: you do not need to further describe your quality system in your response to this solicitation.

Note: If the Government is requiring ISO 9001:2015 (untailored), quality systems conforming to ISO 9002 or MIL-I-45208 or comparable quality systems are not acceptable for this contract.

(3) If your quality system does not conform to any of the standards listed immediately above, identify the name of the quality system you intend to use and provide a description of your proposed system in enough detail to let us assess its suitability for use in performing the resulting contract. This is of particular importance if your proposed system is unique, using quality control methods and techniques that your company has developed in-house.

(4) If you provide a description of your quality system, make sure that your description covers how your system:

(i) Achieves defect prevention, and

(ii) Provides process control, and

(iii) Ensures adequate quality controls throughout all areas of contract performance.

If some of the features of your system are described in other forms (brochures, for example, or articles), you may attach a copy of such items to your response to this solicitation. If your system is described in a textbook or publication that is available from a commercial or academic distributor, include a reference to the publication by author, title, copyright date, and publisher in your system description. You need not physically attach a copy of a textbook to your offer.

(c) If you already described your quality system as an attachment to another DLA Land Warren solicitation within the previous 90 days, you can either send us another copy, or simply identify the number of the previous solicitation.

(d) If you do not provide us a description of your quality system, or if the description you send does not show all of the required features as stated in paragraph (b) above, your offer may be ineligible for contract award.

L.13 Contract Price Reduction for Waiver of FAT (Separately Priced) - ALT I___________________________________________________________________________

(a) All offerors are required to insert an amount for CLINs 0016, 0026, and 0036 which represent the full price for FAT. __________________________

(b) In addition, those offerors intending to request a waiver of the First Article approval requirement must comply with the requirements of the provision entitled PROVISION FOR WAIVER OF FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL. (See elsewhere in this Section L.) If the successful Offeror requests and is granted a waiver, the dollar amount entered for CLINs 0016, 0026, and 0036 will be deducted from the __________________________ total quote or proposal amount. The remaining dollar amount will constitute the price at which award will be made.

L.14 Submission of Subcontracting Plan______________________________________

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Name of Offeror or Contractor:

PIIN/SIIN MOD/AMD

(a) Please refer to FAR 52.219-9, SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN, which is incorporated by reference in Section I of this solicitation. The clause requires large businesses to submit a subcontracting plan for small and small disadvantaged business concerns.

Such plans are not required from offerors that are small businesses.

(b) Large businesses may submit a copy of their plans as an attachment to their offer in response to this solicitation. The plan will be submitted to the Contracting Officers e-mail address on the cover page of the solicitation.

(c) Mark each page of your subcontracting plan with the solicitation number and date. If this is a negotiated acquisition, the

Government reserves the right to negotiate any and all elements of the proposed plan during negotiation of cost, technical, and/or managerial features of the proposal. The Government also reserve the right in negotiated acquisitions to discuss the subcontracting plan after receipt of any best and final offer, in which case such discussion shall not constitute a re-opening of negotiations.

(d) Failure to submit and, if applicable, negotiate an acceptable subcontracting plan which, in the judgment of the Procuring

Contracting Officer, provides the maximum practicable opportunity for small business and small disadvantaged business concerns to participate in the awarded contract shall render the Offeror ineligible for award. Offerors should be aware of the statutory goal that has been placed on the Department of Defense to award five percent of its total planned subcontracting dollars to small disadvantaged businesses (to include Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions) at the prime contract and subcontract levels. As required by this Congressional mandate, large businesses shall provide specific explanation as a part of any written subcontracting plan furnished in response to this solicitation/contract that identifies a goal for subcontracting to small disadvantaged business concerns and/or Historically Black Colleges and Universities and/or Minority Institutions that, in the aggregate, amounts to less than five percent of the proposal's total subcontracting dollars.

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