US International Development Finance Corporation RFQ.docx

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

US International Development Finance Corporation Interest and Foreign Exchange Rate Data Services

General Information

Section 1.0 - Contracting Office Address:

International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC, 20527 Section 2.0 – Description:

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items,” as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This procurement is being conducted IAW FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures; therefore, competitive range determinations as provided for in FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation, are not applicable under this FAR Part 13 acquisition.

DFC uses Oracle EBS for its financial system of record. While the current version of Oracle EBS is capable of accounting transaction for loans created with OPIC’s authority, it does not have capability to handle floating rate and foreign currency denominated loans originated with USAID-DCA’s authority or under new authorities of the DFC. Therefore, DFC is currently upgrading Oracle EBS to add configuration for Foreign Currency and Floating Rate.

Updating Oracle EBS with floating rate capabilities will requires the automated data feed by subscription service for various interest rate indices, initially USD and EUR LIBOR rates, however, in the future other indices might be required.

DFC is also enhancing financial models used to estimate costs and returns on its credit and investment products and these models require various foreign currency and interest rate forward curves to enable their analysis.

Section 3.0 – Requirements: See attached SOW

Section 4.0 - Period of Performance: The period of performance is July 15, 2020 – July 14, 2021.

With four subsequent Option Years

Section 5.0 - Place of Performance: Delivery is via Internet access.

Section 6.0 – Contract Overview: DFC anticipates awarding one (1) firm-fixed price contract from this solicitation.

Section 7.0 - FAR Provisions and Clauses:

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

1. FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2016)

1. FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2016)

1. FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items” (Jan 2017)

1. FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Items” (Jan 2017)

1. FAR 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

1. The Government will award a contract(s) resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Capability and Price. Technical capability is more important than price. The Offeror’s quote will be evaluated based upon the degree that it addresses the technical requirements, whether pricing is representative of the market and therefore fair and reasonable, and whether it represents the best value to the Government.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

1. FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items” (Jan 2017)

Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1 in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items.” If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

1. FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders” (Jan 2017)

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

Section 8.0 - Questions and Answers:

Questions can be submitted via email to Jason Jamula at Jason.Jamula@DFC.gov no later than June 19, 2020 at 5 PM EST.

Section 9.0 - Submission Requirements and Quote Due Date:

Quotes must be submitted electronically (pdf or word format) no later than June 26, 2020 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Submit via email to Jason.Jamula@DFC.gov.

Your quote MUST affirmatively acknowledge all RFQ amendments.

A. Each Volume must include a signed and dated cover letter that states the following:

(1) RFQ number and name

(2) RFQ issuance date

(3) DFC issuing office and contact person

(4) Name and address of contractor submitting the quotation

(5) Acknowledgement of applicable amendments issued to the RFQ

(6) Quotation acceptance period of no less than 120 days

B. Each Volume’s cover letter must include no pricing or technical information.

C. Table of Contents and Organization of Volumes. Each Volume must contain a Table of Contents providing sufficient detail to allow evaluators to easily locate all important Volume elements. All pages, tables, figures, and charts must be clearly numbered using a consistent numbering system.

D. General Formatting. The specified format for the Technical Volume and Cost/Price Volume is:

(1) Pages must be standard 8 ½” by 11” size and the font must be 12 point Times New Roman. The font size for tables, figures, and graphics must be 8 point or larger and must be Times New Roman or Arial font.

(2) Margins must be one-inch at top/bottom and left/right of each page. Pages must not be reduced form. Headers and footers may be included in the margins.

(3) Paragraph line spacing must be single spaced.

(4) Pages must be printed single-sided.

(5) Foldouts are limited to 11” x 17” size paper and will count as two pages toward the page limit.

E. This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for services as defined herein. The government intends to award a contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

Quoter shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s).

Section 10.0 – Attachments

Attachment 1 – SOW

Attachment 2 – DFC Floating Rate File Specifications

Attachment 3 - DFC Terms and Conditions

Section 11.0- Evaluation Criteria

The objective of the evaluation is to select the offer that presents the best value to the Government. The combined weight of non-price related factors is significantly more important than price. All evaluation factors that will affect contract award and their relative importance are set forth below. Price will be evaluated and not scored. Award will be based on an integrated assessment of offers using all evaluation factors. If an award is made, it will be to the responsible Contractor that offers the best value to the Government. The non-price evaluation factors, although relatively equal, are listed in order of importance.

Technical Approach – understanding of and compliance with Statement of Work.

Offerrors shall include a discussion of anticipated or potential difficulties and problem areas with recommended approaches for resolution;

Proposed Equipment – the Contractor shall submit cut sheets for all proposed equipment that meet or exceed the minimum requirements. Vendor shall assess existing equipment, usage, etc. to determine specific equipment for specific areas.

Transition Plan – The Contractor shall develop and submit its approach to transitioning the equipment selected for award with the current equipment in use. The plan shall also include a detailed transition time line by location. This plan shall also address how consumables will be transitioned to ensure operations are not negatively impacted.

Equipment refresh plan – the Contractor shall develop and submit its approach to refreshing all equipment installed under this contract. This plan shall address the criteria that the contractor plans on using to determine when equipment is to be refreshed.

Proposed Staff Qualifications and Experience: The offeror shall submit resumes of all on-site personnel that reflect the experience and qualifications consistent with their proposal.

Corporate experience – The offeror shall briefly describe their experience in performing work similar in size, scope and complexity.

Past Performance - The offeror’s past performance providing work of similar size, scope, and complexity, the quality of service, the timeliness of its performance, the effectiveness of its customer relations, cost management and management of key personnel and contractual considerations. The Government may also evaluate information that is gathered independently of the offeror’s submitted information to assess its past contract performance. The absence of any past contract performance will be given a Neutral rating.

In order to evaluate this factor, the offeror will submit the following information: A list of the offeror’s similar contracts completed within the last five (5) years (if any) and all related contracts currently in process (if any). The contracts listed may include those with the public or private sector. For each listed contract, the offeror will provide the following information: (a) Project or contract title, (b) Contract number, dollar value and duration, (c) Name and address of contracting activity, (d) Name and phone/fax numbers for the Contracting Officer, and/or Contracting Officer’s Representative, (e) A brief summary of the service provided, to include any special problems or challenges, proposed and applied solutions, and results.

Price – The amount, and consistency of the evaluated price.

An adjectival method will be used to rate each factor:

Outstanding: (O) – Very significantly exceeds and/or addresses most or all of the elements of the evaluation factor. Offeror has clearly demonstrated an understanding of all aspects of the requirements to the extent that timely and highest quality performance is anticipated.

Exceeds: (E) – Fully meets and/or addresses all elements of the evaluation factor and significantly exceeds many of the elements of the evaluation factor. The areas in which the offeror exceeds the requirements are anticipated to result in a high level of efficiency, productivity, or quality.

Acceptable: (A) – Meets and/or addresses all elements of the evaluation factor. With respect to the evaluation factor, response is considered complete, comprehensive, and demonstrates an understanding of the scope and depth of the requirements as well as understanding of the Government’s requirements.

Marginal: (M) – There are some deficiencies and/or omissions in the technical response with respect to the evaluation factor and the response does not address or inadequately addresses significant elements of the evaluation factor.

Unacceptable: (U) – Technical response has many deficiencies and/or gross omissions and does not adequately address the evaluation factor.

Contractor Responsibility

It is the policy of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation that contracts shall be awarded only to responsible prospective contractors. To be determined responsible, a prospective contractor must:

(a) Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract or have the ability to obtain them;

(b) Be able to comply with the required or proposed delivery or performance schedule, taking into consideration all existing commercial and governmental business commitments;

(c) Have a satisfactory performance record;

(d) Have a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics;

(e) Have the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, and technical skills, or the ability to obtain them;

Have the necessary production, construction, and technical equipment and facilities, or the ability to obtain them;

Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under applicable

Section 12.0 - Point of Contact

Jason Jamula Contracting Specialist Email: Jason.Jamula@DFC.gov