ATTACHMENT_0011_TASK_ORDER_0001_-_INSTRUCTIONS_TO_OFFERORS.docx

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Ammunition Industrial Base (IB) Engineering Services Support, Task Order 0001

1. INTRODUCTION

This provides the submission instructions, as well as the specific requirements, for proposals submitted in response to the Task Order 0001 requirement.

The Offeror’s proposal shall be labeled in manner consistent with these instructions. All references in the proposal to the Performance Work Statement (PWS) shall be clearly labeled with the appropriate PWS paragraph. Offerors are expected to submit proposals that include sufficient detail to permit a complete evaluation by the Government without the need for further clarifications and/or discussions. The Government does not assume the responsibility of searching for information or data required to cure any problems it finds in the proposal. The burden of proving acceptability remains with the Offeror.

2. PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

The proposal shall consist of the following:

Volume I: Technical Evaluation Factor

Volume II: Cost/Price Evaluation Factor

Volumes I and II shall be submitted by e-mail to the following address:

christopher.w.fotiadis.civ@mail.mil

Offerors are responsible for confirming with the Contracting Officer that the proposal submissions have been received.

Task Order 0001 proposals are due no later than 4:00PM EST on 16-January 2018.

1. PROPOSAL FILES

0. Format. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Each volume shall be clearly identified and shall begin at the top of a page. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date, and Contract Number in the header and/or footer. All proposals shall be submitted in Microsoft Office format. Offeror shall not use security options within the files. MS Word (.doc) files shall use the following page setup parameters:

Margins – Top, Bottom, Left, Right 1” Gutter – 0” From Edge – Header, Footer 0.5” Page Size, Width – 8.5” Page Size, Height – 11”

The following additional restrictions apply:

Each paragraph shall be separated by at least one blank line. A standard, 12 point minimum font size applies. Either Arial or Times New Roman fonts are required. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size, but not less than 8 points, and may be landscape.

0. File Packaging. Each proposal Volume shall be submitted as a separate file when submitting electronically.

0. Content Requirements. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The Offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, including sufficient detail, presented in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Each file of the proposal shall consist of a Table of Contents, Summary Section, and Narrative discussion. The Summary Section shall contain a brief abstract of the file. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked.

The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion:

VOLUME I: TECHNICAL EVALUATION FACTOR

Offerors are responsible for including sufficient detail (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COST) to permit a complete and accurate evaluation strictly from a technical standpoint. This part shall have an index which contains narrative titles which are cross-referenced to both the applicable PWS paragraph and page number. The narrative discussions shall also be related to the applicable PWS paragraph by placing the appropriate PWS number at the beginning of the discussion text. The offeror shall provide detailed narrative discussions that address the PWS requirements.

TECHNICAL APPROACH SUBFACTOR

In the Technical Approach section, the Offeror shall describe its approach to meeting the requirements of the Ammunition IB Engineering Services Support, Technical Task Order 0001. The Offeror’s technical approach shall, at a minimum, provide the following information and address the following points:

A description of how the requirements of the Ammunition IB Engineering Services Support, Technical Task Order 0001 will be met, including the details for planning, establishing and implementing all processes that the Offeror intends to use to execute the task order. The Offeror shall also provide the allocation of labor categories and hours proposed to meet the requirements.

PLEASE NOTE: This section of the proposal shall not include any cost or pricing information.

PERSONNEL SUBFACTOR:

In the Personnel Subfactor section, at a minimum, the Offeror shall provide:

A description of the education, experience, and expertise for all key personnel that is relevant to the requirements of the Ammunition IB Engineering Services Support, Technical Task Order 0001. This section of the proposal should include training background, work experience and duties, qualifications, certificates, degrees, licenses, and other measures of recognition attained. In particular, this section of the proposal shall address the availability of proposed key personnel, including subcontractors, if applicable.

VOLUME II: COST/PRICE FACTOR

Offerors shall submit a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) proposal inclusive of the fully burdened labor rates, travel, and fee.

The Offeror shall propose pricing for this order in accordance with the Requirements and Schedule of the basic contract.

The proposed FFP Labor Rates for this Task Order shall not exceed the FFP Loaded Labor Rates incorporated under the basic contract in Attachment 0001, FFP Labor Categories And Rates Workbook and for the relevant ordering period during which this order is awarded. Offerors shall submit a cost breakout in detail sufficient enough to allow the Government to verify that the Offerors are not using Labor Rates that exceed those incorporated under the base contract. This cost breakout will be used for the sole purpose of verifying the Labor Rates unless a cost analysis is required to be performed. The Offerors shall submit the FFP cost/price proposal in Microsoft Excel file format with all formulas intact (FAR 15.403-5(b)(2)).

A price analysis in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(b) will be conducted on the total price for this task order. The total price for this task order will be evaluated for fairness and reasonableness.

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