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SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD 1. This Contract Is A Rated Order Under

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

Rating Page of Pages

2. Contract Number 3. Solicitation Number 4. Type of Solicitation 5. Date Issued 6. Requisition/Purchase Number Sealed Bid (IFB)

Negotiated (RFP)

7. Issued By Code 8. Address Offer To (If Other Than Item 7)

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations ‘offer’ and ‘offeror’ mean ‘bid’ and ‘bidder’.

SOLICITATION

9. Sealed offers in original and copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in until (hour) local time (Date).

Caution - Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

10. For Information A. Name B. Telephone (No Collect Calls) C. E-mail Address

Call: Area Code Number Ext.

11. Table Of Contents

(X) Sec. Description Page(s) (X) Sec. Description Page(s)

Part I - The Schedule Part II - Contract Clauses A Solicitation/Contract Form I Contract Clauses

B Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs Part III - List Of Documents, Exhibits, And Other Attach.

C Description/Specs./Work Statement J List of Attachments D Packaging and Marking Part IV - Representations And Instructions E Inspection and Acceptance K Representations, Certifications, and F Deliveries or Performance Other Statements of Offerors G Contract Administration Data L Instrs., Conds., and Notices to Offerors H Special Contract Requirements M Evaluation Factors for Award

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror) NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within _____ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

13. Discount For Prompt Payment 10 Calendar Days (%) 20 Calendar Days (%) 30 Calendar Days (%) Calendar Days (%) (See Section I, Clause No. 52.232-8)

14. Acknowledgment of Amendments (The offeror acknowledges Amendment No. Date Amendment No. Date receipt of amendments to the SOLICITATION for offerors and related documents numbered and dated):

15A. Name and Code Facility 16. Name and Title of Person Authorized to Sign Offer Address of (Type or Print) Offeror

15B. Telephone Number 15C. Check if Remittance Address is 17. Signature 18. Offer Date Area Code Number Ext. Different From Above – Enter such

Address In Schedule

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

19. Accepted As To Items Numbered 20. Amount 21. Accounting And Appropriation

22. Authority For Using Other Than Full And Open Competition: 23. Submit Invoices To Address Shown In Item

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( ) (4 copies unless otherwise specified)

24. Administered By (If other than Item 7) Code 25. Payment Will Be Made By Code

26. Name of Contracting Officer (Type or Print) 27. United States Of America 28. Award Date

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION Standard Form 33 (Rev. 9-97) Previous edition is unusable Prescribed By GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(c)

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CONTINUATION SHEET

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SECTION A - SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED

Buyer Name: CANDACE S. TUCKER

Buyer Office Symbol/Telephone Number: CCAM-MZA-B/(256)876-4900

Type of Contract 1: Cost Plus Fixed Fee

Type of Contract 2: Cost No Fee

Kind of Contract: Research and Development Contracts

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A-1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THIS SOLICITATION/REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED. The due date for proposals submitted in response to this solicitation is 19 October 2020.

Solicitation W31P4Q-20-R-0044 is limited to educational or other non-profit offerors. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii); Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental, or Research Capability; or Expert Services, which allows the use of non-competitive procedures in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, and/or development capability provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal for Engineering Services required to support the United States Army's Combat

Capabilities Development Command, Aviation and Missile Centers (CCDC-AvMC) Systems Readiness Directorate for performance of the effort entitled, Analysis, Development, and Implementation of Manufacturing Technology for the Defense Industrial Base. This Request for

Proposal is issued to obtain a proposal for the attached PWSs (See Attachment 001 for the Performance Work Statement for the IDIQ contract and Attachment 0002 for the Performance Work Statement for the initial Task Order). One proposal should be submitted for the overall IDIQ, and a separate cost proposal should be submitted for the initial Task Order (we ask that offerors also provide a summary technical approach for the initial task order that defines how the offeror plans to execute all sections of the Performance Work

Statement (PWS) to include the performance requirements, any travel required, security considerations, IA/Anti-Terrorism/OPSEC, GFE, GFP, and schedule).

The resulting contract will be awarded to the offeror whose proposal represents the Best Value to the Government based on the evaluation criteria in Section M, as a performance based Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF)/Cost Reimbursement (CR), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite

Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order type contract with an ordering period from date of award through five (5) years. Task Orders will be issued on a CPFF/CR basis against the IDIQ contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.5. The Period of Performance

(POP) for individual task orders will be specified in each task order and may extend beyond the five (5) year ordering period.

A-2. GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

The Government contacts for this solicitation are: Natalie S. Owens, Contract Specialist, email: natalie.s.owens.civ@mail.mil; Candace

S. Tucker, Contract Specialist, email: candace.s.tucker.civ@mail.mil; and Janet F. Childers, Contracting Officer/Procuring Contracting

Officer (PCO), email: janet.f.childers.civ@mail.mil. Any questions or concerns shall be submitted by email, no later than 9 September

2020 at 5 PM Central Standard Time, to the Contract Specialist and Cc the Contracting Officer. Email subject lines shall start with "RFP

W31P4Q-20-R-0044" followed by the email subject. No further questions will be accepted after the question due date/time. An amendment will be posted to answer all questions received before 9 September 2020, 5 PM CST.

A-3. SOLICITATION CLOSING AND DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

The proposal should be submitted to Natalie S. Owens and Candace S. Tucker via the DoD SAFE site (https://safe.apps.mil/pickup.php

). The DoD SAFE User Guide is attached in Section J List of Attachments. When you are ready to submit your proposal you will need to email Natalie S. Owens, email: natalie.s.owens.civ@mail.mil and Candace S. Tucker, candace.s.tucker.civ@mail.mil to request a Drop-off and "Request Code". Please ensure that the solicitation number is clearly identified on each submission. Late submissions will not be considered.

A-4. PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

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Offerors are to refer to Section L: "Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors", for instructions on preparing and submitting their proposals. Offerors are to refer to Section H, "Special Contract Requirements" when preparing their proposal. The Government requests a minimum proposal validity period of 180 days.

Refer to Section L for proposal preparation and submission instructions and Section M for Evaluation Factors for Award.

A-5. PAYMENTS

Any contract resulting from this RFP will process vouchers for payment through the Wide Area Workflow system. WAWF instructions are contained in Section G of this solicitation under Wide Area Workflow Payment Instructions.

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The purpose of Amendment 0002 to Solicitation W31P4Q-20-R-0044 is to provide answers to questions submitted by interested parties, to make revisions to Sections B, H, I, J, L and M based on acquisition reviews and comments received, incorporate final versions of attachments to the RFP, add FAR and DFARS clauses related to Technical Data and Software Documentation, and add two additional CDRLs:

A015 Computer Software Product End Items DI-AVCS-80700A and A016 Status Report ((List and Utilization of Proposed Small Business

Subcontractors), DI-MGMT-80368A.

A-1) The first purpose of the amendment is to answer questions submitted by interested parties. Questions and answers are provided below:

Question 1 Are non-domestic companies allowed to submit proposals for this solicitation?

Answer 1 No. Foreign proposals will not be considered for this solicitation. Please see narrative H-7 for information regarding non-U.S. Citizen participation on the contract.

Question 2 - Sections L and M were not provided via beta.SAM.gov for this draft RFP. Will they be posted prior to the final RFP release?

Answer 2 - Yes. Sections L and M were included on the original draft RFP as an attachment. Revised Sections L and M are included in this amendment.

Question 3 - One thing that would be helpful to include in the final RFP is a description of the potential funding profiles over the period of performance:

Question 3a. We envision that AvMC will continue to compete for yearly Army ManTech Program funding resulting in yearly budgets that range from 0$ to 10M$+ with the possibility of significant funding variations year-to-year. If this assumption is correct, we will construct a response that can, for example, surge to meet a large budget one year, but can scale back to support a smaller, or even zero, budget the next.

Answer 3a. Historically, task order amounts have ranged from $30K to $20M. The Government has issued 79 task orders so far on the current contract and obligated a total of approximately $45 Million (which equates to approximately $9M per year based on a five year contract). On average, the Government issues approximately 16 task orders per year.

Question 3b. We also envision that this program will be a resource for the AvMC enterprise. If this assumption is correct, we will ensure that the resources are in place to support ad-hoc, and potentially recurring, requests for expertise and technology development beyond the Army ManTech Program funding.

Answer 3b. Yes, this program will potentially be used to support the AvMC enterprise.

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Question 4 - On Page 2, Section A-1, it states that two separate proposals will be submitted: One proposal should be submitted for the overall IDIQ, and a separate proposal should be submitted for the Initial Task Order.

Question 4a. Does the Government desire to receive two, separate, 5-Section Proposals (per Section L)?

Answer 4a: No, we dont need two separate 5 section proposals. For the initial task order, offerors should respond to the PWS with a cost proposal, and a well-defined technical approach on how they will execute all sections of the PWS including the performance requirements, any travel required, security considerations, IA/Anti-Terrorism/OPSEC, GFE/GFP, and schedule. The separate proposal referenced above as it relates to the initial task order was referring to a separate cost proposal and summary technical approach for the initial task order.

Question 4b. Our understanding is that one (1) proposal will be delivered, containing 5 Sections as outlined in Section L, but addressing BOTH the Base IDIQ PWS and also the Initial Task Order (Attachment 002) in the Cost/Pricing Section III. Is this correct?

Answer 4b: Yes, this understanding is correct, but we ask that offerors also provide a summary technical approach for the initial task order that defines how the offeror plans to execute all sections of the PWS to include the performance requirements, any travel required, security considerations, IA/Anti-Terrorism/OPSEC, GFE/GFP, and schedule.

Question 5 - Our understanding is that Section L, Page 111, Section II Technical, Para. A Subfactor 1 - requests a response to the

Sample Task Order. Our understanding is that this refers to Attachment 008 Is this correct?

Answer: Yes, this is correct.

Question 6 - Page 112, Section III Cost/Price. Our understanding is that a cost proposal is requested for the base IDIQ PWS and also the Initial Task Order (Attachment 002)? Is this correct?

Answer: Yes, this is correct.

Question 7 - How should the costs for the base PWS be provided? There are 5 labor categories provided does the Government wish to receive labor rates for those categories? There does not appear to be specific activities in the base IDIQ PWS that can be priced.

Answer: You are not limited to 5 labor categories. You should propose whatever labor categories you think will be needed to perform all requirements of the Performance Work Statement. You should provide a cost proposal for the overall IDIQ PWS this information is needed in order to establish the ceiling amount for the IDIQ contract. The Government has provided the ceiling amounts for all anticipated costs for CLIN 0002 (material, equipment, consultants, and travel). You need to estimate/propose the anticipated costs for CLIN 0001 (prime labor and subcontract labor costs). Your proposed costs for CLIN 0001 amounts should include proposed labor hours for each labor category proposed, the labor rate utilized for each labor category, any indirect rates such as labor overhead that are being applied to labor costs, and the proposed fee rate (please refer to the

Pricing Templates provided as Attachments 0014 and 0015).

Question 8 - The Technical narrative in Section II mentions the Sample Task Scenario (Attachment 008), but not the Initial Task Order

(Attachment 002). Our understanding is that a cost proposal is not required for Attachment 008, and that a technical narrative is not required for Attachment 002. Is this correct?

Answer: A cost proposal is not required for your response to the Sample Task Order Scenario (Attachment 0008). However, a technical narrative/summary technical approach is required for the initial task order proposal (Attachment 0002). The summary technical approach should describe how the offeror plans to execute all sections of the PWS to include the performance requirements, any travel required, security considerations, IA/Anti-Terrorism/OPSEC, GFE/GFP, and schedule.

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A-2) The second purpose of the amendment is to make revisions to Section L as follows (NOTE: Offerors should read the revised Section L in its entirety in case some revisions were inadvertently omitted from the below list):

-Added the following verbiage to Section D.1. Proposal Submission Requirements: Offers shall verify proposals, and each applicable subcontractor proposal, are valid for 180 days. Also added email address for Candace Tucker and a link to the DoD SAFE site.

-For Section D.3. reduced the page number limitation for entry gate criteria to 2 pages.

- For Section D.4. PROPOSAL FILES, clarified that cost breakdowns and backup cost documentation is an exception to PDF text format.

New verbiage states, All proposals shall contain the information listed below and be put into electronic (PDF text format, except for cost breakdowns and backup cost documentation) sections with all pages of each section appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and solicitation number in the header and/or footer.

-Revised the verbiage for Subfactors 2 and 3 under the Technical Factor so that both focus on what the offerors should submit.

-Added a fourth Subfactor under the Technical Factor Rights in Technical Data, Computer Software, and Computer Software

Documentation and added verbiage related to this new Subfactor in Section L.

-For 3. Section III Cost/Price, Subsection d. Paragraph 6, added Forward Pricing Rate Recommendation (FPRR) and Forward Pricing

Rate Proposal (FPRP) so that Paragraph 6 reads, If the proposed direct labor rates and indirect rates and factors are based on a current Forward Pricing Rate Recommendation (FPRR), Forward Pricing Rate Agreement (FPRA) or Forward Pricing Rate Proposal (FPRP), the offeror shall provide a copy of the FPRR, FPRA, or FPRP and state whether or not the proposed rates have been adjusted for the impact of this proposal. Note further that the application of FPRR, FPRA, or FPRP rates and factors in an offeror's proposal does not preclude the offeror from submitting the underlying support for subject rates.

- For 3. Section III Cost/Price, Subsection d. Paragraph 11, clarified that offerors should utilize Government provided amounts as shown in the CLIN 0002 narrative A001 for material, equipment, consultant, and travel costs.

- For 3. Section III Cost/Price, Subsection d. Paragraph 12 Fixed Fee, added additional verbiage regarding fee for non-profits:

Offerors shall propose a fixed fee for this effort. For CPFF, Fixed Fee shall not exceed 10 percent" (non-profits will receive 1% less IAW the Weighted Guidelines). Fee is not allowable on CLIN 0002 (material, equipment, consultant, and travel) costs.

-Verbiage for ASSIST has been added to the L narrative at the end of narrative L00001.

-The page limits under Proposal Submission Requirements, 3b, has been revised to clarify that the 21 page limit applies to subfactors 1-3, and that subfactor 4 has no page limit.

-For Technical Subfactor 3 DoD Manufacturing Experience, a definition of what is considered a major role versus what is considered a minor role has been added.

-For Section III Cost/Price, paragraph (c)(2), the verbiage has been revised so it states, For proposal purposes only, offerors shall prepare the cost section with the assumption of performance commencing 01 December 2020.

-In Section III Cost/Price, paragraph (d)(5), the following language was added, If the proposed indirect rates are not based on a

FPRP, FPRA or FPRR, the offeror shall provide a narrative explaining the basis of the proposed indirect rates and provide an indirect rate proposal to include a detailed listing of the pool expenses and the base amounts by contract effort.

-In Section III Cost/Price, paragraph (d)(6), the following language was added, If the proposed direct labor rates are based on rates of current employees the offeror shall provide current rate information from its payroll system for the applicable employees.

-In Section III Cost/Price, paragraph (d)(14), revised the last sentence to state that if the offeror does not have an approved

Accounting, a Pre-Award Survey is required versus may be required.

-In Section III Cost/Price, paragraph (d)(2), verbiage has been added which states, Pricing Templates for both the overall IDIQ and the initial task order are provided as attachments to the solicitation in Section J List of Attachments. These pricing templates should be utilized for prime and subcontractor cost proposals.

A-3) The third purpose of the amendment is to make revisions to Section M as follows (NOTE: Offerors should read the revised Section M in its entirety in case some revisions were inadvertently omitted from the below list):

-Under Section A BASIS FOR AWARD (Section M) Revised the entry gate criteria (removed entry gate criteria related to data rights).

-Added a fourth subfactor under the Technical Factor - Rights in Technical Data, Computer Software, and Computer Software

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Documentation and added verbiage related to this new subfactor. Also revised the relative weighting of all subfactors under the

Technical Factor.

-Section B FACTORS AND SUBFACTORS TO BE EVALUATED is revised to state, The following evaluation factors and subfactors will be used to evaluate each proposal: Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal is the Best Value to the Government based upon an integrated assessment of the evaluation factors and subfactors described below.

-Added significant strengths to the following sentence in Section C.1. Factor 1 TECHNICAL: The Government will assign each

Technical Subfactor a combined technical/risk rating that includes consideration of risk in conjunction with the strengths, significant strengths, weaknesses, significant weaknesses, uncertainties and deficiencies in the proposed approach.

-Revised the last sentence under Section C. Subfactor 1 Sample Task Order, Paragraph 2 Risk to read, An assessment will also be made of the probability of success, realism of technical approach, impact, and completeness of the risk handling plans.

-Revised the verbiage in Subfactor 3 DoD Manufacturing Experience to further define what is meant by relevant and provided clarification regarding how many projects should be submitted in order to receive a Satisfactory rating and whether each project can count toward more than one category.

-For Subfactor 3 DoD Manufacturing Experience - changed the verbiage related to offerors that have both aviation and missile experience to read, Offerors who have both aviation and missile experience may receive a strength, which will be part of the collective findings used in support of the evaluators narrative reason(s) for the chosen adjectival rating.

-For Subfactor 3, DoD Manufacturing Experience changed the verbiage related to offerors who provide more than the minimum of five relevant projects to read, Offerors who provide more than the minimum of five relevant projects, may receive a strength, which will be part of the collective findings used in support of the evaluators narrative reason(s) for the chosen adjectival rating.

-For C.2. Factor 2 COST/PRICE FACTOR revised the verbiage related to proposal revisions to read, The Government will evaluate the initial proposed Cost/Price Volume, along with any revisions if requested by the Government.

-For C.2. Factor 2 COST/PRICE FACTOR, under bullet c. Fee, added additional verbiage regarding fee for non-profits: For a CPFF contract, the fees shall not exceed 10 percent of the contracts estimated cost, excluding fee (non-profits will receive 1% less IAW the Weighted Guidelines).

-For Factor 3 SMALL BUSINESS COMMITMENT FACTOR, removed the percentage goals from the description of the factor rating definitions.

- Verbiage regarding Cost Realism and CPFF Probable Cost, opening paragraph b, has been revised to state that A cost realism analysis will be performed on all Cost Reimbursement CLINs, to include the CPFF CLINs, ...

-The last 2 sentences in the Cost Realism and CPFF Probable Cost, paragraph b, which read If the total CPFF evaluated cost is higher than the proposed, the total CPFF evaluated becomes the probable cost. If the total CPFF evaluated cost is lower than the proposed, the proposed becomes the probable cost have been deleted.

-In Paragraph e under Overall Cost/Price Proposal Evaluation, Total Evaluated Price has been revised to state the TEP will consist of summing the CPFF and CR CLIN probable cost amounts.

-Past Performance Factor and associated verbiage has been removed.

-The relative importance of each Factor has been added to Basis for Award, paragraph B.

-For Technical Subfactor 3 DoD Manufacturing Experience, a definition of what is considered a major role versus what is considered a minor role has been added.

-Under Factor 2 Cost/Price Factor, both paragraphs under 2b has been updated to add some new verbiage and slightly revise the previous verbiage.

A-4) The fourth purpose of this amendment is to incorporate a revised Performance Work Statement for the IDIQ (Attachment 0001), and the

Initial Task Order (Attachment 0002), revised CDRLs (Exhibit A) and the approved version of the DD 254 (Attachment 0007), Assist

Instructions (Attachment 0011), ASSIST2Industry Users Guide (Attachment 0012), Additional Instructions (Attachment 0013), Pricing

Template for CLIN 0001 for Overall IDIQ Contract (Attachment 0014) and Pricing Template for CLIN 0001 for Task Order (Attachment 0015).

A-5) The fifth purpose of this amendment is to remove Section H narrative.

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A-6) The sixth purpose of this amendment is to add the following clauses: FAR 52.227-3, Patent Indemnity; In FAR 52.204-8, put a check mark next to FAR 52.227-6, Royalty Information; FAR 52.227-9, Refund of Royalties; DFARS 252.227-7014, Rights in Noncommercial Computer

Software and Noncommercial Computer Software Documentation; DFARS 252.227-7017, Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or

Disclosure Restrictions; DFARS 252.227-7019, Validation of Asserted Restrictions--Computer Software; DFARS 252.227-7020, Rights in

Special Works; FAR 52.244-5, Competition in Subcontracting; FAR 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel; FAR

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; FAR 52.243-7 Notification of Changes (>$1M); DFARS 252.203-7003 Agency Office of the

Inspector General; FAR 52.216-11 Cost Contract, No Fee; DFARS 252.215-7008 Only One Offer; FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding

Certain Telecommunications and Video (Aug 2020); FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting For Certain Telecommunications and Video

Surveillance Services or Equipment; and, FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services - Representation.

A-7) The seventh purpose of this amendment is to add two additional CDRLs: A015 Computer Software Product End Items DI-AVCS-80700A and

A016 Status Report (List and Utilization of Proposed Small Business Subcontractors), DI-MGMT-80368A.

A-8) The eighth purpose of this amendment is to add revisions to the Section B narrative as follows:

The description for CLIN 0001 has been revised to remove Consultants from the fee bearing items.

The Government has provided amounts for CLIN 0002. Offerors shall utilize the below Government provided amounts, which are inclusive of indirect rate(s)/burden(s), for CLIN 0002:

Direct Materials: $25,059,238.10

Direct Travel: $930,422.53

Direct Consultants: $750,044.62

Direct Equipment: $7,401,521.26

Total: $34,141,226.51

Revised verbiage for narrative B0001, B-8:

The Government will provide the contractor a copy of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) for future Task Orders via email. The contractor will submit a proposal within 30 working days in response to the PWS. The proposal will specify the contractor's proposed labor hours, labor categories/rates, material, travel and subcontracts to complete the task order. Material, travel, and subcontracts will require back-up to support their costs. Backup does not need to be provided for CLIN 0002 amounts for the overall IDIQ contract as the Government has provided an estimated amount for CLIN 0002 (which includes material, equipment, travel, and consultants). However, backup should be provided for the amounts proposed for CLIN 0002 for the initial task order.

As a reminder, offerors must submit a cost proposal for both the overall IDIQ and the initial task order in response to the solicitation. Offerors should also provide a summary technical approach for the initial task order that defines how the offeror plans to execute all sections of the PWS to include the performance requirements, any travel required, security considerations, IA/Anti-Terrorism/OPSEC, GFE/GFP, and schedule.

A-9) The ninth purpose of this amendment is to revise the cost breakdown on CLIN 0001 so that Cost of Money is represented.

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A-1. The first purpose of Amendment 0003 is to remove all prior language that referred to this Solicitation as a DRAFT Solicitation and establish a due date for proposals. This solicitation should be considered the official Request For Proposal. The due date for proposals is 19 October 2020. Narrative A0001, section A-1 has been revised accordingly. Narrative A0002 has been deleted.

A-2. The second purpose of this amendment is to provide answers to questions submitted by interested parties. Questions and answers are provided below:

QUESTION 1: The RFP states the following: The cost of material, travel, consultants, equipment, and Other Direct Costs for performing this contract (including all tasks) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the clause entitled "Allowable Cost and Payment" of the

General Provisions (Section I) of this contract. No fixed fee shall be paid on material, travel, consultants, equipment, or ODCs.

The contract ceiling section the RFP states this:

B-7 The total contract ceiling for this CPFF contract is as follows:

CLIN 0001 Labor/Subcontracts/Consultants (fee bearing items) $ TBD

CLIN 0002 Travel/Material/Equipment/ODCs (non-fee bearing items) - NSP

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CLIN 0003 Contractor Manpower Reporting (CMR) - NSP

CLIN 0004 Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) - NSP

CLIN 0005 Delivery of CAP - EQP, ST, & STE - NSP

CLIN 0006 Delivery of CAP - Material - NSP

CLIN 0007 Delivery of Hardware - NSP

These two sections appear to contradict one another, as consultants are listed as a fee-bearing item.

What costs are allowed to have fee applied?\~

Answer: Consultants has been removed from CLIN 0001 on B-7. Consultants may apply fee against their own proposed cost, and may even propose a Firm Fixed Price amount for their efforts which includes profit. Fee proposed by the offeror as the prime contractor cannot be applied in addition to the consultant(s) proposed cost. Fee is only allowed to be applied to prime labor and subcontractor labor

(CLIN 0001). All other costs are non-fee bearing.

QUESTION 2: The RFP states that any subcontractor proposed to perform effort on the basic IDIQ, or initial task order shall submit an unsanitized proposal to the Contracting Officer. While this is not a problem for the Initial Task Order, the basic IDIQ has no specific guaranteed funding or tasks provided. Can the subcontractor costs in the proposal for the overall IDIQ be representative, and based on prior projects that have been completed (for which the sub may have already submitted an unsanitized proposal)?\~ Most subcontractors follow a very specific process when submitting a proposal and would not go to the level of detail for undefined work.\~

ANSWER: For the initial task order, the Government will require an unsanitized proposal for subcontractor efforts. If an unsanitized proposal cannot be provided for the IDIQ cost proposal, then a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) proposal is acceptable, or an estimate based on prior projects that have been completed is also acceptable provided that the subcontractor provides rationale and available supporting documentation regarding how their estimate was developed.

A-3. The third purpose of this amendment is to revise the verbiage in Section III Cost/Price paragraph (c)(2) of narrative L0001 so it states, "For proposal purposes only, offerors shall prepare the cost section with the assumption of performance commencing 01 December

2020.

A-4. The fourth purpose of this amendment is to fill in the -TBD- working days in narrative B0001, B-8. Section B-8 now states, "The

Government will provide the contractor a copy of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) for future Task Orders via email. The contractor will submit a proposal within 30 working days in response to the PWS."

A-5. The fifth purpose of this amendment is to remove the question mark from the title for Attachment 0012 in Section J - List of

Attachments.

A-6. The sixth purpose of this amendment is to revise the verbiage in L-15, 252.215-7012 "REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS VIA

ELECTRONIC MEDIA" so that it states, "The offeror shall submit the proposal via the following electronic media: DoD SAFE site.

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A-1. The purpose of this amendment is to establish a due date for all questions to be submitted (narrative A0001, A-2, has been revised to add this language). All questions MUST be submitted by 9 September 2020 before 5 PM Central Standard Time. No further questions will be accepted after this date/time. An amendment will be posted to answer all questions received prior to 9 September 2020, 5 PM CST.

As a reminder, The Government contacts for this solicitation are: Natalie S. Owens, Contract Specialist, email:

natalie.s.owens.civ@mail.mil; Candace S. Tucker, Contract Specialist, email: candace.s.tucker.civ@mail.mil; and Janet F. Childers, Contracting Officer/Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), email: janet.f.childers.civ@mail.mil.

Any questions or concerns shall be submitted by email, no later than 9 September 2020 at 5 PM Central Standard Time, to the Contract

Specialist and Cc the Contracting Officer. Email subject lines shall start with "RFP W31P4Q-20-R-0044" followed by the email subject.

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A-1. The first purpose of this amendment is to provide answers to questions submitted by interested parties. Questions and answers are provided below:

Question 1 - Please advise how offerors should respond to the solicitations request to identify the proposed dollar value and percentage of anticipated awards to small businesses when the specific projects to be performed are at this point unknown beyond the initial task order.

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ANSWER 1 - The proposed dollar value and percentage of anticipated awards to small businesses should be estimated based on anticipated costs. More information is being provided in the answer to question 4 below, which should assist offerors in developing the proposed costs for the overall IDIQ contract.

Question 2 - While the costs to develop the initial task order will be captured as bid & proposal costs, where will the costs for development of future task orders be collected? Will there be a separate task order for these costs or will each project task order include pre-contract cost authorization for the development costs?

ANSWER 2 - Please note that bid and proposal costs or proposal preparation costs will NOT be paid to the unsuccessful offeror(s). No separate task order for the costs for development of future task orders (bid & proposal costs) will be issued. No pre-contract cost authorization will be granted for future task orders. Bid & proposal costs are allowable as indirect expenses on contracts to the extent that those costs are allocable and reasonable in accordance with FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.

Question 3 - We understand that a summary technical approach is required to be submitted for the Initial Task Order (Attachment 002).\~

However, Section L does not provide direction with respect to where in the proposal response this should be included.\~ Please advise.

ANSWER 3 - The summary technical approach can be submitted as part of the cost proposal for the initial task order.\~

Question 4 - The base IDIQ PWS (Attachment 001) does not contain any activities that can be priced for CLIN 0001 to allow a fair, direct comparison of multiple offerors responses.\~ While five general categories of work are described in the PWS, the level of effort over the contract could vary by orders of magnitude based on Government direction. Should offerors base their response on the current IDIQ funded amount to date, the current IDIQ ceiling amount, or can the Government provide a target number of hours?

ANSWER 4 - For evaluation purposes, the estimated labor hours are provided below:

Support Staff - 12,497 hours

Engineer - 49,064 hours

Project Manager - 27,318 hours

Program Manager II - 4,977 hours

Subject Matter Expert - 26,434

TOTAL - 120,290 hours

Offerors can propose a different distribution of hours and different labor categories, but the proposal should include an explanation for the basis of the proposed hours. It should be noted that the amount proposed and eventually negotiated with the successful offeror for the overall IDIQ is only for the purposes of establishing the ceiling of the overall contract. Actual labor hours needed for performance of task orders may differ, and will be determined at the task order level as task order requirements materialize. The current IDIQ ceiling amount and current IDIQ funded amount to date was provided as Attachment 0003 (Bidders Library Info) to the solicitation. You should follow Section L Proposal Submission Requirements regarding Section III, Cost/Price.

A-2. The second purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for proposals by two weeks from 05 October 2020 to 19 October 2020.

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SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

0001 LABOR $ $ _____ ______________ __________________

COMMODITY NAME: LABOR

CLIN CONTRACT TYPE:

Cost Plus Fixed Fee

The ordering period applicable to CLIN 0001 is date of contract award through five years (assuming an anticipated award date of 28 October 2020).

The required effort for supporting this contract is set forth below:

Labor: ______ manhours of labor necessary to perform in accordance with the PWS located at Attachment

0001.

Direct Labor

Cost $_______

FCCOM $_______

Fixed Fee $_______

Total CPFF $_______

Subcontract Labor: ______ manhours of labor necessary to perform in accordance with the PWS located at Attachment 0001.

Subcontract Labor Costs:

Cost $_______

FCCOM $_______

Fixed Fee $_______

Total CPFF $_______

Amounts above should include all applicable burdens such as overhead and G&A, etc.

This CLIN is for services to support the requirement specified in the Performance Work Statement, "Analysis, Development, and Implementation of

Manufacturing Technology for the Defense Industrial

Base".

This is an Indefinite Quantity Contract in accordance with FAR clause 52.216-22. Funds will be obligated upon the issuance of each Task Order. The Government will only be obligated to order the minimum quantity.

The Government is not obligated to issue any additional orders against this contract; however, the

Government reserves the right to order up to the total maximum quantity of the contract.

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Packaging and Marking _____________________

Inspection and Acceptance _________________________

INSPECTION: Destination ACCEPTANCE: Destination

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

DOC SUPPL

REL CD MILSTRIP ADDR SIG CD MARK FOR TP CD ______ ________ ______ ______ ________ _____

FOB POINT: Destination

0002 MATERIAL, EQUIPMENT, CONSULTANTS & TRAVEL $ $ _________________________________________ ______________ __________________

COMMODITY NAME: ODC

CLIN CONTRACT TYPE:

Cost No Fee

Offerors shall utilize the below Government provided amounts, which are inclusive of indirect rate(s)/burden(s), for CLIN 0002:

Direct Materials: $25,059,238.10

Direct Travel: $930,422.53

Direct Consultants: $750,044.62

Direct Equipment: $7,401,521.26

Total: *$34,141,226.51

*All above amounts are fully burdened.

The ordering period applicable to CLIN 0002 is from date of contract award through five years (assuming an anticipated award date of 28 October 2020).

This CLIN will be issued on a Cost Reimbursable No

Fee basis.

(End of narrative A001)

Packaging and Marking _____________________

Inspection and Acceptance _________________________

INSPECTION: Destination ACCEPTANCE: Destination

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

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FOB POINT: Destination

0003 CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING $ ** NSP ** _____________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING

The contractor shall report manpower data relating to the performance of services provided under this contract into the System for Award Management using the following web address: http://www.sam.gov/ .

Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each

Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year.

(End of narrative A001)

0004 CONTRACT DATA REQUIREMENTS LIST (CDRLS) _______________________________________

A001 CONTRACT SUMMARY REPORT - TASK ORDER FINAL R $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: CONTRACT SUM -TO FINAL REPORT

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A002 PRESENTATION MATERIAL $ ** NSP ** _____________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: PRESENTATION MATERIAL

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A003 PERFORMANCE AND COST REPORT $ ** NSP ** ___________________________ __________________

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Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A004 TRAINING PROGRAM DEV AND MGMT PLAN $ ** NSP ** __________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: TRNG PRGM DEV AND MGMT PLAN

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A005 CONTRACTORS PROGRESS STATUS AND MANAGEMENT R $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: CNTRS PRGRSS STATUS MGMT RPT

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A006 SCIENTIFIC AND TECH REPORTS SUMMARY $ ** NSP ** ___________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: SCIENTIFIC & TECH RPTS SUM

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A007 SPECIAL PACKAGING INSTRUCTIONS (SPI) $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: SPC PKG INSTRUCTIONS

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A008 PRODUCT ENGINEERING DESIGN DATA & ASSOCIATED $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: PRDCT ENG DESGN DATA & LISTS

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A009 COMMERCIAL ENGINEERING DESIGN DATA AND ASSOC $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: COM ENG DESGN DATA & ASS. LST

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A010 SPECIAL INSPECTION EQUIPMENT DESIGN DATA & A $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: SPC INSPTN EQPMT ENG DSGN

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A011 SPECIAL TOOLING (ST) ENGINEERING DESIGN DATA $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: SPC TL ENG DSGN DATA & LISTS

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A012 PROPOSED CRITICAL MFG PROCESS DESCRIPTION (P $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: PCMPD

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A013 DEVELOPMENTAL DESIGN DRAWINGS/ MODELS AND AS $ ** NSP ** ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: DEV DSGN DRWNGS/MDL & LISTS

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A014 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DRAWINGS/MODELS $ ** NSP ** _________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: CONCEPTUAL DSGN DRWNGS/MDL

Deliveries or Performance _________________________

A015 COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT END ITEMS $ ___________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: COMPTR SFTWRE PRDCT END ITEMS

Computer Software Product End Items

(End of narrative B001)

A016 STATUS REPORT (UTILIZATION OF PROPOSED SMALL $ ____________________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: STATUS REPORT

Status Report

(List and Utilization of Proposed Small Business

Subcontractors)

(End of narrative B001)

0005 DELIVERY OF CAP - EQP, ST, AND STE $ ** NSP ** __________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: DELIVERY OF CAP-EQP,ST,STE

CLIN for the annual delivery of Contractor Acquired

Property (CAP) classified as Equipment (EQP), Special

Tooling (ST), and Special Test Equipment (STE). Once delivered and accepted by the Government, the

Government assumes title and the items become

Government Furnished Property (GFP). All items meeting the item unique identification (IUID) criteria of DFARS 211.274-2 shall be marked and reported in the IUID registry upon delivery IAW DFARS

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252.211-7003.

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0006 DELIVERY OF CAP - MATERIAL $ ** NSP ** __________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: DELIVERY OF CAP - MATERIAL

CLIN for the delivery of Contractor Acquired Property

(CAP) classified as Material. Once delivered and accepted by the Government, the Government assumes title and the items become Government Furnished

Property (GFP). All items meeting the item unique identification (IUID) criteria of DFARS 211.274-2 shall be marked and reported in the IUID registry upon delivery IAW DFARS 252.211-7003.

Delivery of CAP - Material shall be at contract performance completion.

(End of narrative B001)

0007 DELIVERY OF HARDWARE $ ** NSP ** ____________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: DELIVERY OF HARDWARE

This CLIN is established to track any hardware deliverables required during the performance of the various tasks called out in the Performance Work

Statement which is incorporated as Attachment 0001 in

Section J.

This CLIN is NOT SEPARATELY PRICED *NSP*.

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B-1 DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIREMENT/STATEMENT OF WORK

The offeror shall provide services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement entitled Analysis, Development, and Implementation of Manufacturing Technology for the Defense Industrial Base set forth in Attachment 001. This contract provides support to the Systems

Readiness Directorate, CCDC-AvMC and its customers.

B-2 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

The contractor, as an independent contractor and not as an agent or employee of the Government, shall furnish to the Government all necessary services (non-personal) required to accomplish the work efforts as specifically set forth in each task order issued under this contract.

B-3 NOTICE: SOLICITATION/TASK ORDER OMBUDSMAN

The U S Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) has established the Office of the Ombudsman to assist industry in removing unnecessary and burdensome requirements from AMCOM solicitations. If you feel that this contract or any task order issued hereunder contains improper elements or can be further streamlined to promote more efficient use of taxpayer dollars, you should first identify these issues to the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO). If the PCO is unable to resolve your concerns satisfactorily, or cannot do so in a timely manner, you are encouraged to call the AMCOM Ombudsman at (256) 876-6659 or e-mail timothy.r.kirkpatrick6.civ@mail.mil. The PCO/Ombudsman should be advised at least five (5) days prior to the date set for proposal receipt of any deficiency. You may also write to:

Commander, U S Army Aviation and Missile Command

Solicitation/Task Order Ombudsman

ATTN: AMSAM-OM (Mr. Tim Kirkpatrick)

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

B-4 CONTRACT DATA REQUIREMENTS

Contract Data Requirements shall be in accordance with Exhibit A, DD Forms 1423, Contract Data Requirements Lists. Contract data requirements shall be as specified in each task order issued.

B-5 ESTIMATED COST, FIXED FEE AND PAYMENT

In consideration for its undertakings under the resulting contract, the Government shall pay to the Contractor the cost thereof determined by the Contracting Officer to be allowable and a fixed fee on labor, subject to the following:

a. The cost of labor for performing this contract (including all tasks) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the clauses entitled "Allowable Cost and Payment" and "Fixed Fee" of the General Provisions (Section I) of this contract. The fixed fee for the basic award is set forth in this section. The fixed fee shall be set forth in each task order in which labor hours are purchased. Such fee shall be paid as it accrues in monthly and/or bi-monthly installments. Each installment, thus payable, shall be based upon the amount of labor dollars incurred and billed during such period.

b. The cost of material, travel, consultants, equipment, and Other Direct Costs for performing this contract (including all tasks) shall be reimbursed in accordance with the clause entitled "Allowable Cost and Payment" of the General Provisions (Section

I) of this contract. No fixed fee shall be paid on…