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Section L Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Bidders

L.1 Proposal Format

The Offeror's proposal shall be submitted electronically and formatted based upon the use of standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper with a minimum font size of 8 point and with a minimum of 1 inch margins. Schedules, drawings and other documents more appropriate to larger paper may be formatted no larger than 11 x 17 inch paper. All spreadsheets must be in Microsoft Excel 2007 format and include all formulas, function, macros, computations, or equations used to compute the proposed amounts. For each workbook, all Rows, Columns, Cells, and Worksheets must be visible. Zero height and zero width rows and columns in Worksheets are not acceptable.

Worksheet cells formatted with the font color equal to the fill color are unacceptable. If Workbooks or Worksheets are password protected, then the passwords must be provided. Print image files or pictures or files containing only values are not acceptable.

L.1.1 Files in Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format). Scanners and document resolution should be set to 200 dots per inch. d. Files in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). HTML documents must not contain active links to live Internet sites or pages. All linked information must be contained within the electronic offer and be accessible offline.

L.2 Price Volume

The Offeror shall provide data other than certified cost or pricing data outlined below to assist in the evaluation for reasonableness and unbalanced pricing.

L.2.1 Attachment 0001 Pricing Spreadsheet:

The Offeror shall fill-in the Government provided Excel spreadsheet found in Attachment 0001 (Pricing Spreadsheet) in accordance with instructions in the attachment. Attachment 0001 shall contain all of the Offerors prices as indicated in the attachment. The Offeror shall not enter any proposed prices in Section B of the RFP. The workbook will round all proposed unit prices to the nearest penny ($0.01).

L.2.1.1 Ceiling Prices:

Proposed Ceiling prices for all CLINs shall be based on production and delivery schedules provided by the Offeror in Section F.1.3 (Delivery Schedule) and are subject to the limitations identified in Section H.1.3, Delivery Order Pricing.

L.2.1.2 Supporting Documentation:

For the Wet Gap Bridge CLINs, 0011, 0021, and 0031, provide documentation supporting the reasonableness of the proposed ceiling prices included in Attachment 0001. This may include, but is not limited to, competitive published list prices, recent invoices showing prices paid by commercial customers, or additional other than certified cost or pricing data supporting the proposed ceiling prices.

L.2.2 Top-Level Spreadsheets:

For the FSR Support CLINs (0051, 0052, 0053) and CDRL A007 RIA Assessment, provide a top-level spreadsheet, time-phased by year, and organized by cost element (i.e. Direct Labor Categories, Direct Labor Hours, Direct Labor Cost, Subcontracts, Direct, Other Direct Costs, Indirect Costs (to include overhead and G&A), Fixed Capital Cost of Money, Profit, and Escalation) that supports the proposed total unit price. The cost breakdown shall be consistent with the Offerors cost accounting system.

L.2.3 The Government reserves the right to request additional or more detailed price breakdown data to support its determination of price reasonableness.

L.3 First Delivery Order Proposal:

L.3.1 Attachment 0002 CDRL A007 delivery order:

The Offeror shall submit its delivery order proposal for performance of CDRL A007 with the base contract proposal. Issuance of this delivery order is in accordance with (IAW) Section H.1, and as stated in the delivery order proposal request itself.

L.3.2 Attachment 0003 CLIN 0011 400 meter (m), and 480m and 600m delivery order(s):

The Offeror shall submit its delivery order proposal for production of Wet Gap LOCBs with the base contract proposal. Issuance of this delivery order is IAW Section H.1, and as stated in the delivery order proposal request itself.

L.4.Please see FAR 15.207(c) for a description of the steps the Government will take with regard to unreadable offers: If any electronic portion of a proposal received by the Procuring Contract Officer (PCO) is unreadable, the PCO will immediately notify the Offeror and permit the Offeror to resubmit the unreadable portion of the proposal. The method and time for resubmission will be prescribed by the PCO after consultation with the Offeror, and documented in the file. The resubmission shall be considered as if it were received at the date and time of the original unreadable submission for the purpose of determining timeliness under 15.208(a), provided the Offeror complies with the time and format requirements for resubmission prescribed by the PCO.

Offerors shall make every effort to ensure their offer is virus-free. Offers (or portions thereof) submitted which reflect the presence of a virus, or which are otherwise rendered unreadable by damage in either physical or electronic transit, shall be treated as "unreadable" as described above.

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Section M Evaluation Factors for Award

M.1 Price Factor

M.1.1 Cost/Price Reasonableness. The Government will evaluate whether or not the Offeror's proposed ceiling prices are reasonable in accordance with the definition in FAR 15.404-1 and 31.201-3. A cost or price is reasonable if, in its nature and amount, it does not exceed that which would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of competitive business. The Government may make a determination of reasonableness by any means allowable under FAR 15.404-1.

M.1.2 Ceiling Prices: The ceiling price equals the proposed ceiling unit price for each CLIN, as identified in Attachment 0001 Pricing Spreadsheet.

M.1.3 Unbalanced Pricing. The Government will evaluate the Offerors proposal for unbalanced pricing in accordance with 52.215-1(f)(8). Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items is significantly over or understated as indicated by the application of cost and price analysis techniques. Offerors are cautioned that a proposal the Government assesses to be unbalanced as to price, may either be rejected or determined unacceptable for award.

M.1.4 Verification. Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) may be requested to verify rates and projections.

M.1.4.1The Government may use other resources in the evaluation of the Offerors Proposed Cost/Price.

M.2 First Delivery Order Proposals

The first delivery order proposals for CDRL A007, and for the Wet Gap LOCBs will be evaluated IAW the evaluation approach within the First Delivery Order Proposal Request.

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