W81XWH-15-R-0095_Amendment_0002.docx

W81XWH-15-R-0095

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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition is 112990 with a size standard of $ 0.75 M.

(b) The Contract Specialist (CS) is the point of contact for this acquisition. Any questions or concerns regarding this acquisition shall be submitted electronically via e-mail to nathaniel.a.reus.civ@mail.mil.

(c) Question Submission Requirements:

1. Offeror's can access via Department of Labor’s Wage Determinations OnLine at (http://www.wdol.gov/for the appropriate wage determination.

2. Offeror's shall submit one set of questions only; multiple e-mails will not be accepted. Questions not submitted electronically will not be answered. Offerors shall submit questions about the proposal no later than Tuesday, 17 May 2016 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time to the Contract Specialist at nathaniel.a.reus.civ@mail.mil.

3. Answers to all relevant and appropriate questions will be issued via amendment to the solicitation prior to the RFP close date.

(d) Incumbent Personnel:

1. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.222-17 (Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers), incumbent personnel must be afforded the opportunity to obtain employment with a successor contractor. Offeror's must submit an e-mail providing the Company Name, Company Point of Contact for Personnel with Contact Information to the Contract Specialist at nathaniel.a.reus.civ@mail.mil by the due date of 22 July 2016 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

2. The Contract Specialist will consolidate the contact information and shall provide a list of the vendors expressing interest in the requirement to the incumbent personnel. It is then at the discretion of the incumbent contractor employees to pursue their options with interested offerors.

(e) Submission of offers:

Offeror's shall submit their proposal in accordance with the instructions outlined as stated below. Failure to submit all documents concurrently and in accordance with these instructions may result in the proposal being removed from the competition. The offeror's proposal shall consist of four (4) volumes. The Volumes are:

Offeror's are cautioned that regurgitation of the technical requirements or the PWS with a statement of intent to perform DOES NOT reflect an understanding of the requirement or capability to perform. Offeror's are responsible for including sufficient details to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked.

(1) ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: Proposals shall be electronically submitted to the POC:

Nathaniel Reus – nathaniel.a.reus.civ@mail.mil The Business, Technical, and Past Performance proposals shall be submitted in MS Word or searchable PDF format. The Price proposal shall be submitted in MS Word or MS Excel 2000 or higher, but not greater than MS Word or MS Excel 2007 format. The firewall utilized by the Government contracting office does not authorize or accept zip files.

(2) Proposal due date is on Monday, 6 June 2016, NLT 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

a. ADMINISTRATIVE FORMAT INSTRUCTIONS:

1. PAGE LIMITS: Nonprice proposals are limited to 60 single-sided pages. Pages should be numbered consecutively throughout the document and not by sections. For any sections of a proposal with a defined page limit, pages exceeding the specified limit will be removed and not forwarded for evaluation. The following sections are not subject to the 60 page limit listed above:

· Table of Contents

· Title page

· Contractor Award POC Cover Page,

· Government Furnished Equipment/Information/Property attachment,

· Past Performance,

· Resumes/CV’s and letters of intent for Key Personnel

· Price proposal

· Small Business Participation Plan

· Subcontracting Plan, as applicable

1. FORMATTING: Proposal content shall be no smaller than Times New Roman size 12 fonts with 1” margins. Exhibits, graphics, charts, captions, etc., shall be no smaller than size 10 font.

(3) Content Requirement: All information shall be confined to the appropriate section. The Offeror shall insure that submissions are clear, specific, complete and limited to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Content shall be indexed (cross-indexed, as appropriate) and logically assembled. Each volume of the proposal shall consist of a Table of Contents, Summary Section, and the 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:

· Representations and Certifications (Section K). Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. An authorized official of the firm shall sign the SF 33 and all certifications requiring original signature. An Acrobat PDF file shall be created to capture the signatures for submission.

· Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), CAGE Code, and Tax Identification Number (TIN)

· Contract Administration Data (Section G.4 – this identifies the Prime Offeror’s employee (s) responsible for contract administration.)

· Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments

· Offeror's proposal must stipulate that it is predicated upon all the terms and conditions of this RFP.

· Resumes/CV’s and letters of intent for Key Personnel

· Factor 4: Small Business Participation Plan. Offerors are instructed to use Attachment 5 to identify their proposed small business participation plan.

· Subcontracting Plan. Separate from Small Business Participation Plan, other than U.S. Small Business offerors must also submit a subcontracting plan meeting the requirements of FAR 52.219-9 and DFARS 252.219-7003 (or DFARS 252.219-7004 if the offeror has a comprehensive subcontracting plan). Subcontracting Plans shall reflect and be consistent with the commitments offered in the Small Business Participation Plan.

Tab C – Transition In Plan

Tab D - Management / Staffing Approach

Tab E- Draft Quality Control Plan

A task order proposal narrative, not to exceed 10 single-sided pages, addressing the technical portion of the initial task order shall be evaluated as part of the overall Technical Approach and Management /Staffing Approach and must be consistent with the Offeror’s overall proposal.

Factor 1: Technical Approach The Offeror shall submit a written technical approach which effectively demonstrates the Offeror’s clear understanding of all the tasks and how the approach is likely to yield the required results within the required time frame. The offeror shall provide:

· Their understanding of the tasks required to be performed within the PWS and the task order proposal requests, their technical expertise, methodologies and processes that will be utilized in accomplishing the tasks and task objectives as outlined.

· How the approach is likely to yield the required results for successful completion of the technical requirements, specifically:

· Knowledge and application of all required standards, regulations, policies, and certifications to successfully perform all tasks, such as but not limited to, AAALAC certification, USDA certification; state and local laws

· Animal Breeding Plan / report

· Proposed facility that is regulatory compliant, having an environment conducive to maintaining animal health and breeding.

· The Transition-In Plan shall:

· Be i) achievable, ii) take custody and responsibility for NHPs, and iii) take responsibility for all administrative functions.

· meet and comply with the requirements in PWS Section 2.1.3 within the prescribed transition time.

Factor 2: Management/Staffing Approach The Offeror shall submit written information that shall describe the Offeror’s management/staffing approach that will lead to the successful accomplishment of the requirement. The offeror shall provide:

1. A management/staffing approach that demonstrates the ability to accomplish the requirement, especially providing NHP care.

1. Management and staffing practices that will contribute in a positive manner to ensuring completion of all tasks (particularly emphasizing staffing with qualified personnel, clinical management of NHP colony, contingency operations management, resource management, and human resource retention, training and development).

1. An approach that reflects an ability to efficiently and effectively manage the contract and implement and execute Task Orders that successfully meet the requirements for support, provision of qualified personnel, contingency operations management, resource management, and human resource retention and development.

d. The ability to coordinate, direct, and effectively manage all subcontractors.

e. An approach to staffing, that will lead to the successful accomplishment of the requirement. The offeror shall include documentation of relevant training, education, and certifications. Key Personnel shall have a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from a College of Veterinary Medicine that is accredited by the American Veterinary Association or a certificate issued by the American Veterinary Association's Education Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates and be licensed in the state where NHPs are housed; have clinical experience with clinical medicine of NHPs, and knowledge about the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) accreditation process.

f. The complete resume/CV must include current employment verification of individuals employed by the prime contractor, or a Letter of Intent for key personnel not currently employed by the prime contractor.

Factor 3: Quality Assurance/Quality Control The Offeror shall propose a Quality Assurance/Quality Control approach which demonstrates the Offeror’s understanding, approach, methods, and the ability to satisfy the requirements of the solicitation. The proposal shall demonstrate the following:

1. The Offeror’s Quality Control Plan (QCP) documents how the contractor will meet and comply with the quality standards established in the PWS including a self-inspection and an outline of procedures that the contractor will use to maintain quality, reporting accuracy, timeliness, responsiveness, data management, and customer satisfaction to be taken by the Contractor throughout the life of the contract.

C. Section 3 – Subcontracts: Offerors shall provide an outline of how the effort required by the RFP will be assigned for performance within the offeror’s corporate entity and among the proposed subcontractors. The information provided each proposed major subcontractor must include the entire company name, company address, CAGE Code, DUNS Number and type of work to be performed by citing the applicable Government PWS subparagraph number. This section will further include written consent of the subcontractors to allow the disclosure of their subcontractor’s past performance information to the Offeror. In addition, letters of commitment shall be included for all subcontractors.

D. Past Performance Questionnaire: A Past Performance Questionnaire (Appendix D Enclosure 3) must be provided to all references identified in Section 1, Contract Descriptions.

(1) The Offeror shall complete Part I of the Past Performance Questionnaire and e-mail the questionnaire for the past/current contract.

(2) The POCs shall be instructed to electronically submit Part II of the questionnaire and e-mail the entire questionnaire to the Contracting Office no later than the proposal due date, to nathaniel.a.reus.civ@mail.mil.

(3) The Offeror shall e-mail to the Contracting Officer a list of all the POC's who were sent a questionnaire. The Government must receive this list no later than the proposal close date. The POC List shall contain the following information: Solicitation Number; Company Name; Contract Number; Government Agency; POC Name, Title, Telephone number, e-mail; and Date the Offeror sent the E-mail to the POC (Month/Day).

IV. Price Proposal: To assist the Government in the pricing evaluation, the solicitation includes an initial task order for firm, fixed pricing with Cost Reimbursement of Other Direct Cost (ODC) Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs). The Government has provided ODC estimates for annual travel and crating material for shipping. These estimates shall be used as plug amounts which the Offeror shall propose to those unknown costs, i.e. administrative fee for the sale of colony NHPs and shipping, mileage or flat rate. The initial task order shall be fully priced in accordance with the Government task order CLIN structure table and accompanied by a task order proposal narrative. Offerors shall submit pricing using the proposed Pricing Tables. The pricing submitted on the Pricing Tables shall be used for the duration of the contract and for any subsequent task order awards. Offerors shall address, at a minimum, all escalation factors applied. Price information shall be included in Volume IV only and shall not be discussed or exhibited in any other part of the Offeror's proposal.

All Offerors shall price Transition In tasks separately in accordance with their Transition In Plan. A separate Transition In CLIN, as an optional task, may be established as part of the initial task order.

PRICE COMPLETENESS

To be considered complete, the Offeror must provide all the data that is necessary to support the proposal.

PRICE REASONABLENESS

GENERAL INFORMATION. In accordance with FAR 15.306(d), discussions with each offeror, only those offerors remaining in the competitive range, may be held. Should discussions take place, all offerors in the competitive range will be allowed to submit Final Proposal Revisions. Instructions for final revisions would be forthcoming at that time.

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