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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 02-May-2016 12:00 PM to 09-May-2016 12:00 PM.

The following have been modified:

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

1. TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND PRE-PROPOSAL DISCUSSION

Questions concerning the solicitation are due no later than 20 April 2016 at 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time. Questions shall be submitted to dawn.v.jennings.civ@mail.mil. An amendment to the solicitation will be posted in order to address the questions received; however, no questions will be addressed after the cutoff date and time listed above. Please note that only one (1) set of questions will be accepted by the Government.

2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Failure to submit all documents concurrently and in accordance with these instructions may render a proposal unacceptable. The proposal shall be submitted electronically via email to dawn.v.jennings.civ@mail.mil no later than 9 May 2016 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

3. PROPOSAL EVALUATION

To aid in evaluation, proposals shall be practical, specific complete, and logically assembled. The proposal shall be in a clear, concise format satisfying all requirements of this solicitation. It shall be in sufficient detail to demonstrate a complete understanding of the work to be accomplished.

4. THE PROPOSAL

The overall proposal shall consist of three (3) separate volumes, individually titled. Each volume shall be appropriately titled, as follows:

Volume I shall be broken up into two (2) sections: Technical and Quality Control Plan. The entirety of Volume I, should not exceed thirty (30) pages, including appendices, matrices, and tables. Fold-outs (either 8 ½” by 14” or 11” x 17”) shall count as two (2) pages each. Proposals shall be typed in 12-point, Times New Roman font using 1” margins on the top, bottom and sides. Graphics, tables and matrices are exempt from the 12-point font requirement. The Table of Contents, tabs and index sheets will not be counted towards the page limits listed above. Any pages exceeding the page limitation or any pages containing materials not legible to the evaluators will be disregarded and will not be evaluated.

There are no page limitations for Volumes II and III of the proposal. However, an electronic copy of the Offeror’s Commercial Published Price List, including any additional discounts off of their current pricing, shall be submitted as part of Volume III.

4.1. Contents of the Technical Proposal (Volume I)

All sections of the Offeror’s Technical Proposal shall make direct reference to thePWS section paragraph numbers, if applicable. The Proposal shall be presented in a clear and logical order. Statements such as “will comply”, “meets the intent of”, or “we intend to meet the requirements” and the like, will not suffice for evaluation purposes.

Section 1 – Technical Acceptability In Section 1, the Offer shall clearly demonstrate that it has a clear understanding of the requirements outlined in the PWS.

Section 2 – Quality Control Plan (QCP) Section 2 shall include a copy of the Offeror’s commercial QCP which will serve as the functional QCP explaining in detail the manner in which the Offeror will maintain quality control for these products. This QCP should include processes to ensure timely and successful performance of this acquisition. If the offeror does not have a commercial QCP then a QCP shall be developed and submitted for this specific requirement and included in this volume.

4.2. Contents of the Past Performance Proposal (Volume II)

Past Performance Component. In accordance with file submission requirements given in this section, the offeror shall submit the following:

The offeror shall describe its past performance on up to five (5) similar contracts it has held within the last three (3) years that are for the same or similar equipment to that which is detailed in this solicitation or affirmatively state the offeror possesses no relevant past performance directly related to or similar past performance. Offerors who present similar contracts shall provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the relevance of the contracts to the requirements of the solicitation. Offerors shall demonstrate (1) the functional performance of the proposed or similar VTC systems that the offeror has delivered to previous customers, and (2) the quality and timeliness of the technical assistance, hardware and software updates/upgrades that the vendor has supplied to its customers following the initial fielding of those systems.

The Government reserves the right to contact any references.

The offeror shall provide the following information regarding its past performance:

Contract number(s), award date and dates of performance.

Name, phone number, and e-mail address of a point of contact at the federal, state, local government or commercial entity for which the contract was performed. Contractor shall verify the validity of the contact information provided.

Dollar value of the contract.

Description of the equipment provided under the contract.

The number, type and severity of any quality or delivery problems in performing the contract, the corrective action taken and the effectiveness of the corrective action (if applicable).

Any other relevant information.

Answer “Has the POC agreed to be to be contacted as a reference?”

The government reserves the right to consider other past performance information at its disposal, in addition to any information obtained from the references provided above. The government is likely to randomly select references provided for contact and does not commit to contact every reference.

4.3. Contents of the Price Proposal (Volume III)

The Offeror shall provide a Price Proposal to include the following items:

Commercial Published Price List Electronic copy of the Offeror’s Commercial Published Price (including any additional discounts off of its current pricing);

Price Proposal The Offeror shall submit their proposed price as a Firm Fixed Price proposal. The Offeror’s price proposal shall include proposal price assumptions, if any. The Government anticipates the Offeror provide their preferred customer pricing (to include any discounts) and pricing commensurate with prices paid for other Government contracts.

If your proposal includes subcontractor support, rate information from the subcontractor will also be required.

Price proposals shall include the following:

All other costs and the reductions or rebates offered.

Offerors’ proposals shall remain open for a minimum of 90 days from the date of submission.

5. COST/PRICE COMPETITION

The Pricing Proposal shall be evaluated on completeness, fairness and reasonableness. The offeror shall submit unit and total maximum dollar values for all CLINs.

The Offeror is not required to provide other than certified cost or pricing data IAW FAR 15.403-1(c)(3)(i). However, if after receipt of the proposals, the Contracting Officer determines that data other than certified cost or pricing data is required, the Offeror shall provide this information upon request.

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