W900KK-16-R-0005_Amendment_0003.docx

W900KK-16-R-0005

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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

The following have been deleted:

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

L.1 INTRODUCTION.

The Government has a requirement to purchase the necessary analysis, design, development, integration, testing, delivery, and exercise technical support of the IEWTPT as defined and described in the attachments provided in Section J of this solicitation. Award will be made pursuant to the procedures in FAR 15.3, Source Selection, to the proposal that represents the Best Value to the Government. Offerors must be capable of providing all requirements. All proposals must be submitted in English, pricing must be in United States dollars and valid for at least 180 days. Proposals shall be submitted in both hard copy and electronic copy (Compact Disc (CD)) in accordance with Table 2 in Section L.5. The proposal shall not contain any classified information.

The Government will satisfy requirements for the IEWTPT procurement via full and open competition resulting in a “C” type contract. The award will consist of a 2-years base period, and 3-years/annual optional periods, comprising a total Period of Performance (POP) of 5 years and include CPFF and FFP CLINs. Award will be made pursuant to the procedures in FAR 15.3 to the proposal that represents the Best Value to the Government. Offerors must be capable of providing all requirements.

The Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) Accreditation Letter required in L.6.1.2 shall not be included within the proposal, but shall be submitted separately via SIPR secure email for compliancy and responsiveness determination purposes only.

Proposals shall be compliant with the full solicitation. The Government will evaluate each proposal in accordance with this solicitation; offerors are required to comply with all requirements stated herein. Any indication that the offeror does not intend to meet all of the requirements may cause the proposal to be evaluated as non-compliant and ineligible for award. Proposals must clearly and convincingly demonstrate that the offeror has a thorough understanding of the requirements and associated risks, and is able, willing, and competent to devote the resources necessary to meet the requirements and has valid and practical solutions for all requirements. Statements that the prospective offeror understands, can, or will comply with the specifications, statements paraphrasing the requirements or parts thereof and mere reiteration of the requirement or standard reference material are considered inadequate and unsatisfactory.

Any data previously submitted in response to another solicitation, whether submitted to ACC – Orlando, PEO STRI or another agency, should be assumed to be unavailable during this proposal evaluation and source selection process. Proposal data shall not be incorporated into the proposal by referring to another proposal or other source.

Clarity and completeness of the proposal are of the utmost importance. The proposal must be written in a practical, clear and concise manner. It must use quantitative terms whenever possible and must avoid qualitative adjectives to the maximum extent possible. Proposal volumes must be internally consistent or the proposal will be considered unrealistic and may be considered unacceptable.

Offerors shall not make any changes to the solicitation. Any objections to the terms and conditions of the solicitation should be addressed to the PCO. If the Offeror takes exceptions to the terms and conditions of the solicitation, all exceptions shall be explained in the cover letter to the proposal; however, any exceptions to the solicitation taken in the proposal may result in the offeror being non-compliant.

L.2 SCHEDULE.

Table 1 delineates specific milestones that apply to this acquisition.

Table 1 – Acquisition Milestones

* All dates are subject to change.

L.3 SOLICITATION SUBMISSION AND QUESTIONS.

L.3.1 Proposal Mail/Delivery.

Submissions of telegraphic or facsimile offers are not authorized for this solicitation. The offeror shall mark the outside shipping container with the solicitation number. Hardcopies shall be mailed/delivered as follows and shall be received by the below Points of Contact (POCs) on or before July 20, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. (1200 hours) Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Offerors must inform the POCs specified in this solicitation of their intent to hand-deliver proposals, and request a time for acceptance of the delivery at least 24 hours in advance of the submission deadline. Alternate proposals will not be accepted.

It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure that the entire proposal (to include separate subcontractor Cost/Price submissions) is submitted prior to the proposal due date and time. Subcontractor Cost/Price proposals submitted separately are considered part of the offeror’s proposal. If subcontractor Cost/Price Proposals are submitted separately directly to the PCO and are late, the entire proposal will be considered late.

The POCs for this solicitation are:

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando ATTN: Mr. Wesley M. Whisner, Contract Specialist, ACC-ORL-OPB 12211 Science Drive Orlando, FL 32826-3224 407-384-5413 wesley.m.whisner.civ@mail.mil

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando ATTN: Ms. Jean M. Borowski, Procuring Contracting Officer, ACC-ORL-OPB 12211 Science Drive Orlando, FL 32826-3224 407-380-4261 jean.m.borowski.civ@mail.mil

To avoid submission of late proposals, we recommend the delivery of your proposal not later than 24 hours prior to the required proposal due date and time. Failure of an offeror to submit its proposal in accordance with the date and time deadlines or the manner specified in the solicitation may result in a determination of non-responsiveness and as such, the offeror’s proposal will not be evaluated, at the sole discretion of the PCO.

L.3.2 Final Solicitation Questions.

The Question and Answer period of this solicitation is closed.

L.3.3 Other Points of Contact.

L.4 ORGANIZATION AND FORMAT.

L.4.1 Organization.

Each offeror’s proposal shall consist of six volumes conforming to the contents and format specified in section L.4. The Volumes are as follows: I – Technical, II –Management, III – Small Business Participation, IV - Past Performance, V – Cost/Price, and VI – Business. The volumes will be evaluated in accordance with the Evaluation Criteria provided in Section M. Failure of an offeror to provide all requested proposal information may render the offeror’s proposal as non-compliant and as such, the offeror’s proposal will not be evaluated, at the sole discretion of the PCO.

Offerors shall ensure that each proposal volume submitted contains only the information relevant to that specific volume. Offerors are cautioned that each volume of the proposal is evaluated standalone against the criteria set forth in Section M of the solicitation and the evaluators for one volume may be different than the evaluators of another volume. It is incumbent upon the Offerors to ensure they properly submit their proposals. If the data is not contained in the appropriate volume of the proposal it will not be evaluated. For example, if the Small Business Participation Plan is submitted under the cost volume rather than the volume specified, the proposal will be evaluated as if no Small Business Participation Plan was submitted.

Information beyond what is sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal, are neither necessary nor desired.

L.4.2 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 solicitation number in the header or footer. Pages will be counted per side (i.e., double-sided pages will count as two pages).

A Table of Contents should be created using the Table of Contents feature in Microsoft (MS) Word. MS Word (*.docx) files shall use the following page setup parameters:

1. Margins – Top, Bottom, Left, Right - 1”

1. Gutter – 0”

1. From Edge – Header, Footer - 0.5”

1. Page Size, Width – 8.5”

1. Page Size, Height – 11”

1. Font – Arial, 12 point

1. Character Spacing – Scale = 100%, Spacing = Normal, Position = Normal

The following additional restrictions apply:

1. Each paragraph shall be separated by at least one blank line. Page orientation shall be portrait style.

1. Tables or figures may be printed on fold out sheets, which shall not exceed 11 x 17 inches and on one side of a page. Font size for tables and figures shall be no smaller than 8-point and may use landscape orientation. Please note that 11 x 17 pages still count as a single page.

1. Pages shall be numbered sequentially by volume and marked with the offeror’s name and any applicable data use restrictions.

1. All printed pages shall contain the phrase: “SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION" (printed or stamped) in addition to the FAR 3.104 proprietary data notice.

1. Macros and links to external sources of text, illustrative or other elements are prohibited.

If a discrepancy exists between the paper copy of the proposal and the electronic copy, the electronic copy will take precedence.

L.4.3 File Packaging.

Offerors shall submit all volumes in standard size three-ring binders. All of the electronic proposal files shall be provided as separate files in their native format, i.e., *.docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx, etc. MS Windows 7 compatible CD-ROM media or DVD media with MS Office 2013 file formats are acceptable for transmittal of electronic files.

L.5 PROPOSAL VOLUMES.

The offeror’s proposal must consist of Volumes I through VI as set forth in Table 2.

Table 2 - Proposal Volumes

Subfactor 1 – Technical Approach Subfactor 2 – Cybersecurity

(5) Hard Copies

(1) Electronic Submission* Not to exceed 55 pages. 8.5 x 11 inch pages, 12 Point Arial font. May include up to (10) 11 x 17 inch fold out pages for drawings, diagrams, or spreadsheets.

Subfactor 1 – Management Structure Subfactor 2 – Risk Management Subfactor 3 – Supportability

(4) Hard Copies

(1) Electronic Submission* Not to exceed 50 pages. 8.5 x 11 inch pages, 12 Point Arial font. May include up to (8) 11 x 17 inch fold out pages for schedule, diagrams, or spreadsheets.

(1) Electronic Submission* No page limitation. 8.5 x 11 inch pages, 12 Point Arial font. May include 11 x 17 fold out pages for spreadsheets.

Section 1 – Contract Description Section 2 – Performance Section 3 – Subcontracts Section 4 – New Corporate Entities

(2) Hard Copies

(1) Electronic Submission* Limited to 5 contracts that are relevant and have been performed in the past 5 years. Section 1 & 2 are limited to 3 pages total per contract. No page limitation on the remaining sections. 8.5 x 11 inch pages, 12 Point Arial font.

(1) Electronic Submission* No page limitation. 8.5 x 11 inch pages, 12 Point Arial font. May include 11 x 17 fold out pages for spreadsheets.

(1) Electronic Submission* No page limitation.

*Electronic Submission = MS Windows 7 compatible CD-ROM or DVD with files in Microsoft Office 2013 compatible format.

The offeror shall provide complete copies of the proposal as specified in Table 2. Table 2 also identifies the page count for proposals. Proposal pages beyond the specified maximum page limits will not be evaluated. Any proposal not conforming to the aforementioned submission guidance will be considered nonresponsive to the solicitation and will not be considered for award.

Content Requirements: All information shall be confined to the appropriate volume. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal and provide adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. 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 volume. Each Summary Section shall not exceed 3 pages or contain new information. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked in accordance with FAR 3.104 and Paragraph L.4.2.d. All certifications and representations requested in the provisions of the solicitation shall be signed and provided within Volume VI.

L.6 VOLUMES AND FACTORS

L.6.1 VOLUME I – TECHNICAL.

The offeror shall submit a Technical Volume containing no more than 55 pages. This volume provides Offerors with an opportunity to demonstrate their technical approach to meet the Government’s requirements. The Government’s interest is in selecting an offeror with the capabilities to perform all work as specified in the IEWTPT SOW, Attachment 1, and System/Subsystem Specification (SSS), Attachment 2. Upon contract award, the selected proposal will be incorporated into the contract. Offerors shall ensure the proposal complies with all solicitation requirements to include the SOW and SSS.

The following subfactors shall be addressed in order to support a complete evaluation of the offeror’s Technical Volume:

Subfactor 1.1 – Technical Approach

Subfactor 1.2 – Cybersecurity

L.6.1.1 Sub-Factor 1.1 – Technical Approach The Offeror shall describe its technical approach to address a multi-disciplined, cross-modality exercise integrating all Brigade Combat Team (BCT) and below Intelligence Warfighting Functions (IWfF) into a hybrid Unified Land Operations (ULO) scenario. (SOW 3.2)

The technical approach should focus on fusion of All Source, Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) within the BCT and how it sustains individual and collective skills of the Battalion S-2 sections, the Brigade S-2 section, Military Intelligence Company (MICO) enablers and Company Intelligence Support Teams (COISTs). The approach should describe what message traffic or products would be exchanged to allow intelligence personnel at all levels to produce required Intelligence battlefield products. (SOW 3.2.1)

The Offeror shall describe the architecture to support interoperability requirements including constructive simulation data/environments, generating simulation/stimulation data to MI tactical systems through a simulation interface, approach to migrate or upgrade existing capabilities, and developing new capabilities compatible with conducting distributed training operations. (SOW 3.4.1)

L.6.1.2 Subfactor 1.2 - Cybersecurity The Offeror shall describe its process and methodology for meeting Army Cybersecurity/Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements. (SOW 3.2.6)

The Offeror shall describe its process for supporting the IEWTPT system accreditations in order to improve the operational security posture and increase efficiency of Cybersecurity/RMF. (SOW 3.1.10.5)

The Offeror shall describe its approach to cybersecurity to address Configuration Management, Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and Information Assurance Vulnerability Technical Advisories (IAVA) compliance, continuous monitoring of assets, and updating of IEWTPT systems and services in order to improve the operational security and increase efficiency of Cybersecurity/RMF implementation. (SOW 3.2.6.1, 3.2.6.2)

The Offeror shall describe their offered SCIF. The SCIF shall be properly and fully accredited, fully operational, appropriately partitioned or solely dedicated to the fulfillment of this contract. The Offeror shall provide the SCIF accreditation letter via SIPR to: Ms. Helen Simpson at helen.g.simpson2.civ@mail.smil.mil. The Offeror shall provide two Government POC's for SCIF verification. (SOW 3.2.6.4) The SCIF accreditation letter and Government POC’s shall NOT be included in the proposal, only submitted separately to the email addresses listed above. Classified information shall NOT be included in the proposal. Offerors that have not provided the SCIF accreditation letter to the above POC(s) may be considered non-responsive, at the sole discretion of the PCO.

L.6.2 VOLUME II – MANAGEMENT.

The offeror shall submit a Management Volume containing no more than 50 pages. This volume provides Offerors with an opportunity to demonstrate their management approach to meet the Government’s requirements. The Government’s interest is in selecting an offeror with the capabilities to perform all work as specified in the IEWTPT SOW and SSS. Offerors shall ensure the proposal complies with all solicitation requirements to include the SOW and SSS.

The following subfactors shall be addressed in order to support a complete evaluation of the offeror’s Management Volume:

Subactor 2.1 – Management Structure

Subfactor 2.2 – Risk Management

Subfactor 2.3 – Supportability

L.6.2.1 Subfactor 2.1 – Management Structure

The Offeror shall provide their proposed management structure including organizing, staffing, teaming and subcontracting arrangements, skill sets, and key personnel with appropriate security credentials or the ability to obtain required security credentials. The Offeror shall provide a narrative detailing the domain experience for all key personnel.

The Offeror shall provide their organizational team structure to manage the program throughout the lifecycle. The Offeror shall describe their management approach to meet responsibilities as a Prime contractor, working relationships with customers and agreements with partners, including sub-contractors. (SOW 3.1, 3.1.5, 3.1.7)

Note: The costs for the awardee to obtain the required security credentials for personnel will not be an allowable cost under this contract.

L.6.2.2 Subfactor 2.2 – Risk Management

The Offeror shall describe their risk management process. The process shall address the Offeror’s overall risk strategy, identification of overall and top project risks, severity levels, mitigation approach, and tracking measures. The Offeror’s process shall describe their risk management approach to synchronizing and integrating program baseline with evolving intelligence complementary systems. (SOW 3.1.9)

L.6.2.3 Subfactor 2.3 - Supportability

The Offeror shall describe their approach to develop and implement an efficient proficiency training program for Instructor/Operators (I/O’s) and Maintainers at fielded sites. The Offeror shall describe the methods to be employed to deliver New Equipment Training (NET), training for new I/O's and maintainers and the training of new and/or enhanced capabilities. The offeror shall describe their plan to ensure and maintain proficiency, thereby minimizing the need for I/O’s and Maintainers to request reach-back support during IEWTPT enabled exercises. (SOW 3.3.2, 3.3.2.1, 3.3.2.2)

L.6.3 VOLUME III – SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION.

All Offerors, both small and large businesses, shall submit a Small Business Participation Plan that clearly demonstrates a viable plan for meeting or exceeding the Small Business Participation goal of no less than 20% of their proposed total contract price. Small Business Offerors can meet the Small Business participation goal through performance as a Small Business, or a combination of performance and Small Business subcontracting.

The Small Business Participation Plan shall stand on its own merit without reference to a separate Small Business Subcontracting Plan that is required for large businesses.

After award the reporting requirement is to meet the proposed Small Business Participation goal of no less than 20% for the two year base period of performance plus each of the options potentially extending the term of the contract to five years. Offerors are cautioned that failure to meet the proposed Small Business Participation goal of no less than 20% for the two year base period of performance plus each of the options will affect the Performance Risk Assessments on future contracts and delivery/task orders. However for evaluation purposes the Small Business Participation Plan needs to clearly demonstrate a viable plan for meeting or exceeding the Small Business Participation goal of no less than 20% of their proposed total contract price in Attachment 5, Total Evaluated Price Excel Workbook, excluding customer option CLINs with provided Not-to-Exceed amounts. Note: After award, the successful Offeror’s goal will apply to all CLINs, including customer CLINs, for administration purposes.

Offerors shall submit Small Business Participation Plan information in accordance with DFARS 215.304. The Plan shall include the following:

0. Type of Business of prime contractor (Check all applicable boxes):

{ } Large

{ } Small (also check type of Small Business below)

{ } Small Disadvantaged Business

{ } Woman-Owned Small Business

{ } Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business

{ } Veteran Owned Small Business

{ } Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

0. Total Contract Price (from Total Contract Price Excel Workbook):

0. Total Price performed by offeror as prime contractor (from Total Contract Price Excel Workbook): $__________

0. Identify the proposed Total Price and Percentage of Total Contract PRICE awarded to both Large and Small Business. All percentages should use TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE as a baseline. Include only first tier U.S. subcontractors.

Note 1: Small includes: Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) (including HBCU/MI), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), HUBZone Small Business (HUBZone), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Only include once regardless if represented in multiple groups.

Note 2: Include the Prime offeror’s dollars and percentage. When combined, Large and Small Business totals must equal 100% of Total Contract Price.

0. List supplies/services (be specific) to be subcontracted to that will ultimately lead to achieving the Small Business Participation goal of no less than 20%:

Prime Offeror:

N/A

Large:

Small:

A short description of the specific services to be provided or components to be produced and the nature of complexity by each Small Business; rationale supporting Small Business selection(s); and the estimated total dollars for each product or service shall also be provided. Complexity is defined as the level of involvement for development/performance of components/services provided by the Small Business Concerns. Provide explanation of system for competing /identifying areas for small businesses, explain the process for selecting small businesses to subcontract work, and how the process will be used on this contract to meet the offeror’s sub-contracting goal.

Pursuant to Sections 8(d) of the Small Business Act, a concern is Small for subcontracts which relate to Government procurements if it does not exceed the size standard for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code that the prime contractor believes best describes the product or services being acquired by the subcontract. In other words, the size of your subcontractors and suppliers is determined by the NAICS code of their subcontract, which may or may not be the same NAICS code as the one for your contract with the Government.

0. Extent of Commitment: Provide documentation regarding individual and enforceable commitments to utilize any Small Business, as defined in FAR Part 19, as subcontractors. Copies of such commitments should be provided as part of your Small Business participation plan.

0. Prior Performance Information: Offerors shall provide information substantiating the offeror’s track record of utilizing Small Business on three past relevant contracts to include evidence of attainment of Small Business Participation Goals as a percentage of Total Contract Price over the past three calendar years to include goal identification and achievement. A Small Business offeror shall include its own performance in the documentation. Any information concerning long-term relationships with Small Business subcontractors, such as mentor-protégé relationships, supporting the offeror's track record on relevant contracts, should be reported.

Large Business Offerors shall provide a description of complying with the requirements of FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, for the past three calendar years under three separate contracts, including documentation of accomplishment of the goals such as copies of SF 294 Individual Subcontract Report using the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System or SF 295, Summary Subcontract Report if the Offeror has a Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan. Large Businesses that have never held a contract incorporating 52.219-9 shall so state.

In addition, all Offerors are to provide a description of performance, over the past three calendar years, in complying with the requirements of FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns to include a description and available documentation of the methods employed to promote Small Business utilization, the internal methods used to monitor such utilization, and any other information substantiating the offeror will satisfy the requirements of FAR 52.219-8.

L.6.3.1 Subcontracting Plan.

Large Business Offerors shall also provide a Small Business 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). This plan shall be submitted separately from the Small Business Participation Plan information required above, which applies to both Large and Small Businesses. The Small Business Subcontracting Plan will be provided as an appendix to Volume III – Small Business Participation. The Small Business Subcontracting Plan is not a requirement for evaluation in source selection, but rather a requirement for award to a Large Business and will be incorporated into any resultant contract. The Subcontracting Plan shall reflect and be consistent with the commitments stipulated in the offeror’s proposed Small Business Participation Plan.

L.6.4 VOLUME IV – PAST PERFORMANCE

L.6.4.1 Volume IV – Performance Risk Assessment.

Offerors shall submit a list of the five Government contracts (including both prime and major subcontractors), in performance and/or completed during the past five years, which are relevant to the efforts required by this solicitation. Relevant efforts are defined as analysis, design, development, integration, testing, delivery, and exercise technical support of intelligence and intelligence training systems. Data concerning the prime offeror shall be provided first, followed by proposed major subcontractors. If no Government contracts can be listed, offerors shall submit a list of commercial contracts consistent with the guidance above. This volume shall be organized into the following sections:

L.6.4.2 Section 1 - Contract Descriptions

This section shall include the following information in the following format for the five most relevant previous/current Government efforts:

a. Contractor/Subcontractor place of performance, CAGE Code and DUNS Number. If the work was performed as a subcontractor, also provide the name of the prime contractor and Point of Contact (POC) within the prime contractor organization (name, and current address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers).

1. Government/commercial contracting activity, and current address, Procuring Contracting Officer's name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

1. Government’s technical representative/COR, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers or equivalent commercial information.

1. Government/commercial contract administration activity and the Administrative Contracting Officer's name, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

1. Government contract administration activity's Pre-Award Monitor's name, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers or equivalent commercial information.

1. Contract Number and, in the case of Indefinite Delivery type contracts, GSA contracts, and Blanket Purchase Agreements, include Delivery Order Numbers also.

1. Contract Type (specific type such as Fixed Price (FP), Cost Reimbursement (CR), Time & Materials (T&M), etc.) In the case of Indefinite Delivery contracts, indicate specific type (Requirements, Definite Quantity, and Indefinite Quantity) and secondary contract type (FP, CR, T&M, etc)).

1. Awarded price/cost.

1. Final or projected final price/cost.

1. Original delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion of work.

1. Final, or projected final, delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion of work.

Offerors are cautioned that in conducting the performance risk assessment, the Government may use data provided in the offeror's proposal and data obtained from other sources. Since the Government may not necessarily interview all the sources provided by the offerors, it is incumbent upon the offeror to explain the relevance of the data provided. Offerors are reminded that while the Government may elect to consider data obtained from other sources, the burden of proving its past performance rests with the offerors.

L.6.4.3 Section 2 - Performance

Offerors shall provide a specific narrative explanation of each contract listed in Section 1 describing the objectives achieved and detailing how the effort is relevant to the requirements of this solicitation.

For any contracts that did not/do not meet original schedule or technical performance requirements, provide a brief explanation of the reason(s) for the shortcomings and any corrective action(s) taken to avoid recurrence. The offerors shall list each time the delivery schedule was revised and provide an explanation of why the revision was necessary. All Requests for Deviation and Requests for Waiver shall be addressed with respect to causes and corrective actions. The offerors shall also provide a copy of any Cure Notices or Show Cause Letters received on each contract listed and a description of any corrective action implemented by the offeror or proposed subcontractor. The offerors shall indicate if any of the contracts listed were terminated and the type and reasons for the termination.

L.6.4.4 Section 3 – Subcontracts

Offerors shall provide an outline of how the effort required by the solicitation will be assigned for within the offeror’s corporate entity and among the proposed subcontractors. The information provided for the prime offeror and 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 SOW subparagraph number. This includes all subcontractors who will be providing critical hardware/services or whose subcontract is for more than 5 percent of the total proposed price.

L.6.4.5 Section 4 – New Corporate Entities

New corporate entities may submit data on prior contracts involving its officers and employees. However, in addition to the other requirements in this section, the offeror shall discuss in detail the role performed by such persons in the prior contracts cited. Information should be included in the files described in the sections above.

L.6.4.6 Performance Risk Assessment Questionnaire

For all contracts identified in Section 1 Performance Risk Assessment Questionnaires must be completed and submitted as follows:

(a) The offeror shall complete Part A of the Performance Risk Assessment Questionnaire and e-mail the questionnaire to both the Government contracting activity and technical representative responsible for the past/current contract.

(b) The POC’s shall be instructed to electronically complete Parts B and C of the questionnaire and return it to the Contract Specialist at wesley.m.whisner.civ@mail.mil by 12:00 p.m. (1200 hours) EDT on July 11, 2016.

(c) The offeror shall also e-mail the Contracting Officer a POC list of their (5) identified contracts by 12:00 p.m. (1200 hours) EDT on July 11, 2016. The POC list shall be submitted in Microsoft Word format table format to include the following fields: Solicitation Number; Company Name; Contract Number; Government Agency; POC Last Name; First Name; POC Title; POC Telephone Number; POC E-mail Address; Date E-mailed to POC (month/day).

L.6.4.7 Sample Risk Assessment Questionnaire

A performance risk cover-letter and questionnaire are included as Attachment 8 in Section J.

L.6.5 VOLUME V – COST/ PRICE.

L.6.5.1 General Instructions.

Offerors shall prepare and submit a Cost/Price Volume containing the amount of copies and format as identified under section L.5 of the solicitation.

L.6.5.2. Total Evaluated Price Excel Workbook.

L.6.5.2.1 All Offerors are required to complete and provide as Appendix A to their Cost/Price Volume, the Total Evaluated Price Excel Workbook, which is provided as Attachment 5 to this solicitation. All instructions needed to complete the Total Evaluated Price Excel Workbook are included in the workbook. The Total Evaluated Price Excel Workbook submissions must be consistent within your proposal and must strictly conform to the requirements of the workbook. Offerors are not to adjust the Not-To-Exceed ceilings provided for customer funded CLINs. Offerors are required to complete the Cost and Fixed Fee portions of the customer funded CLINs in the Total Evaluated Price Excel Workbook, ensuring that the total of the Cost and Fixed Fee equals the Not-To-Exceed ceilings provided by the Government. Failure to adhere to these requirements may deem the offeror as non-responsive at the sole discretion of the PCO.

The Total Evaluated Price will consist of the sum of the proposed cost CLIN fees only for CLINs that have a provided Not-To-Exceed, both cost and fee for all cost CLINs that do not have a NTE provided, and the proposed FFP CLIN prices.

L.6.5.2.2 The CPFF CLINs within the Total Evaluated Price Excel Workbook are only used to determine the Total Evaluated Price. A Cost Realism Analysis will be performed and additional instructions are provided for cost CLINs within section L.6.5.3.

L.6.5.3 Cost Realism.

L.6.5.3.1 The offeror shall provide a Cost Breakdown Excel Workbook (editable and executable with formulas for all subtotals and totals) that contains all elements of cost according to each WBS element listed by CLIN, with all burdens identified for all CPFF CLINs for the prime and all proposed subcontractors as Appendix B to the Cost/Price Volume of the offeror’s proposal. The format and content will be in accordance with the instructions in FAR Table 15-2 (located at the end of FAR 15.408).

L.6.5.3.2 All CPFF CLINS shall be supported with detailed data in support of the efforts proposed. The offeror shall identify the Basis of Estimate.

L.6.5.3.3 An offeror’s proposal is presumed to represent the offeror’s best efforts to respond to the solicitation. Any inconsistency, whether real or apparent, between promised performance and cost should be explained in the proposal. For example, if the intended use of new and innovative production techniques is the basis for an abnormally low estimate, the nature of these techniques and their impact on cost should be explained. Additionally, if a corporate policy has been made to absorb a portion of the estimated cost, that should be stated in the proposal and the contract will include a clause which requires the offeror to absorb that portion of costs reflected in its cost proposal.

L.6.5.3.4 Any narrative regarding the Cost/Price Volume may be submitted in MS Word 2013 format; however, all MS Excel spreadsheets included as exhibits supporting the Cost and Price Volume (e.g., supporting basis of estimates, etc.) must be in MS Excel 2013 format that is editable and executable by the Government evaluator(s), clearly showing the calculations and formulas used in each cell. There shall be no hidden formulas or protected cells. Spreadsheets shall show the formulas used to calculate the rates/factors for each entry and shall not be included as an un-executable, un-editable or flat file such as an embedded picture (Enhanced Metafile). Mathematical explanations shall be provided for any embedded macro/extended formula utilized, clearly describing the functioning of the macro or extended formula.).

L.6.5.3.5 Any significant inconsistency if unexplained, raises a fundamental issue of the offeror’s understanding of the nature and scope of the work required and of his financial ability to perform the contract, and may be grounds for rejection of the proposal. The burden of proof as to cost credibility rests with the offeror.

L.6.5.3.6 It is anticipated that adequate price competition exists for this solicitation. Therefore, in accordance with the FAR, certified cost or pricing data is not required to be submitted with the proposal. If the Government determines adequate competition was not obtained, the Government reserves the right to request certified cost and pricing data. Other than certified cost and pricing data may be submitted in the offeror’s own format. However, to ensure that proposed costs are consistent with the technical proposal, a Cost Realism Analysis will be performed on all CPFF CLINs. The following information is required to be submitted in the cost/price proposal, to include subcontract costs:

Cost:

0. Labor

0. Category

0. Hours

0. Rate

0. Indirect Rates

0. Material

0. Description

0. Cost

0. Material Overhead & Amount

0. Other Direct Charges

0. Description

0. Cost

0. Data

0. Description

0. Cost

0. Fee

L.6.5.3.7 Summary Estimating Methodology.

The offeror shall provide an estimating overview section of their cost proposal for all CPFF CLINs that provides the Government evaluation team with the following information:

0. Summary of Cost Proposal: The offeror shall provide a cost estimating summary describing the process used to develop the estimate. This section shall include, at a minimum, a summary of the approach used to estimate labor hours and a description of the process used to obtain vendor quotes for purchased equipment and/or material.

0. Ground Rules and Assumptions: The offeror shall provide an explanation of all ground rules and assumptions that affect the cost estimates. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to, investments, programmatic variables (e.g., inflation/escalation, make/buy decisions, prime/subcontractor relationships, and business base concerns), etc.

L.6.5.3.8 Subcontracts. If the offeror’s proposal includes subcontracts, a cost breakdown (as described above) is also required for any/all cost reimbursable subcontracts. The subcontractors' costs must be traceable to the Prime's proposal (by CLIN, by WBS, by year and by labor category).

L.6.5.3.9 The subcontractor proposal shall be submitted in the same level of detail as the Prime proposal, to include labor build-up, indirect rate information and material/other direct costs compositions, when required. If the subcontractor's proposal contains company proprietary data, the subcontractor can elect to provide a "redacted" proposal copy to the offeror and submit their FAR 15.404 compliant proposal directly to the POCs identified in L.3.1 of this solicitation.

L.6.5.3.10 The offeror will provide a schedule of all proposed subcontracts and interdivisional work orders or inter/intra-company transfers of cost. As a minimum, the schedule will contain the following seven columns (with explanatory footnotes):

0. Company Name (footnote[s] to the schedule will contain DCMA ACO and Defence Contract Auditing Agency (DCAA) supervisory auditor POC info [name, telephone number and email address]);

0. City and State;

0. Cage Code;

0. DUNS Number;

0. Subcontract Price/Estimated Amount (explanatory footnote if the work is proposed to be done by another division of your company or another subsidiary of your global parent corporation);

0. Type (FFP, T&M, Cost, etc.);

0. Competitive or Non-competitive ([1] if competitive, include footnote[s] to schedule with competitor info [as a minimum, name, city/state and amount], most recent analysis/negotiation document and basis for selection or [2] provide your cost or price analysis of all that are classified as Non-competitive);

0. Period of Performance (beginning mo/yr and ending mo/yr); and

0. Applicable CLINs (with footnote[s] to identify the subcontracted work scope and the WBS paragraphs).

L.6.5.3.11 If a CPFF or Cost Reimbursable subcontract is planned to be awarded on a competitive basis, the offeror will provide the list of competitors, their quoted prices and the basis for selection of the successful subcontractor; including the results of any cost realism analysis that was performed. If a Cost Realism Analysis of the subcontractor's proposal was not performed by the offeror, the offeror's proposal will so state.

L.6.5.3.12 Narrative Description of Work.

The offeror shall provide the narrative description of work content/technical parameters to include the technical description related to the performance and physical aspects of the estimate. If historical/analogous information for comparable efforts is available, it should be described in a Description of estimate/process portion of the cost proposal. When historical data from analogous programs is not available, the offeror shall describe the estimating process used to derive the proposed cost. General statements such as “estimates were derived from engineering judgment” or “estimates were derived from comparison with similar systems” are not acceptable substantiation unless the details of the engineering analysis and/or similar systems analysis are provided. Where standard factors were used to estimate labor, the basis used to establish the standards shall be included in the narrative. When level of effort estimates were used, provide the rationale for the proposed levels related to specific tasks or milestones in a detailed description of the prior program comparing the proposed effort and the individual labor categories proposed.

L.6.5.3.13 The offeror shall provide a listing of inflation rates used in the proposal, by time period, for each applicable cost category along with a basis for the inflation rates.

L.6.5.3.14 Cost Rates.

The offerors shall specifically provide supporting data and rationale for performance period rates and factors, including labor rate development methodologies, disclosure statements, basis for estimate, escalations applied, overhead, fringe benefit and G&A expenses, etc. The proposed base for indirect rates shall include the presumption that the Offeror will win the award. Offerors shall provide labor rates based on a 40 hour work week and a standard man-year of 1920 hours per year. Should Offerors not have a standard 40 hour work week, the offeror shall be required to document and provide rationale as such in the Cost/ Price Volume. In addition, if rates proposed are in accordance with an approved FPRA with DCMA, the offeror shall provide those approved rates in the Cost/Price Volume of the proposal. The offeror shall provide sufficient information to support the reasonableness of their proposed direct labor rates and indirect rates. The order of preference is:

Forward Pricing Rate Agreement

Forward Pricing Rate Recommendation by their cognizant ACO

If none of the above is available (or, if they do not include direct labor rates), the offeror will provide the following:

c. Direct labor rates: Offeror will submit the most recent actual average rate for each and every proposed category. Offeror will submit the actual average rate, as of the end of each of the last two completed fiscal years, for each and every proposed category. The "as of" date must be shown for each calculation. For each category and each year, the offeror will identify the number of employees in each calculation. The timing of wage/salary increases will be identified in the offeror's proposal (i.e., employee's anniversary date, yearly during [month], or other [with explanation]). If the above is not available, the offeror will provide sufficient justification for the proposed direct labor rates through the most appropriate means available. Note that the supporting justification will be reviewed for Cost Realism Analysis purposes. The direct labor rate information will be submitted for both the offeror and all subcontractors.

d. Indirect rates (for each and every proposed indirect rate): offeror will identify the start and end of their fiscal year and the allocation/application base for each indirect rate. Offeror will provide actuals for the most recent year-to-date period (base, pool and calculated rate) and the last two completed fiscal years (base, pool and calculated rate). Offeror will state whether or not the prior years' actuals have been audited by DCAA. Offeror will submit forecasted rates for each fiscal year covered in the solicitation (base, pool and calculated rate). If the offeror does not have a budget or detailed forecast for all fiscal years covered in the solicitation, only the calculated rate information will be required for those fiscal years. Offeror will submit actual sales for each of the last two completed fiscal years and year-to-date actual sales. Offeror will submit forecasted sales (for the current fiscal yearend and each fiscal year covered by this solicitation). The identified indirect rate information will be submitted for both the offeror and all subcontractors.

L.6.5.4 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

L.6.5.4.1 The WBS will be required of the offeror to assist in the Cost Realism Analysis. The WBS will only pertain to cost type CLINs. The offeror’s proposal shall provide a breakdown of the costs proposed down to a minimum of level three WBS elements and shall be shown by labor, material, overhead, other direct cost, subcontracts, and General and Administration (G&A). The offeror shall provide a cross-reference between the SOW and the appropriate CLINs / CWBS Element from the Cost/Price Volume to indicate where the specific SOW paragraph cost is included. The offeror shall also provide complete cross reference to the appropriate WBS element for all IEWTPT costs including satisfaction of all technical requirements including the SSS and SOW. This facilitates the crosscheck between the Cost/Price Volume and other proposal volumes. The offeror shall describe the cost-control principles and processes that will be used for Cost Account Management, including consideration for and use of a management reserve. Note that this discussion should include actual cost data and be provided only in the Cost/Price Volume.

L.6.5.4.2 Documentation is required for each WBS element priced out. This documentation shall provide the estimating basis of labor, material, and purchase components. If there is any information requested that does not apply to the offeror's proposal (e.g., manufacturing, etc.) then indicate with the letters 'NA' (Not Applicable) on any forms where there is a space for that information.

L.6.5.4.3 The offeror shall provide the direct labor profile of all labor used at minimum of level three WBS element proposed separated by the Government’s fiscal year. The offeror shall state whether the rates used are covered by an existing forward pricing agreement. The term "labor category" shall mean the lowest functional labor aggregation, (e.g., systems engineering not total engineering).

L.6.5.4.4 The offeror shall provide summary tables. List each Preliminary WBS element with the total hours, labor dollars, labor overhead, materials, material overhead, other direct costs, travel, subcontractors, G&A, and cost of money and fees.

L.6.5.4.5 The offeror shall provide any additional narrative to further clarify and explain the cost data in the proposal. Identify and substantiate, in the offeror’s own format, other cost adjustments that may impact the cost for the WBS elements not previously identified. Identify, in detail utilizing the offeror’s own format, the costs (savings) that would be incurred and describe the performance that would cause these costs/savings to occur. It is incumbent upon the offeror to create confidence that the proposed costs are reasonable.

L.6.5.4.6 The offeror shall identify and price all material related to the effort. The offeror shall provide a Bill of Materials, by Preliminary WBS element that includes cost, manufacturing, and extended cost. Identify each item of material that makes up the top 80% of the total material costs, and provide a summary of the costs for the remaining 20%. Include sources of price information. Provide the basis for the estimated costs for all material items whose extended price is greater than $25,000.

L.6.5.5 Firm Fixed Price (FFP) CLINs. A price analysis will be performed on all FFP CLINs listed in Section B of the solicitation. Offerors shall avoid presenting unbalanced pricing information. Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more price element is significantly over or understated, as indicated by the application of cost or price analysis techniques per FAR 15.404(g). Offerors are cautioned that a proposal may be rejected, if unbalanced pricing exists and the contracting officer determines that the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

L.6.5.6 Travel. No fee/profit shall be applied…