W900KK24R0023_CSTA_Solicitation.pdf

L.1. SOLICITATION QUESTIONS

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The ARN ORTH CSTA PCO and Contract Specialist are the sole points of contact for all questions under this solicitation. Offerors shall address all questions via e-mail to the ARNORTH CSTA PCO at Phillip.b.davis 16.civ@army.mil and Contract Specialist at Willie.c.bass2.civ@army.mil. Offerors shall utilize Attachment 7 "Solicitation Questions and Answers Form" to submit questions. The Offeror must include the company name and solicitation number in the subject line of the email. The question(s) must include the page number, section number, and paragraph number that pertains to the Offeror 's question(s).

Questions not submitted to the Contracting Officer and Contracting Specialist via the addresses in the preceding paragraph will not be answered. Questions can be e-mailed any time after the solicitation is posted at SAM.Gov (https://www.sam.gov); however, all questions must be received via e-mail at the email addresses above no later than 12 April 2024.

Questions will be answered under an amendment to the solicitation posted at SAM.Gov prior to the solicitation closing date. Questions received after 12 April 2024 will only be answered at the discretion of the ARN ORTH CSTA PCO by amendment to the solicitation posted at SAM.Gov prior to the solicitation closing date.

Acknowledgement of receipt of questions will not be made. Please thoroughly review the entire solicitation, including all the attachments in Section J, prior to submitting questions.

L.1.1 Proposal Validity:

The Government requires that the proposal, in its entirety, be valid for at least two hundred and seventy (270) calendar days from the proposal due date which will be annotated in the PCO notification referenced above. Offerors are cautioned that for their proposal to be eligible for award, the proposal shall be in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in the solicitation. The Offeror shall insert the validity date in Block 12 of the SF 33 Solicitation.

L.2. PROPOSAL FORMAT

L.2.1. The Offeror's proposal shall be formatted into Four (4) separate electronic folders by Volume Number and Title as follows:

Volume I -Factor 1 -Program Management

Subfactor 1.1 Program Management Plan Subfactor 1.2 Resource Depiction Subfactor 1.3 Phase-In-Plan

Volume II -Factor 2 -Past Performance Volume III -Factor 3 - Cost/Price Volume IV -Administrative Information.

Offerors shall include all four (4) electronic volumes and proposal documents on an upload to a DoD SAFE link to be provided a week before proposal submission closing date of1 May 2024.

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L.3. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

L.3.1. Failure to submit documents in the correct format is grounds for Non-Compliance Determination, at the sole discretion of the PCO.

L.3.2. It is the sole responsibility of the Offeror to ensure that the electronic files submitted are virus free and can be opened and read by the Government. Proposal submissions shall not be locked, encrypted, or otherwise contain barriers to opening. All files shall be clearly identified with a filename appropriate to the content (e.g., ABC.VOLl.TOC.pdf). Use separate files to permit rapid location of all portions, including exhibits, annexes, and attachments, if any.

Compressed files are not allowed. When submitting proposals, Offerors shall follow these instructions.

L.3.3. File Packaging. All proposal documents shall be in Adobe (.pdf) format except for templates provided by the Government, templates shall remain in the format provided. All price breakdown information to aid in the cost/price evaluation shall be submitted in Microsoft Office Excel Read/Write format and viewable in Microsoft Excel 2013. Please note - Self extracting .exe files are not acceptable. PDF documents shall use Adobe Acrobat 9.0 or later. Do NOT submit main documents in the PDF "image." Teaming Agreements or Letters of Commitment may be in the image format.

All submitted files (PDF and Excel) shall be created with textual search and copy functions enabled. Non-searchable signature pages are acceptable, but other submitted materials that are not searchable may not be evaluated, and the Offeror may be determined non-compliant, at the sole discretion of the PCO.

L.3.4. All proposal files shall be verified to be free of any virus or malware.

L.3.5. Volumes and number of copies each are identified below. The evaluators will read only up to the maximum number of pages specified. Type shall be no smaller than a font size often (10) for all documents and shall be at least single spaced. Page size shall not exceed 8.5xl 1, except table and graphs which may use a font size of eight (8) and a page size not to exceed 11" x 1 7".

Font shall be Arial. Margins shall be at least 1" for all Volumes except Cost/Price which will be in Excel Format.

L.3.6. Proposal Due Date and Address Location

PROPOSALS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 1 May 2024; 1200, EASTERN STANDARD

TIME (EST).

Proposals are to be submitted electronically via DoD SAFE located at https://safe.apps.mil/:

Attn: Phil Davis and Will Bass

L.4 PROPOSAL FORMAT TABLE

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Direct labor rates: Offeror shall submit the most recent actual average rate for each proposed category. For each proposed category, the Offeror shall submit the actual average rate, as of the end of each of the last three completed fiscal years. The "as of' date must be shown for each calculation. For each category and each year, the Offeror shall 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 shall provide sufficient justification for the proposed direct labor rates through the most appropriate means available. The direct labor rate information shall be submitted for both the Offeror and all major subcontractors. If historical actual information is not available, the Offeror will provide the supporting documentation that was used to support the Offeror's basis of estimate for the proposed prices/costs.

Indirect rates (for each and every proposed indirect rate): Offeror shall identify the start and end of their fiscal year and the allocation/application base for each indirect rate. Offeror shall 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 shall state whether or not the prior years' actuals have been audited by DCAA. Offeror shall 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 shall submit actual sales for each of the last three completed fiscal years and year-to-date actual sales. Offeror shall submit forecasted sales (for the current fiscal yearend and each fiscal year covered by this solicitation). The identified indirect rate information shall be submitted for both the Offeror and all major subcontractors. A descriptive summary of the costs proposed in each indirect cost pool is required to be submitted in the Offeror's proposal. An indirect cost pool is defined as a logical grouping of indirect costs with a similar relationship to the cost objectives. For example, maintenance overhead pools include indirect costs that are associated with maintenance effort.

The Offeror shall describe the indirect cost allocation base.

L.5.3.11. Offerors are reminded of the requirements of Section 39 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Act (41 U.S.C. § 1127, formerly 41 U.S.C. § 435), as amended, which limits allowable costs for senior executive personnel compensation to $693,951 per year.

L.5.3.12. Initiation of contract performance is 15 July 2024.

L.5.3.13. The Offeror shall submit a complete breakdown of costs by major subcontractor. A major subcontractor is defined as a member of the Offeror's overall team that will perform 20% of the Total Proposed Cost/Price or more of the proposed effort, yearly, for evaluation purposes.

L.5.3.14. The Offeror shall not be required to submit the fully burdened price for the Travel or Material/ODC CLINs. The Government has provided Not-to-Exceed amounts as shown in the Attachment 8 CSTA Price Workbook, TEP tab for these efforts.