Solicitation Amendment W911N225R0026 0001.pdf

DANIELLE RHONE

LETTERKENNY CONTRACTING OFFICE - ACC

1 OVERCASH AVENUE CCAM- DSP BLDG 10

CHAMBERSBURG PA 17201-4150

W25G1Q5139R001

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provi ded herei n, all t erms and condit ions of t he document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remai ns unchanged and in ful l force and effect .

15A. NAME AND TIT LE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

ST ANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescr ibed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1. Answ er questions from prospective contractors. See Attachment 6 - Questions and Answ ers,

2. Update Instruction to Offerors document to REV 1 to Quote Submission Instructions in order to ensure consistency and better align w ith FAR subpart 13.5 and Simplif ied Acquisition Procedures,

3. Update Performance Work Statement (PWS) for removal of the TARP requirement, and

4. Update FAR clause 52.212-2 as seen elsew here in this amendment to utilize Simplif ied Acquisition Procedure language and highlight the use of comparative analysis in quote evaluation.

5. Correct Block 14 to reflect an RFQ in accordance w ith Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE P AGE OF P AGES

J 1 5

16A. NAME AND T ITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

16C. DAT E SIGNED

BY 13-Jun-2025

16B. UNITED ST AT ES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contract ing Officer)(Signature of person author ized t o sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, Count y, Stat e and Zip Code) X W911N225R0026

X 9B. DAT ED (SEE IT EM 11)

30-May-2025

10B. DAT ED (SEE IT EM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITAT ION NO.

11. THIS IT EM ONLY APPLIES T O AMENDMENT S OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered soli cit ati on i s amended as set forth in It em 14. The hour and date specified for rece ipt of Offer is ext ended, X is not extended.

Offer must acknowl edge rece ipt of t his amendment pri or to the hour and date specified in the sol ici tat ion or as amended by one of t he fol lowing methods:

(a) By compl eti ng Items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copi es of the amendment ; (b) By acknowledgi ng recei pt of thi s amendment on each copy of t he offer submit ted;

or (c) By s epara te let ter or t elegram whi ch i ncludes a refe rence t o t he s olic ita tion and amendment numbers . FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE P LACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS P RIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SP ECIFIED MAY RESULT IN

REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of thi s amendment you desire t o change an offer already submit ted, s uch change may be made by t elegram or let ter, provided each t elegram or l ett er makes re ference to the sol ici tat ion and this amendment , and is received prior to the openi ng hour and dat e speci fi ed.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DAT A (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORT H IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONT RACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. T HE ABOVE NUMBERED CONT RACT /ORDER IS MODIFIED T O REFLECT THE ADMINIST RATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORT H IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO T HE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(B).

C. T HIS SUPPLEMENT AL AGREEMENT IS ENT ERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OT HER (Specify type of modification and authorit y)

E. IMPORTANT: Contract or is not, is required to sign this document and return copies t o the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/cont ract subject matter where feasible.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/ MODIFICATION NO. 5. P ROJECT NO.(If appli cable )

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

16-Jun-2025

CODE

LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT

LETTERKENNY CONTRACTING OFFICE - ACC

1 OVERCASH AVENUE BLDG 10

CHAM BERSBURG PA 17201- 4150

W911N2 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other t han item 6)

4. REQUISITION/P URCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE W911N2

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

W911N225R0026

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Table of Contents has changed from:

Exhibit/Attachment Table of Contents

DOCUMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION PAGES DATE

Attachment 1 Solicitation Notes 22-FEB-2025 Attachment 2 PWS Rail Movements 22-MAY-2025 Attachment 3 REAL ID 22-MAY-2025 Attachment 4 INSTRUCTION OF

OFFERORS

Attachment 5 Performance Assessment Questionnaire to:

Exhibit/Attachment Table of Contents

DOCUMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION PAGES DATE

Attachment 1 Solicitation Notes 22-FEB-2025 Attachment 2 PERFORMANCE

WORK STATEMENT

13-JUN-2025

Attachment 3 REAL ID 22-MAY-2025 Attachment 4 QUOTE SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

13-JUN-2025

Attachment 5 Performance Assessment Questionnaire

Attachment 6 Questions & Answers 11-JUN-2025

The following have been modified:

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Entry Gate Criteria

The Offeror must be rated acceptable for the following criteria in order to proceed to full quotation evaluation:

Entry Gate Criteria:

1. The contractor shall be a member of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association and must provide proof of this membership.

Evaluation Factors

This evaluation will utilize comparative analysis IAW FAR 13.106-2(b). The combination of non-price factors, TECHNICAL AND PAST PERFORMANCE are significantly more important than Price. TECHNICAL is moderately more important than PAST PERFORMANCE. Award may be made to other than the lowest priced quote if the Government determines that a price premium is warranted due to technical merit.

However, the closer the merits of the technical quote are to one another, the greater will be the importance of price in making the award determination. In the event that two or more technical quotes are determined technically equivalent, award may be made to the lower priced quote provided the price is reasonable. Responses to this solicitation will be evaluated against the following factors:

Factor 1: Technical Factor 2: Past Performance Factor 3: Price

FACTOR 1: Technical.

The offeror shall develop a technical plan based off of the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

The plan shall provide, at a minimum, the following information:

a. Demonstrates a structured approach for rail switching services and rail car movements to include response times for both movement requests and callout services/emergency moves.

b. Demonstrate a structured approach for sourcing alternative locomotives and personnel to ensure continued performance.

c. Provide proposed equipment and resources necessary to meet the scope and scale of services set forth in PWS.

d. Provide limitations to compliance in response to section 5.3 of the Performance Work Statement “Special Conditions”.

e. Provide the experience and certifications sufficient to demonstrate a qualified pool of contractor employees.

Mere re-statements of the requirements or statements from the Offeror that the offer is compliant that do not include proof that the contractor can demonstrate the items above is unacceptable.

If the Offeror’s quote is determined unacceptable in any of the technical evaluation factors or subfactors, the quote may not be considered for award.

The Government reserves the right to award the contract to other than the lowest priced offeror.

During evaluation of each quote, the Government will assign a rating as shown below. The Government will assign an overall rating to the Technical factor. A rating of unacceptable in one or more sub-factors will constitute an overall rating of unacceptable for the technical evaluation.

The following ratings will be utilized:

COMBINED TECHNICAL/RISK RATINGS

Color Rating Description

Blue Outstanding Quote indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Purple Good Quote indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements and contains at least one strength, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low to moderate. (secondary certification, etc)

Green Acceptable Quote meets requirements and indicates an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and risk of risk of unsuccessful performance is no worse than moderate.

Yellow Marginal Quote has not demonstrated an adequate approach and understanding of the requirements, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is high.

Red Unacceptable Quote does not meet requirements of the solicitation, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable. Quote is un-awardable.

Factor 2: Past Performance

A. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s record of past and current performance to ascertain the probability of successfully performing the required efforts of the Performance Work Statement.

B. Offerors shall submit all relevant information on Government and/or commercial contracts for the prime offeror and each major subcontractor, those subcontractors expected to perform twenty (20) percent or more of the proposed effort, in performance or awarded during the past three years, from the issue date of this Request For Quote (RFQ), which are relevant to the efforts required by this RFQ. The Government may consider a wide array of information from a variety of sources, but is not compelled to rely on all of the information available.

C. Offerors shall include the most recent and relevant efforts (within the past three years) in their quote. Absent any recent and relevant past performance history or when the performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror will be assigned an “unknown confidence rating” and its quote will not be evaluated either favorably or unfavorably on past performance. The Government may use data provided by the offeror in its quote and data obtained from other sources, including data in Government files or data obtained through interviews with personnel familiar with the contractor and their current and past performance under Federal, State or Local government or commercial contracts for same or similar services as compared to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 488210. Data used in conducting performance risk assessments shall not extend past three years prior to the issue date of the RFQ but may include performance data generated during the past three years without regard to the contract award date.

D. The past performance factor considers each offeror’s demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance in supplying services that meet the contract requirements. There are two aspects to the past performance evaluation:

relevancy and performance confidence assessment.

(i) RELEVANCY: The first aspect of the past performance evaluation is to assess the offeror’s past performance to determine how relevant a recent effort accomplished by the offeror is to the effort to be acquired through the source selection. Relevancy is not separately rated; however, the following criteria will be used to establish what is relevant which shall include similarity of service/support, complexity, dollar value, contract type, and degree of subcontract/teaming.

Past Performance Relevancy Ratings

Ratings Definition Very Relevant Present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Somewhat Relevant Present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

QUALITY ASSESSMENT: Assess the quality of the offeror’s past performance on those recent efforts that were determined relevant by determining how well the contractor performed on the contracts. Documented results from Past Performance Questionnaires, CPARS, and other sources form the support and basis for this assessment.

(ii) PERFORMANCE CONFIDENCE ASSESSMENT: The final step is for the team to arrive at a single consensus performance confidence assessment for the offeror, selecting the most appropriate rating from the chart below. This rating considers the assessed quality of the relevant/recent efforts gathered. Ensure the rationale for the conclusions reached are included.

Performance Confidence Assessments Adjectival Rating Description Substantial Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral Confidence No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned. The offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

Limited Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Factor 3: Price.

Offerors must propose on all items. The total evaluated price will be computed by adding the total estimated amount for each item.

(a) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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