Amendment 0001 W911PT-23-Q-0038.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Extend Solicitation Offer Due Date

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 6

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 05-Apr-2023

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street , County, State and Zip Code) X W911PT23Q0038

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

06-Mar-2023

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer X is extended, is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN

REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (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 FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(B).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

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

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

05-Apr-2023

CODE

ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND-WARREN (WVA)

CCTA-CPA-A - MS 304

6501 E. 11MILE RD

DETROIT ARSENAL MI 48397-5000

W911PT 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

W911PT23Q0038

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 05-Apr-2023 01:00 PM to 20-Apr-2023 01:00 PM.

The following have been modified:

COMMERCIAL NARRATIVE

1. GENERAL INFORMATION:

This Solicitation is for the procurement of one new Electrochemical Machine for Rifling for Watervliet Arsenal (WVA) in Watervliet, NY. This machine must be configured and installed in accordance with Engineering Specification package #01-22-3424, dated 30 September 2022 (Section C).

2. DELIVERY DATES:

This machine shall be delivered, installed, tested, and commissioned at WVA no later than 520 days after contract award. Early delivery will be accepted at no additional cost to the Government.

3. HOW TO PROPOSE:

The Government intends to award one Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract to the lowest priced eligible offer. Instructions for completing and submitting an offer are contained in Section L, Instruction to Offerors. The way the Government will select a quote for award is further described in Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award.

Offerors shall input pricing for CLIN 0001 and populate total price for the delivery of all required equipment and services at Watervliet Arsenal on the SF1449 cover page, which the Government will treat as the Total Evaluated Price. The offeror with the lowest Total Evaluated Price will proceed to an evaluation of other factors, as further explained in Section L, Instructions to Offerors, and Section M, Basis of Award. Offerors shall also take care to populate all fill-in clauses contained in the SF1449 document, typically denoted with a blank “____”.

IMPORTANT! OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED USING THE FOLLOWING METHODS:

(a) Email to: katrina.e.twigg.mil@army.mil.

(b) Request for Quotes must be filled out completely and sent in its entirety to be considered responsive.

(c) Offers received by any other means will not be considered for award.

4. REQUIRED TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION WITH EACH OFFER:

WVA Engineering staff have requested a significant amount of technical information for this machine, which each offer must include to be considered for award. Offerors are instructed to review the entire specification package (Equipment Engineering Specification #01-22-3424) for the machine proposed, and ensure all requested information is present with the quote submission.

Proposed machines must comply with each point of the relevant “Comply Sheet” (Attachment 1) with the technical equivalence of any deviation clearly stated on the spreadsheet. Instructions for completing this process are available in Section L, Instructions to Offerors.

5. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS:

Due to the technical nature of this competitive requirement, the Government cannot answer questions by phone.

Use of email for a Request for Information (RFI) shall be submitted for any explanation desired by an offeror regarding the meaning or interpretation of the solicitation, clarifications, and information regarding the RFQ to the the Contract Specialist, MAJ Katrina Twigg at katrina.e.twigg.mil@army.mil. Any questions should be received not later than 1:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST), on 14 March 2023.

6. NOTICE OF WATERVLIET ARSENAL INFORMATION/REQUIREMENTS

(a) Important delivery/quality requirements:

(1) All offerors must carefully review the delivery requirement in the request for quote or solicitation. when submitting an offer/bid, please ensure that you can meet the delivery schedule.

(2) On time delivery is very critical. Therefore, you must adhere to the delivery requirements indicated in any resultant award. Failure to comply with the contractual delivery schedule, may result in termination of the order or require consideration if the Government elects to extend delivery. (NOTE: Non-availability of raw materials, subcontractor issues, scheduling conflicts, should be considered at the time you are submitting your offer/bid. They are not acceptable excuses for failing to meet the delivery after award).

(3) Providing quality products that conform to the contract are just as important as meeting the required delivery.

Delivery of non-conforming products results in delivery delays and increased costs to the Arsenal.

(4) Past performance for quality and delivery may be a major consideration in making determinations for future contract awards.

NOTICE: Throughout this document we may use the terms “we” and “you”, the term “we” means the Government of the United States of America, and the term “you” means the contractor.

(b) WATERVLIET ARSENAL INFORMATION FOR CONTRACTORS:

“Watervliet Arsenal Information for Contractors” document is incorporated by reference in all solicitations and contracts. The full text version of the instructions is available at Internet address:

http://www.wva.army.mil/Documents/Contracting/WAIC.pdf . Upon request, the contracting officer will make its full text available.”

POC - CONTRACT SPECIALIST/BUYER: MAJ Katrina Twigg

TELEPHONE NUMBER: (571) 588-9379

E-MAIL ADDRESS: katrina.e.twigg.mil@army.mil

CONTRACTOR DUNS NUMBER/CAGE CODE/FAX NUMBER:

Please provide the following information for your company.

VENDOR NAME: _________________________

VENDOR POC: __________________________

POC PHONE: ____________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS (see note below): __________________________

DUNS NUMBER _______________________

CAGE CODE (if known) __________________

TAX ID NUMBER ________________________

VENDOR FAX NUMBER ________________

NOTE: Your e-mail address is required so that in the event you receive the resultant award, we can e-mail it to you.

If we experience difficulties with e-mail, it will be data faxed.

(c) AWCF BULK FUND ____ DOES _X___ DOES NOT APPLY

(d) POSTERS:

(1) Contracts for Material, Supplies, Articles and Equipment Exceeding $15,000/Service Contract Labor Standards.

Orders subject to these Acts require contractors to post WH Publication 1313, “Employee Rights on Government Contracts”.

(2) Construction Orders. Orders for construction require contractors to post WH Publication 1321, “Employee Rights under the Davis Bacon” and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance poster on “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law.”

(3) These posters can be accessed electronically at http://www.dol.gov.

(4) Hard copies of the posters will be made available upon request to the contracting officer.

(e) PAYMENTS:

Any vendor that receives an award (except those paid by credit card or accommodation check) can view invoice payments made by DFAS at https://wawf.eb.mil/ using the “my invoice” system. You will be required to register in order to view payments. Payment information is maintained for 120 days from invoice payment. Vendors can find out when invoices have been paid by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), etc. This website can save valuable time and frustration over billing questions and it is a free service.

(f) RELEASE OF INFORMATION:

The contractor shall not release or authorize release of DoD specifications; acceptance test results; information involving critical military technology; or any other information in which the DoD maintains proprietary rights, or is otherwise confidential or classified. This restriction includes any endorsement by the Department of Army of a contractor. Release of information under the circumstances referenced above requires the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer responsible for this contract. It is the contractor’s responsibility to be familiar with, and comply with the requirements of Chapter 5, page 22, paragraph 5-48, of AR 360-1 may be found at http://www.usapa.army.mil/pdffiles/r360_1.pdf.

7. ALL OR NONE-COMMERCIAL ITEM ACQUISITION

(a) This provision serves as an addendum that modifies paragraph (h) of FAR 52.212-1, entitled INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS. Paragraph (h) is modified to say that the proposal or quote must offer to provide the total quantity of the items in this solicitation.

(b) Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. Offers submitted for less than the total quantities of all the items in this solicitation will NOT be considered for award.

8. ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING

Electronic Bids/Proposals/Commercial Offers Required in Response to this Solicitation ACC-WRN (WVA)

(a) All Army Contracting Command - Warren (WVA) solicitations will be publicized on the SAM.gov website (https://sam.gov/). Any additional attachments, including Technical Data Packages, when available electronically, will be separate attachments or links embedded in the solicitation.

(b) Bids/Proposals must be submitted in electronic media. When submitting your bid/proposal electronically, the bid/proposal and any supplemental information (such as spreadsheets, backup data, technical information), can be submitted using the electronic formats specified in Section L.

(c) Timely receipt of offers/proposals:

(1) Your attention is called to the solicitation closing date and time on the solicitation is local time for the Army Contracting Command – Warren (WVA). Lateness rules for electronic submissions for bids are outlined in FAR 52.214-7, “Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawal of Bids,” for proposals in FAR 52.215-1, “Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition” or FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items.” Pay particular attention to the applicable clause as it relates to the timing of submissions.

(2) Solicitations may remain posted on the SAM.gov website after the solicitation closes. Even though the system may allow you to submit a proposal after the closing date/time, your proposal will be considered late and may not be considered for award.

(d) Security Note: If you choose to password-protect access to your bid/offer, you must provide the password to Watervliet Arsenal at least ten days prior to the opening/closing date. Contact the buyer identified above.

Passwords used only for the purpose of write protecting files need not be provided.

(e) Electronic bids/proposals must include, as minimum:

(1) E-mailed bids/proposals must include a signed SF 33 cover sheet, SF 1449 or SF 1442 (whichever is applicable) that can be scanned. If scanned, attach it to your e-mail offer (or first e-mail message if you are sending multiple e-mails due to length).

(2) All applicable fill-in provisions. For solicitations issued on an SF 33 or SF 1442, this would include Sections A, B, F, and K. For solicitations issued on an SF 1449, you must review the solicitation to ascertain where all of the required fill-ins are located since commercial acquisitions do not have designated sections.

(3) A statement of agreement to all the terms, conditions, and provisions of the solicitation.

(4) Any other information required by the solicitation.

(f) Please see FAR 14.406 for a description of the steps the Government shall take with regard to unreadable electronic bids received via the media described in paragraphs (b) above. See FAR 15.207(c) for a description of steps the government shall take with regard to unreadable proposals.

(g) Bidders/Offerors shall make every effort to ensure that their bid/proposal is virus-free. Bids/proposals (or portions thereof) submitted which DO reflect the presence of a virus, or which are otherwise rendered unreadable by damage in electronic transit, shall be treated as “unreadable” per paragraph (f) above. Use of any formats other than those listed in Section L may result in the file being quarantined and will be considered by Watervliet Arsenal to be “unreadable” files.

9. PROMPT PAYMENT NOTICE TO FAR 52.212-4 (MAY 2013) (ACC-WRN(WVA))

In accordance with the prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR 1315 referenced in FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, specifically 5 CFR 1315-4(b)(1)(B), Government acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred constructively on the 60th day after the contractor delivered the supplies or performed the services.

10. Disclosure of Unit Price Information (Jun 2004) (ACC-WRN (WVA)) This constitutes notification pursuant to Executive Order 12600, Pre-Disclosure Notification Procedures for Confidential Commercial Information (June 23, 1987), of our intention to release unit prices of the awardee in response to any request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 USC 552. Unit price is defined as the contract price per unit or item purchased. We consider any objection to be waived unless the contracting officer is notified of your objection to such release prior to submission of initial proposals.

(End of Summary of Changes)