Solicitation Amendment W911S726RA0090001.pdf

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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

Offers 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 theoffer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication 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 letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication 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 NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, 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.)

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

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C. DATE SIGNED

Previous edition unusable STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016) Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

J 1 9

0001 04 MAR 2026

W911S7

W6QM MICC-FT LEONARD WOOD

KO DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTIN, 8112 NEBRASKA AVE

FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO 65473-0140

UNITED STATES

KIMBERLY KRUMM, EMAIL: KIMBERLY.D.KRUMM.CIV@ARMY.MIL TELEPHONE: 573-

596-0254

SCD: PAS:

W911S726RA009

19 FEB 2026

SEE CONTINUATION

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1)Notify Offerors the solicitation posting at sam.gov has been updated to include the Government's answers to questions.

2)Provide information for the table within FAR 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires.

3)Add the Service Contract Act Wage Determination No. 2015-5093 Rev. 29 as an attachment to the solicitation.

4)Update a typo in paragraph 2.3.5.1 of Addendum to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services where Volume III was referenced rather than Volume IV

SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

Contract Clauses

Additional Information/Notes

The following clauses were modified:

Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014)

In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor ( ), this clause identifies the classes of service employees 29 CFR Part 4 expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C.

5341 or 5 332.

This Statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination

Technical Instructor/Course Developer GS 11 ($74,678-$97,087)

Technical Instructor/Course Developer GS09 ($61,722-$80,243)

W911S726RA0090001

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List of Contract Documents, Exhibits, or Attachments

The attachments table has changed from:

To:

The following contract documents were added:

The following contract documents Page Counts were changed:

Addendum to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Miscellaneous text in this section has been modified to:

1. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools will be used in Proposal Evaluation

1.1. Use of AI tools in Support of Evaluations: The Government will employ AI as a tool to assist in the analysis and review of offeror proposals. AI tools may be used to support tasks such as summarizing proposal content, identifying compliance with request for solicitation requirements, and highlighting areas of potential strength, weakness, or risk.

1.2. Maintaining Inherently Governmental Functions: Notwithstanding the use of AI tools to support the evaluation process, all final evaluation judgements, including the assignment or assessment of adjectival ratings, best value determinations, and source selection decisions, will be made exclusively by duly appointed Government personnel. The Government retains sole responsibility for all inherently governmental functions and will not delegate decision making authority to any AI tool.

1.3. Offeror Confidentiality and Data Protection: The AI tools utilized by the Government will be employed in a manner consistent with applicable regulations that govern the protection of proprietary and source selection sensitive information. The AI tool will be an output-only system. Any generated report data is not saved. No proposal data will be transmitted to or processed by external, non-Government systems without appropriate safeguards and authorizations in place.

2. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

2.1 GENERAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

2.1.1. Electronic submissions via email are the only acceptable submission method. Facsimile and/or paper submissions will not be accepted. Offerors are encouraged to add Delivery and Read receipts to emails, and/or follow up with the individuals below to ensure the Government's receipt of proposals. The Government will not automatically respond confirming receipt, and confirmation shall be responsibility of the Offeror. For purposes of time stamps, the Government email system time stamp serves as the official receipt time.

2.1.2. Subject line of emailed proposals shall include the solicitation number and company name. Proposals may be submitted in more than one email but shall be titled appropriately (e.

g., Email 1 of 2, Email 2 of 2, etc.). It is the Offeror's responsibility to ensure submissions are received in a timely manner. Attachments included in emails should not contain a period (.) in the title as the document may be stripped during transmittal. The maximum size of any email shall not exceed 20 megabytes (MB). The Government will not accept proposals via Zip file format. Offerors shall perform a virus check prior to proposal submission to ensure Offerors' submittals shall be free of viruses, Trojans, spyware, and other malicious code for which appropriate detection and removal/quarantine software exists.

2.1.3. Submissions shall be sent to the points of contact listed below. The points of contact responsible for receiving proposal submissions, supplying additional information and answering all inquiries are the Contract Specialist (CS) and Contracting Officer (KO). Submit your proposal and address questions or concerns regarding this solicitation, including the attachments to:

Lily K. Thielen (CS), lily.k.thielen.civ@army.mil, Kimberly D. Krumm (CS), kimberly.d.krumm.civ@army.mil, and

Julie M. West (KO) at julie.m.west4.civ@army.mil

2.1.4. Any portion of the proposal that is changed (as a result of negotiations or proposal revisions) should be annotated and dated. Each volume shall be clearly labeled with its Title and a copy number (e.g., copy 1 of 5).

2.1.5. Each paragraph should be single spaced and shall be separated by at least one blank line. A standard, 12-point minimum font size applies. Arial or New Times Roman fonts are required. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size no less than 8-point and may be produced in landscape mode.

2.1.6. The following volumes of material shall be submitted:

NOTE: Pages that exceed the required page limitations will not be evaluated. Additional pages over the maximum allowed will be removed or not read and will not be evaluated by the Government.

2.2 PROPOSAL FILES

2.2.1. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Format. 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 Request for Proposal (RFP) number in the header and/or footer. A Table of Contents should be created using the Table of Content feature in MS Word. MS Word (doc) files shall use the following page setup parameters:

Margins - Top, Bottom, Left, Right - 1"

Gutter - 0"

From Edge - Header, Footer 0.5"

Page Size, Width - 8.5"

Page Size, Height - 11"

2.2.2. Files shall be in read-only format, using PDF files. All File Packaging. price breakdown information to aid in the price evaluation shall be submitted in Microsoft Office Excel Read/Write format and viewable in Microsoft Excel 2007 or later. Each file shall be labeled with the volume number, date, and the Offeror's name. **Please note - Self extracting exe files are not acceptable.

2.3 PROPOSAL FILE VOLUMES

2.3.1. Content Requirement. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The Offer shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal 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 file. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked. The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion:

2.3.2. VOLUME I - Technical Approach. The Offeror shall detail their Technical Approach demonstrating the ability to provide Mission Command Systems (MCS) instruction and Warfighting Function (WfF) comprehension in published Orders (eg. OPORDs, WARNOs, etc).

The technical approach shall specifically address the following:

2.3.2.1. Demonstrated proficiency in the current MCS programs - Command Post Computing Environment (CPCE) and Joint Battle Command Platform (JBCP). (PWS 3.3, 3.6, 3.16, 3.18, 3.19, 3.22)

2.3.2.2. Capability to instruct classes on the use of the aforementioned MCS and WfF systems.

(PWS 3, 3.6, 3.21, 3.22)

2.3.2.3. Technical understanding of the WfF and how WfF is incorporated within published orders. (PWS 3.6, 3.12, 3.17)

2.3.2.4. Adaptability and ability to expertly tackle MCS program changes and doctrine updates as provided by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC). (PWS 3.3, 3.16)

2.3.3. VOLUME II - Staffing Approach. The Offeror shall provide a detailed Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention Plan demonstrating the Offeror's ability to maintain, recruit, and retain qualified/trained personnel throughout the entire period of performance. The proposal must clearly demonstrate the qualifications of the site lead as it is related to PWS sections 3.1 and 4.1. The plan shall also include the following:

2.3.3.1. Process to fill vacancies in a timely manner with zero/minimum mission impact and an estimated average time to fill a vacant position.

2.3.3.2. Vacancy fill strategy considers local area competition for the requirement's specific skill sets to mitigate and prevent adverse impacts.

2.3.3.3. Processes and incentives applied to attract and retain highly qualified instructors required to fulfill the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (recruitment strategy incentives such as recruitment and retention bonuses, health and wellness benefits, recognition, professional development, compensation and training).

2.3.4. VOLUME III - Price. The volume shall be organized into the following sections:

2.3.4.1. Electronic Copy. Electronic links are not permissible. The Pricing Matrix shall be submitted in Microsoft Excel format. The Offeror shall not include pivot tables in Excel spreadsheets. In addition to the Pricing Matrix, the Offeror shall provide a completed SF1449 Supplies or Services and Prices section.

2.3.4.2. Compliance. Failure to comply with the RFP requirements for Cost information may result in an adverse assessment of an Offeror's proposal and reduce or eliminate its chance of being selected for award. Offerors shall ensure that the information presented in this volume is consistent and correlates with the information contained in the other proposal volumes. Also, the Offeror shall ensure that the information submitted in this volume is consistent with and fully supports the amounts set forth in the SF33 and continuation sheets.

2.3.4.3. General Instructions. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.402 and 15.403-1, certified cost or pricing data are not required based on the expectation that adequate competition exists for this procurement. Information other than certified cost or pricing data may be provided in contractor format providing that sufficient information is made available. Information submitted shall be prepared following the instructions in FAR 15.403-5. If after receipt of proposals the Contracting Officer determines that there is insufficient information available to determine price reasonableness and none of the exceptions at FAR 15.403-1 apply, the Offeror may be required to submit cost or pricing data. Additionally, in the event that adequate competition is not obtained, the Contracting Officer may incorporate FAR 52.215-20 entitled, "Requirements for Cost or Pricing Data or Information Other Than Cost or Pricing Data," into the solicitation and request a Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data. There are no page limitations for this volume. Proposal information included in this volume which is not directly related to Cost will be disregarded.

2.3.5. VOLUME IV - SOLICITATIONS, OFFER AND AWARD DOCUMENTS AND

CERTIFICATIONS/REPRESENTATIONS

2.3.5.1. Offerors are required to submit a completed SF1449 (Solicitation, Contract, Order for Commercial Items) including acknowledgment of all Amendments, CLIN Structure, Representation, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors, and Contract Clauses. All final monetary extensions by CLIN shall be in whole dollars only. Unit prices can be rounded to the nearest cent. Volume IV shall be organized as follows and contain the identified information.

2.3.5.2. The Offeror shall provide the company/division's street address, county and facility code; CAGE code; UIC; size of business (large or small); and labor surplus area designation, if applicable.

2.3.5.3. Solicitation, Contract, Order for Commercial Items - The SF1449 shall be submitted fully completed. The Offeror is cautioned that the SF1449 must contain an original signature in Block 30a. of the form. The Offeror shall acknowledge any amendments to the RFP IAW instructions on the SF1449 and FAR 52.212-1. The Offeror shall provide the name, title and telephone number of the company/division POC regarding decisions made with respect to the Offeror's proposal and who can obligate the Offeror's company contractually. Also, identify those individuals authorized to negotiate with the Government.

2.3.5.4. The Pricing of the CLINs on the SF1449 shall be submitted fully completed and error free. Offerors shall propose a FFP for each CLIN. The Offeror shall ensure that the prices are supported by the Pricing Matrix.

2.3.5.5. Representation, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors - The Offeror shall ensure that this section of the SF1449 is submitted thoroughly completed with all blocks in each certification/representation completed truthfully and completely.

2.3.5.6. Contract Clauses - The Offeror shall ensure that all applicable clauses/provisions in the SF1449 that require the Offeror to complete fill-in information are submitted and thoroughly completed with all blocks filled in with accurate and complete information.

2.3.5.7. Solicitations, Offer and Award Documents and Certifications/Representations shall not be addressed separately from that submitted in VOLUME IV -SOLICITATIONS, OFFER AND

AWARD DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS /REPRESENTATIONS.