Solicitation Amendment P0001 W9124C-21-R-0018 CA PO Role Players_20210506.pdf

W9124C21R0018

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

The purpose of this Amendment 0001 to Solicitation W9124C-21-C-0018 is to do the follow ing:

1. In section L ADDENDUM 52.212-1 change Period of Acceptance of offers from 90 days to 60 days.

2. In section L ADDENDUM 52.212-1 removed reference to Travel CLIN as this is not applicable to the requirement.

All other terms and conditions w ill remain the same. (See Summary of Changes)

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 12

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 06-May-2021

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 W9124C21R0018

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

22-Apr-2021

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 is extended, X 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 1 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

06-May-2021

CODE

MICC - FT JACKSON

4340 MAGRUDER AVE

FORT JACKSON SC 29207

W9124C 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

ADDENDUM 52.212-1

ADDENDUM 52.212-1

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS

1. Replace paragraph (c) entitled ―Period of acceptance of offers with the following instruction:

(c) Period of acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 days from the date specified for receipt of offers.

2. Replace paragraph (h) entitled ―Multiple Awards with the following:

(h) Multiple awards. The Government will award on an all or none basis.

3. Replace paragraph (b) entitled ―Submission of offers with the following instructions:

(b) Submission of offers.

A. Submittal and Inquiries.

1. Offers shall be submitted prior to the closing date and time via mail or email to the following addresses:

Mission and Installation Contract Command – Fort Jackson Attention: Adrian J. Atkinson 4340 Magruder Ave Fort Jackson, SC 29207-6801

OR

Email to:

Adrian J. Atkinson, Contract Specialist, adrian.j.atkinson2.civ@mail.mil and Regina N. Givens, Contracting Officer, regina.n.givens.civ@mail.mil

(a) Electronic submissions are acceptable. If submitted via e-mail, attached files must be Microsoft compatible and virus/malware free. Electronic media suspected by Government computers as possibly containing virus/malware will not be opened or considered. Facsimiles will not be accepted.

(b) The Government will not be holding a pre-proposal conference.

(c) All questions must be submitted in writing via email no later than Five business days after release of solicitation. The point of contact responsible for supplying additional information and answering all inquiries is the Contract Specialist. Address all questions or concerns that the Offeror may have to the Contract Specialist, Adrian J.

Atkinson at adrian.j.atkinson2.civ@mail.mil and cc: the Procuring Contracting Officer, Dr. Regina N. Givens at regina.n.givens.civ@mail.mil

If Government responses to technical questions affect the Performance Work Statement (PWS) requirements, an amendment to solicitation synopsis will be issued.

(d) Period of Acceptance of Offers: the offeror agrees to hold prices firm for 60 days.

(e) All proposals from responsible sources will be fully considered. Vendors, who are not registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) with all required information provided prior to award, will not be considered. Vendors may register with SAM by going to www.sam.gov.

B. General Instructions

1. The selection of a source for award purposes will be conducted utilizing procedures as delineated in FAR Part 13. Offers will be evaluated using the criteria under Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items. Noncompliance with the solicitation requirements may hamper the Government's ability to properly evaluate the quote and may result in elimination of an Offeror from further consideration for contract award.

2. The Offer. The submission of the documentation specified below will constitute the Offeror’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the solicitation, concurrence with the Performance Work Statement, and contract type. If the offeror finds it necessary to take exception to any of the requirements, the offeror shall clearly identify the applicable exceptions with a complete explanation of why the exception was taken, what benefit accrues to the Government (if any), and its impact, if any, on the performance, schedule, cost, and specific requirements of the solicitation..

3. Instructions outlined in paragraph C below, prescribe the format for the offer and describe the approach for the development and presentation of proposal data. These instructions are designed to ensure the submission of necessary information to provide for the understanding and comprehensive evaluation of offers.

4. If an offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, an ambiguity, omission, or are otherwise deemed unsound, the offeror shall immediately notify the Contract Specialist in writing with supporting rationale. All referenced documents for this solicitation are available on BetaSam.gov. Potential offerors are encouraged to subscribe for real-time e- mail notifications when information has been posted to the website for this solicitation.

5. An Offeror will be eliminated from further consideration if it is so grossly and obviously deficient which clearly demonstrates that the offeror does not understand the requirements of the solicitation.

6. This solicitation does not commit the Government to pay any cost for the preparation and submission of an offer.

C. Preparation Instructions

1. Pages submitted in excess of page limitations will be removed and not evaluated.

Page limitations are as follows:

VOLUME TITLE PAGE LIMITS

I General (N/A)

II Technical 25 pages

III Price or Cost N/A

2. The proposal shall not exceed the limits stated above. If the page limits are exceeded, the pages in excess of the limit shall be removed and returned, unread, to the offeror. The Government will not accept any changes to the contractor’s proposal after the closing date of the solicitation (See FAR 15.208 for further information regarding late proposals). If discussions become necessary, page limitations may be placed on responses to Evaluation Notices (ENs). The specified page limits for EN responses will be identified in the letters forwarding the ENs to the offerors.

The Government establishes a competitive range, the Government reserves the right to limit the number of proposals included in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition.

Page Limit Includes: All appendices, charts, graphs, diagrams, tables, photographs, drawings, etc.

Page Limit does not include covers for volumes, tables of contents, glossary of abbreviations and acronyms, indices, title pages, cross reference indices, and section dividers/tables if they are inserted solely to provide ease to the reader in locating parts/sections of the proposal. Pages will be counted if they contain any other information, i.e., diagrams, extraneous data, etc. Pages marked “This page intentionally left blank” will not be counted.

What Counts As A Page? A page shall be an 8 ½ X 11” sheet of paper. When both sides of a sheet display printed material, it shall be counted as two pages. Letter size and spacing requirements for illustrations and tables can be at the discretion of the offeror but must be easily readable. Fold-outs will be counted as the appropriate number of pages based on an 8 ½” X 11” sheet of paper. Margins shall be at least 1 inch on the top and bottom and 3/4 inch on the side. The Contractor shall number each page in order to eliminate any confusion. In the event contractor creates an ambiguity in their numbering of pages, the Government may exercise its own discretion in counting pages. In the event contractor creates an ambiguity in their numbering of pages, the Government may exercise its own discretion in counting pages.

3. Offers shall be organized into three volumes. Failure to follow the preparation Instructions may cause your quote to be deemed unacceptable by the Government.

Volume I - General Volume II - Technical Volume III – Price

a) Volume I – General.

The offeror shall provide the name, title and telephone number of the company/division point of contact regarding decisions made with respect to your quote and who can obligate your company contractually.

Completed solicitation Representations & Certifications (FAR 52.209-7, FAR 52.212-3, FAR 52.219-1, and DFARS 252.239-7001). Offerors may affirm that the required representations and certifications are found on-line in SAM.

Signed and dated copy of page 1of the SF1449, and acknowledgment of any amendments.

b) Volume II – Technical

(1) The Technical Volume shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims in the Offeror’s submission. Legibility, clarity and coherence are very important. Your responses will be evaluated against the Technical factor/subfactors defined in Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items. The offeror should not simply rephrase or restate the Government's requirements, but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Statements that the offeror understands, can, or will comply with the PWS (including referenced publications, technical data, etc.); statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts thereof (including applicable publications, technical data, etc.); and phrases such as “standard procedures will be employed” or “well known techniques will be used,” etc., will be considered unacceptable. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience, and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the Offeror’s quote. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed art work, or other embellishments are unnecessary. The offeror shall address as specifically as possible the actual methodology you would use for accomplishing the PWS tasks. The volume shall be organized according to the following general outline:

(b) TAB A - Management Approach. The offeror shall include a Management Approach that provides a sound, comprehensive and feasible management approach for adapting to simultaneous training events, ensuring adequate levels of performance are maintained, and procedures for problems resolution will be evaluated to ensure a sound and comprehensive approach. The offeror shall discuss how they will update the Government and bring matters to the attention of the Government. The Contractor shall include the following:

i. An organizational chart identifying the management structure of personnel with a description of roles and responsibilities required to fulfill the tasks outlines in this requirement.

ii. A narrative fully describing the management control system that will be used to effectively accomplish multiple and complex tasks simultaneously as well as how the Offeror will update the Government and bring matters to the attention of the Government.

iii. Provide in detail your scheduling approach to reflect the number of people required.

iv. Any other explanations or supporting data (matrix, charts, or other graphics) determined necessary for the Government to fully understand your methodology and approach.

(b) TAB B – Technical Experience. Offerors shall provide detailed previous work experience (contracts) meeting the requirements of this solicitation. The Contractor shall include the following:

i. Listing of not more than five (5) complete or ongoing contracts within the previous (3) years that represent the Offeror’s work experience required for this solicitation.

(c) TAB C – Technical Qualifications. The offeror shall demonstrate existing capabilities necessary to demonstrate the ability to meet all PWS requirements. The Contractor shall include the following:

ii. Methods and resources in meeting the requirements stated in the PWS.

iii. Evaluation of the Offeror’s understanding of and ability to meet all Personnel Qualification requirements in the performance work statement.

iv. Evaluation of the Offeror’s ability to provide labor, uniforms, materials, and equipment to support the training requirements outlined in the Performance Work Statement.

v. Evaluation of the Offeror’s understanding of and ability comply with all Federal, State, Local, and safety regulations.

c) Volume III- Price

(1) The Offeror’s price shall include a price response that includes a fixed price for each CLIN for all ordering periods. Schedule. The Pricing Schedule(s) shall be submitted fully completed. The Offeror shall indicate the price to be charged for each CLIN. Insert proposed unit price, and extended prices for the appropriate CLIN in the Pricing. The Offeror shall ensure the units prices are represented in two decimal positions only (example: $0.27, not $0.27458). The Contractor shall include a spreadsheet showing a roll up of these calculations.

(2) CLIN 0001/1001/2001 - The offeror shall complete the monthly and total pricing within the extended description for the Labor CLIN. The total must be carried forward by the Offeror for inclusion on the NET Amount line for this

CLIN.

(3) CLIN 0002/1002/2002 - The offeror shall complete the unit pricing information for the Contract Manpower Reporting CLIN. If the reporting of Manpower Equivalents is not separately priced, insert “NSP” in the blank shown.

(4) Completed Direct Labor Table

Labor

Category Area Wage

Determination Code

FLSA

Exempt

Non-Exempt

# of FTEs

Total Labor Hr

Wage Rate

Fringe Benefits

d) The Contracting Officer is responsible for obtaining information that is adequate for evaluating the reasonableness of the price. If the Contracting Officer is unable to determine the price fair and reasonable, he/she reserves the right to request additional information to make this determination. Include any relevant back-up documentation deemed necessary for substantiation of pricing (example. printed price lists)

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

The following have been modified:

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

Basis for Contract Award This is a best value contract selection. The Government will utilize a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation method for this requirement. Trade-offs between cost/price and non-cost/price factors are not permitted. The Government will award a single contract to the Contractor whose proposal is technically acceptable and the lowest price.

Subject to the provisions contained herein, the Government intends to award a single contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror who is deemed responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented, whose offer conforms to the solicitation’s requirements (to include all stated terms, conditions, and all other information required by the solicitation), provides the Lowest Priced, Technically Acceptable offer to satisfy the requirements of this solicitation and the PWS. O f f e r s that fail to address all the requirements set forth in the Solicitation will be rejected.

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror’s submission should contain their best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to reject an offer upon initial submission and not consider it for contract award if any required data is absent or the data received conveys a misunderstanding of the requirement.

EVALUATION FACTORS:

1. Evaluation criteria consist of the following factors and sub-factors. The proposals will be evaluated under three (3) evaluation factors:

Factor I - Technical Capability:

Subfactor 1. – Management Approach Subfactor 2. – Technical Experience Subfactor 3. – Technical Qualifications

Factor II – Price

Factor III- Past Performance

Factor I: Technical Capability The Government’s technical evaluation team will evaluate proposals to determine each offeror’s technical capability. The proposal must demonstrate a practical/functional approach that meets the requirements of the PWS. Failure to meet the criteria will render the proposal technically unacceptable and the proposal will not receive further consideration for award.

(a) Subfactor 1: Management approach – The Offerors level of understanding and detail will be evaluated to ensure an in-depth understanding of the contract requirements. The Offeror’s management structure of personnel, lines of communication, management control system, and scheduling approach will be evaluated to determine if they represent a sound, comprehensive and feasible approach. The management approach for adapting to simultaneous training events, ensuring adequate levels of performance are maintained, and procedures for problem resolution will be evaluated to ensure a sound and comprehensive approach.

The Offeror’s management structure of personnel, lines of communication, management control systems, and scheduling approach will be evaluated to determine if they represent a sound, comprehensive and feasible approach and addresses the Offeror’s plan to provide for continuity of personnel in named roles throughout ambient training events (i.e, PO SPC AIT Module H, CA SPC AIT Module I, and CA SPC AIT Module J).

(b) Subfactor 2: Technical Experience – The offeror must thoroughly demonstrate that it has attained sufficient experience to successfully manage and execute all training objectives per the PWS. Evaluation of experience will take into consideration the number, size, and similarity to current PWS for Fort Jackson, Role Player Training Support Services.

Evaluation will be based on the offeror’s five (5) projects submitted, which were performed within the last three (3) years or are currently being performed.

(c) Subfactor 3: Technical Qualifications - The offeror’s technical expertise will be evaluated to assess the offeror’s technical capability, the proposed approach to meet the Government’s requirements, and the methods for ensuring successful contract performance. The responses to the technical expertise area will be evaluated to determine acceptability in the following areas:

• Methods and resources in meeting the requirements stated in the PWS.

• Evaluation of the Offeror’s understanding of and ability to meet all

Personnel Qualification requirements in the performance work statement.

• Evaluation of the Offeror’s ability to provide labor, uniforms, materials, and equipment to support the training requirements outlined in the Performance Work Statement.

• Evaluation of the Offeror’s understanding of and ability comply with all Federal, State, Local, and safety regulations.

The Technical Capability factor will be assigned an overall adjectival rating at the factor level. Subfactors will be evaluated and assigned individual adjectival ratings to “overall” adjectival rating for the Technical Capability.

Each Technical Capability subfactor will receive one of the adjectival ratings defined below, and then there will be an overall roll-up adjectival rating at the factor level. An Offeror shall achieve a minimum rating of “Acceptable” for each subfactor in the Technical Capability factor to be viable for award and shall demonstrate a sound approach that meets all requirements and objectives of the PWS.

TABLE II

Technical Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings

Ratings

Description

Acceptable

Proposal meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation

Unacceptable

Proposal does not meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation

NOTE: SUB-FACTORS WILL BE RATED ACCEPTABLE OR

UNACCEPTABLE ACCORDING TO THIS TABLE.

Factor II: Price

The contract will be FFP. The Government will evaluate price reasonableness for the fixed priced effort. If the Government evaluated cost is less than the proposed, the proposed becomes the probable cost. The base program and all option years shall be included in the cost/price calculation. Should the Government determine proposed prices are unrealistically low (an indication of “buy-in”), this will be considered a performance risk.

(d) Price will not be scored or rated. Evaluation of price will be performed using one or more of the price analysis techniques in FAR 15.404-1(b). Through these techniques, the Government will determine whether prices are reasonable, complete, and balanced. If adequate price competition is not obtained or if price reasonableness cannot be determined using price analysis of Government-obtained information, additional information IAW FAR 15.4 may be required to support the proposed price. To be viable for award, an Offeror’s price must be determined fair and reasonable. The Offeror’s total proposed price will be utilized to evaluate if the proposal represents a fair and reasonable price. The total evaluated price includes the price of all options (to include the option to extend services in accordance with FAR 52.217-8).

(e) The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all option periods. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the base year and option periods are significantly unbalanced. As part of price evaluation, the Government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR Clause 52.217-8) by adding one-half of the Offeror’s final option year prices to the Offeror’s total price. Thus, the Offeror’s total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base year, option year 1 and option year 2. 1/2 of the 2nd option year.

Offerors are not required to enter a price for the six-month period.

Factor III – Past Performance.

Past Performance. In lieu of requesting past performance information, Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) and Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) will be utilized in reviewing past performance.

Past Performance Evaluation Ratings Rating Description Acceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the offeror’s performance record is unknown.

Unacceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government has no reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, a “neutral” rating shall be considered “acceptable

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