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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 is as follow s:

-To extend the closing date of the solicitation to 8 Aug 2018 at 9:00 am EST.

-To provide a revised past performance questionnaire to the solicitation. Offerors are not required to re-submit the revised past performance questionnaire if it has already submitted to the Government.

-To notify potential offerors an additional Amendment to this RFP is forthcoming to respond to previously received questions.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 10

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 23-Jul-2018

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 W9124G-18-R-0009

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

25-Jun-2018

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 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

23-Jul-2018

CODE

MICC - FORT RUCKER

BUILDING 5700 ROOM 380 NOVOSEL STREET

FORT RUCKER AL 36362-5000

W9124G 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

W9124G-18-R-0009

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

SECTION L

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND OTHER STATEMENTS

of OFFERORS

A. – PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Proposal Submittal and Inquiries - This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) to acquire non-personal services to provide Advanced Helicopter Flight Training Support Services for Fort Rucker, AL. Proposals shall be submitted no later than the specified date and time on the solicitation and the instructions provided below.

2. It is the contractor’s responsibility to verify receipt of proposals prior to the closing time. Late proposals will not be accepted.

3. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements. Proposals shall clearly and convincingly demonstrate that the Offeror has a thorough understanding of the entire requirement and associated risks, has the resources necessary to meet the requirement, and a valid and practical solution for the requirement. Statements that the offeror understands, can, or will comply with the requirements, and statements paraphrasing the requirements or parts thereof without supporting information/narrative are considered inadequate and unsatisfactory. Mere reiteration of the requirement or standard reference material is discouraged and is considered inadequate and unsatisfactory. The

Offeror shall include any data necessary to illustrate the adequacy of the various assumptions, approaches, and solutions to problems.

4. Inclusion of Source Selection Information in RFP - The Government has been notified that source selection information for this requirement was provided to potential offeror(s). Therefore, the Government is disclosing that source selection information in Attachment 6, Section J, of the RFP to ALL potential offerors. Any potential offeror or subcontractor that has had access to or received this information through any other means, other than this Request for Proposals, or that has knowledge of any prior disclosures is required to notify the Government, in writing, no later than the time and date set for submission of proposals. The notification shall provide all relevant facts and circumstances, along with supporting information, necessary for the Government to evaluate the impact of any prior disclosures on this source selection process and to identify the appropriate remedies to protect the integrity of the acquisition process. Any potential offeror or subcontractor that fails to comply with the reporting requirement outlined above may be excluded from further participation in this procurement in addition to any other available remedies.

I. GENERAL

Offerors are required to submit their proposals in four (4) separate volumes as follows:

Volume I: Factor 1 - Technical Capability

Factor 2 - Staffing and Management Approach

Volume II: Factor 3 - Past Performance

Volume III: Factor 4 - Small Business Participation

Volume IV: Factor 5 - Price Proposal

*IMPORTANT NOTE: Offerors simply providing general statements or paraphrasing/parroting the PWS in whole or in any part shall result in a rating of unacceptable. The proposal shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims in the offeror’s proposal. Legibility, clarity and coherence are very important. Your responses will be evaluated against the factors defined in the Evaluation Criteria. The proposal 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 proposal. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed art work, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired.

Volume I: Factor 1 – Technical Capability

The offeror shall provide a clear and concise description of the offeror’s technical approach demonstrating the offeror’s understanding of the requirements; and capabilities, experiences, and abilities to execute the contract requirements by the contract start date.

Volume I: Factor 2 – Staffing and Management Approach

The offeror shall provide a staffing and management approach, which demonstrates the offeror’s understanding of the personnel requirements of the PWS as well as the ability to provide the personnel with the experience, qualifications, and clearances necessary to perform and manage all tasks described in the PWS by the contract start date. The Offeror’s approach shall identify / contain the following:

Extent to which the Offeror and its subcontractors, teaming partners or joint venture partners shall be used to perform this requirement by task and by percentage of the costs of services performed.

Proposed organizational chart showing positions, decision authority, and what parts of the organization are responsible for managing and accomplishing each task.

Proposed plan to hire, train, and retain an adequate number of properly qualified personnel, as specified in the PWS, necessary to perform and manage the contract’s requirements. Proposed staffing (by number of personnel, labor category and company) and any plans to cross-utilize or rely on reach-back, part-time or temporary personnel during contract performance.

Provide the names of the Key Personnel who will perform under this contract, their resumes and letters of commitment. Resumes shall clearly demonstrate that the Key Personnel satisfy or possess all applicable certifications, security clearances, and other qualifications required for their designated positions. Letters of Commitment shall be signed within 60 days of the due date for proposal submission.

Proposed plan to execute the Employee Training Agreement Program specified in PWS 4.1 and a copy of the agreement that the Offeror / Contractor intends to enter into with its affected employees.

Volume II: Factor 3 – Past Performance

The Government will perform a Confidence Assessment of the Offeror’s past performance to arrive at a confidence rating. The Confidence Assessment represents the evaluation of an Offeror's past work record to assess the

Government's confidence in the Offeror's probability of successfully performing as proposed. The Past Performance evaluation will be accomplished by reviewing aspects of an Offeror's recent and relevant Past Performance, focusing on and targeting performance which is relevant to the effort as it directly relates to the work being procured under this solicitation and as defined in Section M.

Past Performance information described herein is required on the offeror and all subcontractors, teaming partners, and/or joint venture partners proposed to perform a significant portion (25%) of the proposed effort based on the total proposed price.

The offeror shall submit, along with the information required in this paragraph, a consent letter, executed by each subcontractor, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner, authorizing release of adverse past performance information to the offeror so the offeror can respond to such information.

For each identified effort for a commercial customer, the offeror shall also submit a client authorization letter, authorizing release to the Government of requested information on the offeror's performance.

(1) The offeror shall include documentation regarding their relevant past performance as it directly relates to the work being procured under this solicitation. The offeror SHALL NOT go back any farther than 3 years for the submitted data. The past performance data shall document a successful history of past contract performance.

(2) In conducting the Past Performance evaluation, the Government reserves the right to use both the information provided in the offeror’s Past Performance Volume and information obtained from other sources, such as the Past

Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) or similar systems, DCMA and commercial sources

(3) Offerors are reminded that both independent data and data provided by offerors in their proposals may be used by the Government to evaluate offeror past performance. However, the burden of providing thorough, complete, and current past performance information as requested in this paragraph remains with the offerors. Proposals that do not contain the information requested by this paragraph risk rejection or a less than acceptable performance rating by the

Government. In the case of an offeror without any relevant past performance history, Offeror’s without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance and, as a result, will receive an “Neutral Confidence” rating for the Past Performance factor. A strong record of relevant present and past performance may be considered more advantageous to the Government than a

“Neutral Confidence” rating.

(4) All past performance comments received will be taken into account and could affect the overall rating. The overall past performance evaluation is a subjective decision based on the whole of all data received. Offerors with no past performance may provide the equivalent information on company officials and/or personnel proposed for this action. If the offeror has no relevant past performance, they will be rated as “Neutral Confidence” rating.

(5) Submission Requirements. The offeror shall submit a Past Performance Volume containing the following:

Table of Contents

Summary Page: describe the role of the offeror, and of each subcontractor, teaming partner, and

/or joint venture partner that will perform a significant portion of this requirement.

Consent Letters executed by each subcontractor, teaming partner, and/or joint venture partner, authorizing the release of past performance information so the offeror can respond to such information.

Client Authorization Letters for each identified effort for a commercial customer authorizing release to the Government of requested information on the offeror’s performance.

Organization Structure Change History— Organizational Structure Change History. Many companies have acquired, been acquired by, or otherwise merged with other companies, and/or reorganized their divisions, business groups, subsidiary companies, etc. In many cases, these changes have taken place during the time of performance of relevant present or past efforts or between conclusion of recent past efforts and this source selection. As a result, it is sometimes difficult to determine what past performance is relevant to this acquisition. To facilitate this relevancy determination, include in this proposal volume a "roadmap" describing all such changes within the past three years in the organization of your company and of your proposed partners that will perform a significant portion of this requirement. As part of this explanation, show how these changes impact the relevance of any efforts you identify for past performance evaluation/performance confidence assessment. Since the Government intends to consider present and past performance information provided by other sources as well as that provided by the offeror(s), your "roadmap" should be both specifically applicable to the efforts you identify and general enough to apply to efforts on which the Government receives information from other sources.

Specific Relevant Contracts Format - Sheets in accordance with Attachment 5. The offeror shall provide documentation outlining the offeror’s, and the proposed partners’ that will perform over a significant portion of this requirement, past performance with contracts, as a prime or major subcontractor, which is the same or similar in nature, size, and complexity to the services being procured under this Solicitation. The submittal shall include rationale supporting your assertion of relevance and how it was determined that the work performed previously was the same or similar in nature, size, and complexity to the work specified by this solicitation. Offerors are required to explain what aspects of the contracts are deemed relevant to the proposed effort, and to what aspects of the proposed effort they relate.

Past Performance Questionnaire - See Attachment 5, Past Performance Questionnaire. For the contracts identified on each Specific Relevant Contract Reference, the offeror shall forward a copy of the Past Performance Questionnaire to the points of contact responsible for monitoring performance under such contracts. These questionnaires shall be returned directly to the

Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist, Ms. Linda Whitlock and Ms. Terri Buonfigli, electronically at linda.d.whitlock.civ@mail.mil and terri.l.buonfigli.civ@mail.mil. Any questionnaires not returned directly to specified points of contacts will not be reviewed and evaluated. The information contained in the questionnaires will be used to evaluate the offeror’s past performance. If any negative past performance information is received that the Offeror has not previously had an opportunity to address, the contractor will be given an opportunity to provide rebuttal. A minimum of three (3) Questionnaires must be received prior to the date and time established for the RFP closing. New entities that have no past customers shall annotate on the Summary Page that they have had no previous clients and that the minimum number of questionnaires cannot be provided. If the offeror has no relevant past performance, they will be rated as “Neutral Confidence” rating.

Volume III: Factor 4 – Small Business Participation

All offerors are required to submit a Small Business Participation Proposal. Offerors shall propose the level of participation of small businesses (as a small business prime and/or small business subcontractors) in the performance of the acquisition to include the following:

The extent to which such firms, as defined in FAR Part 19, are specifically identified in proposals;

The extent of commitment to use such firms (and enforceable commitments will be considered more favorably than non-enforceable ones); Offerors shall submit executed copies of teaming agreements, subcontracts or other agreements that demonstrate the extent of commitment to use small business concerns.

The complexity and variety of the work small firms are to perform;

The extent of participation of small business prime offerors and small business subcontractors in terms of the percentage of the value of the total acquisition (Small Business Subcontracting

Goal of 33%); and

The extent of utilization of small business firms on prior contracts.

(1) Check the applicable size and categories for the PRIME offeror only -- Check all applicable boxes:

{ } Large Prime or

{ } Small Business Prime; also categorized as a

{ } Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) mailto:linda.d.whitlock.civ@mail.mil mailto:terri.l.buonfigli.civ@mail.mil

{ } Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB)

{ } Historically Underutilized Zone (HUB Zone) Small Business

{ } Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

(2) Submit the total combined percentage of work to be performed by both large and small businesses (include the percentage of work to be performed both by Prime and Subcontractors):

Total Percentage planned for Large Business(es) _______% = $ _______

Total Percentage planned for Small Business(es) _______% = $ _______

100%

(3) Please indicate the total percentage of participation to be performed by each type of subcategory small business. The percentage of work performed by Small Businesses that qualify in multiple small business categories may be counted in each category:

Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) _________%

Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) _________%

Historically Underutilized Zone (HUB Zone) Small Business _________%

Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) _________%

(4) List principle supplies/services to be performed by Small Businesses:

Name of Company Identify Type of Service/Supply

Small Business (SB):

Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB):

Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB):

Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB Zone):

Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB):

(5) Describe the extent of commitment to use small businesses (for example, what types of commitments if any are in place for this specific acquisition either – small business prime, written contract, verbal, enforceable, non-enforceable, joint venturing, mentor-protégé, etc.)

(6) Prior Performance Information: Provide information substantiating the Offeror’s track record of utilizing small business on past contracts. For Large Businesses, include SF 294 and SF 295 (or Individual Subcontracting and Summary Subcontracting Reports in eSRS) information for government contracts with these reporting requirements for the last three years. If Offeror has had no contract in the last three years with these reporting requirements, a statement to that effect must be included. For Large and Small Businesses, provide descriptive information for all small business categories. Any information concerning long-term relationships with Small

Business subcontractors, such as mentor-protégé relationships should also be provided.

Volume IV: Price Proposal This volume shall include completed solicitation documents and additional supporting documentation described below:

The Offeror is required to submit a price narrative (Word or PDF format) and a price proposal (Attachment

4, Pricing Worksheet in Excel format). The narrative should explain the details of its price proposal to include all supplemental information to support the proposed price i.e. labor mix and level of effort (LOE) by labor category, fully burdened per hour labor rates, and subcontractor’s supplemental pricing.

Additionally, the offeror shall provide the overtime rate for each labor category.

Attachment 4 contains a Proposal Summation tab with Contract Line Items (CLINs) for all periods of performance. Separate pricing information shall be submitted for each year of the services, as well as a total summary for all years of service. It is anticipated that all contracts awarded will be based on adequate price competition. If after receipt of proposals, the Contracting Officer determines that adequate price competition does not exist in accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b) the offeror shall provide data other that certified cost/pricing data as requested by the Contracting Officer.

The Offeror shall complete and submit all tabs in the Pricing Worksheet as specified on the “Instruction

Sheet” tab. For each period of performance tab, the Offeror shall identify the staffing (by Labor Category, Labor Hours, Contractor Manpower Equivalents (CMEs) and their associated base labor rates (unburdened rates) and the individual pricing elements (Fringe, Overhead, General and Admin, and Profit)) that will be used by the Offeror and its subcontractor and partners to perform the requirements within the PWS for each period of performance. The “Price Labor Breakdown” tabs should be tailored as needed to provide all requested and required information. The Source Selection Evaluation Board will receive a copy of this document, without the associated pricing information, to assess the reasonableness of the staffing approach and the Offeror’s overall understanding of the requirement.

Offeror will determine, in Attachment 4, Pricing Worksheet (resulting in Schedule B of award), to price or not separately-price the eCMRA requirement. CLINs 0003, 1002, 2002, 3002, 4002, 5002, and 6002 shall be the CLINs under which the Contractor shall bill for all costs associated with the eCMRA requirement. If priced, amount provided shall be a FFP amount.

For the purposes of offeror’s proposal, all rates should be proposed for performance at the Government site.

For the purpose of preparing a price proposal, the contractor shall assume that the basic period of performance will be one (1) 1-month phase-in period, one (1) 11-month base period, and six (6) 12-month option periods.

The completion and submission of the above items will constitute an offeror and will indicate the offeror’s unconditional assent to the terms and conditions of this RFP and any attachments and/or exhibits hereto. All price and price supporting information shall be contained in the price offer. No price or pricing information shall be included in any other volume including cover letters. Offerors are responsible for submitting sufficient information to enable the Government to fully evaluate their price proposal.

*The proposal shall be valid for 180 days from solicitation closing date.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

(1) Offerors shall respond to all requirements of the solicitation document. Offerors are cautioned not to alter the solicitation. Hand-carried offers are not authorized and will not be accepted.

(2) In the event any person who is not a bona fide employee of the offeror participated in the creation, formulation, or writing of any portion of the offer, a certificate to this effect shall be included in the offer which shall be signed by an officer of the offeror. Such certificates shall identify the name of the person who is not a bona fide employee, that person’s employment capacity, the name of the person’s firm, the relationship of that firm to the Offeror, and the portion of the Offer in which the person participated.

(3) In order to ensure that all questions submitted by potential offerors are answered prior to the solicitation closing date, questions concerning the solicitation should be submitted via email to BOTH Ms. Terri

Buonfigli at terri.l.buonfigli.civ@mail.mil and Ms. Linda Whitlock at linda.d.whitlock.civ@mail.mil NO

LATER THAN 10:00 AM, Eastern Standard Time (EST), on 12 July 2018. The Government reserves the right not to respond to any questions received concerning this solicitation after the questions receipt date above. Accordingly, offerors are encouraged to carefully review all solicitation requirements and submit questions to the Government as early as possible.

(4) Proposal are to be submitted via email; in the attachments, format and quantities as identified. All electronic files and versions of Offeror’s proposal shall be compatible with the current release of Adobe

Acrobat and Microsoft Office Suite version 2010 (Excel).

(5) Offers are due no later than 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) 08 August 2018.

II. REQUIREMENTS FOR FORMAT OF PROPOSAL CONTENT

(1) Introduction and Purpose: This section specifies the format that offeror shall use in this RFP. The intent is not to restrict the offerors in the manner in which they will perform their work but rather to ensure a certain degree of uniformity in the format of the responses for evaluation purposes.

(2) Each attachment should contain the following items in addition to the other information required by this solicitation:

Cover: The cover should indicate the following:

Title of the Proposal

Volume Number (I, II, III, IV)

RFP Number

Name and address of offeror, Cage Code, DUNS and applicable Tax I.D. Number (TIN)

Point of Contact (with phone number and email address)

Proposal validity period for 180 days from solicitation closing

Table of Contents: The table of contents should provide sufficient detail as to allow the important elements to be easily located.

(3) Requirements for Style: Each offeror shall submit a proposal that clearly and concisely describes and defines the contractor’s response to the requirements contained in the RFP. Unnecessary elaboration or other presentations beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal are not desired.

(4) Proposal Page Limitations:

Title Proposal

Quantities

Format Page Limit*

Volume I: Factor 1 - Technical Capability

Factor 2 – Staffing and Management Approach

1 Electronic

Submission

Word or PDF 50 Pages

Volume II: Factor 3 - Past Performance 1 Electronic Word or PDF 15 Pages mailto:terri.l.buonfigli.civ@mail.mil mailto:linda.d.whitlock.civ@mail.mil

Submission

Volume III: Factor 4 - Small Business Participation 1 Electronic

Submission

Word or PDF No Limit

Volume IV: Factor 5 - Price Proposal 1 Electronic

Submission

Word or PDF (Narrative)

Excel (Attachment 4:

Pricing Worksheet) No Limit

Each volume is limited to the maximum number of pages as defined in the table above. These page limitations are inclusive of the executive summary and any charts, diagrams, and/or other graphics. Graphics (including tables) in the proposal may use an alternative font with 8 point size type or larger. Each “page” is defined as one sheet, 8 ½ x

11 inches, with at least one inch margins on all sides, using a font with a point size of 10 or greater (e.g., Times New

Roman style with 10 point font). Lines shall, at a minimum, be single-spaced. Pages shall be consecutively numbered. Multiple pages, double pages, two-sided pages, or foldouts will count as an equivalent number of 8 ½ x

11 inch pages. Offerors are permitted to submit no more than one page for each of the following which will not be included in the page count: a cover sheet, list of tables, list of figures, tabs, and dividers. Tables of contents and any compliance matrices may exceed one page, which will not be included in the page count. Pages submitted in excess of the page limitations described above will not be evaluated.

Page Limit does not include covers for volumes, tables of contents, glossary of abbreviations and acronyms, indices, title pages, cross reference indices, section dividers/tables, resumes, letters of commitment, PPQs, Consent Letters and client authorization letters 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.

The Price Proposal is not page limited; however, the Price proposal is to be strictly limited to price information and completed solicitation documents as described in the General Section at the beginning of this text.

* Page limits represent the maximum pages the Government will evaluate and are not construed as de facto standards for the amount of material expected in the proposal.

Exceptions. Offerors are required to meet all solicitation requirements, such as terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors (Sections A through M). Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being ineligible for award. If the offeror finds it necessary to take exception to any of the requirements specified in this solicitation, the offeror shall clearly identify the applicable Volume and 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. Each exception shall be specifically related to each paragraph and/or specific part of the solicitation to which the exception is taken. Offerors are cautioned that taking an exception may render the offer ineligible for award. It is recommended that the Offeror contact the Contracting Officer immediately/prior to solicitation closing upon identifying an area that may result in an exception. This information shall be provided in the format below.

Solicitation Exceptions

Solicitation

Document

Page/

Paragraph

Requirement/Po rtion

Rationale &

Impact

Section B, Applicable

Identify the requirement

Describe

PWS/SOO/ SOW, Page and or portion to which The rationale

Section L&M, etc. Paragraph exception is taken and impact of

Numbers the exception

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