20200330_Amend0001_Questions_GovtRsp.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

The purpose for this amendment is to:

a. Remove the requirement for paper copies of the proposals in Section L, Proposal Instructions.

b. Add Questions and Government response Attachment 7.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

S 1 12

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 30-Mar-2020

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 W9124N20R0001

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

19-Mar-2020

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

27-Mar-2020

CODE

MICC FORT LEAVENWORTH

535 KEARNY AVE.

BLDG 338

FORT LEAVENWORTH KS 66027

W91QF4 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

W9124N20R0001

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

The Table of Contents has changed from:

Exhibit/Attachment Table of Contents

DOCUMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION PAGES DATE

Attachment 01 Performance Work

Statement

19 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 02 Performance Requirements Summary

5 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 03 Attach1_Consent Form Template

1 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 04 Attach2_Relevant Contract Form Template

1 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 05 Attach3_DRAFT_TO1_R equirements

2 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 06 Attach4_Staff Matrix 1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 07 Exhibit1_AR611-5

ArmyPersTesting

38 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 08 Exhibit2_Blank ILR_Passage Review Form

1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 09 Exhibit3_Blank_TestSecu rityAgreement

1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 10 Exhibit4_DLIFLC Reg 611-1

10 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 11 Exhibit5_DLPT Framework Doc

117 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 12 Exhibit6_Modes_Addend um

2 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 13 Exhibit7_RE ReviewChecklist_CRT_T ests

1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 14 Exhibit8_RE_Review Checklist_MC_Tests

1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 15 Exhibit9_Travel Expense Form

1 18-MAR-2020

to:

Exhibit/Attachment Table of Contents

DOCUMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION PAGES DATE

Attachment 01 Performance Work

Statement

19 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 02 Performance Requirements Summary

5 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 03 Attach1_Consent Form Template

1 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 04 Attach2_Relevant Contract Form Template

1 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 05 Attach3_DRAFT_TO1_R equirements

2 18-MAR-2020

Attachment 06 Attach4_Staff Matrix 1 18-MAR-2020 Attachment 07 Questions_Government

Response

2 30-MAR-2020

Exhibit 08 Exhibit1_AR611-5

ArmyPersTesting

38 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 09 Exhibit2_Blank ILR_Passage Review Form

1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 10 Exhibit3_Blank_TestSecu rityAgreement

1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 11 Exhibit4_DLIFLC Reg 611-1

10 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 12 Exhibit5_DLPT Framework Doc

117 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 13 Exhibit6_Modes_Addend um

2 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 14 Exhibit7_RE ReviewChecklist_CRT_T ests

1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 15 Exhibit8_RE_Review Checklist_MC_Tests

1 18-MAR-2020

Exhibit 16 Exhibit9_Travel Expense Form

1 18-MAR-2020

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

a. Proposal Submission, Preparation Instructions and Content. The following instructions prescribe the format for the proposal 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 proposals. Failure to conform to each requirement of this solicitation may result in your proposal being rejected and no longer considered for award. Offerors shall carefully read, understand, and provide all the information requested in the request for proposal (RFP). If there are parts of the RFP that are vague and/or ambiguous, request clarification from the contracting office in writing, prior to the established cut-off date for questions.

b. Proposal Submission. Your response, including base and option year pricing, must be in full compliance with the instructions in this solicitation. The response (to include price) shall be valid for 120 calendar days. Please ensure that you have read the attached documents, and then submit your response by the date and time indicated in this solicitation.

(1) Proposals shall be submitted prior to the closing date and time identified on Standard Form (SF) 33 to the following address:

MICC Fort Leavenworth Attn: Ms. Kimberly Logan 535 Kearny Ave., Bldg. 338, Rm 208 Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027 kimberly.a.logan4.civ@mail.mil

(2) Offeror’s proposal shall be clearly marked RFP W9124N-20-R-0001 and consist of three (3) separate volumes as listed in the table below are required.

VOLUME TITLE

I Technical Proposal Volume II Past Performance Proposal Volume III General & Price Proposal Volume

(3) Offeror shall submit both paper and electronically only. Offeror shall submit three (3) paper copies of the Technical, Past Performance and General & Price Proposal Volumes. Paper copies shall be delivered by mail, special delivery or in person to Ms. Kimberly Logan at the above address.

(4) Offeror shall submit all proposal volumes electronically either via email and/or one CD\DVD. Each volume shall be a separate electronic file. The General and Price Volume may be submitted as two documents (one MS Excel file, and one other file). Electronic submissions via fax will not be accepted. Electronic submissions are subject to the following constraints:

Digital files shall be in MS Word or Excel, or Adobe PDF formats.

E-mail files may not be larger than 5 megabytes (MB). Multiple e-mails are acceptable.

Each disc shall be externally labeled with the volume number, date, and the offeror’s name. **Please note – Self extracting exe files are not acceptable.

Government security systems will delete e-mail attachments which contain a period “.” in the file name. Offerors are instructed to ensure that e-mail attachment file names do not contain any punctuation other than the file extension.

Government receipt of e-mails from other than .mil addresses may be delayed up to 6 hours. Please account for this when requesting acknowledgement of receipt.

(5) Offerors are responsible for submitting complete responses to reach the Government office designated below by the time specified in this solicitation. A complete response includes all paper copies and electronic volumes required by this solicitation. Any response received after the date/time specified for receipt of offers is “late.” It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure your response is received in a timely manner.

(6) Confirmation of receipt may shall be requested via e-mail to kimberly.a.logan4.civ@mail.mil and shelton.l.watson.civ@mail.mil

(7) Technical Questions – Questions regarding this request for proposal (RFP) shall be in writing and shall be sent via email to kimberly.a.logan4.civ@mail.mil and shelton.l.watson.civ@mail.mil no later than 10:00 CT on 25 March 2020.

(8) Telephonic inquiries will not be accepted. All correspondence shall reference the solicitation number. All questions will be answered electronically so that all potential offerors will see both the questions and answers.

(9) Electronic Communications - All electronic communications shall be addressed to the Contract Specialist kimberly.a.logan4.civ@mail.mil with cc to shelton.l.watson.civ@mail.mil.

c. Proposal Preparation Instructions

(1) The Offer. The submission of the documentation specified below will constitute the offeror's acceptance of the terms and conditions of the RFP, concurrence with the Performance Work Statement, and the proposed contract type. Failure to conform to each requirement of this solicitation may result in your Proposal being rejected and excluded from consideration for award. Offerors shall carefully read, understand, and provide all the information requested in the solicitation. Responses shall be presented in a manner that clearly addresses the requirements of the Performance Work Statement.

(2) If an offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, or if there are parts of the solicitation that are vague and/or ambiguous, request clarification from the contract specialist in writing, prior to the established cut-off date for questions.

(3) Proposal Limitation: The length of the response is limited as identified below. Information submitted beyond these limitations will not be evaluated and could be cause for rejection of the response. Page limits include charts, graphs, diagrams, tables, photographs, drawings and etc. Covers for volumes, title pages, tables of contents, exceptions and assumptions, glossaries, acronyms, indices, cross reference indices, section dividers/tables inserted solely to provide ease to the reader in locating parts/sections, resumes or pages marked "This page intentionally left blank", are not included in the page count.

(4) Indexing: Each volume shall contain a table of contents within that volume. Tab indexing shall be utilized to identify each section.

(5) Technical, Past Performance, and General and Price Proposals shall be separate volumes/documents. While the Technical Proposal must not contain any reference to price, your response must be provided in sufficient detail to evaluate the Contractor’s understanding of the PWS requirements.

VOLUME TITLE PAGE LIMITS

I Technical Volume 25 pages II Past Performance Volume No page limit III General and Price Volume No page limit

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.

(6) Format. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. 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”

All submissions shall be limited to letter sized pages (8.5 x 11). 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 10 point and may be produced in landscape mode.

d. Proposal Content: All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror 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 file 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:

(1) Volume I – Technical Approach Proposal. The Technical Volume shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. Legibility, clarity and coherence are very important. Responses will be evaluated against the factors defined in Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award. Offerors shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their facilities and experience. The Government will determine an Offeror’s Technical Acceptability (i.e. meeting minimum requirements for award consideration) 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.

This volume should be clearly marked “TECHNICAL APPROACH PROPOSAL, W9124N-20-R-0001.” The Technical Volume SHALL NOT INCLUDE PRICING INFORMATION.

TAB A – Technical Understanding: For this Factor the offeror shall provide a clear and concise narrative of your understanding of the requirements in the PWS and technical approach to satisfying the requirements of the PWS.

Discuss the unique aspects of the requirement (to include specific sections of the PWS), as applicable, and your approach to satisfying these requirements. Define the risks inherent in the requirement and/or your technical approach, as well as your risk mitigation plan.

TAB B – Personnel Qualifications: DO NOT INCLUDE PROPOSED PERSONNEL NAMES/RESUMES IN NARRATIVE. List type of personnel proposed by the task of the PWS. Discuss the qualifications of proposed labor categories. The qualifications submitted shall address at a minimum, education, professional experience, specific experience, professional awards and other relevant activities and achievements.

TAB C - Management and Staffing Plan: EXCEPT FOR KEY PERSONNEL, DO NOT INCLUDE PROPOSED PERSONNEL NAMES/RESUMES IN NARRATIVE. Provide your management approach to satisfying the requirements of the PWS. In the event that subcontractors are proposed, discuss your communications and internal controls plan that will ensure successful satisfaction of the requirements. Discuss how you will update the Government and bring matters to the attention of the Government. Discuss your performance, schedule and cost/price control plans. Discuss how the proposed staffing plan satisfies specific qualifications (to include security requirements) required by the PWS, include the labor hours proposed per labor category for each of the PWS tasks (the staff matrix format required in Volume III may be used here). In the event that cross training/cross-utilization of personnel is proposed, discuss your approach to include how the qualification requirements of each of the positions included in the plan will be satisfied and how you plan to backfill positions identified for cross-training/cross utilization.

Submit resumes for all key personnel required in PWS section 1.6.10. Discuss the availability of the key personnel proposed. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal. Clause 5152.204-4001 applies.

(2) Volume II - Past Performance Proposal. This volume should be clearly marked "PAST PERFORMANCE

PROPOSAL, W9124N4-20-R-0001."

The Offeror shall submit information substantiating the Offeror’s past performance in complying with FAR 52.219- 8 and/or FAR 52.219-9 subcontracting requirements.

Offerors shall provide a statement indicating whether any negative information has been reported in the past three

(3) years concerning the Offeror’s past compliance with FAR 52.219-8 and/or FAR 52.219-9, if applicable, for those past performance references cited in this volume. If any such negative information has been reported, the Offeror may submit explanations or comments responding to such negative information. Offerors with no prior contract containing FAR 52.219-8 and/or FAR 219-9 shall certify the same.

For Other than Small Business Offerors, include SF 294 information for references cited in this volume and SF 295 (or Individual Subcontracting and Summary Subcontracting Reports in eSRS) information for DOD Government contracts with these reporting requirements for the last three (3) years, limited to 3 references.

Any information concerning long-term relationships with small business subcontractors, such as mentor-protégé relationships should also be provided.

Provide documentation regarding your 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. The Past performance volume shall include the following:

TAB A - Table of Contents

TAB B - Summary Page describing the role of the offeror and each subcontractor, teaming partner, and /or joint venture partner that the offeror is required to provide Past Performance Specific Relevant Contract Reference Sheets for the past performance experience (reference f. TAB F below).

TAB C - 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. A sample consent letter is attached (Attachment 1).

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

TAB E - 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 in the organization of your company. 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.

TAB F - Specific Relevant Contracts Format (Attachment 2) - Sheets, in accordance, are limited to 4 pages per reference. The offeror shall provide documentation outlining the offeror’s 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.

(3) Volume III – General and Price Proposal: This volume should be clearly marked “GENERAL AND PRICE PROPOSAL, W9124N-20-R-0001.” Certified cost or pricing data is not anticipated for the award of this contract due to expected competition; however, the Government reserves the right to request such information should it become necessary consistent with FAR Subpart 15.4, Contract Pricing. Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data is required to determine the proposed price fair and reasonable.

The General and Price information Volume III shall contain a signed copy of all documents requiring signature of the Offeror in addition to the following information below:

TAB A- Standard Form 33, Solicitation Offer and Award: The SF 33 must contain the offeror’s signature. The contractor shall acknowledge any amendments to the RFP in accordance with the instructions on the SF 33. The offeror shall provide the name, title and telephone number of the company/division point of contact regarding decisions made with respect to your proposal and who can obligate your company contractually. Also, identify those individuals authorized to negotiate with the Government, and the main point of contact after award of a contract.

TAB B – Section K – Representations, Certifications, and other statements of Offerors: The Offeror shall ensure that their business has completed their online representations and certifications as part of their SAM registration. This tab will only need to include the statement that the Offeror’s online certifications/representations are complete to include NAICS associated with this acquisition, and the assigned DUNS number and CAGE Code for which the record may be retrieved.

TAB C – Exceptions/Assumptions (if applicable): Identification and explanation of any exceptions or deviations.

Additionally, any assumptions used in the proposal preparation must be identified.

SOLICITATION

DOCUMENT

PAGE/PARAGRAPH REQUIREMENT

PORTION

RATIONALE &

IMPACT

Section B, PWS Section L&M etc.

Applicable page and paragraph numbers

Identify the requirement or portion to which exception is taken

Describe the rationale and impact of the exception

TAB D – Contract Line Item Number (CLIN): Complete CLIN structure/schedule to include Unit of Measure, Unit Price and Net Amount for each Line Item listed in Section B of this solicitation.

TAB E – Staff Matrix (Attachment 3)

TAB F - Price Proposal Details: This part of the proposal shall include details for all resources required to accomplish the requirements (e.g., labor categories, labor hours, rates, incidental equipment, travel worksheet etc.). The proposal shall clearly identify Service Contract Act applicability or exemption status for each labor category proposed. Offerors shall provide a narrative and MS Excel submission. All Excel formulas, lookup tables, and links should be intact, and no links should exist to files not included with the submission. Excel workbooks should not contain hidden spreadsheets. The price proposal shall identify labor categories and hourly rates to support the line item pricing required above. Define and explain your annual labor hour total for a full-time equivalent (FTE). Include the labor hours proposed per labor category for each of the RFP line items. Provide a proposed billing schedule for the base and option years. If priced, CMR shall be invoiced upon reporting completion.

TAB H – OCI Mitigation Plan: The contractor shall acknowledge paragraph 1.6.15 of the PWS and provide a detailed OCI Mitigation Plan.

TAB I - Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Other than Small Businesses Only). In Volume III, other than small business Offerors shall also submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan (separate from the Small Business Participation Proposal) meeting the requirements of FAR 52.219-9. The Offeror shall provide the Small Business Subcontracting Plan with the Offeror’s proposal submission. Offeror must list all proposed Subcontractors, with CAGE code.

(End of Instructions)

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

The following have been modified:

BASIS FOR AWARD AND EVALUATION

(1) This is a best value source selection conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.3, Source Selection, as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and the Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS). The Government will select the best overall offer, based upon an integrated assessment of Technical Approach, Management and Staffing Plan, Past Performance, OCI Mitigation Plan, and Price Factors. A contract will be awarded to the offeror who is deemed responsible in accordance with the FAR, as supplemented, whose proposal conforms to the solicitation’s requirements (to include all stated terms, conditions, representations, certifications, and all other information required by Section L- INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS of this solicitation) and is judged by an overall assessment of the evaluation factors to represent the most advantageous to the Government. As part of making the assessment, a best value analysis will be performed determining whether or not exceeding the minimum requirements at an associated price provides the best value to the Government. To receive consideration for award, a rating of no less than “Acceptable” must be achieved for all factors other than Past Performance and Price.

(2) As a basis for award, trade-offs between price and non-price factors are permitted. THEREFORE, THE

GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AWARD TO OTHER THAN THE LOWEST PROPOSED

PRICE. However, the degree of importance of price as a factor in determining award could become greater depending upon the equality of the proposals evaluated in the non-price factors. The greater the equality of proposals within the non-price factors, the more important price becomes in selecting the best value to the Government.

(3) The Government will evaluate proposed prices for reasonableness using price analysis techniques. Proposed prices evaluated as unreasonable may be grounds for eliminating a proposal from competition.

b. Award for All of the Work. The Government intends to award one (1) single award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract as a result of this solicitation. Offers received for less than the stated requirements in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) will be considered ineligible for award. As set forth in FAR 52.215-1(f)(4), the Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)). Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary. In the event that discussions are held, a competitive range determination will be made. If the Contracting Officer determines that the number of proposals that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the Contracting Officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.

c. Evaluation Criteria

(1) Evaluation criteria consist of the following factors. The proposals will be evaluated under five (5) evaluation factors: Technical Approach, Management and Staffing Plan, Past Performance, OCI Mitigation Plan, and Price.

Factor 1: Technical Approach Factor 2: Management & Staffing Plan Factor 3: Past Performance Factor 4: OCI Mitigation Plan Factor 5: Price

(2) The relative importance of each Factor is as follows: Factor 1 and Factor 2 are of equal importance. Factor 1 and Factor 2 individually are each more important than Factor 3 and Factor 4, when combined. All evaluation factors other than Price, when combined, are significantly more important than Price.

(a) Rating Scheme:

Factor 1: Technical Approach –The proposal will be evaluated based on the proposed approach to perform the work, the Offeror’s demonstrated capabilities to perform the work of the PWS and evaluated to determine if the proposed personnel qualifications are adequate to ensure timely and quality test items per PWS and PWS exhibits and if the proposed personnel possess adequate education and experience to successfully perform the contract work effort in accordance with the PWS.

Factor 2: Management and Staffing Plan - The proposal will be evaluated to determine if the proposed management process and procedures are adequate to ensure timely and quality performance of the PWS requirements. The offeror’s proposal will be evaluated to determine if the staffing plan is reasonable to ensure adequate level of personnel to perform the work and the offeror exhibits the ability to meet the requirements as found in the PWS by:

(1) Providing an organizational chart that will allow the offeror to sufficiently meet all required work.

(2) Demonstrating that the management approach understands the requirements of the PWS and is sufficient to monitor and control multiple projects/task orders under this requirement.

(3) Describing the interface between the various Governmental and non-Governmental elements sufficient to perform the required activities IAW the PWS.

(4) Discussing the Project Manager’s role in meeting the requirements of the PWS.

(b) Combined Technical/Risk Rating. The combined technical/risk rating includes consideration of risk in conjunction with the strengths, weaknesses, and deficiencies in determining technical ratings. Factors 1 and 2 will each receive one of the adjectival ratings defined below.

Technical/Risk Rating for Factor 1 and Factor 2. The technical/risk rating includes consideration of risk in conjunction with the strengths, weaknesses, and deficiencies in determining technical ratings.

Table 1. Technical Ratings Rating Description Outstanding Proposal indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements and contains multiple strengths, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low.

Good Proposal indicates a thorough approach and understanding of the requirements and contains at least one strength, and risk of unsuccessful performance is low to moderate.

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

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

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements of the solicitation, and thus, contains one or more deficiencies, and/or risk of unsuccessful performance is unacceptable.

Proposal is unawardable.

Factor 3 - Past Performance. The Past Performance evaluation will assess the offeror's probability of meeting the solicitation requirements as indicated by that offeror’s record of past performance. Offerors are notified, that in conducting the performance assessment, the Government may use data provided in the offeror’s proposal and data obtained from other sources, such as the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) or similar systems and State Department Watch Lists. Past performance areas of evaluation include:

- Business Relations

- Quality of Service

- Schedule

- Customer Satisfaction

- Other Than Small Businesses ONLY – Extend to which the offeror attained applicable goals for small business participation under contracts that required subcontracting plans.

-The Government shall consider whether an Offeror complied with FAR 52.219-8 and FAR 52.219-9 (as applicable) when considering quality of a past performance reference.

Each offeror will receive a performance confidence assessment rating based on the Offeror’s recent and relevant record of performance in supplying services that meet the contract's requirements. There are three aspects to the past performance evaluation:

(1) Recency Assessment. An assessment of the past performance information will be made to determine if it is recent. To be recent, the effort must be ongoing or must have been performed during the past 3 years from the date of issuance of this solicitation. Past performance information that fails this condition will not be evaluated further.

(2) Relevancy Assessment. To be relevant, the effort must be of similar in nature of work, size, and complexity. The Government will conduct an evaluation of all recent performance information obtained to determine if it is the same or similar in nature, size, and complexity to the services/products being procured under this solicitation. A relevancy determination of the offeror’s (including joint venture partner(s) and major and critical subcontractor(s)) past performance will be made. In determining relevancy for individual contracts, consideration will be given to the effort, or portion of the effort, being proposed by the offeror, teaming partner, or subcontractor whose contract is being reviewed and evaluated. The past performance information provided in the proposal and obtained from other sources will be used to establish relevancy of the past performance. There are two levels of relevancy as shown below.

Table 2. Past Performance Relevancy Findings Finding Description Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar 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.

(3) The final aspect of the past performance evaluation is to establish the overall quality of the offeror's past performance. The past performance evaluation performed in support of a current source selection does not establish, create, or change the existing record and history of the offeror’s past performance on past contracts; rather, the past performance evaluation process gathers information from customers on how well the offeror performed those past contracts. The Government will review all past performance information collected and determine the quality of the offeror's performance, general trends, and usefulness of the information and incorporate these into the performance confidence assessment. A separate quality assessment rating is not require; rather, the past performance confidence assessment rating is based on the offeror's overall record of recency, relevancy, and quality of performance.

Performance Confidence Assessment Rating for Factor 3. Each offeror shall be assigned one of the ratings in Table

3. Note: In the case of offerors for which there is no information on recent and relevant past contractor performance or where past contract performance information is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past contract performance (see FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv)). In this case, the offeror's past performance is unknown and assigned a performance confidence rating of "neutral". Although the Government may not rate an offeror that lacks recent, relevant past performance favorably or unfavorably with regard to past performance, the Source Selection Authority bay determine that a "Satisfactory Confidence" past performance rating is worth more than a "Neutral confidence" past performance rating in a best value tradeoff as long as the determination is consistent with stated solicitation criteria.

Table 3. Performance Confidence Assessment Ratings Rating Description 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 4 – OCI Mitigation Plan. OCI Mitigation Plan will be evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis.

The Offeror shall address each of the potential OCIs identified in the PWS paragraph 1.6.17 in sufficient detail for the Government to ensure that either no conflicts exist, or the Offeror has a legally sufficient plan to mitigate the potential risks.

Table 4. OCI Mitigation Plan Ratings Adjectival Rating Description Acceptable Plan meets the requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Plan does not meet the requirements of the solicitation

Factor 5 – Price. The Price Factor will not be scored or rated. The offeror’s response will be evaluated for price reasonableness and pricing balance in accordance with FAR 15.404-1.

(a) Price reasonableness will be evaluated in accordance with the proposal analysis techniques described in FAR 15.404-1(b).

(b) Unbalanced Pricing may be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(g), as applicable, to assess potential performance risk which could result in unreasonably high prices.

(c) As part of price evaluation, the Government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR Clause 52.217-

8) by adding six (6) months of the offeror's final price to the offeror's total price. Offerors shall not submit a price for the potential six month extension of services period. The Government may choose to exercise the Extension of Services at the end of any performance period (base or option periods), utilizing the rates of that performance period. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(4) 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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