SF 1449 - RTI Furniture 0001.pdf

W9127P-12-R-0002

W9127P - USPFO FOR VIRGIN ISLANDS

PURCHASING & CONTRACTING

RURAL ROUTE 2, BOX 9200

KINGSHILL, ST. CROIX VI 00850-9200

340-712-7831/712-7832

340-712-7819

UNDER DPAS (15 CFR 700)

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB

RFQ

SEE SCHEDULE

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

IFB RFP

CODE

SEE ADDENDUM

BLOCK IS MARKED

DESTINATION UNLESS

12. DISCOUNT TERMS

(No Collect Calls)

13b. RATING

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED ORDER

X

CODE

W9127P-12-R-0002 26-Jul-2012

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER

340-712-7856

8. OFFER DUE DATE/LOCAL TIME

02:00 PM 22 Aug 2012

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER 6. SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV 3/2005)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

(TYPE OR PRINT)

(SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER) 31c. DATE SIGNED

ADDENDA ARE

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Gov t. Use Only )

22. UNIT 23. UNIT PRICE 24. AMOUNT21. QUANTITY

CODE 10. THIS ACQUISITION IS

UNRESTRICTED

FAX: NAICS:

TEL:

CODE 18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BYOFFEROR

SUCH ADDRESS IN OFFER

17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT

BELOW IS CHECKED

TEL.

W9127P

SIZE STD:

9. ISSUED BY

FACILITY

CODE

17a.CONTRACTOR/

18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a. UNLESS BLOCK

15. DELIVER TO CODE W90PAK 16. ADMINISTERED BY

W8GT HQ 210TH REGT (RTI)

W8GT HQ 210TH REGT (RTI)

BLDG 3 HAMMS BLUFF ROAD

FREDERIKSTED

ST CROIX 00850-9731

TEL: 340-712-7833 FAX:

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME

DONNA RAE PROCK

2. CONTRACT NO. 3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE DATE 4. ORDER NUMBER

(TYPE OR PRINT)

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1. 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3. 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED.

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

19. ITEM NO. 20. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/ SERVICES

SEE SCHEDULE

337211

TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER ALL ITEMS

SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY ADDITIONAL SHEETS

SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN.

SB

HUBZONE SB

SET ASIDE: 100 % FOR

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, AND 30

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

0010184451

ARE NOT ATTACHED

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

TEL: EMAIL:

1 COPIES

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

.OFFER DATED YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN 29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REFERENCE

X

8(A)

SVC-DISABLED VET-OWNED SB

EMERGING SB

X

X

32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

(CONTINUED)

SEE SCHEDULE

19. ITEM NO. 20. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/ SERVICES 21. QUANTITY 22. UNIT 24. AMOUNT

PAGE 2 OF

23. UNIT PRICE

ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED: ______________________________________________________

32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN

RECEIVED INSPECTED

32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32c. DATE 32d. PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32e. MAILING ADDRESS OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE 32f . TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

37. CHECK NUMBER

FINALPARTIALCOMPLETE

36. PAYMENT35. AMOUNT VERIFIED

CORRECT FOR

34. VOUCHER NUMBER

FINAL

33. SHIP NUMBER

PARTIAL

38. S/R ACCOUNT NUMBER 39. S/R VOUCHER NUMBER 40. PAID BY

41a. I CERTIFY THIS ACCOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER FOR PAYMENT

41b. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICER 41c. DATE

42a. RECEIVED BY (Print)

42b. RECEIVED AT (Location)

42c. DATE REC'D (YY/MM/DD) 42d. TOTAL CONTAINERS

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV 3/2005) BACK

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001 1 Lot

CLASS ROOM FURNITURE

FFP

CLASS ROOM FURNITURE - SEE SCHEDULE

FOB: Destination

NSN: 0

PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER: 0010184451

NET AMT

0002 1 Lot

COMPUTER LAB CLASS ROOM

FFP

COMPUTER LAB CLASS ROOM -- SEE SCHEDULE

FOB: Destination

0003 1 Lot

OFFICE FURNITURE

FFP

OFFICE FURNITURE -- SEE SCHEDULE

FOB: Destination

0004 1 Lot

BREAK AREA FURNITURE

FFP

BREAK AREA FURNITURE -- SEE SCHEDULE

FOB: Destination

0005 1 Lot

LIVING QUARTERS FURNITURE

FFP

LIVING QUARTERS FURNITURE -- SEE SCHEDULE

FOB: Destination

0006 1 Lot

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT

FFP

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT -- SEE SCHEDULE

FOB: Destination

0007 1 Lot

SHIPPING & HANDLING

FFP

SHIPPING & HANDLING

FOB: Destination

0008 1 Lot

ASSEMBLE & INSTALLATION

FFP

ASSEMBLE & INSTALLATION

FOB: Destination

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY

0001 Destination Government Destination Government

0002 Destination Government Destination Government

0003 Destination Government Destination Government

0004 Destination Government Destination Government

0005 Destination Government Destination Government

0006 Destination Government Destination Government

0007 Destination Government Destination Government

0008 Destination Government Destination Government

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS UIC

0001 31-OCT-2012 1 W8GT HQ 210TH REGT (RTI)

W8GT HQ 210TH REGT (RTI)

BLDG 3 HAMMS BLUFF ROAD

FREDERIKSTED

ST CROIX 00850-9731

340-712-7833

FOB: Destination

W90PAK

0002 31-OCT-2012 1 (SAME AS PREVIOUS LOCATION)

0003 31-OCT-2012 1 (SAME AS PREVIOUS LOCATION)

0004 31-OCT-2012 1 (SAME AS PREVIOUS LOCATION)

0005 31-OCT-2012 1 (SAME AS PREVIOUS LOCATION)

0006 31-OCT-2012 1 (SAME AS PREVIOUS LOCATION)

0007 31-OCT-2012 1 (SAME AS PREVIOUS LOCATION)

0008 31-OCT-2012 1 (SAME AS PREVIOUS LOCATION)

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.203-3 Gratuities APR 1984

52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration FEB 2012

52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal AUG 1999

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items FEB 2012

52.212-5 Alt II

(Dev)

Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement

Statutes or Executive Order--Commercial Items (May 2012)

Alternate II (Deviation)

DEC 2010

52.219-6 Notice Of Total Small Business Set-Aside NOV 2011

52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation APR 2012

52.222-3 Convict Labor JUN 2003

52.222-19 Child Labor -- Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies MAR 2012

52.222-21 Prohibition Of Segregated Facilities FEB 1999

52.222-26 Equal Opportunity MAR 2007

52.222-36 Affirmative Action For Workers With Disabilities OCT 2010

52.222-41 Service Contract Act Of 1965 NOV 2007

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons FEB 2009

52.222-52 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to

Contracts for Certain Services--Certification

NOV 2007

52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information MAY 2011

52.223-15 Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products DEC 2007

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases JUN 2008

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor

Registration

OCT 2003

52.233-3 Protest After Award AUG 1996

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim OCT 2004

52.237-1 Site Visit APR 1984

52.237-2 Protection Of Government Buildings, Equipment, And

Vegetation

APR 1984

52.249-2 Termination For Convenience Of The Government (Fixed-

Price)

APR 2012

252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative DEC 1991

252.225-7000 (Dev) Buy American Act--Balance of Payments Program Certificate

(Deviation)

JAN 2009

252.225-7035 Alt I Buy American--Free Trade Agreement--Balance of Payments

Program Certificate (Jun 2012) - Alternate I

JUN 2011

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving

Reports

JUN 2012

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DEC 2006

252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea MAY 2002

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2012)

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear in Block 10 of the solicitation cover sheet (SF

1449). However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show--

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;

(5) Terms of any express warranty;

(6) Price and any discount terms;

(7) "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address;

(8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically);

(9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

(10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and

(11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(d) Product samples. When required by the solicitation, product samples shall be submitted at or prior to the time specified for receipt of offers. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender's request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing.

(e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions or commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

(f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers:

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation. If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due.

(2)(i) Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and--

(A) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or

(B) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government's control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or

(C) If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received.

(ii) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the

Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the offer wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel.

(4) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent

Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

(5) Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers.

Oral offers in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile offers, offers may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers, subject to the conditions specified in the solicitation concerning facsimile offers. An offer may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or its authorized representative if, before the exact time set for receipt of offers, the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the offer.

(g) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(h) Multiple awards. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(i) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation. (1)(i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to--GSA

Federal Supply Service Specifications Section, Suite 8100, 470 East L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC

20407, Telephone (202) 619-8925, Facsimile (202) 619-8978.

(ii) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of this provision.

Additional copies will be issued for a fee.

(2) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the following ASSIST websites:

(i) ASSIST (http://assist.daps.dla.mil).

(ii) Quick Search (http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch).

(iii) ASSISTdocs.com (http://assistdocs.com).

(3) Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point

(DoDSSP) by--

(i) Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard (http://assist.daps.dla.mil/wizard);

(ii) Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk (215) 697-2179, Mon-Fri, 0730 to 1600 EST; or

(iii) Ordering from DoDSSP, Building 4, Section D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Telephone

(215) 697-2667/2179, Facsimile (215) 697-1462.

(4) Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance.

(j) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. (Applies to all offers exceeding $3,000, and offers of

$3,000 or less if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation

“DUNS” or “DUNS +4” followed by the DUNS or DUNS +4 number that identifies the offeror's name and address.

The DUNS +4 is the DUNS number plus a 4-character suffix that may be assigned at the discretion of the offeror to establish additional CCR records for identifying alternative Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) accounts (see FAR

Subpart 32.11) for the same concern. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and

Bradstreet directly to obtain one. An offeror within the United States may contact Dun and Bradstreet by calling 1-

866-705-5711 or via the internet at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. An offeror located outside the United States must contact the local Dun and Bradstreet office for a DUNS number. The offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office.

(k) Central Contractor Registration. Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the CCR database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting

Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the CCR database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov or by calling 1-888-227-2423 or 269-961-5757.

(l) Debriefing. If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1) The agency's evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed offeror's offer.

(2) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and the debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror.

(3) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4) A summary of the rationale for award;

(5) For acquisitions of commercial items, the make and model of the item to be delivered by the successful offeror.

(6) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed offeror as to whether source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

(End of provision)

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1) Price

2) Past Experience

3) Past Performance

4) Technical Approach

Non-Cost Factors, when combined, are approximately equal to price.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) 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.

(End of provision)

ADDENDA TO 52.212-2

https://www.acquisition.gov/

Evaluation Criteria GSA will evaluate all proposals to determine the best value to the government. GSA will make that determination using the following criteria listed in order of importance:

Non-Cost

(1) Past Experience – Offeror shall submit no more than three (3) recent and relevant projects of similar size and scope.

(2) Past Performance – Offeror shall submit 3-5 Past Performance Questionnaires completed by previous clients.

(3) Technical Approach – Offeror shall submit the technical approach to the delivery schedule, staging plan, installation and assembly, as well as the disposal plan.

Cost

(1) Price

The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a task order without discussions. Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should include the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government will make award to the responsible offeror whose quotation conforms to the solicitation and represents the best value to the Government, considering past experience, past performance, technical approach, and price. The non-cost factors are approximately equal to cost (price). As quotations become more equal in non-cost factors, the cost (price) becomes more important. Award may be made to other than the lowest priced technically acceptable proposal.

Offerors will be required to provide written submittals regarding their Past Experience, Past

Performance, and Technical Approach. Offerors must provide information that is consistent with the evaluation criteria. A technical evaluation will be performed by the Commandant of the RTI and

Contracting Officer who will evaluate the written capability information received in response to the solicitation.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Past Experience will be evaluated based on the offeror's relevant past experience compared to the requirement specified in the SOW. The offeror shall provide a narrative of at least three projects for tasks as required by this SOW. Experience is the overall relevant experience of the company's organizational structure including parent companies, partnerships, and teaming arrangements. It considers organizational structure, relationships, business specialty, size, years of experience, and depth of experience including relevance to the solicitation and planned support to accomplish this SOW. Experience consists of history, personnel, current work projects, previous work projects, and planned support. These projects must have been of similar scope, magnitude, and complexity of this solicitation. The offeror will briefly explain why they believe their experience is relevant to the solicitation requirements. An offeror who has not successfully performed similar tasks as stated in the SOW will not be considered technically acceptable and will not be considered for award.

(2) Past Performance will be evaluated to determine the amount and quality of Past

Performance. Past Performance is a measure of the degree to which an offeror satisfied its customers in the past. The offeror shall submit the Past Performance Questionnaire (included in the solicitation package) to at least 3-5 customers the offeror provided services for that directly relates or is similar to projects in the SOW that were performed within the last three years. These projects should have been of similar scope, magnitude, and complexity of this solicitation. The offeror must notify the

GSA PM of the customers to whom the Past Performance Questionnaire was submitted to no later than 5 working day prior to the due date of the RFP via email to donna.prock@ng.army.mil. The notification shall include the name of the customer, point of contact, telephone, and email.

(3) Technical Approach will be evaluated based on the offeror's identification of methodology and analytical techniques they propose to provide SOW requirements. The offeror's quotation will be compared against the SOW requirements and stated evaluation criteria to determine technical acceptability. The offeror shall describe their knowledge and understanding of the requirements as outlined in the SOW. Approach will include specific skill categories with a description of specific duties each will perform. The proposal will be evaluated to determine capability of the offeror to provide and meet the technical requirements of the solicitation. The offeror must demonstrate that their proposed technical approach contains the technical capability to fulfill the requirements of the solicitation

(4) Price is not a weighted factor but will be used in the Best Value Decision. The price proposal shall include the prices of the list of items included in the solicitation package, prices of shipping and handling, and prices of installation and assembly.

PERFORMANCE CONFIDENCE ASSESSMENTS

Rating Description

Substantial

Confidence

Based on the offeror’s performance record, the government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort..

Satisfactory

Confidence

Based on the offeror’s performance record, the government has an expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Limited

Confidence

Based on the offeror’s performance record, the government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort

No Confidence Based on the offeror’s performance record, the government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Unknown

Confidence

No performance record is identifiable or the offeror’s performance record is so limited that no confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned..

C. In evaluating past performance, the Government reserves the right to give greater consideration to information on those contracts deemed most relevant to the effort described in this solicitation.

D. If the lowest priced evaluated offer is judged to have a “Substantial Confidence” performance rating, that offer represents the best value for the Government and the evaluation process stops at this point.

Award shall be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers.

E. If the lowest price offeror is not judged to have a “Substantial Confidence” performance assessment, the next lowest priced offeror will be evaluated and the process will continue (in order by price) until an offeror is judged to have a “Substantial Confidence” performance assessment or until all offerors are evaluated. The Source Selection Authority shall then make an integrated assessment best value award decision.

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F. Offerors are cautioned to submit sufficient information and in the format specified in the section entitled “Proposal Preparation Instructions”. Offeror’s may be asked to clarify certain aspects of their proposal (for example, the relevance of past performance information) or respond to adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to respond. Adverse performance is defined as performance information that supports a less than satisfactory rating on any evaluation element or any unfavorable comments received from sources without a formal rating system.

Communication conducted to resolve minor or clerical errors will not constitute discussions and the contracting officer reserves the right to award a contract without the opportunity for proposal revision.

G. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective offers. The

Government, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest. If discussions are held, the Offerors will be required to respond to evaluation notices within a short time frame (24 hours or less).

(End of clause)

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

[Insert one or more Internet addresses]

(End of clause)