RFI-001.docx

RFI-001

Request For Information and Answer

W912JB-18-R-9005

Question: Do we provide PPQs or can we provide CPARS? If we must provide PPQs, please provide the form as it was not included in the RFP.

Answer: The instructions to offerors section of the RFP states the following regarding past performance submittal requirements

Submit no more than three (3) relevant references for projects with similar scope/magnitude completed within The last 5 years. The references are to assist the Contracting Officer in the evaluation of past performance.

Provide the following information requested in this format for each of the projects/contracts being submitted as A reference project. Projects may be on going and cannot have been completed any earlier than 5 years prior to The solicitation issue date.

Project/Contract Title:

Project Specifics:

• Description of Effort as Prime Contractor or Subcontractor

• Contract Number

• Original Contract $ Value Current/Final Contract $ Value

• If amounts above are different, provide a brief description of the reason:

Completion Date:

• Original Scheduled Completion Date:

• Final Completion Date:

• If original completion date and final completion dates are different, provide a brief description of the reason:

Provide brief description of the work performed under the contract and describe why you believe the work is relevant to this solicited project.

Provide a Point of Contact for Owner/Government agency Contracting Officer and or inspector for each reference project; include a current phone number and Email address.

The Government will evaluate responses from submitted references and/or any other record available, for the quality, timeliness, and management of the offeror's past performance considering, relevancy, context, and trends on recent projects (within the last 5 years). If there is information which deems past performance as less than acceptable for ongoing projects, the offeror will either have been already afforded an opportunity to offer a rebuttal of this information or will be provided such an opportunity in order for the information to be evaluated. The government may contact an offeror for questions on past performance. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance and their record will be considered unknown.

IAW FAR 13.106-2(b)(3)(ii), evaluation of past performance will be based on one or more of the following:

· The contracting officer’s knowledge;

· Customer surveys, and past performance questionnaire replies;

· The Government wide Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) at www.ppirs.gov; or

· Any other reasonable basis 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.

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

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