Solicitation Amendment W912PB25RA0240001 SF 30.pdf

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This is a Standard Form 30 Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract for a Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Educator Services contract in Germany. The solicitation (W912PB25RA024) is being conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures with a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation methodology. The government intends to award a single contract, with proposals due by 10 September 2025.

Key technical requirements include personnel with specific bachelor's degrees in social sciences, minimum 24 hours of related coursework, and two years of experience in child abuse prevention, family services, or domestic violence victim advocacy. Contract managers must be located in Germany and have either 24 semester hours in social sciences or five years of relevant contract management experience. Offerors must submit detailed documentation on personnel qualifications, including written confirmations of skills, English fluency, computer proficiency, and pay grade equivalency. Proposals will be evaluated on technical compliance, past performance (using CPARS and PDREP), and supplier performance risk, with submissions accepted via email to specified government addresses.

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11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

Offers 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 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication 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 letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication 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 NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, 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.)

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

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C. DATE SIGNED

Previous edition unusable STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016) Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

Addendum to 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Miscellaneous text in this section has been modified to:

FAR 52.212-1 is hereby amended to reflected the changes shown below as to the specific paragraph being revised.

- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size Paragraph (a) standard. This provision is amended to read: Small business size standard does not apply to this solicitation.

- Submission of offersParagraph (b)

The date and time stated in the solicitation shall govern over any other systems to which it might NOTE:

be written (i.e., SAM). Proposals will NOT be picked up by RCO personnel at the Gate. Offerors are encouraged to submit proposals via email. FAX submission is not possible.

Courtesy Translation:

Anbieter sind verantwortlich, Angebote vor dem angegebenen Zeitpunkt zu diesem Buro zu bringen.

FAX Ubermittlung ist nicht moglich.

E-Mail Submissions shall be sent to email addresses listed below: all

Contract Specialist: yvonne.v.schmalzreich.ln@army.mil and RCO Bavaria Mailbox: usarmy.rheinland-pfalz.409-contr-spt-bde.mbx.rco-bavaria-solicit@army.mil

SUBJECT of e-mail shall be " "Submission of proposal W912PB25RA024

NOTE: (1) The size restriction for attachments to emails on the US Government server is 10 MB.

(2) Failure to submit to all email addresses may result in your proposal not being considered for award.

(3) Mailed (paper) proposals are not preferred; however, might be also accepted.

(4) Proposals should be submitted in English and sent in PDF format via email.

All questions regarding to this solicitation shall be submitted in writing via email to all email addresses listed above. The Government requests that questions shall be requested no later than 10 September 2025 (COB) to allow the Government sufficient time to respond prior to the closing date. If applicable, please identify the PWS/SOW paragraph number as reference to questions. Answers to questions will be posted to SAM website at https://www.SAM.gov at Contract Opportunities under the solicitation number. It is the offerors' responsibility to monitor the website for posting of amendments, answers to questions, and other instructions, if any.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITTEN SUBMITTALS

W912PB25RA0240001

This requirement is being conducted Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR 13.5.

The Government will award a single contract on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis pursuant to the award evaluation criteria stated in FAR provision 52.212-2. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions. Therefore, offerors are cautioned to examine this solicitation in its entirety and to ensure that their proposal contains all necessary information, provides all required documentation, and is complete in all respects. Per FAR provision 52.212-1(g), the offeror's initial proposal should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions, if determined necessary by the Contracting Officer.

Format and Content: Failure to submit the information requested below may result in the offeror's proposal will be . Each proposal shall contain:considered non-compliant

PRE-AWARD COMPLIANCE

The following must be provided/completed with the proposal:

- SAM Registration

- Completed SF1449, blocks 12, 17a (to ),30a, 30b, and 30c with Signature to include the CAGE Code include Acknowledgment of all Amendments to the solicitation (if any amendments are issued)

- Signed Amendments (if applicable)

- CLIN Price Schedule

- Data as required in FAR Provision 52.212-2 and the Addenda of Provisions 52.212-1and 52.212-2 (Factors1 and 2 - Technical and Price, all Factors (including all Sub-Factors))

- Completed FAR Provision 52.204-24 "Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment"

- Complete FAR Provision 52.209-7 "Information regarding Responsibility Matters"

- Completed FAR Provision 52.212-3 ALT 1 "Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items" (The Offeror shall completed only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representation and certification electronically in the SAM. If the - Offeror has not completed the annual representation and certifications electronically in SAM, then it is required to complete paragraph

(c) through (v) of this provision.)

- Completed FAR Provision 52.229-11 "Tax on certain Foreign Procurements", including completed IRS Form W-14

: In accordance with an Agreement between the US Government, and Government of the Note Countries, listed below, this provision is to be completed, as otherwise the US Government will deduct 2% Federal excise tax from every invoice. Therefore, IRS Form W-14 must also be submitted with each invoice.

The following qualified income tax treaties cover all nationals of the treaty county and exempt all such nationals from the tax imposed by section 5000C.

Austria Iceland Slovak Republic Bangladesh Italy Slovenia Belgium Jamaica South Africa Bulgaria Japan Spain Canada Latvia Sri Lanka Czech Republic Lithuania Sweden Denmark Luxembourg Switzerland Estonia Malta Turkey Finland Mexico United Kingdom Germany Netherlands Venezuela

Hungary Portugal

IRS Form W-14, if not provided with this solicitation, will be provided by this office upon request.

Additional Explanation:

XX. Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements - Excise Tax Withholding.

A. If the Offeror represents it is a foreign person in response to the provision at FAR52.229-11, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements--Notice and Representation, then--

(1) The clause at FAR52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements, will be included in any resulting contract; and

(2) The Offeror shall submit with its offer the IRS Form W-14. If the IRS Form W-14 is not submitted with the offer, exemptions will not be applied to any resulting contract and the Government will withhold a full two (2) percent of each payment.

B. The clause at DFARS252.229-7014, Full Exemption from Two-Percent Excise Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements, will be included in any resulting contract if the contractor represents that it is a foreign person in response to the provision at FAR52.229-11, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements--Notice and Representation, and the contractor indicates that it is fully exempt from the tax for reasons cited on its IRS Form W-14.

- Completed DFARS Provisions 252.204-7016 "Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services" and 252.204-7017 "Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services - Representation"

- Complete DFARS clause 252.229-7001 Tax Relief

The completion and submission to the Government of the above items will constitute the proposal. The proposal shall communicate the offeror's unconditional assent to the terms and conditions in this solicitation, including any attachments and documents incorporated by reference. The offeror's failure or refusal to agree to any of the terms and conditions of this solicitation of the offeror's imposition of additional conditions or any material omission in its proposal may constitute a deficiency which will make the proposal unacceptable to the Government. The Government reserves the right to permit Offerors to revise their proposal if the Government thinks it is in its interest to do so.

This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of your proposal or in making any necessary studies for the preparation thereof, or for any visit the Contracting Officer may request for the purpose of clarification of the proposal or for preparation on negotiations.

The Government will review all proposals for compliance, any proposal that fails to provide technical evaluation submissions will be considered non-compliant. As such, the Government will not consider the proposal for evaluation or consideration for award.

FACTOR 1 - TECHNICAL

The PWS describes the services that will be acquired through this solicitation. The technical volume shall consist of:

a. Subfactor 1 - Certification:

To be deemed acceptable, the offeror must provide

(a) at least one of the below listed US standard Bachelor's Degrees from an accredited college or university, and

(b) a minimum of 24 hours in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Marriage and Family Counseling, Public Administration or Public Health for all the performing Employees working under this contract:

Required Bachelor's Degrees acceptable majors:

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work Bachelors' Degree in Psychology Bachelors' Degree in Family and Child Counseling Bachelor's Degree in Counseling Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Science Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Bachelor's Degree in Community/Public Health Bachelor's Degree in Education

An offer is considered "UNACCEPTABLE" if the offeror fails to meet the minimum requirement of both

(a) and (b).

b. Subfactor 2 - Personnel Experience:

To be deemed acceptable, the offeror must provide supporting documentation demonstrating that all of the performing Employees working under this contract have at a minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience within the last ten (10) yeas preceding the issuance of the solicitation as follows:

1. Two (2) years of experience with and organization which act towards the prevention of Child and spouse/domestic/intimate partner abuse, for example, an Armed Forces Family Advocacy Program, or

2. Two (2) years of experience in Family and Children Services; for example, experience working with child protection services, domestic violence victim advocacy services or women's shelters.

"Relevant" experience is defined as performance of efforts involving requirements as described in Part 5 of the PWS.

An offer is considered "UNACCEPTABLE" if the certificate as required above for Subfactor 2 is not provided or if the information is not relevant.

c. Subfactor 3 - Contract Manager and Alternate Manager Experience:

To be deemed acceptable, the contractor shall provide resumes of a local (Located in Germany) Contract Manager and Alternate Contract Manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The local Contract Manager and Alternate Contract Manager must have a higher-level education as specified in the educational requirements of the FAP Educator in health and human services related field in accordance with Performance Work Statement, Paragraph 1.9. The resume provided by the Contract Manager and Alternate Manager must demonstrate successful completion of 24 semester hours in social sciences related courses such as psychology, sociology, human services, social work, counseling etc., or must demonstrate a minimum of five (5) years' relevant experience working as a Contract Manager for similar human services related contracts within the last ten (10) years preceding the issuance of the solicitation.

"Relevant" experience is defined as performance of efforts involving requirements that are similar or greater in: scope and Magnitude of Effort (a contract or aggregated contracts during the 10-year time period totaling at least $5,000. At a minimum, an offeror shall provide the following information for each contract that it relies upon to meet the relevant professional experience requirements:

(a) Project title and customer name;

(b) Contract number (if such a designation exists);

(c) A narrative explaining the requirement;

(d) Contract performance dates; and

(e) Total contract value solicitation.

An offer is considered "UNACCEPTABLE" if the certificate or resume as required above for Subfactor 3 is not provided or if the information is not relevant.

c. Subfactor 4 - Written Confirmation

To be deemed acceptable, the offeror must provide written confirmations (on the company's letterhead), signed by an authorized representative, for each of the performing personnel working for the FAP Educator Services stating, they will have the following skills:

- Knowledge of Army administrative/correspondence rules

- will be able to communicate fluent in English (in writing and communication) and will be able to satisfy all work requirements.

- experienced utilizing computer programs necessary for accomplishment of duties (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet, Email, A365, Outlook). One (1) year experience using these programs in development and delivery of classes in a military or office setting, such as Army Community Service.

The written confirmation must also include a statement that the pay grade for each performing individual is at a minimum the equivalent of a 2025 GS-9 Step 5.

An offer is considered "UNACCEPTABLE" if the confirmations as required above for Subfactor 4 is not provided.

FACTOR 2 - PAST PERFORMANCE

Offerors need not submit Past Performance information. The Government will consider Past Performance information, if available, from the web-enabled Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and the Product Data Reporting an Evaluation Program (PDREP) regarding the Offeror's Past Performance history to supplement the technical evaluation. The Government may query other internal databases at its direction.

An offeror is considered "ACCEPTABLE" if 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 (see note above).

An offeror is considered "UNACCEPTABLE" if based on the offeror's performance information, the Government does not have a reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

FACTOR 3 - SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE RISK

The offeror shall submit their Commercial Government Entity (CAGE) code in Block 17 of the SF 1449.

The Government will consider Risk in accordance with the provision at DFARS 252.204-7024, Notice of the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (SRPS). The Government will consider Supplier Risk as described in the provision. The Government will NOT consider Item Risk and Price Risk as described in provision. For purposes of this Risk assessment, the Government will only consider information contained in the SPRS. Any questions or concerns the offeror has concerning its SPRS risk assessment should be addressed as described in paragraph (d) of the provision.

Not having any records in SPRS will not cause an offeror to be ineligible for award.

See https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/reference.htm for an explanation of the color score.

RATING DESCRIPTION:

The rating will be based on an "Acceptable or Unacceptable" basis. The following definitions will be used to assign the rating:

Acceptable: Offeror has a Supplier Risk Score of Green, Purple, Blue, or Black.

Unacceptable: Offeror has a Supplier Risk Score of Yellow, Red, or Grey.

FACTOR 4 - PRICE

Offerors shall complete and submit the "Schedule of Supplies/Services" for contract line items, except those, where the Government will include prices.

Offerors shall enter the total price in U.S. Dollars ($) or any other European Country Currency, i.e.

Euros () for each line item. Proposals shall be provided with only 2-digits after the decimal point. Prices provided shall be fully loaded, inclusive of all fees, overheads, G&A, insurance, profits, or any other markups. Complete pricing for each CLIN as required without taxes and duties for which the U.S.

Government is exempt and including all shipping charges, FOB Destination to Germany. Failure to do so may be a cause for the proposal to not be considered for award.

In the event there is a difference between a unit price and the total amount, the unit price will be held to be the intended proposal and the total of the CLIN will be recomputed accordingly.

US Companies are encouraged to provide US Dollar proposals only as otherwise serious payment problems may occur.

Paragraph (c) - Period for Acceptance of Proposals is changed to read:

The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its proposal firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of proposals.

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

Paragraph (f)(1) of this provision is amended to read:

Offerors are responsible for submitting proposals, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation (See Blocks 8 & 9 on page 1). "Local Time" means Central European Time (or Central European Summer Time, as appropriate).

Paragraph (h) - Multiple awards: Only one contract award will be made.

Paragraph (i) - Availability of Requirements document cited does not apply to this solicitation.

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IssuedBy: 0409 AQ HQ CONTRACT

KO DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, UNIT 28130

APO, AE 09114

UNITED STATES

YVONNE SCHMALZREICH, EMAIL: YVONNE.V.SCHMALZREICH.LN@ARMY.MIL TELEPHONE: +49 9641 70 526 8709 AdminBy:

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Descript: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO

A. CORRECT ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1, INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS - TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS CHANGED FROM TEN (10) WORKING DAYS TO 10 SEPTEMBER 2025 COB.

B. ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SOLICITATION REMAIN THE SAME.

ContNameTitle:
CoNameTitle: WOLFGANG HOCHHOLZER
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CODate: 08 SEP 2025

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