A07_Amendment_0001.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 of this Amendment is to:

1. Add Past Performance Questionnaire to Section J; List of Attachments

2. Correct reference to Past Performance Questionnaire referenced in Section L

3. Post Questions and Anw sers

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

S 1 12

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 22-Sep-2015

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 W91CRB-15-R-A001

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

09-Sep-2015

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

14-Sep-2015

CODE

ACC - APG - W91CRB

4310 BOOTHBY HILL AVENUE

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD 21005-3013

W91CRB 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

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W91CRB-15-R-A001

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

The following have been deleted:

52.215-10 Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data AUG 2011

SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

The following have been added by full text:

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS UPDATED

The followi ng have been deleted:

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SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Proposal Submission

All proposals shall be subject to evaluation by a team of government civilian and support contractor personnel that may include representatives from Applied Business Management Solutions Incorporated. Submission of an offer grants permission for the Government to provide proposal information to ABMSI personnel for the purposes of proposal evaluation.

Proposals shall remain valid for a period of at least 120 days from the due date. Offerors shall submit their proposals electronically to Gwen E. Meadows, Contracting Officer, gwen.e.meadows.civ@mail.mil and Frances Epps, Contract Specialist, frances.n.epps.ctr@mail.mil.

Attachment # Description Date Attachment 1 Appendix A - Workload Data 20 Aug 2015 Attachment 2 Appendix B - Performance Requirement Summary (PRS) 20 Aug 2015

Attachment 3 Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) 20 Aug 2015 Attachment 4 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) 20 Aug 2015 Attachment 5 Price Table Updated 17 Sep 2015 Attachment 6 Past Performance Questionnaire Template 17 Sep 2015

The Government will consider how well the offeror complied with these instructions when evaluating the offeror’s capability to perform the prospective contract. Offerors are advised to ask the contracting office for clarification of any part of these instructions that they do not understand. Questions shall be submitted to Gwen E. Meadows, Contracting Officer, gwen.e.meadows.cov@mail.mil and Frances Epps, Contract Specialist, frances.n.epps.ctr@mail.mil no later than 1:00 PM EST, 25 September 2015.

General Content of Proposals

1. The offeror’s proposal must include all data and information requested and must be submitted in accordance with these instructions. Any offeror who submits an incomplete package may be considered unacceptable. The offer shall be compliant with the requirements as stated in the Performance Work Statement. Non-conformance with the instructions provided may result in an unacceptable proposal.

2. The proposal shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. 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 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”

Graphic presentations, including tables, while not subject to the same font size and spacing requirements, shall have spacing and text that is easily readable.

3. Elaborate brochures or documentation, binding, detailed art work, or other embellishments are unnecessary and are not desired.

4. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions. 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, and waive informalities and minor irregularities in the offers received.

5. Other than the rates included in the letters of commitment, no pricing information shall be included in the non-price factor submissions. Proposals that fail to separate the price factor may be determined unacceptable and may not be considered for award.

6. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked.

7. The Government may incorporate portions of the contractor’s proposal into the contract.

8. Each factor shall be submitted as a separate volume. Proposals shall adhere to the following page count limitations. Excess pages will be removed from the back of each section and will NOT be read or evaluated.

9. The contractor shall complete and return the SF33.

Volume Title Page Count

Introductory SF33, Table of Contents and Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Identification and Mitigation Plan

No page limit

I Factor 1 – Technical Approach 50 pages excluding title pages, executive

II Factor 2 – Management Approach 20 pages, excluding letters of commitment and/or contingent letters of offer and acceptance, covers, title pages, executive summaries and table of contents

III Factor 3 – Past Performance Maximum 5 citations for the prime.

Limit two pages per citation; no limit on team members

IV Factor 4 – Small Business Subcontracting Plan

No Page Limitation

V Factor 5 - Price No Page Limitation

Each Volume shall be independent. Information relating to a specific factor shall not include references to other volumes or information contained to support other factors.

Organizaitonal Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Identification and Mitigation Plan

Identificaiton and Mitigation Plan: The offeror shall conduct due diligence and submit with their proposal an Identification and Mitigation Plan. This plan shall identify all facts that a reasonably prudent person would consider relevant in determining whether a potential conflict of interest currently exists or might arise under the performance of this contract. The offeror shall identify at a minimum all current contracts or financial interests that might be effected by the performance of the PWS.

Additionally, the offeror shall identify any potential conflicts of interest, as that term is defined in FAR part 9, that the offeror reasonably believes could arise during the performance of this contract. The offeror’s submission should include any subcontractors or team members. Offerors should be aware that the technical, financial, and operational assistance efforts anticipated under this contract may implicate budgets, priorities, or recommendations of other service or product/system acquisition of the Army or DOD. Accordingly, offerors should be particularly sensitive to the potential conflicts that might arise should the offeror or its affiliates/subcontractors have any financial interest in other contracts related to Army/DOD services or products/systems. The accuracy of the findings presented shall be certified to the best of their knowledge and belief by an official authorized to bind the company.

The Contracting Officer will review statements provided by each offeror as to the work the company has performed or anticipates; evaluate the submittals considering in-house knowledge as to the company’s program support; and determine whether or not there is an Indentification and Mitigation Plan. The Government’s consideration of this information is for purposes of assessing the contractor’s responsibility and is not otherwise part of the evaluation factors to be considered for award.

For any identified potential conflicts of interest, the offeror shall provide a mitigation plan to be reviewed and approved by the Contracting Officer. The mitigation plan shall provide verifiable means of eliminating any significant conflict of interest in the performance of this contract. The mitigation plan shall also describe the contractor's current policies for identifying, reporting, and preventing future organizational and personal conflicts of interest that might arise in the performance of this contract.

Factor 1 – Technical Approach

The offeror shall demonstrate how its method and approach adequately and completely address each PWS task (PWS Sections 3.1 through 3.11), and demonstrate its understanding of the requirements and those needs to successfully perform the tasks. The offeror shall provide a performance plan that recognizes possible performance risks, provides a comprehensive and realistic risk mitigation strategy, and describes its methods and approach to meeting the solicitation requirements with a high level of confidence of successful completion within the required schedule. The plan shall contain a reasonable, achievable approach for assuming full contractual responsibility without disruption or degradation of performance. The plan shall propose a logical and achievable start-up schedule and staffing plan. Offerors must submit information on their proposed labor mix (labor categories and proposed hours). The offeror’s response must contain sufficient detail to enable the Government to assess the offeror’s capabilities to support DAMO-SSD’s organizational goals of the PWS. The offeror shall provide any relevant contract experience (performed for at least 12 months and during the past 3 years) and relevant contract that reflects the technical, analytical and developmental services described in the

PWS

The offeror shall present the proposed approach to assume full responsibility for continued technical, analytical and developmental services support to DAMO-SSD. Within the G-3/5/7 portion of the Army Staff (ARSTAF), responsibility for policy development and analysis is assigned to the Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate (DAMO-SS). The Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) and Proliferation Policy Division (DAMO- SSD) serves as the ARSTAF Combating WMD Program Oversight Manager. Indicate the process/steps to be applied to ensure uninterrupted continuation of performance including:

Describe your understanding of how a program’s requirements are developed and approved, the process and procedures used to fund a program, and the acquisition events and milestones associated with program development.

Describe your understanding of the tasks and support you will be providing DAMO-SSD. Describe your understanding of critical skills needed.

Describe how you will support the HQDA staff processes given the DAMO-SSD structure and mission referenced in the PWS. The proposal must demonstrate how it will support the integration of requirements, acquisition, and programming of resources.

Factor 2 – Management Approach

Offerors shall provide resumes and letters of commitment and/or contingent letters of offer and acceptance counter‐signed by the employer and the prospective employee for the Program Manager PM and all senior analyst positions listed in the PWS. Resumes shall document the education, experience and other minimum qualifications of the PWS. Letters shall include unburden labor rates. In addition, an Officer of the offering company shall certify the accuracy of all submitted resumes and the validity of any contingent employment agreements.

The offeror shall submit proposed personnel with a minimum of a SECRET security clearance at the start of the performance of the PWS requirements. EXCEPTION: Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearances or are required at the start of the performance of the following PWS requirements: PWS 3.5 - Treaty on Open Skies Strategic Studies, Analyses and Staff Support; 3.6 - New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START Treaty/NST) and the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Strategic Studies, Analyses, and Staff Support and PWS 3.8 - Counterproliferation Strategic Studies, Analyses and Staff Support. TS/SCI eligibility is sufficient at the start of the performance, however, personnel must have actual TS/SCI clearances within 50 days after contract award.

The offeror shall provide a matrix that includes the background, experience, educational level, and security clearance of the offeror’s proposed personnel. The matrix shall map the proposed employees to the appropriate PWS tasking, the respective Branch within DAMO-SSD (e.g., Nonproliferation), and the Government labor category. The matrix must clearly identify all personnel as either “key” or “nonkey.”

Offerors shall provide an organizational chart that depicts the organizational functions to be performed in accordance with the PWS. The chart and accompanying description will identify the reporting chain for daily operations and mission events and how the proposed team will interface with both the offeror’s corporate structure and with the Government.

Offerors shall describe the plan to recruit and retain personnel. The offeror shall provide metrics that illustrate and support their current and previous recruiting and retention efforts.

Offerors shall indicate how you will integrate your staff into the organizational work flow, present the time line for onboarding staff and how this schedule will support timely assumption of operations responsibility, and provide a plan to manage and supervise the activities of subcontractors if they are part of the proposal. The offeror should discuss ways that they will provide oversight of work efforts, resolve conflicts, and consolidate and integrate administrative aspects of any prime-subcontractor relationship.

Offerors shall provide separately a Quality Control Plan (QCP), with no page limitation, as described in accordance with Section 4.6.1 of the Performance Work Statement.

Factor 3 – Past Performance

The offeror shall present a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 performance narratives of recent and relevant contracts performed by the offer AND up to 2 recent, relevant contracts performed by each major subcontractor or team member. A “major subcontractor” is defined as a subcontractor that is proposed to provide $100,000 in effort in any single year during the contract period of performance. A “recent” contract is defined as one that is performed for at least 12 months during the past three years, which are relevant to the efforts required by this solicitation. A “relevant” contract is defined as those efforts in support of the requirements listed in Part 3 of the PWS, which are similar to the required effort.

Each past performance narrative shall clearly indicate how the contract effort is both recent and relevant and include the following:

Contractor/company name/division performing the work.

Address Program identification/title Government Agency being supported Contract number Contract type

Contract value Contract award date Forecasted or actual completion date Describe the nature of the contractual effort and skills mix Identify any problems encountered during performance and how resolved Identify any other constraints similar to those expected to be encountered in performing of this solicitation Identify and explain any contract terminations

The past performance cited should be related CWMD and reflect experience with similar Department of Defense activities; for example, Joint Staff plans and policy, or Navy acquisition programs. The offeror shall highlight previous work efforts that strategic analysis, policy formulation, and program oversight; senior level briefings and presentations, and graduate level writing skills.

Past Performance POCs Matrix - For each contract reference identified, the offeror shall identify Government Points of Contact (POCs) (Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer’s Representative and Technical Manager) who can provide information on the offeror’s contract performance to include the following:

POC name and title Current telephone number for the POC Current e-mail address for the POC Organization

Dissemination of Performance Risk Assessment Questionnaires.

The offeror shall provide a copy of the Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 3) to the Government POCs identified in the Solicitation. The offeror shall complete PART I of the questionnaire. The offeror shall request the POC: (1) provide information requested in PART II and (2) submit the completed questionnaire (fax or e-mail) directly to the CWMD Contracting Officer NLT 1:00 pm, 8 October 2015. Completed questionnaires shall NOT be collected by the offeror or included in the offeror’s Past Performance proposal.

Factor 4 – Small Business Subcontracting Plan

This factor is comprised of the Small Business Subcontracting Plan. This factor evaluates the offeror’s approach to maximizing opportunities for small businesses in terms of the percentage of the subcontracted portion’s value (SB Subcontracting Plan).

The Small Business Utilization Factor volume shall summarize the offeror’s SB Subcontracting Plan percentage values for the total, base, and option requirements in separate columns.

Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The SB Subcontracting Plan is a requirement for award to a large business and will be incorporated into any resultant contract. This plan is only required of an offeror which is itself other than a SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, or HBCU/MI. This volume describes the offeror’s approach to maximizing opportunities for small businesses in this effort, relative to the subcontracted portion’s value. The offeror’s SB Subcontracting Plan percentages are to be presented in terms of total dollars of work for each SB category, divided by the total value of subcontracts including options.

The cover page shall summarize the offeror’s SB Subcontracting percentage goals for the total, base, and option requirements in separate columns, as follows:

SB Subcontracting Plan

Total Base Options

SB % % %

WOSB % % %

HUBZone SB % % %

VOSB % % %

SDVOSB % % %

The required elements of the SB Subcontracting Plan are set forth by FAR 52.219-9 and DFARS 252.219-7003, and should be organized to address these elements in similar order to clearly demonstrate that each element has been fully addressed. All small businesses and historically black colleges or universities and minority institutions included in the SB Subcontracting Plan shall be specifically identified to facilitate compliance with 252.219-7003(g). The offeror shall provide the CAGE code or DUNS number for each proposed subcontractor, and include identification of the NAICS code (appropriate to the principal nature of the planned subcontract) supporting each proposed subcontractor’s size status. The offeror’s plan shall depict the percentage values of the option requirements separately. The information in the SB Subcontracting Plan must properly correlate with the approach described in the other proposal volumes.

SB Subcontracting Plan Goals. The offeror is requested to consider the Government’s Subcontracting goals for this acquisition in responding to this factor, as follows:

Small Business 51% Small Disadvantaged Business 14% Women-Owned Small Business 10% HUBZone Small Business 9% Veteran Owned Small Business 8% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 8%

For each category in which the offeror’s SB Subcontracting Plan contains goals below those described above, the offeror shall provide an explanation as to why.

Factor 5 – Price

1. The price proposal shall identify labor categories, descriptions, and fully burdened labor rates. Travel is not to be included in the price of any task. Travel and other direct costs (ODC) have been provided and shall not be changed. As part of the price proposal, all offerors shall submit Attachment 1 - Pricing Table showing the proposed fully loaded rates by hour for each labor category and the number of hours identified in Attachment 2 – Workload Data. Offerors shall not vary from these labor categories and hours. Contractors are not allowed to vary from the hours provided, and may not propose a technical approach that varies from the hours provided.

2. A totaled copy of Section B shall be submitted as part of the price proposal with pricing for the base and 4 one year option periods for a total of 5 years. The total evaluated price (TEP) will be the sum of all CLINs in Section B except for transition in. Pricing information shall be contained ONLY in Volume V, Factor 5-Price (except the unburdened rates that are included in the resumes).

3. In accordance with FAR 52.222-46, offerors shall submit a total compensation plan setting forth salaries and fringe benefits proposed for the professional employees who will work under the contract. This provision requires that offerors submit for evaluation a total compensation plan setting forth the following for professional employees working on the contract:

a. Proposed salaries

b. Fringe benefits

Offerors shall also submit supporting verification information as attachments to the plan to include actual payroll and fringe benefit/rate data for any proposed employees currently working for the offeror. For any proposed employees not currently working for the offeror, the offeror shall include other verifying data, such as recognized national and regional compensation surveys and studies of professional, public and private organizations, used in establishing the total compensation structure including direct labor and fringe benefits. If an offeror fails to submit the required plan and requested supporting information, the offeror’s proposal may be considered to be inadequate, unresponsive, and may be excluded from consideration. Subcontractors will send total compensation plan, setting forth salaries and fringe benefits proposed for the professional employees who will work under the contract, directly to the Contract Specialist via electronic mail.

4. Electronic spreadsheet files must be sent in Microsoft Excel 2007 format that includes all formulas, macro, computations, or equations used to compute the proposed amounts. Print image files or files containing only values are not acceptable. Supporting narrative shall be provided in Microsoft Word 2007 format or later.

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

The following have been modified:

EVALUATION APPROACH

Evaluation Approach

Basis for Award - This is a lowest price technically acceptable procurement and will follow the procedures described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.101-2. Best value is expected to result from the selection of the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price. The Government will base the decision on an evaluation of proposals against all evaluation criteria in the solicitation. The Government intends to award without discussions. 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 actions is in the public interest, and waive informalities and minor irregularities in the offers received.

Introductory Factor - Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Identification and Mitigation Plan will be evaluated as a responsibility matter only.

Factor 1 – Technical Approach: This factor evaluates the offeror’s understanding of DAMO- SSD’s operational objectives and ability to perform the technical, analytical and developmental services described in the PWS. This factor will evaluate the proposal to determine whether the offeror’s methods and approach adequately and completely address each PWS task (PWS Sections 3.1 through 3.11), and demonstrate an understanding of the requirements and those needs to successfully perform the tasks. The proposal will be evaluated as to how well the offeror recognizes possible risks to performance and whether performance plan to address risks are realistic and comprehensive, and the offeror’s methods and approach to meeting the solicitation requirements provide the Government with an expectation of successful completion within the required schedule. The Government will also evaluate the offeror’s performance plan for assuming full contractual responsibility without disruption or degradation of performance. The Government will evaluate the staffing plan for having a logical and achievable start-up schedule. The Government will evaluate whether the offeror has any recent (performed for at least 12 months and during the past 3 years) and contract experience that reflects the technical, analytical and developmental services described in the PWS. Finally, the Government will evaluate the offeror’s ability to meet all solicitation requirements.

Technical Approach Rating

Description

Acceptable Proposal provides an acceptable understanding of performance requirements, clearly meets the requirements of the PWS and has a low risk overall.

Unacceptable Proposal does not provide an acceptable understanding of performance requirements, does not clearly meet the requirements of the PWS and does not present an overall low risk.

Factor 2 – Management Approach: This factor evaluates whether the offeror effectively demonstrates the capability to direct, manage, and control the work to be performed in the PWS.

Management Approach Rating

Description

Acceptable Proposal presents an acceptable approach to direct, manage, retain, recruit personnel and clearly meets the requirements of the PWS.

Unacceptable Proposal does not presents an acceptable approach to direct manage, retain and recruit personnel and clearly does not meet the requirements of the PWS.

Factor 3 – Past Performance. This factor evaluates the Offeror’s past performance as it applies to fulfilling CWMD requirements and objectives as stated in the PWS. The Past Performance factor will be assessed based upon the relevancy of recent contracts performed by the offeror in order to determine the Government’s expectation that the offeror can successfully perform the requirements of the contract. The Government will utilize information pertaining to offeror performance on recent, relevant contracts. The Government will evaluate the Past Performance Information submitted by the offeror and information that is gathered independently of the offeror’s submitted information to assess its past performance.

Past Performance 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.

Unacceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government does not have a reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

Note: In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance (see FAR 15.305 (a)(2)(iv)). Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “unknown” shall be considered “acceptable.”

Factor 4 – Small Business Subcontracting Plan

Small Business Utilization Factor. The Government will evaluate the extent to which the offeror’s SB Subcontracting Plan demonstrates commitment to using SBs, SDBs, WOSBs, HUBZone SBs, VOSBs, SDVOSBs, and HBCU/MIs in performance of the contract.

Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The Government intends to evaluate only the SB Subcontracting Plan(s) submitted by the apparent successful offeror(s). If an offeror’s total proposed cost/price is less than the threshold at FAR 19.702(a)(1) or (2), the Government may, at its sole discretion, choose not to evaluate the offeror’s submitted SB Subcontracting Plan. The offeror’s SB Subcontracting Plan will be evaluated IAW FAR 19.705-4. The offeror’s plan must fully satisfy the required elements set forth by FAR 52.219-9 and DFARS 252.219-7003. The SB Subcontracting Plan must be considered acceptable by the Procuring Contracting Officer prior to award.

The Government will determine the basic acceptability of the SB Subcontracting Plan given the extent to which the proposal provides all required content and meets the objectives described in section L.

The offeror’s SB Subcontracting Plan will be rated as follows:

Rating Description

Acceptable Proposal clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Proposal does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Factor 5 - Price

A completed and totaled Cost Model.xls shall be submitted with the offerors price proposal. Offerors should rely upon the terms of the solicitation in the event of any inconsistency with the attached cost model. The total evaluated price (TEP) to be used in the award determination will be the total of ALL CLINs in the attached Cost Model; Section B. A proposal is presumed to represent the offeror's best effort to respond to the solicitation. Any inconsistency with other sections of the offeror's proposal (i.e. technical or management proposals), whether real or apparent shall be explained in the proposal. Any significant inconsistency, if unexplained, may raise a fundamental issue of the Offeror's understanding of the nature and scope of the work required and may be grounds for rejection of the proposal as inadequate. Price/cost data shall only be included in the cost volume and not any other volume. Proposed price will not be adjectively rated. The total evaluated price (TEP) will be the sum of all CLINs in Section B except for transition Phase-In CLIN. Transition Phase-In pricing will be evaluated separately for price fairness and reasonableness.

The Government will evaluate the overall price of each offeror’s price proposal to ensure price offered is fair and reasonable in accordance with the price evaluation criteria in Section L.

FAR 15.404-1. Accordingly, the analytical techniques and procedures described in FAR 15.404- 1 may be used singly or in combination with others, as determined necessary by the Contracting Officer, to ensure the price is fair and reasonable in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(a)(1). Fairness and Reasonableness shall be determined by (1) the price data provided is complete, accurate and includes all data necessary to support the proposed price; (2) offeror’s proposed price is fair and reasonable and consistent with the methods of performance and materials described in the offeror’s technical proposal, and there is a strong likelihood that the effort proposed can be performed for the proposed price; and (3) offeror’s price proposal is balanced.

For the purposes of this solicitation, “realism” as specified in FAR 52.222-46 shall relate to whether the proposed compensation plan reflects a sound management approach to recruitment and retention and understanding of contract requirements. The professional compensation plan proposed will be considered in terms of its impact upon recruiting and retention, its reasonableness, and its consistency with a total plan for compensation.

Professional compensation plans that are unreasonably low or not in reasonable relationship to the various job categories, may be viewed as evidence of failure to comprehend the complexity of the contract requirements since it may impair the contractor’s ability to attract and retain competent professional service employees.

(End of Summary of Changes)