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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

See Summary of Changes.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

S 1 15

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 03-Aug-2017

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 W91QEX-17-R-0007

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

26-Jun-2017

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 X is extended, 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

03-Aug-2017

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410TH CSB-MIAMI DIVISION

9301 NW 33RD ST

DORAL FL 33172-1202

W91QEX 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

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See Item 6

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W91QEX-17-R-0007

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 28-Jul-2017 08:00 AM to 07-Aug-2017 07:30 AM.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

The following have been modified:

INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1

SECTION L

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

A. Proposal Submittal and Inquiries.

1. Proposals shall be submitted prior to the closing date and time identified on the RFP.

2. The Contractor shall submit all questions and concerns in writing via email to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist, Lian Pino at lian.pino.civ@mail.mil and anthony.s.mosley.civ@mail.mil no later than Monday, 03 July 2017 at 4:30 p.m. (EST). The email shall be entitled “Questions for Solicitation W91QEX-17-R-0007”. The body of the email shall be numbered per question and contain questions in a clear and concise manner with specific reference to the page number and section of the solicitation, if applicable. No questions will be answered if received after 4:30 p.m. (EST) on 03 July 2017.

Answers shall be provided as an amendment to the solicitation notice as issued via FedBizOpps (FBO) website and shall be structured as an all inclusive question/answer document encompassing all of the Contractor’s questions and the Government’s responses to those questions. No questions or answers shall contain any proprietary information, Contractor’s names, or otherwise identifying information. When responding to questions, the Government will submit the questions as they were written verbatim if possible; however, if the Contracting Officer determined there are redundant questions, they contain any proprietary information, Contractor’s names, contain grammar or spelling errors, or otherwise contain identifying information, the Contract Specialist will redact, re-summarize, and/or exclude redundancies accordingly.

Should the Contracting Officer feel it is necessary, The Government may issue an amendment to add an additional question and answer period anytime throughout the duration of the Solicitation.

B. General Instructions

1. The selection of a source for award purposes will be conducted utilizing source selection (negotiated) procedures as delineated in FAR Part 15.3. Offers will be evaluated using the criteria under Section M, “Evaluation Factors for Award.” Noncompliance with the Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements may hamper the Government's ability to properly evaluate the proposal and may result in elimination of the proposal from further consideration for contract award.

2. 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 contract type.

3. It is the Government’s intention to award without discussions. Offerors are encouraged to present their best technical proposal and cost/prices in their initial proposal submission. However, in accordance with (IAW) FAR Part 15.306, should discussions become necessary, the Government reserves the right to hold them. If discussions are conducted, a competitive range will be determined and offerors will be notified. The competitive range may be limited for purposes of efficiency IAW FAR Part 15.306 (c) (2).

4. Instructions outlined in paragraph C below, 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.

5. If an offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, ambiguity, omission, or are otherwise deemed unsound, the offeror shall immediately notify the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer in writing with supporting rationale. The offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial proposal, as received, without discussion.

C. Proposal Preparation Instructions

1. Offeror’s proposal shall be organized into four (4) volumes titled as follows: Volume I - Management Approach and Staffing Plan; Volume II -Technical Proposal; Volume III -Past Performance, and Volume IV -Cost/Price. Each volume of the proposal shall be clearly marked with volume number, title, solicitation number and offeror’s name.

The page volume is limited as follow:

Volume Title Page Limits Management Approach and

Staffing Plan I 20

Technical Proposal II 100

Past Performance III 25

Cost/Price IV N/A

2. Proposal Limitation. The proposal shall not exceed the limits stated above. If the page limits are exceeded, the pages in excess of the limit shall be removed and returned unread to the offeror. The Government will not accept any changes to the contractor’s proposal after the closing date of the solicitation (See FAR 15.208 for further information regarding late proposals). If discussions become necessary, Evaluation Notices (ENs) will be issued to address any adverse Past Performance, significant weaknesses and/or deficiencies. A page limitation will be placed on responses. The specified page limits for EN responses will be identified in the letters forwarding the ENs to the offerors.

3. Page Limit Includes: All appendices, charts, graphs, diagrams, tables, photographs, drawings, etc.

4. Page Limit does not include covers for volumes, tables of contents, glossary of abbreviations and acronyms, indices, title pages, cross reference indices, and section dividers/tables if they are inserted solely to provide ease to the reader in locating parts/sections of the proposal. Pages will be counted if they contain any other information, i.e., diagrams, extraneous data, etc. Pages marked “This page intentionally left blank” will not be counted.

5. What Counts as A Page? A page shall be an 8 ½ X 11” sheet of paper. When both sides of a sheet display printed material, it shall be counted as two pages. Letter size and spacing requirements for illustrations and tables can be at the discretion of the offeror but must be easily readable. Fold-outs will be counted as the appropriate number of pages based on an 8 ½” X 11” sheet of paper. Margins shall be at least 1 inch on the top and bottom and 3/4 inch on the side. The Contractor shall number each page in order to eliminate any confusion. In the event contractor creates an ambiguity in their numbering of pages, the Government may exercise its own discretion in counting pages.

6. Indexing. Each volume shall contain a more detailed table of contents to delineate the subparagraphs within that volume. Tab indexing shall be used to identify sections.

7. Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms. Each volume shall contain a glossary of all abbreviations and acronyms used, with a definition for each.

D. Proposal Content

Volume I – Management Approach / Staffing Plan. The offeror Management Approach / Staffing Plan shall demonstrate how the offeror will perform the requirements for J3 Support Service and clearly identifies the labor mix and quantities by major task and location, identifies the replacement strategy, backup policy, retention policy and any other information pertinent to the execution of this contract. The proposed Management Plan and Staffing Plan will not be evaluated but will merely be used by the Government to have a sound understanding of the offeror’s overall technical and management approach to ensure the offeror has proposed adequate qualified personnel in appropriate labor categories to satisfy all PWS requirements. At a minimum, the plan and approach shall address the following areas:

(1) How the contractor will communicate with the government personnel;

(2) How the contractor will resolve disputes.

(3) Identify the Alternate Program manager;

(4) Identify the contractor’s hierarchy of all personnel providing services under the proposed contract.

Volume II – Technical Proposal. The volume shall be organized into the following sections:

FACTOR A - TECHNICAL CAPABILITY:

1. Sub-factor 1- Personnel Qualifications and Experience: See Attachment 5 for Personnel Qualifications and Experience. The contractor shall submit the following with their proposal to be evaluated:

Resumes for all personnel detailing their relative experience;

Certificate of completion for one or all of the following classes or courses: MS

WORD, EXCEL and/or POWERPOINT;

Unofficial Transcripts will be accepted until an Official Transcript is received and submitted to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) no later than 6 months after contract award;

Posse an Active Secret or Interim Secret Clearance at time of award.

***Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education***

2. Sub-factor 2- Corporate Experience: The offeror shall submit a copy of supporting data that reflects a minimum of 2 years’ experience within the past 10 years providing support in an AOR environment as note in: Attachment 5 for Personnel Qualifications and Experience and the company must possess a Top-Secret facility clearance at the time of award. In addition, provide a copy of current clearance letter from the Defense Security Service (DSS).

NOTE: The Prime and Teaming Partner or subcontractor may NOT use their experience combined as part of their proposal submittal both for their Technical Experience and Past Performance Proposal submission. Each prime contractor’s experiences should be evaluated solely in determining if a Offeror is technically acceptable. The offeror shall submit a copy of their approved SBA joint venture and/or mentor‐protégée in place. The evaluation of prime and subcontractor technical competency cannot be combined due to affiliation rules that pertain to the Ostensible Subcontracting Rules.

The offeror shall provide evidence of prior experience in the following format:

• The title of the Project or Contract No. for the Commercial or Government requirement

• A clear description of qualifying work experience

• Length of contract/project (From: year/month/date – To: year/month/date)

• Value of contract/project total amount

• Complete POC of employer (including name, phone no, and e-mail) and validating POC

Volume III – Past Performance

FACTOR B – PAST PERFORMANCE:

The Past Performance evaluation will be accomplished by reviewing aspects of an Offeror's recent and relevant Past Performance, focusing on and targeting performance which are recent and relevant to the effort as it directly relates to the services being procured under this solicitation and as defined in Section M (Basis for Award). This volume shall contain past performance information regarding similar recent and relevant contracts. This volume shall not exceed 25 pages, excluding Past Performance Questionnaire Forms. Offerors shall submit all Government and/or commercial contracts for the prime offeror and each major subcontractor in performance or awarded during the past ten years, from the issue date of this RFP, which are relevant to the efforts required by this solicitation. Relevant efforts are defined as services/efforts that are the same as or similar to the effort (as compared to NAICS code 561110) required by the RFP. In conducting the Past Performance evaluation, the Government reserves the right to use both the information provided in the offeror’s Past Performance Volume and information obtained from other sources, such as the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) or similar systems, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and commercial sources. Offerors are reminded that both independent data and data provided by offerors in their proposals may be used by the Government to evaluate offeror past performance.

However, the burden of providing thorough, complete, and current past performance information as requested in this paragraph remains with the offerors. Proposals that do not contain the information requested by this paragraph risk rejection or a less than acceptable performance rating by the Government. All past performance comments received will be taken into account and could affect the overall rating. The overall past performance evaluation is a subjective decision based on the whole of all data received.

1. Section 1 – Contract Descriptions. This section shall include the following information in the following format.

(a) Contractor/Subcontractor place of performance, CAGE Code and DUNS Number. If the work was performed as a subcontractor, also provide the name of the prime contractor and Point of Contact (POC) within the prime contractor organization (name, and current address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers).

(b) Government contracting activity, and current address, Procuring Contracting Officer’s name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

(c) Government’s technical representative/COR and current email address, telephone and fax numbers.

(d) Government contract administration activity and the Administrative Contracting Officer’s name, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax number.

(e) Government contract administration activity’s Pre-Award Monitor’s name, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

(f) Contract Number and, in the case of Indefinite Delivery type contracts, GSA contracts, and Blanket Purchase Agreements, include Delivery Order Numbers.

(g) Contract Type (specific type such as Fixed-Price (FP), Cost Reimbursement (CR), Time & Material (T&M), etc.). In the case of Indefinite Delivery contracts, indicate specific type (Requirements, Definite Quantity, and Indefinite Quantity) and secondary contract type (FP, CR, T&M, etc.).

(h) Awarded price/cost.

(i) Final or projected final price/cost.

(j) Original delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion or work.

(k) Final or projected final, delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion of work.

2. Section 2 – Performance. Offerors shall provide a specific narrative explanation of each contract listed in Section 1, Contract Description, describing the objectives achieved and detailing how the effort is relevant to the requirement of this RFP.

(a) For any contracts that did not/do not meet original schedule or technical performance requirements, provide a brief explanation of the reason(s) for the shortcomings and any corrective action(s) taken to avoid recurrence. The offerors shall list each time the delivery schedule was revised and provide an explanation of why the revision was necessary.

3. Past Performance Questionnaire. For all contracts identified in Section 1, Contract Descriptions, a Past Performance Questionnaire must be completed and submitted. The offeror shall complete Part I of the Past Performance Questionnaire and e-mail the questionnaire to both the Government contracting activity and technical representative responsible for the past/current contract. The POCs shall be instructed to electronically complete Part II of the questionnaire and e-mail the entire questionnaire to the Contracting Office no later than the proposal due date, to anthony.s.mosley.civ@mail.mil and lian.pino.civ@mail.mil. The offeror shall e-mail to the Contracting Officer a list of all the POC’s who were sent a questionnaire. The Government must receive this list no later than the proposal due date. The POC List shall be submitted in Word for Windows Table Format to include the following fields: Solicitation Number; Company Name; Contract Number; Government Agency; POC Last Name, First Name; POC Title; POC Telephone Number; POC E-mail Address; and Date E-Mail to POC (month/day).

4. Submissions. Offerors are discouraged from providing points of contact with another contractors’ facility, i.e., in case an offeror (or one of his/her team members) is in a subcontract with another contractor who has submitted a proposal on the same requirement. Offerors shall provide and submit the prime contract number and all Governmental agency points of contact (POC) in lieu of subcontract numbers or prime contract POCs in situations as described above.

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.”

Volume IV – Cost/Price

FACTOR C – Cost/Price

1. Complete SF1449: The offeror shall provide complete CLINs identified for base period plus four (4) options. Proposed price will be reviewed to determine if the proposal is adequate, complete, and reasonable to assess the offeror understands of the solicitation.

• The price proposal shall set forth a summary of the total proposed price for the base year and each option years.

• The specific direct labor categories and labor rates utilized to price the proposal must be identified in the pricing proposal only.

• If offeror does not propose any CLIN, offeror shall state zero (0) in the CLIN/SLIN.

2. Proposed prices will be evaluated to determine if the estimate is complete, realistic, reasonable and balance, and has no unbalanced to assess the offeror’s understanding of the solicitation. Any inconsistency, whether real or apparent between proposed performance and price, must be clearly explained in this volume of the proposal. For example, if unique and innovative approaches are the basis for an abnormally low-price estimate, the nature of these approaches and their impact must be completely documented.

3. A separate after-hours pricing sheet is submitted as part of Solicitation W91QEX-17-R-0007, “Surge Support Pricing Sheet.” The Offeror shall fill out the pricing sheet for each proposed Key Personnel for the base and option periods accordingly. The Offeror shall provide a price per hour for all Key Personnel in the event surge support is needed in accordance with PWS Paragraph 1.6.4, Hours of Operation. The prices proposed will not be evaluated as part of the Offerors overall evaluated price; however, the prices will be evaluated, using one or more of the techniques defined in FAR 15.404-1, in order to determine if the prices are fair and reasonable.

NOTE: If an Offeror submits pricing under the “Surge Support Pricing Sheet” that is determined to be materially unbalanced or unreasonable, the contracting officer shall make a determination in accordance with FAR Part 15.404- 1(g) -- Unbalanced pricing (2) (i) (ii) & (3).

NOTE: As part of price evaluation, the Government will evaluate its option to extend services (FAR Clause 52.217- 8 - Option to Extend Services) by adding one-half of the Offeror’s final option period price to the Offeror’s total price. Thus, the Offeror’s total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base period, 1st option, 2nd option, 3rd option, 4th option, and one-half of the 4th option. Offerors are required only to price the base and four

(4) options. Offerors shall not submit a price for the potential one-half year extension of services period. 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).

52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2017)

(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, including alternative line items (provided that the alternative line items are consistent with subpart 4.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation), or alternative 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 (https://assist.dla.mil/online/start/).

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

(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 (https://assist.dla.mil/wizard/index.cfm);

(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) Unique entity identifier. (Applies to all offers exceeding $3,500, and offers of $3,500 or less if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation ``Unique Entity Identifier'' followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address. The Offeror also shall enter its Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator, if applicable. The EFT indicator is a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the Offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity. If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for unique entity identifier establishment directly to obtain one. The Offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishing the unique entity identifier.

(k) System for Award Management. 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 SAM 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 SAM 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 SAM database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov.

(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)

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

The following have been modified:

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(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:

The Award will be made to the responsible offeror submitting the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)

FACTOR A: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY

Sub-factor 1. Personnel: See Attachment 5 for Personnel Qualifications and Experience Sub-factor 2. Corporate Experience

FACTOR B: PAST PERFORMANCE

FACTOR C: COST / 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.

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SECTION M

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

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:

The Award will be made to the responsible offeror submitting the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).

It is the Government’s intention to award without discussions. Offerors are encouraged to present their best technical proposal and cost/prices in their initial proposal submission. However, in accordance with (IAW) FAR Part 15.306, should discussions become necessary, the Government reserves the right to hold them. If discussions are conducted, a competitive range will be determined and offerors will be notified. The competitive range may be limited for purposes of efficiency IAW FAR Part 15.306 (c) (2).

FACTOR A: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY

3. Sub-factor 1. Personnel Qualifications and Experience: See Attachment 5 for Personnel Qualifications and Experience. The contractor shall submit the following with their proposal to be evaluated:

Resumes for all personnel detailing their relative experience;

Certificate of completion for one or all of the following classes or courses: MS

WORD, EXCEL and/or POWERPOINT;

Unofficial Transcripts will be accepted until an Official Transcript is received and submitted to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) no later than 6 months after contract award;

Posse an Active Secret or Interim Secret Clearance at time of award.

***Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education***

4. Sub-factor 2. Corporate Experience: The offeror shall submit a copy of supporting data that reflects a minimum of 2 years’ experience within the past 10 years providing support in an AOR environment as note in: Attachment 5 for Personnel Qualifications and Experience and the company must possess a Top-Secret facility clearance at the time of award. In addition, provide a copy of current clearance letter from the Defense Security Service (DSS).

NOTE: The Prime and Teaming Partner or subcontractor may NOT use their experience combined as part of their proposal submittal both for their Technical Experience and Past Performance Proposal submission. Each prime contractor’s experiences should be evaluated solely in determining if a Offeror is technically acceptable. The offeror shall submit a copy of their approved SBA joint venture and/or mentor‐protégée in place. The evaluation of prime and subcontractor technical competency cannot be combined due to affiliation rules that pertain to the Ostensible Subcontracting Rules.

The offeror shall provide evidence of prior experience in the following format:

• The title of the Project or Contract No. for the Commercial or Government requirement

• A clear description of qualifying work experience

• Length of contract/project (From: year/month/date – To: year/month/date)

• Value of contract/project total amount

• Complete POC of employer (including name, phone no, and e-mail) and validating POC

Technical Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings

Acceptable Proposal meets the minimum qualifications as stated in Sub-factor 1 – Personnel

Qualifications / Experience and Sub-factor 2 – Corporate Experience

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

***All Technical Elements Must Be Met to Be Deemed Acceptable for Award***

FACTOR B: PAST PERFORMANCE:

The Past Performance evaluation will be accomplished by reviewing aspects of an Offeror's recent and relevant Past Performance, focusing on and targeting performance which are recent and relevant to the effort as it directly relates to the services being procured under this solicitation and as defined in Section M (Basis for Award). This volume shall contain past performance information regarding similar recent and relevant contracts. This volume shall not exceed 25 pages, excluding Past Performance Questionnaire Forms. Offerors shall submit all Government and/or commercial contracts for the prime offeror and each major subcontractor in performance or awarded during the past ten years, from the issue date of this RFP, which are relevant to the efforts required by this solicitation. Relevant efforts are defined as services/efforts that are the same as or similar to the effort (as compared to NAICS code 561110) required by the RFP. In conducting the Past Performance evaluation, the Government reserves the right to use both the information provided in the offeror’s Past Performance Volume and information obtained from other sources, such as the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) or similar systems, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and commercial sources. Offerors are reminded that both independent data and data provided by offerors in their proposals may be used by the Government to evaluate offeror past performance.

However, the burden of providing thorough, complete, and current past performance information as requested in this paragraph remains with the offerors. Proposals that do not contain the information requested by this paragraph risk rejection or a less than acceptable performance rating by the Government. All past performance comments received will be taken into account and could affect the overall rating. The overall past performance evaluation is a subjective decision based on the whole of all data received.

1. Section 1 – Contract Descriptions. This section shall include the following information in the following format.

(a) Contractor/Subcontractor place of performance, CAGE Code and DUNS Number. If the work was performed as a subcontractor, also provide the name of the prime contractor and Point of Contact (POC) within the prime contractor organization (name, and current address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers).

(b) Government contracting activity, and current address, Procuring Contracting Officer’s name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

(c) Government’s technical representative/COR and current email address, telephone and fax numbers.

(d) Government contract administration activity and the Administrative Contracting Officer’s name, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax number.

(e) Government contract administration activity’s Pre-Award Monitor’s name, and current e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

(f) Contract Number and, in the case of Indefinite Delivery type contracts, GSA contracts, and Blanket Purchase Agreements, include Delivery Order Numbers.

(g) Contract Type (specific type such as Fixed-Price (FP), Cost Reimbursement (CR), Time & Material (T&M), etc.). In the case of Indefinite Delivery contracts, indicate specific type (Requirements, Definite Quantity, and Indefinite Quantity) and secondary contract type (FP, CR, T&M, etc.).

(h) Awarded price/cost.

(i) Final or projected final price/cost.

(j) Original delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion or work.

(k) Final or projected final, delivery schedule, including dates of start and completion of work.

2. Section 2 – Performance. Offerors shall provide a specific narrative explanation of each contract listed in Section 1, Contract Description, describing the objectives achieved and detailing how the effort is relevant to the requirement of this RFP.

(a) For any contracts that did not/do not meet original schedule or technical performance requirements, provide a brief explanation of the reason(s) for the shortcomings and any corrective action(s) taken to avoid recurrence. The offerors shall list each time the delivery schedule was revised and provide an explanation of why the revision was necessary.

3. Past Performance Questionnaire. For all contracts identified in Section 1, Contract Descriptions, a Past Performance Questionnaire must be completed and submitted. The offeror shall complete Part I of the Past Performance Questionnaire and e-mail the questionnaire to both the Government contracting activity and technical representative responsible for the past/current contract. The POCs shall be instructed to electronically complete Part II of the questionnaire and e-mail the entire questionnaire to the Contracting Office no later than the proposal due date, to anthony.s.mosley.civ@mail.mil and lian.pino.civ@mail.mil. The offeror shall e-mail to the Contracting Officer a list of all the POC’s who were sent a questionnaire. The Government must receive this list no later than the proposal due date. The POC List shall be submitted in Word for Windows Table Format to include the following fields: Solicitation Number; Company Name; Contract Number; Government Agency; POC Last Name, First Name; POC Title; POC Telephone Number; POC E-mail Address; and Date E-Mail to POC (month/day).

4. Submissions. Offerors are discouraged from providing points of contact with another contractors’ facility, i.e., in case an offeror (or one of his/her team members) is in a subcontract with another contractor who has submitted a proposal on the same requirement. Offerors shall provide and submit the prime contract number and all Governmental agency points of contact (POC) in lieu of subcontract numbers or prime contract POCs in situations as described above.

The following ratings will be used in evaluating Past Performance:

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. Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown (or“neutral”) past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, a neutral rating shall be considered “acceptable.”

FACTOR C: COST / PRICE:

4. Complete SF1449: The offeror shall provide complete CLINs identified for base period plus four (4) options. Proposed price will be reviewed to determine if the proposal is adequate, complete, and reasonable to assess the offeror understands of the solicitation.

• The price proposal shall set forth a summary of the total proposed price for the base year and each option years.

• The specific direct labor categories and labor rates utilized to price the proposal must be identified in the pricing proposal only.

• If offeror does not propose any CLIN, offeror shall state zero (0) in the CLIN/SLIN.

5. Proposed prices will be evaluated to determine if the estimate is complete, realistic, reasonable and balance, and has no unbalanced to assess the offeror’s understanding of the solicitation. Any inconsistency, whether real or apparent between proposed performance and price, must be clearly explained in this volume of the proposal. For example, if unique and innovative approaches are the basis for an abnormally low-price estimate, the nature of these approaches and their impact must be completely documented.

6. A separate after-hours pricing sheet is submitted as part of Solicitation W91QEX-17-R-0007, “Surge Support Pricing Sheet.” The Offeror shall fill out the pricing sheet for each proposed Key Personnel for the base and option periods accordingly. The Offeror shall provide a price per hour for all Key Personnel in the event surge support is needed in accordance with PWS Paragraph 1.6.4, Hours of Operation. The prices proposed will not be evaluated as part of the Offerors overall evaluated price; however, the prices will be evaluated, using one or more of the techniques defined in FAR 15.404-1, in order to determine if the prices are fair and reasonable.

NOTE: If an Offeror submits pricing under the “Surge Support Pricing Sheet” that is determined to be materially unbalanced or unreasonable, the contracting officer shall make a determination in accordance with FAR Part 15.404- 1(g) -- Unbalanced pricing (2) (i) (ii) & (3).

NOTE: As part of price evaluation, the Government will evaluate its option to extend services (FAR Clause 52.217- 8 - Option to Extend Services) by adding one-half of the Offeror’s final option period price to the Offeror’s total price. Thus, the Offeror’s total price for the purpose of evaluation will include the base period, 1st option, 2nd option, 3rd option, 4th option, and one-half of the 4th option. Offerors are required only to price the base and four

(4) options. Offerors shall not submit a price for the potential one-half year extension of services period. 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).

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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 (See note below)

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