Solicitation Amendment W91QV125RA0200003 SF 30 RELEASED.pdf

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)

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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:

52.212-1 ADDENDUM

52.212-1 INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS--COMMERICAL ITEMS (OCT 2017) (ADDENDUM)

A. GENERAL

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall include the identified volumes describing Technical Capability, Past Performance, Price and Solicitation Documentation. An Offeror's failure to provide in its proposal the information specified below might result in that proposal not being considered by the Government for award. The proposal shall represent the Offeror's best effort to respond to the solicitation.

All supporting data required for development of the proposal shall be included or summarized in each proposal within the stated page limitations. Mere statements that the Offeror understands the requirements and can or will comply with the requirements without supporting information are not acceptable and may be reason for determining a proposal to be unacceptable. The Government is not responsible for evaluating aspects of the proposal that are not in the appropriate volume.

Offerors are advised that the Government may incorporate some or all of the successful offeror's proposal into the contract.

(1) SUBMITTAL OF SOLICITATION QUESTIONS

NOTE: The Government intends to make contract award without discussions in accordance with FAR 52.215-1(f)(4) Instructions to Offerors

- Competitive Acquisition.

During the evaluation process, the Government may, at its discretion, enter into clarifications or communications as needed. The

Government need not enter into communications or clarifications with all Offerors. In evaluating the proposals, the Government may establish a Competitive Range to reduce the Offerors participating in the competition to only those Offerors most likely to receive the award.

Any Offeror eliminated from further consideration will be notified officially in writing.

Discussions: If the Government enters into discussions, it will be with those Offerors considered to be within the Competitive Range. During the negotiation process all proposal revisions must be submitted electronically in MS Word track changes format and accompanied by a complete electronic resubmission of the electronic file.

THE DUE DATE FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS RFP IS 25 SEPTMEBR 2025 3:00 PM ET.

As soon as an Offeror is aware of any problems or ambiguities in interpreting the specifications, terms or conditions, instructions or evaluation criteria of this solicitation, the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist shall be notified.

Electronic submission of questions, comments, and proposals shall be submitted to the individuals listed below.

Electronic mail attachments, if included, shall be prepared using Microsoft Office 365.

W91QV125RA0200003

MAJOR PAUL M. KILGORE,CONTRACTING OFFICER, at paul.m.kilgore.mil@army.mil

MR FRANCISCO VELAZQUEZ, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, at francisco.j.velazquez-salazar.civ@army.mil

(ALT POC) MAJOR TAVON M. COOPER, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, at tavon.m.cooper.mil@army.mil

When submitting questions and comments, please refer to the specific text of the RFP in the following format:

Subject: RFP No. W91QV1-25-R-A020

Reference: RFP Section ___, Paragraph(s) ____, Page(s) ____.

All questions will be answered via amendment and provided to all Offerors on the Internet at www.sam.gov and will not attribute the questions to the submitting Offerors

UPDATED CLOSING DATE: Proposal closing date is 14 OCTOBER 2025 at 10:00 AM EST

(2) PROPOSAL PREPARATION & ORGANIZATION

A) Format - To be considered for award an Offeror shall submit a proposal in accordance with the instructions of the Caisson Farrier RFP.

The proposal shall meet the requirements within these Proposal Submission Instructions using the sequence and format described in the table below. Each Volume shall be submitted electronically and all information pertaining to a particular Volume shall be confined to that

Volume. The Offeror shall submit one unredacted digital copy for each of the four (4) Volumes and one digital copy with the offeror name redacted for Volumes I, II, and IV. Digital files shall be submitted using Microsoft (MS) Office 365. Hyperlinks to documents external to the proposal are not permitted.

Each MS Word and MS Excel Worksheet electronic page setup of the proposal shall be 8 1/2" x 11", including a minimum of one-inch margins on all four sides of each page within a file sequentially page numbered in the center of the footer. Each Volume shall use the file name and be of the type indicated by the file extension below. Type fonts shall be no less than 12 pt font for paragraph text and no less than

10 pt font for tables with single spacing, except in graphics where it shall be large enough to be legible.

The Volumes are arranged to incorporate the Factors used to evaluate the proposal: Volume I - Technical Capability, Volume II- Past

Performance, Volume III - Price, and Volume IV - Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents, Certifications/ Representations, and Quality

Control Plan. The total number of pages for each Volume shall not exceed the number shown in the table below. Page counts will be made by counting pages from front to back consecutively. MS Excel worksheets are considered one page each for page count purposes. Each proposal shall contain, at a minimum, the information required for that Volume.

a) Page Count: Page counts do not include title pages, table of contents or resumes. Those pages that exceed the page count for each volume or part will be removed from the proposal and will not be evaluated.

b) Proposal Content

VOLUME TITLE FILE NAME

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF

PAGES (2)

VOLUME 1 - Technical Capability

Sub Factor 1 Technical Approach

Sub Factor 2 Personnel/Staffing Plan

XXX_CaissonFarrier_V1.docx and

XXXX Redacted_CaissonFarrier _

VI.docx

NTE 15 pages, excluding covers, title pages, executive summary, cross-reference matrix, table of contents, resumes and commitment agreement letters

VOLUME II - Past Performance

XXX_CaissonFarrier_V2.docx and

XXXXRedacted_CaissonFarrier _

VII.docx

NTE 5 pages excluding covers, title pages, executive summary and table of contents

VOLUME III - Price XXXX_ CaissonFarrier_VIII.xls No page limit

VOLUME IV - Soliciation, Offer and Award

Documents, certifications, QC Plan

XXXX_ CaissonFarrier_IV.docx and

XXXX Redacted_CaissonFarrier _

V1.docx

No page limit, Quality Control Plan

NTE 10 pages

Notes:

(1) For XXXX use the Offeror's company name.

(2) Those pages that exceed the page count for each volume or attachment will not be evaluated.

(3) PROPOSAL CONTENT

The Offeror's proposal shall be formatted as set forth in the table above and shall contain its proposal response to the requirements herein.

The proposal shall be clear, concise and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The proposal shall not simply rephrase or restate the Government's requirements but rather provide convincing rationale to address how the Offeror intends to meet these requirements. The Government will base its evaluation exclusively on the information presented in the

Offeror's proposal, except for information the Government obtains to evaluate the Past Performance Factor.

B. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY/APPROACH

The Offeror shall submit sufficient information for the Government to make a comprehensive evaluation of its approach and capability in meeting the requirements listed in the PWS for successful performance.

Offerors must provide a written narrative that specifically addresses their ability to meet PWS sections 5.1., 5.2., and the six (6) Performance

Objectives on Technical Exhibit 1. The offeror must also submit information to instructions provided in 52.212-2 Addendum, subfactors 1 and 2.

The proposal should NOT simply rephrase or restate the Government's requirements but rather shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Statements that the Offeror understands, can or will comply with the PWS (including reference publications, technical data, etc.), statements paraphrasing the PWS or parts therefore (including applicable publications, technical data, etc.)

and phrases such as "standard procedures will be employed" or "well known techniques will be used, "etc., will be considered unacceptable.

The Offeror shall assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of their experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in the

Offeror's proposal.

The proposal shall be prepared in an orderly format and in sufficient detail to enable the Government to make a thorough evaluation of the

Offeror's technical competence and ability to comply with and manage the contract task requirements specified in the PWS. The Offeror shall address as specifically as possible the actual methodology you would use to accomplish the PWS tasks. The Offeror shall submit sufficient information for the Government to make a comprehensive evaluation of its approach and capability in meeting the requirements listed in the PWS for successful performance.

Sub-Factor 1 - Technical Approach

The following documentation of the past farrier work for each lead farrier proposed whose resume is provided will be required:

Five (5) Horse Files, with each horse documented with all of the following photos and descriptions. The make-up of the horses shall include a minimum of three (3) draft breeds and one (1) light horse breed. The submission shall also include a minimum of three (3) examples of tungsten studs and two (2) examples of clips:

- Pre-work baseline photos:

o Front view of two (2) front feet in one (1) photo with hooves on the ground o Front view of two (2) back feet in one (1) photo with hooves on the ground o Outside of each individual foot with hoof on the ground o Each individual sole with a clear view from the toe to the heel bulbs

- Post-Trimming, Pre-Shoeing Photos:

o Each individual sole with a clear view from the toe to the heel bulbs

- Post-Shoeing Photos:

o Front view of two (2) front feet in one (1) photo with hooves on the ground o Front view of two (2) back feet in one (1) photo with hooves on the ground o Outside of each individual foot with hoof on the ground o Each individual sole with a clear view from the toe to the heel bulbs

For each set of photos, provide a brief (3-5 sentence) description explaining the farrier's decisions behind the work. Description shall explain what features of horse caused the farrier to trim and shoe as presented. If work differ from the "shoeing standards," explanation shall be provided in this description.

Sub-Factor 2 - Personnel/Staffing Plan

Provide resumes and letters of commitment for the two proposed Farriers that clearly meet the requirements of PWS paragraph 1.6.8. and subparagraphs.

Additionally, please provide a staffing plan that will demonstrate how the offeror will respond to the breadth of requirements in the PWS including but not necessarily limited to: proposed positions and use of subcontractors, strategies for substitution of key personnel.

C. PAST PERFORMANCE

Offerors shall submit three (3) Government contracts or non-federal letters of recommendation for the prime offeror or major subcontractor in performance or awarded during the past three years, from the issue date of this RFP, which are relevant to the efforts required by this RFP.

This volume shall be organized into the following sections:

Part 1 - Contract Descriptions This section shall include the following information formatted as indicated:

(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, email 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 e-mail 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 numbers.

(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 also.

(g) Contract Type (specific type such as Fixed Price (FP), Cost Reimbursement (CR), Time & Materials (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.

(i) Final or projected final price.

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

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

NON-GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE:

(a) Place of performance. If the work was performed as an assistant, also provide the name of the primary farrier and point of contact

(POC) within the primary farrier's organization (name, and current address, email address, and telephone numbers).

(b) Customer point of contact (name, address, email address, telephone numbers)

(c) Description of Work (number of employees, number of horses, breeds of horses)

(d) Price associated with the work

(e) Final or projected final price.

(f) Original delivery schedule, including dates of start, completion of work, total amount of horses shod, frequency of work

(g) Final or projected final delivery schedule, including dates of start, completion of work, total amount of horses shod, frequency of work

(h) Letter of recommendation from the customer

Part 2 - Performance Offerors shall provide a specific narrative explanation of each contract/job listed in Section 1 describing the objectives achieved and detailing how the effort is relevant to the requirements of this solicitation.

(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 offeror's shall list each time the delivery schedule was revised and provide an explanation of why the revision was necessary. All Requests for Deviation and Requests for

Waiver shall be addressed with respect to causes and corrective actions. The offerors shall also provide a copy of any Cure Notices or

Show Cause Letters received on each contract listed and a description of any corrective action implemented by the offeror's or proposed subcontractor. The offeror's shall indicate if any of the contracts listed were terminated and the type and reasons for the termination.

D. PRICE

The Offeror shall complete a Price workbook for each ordering period. For areas that the Offeror intended to propose no cost, offerors shall populate those cells with a zero (0). Offerors shall not unlock/unprotect the Price workbook.

Additionally, offerors shall not submit a price for a potential one-half year extension of the services period. The Price workbook shall automatically calculate a price for the potential one-half year extension of services period and the Government will provide NTE values for all Cost Reimbursable NTE CLINs.

(1) Final Proposal Revisions (FPR): Once discussions (if required) have been concluded, the Contracting Officer may request the Offeror provide a FPR.

(2) Amendment to Proposal: Amendments to proposals shall be submitted prior to the solicitation closing date as a complete revised proposal and labeled "Revised Proposal". Changed pages will not be accepted.

(3) How to Request and Receive Explanations and Clarifications of this Solicitation:

I. Before preparing their proposal or requesting an explanation or clarification of this Solicitation, the Offeror should first read the

Solicitation in its entirety.

II. If the Offeror requires an explanation or interpretation of the Solicitation requirements, the Offeror should request a response in writing from the Contracting Officer, Major Paul M. Kilgore. The Contract Specialist, Francisco Velazquez, shall be copied on the email.

III. Only the Contracting Officer is authorized to answer questions about this solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any information provided about the solicitation by any other source.

IV. All questions regarding this solicitation shall clearly identify the solicitation number and the specific section of the solicitation from which the question is derived.

V. Offeror's Questions shall be submitted by . Responses to questions will be posted 3:00 PM Eastern Time on 25 SEPTEMBER 2025 within 48 hours as an Amendment to the RFP.

(4) Amendments to the Solicitation: The prospective Offeror bears complete responsibility for ensuring that all amendments have been downloaded, reviewed and complied with in the preparation of the proposal. Furthermore, the Offeror is required to acknowledge ALL amendments as part of the proposal submission. Failure by the Offeror to acknowledge all amendments may result in the offer being rejected by the Government as nonresponsive to the solicitation requirement.

(End of Provision)

Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) Transition Information for Offerors

a. The Department of the Army is in the process of deploying a new contract writing software application to Army contracting offices worldwide. Known as the Army Contract Writing System (ACWS), this modern software application will replace legacy Army contract writing systems.

b. During this transition period, Offerors are hereby advised:

1. The Contracting Office may use any combination of contract writing systems to create and release documents related to this solicitation (i.e., solicitation amendments and awards, if any). As a result:

i. Solicitation may contain different offer submission instructions than other solicitations released by the same Contracting Office (i.e., requiring offer submission via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module versus e-mail). Offerors should review all offer submission instructions contained in the solicitation documents and direct any questions or concerns to the designated point of contact contained in the solicitation.

ii. If ACWS is deployed prior to contract award, documents received from the Contracting Officer or view on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) or other forums may appear noticeably different than the initial solicitation or previous solicitations or awards from the same Contracting Office. This is normal and expected.

iii. A change between contract writing systems may cause important information concerning solicitation response (amendments) or accepted terms (awards) to take on different formatting or appear in different parts of later documents issued. Offerors shall review all documents carefully to locate this important information and direct any questions or concerns to the designated point of contact contained in the solicitation.

2. The Government does not intend to use the transition between contract writing systems to effect any changes to solicitation or award terms and conditions without accompanying document narratives explicitly stating such changes are deliberate and desired. While the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer will take care to minimize or eliminate any inadvertent changes when adapting to the new contract writing software, the Offeror, maybe the first to identify such errors. Therefore, Offerors shall:

i. Notify the designated point of contact contained in the solicitation immediately if any observed changes, removals, or additions that would affect award eligibility, violate, or alter existing quote/ proposal terms, or could affect Contract performance post-award.

ii. Take special care to ensure all fill-in Clauses are populated and remain populated across documents received from the Contracting Office throughout the solicitation and award process.

iii. Notify the designated point of contact contained in the solicitation for guidance if any inadvertent change is noticed or suspected between document issuances.

3. In the unlikely event that a network disruption, contract writing system error, or financial system error threatens timely award of the requirement set forth in this solicitation, the Contracting Officer:

i. May elect to use alternative mechanisms to obligate funds and allow work or deliveries to legally begin to the benefit of, and with legal protection for, both parties.

ii. Will incorporate the latest version of this Solicitation into such mechanisms to serve as a framework for contract execution until any such system problems are resolved.

iii. Will ensure any action taken does not conflict with the stated offer evaluation and award methodology of this requirement.

iv. Will issue a complete, properly formatted award that accurately reflects this requirement and all applicable terms and conditions once systems return to normal.

4. After contract award, the Contracting Officer will correct problems affecting award documents (if any) via bilateral modification, at no cost to the Contractor. Any such modification will reconcile the award with the latest version of this solicitation reflecting deliberate action by the Contracting Officer (i.

e., the first issuance if no amendments, or the latest amendment with accompanying narratives), inclusive of any documented pre-award negotiations or accepted supplemental offer terms.

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