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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following items are applicable to this modification:

A. The purpose of this amendment is to change the time of the site visit from 13:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs without date change as follows:

(1) Time and Place: 26 Jun 19, 14:00 P.M. for escort at CFA Chinhae Main Gate located in Yeomyong-ro, chinhae-gu, changwon-si, Kyongsangnam-do (경상남도 창원시 진해구 여명로 23).

(2) Maximum of 2 individuals per offeror be attended.

(3) The attendee must bring a photo identification card (주민등록증 또는 운전면허증).

*NOTE: Any offerors who are interested in participation of the site orientation should be present at not later than 26 Jun 19, 14:00 P.M. and also provide a list of attendants’ information (company name, attendant name, address & telephone number, ROK ID number and vehicle license plate number) to Ms. Yi Hye Kyong through e-mail at hyekyong.yi6.ln@mail.mil or Ms. Chong, Hyon Suk at hyonsuk.chong1.ln@mail.mil by 24 Jun 19, 13:00 hours for the installation access process.

B. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

The following have been modified:

52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2018)

(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).) 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) Reserved.

(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.

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO THE OFFROR(S)

1. CONTRACT AWARD:

1.1. The Government intends to execute a Requirements contract inclusive Firm Fixed Price (FFP) CLINs for Grounds Maintenance Service for Commander, Fleet Activities (CFA) at Chinhae, Area IV. Award will be made to the responsible offeror submitting the Lowest Priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offer in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13.5 that satisfies all terms and conditions of the solicitation, and who is determined to be responsible in accordance with FAR 9.104-1. Offers will be evaluated for acceptability, but not ranked using the non-cost factors/subfactors. All non-cost factors and subfactors will be rated as either "acceptable" or "unacceptable". In order to be considered for award, there must be an acceptable" rating in every non-price factor/subfactor. In other words, a rating of "unacceptable" for any factor or subfactor will result in the entire offer being rated "unacceptable".

1.2. In accordance with FAR 52.212-1 “Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (JAN 17), the Government reserves the right, based on the Government’s best interests, to make a determination to: 1) award without discussions; 2) make a single award for this requirement; 3) establish a competitive range in order to conduct discussions; and/or 4) make no award if, upon evaluation, none of the proposals are deemed likely to meet the requirements.

2. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Offerors’ proposals shall adhere to the following instructions:

2.1. These instructions are designed to ensure submission of essential information in order for the Government to understanding and evaluate proposals. Offerors are cautioned to follow the detailed instructions fully and carefully, as the Government reserves the right to make award based on initial offers received, without discussions with Offerors.

2.2. The successful offeror's technical proposal related to the Contractor’s qualification and Key Personnel’s qualification, in accordance with paragraph 1.6.7. and 1.6.8. of the PWS, shall be incorporated into the resultant contract as part of the PWS. The successful offeror shall be obligated to perform in accordance with the incorporated technical proposal. Nothing contained in the incorporated proposal shall be interpreted as permitting the successful offeror to perform less than required by the unincorporated portions of the PWS or other terms of the contract, or otherwise constituting a waiver of other requirements of the contract.

2.3. Contractor Team Arrangements: A contractor team arrangement (CTA) means an arrangement in which two or more companies form a partnership or joint venture to act as a potential prime contractor or a potential prime contractor agrees with one or more other companies to have them act as its subcontractors under a specified Government contract or acquisition program. A CTA is not an arrangement in which two or more companies form a separate legal entity, such as a corporation or limited liability company, to act as a potential prime contractor.

2.3.1. The Government will, when applicable, recognize the integrity and validity of CTAs when identified and fully disclosed to the Contracting Officer. Offerors proposing a CTA must identify and fully disclose contractor team arrangements relationships in their offer/proposal. A CTA must be in writing.

2.3.2. After award, the Contractor must notify the Contracting Officer and CTA arrangement with subcontractor(s) within 10 days prior to any projected performance by the new subcontractor.

2.3.3. For offerors proposing a partnership/joint venture CTA: The CTA must do business under the CTA name, must register in SAM under the CTA name, must provide documents vesting an individual with the authority of the partners to bind the CTA, and must designate a single point of contact for the CTA.

2.3.4. The Government will perform a responsibility determination on a CTA just as it would on any prospective contract awardee.

2.4. Offerors are required to submit complete proposals (Technical Proposal, Past Performance Proposal, and Price Proposal) and also submit the documents listed below in Paragraphs 2.5 - 2.7 through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), website at https://www.fbo.gov by 13:00 hours on closing date of Block #8 of the SF 1449, (Local Korea Time) as indicated in Block #8 of the solicitation. The proposal submittal other than FBO will not be considered for award. All questions should be emailed to Ms. Chong, Hyon Suk at hyonsuk.chong1.ln@mail.mil and/or Ms. Yi, Hye Kyong, hyekyong.yi6.ln@mailmil within 10 calendar days after the solicitation is issued. Questions received after this date and time may not be answered.

FACTOR I - TECHNICAL:

Sub-Factor 1- Prime Contractor’s License: The offeror shall provide a copy of Prime Contractor's Construction License for i) Landscaping and Planting (전문건설업 중 조경식재공사업) or ii) Comprehensive Landscaping Construction License (종합건설업중 조경공사업) issued by the Republic of Korea (ROK) Government.

Sub-Factor 2- Prime Contractor’s Prior Experience: The offeror shall provide evidence of at least two (2) years of prior experiences in grounds maintenance services within the last five (5) years from the issuance date of this solicitation. The experience of a subcontractor cannot be substituted for the prime contractor’s experience. The offeror shall provide evidence of prior experiences in the following format:

- Title of the contract/Project

- A detail description of work completed

- Length of contract/Project (year/month/date – year/month/date)

- Value of contract/project in KW for total amount

- Complete name, phone number, and E-mail address of point of contact at Client Organization (Company) or Requiring Activity (RA)

Sub-Factor 3 - Contract Manager (CM): The offeror shall provide a CM’s resume with at least two (2) years of experiences as a CM in grounds maintenance services within the last five (5) years from the issuance date of this solicitation.

* The resume for CM must clearly identify information as required below:

- Name of Contract Manager

- Description of qualifying work experience

- Length of contract/project (year/month/date – year/month/date)

- Value of contract/project in KW for total amount

- Phone number and full name of employer and validating personnel

FACTOR II - PAST PERFORMANCE: Past performance shall be evaluated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis.

Offerors are authorized to provide information on the problems encountered on the identified contracts and the Offeror’s corrective actions. The Government may ascertain past performance information on the Offeror from sources other than the references provided. 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”.

The offeror shall provide recent and relevant past performance in Ground Maintenance Service. Recent past performance is within the last five (5) years as of the opening date of the solicitation. Relevant past performance are those that are the “same or similar” services based on size, scope, complexity, and contract type.

(a) Contract references. For each Past Performance submission as required in the below format:

-The title of the contract/project -A description of work completed -Name of the Client Organization or Requiring Activity -Length of contract/project (year/month/date – year/month/date) -Value of contract/project -Complete name, e-mail and phone number of point of contact (POC) at Client Organization

(b) The Government may send a Past Performance Questionnaire to the POC listed by the Offeror for each relevant contract, who will subsequently be requested to submit information to the Government no later than 14 days after Government issuance of the questionnaire.

Note: Offerors are reminded that while the Government may elect to consider data obtained from other sources, the Government does not assume the duty to search for data to cure problems it finds in the proposals. The burden of providing thorough and complete past performance information rests with the Offeror.

FACTOR III - PRICE PROPOSAL: The Offeror shall provide complete price proposal to include:

(a) Schedule of Services (CLINs/SubCLINs) of the RFP for base year plus four (4) one -year options (total four (4) years and 6 months)

(b) Any escalation in additional option year pricing shall be identified.

(c) The offeror(s) shall round all unit prices to the nearest whole Korean Won (KRW) thereby eliminating the use of any decimal points.

2.5 Complete Standard Form 1449 and Standard Form 30 (if any amendment is issued).

2.6. Tax Exemptions- Republic of Korea, (5) TAXES, Special Excise (Petroleum) Tax - The offeror shall provide a complete the form and sign. The offeror shall indicate specific types and quantities of POL products upon which offeror’s based and for which tax exemption is allowed.

2.7. Point of Contact (POC): Name(s) and telephone number, and e-mail address of person(s) authorized to conduct discussions/negotiations and to financially bind the company.

3. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF PROSAL

Offerors are required to submit proposals electronically in response to this solicitation in the following:

FACTOR I, Technical Capability – Prime Contractor’s Qualification: 2 Copies (1 Original + 1 Redacted Copy without company name or symbol)

FACTOR II, Past Performance: 1 Original Maximum of three contracts information required.

FACTOR III, Price Proposal: 1 Original

4. PRE-AWARD SURVEY: A pre-award survey may be conducted on firms, to include joint venture partners and subcontractors indicating firm commitments to this acquisition, submitting proposals. The pre-award survey is to determine the prospective contractor’s responsibility in accordance with FAR Part 9.104-1. Information may be requested as required by the Contracting Officer and the information shall be submitted within two (2) working days of the request.

5. SITE VISIT:

a. Offerors are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the price of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award. The site orientation schedule is as follows:

b. Time and Place: 26 Jun 19, 14:00 P.M. for escort at CFA Chinhae Main Gate located in Yeomyong-ro, chinhae-gu, changwon-si, Kyongsangnam-do (경상남도 창원시 진해구 여명로 23).

c. Maximum of 2 individuals per offeror be attended.

d. The attendee must bring a photo identification card (주민등록증 또는 운전면허증).

*NOTE: Any offerors who are interested in participation of the site orientation should be present at not later than 26 Jun 19, 14:00 P.M. and also provide a list of attendants’ information (company name, attendant name, address & telephone number, ROK ID number and vehicle license plate number) to Ms. Yi Hye Kyong through e-mail at hyekyong.yi6.ln@mail.mil or Ms. Chong, Hyon Suk at hyonsuk.chong1.ln@mail.mil by 24 Jun 19, 13:00 hours for the installation access process.

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