W91RUS24R0025-U0001 FINAL MODIFICATION DOC.pdf

ACC-APG - HUACHUCA DIVISION

NADIA FIRESTONE 2133 CUSHING ST

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provi ded herei n, all t erms and condit ions of t he document refere nced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore change d, remai ns unchanged and in ful l force and effect .

15A. NAME AND TIT LE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

ST ANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescr ibed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Amendment 01 provides the follow ing changes:

14.1 Updated Section L-7, #6.

14.2 Added SF30 Questions and Answ ers.

14.3 Attachment of the Question and Answers.

14.4 Extension of Solicitation until 12:00PM Arizona Time on 9 August 2024.

1. CO NTRACT ID CODE P AGE OF P AGES

S 1 12

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

16C. DAT E SIGNED

BY 15-Jul-2024

16B. UNITED ST AT ES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contract ing Officer )(Signature of person authorized t o sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, Count y, Stat e and Zip Code) X W91RUS24R0025

X 9B. DAT ED (SEE IT EM 11)

01-Jul-2024

10B. DAT ED (SEE IT EM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITAT ION NO.

11. THIS IT EM ONLY APPLIES T O AMENDMENT S OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered soli cit ati on i s amended as set forth in It em 14. The hour and date specified for rece ipt of Offer X is ext ended, is not extended.

Offer must acknowl edge rece ipt of t his amendment pri or to the hour and date specified in the sol ici tat ion or as amended by one of t he fol lowing methods:

(a) By compl eti ng Items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copi es of the amendment ; (b) By acknowledgi ng recei pt of thi s a mendment on each copy of t he offer submit ted;

or (c) By s epara te let ter or t elegram whi ch i ncludes a refe rence t o t he s olic ita tion and amendment numbers . FA ILURE OF YOU R A CKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT TH E P LACE D ESIGNATED FOR TH E RECEIPT OF OFFERS P RIO R TO THE HOUR AN D DATE SP ECIFIED MA Y RESULT IN

REJECTIO N OF YOUR OFFER. If by vir tue of thi s amendment you desire t o change an offer already submit ted, s uch c hange ma y be made by t ele gram or let ter, provided each t elegram or l ett er makes reference to the sol ici tat ion and this amendment , and is re ceived prior to the openi ng hour and dat e speci fi ed.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DAT A (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 FORT H IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONT RACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. T HE ABOVE NUMBERED CONT RACT /ORDER IS MODIFIED T O REFLECT THE ADMINIST RATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORT H IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO T HE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(B).

C. T HIS SUPPLEMENT AL AGREEMENT IS ENT ERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OT HER (Specify type of modification and authorit y)

E. IMPORTANT: Contract or is not, is required to sign this document and return copies t o the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/cont ract subject matter where feasible.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/ MODIFICATION NO. 5. P ROJECT NO .(If appli cable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

15-Jul-2024

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Questions and Answers:

# Question Answer

1 Page 3, Item 9: Could a 3-week extension for the proposal submission be granted (until 13 August 2024) to allow more time to estimate the resources required to execute the work, based on the responses to the following questions?

An extension of 13 business days will be granted. Proposals will be due on Friday 9 August 2024 no later than 12:00PM Arizona time.

2 Page 4, Clin item 1002: Can the estimated cost for materials be deferred until the design phase has been able to determine which components (i.e. PIV System or Model Positioning System, etc.) can fit within the budget.

Provide a bill of materials, labor, etc. breakdown upon completion of the design phase and prior to the procurement phase that fits within the given budget.

3 Page 14: Please clarify if there is any fee that will be able to be applied to the material cost (Clin item 1002) in option year 1.

Not allowed to charge profit/fee on materials costs. Material handling indirect rates are allowed.

4 Page 62: The deliverables for Phase 1 Design and Phase 2 Supply for the subsonic WT seem to be dependent on which components (i.e. PIV System or Model Positioning System, etc.) from J003 – Annex B will fit within the defined Phase 2 budget. Please confirm that the final deliverables will depend on what can be priced to fit within the Phase 2 budget of $2,450,000 during the design phase.

Solution delivered should be designed to best achieve design objectives given while fitting within the provided constraints including budget and space.

5 Page 62: If it is determined early in the Phase 1 process that none of the components for the Supersonic WT will be feasible to procure within the defined Phase 2 budget, does this mean that additional design planning, specification development, or ROM costing in Phase 1 for the supersonic WT components can be stopped at that point in time?

How the offerors plan to perform the design process should be explained in the proposal. This could include an early system conceptual design to determine which components and capabilities are feasible followed by a preliminary design that only focuses design planning, spec development, ROM costing, etc. on selected design alternatives. Alternatively, offerors could also price and design each element/capability independently and select those “a la cart” to fit within constraints, or some other design process. How the offerors plan to do this is what we want to know in the proposal.

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The following have been modified:

SECTION A

SECTION A

A. Contract Summary

1. Program Title: United States Military Academy (USMA) Wind Tunnel, West Point, New York.

2. Ensure that this Request for Proposal (RFP) is read in its entirety and provide a conforming proposal that addresses all areas. Failure to do so could result in the proposal being determined non-responsive and not evaluated.

3. This is an unrestricted solicitation using the competitive procedures described in FAR Part 15 to procure a wind tunnel for the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York. Offers are to design, build and then install a wind tunnel per the Statement of Objectives (SOO) which is attached in section J of this solicitation. The intent of this SOO is to find the best value offer for a custom wind tunnel that meets or exceeds the objectives listed in the SOO. Exceeding the Performance Objectives may benefit the USMA by enabling the future expansion of the engineering Program of Instruction (POI).

4. Period of Performance (POP): The Period of Performance for this contract will be a base year of 12 months for the design of the wind tunnel and then an option year one for the build at offerors location and then the installation at West Point.

5. This acquisition will use a best value approach that permits trade-offs between price and non-cost factors and allows the Government to accept other than the highest technically rated and/or lowest priced proposal. The perceived benefits of the higher priced proposal shall merit the additional cost, and the rationale for tradeoffs shall be documented in the file in accordance with FAR 15.406. Therefore, award may be made to an offeror with a higher Most Probable Cost (MPC) if the added benefits to the Government warrant paying a higher cost. Offerors are cautioned that award may not necessarily be made to the lowest price offered.

6. The resultant contract will be a non-personal services, performance based, incrementally funded, non-commercial, cost reimbursable, single “C” type contract awarded to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to the RFP requirements and presents the best value to the Government, with appropriate consideration given to the evaluation factors of Mission Support, Past Performance, and Cost.

7. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Proposals shall be complete and include all information the offeror wants the Government to consider and evaluate and conform to all required terms and conditions

8. Questions: Any questions about Solicitation W91RUS24R0025 must be submitted via email by 10 July 2024, 5:00PM Arizona Time.

Questions submitted after this date will not be answered. No questions will be answered telephonically. All questions must be submitted via email to individuals listed below:

Nadia I. Firestone Contract Specialist Nadia.i.firestone.civ@army.mil

Craig A. Metzger

Craig.a.metzger4.civ@army.mil

Lorraine I. Arciniega Contracting Officer Lorraine.i.arciniega.civ@army.mil

Please provide the applicable SOO paragraph number, page number, CLIN number, or other applicable location in the Solicitation for each question.

All questions received will be answered and distributed to all parties by a posting under the solicitation number to https://sam.gov, without an identification of the requestor.

Check https://sam.gov for responses to questions. No verbal or email responses will be provided.

Contracting is unable to upload AutoCAD drawings.

9. Proposal Submission: Proposals shall be submitted as set forth in Section L –Instructions, Conditions and Notices (Section L) to offerors below and shall be received by the Government no later than 12:00PM, Arizona time, on 9 August 2024.

SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J

List of Attachments:

J001 - Statement of Objectives - Wind Tunnel USMA_v11 J002 - Annex A Cadet User Scenarios J003 - Annex B - Objectives Traceability Matrix (OTM) for SOO Goals_10APR24_V2 J004 - Annex C - CEAC Building Plans_v2 J005 - Annex D-CEAC_Bulletin 18_Pad and Penetrations for Wind Tunnel_2023-07-12 J006 - Annex E-CEAC Aeronautics Lab Floor Plan_measurements J007 - Past Performance Evaluation Questionnaire Form J008 - CDRL A001 (MPR Invoicing)_JB J009 - CDRL FH01 Meeting Reports_JB_23MAY2024 J010 - CDRL FH03 Weekly Activity Report_JB_23MAY2024 J011 - CDRL FH13 Engineering Implementation Package_JBv3 J012 - CDRL FH18 Systems Acceptance Test Plan_JB_23MAY2024 J013 - CDRL FH35 Training Plan and Materials_JB_23MAY2024 J014 - Questions and Answers Wind Tunnel

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

SECTION L

SECTION L

Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors

L-1 INTRODUCTION

1. Proposals are to be submitted via e-mail to the Points of Contact listed below by 23 July 2024, 5:00PM Arizona Time.

a. POINT OF CONTACTS (POC):

Nadia I. Firestone nadia.i.firestone.civ@army.mil

2. UNSANITIZED and SANITIZED versions of the cost and technical volumes will be submitted.

3. Any questions about Solicitation W91RUS24R0025 must be submitted via email by 10 July 2024, 5:00PM Arizona Time. Questions submitted after this date will not be answered. No questions will be answered telephonically. All questions must be submitted via email to individuals listed below:

a. Nadia I. Firestone Contract Specialist

b. Lorraine Arciniega Contracting Officer

Lorraine.i.arciniega.civ@army.mil

c. Craig Metzger Contract Specialist craig.a.metzger4.civ@army.mil

4. The proposals will consist of four volumes:

a. Volume I - General

b. Volume II – Technical

c. Volume III – Price

d. Volume IV – Past Performance

5. Offeror Submission: Prime and Subcontractor

a. For clarification, Primes are responsible for all solicitation requirements and shall submit all four volumes.

i. Subcontractors can submit their proposal directly to the above listed POC.

L-2 DISPOSITION OF PROPOSALS

1. After proposal evaluation and contract award, the original proposals may be destroyed or retained by the Government in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment Solicitation Module. A destruction certificate will not be furnished.

L-3 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. Each Offeror shall submit only one proposal which addresses all Government requirements outlined in the solicitation.

2. Late submission. Refer to FAR 52.215-1(c) (3) (ii) (A) (1), (2) and (3).

3. Period for acceptance of offers. The Offeror agrees to hold firm the prices in its offer for 180 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of proposals.

4. Acknowledgement of Solicitation Amendments. Should amendments be issued for this solicitation, the offeror shall acknowledge by signing the Standard Form (SF) 30 entitled Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract and include it in the proposal submission.

5. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code that applies to this requirement is 334516– Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,000 employees (U.S. Small Business Administration Table of Small Business Size Standards, 01 January 2022).

6. The Magnitude of Procurement for the design portion of this requirement is within $250,000.00-

$450,000.00. The Magnitude of Procurement for the build and installation of this requirement is $2,450,000.00.

7. Proposals shall be clear and concise, logically assembled (with all pages appropriately numbered) and referenced to applicable parts of the Statement of Objectives or Request for Proposal, as appropriate. To reduce proposal size, the Offeror will confine submission to essential matters sufficient to define the proposal and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. File shall not contain classified data.

L-4 PROPOSAL FILES

1. Printing should be single spaced and be double-sided. Each paragraph is to be separated by at least one blank line. Arial,12-point minimum font size applies. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size no less than 8-point and may be landscape. Any blank pages inserted to facilitate double-sided printing should not be numbered and will not count toward the page count.

2. Table one: Proposal Volumes, Page Limitations and Format:

Volume No.

Title Page Limit Format

Volume I General No Limit MS Word (.docx) and

Searchable PDF

Contents of Proposal Transmittal Letter, Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents & Certifications/ Representations.

Volume II Technical 40 pages MS Word (.docx) and

Technical Approach/Narrative Requirements

Volume III Price No Limit MS Excel (.xlsx)

UNSANITIZED Cost Notes (Narrative)

UNSANITIZED Cost Workbook/Excel Templates

Volume IV Past Performance MS Word (.docx) and

CPARS

Past Performance Evaluation Questionnaire Form

10 total questionnaires

L-5 VOLUME 1 - GENERAL

1. Proposal Transmittal Letter. A letter formally transmitting the proposal shall include the following appendices: Statement of Compliance. Each Offeror shall include a statement indicating complete compliance with the solicitation, or detailed analysis of any objections, exceptions, contingencies, or additions. Any objections, exceptions, contingencies, or additions shall include an appropriate rationale and must be cross referenced to the particular paragraph(s) in the requirements documents, such as solicitation and SOO, to which they apply

2. Offerors are cautioned that they take exception to any requirements (including objectives and constraints) or Terms and Conditions of the solicitation at their own risk. The Government may, at its option, reject an offer which contains any such exceptions. Any exception taken by the offeror, at its own risk, shall be identified in the Statement of Compliance.

3. If no exceptions are taken, the Offeror shall include the following statement in the Statement of Compliance: “[Name of Offeror] takes no exception to any requirement or Terms and Conditions of Solicitation No. W91RUS- 24-R-0025, Wind Tunnel for the USMA”.

4. The Proposal Adequacy Checklist is required in accordance with FAR clause 52.215-20 Alternate IV. Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.

5. DCMA and DCAA Points of Contact. Each Offeror shall provide, in volume II – Price Factor, its cognizant field office information to include the point of contact’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. Offerors shall include this information for all subcontractors. Each Offeror shall provide their most recent DCMA Forward Pricing Rate Agreement (FPRA), Forward Pricing Rate Recommendation and/or DCAA Provisional Rate Recommendation or DCAA Provisional Rate Agreement, as well as any DCAA audit reports relative to direct labor, indirect expense, and any other rates or factors. An offeror who does not have an assigned DCAA representing office will need to contact its regional DCAA office to obtain the contact information to supply in response to this RFP.

a. If Provisional Billing Rates have not been established, then the following information shall be provided to establish Provisional Billing Rates in accordance with FAR 42.704 – Billing Rates.

b. The Offeror shall submit a Provisional Billing Rate Proposal (BRP) to include documentation to validate the proposed direct and indirect rates. Because the final rates are DCAA determined, in addition to providing to the Contracting Officer, the Offeror shall also submit the BRP to the Offeror’s cognizant DCAA Office. Electronic submissions are encouraged. Provide in MS Excel format. The auditor shall establish Provisional Billing Rates (PBR) based on information resulting from recent review, previous rate audits or experience, or similar reliable data or experience of other contracting activities. Examples of documentation which may be submitted for proposed direct labor rates could be recent actual direct labor rates supported by payroll records, and/or paystubs, Letters of Intent (LOIs), or salary survey data. If providing LOIs, you and/or your subcontractors shall include the direct hourly labor rate for the proposed employee, identify the position, submit the LOI on your subcontractor’s letterhead (as applicable) with both the prospective employee’s and the employer signatures, and state that the LOI is for the subject procurement. You and/or subcontractors shall provide the range of rates for each labor category based on its salary structure.

c. The Provisional Billing Rate Proposal (BRP) shall include documentation to validate the proposed indirect rates. Documentation for the BRP indirect expense rates shall include the forecasted expense pool (by expense account) and allocation base detail, along with the last three years’ actual pool (by expense account) and allocation base information.

i. Proposed billing rate calculations (Pool and Base) with brief rationale

ii. Prior three fiscal year (FY) pool and base

iii. Current FY to date pool and base iv. Current FY budget pool and base, if available v. Comparative analysis with explanation of any significant differences

d. This information shall include any incurred cost submissions along with any subcontractors’ certifications.

e. The above requirements to provide DCMA/DCAA points of contact and to provide a

Provisional Billing Rate Proposal (BRP), if one hasn’t already been established, apply to the Prime and all Subcontractors. Offerors are encouraged to reference DCAAP 7641.90, Information for Contractors, located at www.dcaa.mil. This manual has been designed to assist contractors in understanding applicable requirements and to help ease the contract audit process. Chapter 6 explains Incurred Cost Proposals.

f. The rates reflected in the FPRA, FPRR, FPRP, BRP or DCAA/DCMA audit or review should directly match the proposed rates as detailed in the proposal. If the proposed rates do not match the FPRA, FPRR, FPRP, or DCAA/DCMA audit or review, the prime offeror and all subcontractors shall provide sufficient detail explaining how the proposed rates are realistic.

6. Disclosure of Potential Organizational Conflicts of Interest. The Offeror shall disclose complete information of any work performed by it that is in any way associated with the contemplated acquisition or which could result in a potential organizational conflict of interest. Should a conflict of interest, or appearance of a conflict of interest, exist, the contracting officer shall determine the impact of the matter on the acquisition and the appropriate actions to be taken because of the determination. Should a potential conflict of interest exist, the offeror is encouraged to contact the contracting officer prior to proposal submission for a determination prior to expending resources in proposal preparation.

7. Adequate Accounting System. In accordance with FAR 16.301-3(a), cost reimbursement contracts may be used only when the contractor’s accounting system is adequate for accumulating and billing costs applicable to the contract. Offerors are required to submit with their proposal evidence that their accounting system is adequate for determining costs applicable to a cost reimbursement contract and adequate for segregating costs for change order accounting. An offeror's accounting system shall be deemed adequate prior to award. Offerors shall provide the date the Government deemed its accounting system adequate and name the Federal Government agency that provided the audit. Offerors shall also submit a copy of the audit report with their proposals.

8. Financial Responsibility. Offerors shall provide, in volume II – Price Factor, information that affirmatively demonstrates the offeror has adequate financial resources to perform the contract or has the ability to obtain them (FAR 9.104-3(a)). An explanation of how the provided information demonstrates the adequacy of the offeror's financial resources shall also be provided.

a. Example information that would affirmatively demonstrate financial responsibility includes, but is not limited to the following:

i. Credit line and significant loan information, including current amount available, date due.

ii. Financial data for parent company if they control cash/credit

iii. Corporate guarantee when parent controls cash/credit

iv. Three years financial statements to include:

1. Audited, reviewed, compiled or certified financial statements

2. Balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement

3. Notes/ disclosures to financial statements; explain unusual items

4. DCMA's Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer who is cognizant of the Offeror's financial responsibility matters.

5. Company's internal audit reports

6. Stockholder's reports and records

7. Earnings reports

8. Quarterly and annual reports

9. Financial disclosures n. Statements of Board of Directors, Chief

Operating Officers, President, etc.

L-6 VOLUME II – TECHNICAL

Technical Factor (Volume II):

1. Technical proposals shall be submitted in both SANITIZED and UNSANITIZED versions.

a. UNSANITIZED technical proposals are complete technical proposals that include all required information, including company identifying information.

b. SANITIZED technical proposals shall exclude all information that can be used to distinguish or trace the offeror to the proposal. The technical evaluation team will evaluate the SANITIZED version of the technical volume.

2. No price information shall be presented in any part of the proposal except the Price Proposal.

3. Technical Proposal with schedule submission is limited to 40 pages

4. Technical Proposals shall address all the elements required in the attached Statement of Objectives (SOO) and the Annex B - Objectives Traceability Matrix (OTM) for SOO Goals_10APR24_V2 excel file.0020. Provide input on feasibility of providing each capability listed in Annex B (Objectives Traceability Matrix) based on the contractor’s design and fabrication capabilities, available build and installation funding IAW section L-1(7), and allocated space IAW Annexes C through E.

5. The Offeror’s proposed technical approach shall demonstrate a thorough understanding of the SOO requirements through submission of a Statement of Work (SOW). The Offeror’s SOW shall include its technical solution that fulfills, and demonstrates, an understanding of the Government’s requirements. Provide a description of the proposed wind tunnel design approach to include the following:

•The design team including the number of personnel and engineering specialties.

•The proposed design process to be used in designing the wind tunnel system.

•The tools, software, or processes to be used in analyzing the predicted performance of the wind tunnel system.

6. The contractor’s proposed schedule shall be submitted with the technical proposal. The schedule shall be in the form of a progress chart of suitable scale to indicate the percentage of work scheduled for completion at any given date during the period.

7. Provide a description of the facilities and equipment required for this requirement.

8. Provide a description of existing wind tunnel fabrication facilities and capabilities. A list of available wind tunnel subcomponents or data acquisition equipment is not required but will be considered (motors, fans, balances, data acquisition systems, hotwire systems, etc.).

L-7 VOLUME III – PRICE

Price Factor (Volume III):

1. This volume shall consist of all information, required to support proposed costs and prices.

Certified cost and pricing data are not currently required due to the expectation of adequate price competition. Other than cost and pricing data shall be provided by the offeror as necessary to establish a fair and reasonable price prior to award of the contract. In accordance with FAR subpart 15.403-5 Instructions for submission of certified cost or pricing data and data other than certified cost or pricing data, this solicitation specifies the requirement for necessary preaward or postaward access to offeror’s records There are no page limitations for this volume.

2. The offeror is responsible for ensuring the information submitted in this volume is consistent with and fully supports the amounts set forth in the Standard Form 33 (Solicitation, Offer, and Award), Schedule B (CLIN structure).

3. A price for each CLIN/SLIN shall be provided in your proposal. Pricing must be totaled in the proposal to show the total overall price as indicated in the price summary below. Format for this volume shall be in Excel.

4. An example price summary is provided below.

CLIN Description Unit Price Total Price 0001 Base Year Design Labor 1001 Option Year 1 Labor 1002 Option Year 1 Materials 1003 Option Year 1 Travel 1004 Option Year 1 ODCs

5. The contractor shall provide a labor break-out of all labor rates and loadings (all indirect rates, inclusive of labor indirect rates, G&A, and profit) that lead to the establishment of the price. The contractor will provide a price breakout for all major components and equipment.

6. For Option Year 1 Materials, contractor shall provide a bill of materials, labor, etc. breakdown upon completion of the design phase and prior to the procurement phase that fits within the given budget.

7. For Option Year 1 Travel, contractor shall propose travel costs for their proposed schedule as stated in the technical volume.

8. Other Direct Costs (ODCs) must be described and relevant to the technical approach. ODCs can consist of the following examples:

a. Shipping and handling

b. Rental equipment

9. A pricing narrative must be provided. Within this pricing narrative, at a minimum, the contractor shall describe:

a. Assumptions and Conditions of Proposal.

b. State Period of Proposal Validity (180 days).

c. Direct labor: The offeror shall provide a comparison of proposed salary data to a

National or Regional survey. The Offeror shall describe the development of direct labor categories and rates, including the basis of estimates and the basis of application.

d. The education level, years of experience and job duties/responsibilities that will be performed by each internal hire, grouped by labor category and corresponding labor rate.

e. Other costs: List, completely explain, and calculate any cost/price not specified elsewhere, such as associated costs to implement proposed innovations or to make improvements to contractor performance.

f. Fee: In accordance with FAR Subpart 15.404-4/DFARS Subpart 215.404-4, offerors shall present the details of proposed Fee amounts in the weighted guidelines format. In accordance with FAR 15.404-4(c) (4) (C), the Fee for Cost-Plus- Fixed-Fee contracts shall not exceed 10%.

10. To expedite the evaluation, Offerors (prime and sub) are requested to provide a copy of their cost and pricing proposal, in the same format required by this RFP, to their cognizant DCAA office upon submission of the proposal to the Contracting Officer. The Offeror shall provide information regarding its cognizant DCAA office, to include point of contact, telephone number and email address.

11. A SANITIZED and UNSANITIZED version of the pricing narrative must be provided.

12. The Government is not liable for any costs incurred by the contractor in submitting proposals prior to and subsequent to contract award.

13. If proposing subcontractors, a detailed cost proposal for each subcontract shall also be submitted. Prime contractors (and First-Tier subcontractors) shall conduct appropriate cost or price analysis to determine reasonableness of proposed subcontract prices and include the results of the analyses in their cost proposal. Offerors are required to support the subcontract to the same level of detail and information as the prime offeror. The offeror shall also explicitly detail on its cost proposal the amount of work subcontracted, in terms of both dollars and percentage, and identify the type of subcontract.

a. If teaming partner data is considered proprietary, it may be sent directly to the Government. All requirements of this RFP and the cost workbook shall apply to the subcontractor’s proposal submissions. The offeror is responsible for ensuring that all teaming partner information is submitted in a timely manner. The prime contractor shall have the responsibility to consolidate the overall cost totals and include them wherever applicable in the cost workbook.

L-8 VOLUME IV – PAST PERFORMANCE

Past Performance Factor (Volume IV):

1. Past Performance related to wind tunnel design and fabrication occurring in the past 10 years must be provided using the Past Performance Evaluation Questionnaire Form provided as attachment J007 of this solicitation. The Questionnaire should be sent to the PCO/ACO of the recent/relevant effort to be completed. The completed forms must be e-mailed to:

2.

Nadia I. Firestone

No later than 19 July 2024, 5:00PM Arizona Time.

3. Late submissions may not be considered.

4. See Attachment for instructions for completing Past Performance Questionnaires.

5. No more than 10 questionnaires may be submitted.

6. Additional Sources of Past Performance Information for Evaluation which may be used by the contracting office to determine acceptability of past performance. Sources such as the following maybe used:

a. Past performance information may be provided by the offeror, as solicited.

b. Past performance information may be obtained from established systems such as the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), or other databases;

and may be obtained from other sources available to the Government, such as the Defense Contract Management Agency; and interviews with Program Managers, Contracting Officers, Fee Determining Officials. Although the Government may elect to consider data from other sources, the burden of providing detailed, current, accurate and complete past performance information rests with the Offeror.

L-9 DISCUSSIONS

1. In accordance with contract provision 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION, the Government intends to award a contract without discussions, but reserves the right to hold discussions if necessary. Since offerors may correct deficiencies, as defined in FAR 15.001, only through discussions, offerors are cautioned to examine this solicitation in its entirety and to ensure that their proposal contains all necessary information, provides all required documentation, and is complete in all respects. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions as set forth in FAR 15.306.(B).

2. In accordance with FAR 15.306(d), should discussions take place, all offerors in the competitive range will be allowed a minimum of 14 calendar days to submit Final Proposal Revisions.

(End of Summary of Changes)