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Added: Mar 13, 2017 3:26 pm Modified: Mar 22, 2017 4:27 pmTrack Changes Amendment Two (02) done to Request for Quotation No. A17PS00441 as follow:



1. To include Evaluation Factors into the Solicitation and provide your quote with the requested documents under the Three (03) Evaluation Factors.



EVALUATION PROCESS:



FAR 52.212-02: Evaluation -Commercial Items: (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:



In the order of importance are the listed evaluation factors:



Factor I - Technical Capability

Factor II - Management Capability

Factor III - Past Performance



In accordance with FAR 15.101-1, Best Value, Tradeoff Process. All non-price factors weight more than cost or 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.





M.1 52.217-05, Evaluation of Options:



Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government's best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement.



M.2 Evaluation Factors for Award:



Award will be made on the basis of the best value trade off evaluation meeting the technically acceptable standards of all the non-price factors. The evaluation factors other than cost or price when combined are significantly more important than cost or price. The Government intends to select the Best Value offer on the basis of initial offers received, without discussions. Offerors may be given the opportunity to clarify certain aspects of quotes (e.g., the relevance of an offeror's information to resolve minor or clerical errors.)



M.3 Evaluation



The Government will be utilizing a best value trade off procedures as required under FAR 15.101-1. The Government will evaluate all offers to determine technical acceptability quote with the evaluated price. Each Non-Price Factor will be rated with adjectives (see M.5 for rating scale).



M.4 Evaluation Factors



Factor I - Technical Capability

Factor II - Management Capability

Factor III - Past Performance



Factor I - Technical Capability quote for Professional Development Training will work with program, in accordance with the Statement of Work. The Technical Capability shall be in as much detail as the offeror considers necessary to fully explain the quoted technical approach. The technical quote should reflect a clear understanding of the nature of the work to be performed. The quote shall assess the offeror's understanding of the Bureau of Indian Affair's goals for the project and an understanding of the Statement of Work (SOW). The quote should include, but not limited to the following:



a) Knowledge and understanding of the requirements outlined in the SOW.



b) Understanding of general and local condition which can affect the SOW.



c) Logical sequence of steps and or specific techniques to accomplish all required work specified in the SOW.



d) Capability to produce deliverables in response to the SOW.



Factor II - Management Capabilities for Professional Development Training, will work with program, in accordance with the Statement of Work.



Each offeror shall submit a plan consisting of a narrative explanation of their quote on-site approach to project management and coordination; and cost control measures on change orders and how they are quoted and tracked. Each offeror will be required to provide the relevant experience and knowledge of key individual(s) of the project team who will be assigned directly to the project. This factor will assess the quoted key personnel qualifications. The assessment will consider whether the quote provides an adequate number of appropriately qualified personnel to meet the technical, management and support requirements of the SOW. The Offer should include, but not be limited to the following description:



a) Describe the method and criteria you plan to use to select qualified subcontractors to ensure an appropriate level of experience and expertise for the project.



b) Describe your project schedule and plan indicating where you will start the project and how you plan to proceed to completion of the work as identified in the statement of work. Your projected schedule of the project; shall include steps within each phase and their estimated duration time. Project Schedule should note critical path.



c) Submit a resume along with a letter of commitment for all key personnel.



Factor III - Past Performance for Professional Development Training, will work with program, in accordance with the Statement of Work.



Please provide a list of contracts to include the contract number, POP, point of contact information and the description of the requirement. "Successful past performance on similar projects, to include but not limited to timeliness of performance and customer satisfaction".





2. To extend the response date to March 27, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. (Gallup, NM time).



All other terms and conditions to remain the same.

Added: Mar 13, 2017 3:26 pm Modified: Mar 20, 2017 9:07 amTrack Changes Amendment One (01) done to Request for Quotation No. A17PS00441 as follow:



1. To remove the follow statement, "This acquisition is for a Native American Owned Small Business Set-Aside under the Buy Indian Act (25 U.S.C)". And change the set-aside to total small business and include 52.219-6 -- Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.

As prescribed in 19.508(c), insert the following clause:

Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011)

(a) Definition. ¿Small business concern,¿ as used in this clause, means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the size standards in this solicitation.

(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to--

(1) Contracts that have been totally set aside or reserved for small business concerns; and

(2) Orders set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F).*

(c) General.

(1) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected.

(2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a small business concern.

(d) Agreement. A small business concern submitting an offer in its own name shall furnish, in performing the contract, only end items manufactured or produced by small business concerns in the United States or its outlying areas. If this procurement is processed under simplified acquisition procedures and the total amount of this contract does not exceed $25,000, a small business concern may furnish the product of any domestic firm. This paragraph does not apply to construction or service contracts.

(End of Clause)



2. To extend the response date to March 21, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. (Gallup, NM time).



All other terms and conditions to remain the same.

Added: Mar 13, 2017 3:26 pm THIS ACQUISITION IS FOR 100% NATIVE OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE UNDER THE BUY INDIAN ACT (25 U.S.C.)

The offeror represents as part of its offer that it [ ] does [ ] does not meet the definition of Indian economic enterprise as defined in 14.80.201.





This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. A17PS00441 herein cited will be procured under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-86.



DESCRIPTION: The contractor shall provide services consisting of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment and supervision, transportation and incidentals necessary when providing Professional Development Training for Navajo BIE, ADD Navajo.



This acquisition is set aside as small native owned, NAICS Code: 611710 Educational Support Services. In order to participate in this solicitation, vendor MUST qualify under the NAICS Code: 611710 and this NAICS code is in their SAM.gov profile.





Provide your quote for Professional Development for following days:



1. July 25-27, 2017; 3 On site Days, $___________ presenter per day X 3 on site days = $_______________

2. September 2017: 2 onsite days, $___________ presenter per day X 2 on site days = $_______________

3. October 2017: 2 Onsite Days, $___________ presenter per day X 2 on site days = $_______________

4. November 2017, 2 Onsite Days, $___________ presenter per day X 2 on site days = $_______________

5. February 2018: 2 Onsite Days, $___________ presenter per day X 2 on site days = $_______________

6. June 2018, 4 Onsite Days, $___________ presenter per day X 4 on site days = $_______________

Include all applicable taxes into overall cost.



GRAND TOTAL: ______________



Statement of Work



History of the requirements: Navajo BIE has specific defined areas of focus that are directly aligned to the district¿s priorities for improving instructional leadership and instructional practices. One area of professional development has focused on creating engaging assessment practices by teachers while enhancing instructional leadership capacity to lead and facilitate this assessment building process. The second area of professional development has focused on the idea and concept of creating Professional Learning Communities at local school sites; thus far the priority has targeted the conceptual understanding of Professional Learning Communities (PLC) through the evaluation of school¿s vision and mission statements. Future professional development will focus on the next level of utilizing the Design in Five assessment process by creating principal/teacher teams for the purpose of supporting school improvement instructional initiatives and strengthening use of tools and resources in creating high quality assessments.



I. Period of Performance:

¿ July 25, 26, 27, 2017 - 2 sites per day: Teachers, Principals and ERC/District Staff

Host School Sites: Nenahnezad Community School, Wingate Elementary School, Tuba City Boarding School, Many Farms High School, Bread Springs Day School, Crownpoint Community School



¿ September, 2017 ¿ 2 Days for ERC Education Specialist ¿School Improvement, Sped, Curriculum, Language and Culture, Residential and District Leadership



¿ November, 2017 ¿ 2 Days PD for Principals and Education Program Administrators



¿ February, 2018 ¿ 2 Days PD for ERC Education Specialist ¿School Improvement, Sped, Curriculum, Language and Culture, Residential and District Leadership



¿ April, 2018 ¿ 2 Days PD for Principals, ERC Staff



¿ June, 2018 ¿ 4 Days PD for Principals, Teacher Teams, ERC staff and district leadership





II. Description of the Services: Professional Development will focus heavily in three areas that will support leadership teams (principals, teachers, education specialist, district leadership) in building capacity and supporting the implementation of creating high quality assessments by effectively using assessment practices that actively engage leaders in recognizing and describing good teaching, creating a culture in which student work is meaningful and focused, while supporting the effective use of the common core standards. The outcomes of this professional development will be measured and verified through knowledge gained data by teachers and proficiency of student achievement data.



The second area of our focus will be to create and build professional learning communities amongst teachers and principals for the purpose of sustaining school improvement and creating a culture of collaboration which is results oriented.



The third area of focus will be implementing and documenting a comprehensive district curriculum of Common Core Standards, scope and sequence, curriculum maps, and teacher individual maps using a systematic process of identifying essential knowledge and skills; create a balance of assessment items that reflect both conceptual understanding and specific use of instructional strategies to determine how mastery is obtained, or resolutions if mastery is not obtained. Also included will be linking the instructional core concept to the process of Response to Intervention (RTI) and differentiated instruction.



III. Where the work will be conducted:



Various school site locations within BIE Navajo



IV. What are the measurable activities and tasks, define in a sufficient level of detail such that one can determine if the objectives are met:



ERC support personnel and Education Program Administrators will observe and collect evidence from the field that indicates assessments are improving in quality and are efficacious toward student learning and teacher instruction.



Learning Outcomes:

¿ Professional Learning Communities are established and operating at each school site

¿ Leadership will facilitate the system change

¿ Teachers will take ownership of their own professional learning

¿ Quality formative and summative assessments will be used effectively

¿ Teachers will be guided by the Instructional Core concept when designing differentiated instruction for all students using response to intervention

¿ Update practices to meet 21st century expectations to ensure learning for all student in the BIE Navajo District

¿ Connecting curriculum, assessment, and instruction development at the district and school levels

¿ Principal/Teacher groups will collaboratively adhere to the protocols of analyzing, unpacking, prioritizing concepts and skills to become a bank of learning expectations from which to build a curriculum.





V. What are the estimated milestones:



¿ Collect student achievement data to evaluate the quality of formative and summative assessments being developed and implemented in ELA and Math

¿ When evidence indicates that grade level professional learning communities¿ plans and actions are contributing to significant student learning growth and achievement in addition to quality lesson planning and delivery





VI. What, if any, special resources are required;

¿ Customer is responsible for the reproduction of all handouts and other print materials related to the services, and customer will notify Associate directly of any deadlines for reproduction

¿ Customer will provide a venue, audio/video equipment and technical support for all sessions



VII. When meetings are to occur and reports required, as applicable:

Dates, Regions, Training Sites:





¿ Vendor will provide evaluations to be completed by all BIE Navajo District participants after each training

¿ Vendor will collaborate with customer in creating and finalizing the agenda for each professional development session









QUOTE SUBMISSION INFORMATION: To be considered for award, vendors must quote on all items/services listed in the solicitation. Quote submission must include the following items:



1. Section 17a, 23, 24, 30a, 30b, and30c completed per the attached SF 1449 document (include DUNS number on form) (include taxes if applicable)

2. IEE Representation

3. Acknowledgement of any and all amendments by completion of Section 8, 15a, and 15c on SF30 amendments documents (if any).



Award will be made to the lowest priced offeror, whose quotation is conforming to the requirements herein, will be most advantageous to the Government, and is fair and reasonable.



Attachment A - Mandatory Clause



Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP)

(April 2013)



Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).



"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.



Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice



- A copy of the contractor¿s invoice shall be included with the IPP invoice. If no invoice is attached, the Invoice will be rejected.



The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.



If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

(End of Local Clause)



CONTRACT CLAUSES: The following FAR Clauses including all addenda applies to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 - Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 - Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items: 52.233-3, Protest After Award; 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim; 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct; FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons; FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving; FAR 52.232-40 Providing Payment to Small Business; DOI Acquisition Reg (DIAR) 1452.226-70 Indian Preference; 1452.226-71 Indian Preference Program; 1452-204-70 Release of Claims; FAR 52.229-3 Federal, State and Local Taxes; FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management; DOI Electronic Invoicing Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements-Invoicing Processing Platform (IPP) (April 2013).; 1452.204-70 RELEASE OF CLAIMS; 1452.28-1 Notice to Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises Set Aside; 1452.28-2 Notice to Indian Economic enterprises set aside; 1452.280-3 Subcontracting limitations; 1452.280-4 Indian economic enterprises representation; 1452.280-4 Indian Economic Enterprise representation Form..



Award will be made to the lowest priced offeror, whose quotation is conforming to the requirements herein, will be most advantageous to the Government, and is fair and reasonable.



The Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses and provisions are available in the internet at: http://www.acqusition.gov or may be requested from the Contracting Officer. Signed and dated Quotes, along with a completed copy of FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, are due at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Regional Office, Division of Acquisition, Attention: Charmaine Williams-James, P.O. Box 1060, Gallup, New Mexico 87305 by local time on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 5:00 pm (Gallup, NM time). Quotes submitted by facsimile and emails will be accepted. Any further questions regarding this announcement may be directed to Charmaine Williams-James, Contract Specialist, at (505) 863-8227, by fax at (505) 863-8382. Email: charmaine.williams-james@bia.gov. All contractors submitting quotes must be registered in the SAM www.sam.gov in order to receive contracts and purchase orders from the Federal Government pursuant to FAR Clause 52.204-7. To register or learn more about the SAM, go to: http://www.sam.gov.