Drill Instructor Development and Assessment

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial service prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation: quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number M0026320Q0001 is issued as a request for quote (RFQ) using the commercial procedures in accordance with FAR Part 12. The Source Selection procedures are in accordance with FAR Part 13.  The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-06 and DFARS Publication 20190910.

The Regional Contracting Office, Marine Corps Recruit Depot- Parris Island, SC intends to solicit and award a Firm Fixed Price contract for implementation of a commercial off the shelf (COTS) software solution that will measure, weigh, and report clearly defined performance attributes of Drill Instructors (DI) in accordance with the Performance Work Statement listed on this solicitation.  This solicitation is issued as 100% Small Business Set-aside.  The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541511 with a size standard of $27.5 million.

All applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) provisions and clauses are contained in SF1449 M0026320Q0001 attached to this synopsis. 

Offerors responding to this announcement shall submit their quotes in accordance with FAR Part 12 and Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, and its addendum apply to this acquisition.  The Government will use the Tradeoff Process as basis for award in accordance with FAR 15.101-1.  The apparent successful, prospective contractor shall have acceptable past performance:

I.             Technical Acceptability is defined as meeting the requirements listed in the Performance Work Statement provided in Section C and providing a complete quote in accordance with the instructions provided in Section L.  Failure to provide the required information may result in nonconformance.

II.            Past performance will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13.106-2.  Past Performance will be rated on an "acceptable" or "unacceptable" basis.  The apparent successful, prospective contractor must  have acceptable past performance.  The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPSR) application (https://www.ppirssrng.csd.disa.mil/) will be used in the evaluation of suppliers' past performance in accordance with DFARS 213.106-2(b)(i).  Any contractor with past performance less than satisfactory will be rated as 'unacceptable'.

In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.  Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, "unknown" shall be considered "Acceptable."

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer.  Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.  All other additional contract requirement for this acquisition can be found in the attached SF 1449.

The closing date and time for this solicitation is 17 Oct 2019 at 2:00 pm Eastern.

The primary point of contact for this solicitation is Captain Renato Costa (renato.costa@usmc.mil).  No phone calls, all questions shall be in writing and received by this office no later than 10 days from issue of solicitation.