SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Civilians on the Battlefield Role Players (OPFORS/COBs)
- Notice Date
- 11/10/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561320
— Temporary Help Services
- Contracting Office
- ACA, Fort Lewis, Directorate of Contracting, Building 2015, Box 339500, Fort Lewis, WA 98433-9500
- ZIP Code
- 98433-9500
- Solicitation Number
- W911S805R0011
- Response Due
- 11/22/2004
- Archive Date
- 1/21/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items 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; propos als are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The closing date is 22 November 2004 @ 12:00:00 P.M., PST. The solicitation number is W911S8-05-R-0011 and it is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-25. NAICS Code is 561320 and the size standard is $11.5 million. The solicitation is 100% small business set aside. The Directorate of Contracting, Fort Lewis, WA intends to award a firm fixed price requirements contract. The Government intends to make an award without discussions (see FAR 52.212-1(g). CLIN Schedules A & B are posted on the Directorate of Contracting, Fort Lewis, WA website at (http://w ww.lewis.army.mil/doc/index.htm). Place of Performance: CLIN Schedule A, Fort Lewis, WA., Place of Performance: CLIN Schedule B, Yakima Training Center, WA. The Period of Performance is: 1 December 2004 through 30 September 2005. The Number of Opposing Forces and Civilians on the Battlefield (OPFOR/COBs) required will be ordered on separate task orders issued by the Directorate of Contracting, Fort Lewis, WA. Request FOB Destination pricing. SCOPE OF WORK: The Contractor shall furnish all labor, servi ces and equipment and perform all work incidental to the equipping and preparation of personnel to serve as role players functioning as Opposing Forces and Civilians on the Battlefield (OPFOR/COBs) during tactical training conducted by units training at Fo rt Lewis or Yakima Training Center, WA. The Contractor shall provide personnel (male and female) to serve as OPFOR and COB role players in performance of the training scenarios for deploying units and other military units requiring such training, develope d in accordance with the Program of Instruction (POI). A complete description is provided in the Performance Work Statement which is posted on the Directorate of Contracting, Fort Lewis, WA website. The contractor shall provide role players who shall pl ay various positions and groups of people representing possible situations units may face during deployment. The contractor shall provide personnel trained, equipped and prepared to act in roles which may include but are not limited to the following groups : 1) Members of the four threat groups operating in the CENTCOM AOR: Former Regime Loyalists , Transnational Terrorist Groups, Extremists, Criminals; 2) Members of the new Iraqi Security Forces: Iraqi Police Service (IPS), Facility Protection Service (FPS) , Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC), New Iraqi Army (NIA); 3) Various civilians potentially encountered on the battlefield: Local governance authorities (NAC/DAC), Members of local tribes and their leaders, Members of religious groups and their leaders, Ref ugees and displaced persons oppressed by the former regime, Friendly media, Hostile media, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)/ Humanitarian Relief Workers; and 4) Prisoners and Detainees: Iraqi insurgent detainees, Civilians present during housing sear ches, Civilian relocation, Hostile combatant detainees in a prison environment, Criminal detainees, and Criminal detainees in a prison environment. The role players shall perform assigned roles and remain on site during periods specified to train units in reacting to various situations with the listed groups. The Contractor shall provide role player personnel for training in support of a series of conventional scenarios to theater-specific individual and collective readiness training, which develops the con ditions and provides deploying units with a realistic training environment. The role players may be required to speak a few words or phrases of Arabic dialect, which will be provided, or broken English. Role players do not need to have any type of theatrical ability. Role players shall be required to follow simple instructions from the Lead Role Player and on-site Government personnel. BASIS OF SELECTION: The fo llowing factors will be used to evaluate offers: Price, Technical Capability and Past Performance. The award shall be made on the basis of the lowest priced, technically acceptable proposal, with acceptable or neutral past performance. A written summary of the offerors technical capability to meet the requirements of the performance work statement is required. Specifics to address relate to price by providing a unit price/per day/per individual and a total price for the line item description; provide past performance information with whom recent past performance can be verified, offerors shall provide a minimum of three references to include a summary on quality of service, timeliness of performance and business relations. Past performance reference informa tion should include points of contact, telephone numbers and an email address. The Government will also use other available resources to evaluate past performance. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (all offerors are to include with their response a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 and DFARS 252.212-7000). Further, offers must contain all commercial terms, conditions and provisions under which the offeror conducts business in the commercial marketplace. Offerors that fail to furnish required representations or information, o r reject the terms and conditions of this solicitation may be excluded from consideration. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions require to Implement Statutes and Executives Order-Commercial Items (the following clauses cited in FAR 52.212-5(b) and (c) are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Aside; FAR 52.219-8 Utiliza tion of Small Business Concerns; FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting; FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (E.O 11246); FAR 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans of Vietnam Era; FAR 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic F unds TransferCentral Contractor Registration; FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended; FAR 52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (Actor: GS-1054-07; $14.77); FAR 52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Ac t-Price Adjustment); FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference; FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference; DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense A cquisitions of Commercial Items (the following clauses cited in DFARS 252.212-7001(a) and (b) are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities; DFARS 52.205-7000, Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders; DFARS 252.226-7001, Uti lization Of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, And Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns; DFARS 252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment; DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests; DFARS 252.247-7023 Alterna te III Transportation of Supplies by Sea; DFARS 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea). FAR 52.216-18, Ordering - orders may be issued from 29 November 2004 through 30 September 2005; FAR 52.216-19, Order Limitations - (a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than$100.00, the Government is not obligated to purchase , nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract, (b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor: (1) Any order for a single item in excess of $1,000,000.00; (2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of $3,000,000.00; or (3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 5 calendar days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in subparagraph (1) or (2) above. (c) If this is a requirements contract (i.e., includes the Requirements clause at subsection 52.216-21 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)), the Government is not required to order a part of any one requirement from the Contractor if that requirement exceeds the maximum-order limitations in paragraph ( b) above. (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) above, the Contractor shall honor any order exceeding the maximum order limitations in paragraph (b), unless that order (or orders) is returned to the ordering office within 5 working days after issuanc e, with written notice stating the Contractor's intent not to perform the services called for and the reasons. Upon receiving this notice, the Government may acquire the services from another source; 52.216-21, Requirements - the Contractor shall not be r equired to make any deliveries under this contract after 31 December 2005. The complete text of any or all of the clauses/provisions effective on the date of the latest Federal/Defense Acquisition Circular is also available electronically from the followi ng websites: http://farsite.hill.af.mil; http://www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/dfars.html. Offers shall provide as a minimum: 1) RFP number; 2) Name, address, and telephone number of point of contact of offeror; 3) CLIN 0001 and CLIN 0002 Pricing; 4) A completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 and DFARS 252.212-7000 Representations and Certifications; 5) A written representation of the offerors technical capability to include descriptive literature, to allow the evaluation team to evaluate your offer; 6) Provide three (3) current references for recent and relevant past performance information. Electronic transmission-the RFP, written technical representation, literature, and representations and certifications may be submitted via email to wanda.reed@lewis.army.mil. Offeror s are responsible for accurate addresses and telephone numbers for submitted past performance information. A copy of the full text: one general performance work statement for the basic contract, one sample task order performance work statement , CLIN Sched ule A and CLIN Scehdule B, and the wage determinations are available for viewing and download on the Directorate of Contracting website: http://www.lewis.army.mil/doc/ under Solicitations. See Note 1. Telephonic points of contact for this requirement are Olive M. Lenney, (253) 966-3504 or Wanda Reed, (253) 966-3503.
- Place of Performance
- Address: ACA, Fort Lewis Directorate of Contracting, Building 2015, Box 339500 Fort Lewis WA
- Zip Code: 98433-9500
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 98433-9500
- Record
- SN00707037-W 20041112/041110212129 (fbodaily.com)
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