SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Program Support Services
- Notice Date
- 3/11/2008
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commander, ATTN SMDC-CM-AP, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801
- ZIP Code
- 35807-3801
- Solicitation Number
- W9113M-08-T-0001
- Response Due
- 3/31/2008
- Archive Date
- 5/30/2008
- Point of Contact
- Jack Shifflett, 703-878-8517
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commander
(jack.shifflett@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
- Description
- U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT), on behalf of The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Military Community and Family Policy (ODUSD MCFP), requires Program Support Services . This is a combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, and guidance of FAR 13.5 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only Solicitation that will be published; proposals are being requested and a written Solicitation will not be issued. This combined Synopsis/Solicitation will be provided electronically only. A complete Synopsis/Solicitation package can be downloaded at the following USASMDC/ ARSTRAT Web Site: http://www.smdc.army.mil/Contracts/Contracts.html The Solicitation includes the following Attachments: Solicitation/Synopsis (9 Pages) Attachment A : Overarching Program Support Services Scope of Work (10 Pages) Attachment B Performance Assessment Plan (4 Pages) Attachment C Instructions to Offerors and Sample Performance Work Statement (PWS) (12 Pages) Attachment D Price Lists (6 Pages) The Government anticipates an award of a single perfo rmance-based Fixed-Price (FP) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) as a result of this action. This requirement is 100% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The applicable NAICS is 541611 Program Support Services. The applica ble size standard is $6.5M. The Solicitation W9113M-08-T-0001 is a request for a Technical Proposal and Price Quote (RFQ). The anticipated award date will be no later than 30 May, 2008. The Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses a re those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-12. Offerors are required to check both, the USASMDC/ARSTRAT website and the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ for any amendments to th is combined Synopsis/Solicitation. All questions must be in writing and received by the USASMDC/ARSTRAT Contracting Office not later than 2 pm Daylight Savings Time, 19 Mar 2008. No telephonic request will be entertained. All responses to questions will be posted by way of an amendment to this combined Synopsis/Solicitation to ASFI and USASMDC/ARSTRAT websites. The email address for submission of all questions is vonia.callen.jackson@us.army.mil or Jack.shifflett@us.army.mil Questions must be address ed to the Contracting Officer /Contract Specialist only. I. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Proposal and Price Quote shall be submitted on 31 March 2008, by 2pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time to the attention of: Vonia C. Jackson Contracti ng Officer SMDC/ARSTRAT Via electronic transmission to Vonia.Callen.Jackson@us.army.mil or Jack.Shifflett@us.army.mil Offerors Submission shall include Completed Offerors Reps and Certs FAR 52.212-3 to include Tax Identification Number (TIN)<B R>Proposal shall include a technical and management solution, price quote and resumes based upon the sample task provided in Attachment C II. Proposal Content: The offerors proposal shall consist of Sections A through E as described below. Page limitation count includes double sided copies. All fonts shall be at least 12 pt. a. Executive Summary: The offeror shall submit an Executive Summary that provides the Government with an understanding of the firm and team responding to the So licitation, an overview of the offerors organization (to include team composition, if applicable), the offerors proposed management controls to track each Order status and hours/price accruals, and the offerors approach to resolve conflicts as they aris e. (Page Limitation: No more than 5 pages to include charts, graphs and pictures) b. Response to Order 0001 (Sample Performance Work Statement (PWS), Attach ment C): The offeror shall provide the proposed solution to Order 0001. The first Order is a request for 4 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs). The solution shall include any assumptions that were included in your approach, as well as a discussions of any perc eived risks and your approach to mitigate the risks. The solution shall include the qualifications of all personnel proposed to satisfy the Order requirements, clearly demonstrating how the qualifications of the personnel proposed will ensure successful a ccomplishment of the proposed solution and satisfaction of the stated requirements. The offeror shall provide the resume of each person proposed, to include the date the proposed personnel will be available to support the Order. The offerors approach sh all ensure that the services and products provided satisfies the requirements of the Order (i.e., quality control approach and management approach), and discuss how hours/costs will be tracked to ensure accruals do not exceed performance schedules or fundi ng provided. The offerors approach shall include the basis of estimate for the labor categories, skills mix and level of effort per labor category proposed as it relates to each major section of the Order as it relates to the PWS. The offerors price fo r Order 0001 shall clearly demonstrate usage of the labor categories and rates proposed in the Pricing Matrix, to include visibility of discounts applied to the Pricing Matrix rates, i.e. locality adjustments if applicable. (Page Limitation: No more than 20 pages to include charts, graphs and pictures, resumes excluded. Resumes: no more than 2 pages per individual). c. Past Performance: The offeror shall have 3 completed surveys submitted as described in Attachment C. The Offeror shall provide t he names and addresses of each of the 3 evaluators to which the request were sent. Offeror may provide a general overview of each of the 3 contracts and the services performed. Past Performance surveys shall be received by the submission date of proposals . Past Performance surveys shall be emailed by the evaluator to the attention of the following: (Page Limitation: 3 Pages for general information, does not include surveys) Vonia C. Jackson Email: Vonia.Callen.Jackson@us.army.mil or Jack.Shi fflett@us.army.mil d. The Pricing Matrix: The Offeror shall propose fully burdened/loaded labor rates. The Pricing matrix shall include a crosswalk of the offerors labor categories with those of the Solicitation. The Government expects the offer or to propose rates comparable to the Washington DC/Metropolitan area to be listed in Attachment D. The majority of the tasks will be performed in the Washington DC/Metropolitan area. Some Orders may require tasks outside the Washington DC Metro area. T herefore, the offeror shall provide a locality adjustment factor strategy similar to that which the Government utilizes to determine reasonable adjustments for civil servants based on locations across the United States. The offeror shall provide an expla nation of how the factor is developed, in terms of regional or individual areas. The adjustment factor shall indicate whether upwards or downwards adjustments are justified based on any given location(s). The locality adjustment factor shall be used as required on individual Orders. The offeror shall provide resumes of proposed individuals on each Order at the time the Order is placed. The Offeror shall also include the indirect rates applicable to other direct costs (ODCs) and discussions as to how th ey will apply to ODCs. The offeror may discuss any pricing information relative to pricing and the approach to pricing. (No Page Limitation) e. Offerors Completed Reps and Certs FAR 52.212-3 to include Tax Identification Number (TIN). (No Page Lim itation) III. EVALUATION: a. BASIS FOR AWARD: " This is a best value source selection conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Re gulation (FAR) Part 12, 13.5 and Part 15 as applicable. The Government intends to make a single award for a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). The arrangement will consist of fixed price for labor based upon the fixed labor rates accepted by the Governmen t and reimbursement of travel and other direct costs on a no-fee basis. The award will encompass the entire Scope of Work for the BPA. No partial awards will be made. Offerors must propose to perform all task areas in the Overarching Scope of Work, Attac hment A. In addition, the offeror must propose to perform all tasks in the Sample PWS, Attachment C. Upon award the PWS Attachment C will be the first Order of the BPA. " A BPA will be awarded to the offeror deemed responsible in accordance with FAR 9 .104, as supplemented, whose proposal conforms to the Solicitations requirements and is judged to represent the best value to the Government. " FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATIONCOMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999) Is applicable to this evaluation process. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: - Offerors technical and management approach which includes an assessment of the offeror's understanding of the requirement, the offeror's approach to understanding the requirement and qualifications of the proposed personnel and t he Offeror's ability to meet schedule requirements - The quality of the offeror's recent and relevant past performance - Price The evaluation criteria above are listed in descending order of importance. When combined, the technical and managem ent approach and past performance are significantly more important than price. As non-priced factors reach equality, price becomes a significant factor. Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all o ptions 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). 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 offers specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. " The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contra ct without discussions with offerors (except clarifications as described in FAR 15.306(a)). Therefore, the offerors initial proposal should contain the offerors best terms. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed necessary.<B R> " Past Performance: Offeror must ensure 3 completed surveys are submitted as described (Attachment C, Page 3). Past Performance shall be received by the submission date of proposals. Past Performance surveys must be emailed as stated above. Past performance assessments, however not all encompassing, will be evaluated in the areas of : ? Quality of Work ? Personnel ? Subcontractor Mgmt ? Business Relations ? Timeliness of Performance ? Customer Satisfaction ? Cost/Budget Contr ol b. EVALUATION APPROACH: The Government intends to evaluate and execute the PWS, Attachment C. as BPA Order 0001 and use the offerors solution as a means of evaluating the offerors ability to satisfy the requirement of this Order, in te rms of the technical and management approach in conjunction with past performance, and pricing matrix submission to determine the award of the BPA. The best va lue will represent the offeror that demonstrates the ability to provide the best solution to the Order, considering the offerors understanding of the PWS and the offerors approach to satisfy the requirements, and qualifications of the personnel proposed to satisfy the Order, ability to satisfy the schedule and deliverable requirements, past performance as it relates to the Order and price. Price will include the reasonableness of the price of the Order and the pricing matrix in Attachment D, to include l ocality adjustment factor(s). Attachment D will be evaluated for the base ordering period and the optional ordering period. The Government may award to other than the highest rated offeror when the price proposed by this offeror for Order 0001 and/or th e Price Matrix is determined to be unaffordable. III. SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES The following clauses from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) apply to this synopsis/solicitation 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registrati on 52.212-1 Instructions to OfferorsCommercial Items 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items 52.212-4 Contract Terms and ConditionsCommercial Items 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders---Commercial Items (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, and 31) 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting 52.219-27 Notice of Total Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Asid e 52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees 52.229-1 State & Local Taxes 52.232-25 Prompt Payment 52.232-32 Performance Based Payments 52.232-33 Payment By Electronic Funds Tran sfer-Central Contractor Registration 52.246-4 Inspection of Services Fixed Price 52.246-6 Inspection of Services Time & Material and Labor Hour 52.249-2 Termination for the Convenience of the Government (Fixed Price) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporat ed by Reference This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause ma y be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil The following Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) applies to this combined Synopsis/Solicitation: 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Im plement Statutes or Executive Orders 252.225-7001 Buy American Act-Balance of Payments Program Certificate 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payments In accordance with FAR 13.303-3(a), the following is applicable to the resulting BPA: IV. BPA Terms and Conditions (1) Description of Agreement. The vendor shall furnish the services described in the Overarching Scope of Work Attachment A, and all subsequent Performance Work Statements derived from the Overarching Scope of Work to this Syn opsis/Solicitation Notice located on the website http://www.smdc.army.mil/Contracts/Contracts.html if and when requested by the Contracting Officer (or the authorized representative of the Contracting Officer) during the effective ordering period: ___ ______Date of Award through _24 Months__________ and within an aggregate amount not to exceed a period of : 24 Months Requests for supplies or services will be made: _ _ orally or in writing _X__ in writing only. This Blanket Purchase Agreeme nt is considered complete and no additional calls are authorized when the purchases under it equal ____$5.5M_, or when its stated time period expires whichever occurs first. (i). Supplies or services to be furnished: __X_ Services shall consist of vario us levels of Analysts and Administrative support as itemized in Attachment D. X_ (ii). Price Lists: If this block is checked, the supplier shall furnish firm price lists Attachment D, Price List) the Contracting Officer will approve only those items on the price list for determined to be fair and reasonable. As a minimum, price lists shall contain the information and format provided in Attachment D. Price List shall have an effective date and an expiration date. If an effective date is not reflected on the price list furnished by the supplier, the effective date shall be the date the Contracting Officer approves the price list. If an expiration date is not reflected on the price list furnished by the supplier, the price list shall remain effective after approval by the Contracting Officer until a new price list is approved by the Contracting Officer. In no case shall a price list be effective until it is approved by the Contracting Officer. If an item is disapproved for any reason, the Contracting Officer will so indicate by lining through the item, writing or stamping deleted or disapproved across the item or by some other means that clearly indica tes that the item has been disapproved. The supplier shall only accept Orders for items on a current price list that has been approved by the Contracting Officer. (2) Extent of Obligation. The Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized pu rchases actually made under this Blanket Purchase Agreement. (3) Purchase Limitation. Each individual purchase made under this Blanket Purchase Agreement shall not exceed the single call limit specified in the letter designating personnel authorized to place calls against the Blanket Purchase Agreement or ___Not Applicable___, whichever amount is lower without the express verbal or written authorization of the Contracting Officer. (4) Individuals Authorized to Purchase under this Blanket Purchase Agre ement. If in addition to the Contracting Officer, other individuals are authorized to place calls against this Blanket Purchase Agreement, the Contracting Officer will provide the supplier with a list of these individuals. The list will include each indiv iduals name, organization, telephone number and the monetary limit for each call to be placed. (5) Delivery Tickets. Delivery tickets or sales slips that shall accompany all supplies or services furnished under this Blanket Purchase Agreement (except those for newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals) and shall contain the following minimum information: N/A (6) Invoices. The supplier shall submit invoices in accordance with the block that is checked below. Each invoice submitted shall be an or iginal furnished to the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) and 1 copy to the Contracting Office. The suppliers failure to submit a proper invoice may preclude or delay payment. Invoices shall be submitted to: COR: To be provided upon award.< BR>Contracting Officer: to be provided upon award. _ _ (i) Summary invoice shall be submitted at least monthly or upon expiration of this Blanket Purchase Agreement, whichever occurs first, for all services made during a billing period for which paymen t has not been received, identifying the BPA Order Number, stating the total dollar value, and supported by the specific services provided. _X_ (ii) Itemized invoice per Order shall be submitted at least monthly or upon expiration of this BPA, whichev er occurs first, for all deliveries made during a billing period and for which payment has not been received. These invoices need not be supported by copies of delivery tickets. However, the invoices must itemize the CLINs, on the Order, to which billin g is occurring against _X__ (iii) Individual invoice for each delivery may be submitted by the supplier; however, these invoices shall be accumulated by the supplier and submitted at the end of each billing pe riod. By submitting individual invoices for each delivery, the supplier understands and agrees that: (A) One consolidated p ayment will be made for each specified period; and (B) The period of any discounts will commence on the final date of the billing period or on the date of receipt of invoices for all deliveries accepted during the billing period, whichever is later. _______(iv) Invoice for subscriptions or other charges for newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals shall show the starting and ending dates and shall state either that ordered subscriptions have been placed in effect or will be placed in e ffect upon receipt of payment. X (v) Billing Period: The billing period for this Blanket Purchase Agreement is The first day of the month through the last day of the month, the Contractor shall invoice once per month on a consistent da te END OF DOCUMENT
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