SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Paramedic Training - Attachments
- Notice Date
- 4/17/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 611519
— Other Technical and Trade Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ESG - Enterprise Sourcing Group, Building 1, 1940 Allbrook Dr, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-5006, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5006
- Solicitation Number
- F2M4AK3091A001
- Archive Date
- 5/15/2013
- Point of Contact
- Monica Christie, Phone: 2103959397, Joseph A. Preusser, Phone: 2103959392
- E-Mail Address
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monica.christie@us.af.mil, joseph.preusser.1@us.af.mil
(monica.christie@us.af.mil, joseph.preusser.1@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Price for CLIN 0001 Technical Factors Performance Work Statement This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice and attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number, F2M4AK3091A001 The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) Training Course. The Period of Performance for this requirement is 03 June 2013 through 30 Sep 2013. The associated NAICS Code is 611519. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) and incorporates the provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-60. The 773rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (733 ESS/PKB) Contracting Office intends to award a single Firm Fixed Price non-personal service contract. This acquisition will be solicited as 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The contractor shall support the following functions: 1. Provide curricula of training that results in certification of Air Force Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) to the Paramedic Level in accordance with the established standards set forth by NREMT, National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Education Standards and Paramedic Instructional Guidelines. Required training shall include real world "ride along" (field internship) clinical program to all Paramedic students. 2. Provide a training facility located within 100 miles of a Level 1 Trauma Center; a hospital equipped to handle any level of severity of trauma, and has a trauma surgeon on-site 24/7 and an Operating Room ready at all times for trauma cases as defined by the American College of Surgeons. 3. Provide training for 32 EMTs that does not exceed 120 calendar days, including student travel. Training will consist of ALS (Advance Life Support) courses for Paramedic certification with NREMT to include Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Basic Life Support (BLS). 4. Provide all textbooks and an opportunity for each student who successfully completes the program to take the National Registry Paramedic skills and written examinations. 5. Provide 1 NREMT Paramedic testing opportunity after graduation of the course but prior to student's departure back to home station. 6. Provide remedial training for students following their first time failure of the NREMT Paramedic Exam. Remedial training days will be within the 120 calendar days allowed for initial training. 7. Provide all course material and any special uniforms and personal protective equipment for training, excluding pens, pencils, and writing paper. 8. Provide certificates of completion to students upon successful completion of training. Please review the Performance Work Statement dated 25 March 2013. All proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.101-2 - Lowest Price-Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process. Award may be made without discussions with the Offeror(s); the government reserves the right to have discussions, if required. The contract will consist of CLIN 0001. Addendum 1 to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Feb 2012): Submission of Offers. General Instructions: (i) Interested parties capable of providing the specified services must submit a written offer via email to: Contracting Officer - Joseph Preusser at joseph.preusser.1@us.af.mil and Contract Administrator - Monica Christie at monica.christie@us.af.mil (ii) Do not send as an executable or.exe file. Email size shall not exceed five megabytes. Documents may be compressed (zipped) using WinZip 8.1 or later version. Any corrupted file or media containing a virus could result in the offer not being considered for award. (iii) Software Compatibility. Use a word processing and spreadsheet program compatible with Microsoft ® Word 2007 ® and Microsoft ® Excel 2007 ®. PDF is Adobe ® Portable Document Format. (iv) Submit offer as follows: DOCUMENT CONTENT FILE FORMAT - The minimum font size for the proposal pages is 12 pitch. Required documents should be submitted via electronic email with a request receipt, and should be clearly marked as to volume number, title, copy number, solicitation identification and the Offeror's name, address, CAGE code, DUNS number, and Tax Identification Number. Part I: Technical Capability Proposal Part II: Pricing Part I: Technical Capability (Do not exceed 20 pages. This includes the cover page, cover letter, and table of contents). Factor 1: Technical Capability Technical Capability Proposals will be given a rating of Acceptable or Unacceptable. Determination Definition Acceptable ALL of the minimum acceptable criteria are clearly met by the proposal. The Offeror's Proposal meets the performance and technical capability requirements defined in the PWS. Unacceptable Not all of the minimum acceptable criteria are met by the proposal. An unacceptable Proposal contains one or more deficiencies. The proposal fails to meet specified minimum Performance and technical capability requirements defined in the PWS. A technically acceptable proposal shall have a sound technical approach that meets all (a) Performance Work Statement (PWS) requirements; (b) Demonstrates technologies used in the approach are viable, procurable and producible; (c) Proposal has an approach that allows the flexibility to incorporate new technologies without a major revamp of the requirement; (d) Has a sound risk mitigation approach for a all identified technical risks; and (e) provides an effective approach to manage and minimize service disruptions. Proposal shall address the following: Subfactor 1: Training Requirements Para 2.1.1.1: Provide training for 32 EMTs that does not exceed 120 calendar days, including student travel. Para 2.1.1.2: Start the class on 03 June 2013 and complete no later than 30 September 2013. Course length shall not exceed 120 days. Para 2.1.1.3: Required training shall include real world "ride along" (field internship) clinical program to all Paramedic students. Para 2.1.1.4: Provide a training facility located within 100 miles of a Level 1 Trauma Center; a hospital equipped to handle any level of severity of trauma, and has a trauma surgeon on-site 24/7 and an Operating Room ready at all times for trauma cases as defined by the American College of Surgeons. Subfactor 2: Accreditation Para 2.1.3: Training will consist of Advance Life Support (ALS) courses for Paramedic certification with NREMT to include: Para 2.1.3.1: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Para 2.1.3.2: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Para 2.1.3.3: Basic Life Support (BLS) Part II: Pricing (Please includes the cover page, cover letter, and table of contents that provides the curriculum of the course). Factor 2: Price The price proposal will be evaluated for reasonableness based upon a comparison of the Offeror's price to the price of competitors. When two or more technically acceptable offers are received (competition) and the lowest price is selected, the price of the lowest Offeror can be concluded to be fair and reasonable. A price that is very low will be verified to assure that the Offeror understands what is being asked for and no mistakes have been made in preparing the price. In accordance with FAR 15.403-1(b) and FAR 15.403-3(a), information other than pricing data may be required to support price reasonableness or realism in the absence of competition. Information shall be provided in accordance with FAR 15.403-5. If after receipt of the proposals, the Contracting Officer determines that there is insufficient information available to determine price reasonableness and none of the exceptions in FAR 15.403-1 apply, the Offeror shall be required to submit pricing data. CLIN 0001 within Attachment 3 will be evaluated for reasonableness. Proposed schedule is provided and is subject to change. The Government will rank all technically acceptable offers by price. Failure to provide prices as stated above may result in the rejection of the proposal. All pricing information shall be addressed ONLY in Pricing file format. FAR Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items: (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation and the Lowest Price Technical Acceptable Source Selection technique. Evaluation may be made with or without discussions with the Offeror(s). The Government technical evaluation team will evaluate the technical proposals on an acceptable/unacceptable basis, assigning ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable. A decision on the technical acceptability of each Offeror's technical proposal shall be made based on the evaluation criteria listed in the attached evaluation criteria document and the PWS. Only those offers determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or a result of discussions will be considered for an award. The offers shall be evaluated against the following two (2) factors: Factor 1. Technical Capability Factor 2. Price Contractors are required to complete the following clause and submit with proposal: FAR Provision 252.209-7995 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN UNPAID DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW FISCAL YEAR 2013 APPROPRIATIONS (Deviation 2013-O0010) (April 2013) (a) In accordance with sections 8112 and 8113 of Division C and sections 514 and 515 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013,(Pub. L. 113-6) none of the funds made available by that Act for DoD (including Military Construction funds) may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that- (1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (b) The Offeror represents that- (1) It is [ ___ ] is not [ ___ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, (2) It is [ ___ ] is not [ ___ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months. (End of provision) Period of Acceptance of Offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 45 days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Questions shall be submitted in writing regarding the terms and conditions of this synopsis/solicitation by email only (see addendum 1 - submission of offers) Solicitation Questions. Any questions relating to the solicitation shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer (CO) noted above NLT 3:00 PM (CST) on Friday, 19 April 2013. Any questions received after this time/date may or may not be answered due to time constraints of the solicitation (see addendum 1 - submission of offers) Technical Capability and Cost/Price proposals are due NLT 3:00 PM (CST) on Monday, 30 April 2013. Any proposals received after designated closing date and time will not be considered for award (see addendum 1 - submission of offers) Potential Offerors are to review and address the attachments which include the List of standards and publication requiring e-license and the Pricing Schedule (see Attachment 2). Also include in proposal that a Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) account has been initiated or already established (DoD) has mandated the use of WAWF. The Offeror must be registered and current on the System for Award Management website (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ ) no exemptions. All invoices shall be submitted using Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF). To get more information about how to register for WAWF contractors can go to the following web site and download the Contract Pay information: http://www.dfas.mil/contractorpay/ContractPayInformation.pdf. Attachments are as follows: Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement (PWS) Attachment 2: Technical Factors Attachment 3: Pricing Schedule
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