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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 1,1999 PSA#2423

Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, 11th CONS, 110 Luke Avenue, Building 5681, Bolling AFB, DC, 20332-0305

U -- SUPPORT FOR THE GENERAL OFFICER MANAGEMENT COURSE SEMINAR SOL F49642-00-R0002 DUE 090699 POC Patti Reger, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-767-7944, Fax 202-767-7814, Email patti.reger@bolling.af.mil -- Diane Dade, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-767-7939, Fax 202-767-7812, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=M&;ProjID=F49642-00-R00 02&LocID=207. E-MAIL: Patti Reger, patti.reger@bolling.af.mil. Solicitation F49642-00-R0002 previously published in the CBD on August 13, 1999 has been amended. Amendment A001 is issued to the above combined synopsis/solicitation for Support Services for the Air Force Chief of Staff General Officer Career Management Seminar. This amendment is issued in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only amendment of the above solicitation, proposals are being requested, and a written amendment will not be issued. This amendment is issued to furnish questions and answers concerning this synopsis/solicitation. Question 1: The contractor personnel must possess the following minimum qualifications: Must be present the entire seminar. Does this mean that a contractor representative or does it mean that all contractor personnel (including briefers) must be present for the entire five days, including the first day when they are not presenting? Answer: The contract manager and his representatives or briefers should all be present during their portion of the training. They do not have to be present the first day but must provide audiovisual equipment and tentcards for the briefers that day. Question 2: Must have a Master_s Degree in any subject area. Does this refer to the Facilitator or all personnel i.e. including briefer? Answer: This refers to the contract manager and all briefers. Question 3: Must have a minimum of 3 years experience counseling general officers or senior corporate executives, specifically related to outplacement services. Does this refer to the Facilitator or all personnel i.e. including briefer? Answer: This refers to the contract manager and all briefers. Question 4: Must have had prior senior military officer duty (0-6 or higher, active or reserve) or have briefers who do. Must have had a minimum of 10 years active duty military leadership experience. Does this refer to D. meaning prior senior military officer (0-6 or higher) must be a minimum of 10 years? Answer:This only refers to the contract manager. The senior military officer (active or reserve) must have at least 10 years of active duty service. This means that a Reserve O-6 with 20 years of total service must have served 10 of those years on active duty. Question 5: Must have a minimum of 5 years experience as a senior executive in a public or private corporation. Does this refer to the Facilitator only or does this include briefers? Answer: This refers to the contract administrator. Question 6: Is the current RFP a new project or considered a follow-on of an existing or previous effort? Answer: This requirement is a follow-on requirement to an existing effort. Question 7: If follow-on: Who was/is the incumbent contractor? Ruehlin Associates, 1520 5th Street Suite 2001, Coronado CA 92118-1947 Question 8: What was/is the contract current fixed fee and 10-minute follow-up service fee? Answer: The purchase order value is $46,149.00. Question 9: Did the incumbent contractor (if any) complete the contract satisfactorily in accordance with the terms of the contract? Answer: The contractor_s performance has been deemed satisfactory. Question 10: Was the contract cancelled or work stopped for convenience or other cause? If so, please explain. Answer: No. Question 11: Did the Government exercise all option years? Answer: There were no option years on the purchase order to exercise. Question 12: The statement of work states that the evaluation will consider technical higher than price. What is the technical vs. price ration? Answer: In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.212-2 the significant evaluation factors of technical and price have been included in relative order of importance. No ration is assigned to each of the evaluation factors. Question 13: What are the technical evaluation factors and ranking? Answer: The technical evaluation will be an evaluation of the offerors technical approach to meet all requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Question 14: What is the date/time the proposal must be turned in to the contracting office? Answer: The closing date of the solicitation is 6 Sep 99 at 4:30p.m. Question 15: Could you please advise on the meaning of the statement "this acquisiton is being acquired on a 100% Small Business Set-Aside" and ....the Small Business size standard is $18.5 million? Answer: In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.502-2(b) the contracting officer shall set aside any acquisition over $100,000 for small business participation when there is a reasonable expectation that offers will be obtained from at least two responsible small business concerns offering the products of different small business concerns and award will be made at fair market prices. Size standards are also addressed in the FAR at Part 19.102. Size standards are established by the Small Business Administration on an industry-by-industry basis to classify the product or service being provided. These size standards are established so that offerors can appropriately represent themselves as small or large businesses. The $18.5Million refers to the annual receipts of the business. . . Annual receipts of a concern which has been in business for 3 or more complete fiscal years means the annual average gross revenue of the concern taken for the last 3 fiscal years. For the purpose of this definition, gross revenue of the concern includes revenues from sales of products and services, interest, rents, fees, commissions and/or whatever other sources derived, but less returns and allowances, sales of fixed assets, interaffiliate transactions between a concern and its domestic and foreign affiliates, and taxes collected for remittance (and if due, remitted) to a third party. Such revenues shall be measured as entered on the regular books of account of the concern whether on a cash, accrual, or other basis of accounting acceptable to the U.S. Treasury Department for the purpose of supporting Federal income tax returns, except when a change in accounting method from cash to accrual or accrual to cash has taken place during such 3-year period, or when the completed contract method has been used. AMENDMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT: Proposals must acknowledge receipt of this amendment before the hour and date specified in the synopsis/solicitation. Failure of this acknowledgment to accompany the proposal may result in rejection of your proposal. If as a result of this amendment you desire to change a proposal already submitted, such change may be made by letter. The letter must refer to the solicitation and this amendment, and be received before proposals are due. The synopsis/solicitation F49642-00-R0002 is amended as indicated above. The hour and date for receipt of proposals is not changed. Except as provided herein, all other terms and conditions of F49642-00-R0002 remain unchanged and in full force and effect. End of Amendment A001 to synopsis/solicitation F49642-0-R0002. Posted 08/30/99 (D-SN374259). (0242)

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