TAFB MACC-BOA | Initial Site Visit for WWYK240146 - Design & Implement Monitoring & Control System for IWCS, Bldg. 62516

1 Section L - Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors 1.0 General Instructions 1.1. The Government plans to award a single construction order for the project described in the Order Proposal Request (OPR) in accordance with (IAW) the Statement of Work (SOW) drawings, and specifications. This ITO shall take precedence should there be any conflict between the Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) and this ITO. 1.2. This acquisition will utilize Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Source Selection procedures with technical proposals IAW the Multiple Award Contract (MAC) BOA procedures and in accordance with RFO Part 15.2 as supplemented. This ITO provides general guidance for preparing proposals as well as specific instructions on the format and content of the proposal. The offeror’s proposal must include all data and information requested by this ITO. Non-conformance with the instructions provided in this ITO may result in an offeror’s proposal being determined ineligible for award. The offer shall be compliant with the requirements as stated in the OPR and its attachments for this construction project. 1.3. The offeror’s completed proposal shall consist of the completed and signed OPR, to include any amendments issued, with a cover letter delineating any exceptions taken to the OPR terms and conditions with accompanying rationale. However, offerors are cautioned that any noncompliance with the terms and conditions of the OPR may cause their proposal to be determined ineligible for award. 1.4. Submit only one proposal for the project, if multiple proposals or proposal options are submitted, it may cause your submission to be technically unacceptable. Your proposal, to include work plan, price, and bid bond must be provided to this office not later than the response stated on the SF 1442, block 13a, or amendment if applicable. 1.5. The Procurement Contracting Officer (PCO) is the sole point of contact for this acquisition. Exchanges of information between Government and offerors will be controlled by the PCO. 1.6. Email may be used to transmit the proposal and must include “Company Name, Source Selection Information – See RFO 2.101 and 3.104” in the subject line of the email. When submitting source selection information via email, file suppression utilities, to include but not limited to zip files, will not be accepted. 1.7. Do not provide any password protected files as part of the proposal. The electronic copies of the proposal shall be submitted in a format readable by Microsoft (MS) Word 2007, 2010, or 2013, MS Excel 2007, 2010 or 2013, MS-Power Point 2007, 2010, or 2013, and MS- Project 2013, and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF), as applicable. Do NOT submit any documents in PDF format that are copied as “images.” When creating PDF files always create to enable textual search and copy functions. -- 1 of 8 -- 2 1.8. The PCO will promptly notify offerors of any decision to exclude them from the competitive range, whereupon they may request and receive a debriefing IAW RFO 15.206-2. Offerors excluded from the competitive range may request a pre-award debriefing or they may choose to wait until after the source selection decision to request a post-award debriefing. However, offerors excluded from the competitive range are entitled to no more than one debriefing. The PCO will notify unsuccessful offerors in accordance with RFO 15.206-1(a). Upon such notification, unsuccessful offerors may request and receive a debriefing. Offerors desiring a debriefing must make their request IAW the requirements of RFO 15.206-2 or 15.301, as applicable. 1.9. If an offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the offeror shall immediately notify the PCO in writing with supporting rationale as well as the remedies the offeror is asking the PCO to consider as related to the omission or error. The offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial proposal, as received, without discussions. This reservation includes matters of additional submittals of the initial proposal. 1.10. If this OPR is amended, all terms and conditions that are not amended remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Offerors shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment and provide confirmation upon submission of the offeror’s proposal. Any unacknowledged amendments in the offeror’s proposal will render the offeror ineligible for award. 1.11. Proposals and modifications to proposals shall be submitted in via previously mentioned method addressed to the contracting specialist/contracting officer at the address shown on OPR and showing the time and date specified for receipt, the OPR number, and the name and address of the offeror. 1.12. The Government intends to award without exchanges; therefore, the proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct exchanges if deemed in its best interest. Exchanges are interactions between the PCO and the offeror and may address any aspect of the proposal. Offeror responses to exchanges will be considered in making the award selection decision. 1.13. Each page containing proprietary information should be so marked. 1.14. Each page should contain the legend “CUI SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION– SEE RFO 2.101 and 3.104” at the bottom of each sheet. 1.15. Page Size and Format 1.15.1. A page is defined as each face of a sheet of paper containing information. When both sides of a sheet display printed material, it shall be counted as two pages. Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches, not including foldouts. Page line spacing shall be 1.5 lines. Except for the reproduced sections of the solicitation document, the text size shall be no less than Arial 12 points. Tracking, kerning, and leading values shall not be changed from the default values of the word processing or page layout software. Use at least 1-inch margins o…