DOT

Summary: GENERAL DESCRIPTION The contractor shall perform the effort required by this Task Order on a Time and Materials basis. This work shall be performed in accordance with all sections of this Task Order and the offerors’ BPA awarded under Schedule MAS SIN 541611-Acquisition Management Services PURPOSE The purpose of this BPA Task Order is to obtain acquisition support services to provide a total of one-to-two (1-2) senior procurement analyst to perform a wide range of professional acquisition and contract support related services for the Office of Acquisition, GLS as stated in the Statement of Work. SCOPE The scope of this requirement is to provide acquisition support services to the Financial Management, Contracting and Supply Division which is responsible for the conduct of the GLS’ acquisition programs (both contracts, simplified acquisitions and financial assistance). Acquisitions are processed under both negotiated, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and sealed bidding procedures. The procurement office utilizes a wide variety of complex fixed priced and cost-reimbursement type contract instruments. Most procurements involve engineering, facility management, construction and architect and engineering type efforts. GLS executes its acquisitions in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and DOT’s Transportation Acquisition Regulations (TAR) and Transportation Acquisition Manual (TAM). Independently, and not as an agent/representative of the Government, the contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel to perform the tasks outlined below and work in collaboration with GLS contracting and program staff on an as needed basis. Evaluation Criteria Award will be made upon the basis of best value, utilizing trade-offs of non-price factors and price. The TO will be awarded to the Vendor whose quotation represents the overall best value to the Government. The non-price factors are listed in descending order of importance and when combined are equally important to price. Past Experience: The Government will evaluate the extent to which the Contractor’s previous experience with projects of a similar size, scope and complexity demonstrate its capability to successfully perform the requirements of this task order. o Corporate Experience Sample 1 Submission Instructions: The contractor shall submit a detailed descriptive listing of no more than three (3) projects performed within the past five (5) years that are similar in nature to the one described in this solicitation. “Similar” is defined as projects comparable in terms of such factors as duration, dollar value, types of services performed or level of Contractor responsibility and authority. The detailed description submitted for each project shall include, at a minimum, the following information: i. Contract number ii. Estimated annual dollar value of contract iii. Description of services (including location) provided and the offeror’s level of responsibility and authority on the project. iv. (If applicable) List of subcontracted services and subcontractors used, along with estimated annual cost of each subcontracted service. v. Type of contract (e.g. cost reimbursable, incentive fee, award fee, time and materials, fixed price, etc.). vi. Date of contract start and completion, including options. vii. Name, title, address, phone number, and email of customer contact. It is incumbent on the offeror to ensure the customer information is current and accurate. Technical Capability: The offeror’s quote will be evaluated on the extent to which its approaches and plans to complete the work demonstrate that the Government’s requirements will be met. The Government will also evaluate how the offeror plans to assess difficulties and risks it may encounter, and how the offeror plans to deal with them while still successfully performing the work. o The offering contractor shall provide information to facilitate the Government’s consideration. The Government is most interested in substantive and meaningful discussion of how the offering contractor will approach the work requested. The Government is also interested in the offering contractor’s assessment of the difficulties and risks it may encounter, and its approach to dealing with them while still successfully performing the work. Personnel Experience: This Factor considers the Key Personnel proposed by the quoter; consideration will be given to the demonstrated experience and qualifications of the proposed Key Personnel on relevant projects of similar nature to the project in this solicitation. Proposed Key Personnel will be evaluated as to qualifications and experience in all areas necessary to effectively perform the required work. It is expected that the proposed key Personnel will be the individuals who perform work under this contract. Any changes to the proposed Key Personnel after award MUST be approved by the Contracting Officer and shall only be approved upon demonstration of as-good or better qualifications when the new individual is compared to the qualifications and experience of the original proposed individual. Key Personnel, and the requisite minimum qualifications and experience, for this project shall include the following: Senior Procurement Analyst-minimum 12 years’ experience and previous FAC level III certification. o Personnel Experience: For this evaluation factor, the contractor shall provide the names and qualifications of the Key Personnel proposed for this project in the form of resumes. Resumes for each individual must include educational qualifications, if applicable. The contractor must clearly present the separate credentials of each proposed key team member, and must provide a concise summary of each individual’s separate duties and responsibilities as proposed for this project. The contractor shall describe up to three (3) project examples demonstrating the experience of each individual designated as key personnel. Projects should be relevant examples of similar size, scope, and complexity. Additional information regarding Tasks, Deliverables and Evaluation Criteria can be found in GLS Acquisition Support Services-RFQ Final that is provided as an attachment along with the Statement of Work and Sample Non-Disclosure Statement.

Vehicle: PSS

RFP release date: 8/19/2021

Proposal due date: 9/3/2021

Related Attachments: