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Amendment 00002 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (BOLD)

FOR SOLICITATION NUMBER: 1131PL24RDS31084 - SEE ATTACHMENTS - ALL ELSE REMAIN UNCHANGED.

Amendment 00001 - Correct the submission of Question date in the Combined Synopsis Solicitation Cover Sheet - See Attachment 1 Revised. All Else Remain Unchanged.

SOLICITATION NUMBER:

1131PL24RDS31084 ISSUANCE DATE:

February 16, 2024 CLOSING DATE: March 8, 2024, 1:00 PM, Arlington, VA Time QUESTION SUBMISSION DATE: On or Before Thursday, 22nd February 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Arlington, Virginia Time. No phone calls will be accepted. This request for commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only RFP; offers are being requested and written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued IAW FAR Subpart 13.104. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror who is deemed responsible and is determined, based on the evaluation factors and sub factors, to represent the best value to the Government.

This procurement is a 100 percent Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of $16.5MIL annual sales under NAICS Code 541690. Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals. Contractor and subcontractor personnel used shall be either U.S. citizens on non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Contractor use of subcontractors is limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS REPRESENT THE "PROPOSAL PACKAGE" THAT SHOULD BE RETURNED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICITATION (Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (SEPT 2023)). All Offerors must be registered and have an active status in the SAM database (www.SAM.gov) in order to be eligible for contract award. Offerors are reminded that failure to properly enroll in the SAM database and provide accurate information shall make an offeror ineligible for award as described in FAR 52.204-7.

The federal government is changing the unique identifier used by entities from the D-U-N-S® Number to the Unique Entity ID (SAM), generated by SAM.gov. On April 4, 2022, the D-U-N-S® Number will be removed and the Unique Entity ID (SAM) will be the authoritative identifier. This ID is used within SAM.gov and other government award and financial systems to identify a unique entity. The transition to the Unique Entity ID (SAM) is a federal governmentwide initiative.

Offerors may obtain information on SAM registration via (www.SAM.gov). Do NOT delay submission of your offer pending receipt of a CAGE code. Any contract awarded to a Contractor who at the time of award was suspended, debarred, and ineligible for receipt of contract with Government Agencies or is in receipt of a notice of proposed debarment from any Government Agency, is voidable at the option of the Government. Award is limited to U.S. Firms or U.S. individuals.

Contractor and U.S. subcontractor employees used shall be either U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Should you have any questions, please provide them to this office no later than 1:00 p.m., eastern standard time (EST) Thursday, 22nd February 2024. Send your questions to contractproposals@ustda.gov and tjohnson@ustda.gov. Alternate emails will not be accepted. No Phone Calls will be accepted.

Submission of Proposal by Friday, 8th March 2024 at 1:00 p.m., Arlington, Virginia TIme. Send your proposal by email to contractproposals@ustda.gov only. Proposals submitted by facsimile or to alternate email addresses will NOT be accepted. No phone calls will be accepted.