Bridge to Evolution STE TESS (BEST) Multi Award Contract (MAC)

**This post is associated with SAM.gov Notice ID W900KK-23-R-BEST-MAC, originally posted on 17 August 2022 and last updated was published on 14 May 2024** UPDATE JULY 7, 2024 This posting is to provide Questions and Answers regarding the Draft RFP published on 16 May 2024. The Government intend to issue the Final RFP within the next 10 days. MAY 16, 2024 This post is for issuance of the DRAFT Request for Proposal (DRFP) and attachments for industry review and feedback.

Attachments: Attachment 1 - BEST MAC Base SOW Attachment 2 - Ordering Procedures Attachment 3 - BEST MAC_PPAQ Questionnaire Attachment 4 - Industry Question_Comment Form Attachment 5 – LT2 Portal Access Information Potential offerors are encouraged to comment and provide feedback on all aspects of the DRFP, including, but not limited to the requirements, Statement of Work (SOW), CLIN structure, schedules, proposal instructions (Section L), and evaluation approaches/criteria (section M), attachments, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with the performance of the work.

Potential Offerors are requested to identify unnecessary or inefficient requirements. The Government IS NOT requesting proposals in response to this DRFP, does not intend to award a contract based on this DRFP, and will not pay for any information received regarding this DRFP. Therefore, any references to the submission of a completed SF33 do not apply to this DRFP.

Feedback, comments, and questions regarding the DRFP are to be submitted utilizing attachment 3 – BEST MAC Question_comment form and should be submitted electronically in writing to Roberto Gotay, Contracting Officer at roberto.j.gotaygarcia.civ@army.mil, and Rafael A Manzano, Contract Specialist at rafael.a.manzano2.civ@army.mil by 12:00 PM EST, 3 June 2024. If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately.

However, questions marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition-sensitive or business information will not be provided with a government response. The Government will consider all comments received in preparation for the Final RFP. To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, changes will be reflected in the Final RFP.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, and amendments will be attainable electronically from the Government-wide point of entry website at www.SAM.gov. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor the websites for updates.