Electricity Supply Air Force Germany

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for electricity supply issued by the Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC)/764th Specialized Contracting Squadron (SCONS). This announcement constitutes the solicitation; proposals are herewith requested. The solicitation number is: FA5641-19-R-5401 issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). 1. REQUIREMENT: a. Electricity supply shall be provided to the following six (6) places of performance: (1) Ramstein; (2) Kaiserslautern-West (KL-West); (3) Spangdahlem; (4) Zweibr'cken; (5) Landstuhl; (6) Geilenkirchen. b. The Contractor shall provide all labor, tools, equipment, material, personnel, supervision, management and financing, shall obtain any licenses or permits required and any other items necessary for the provision of electricity supply to the aforementioned places of performance in accordance with the technical description, enclosed as Attachment (Atch) 2AA-2FA, in English language only. The Contractor shall supply electricity in accordance with commercial standards, practices and local host nation laws and regulations. The Contractor shall provide electricity free on board (FOB) destination to the delivery point in accordance with the Technical specifications as mentioned in paragraph 6. The United States (US) Government will not provide logistical support to the Contractor. 2. FUNDING: Planning funds are available for this contract. However, the US Government's funding obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the US Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. In the event appropriate funds will not become available, a stop work order will be issued to cease performance until such funds are available. 3. PLACES OF PERFORMANCE/SERVICE LOCATIONS: a. Ramstein including the following 7 service locations: - Bann Comm Station (Atch 2AA); - Bann Comm Station No. 2 (Atch 2AB); - Breitenbach Radar Station (Atch 2AC); - Einsiedlerhof Storage Annex (Atch 2AD); - Husterhoeh Comm Site (Atch 2AE); - Medical Center (Med Ctr) Landstuhl (Atch 2AF); - Ramstein Air Base (Atch 2AG). b. KL-West including the following 2 service locations: - KL-West (comprising Vogelweh Housing, Community KL, Kapaun, Rod and Gun Club, Pulaski) (Atch 2BA); - Einsiedlerhof Maintenance Annex (Atch 2BB). c. Spangdahlem including the following 7 service locations: - Spangdahlem Air Base (Atch 2CA); - Grosslittgen Water Pump Station (Atch 2CB); - Niederkail Well South (Atch 2CC); - Suelm Medical Facility Esslingen (Atch 2CD); - Bitburg American Forces Network (AFN)(Atch 2CE); - Bitburg Micro Wave (Atch 2CF); - Zemmer Medical Facility (Atch 2CG). d. Zweibr'cken including the following service location: - Zweibr'cken-Oberauerbach (Atch 2DA). e. Landstuhl including the following 2 service locations: - Landstuhl Barrier Maint 02 (Atch 2EA); - Landstuhl CSU Camp (Atch 2EB). f. Geilenkirchen including the following service location: - GOQ Geilenkirchen (Atch 2FA). 4. ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE: The US Government anticipates awarding a fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment for the net costs. Note: The US Government reserves the right to award (a) multiple contracts; or (b) one (1) consolidated contract to one (1) Contractor for the six (6) places of performance (as listed in paragraph 3. above) if it is in the best interest of the US Government as explained below. Explanation: (a) Multiple contracts: Awarding one or more contracts to two or more Contractors (Variant 1 addressed in Atch 1 - Price Schedule) (b) Consolidated contract: Awarding one contract to one Contractor (Variants 1, 2 and 3 addressed in Atch 1 - Price Schedule) Variants: The prospective Offerors shall provide prices for up to three (3) variants as shown in Atch 1 - Price Schedule. VARIANT 1: Provide a unit price for each Place of Performance/Service Location you will/can supply (award of multiple contracts) VARIANT 2: Provide one unit price for all 20 Service Locations for each year (award of a consolidated contract) VARIANT 3: Provide one unit price for all 20 Service Locations for the entire contract length (award of a consolidated contract) 5. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 01 January 2020 (Fiscal Year (FY) 20) through 31 December 2021 (FY 22) - 2 years - as follows: Base Period (1 year): 01 January 2020 through 31 December 2020, Follow-on Period (1 year): 01 January 2021 through 31 December 2021. 6. TECHNICAL DATA/REQUIREMENTS: See Atch(s) 2AA - 2FA, Technical Descriptions for the supply with Electricity to all six (6) places of performance and 20 service locations. The estimated quantity for all places of performance/service locations amounts to 226,063,000 kWh in the first year and 227,063,000 kWh in the second year. 7. OTHER INFORMATION TO OFFERORS: a. See Atch 4 for prior year load profiles for electricity supply. Note: For GOQ at Geilenkirchen no load profile is available as it is a Standard Load Profile service location. b. The net operators of the respective places of performance are as follows: Place of Performance: Net Operator: Ramstein: Pfalzwerke Netz AG KL-West: Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern Versorgungs-AG Spangdahlem: Westnetz GmbH Zweibr'cken: Stadtwerke Zweibr'cken GmbH Landstuhl: Stadtwerke Ramstein-Miesenbach GmbH Geilenkirchen: NEW Netz GmbH c. Renewable Energy: The Contractor shall comply with the renewable energy law (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz/EEG). Regarding the percentage of renewable energy, the Contractor shall provide the US Government with the percentage of each energy source (nuclear, fossil fuels and other energy sources, renewable energies) to the overall fuel mix according to their commercial practice (e.g. pie chart). d. The Contractor or the US Government may agree to supplement the facilities by means of combined heat and power generation (co-generation) or using renewable energy sources. e. Invoices: For the Spangdahlem area (Atchs 2CA-2CG), the Contractor shall prepare final annual invoices similar to the sample enclosed to this RFP (Atch 5). f. Price Schedule: For comparison purposes, the Contractor shall insert only the consumption unit price/energy price (excluding all taxes) on each Excel sheet. All surcharges are fixed per law and in accordance with the current prices of the respective net operator price sheets and cannot be modified by the prospective offeror/future contractor. For the future years, the surcharges are subject to economic price adjustment, based on the actual costs of the net operators. g. Electricity Meter Management: The Contractor shall manage all electricity consumption / metering data of all advanced meters (RLM/registrierende Leistungsmessung). In order to review and verify utility invoices by the US Government, the meter consumptions and load profiles for each service location shall be accessible for the US Government at the Contractor's online-portal. The Contractor shall generate data as a table or graphic and the US Government shall be able to download the data. The Contractor shall generate access accounts for Ramstein Base Civil Engineering (BCE), as well as Spangdahlem BCE. h. Singularly Used Equipment: For the service locations Bitburg Micro Wave and Spangdahlem Air Base, the net operator charges fees for singularly used equipment from the Contractor, who passes the cost on to the US Government. The fees are determined by the net operator for each delivery point, published and shall promptly be communicated to the Spangdahlem Air Base by the Contractor. Because of the payment of the singularly used operating equipment fees, the respective net usage charges of the next higher voltage level are being billed by the net operator and finally paid by the US Government. i. Photovoltaic Plant: The US Government assigns the feed in compensation for the photovoltaic plant building 2128 Mitchell Avenue, Ramstein Air Base, Register Number: ASO-462914-12, Meter 190000125053 to the Contractor. The feed in compensation is fixed for a duration time of 20 years, starting 09 July 2012, in accordance with the Renewable Energy Law. The accruing meter rate will be offset against the current compensation fees. The peak capacity of the plant is 46 kWp. The Contractor shall deduct the feed in compensation from the monthly invoice for the service location Ramstein Air Base. j. In addition to any other terms contained in this combined synopsis/solicitation, the following terms and conditions apply. Offerors are advised to complete the necessary fill-ins where applicable: k. Third Party Users: Various third party users are connected to the service locations Ramstein Medical Center Landstuhl (Atch 2AF), Ramstein Air Base (Atch 2 AG) and KL-West (Atch 2BA). The Contractor shall show the consumption from those third party users separately and deduct the respective cost once a year from the December invoice for the US Government. 8. CORRESPONDENCE IN ENGLISH: The Contractor shall submit all contract correspondence and invoices (or respective cover sheet) to the US Government in English or with an English translation. 9. CONSUMPTION: The indicated quantities are considered estimates only based on historical data. The US Government is not obligated to accept the full quantity, nor is the contractor entitled to a price adjustment if the estimated consumption quantities are not met. A variation in quantity does not apply. 10. TAXES: a. The electricity price shall be exclusive of any taxes or dues, which the US Government and the US Government of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) have agreed shall not be applicable to expenditures made by the US Government in the FRG, or any taxes or dues from which the Contractor is exempt under the laws of the FRG. If any such taxes or dues have been included in the electricity price, through error or otherwise, the electricity price shall be reduced. The appropriate amount shall be listed separately and reduced in the next month's invoice. The treatment of all tax deductions shall be in accordance with the agreements in force at the time being between the FRG and the US Government. b. If for any reason after the date of the agreement, one of the two parties is relieved in whole or in part from the payment of any taxes or dues included in the electricity price, the Contractor shall reduce the electricity price. The Contractor shall list the appropriate amount separately and credit it to the US Government in the next month's invoice. 11. ACCOUNTING, PAYMENT AND INVOICES a. The US Government will pay the amounts for deliveries in the past month charged by the Contractor on a monthly basis no later than (NLT) 30 calendar days after receipt of a proper invoice. b. The Contractor shall prepare a separate invoice for each service location as listed in paragraph 3. above (see Atch 5) c. The Contractor shall provide monthly invoices for the customers with registered demand metering ("Registrierende Leistungsmessung"/RLM) and two (2) invoices for the customers with a standard load profile ("Standardlastprofil"/SLP) (GOQ Geilenkirchen): one invoice effective 30 September and one invoice effective 31 December of the respective year. This action will be at no cost to the US Government. d. The invoice shall be based on the demand and the actual consumption per month. Cost for the net usage (consumption and maximum offtake for customers with demand metering), metering fee, accounting fee, license fee, as well as for the electricity price (consumption and demand), shall be listed separately on the invoice. In addition, the invoice shall contain the following: - Name and address of Contractor - Invoice date - Contract number - Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price and total price - Name, title, telephone number of point of contact to be notified in case of an incorrect invoice. e. The US Government will pay by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Payment will be made to: Name of bank: ____________________________ Account owner: ____________________________ SWIFT code: ____________________________ IBAN: ____________________________ (Offeror fill-ins) f. Payment due dates. The due date for making an invoice payment is as follows: (1) The 30th calendar day after the designated office responsible for acceptance of services receives a proper invoice from the Contractor. If the office responsible for acceptance of services, fails to annotate the invoice with the actual date of receipt at the time of receipt, the invoice payment due date is the 30th calendar day after the date of the Contractor's invoice, provided the designated billing office receives a proper invoice and there is no disagreement over quantity, quality, or Contractor compliance with contract requirements. (2) Interest penalties that might be due to the Contractor for late payments-- (a) The Contractor is not required to separately invoice to request interest penalty amounts. (b) The US Government must base the determination of an interest penalty on the actual date a proper invoice was received. (c) The US Government will compute interest penalties in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR part 1315. These regulations are available via the Internet at http://www.fms.treas.gov/prompt/. g. The Contractor shall provide the US Government with the proof of tax exemption (Value Added Tax) in the form of a tax relief form ("Abwicklungsschein") attached to each invoice. h. Invoice Submission: (1) Invoices for Ramstein, KL-West, Zweibr'cken and Landstuhl shall be addressed to: US Air Force 86 CES/CEN, Bldg. /Geb. 573 Ramstein Air Base/Flugplatz Ramstein 66877 Ramstein, Germany (2) Invoices for Spandahlem and Geilenkirchen shall be addressed to: Base Civil Engineer 52 CES/CEIAR Ms. Bastanipour Bldg. /Geb. 119 Spangdahlem Air Base/Flugplatz Spangdahlem 54529 Spangdahlem i. Payments will be made by: DFAS Limestone 27 Arkansas Road Limestone, ME 04751 j. Liaison office in case of payment issues and for processing of VAT forms: DFAS Limestone DFAS EU, ATTN: AF Kleber Kaserne, Building 3200 67657 Kaiserslautern 12. INVALIDITY OF CONTRACT TERMS a. Should any of the terms contained in this contract be or become invalid, the validity of the other terms will not be affected thereby. Both parties agree to replace invalid terms with terms, equal as to the intended technical and economic effect. b. Changes to this contract and additional agreements shall only be valid, if recognized in writing by both parties. This does not apply to administrative changes (e.g. address changes, appropriation data, etc.), which can be processed by the Contracting officer unilaterally within the scope of the contract. 13. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT The US Government may terminate performance of this contract in whole or in part at any time prior to its expiration date, if considered in the best interest of the US Government. The Contracting Officer shall terminate by delivering to the Contractor a Notice of Termination 90 calendar days prior to the effective date. The termination notice shall be submitted in written format. The Contractor shall confirm receipt of the termination notice in writing to the Contracting Officer. The US Government is released from any liability for payment once the termination becomes effective. 14. LEGAL SUCCESSOR a. The Contractor may transfer rights and obligations of this contract to a legal successor with the written consent of the Contracting Officer only. This consent may be withheld only if and when the successor does not afford reliable assurance of performing this contract. (1) The Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer three signed copies of the proposed Novation Agreement and one copy each, as applicable, of the following: (a) The document describing the proposed transaction, e.g., purchase/sale agreement or memorandum of understanding (b) A list of all affected contracts between the transferor and the US Government, as of the date of sale or transfer of assets, showing for each, as of the date, the - 1 Contract number and type; 2 Name and address of the contracting office; 3 Total dollar value, as amended; and 4 Approximate remaining unpaid balance. (c) Evidence of the transferee's capability to perform. (d) Any other relevant information requested by the responsible Contracting Officer. (2) The Contractor shall submit to the contracting officer one copy of each of the following documents, as applicable, as the documents become available: (a) An authenticated copy of the instrument effecting the transfer of assets; e.g., bill of sale, certificate of merger, contract, deed, agreement, or court decree. (b) A certified copy of each resolution of the corporate parties' boards of directors authorizing the transfer of assets. (c) A certified copy of the minutes of each corporate party's stockholder meeting necessary to approve the transfer of assets. (d) An authenticated copy of the transferee's certificate and articles of incorporation, if a corporation was formed for receiving the assets involved in performing the US Government contracts. (e) The opinion of legal counsel for the transferor and transferee stating that the transfer was properly effected under applicable law and the effective date of transfer. (f) Balance sheets of the transferor and transferee as of the dates immediately before and after the transfer of assets, audited by independent accountants. (g) Evidence that any security clearance requirements have been met. (h) The consent of sureties on all contracts listed under paragraph b of this clause if bonds are required or a statement from the transferor that none are required. b. In the event an accommodation on which supplied buildings are located is returned to the FRG or to the real property owner, in case it is leased property, the FRG or the respective real property owner, may, at their option, take over the rights and liabilities of the US Government under this contract following coordination with all parties concerned. The date of transfer by the FRG, or in case of the leased housing, the real property owner, shall also be coordinated with all parties concerned. 15. APPLICATION OF GERMAN LAW, PLACE OF PERFORMANCE AND JURISDICTION, LITIGATION ON BEHALF OF THE US GOVERNMENT a. This contract will be written under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. b. Places of performance are Ramstein, KL-West, Spangdahlem, Zweibr'cken, Landstuhl and the GOQ at Geilenkirchen. According to the German Civil Procedural Code (Zivilprozessordnung) Section 29 (1), the place of jurisdiction for any litigation in the context of this contract is the respective place of performance. 16. DISPUTES, CLAIMS a. Disputes or claims, arising out of this contract shall be addressed to the Contracting Officer first before going to court. The Contracting Officer has 60 calendar days to resolve and/or provide a final decision. b. In case of disputes arising from the future contract, plaints shall be lodged with the German courts by or against the Federal Republic of Germany, which shall conduct the case in its own name in the interest of the US Government in accordance with the agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America about the dispute settlement for direct procurement dated 3 August 1959 (BGBl. 1961 II p. 1382). NOTE: The office representing the Federal Republic of Germany on behalf of the US Government will be displayed in the actual contract. c. The US Government reserves the right to set-off or withhold payment if it has a claim against the Contractor (e.g. overpayment, damages, etc.). 17. CONTRACTING OFFICE a. Contract administration will be performed by 764th Specialized Contracting Squadron (SCONS). b. Postal address and location of the Contracting Office: 764th Specialized Contracting Squadron (SCONS) Utilities Unit 3187, Geb. 413 APO AE 09094-3187 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach Deutschland c. (1) Technical Representative of the Contracting Officer for Ramstein, KL-West, Zweibr'cken and Landstuhl: The BCE of Ramstein Air Base is designated as the Technical Representative of the Contracting Officer for accepting services and for confirmation of correctness of invoices. (2) Technical Representative of the Contracting Officer for Spangdahlem and Geilenkirchen: The BCE Spangdahlem Air Base is designated as the Technical Representative of the Contracting Officer for accepting services and for confirmation of correctness of invoices. 18. CONTRACTOR ACCESS TO US AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS: a. The Contractor shall obtain base identification and vehicle passes, if required, for all Contractor personnel who make frequent visits to or perform work on the Air Force installations cited in the contract. Contractor personnel are required to wear or prominently display installation identification badges or Contractor-furnished, Contractor identification badges while visiting or performing work on the installation. b. The Contractor shall process required documentation in due time to comply with required performance periods of the contract by taking into consideration that the controlling authorities require an average of 2 to 3 weeks to issue base access permits. The Contractor shall inform all assigned workers that they may be subject to search, at the discretion of the installation commander, when entering or leaving the installation. c. (1) US Air Force installations. The Contractor shall obtain and complete the base access request forms from Security Forces. Contractors who employ Local Nationals shall deliver the completed forms and required documents directly to the Foreign Nationals screening office located at the West Gate of Ramstein Air Base/Gate of Spangdahlem Air Base. US Contractors shall provide the completed forms and required documents to their designated security manager. Security Forces shall be responsible for approval and subsequent authentication and issuance. For each base access request, the Contractor shall present the following documents: (a) Certificate of Good Conduct, and (b) Completed and signed AE Form 604-1b, Simple Questionnaire for a simple Security Check. The procedure foreseen above recognizes host nation legislation on privacy of information of a personal nature and the restrictions on disclosure of such information. For each base pass issued, the Contractor shall maintain on file the records listed in (a) and (b) above for the period of time at least equal to the base access permit validity period. (2) Other than US Air Force installations. The Contractor shall comply with documentation and information request and procedures mandated by the controlling authority Security Forces. d. When work under this contract requires entry to controlled or restricted areas, the Contractor is forewarned that work shall be performed under escort. The area entry and exit procedures may last up to two hours. The area entry and exit times are at no additional cost to the US Government. Concerning Contractor vehicles, the Contractor shall provide Security Forces with the following information for vehicles: Make, model, year of manufacture, capacity, type, license number, and insurance policy number. e. Upon completion or termination of the contract or expiration of the identification passes, the Contractor shall ensure that all base identification passes issued to employees and subcontractor employees are returned to the issuing office. In addition, Contractor shall return base passes to the US Government when: (1) Permit holder is no longer employed by the Contractor. (2) Employee has subsequently been served sentence or has committed a criminal offense and is subject to proceedings. (3) Contracting Officer so directs. f. The Contractor's failure to comply with these requirements may result in withholding of final payment by the US Government. 19. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS a. Definition. "Covered DoD official," as used in this clause, means an individual that- (1) Leaves or left DoD service on or after January 28, 2008; and (2) (a) Participated personally and substantially in an acquisition as defined in 41 U.S.C. 131 with a value in excess of $10 million, and serves or served- 1. In an Executive Schedule position under subchapter II of chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code; 2. In a position in the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code; or 3. In a general or flag officer position compensated at a rate of pay for grade O-7 or above under section 201 of Title 37, United States Code; or (b) Serves or served in DoD in one of the following positions: program manager, deputy program manager, procuring contracting officer, administrative contracting officer, source selection authority, member of the source selection evaluation board, or chief of a financial or technical evaluation team for a contract in an amount in excess of $10 million. b. The Contractor shall not knowingly provide compensation to a covered DoD official within 2 years after the official leaves DoD service, without first determining that the official has sought and received, or has not received after 30 days of seeking, a written opinion from the appropriate DoD ethics counselor regarding the applicability of post-employment restrictions to the activities that the official is expected to undertake on behalf of the Contractor. c. Failure by the Contractor to comply with paragraph (b) of this clause may subject the Contractor to rescission of this contract, suspension, or debarment in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 2105(c). 20. LIABILITY a. The Contractor is released from its obligation to supply, in case of an interruption or irregularities in electricity supply, if those are due to disruptions in network operation including net connection. US Government claims resulting from such circumstances must be claimed first from the net operator. b. Furthermore, the liability of the contracting parties is limited to damages caused by intent or gross negligence of the contracting parties, their legal representatives, employees or vicarious agents as well as damages caused by culpable breach of essential contractual duties (so called cardinal duties, viz. duties, which completion only allow the proper contract implementation and on which the customer relies on and may rely on). In case of slight negligence of essential contractual duties the guarantee value is limited to the contract-typical damages at time of contract award. c. Liability in accordance with Product Liability Law remains unaffected. d. The aforementioned restrictions do not apply in case of damages of life, bodies or health. e. In this context the contracting parties will attempt to minimize possible damages, if economically justifiable. 21. CONFIDENTIALITY a. The contracting parties will maintain strict confidentiality with regard to the completion and content of this contract, as well as with contract related information, such as trade secrets, processes and know-how, also beyond the duration of this contract. b. The confidentiality obligation does not apply to information, which has to be transferred to the net operator for the fulfillment of this contract or which has to be passed on to supervisory, regulatory or legislative authorities or to information which has to be published in accordance with law or information which is public knowledge. The contracting parties have to inform each other which information, to what extent and to whom the information may be published. 22. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE: In the event of any inconsistencies in this contract, the following order of precedence shall prevail: a. The wording of this contract. b. The attachments in the order in which they are listed in this contract. 23. OTHER CONDITIONS: Unless specified otherwise, all statements included in the Technical Specifications (Atchs 2AA-2FA) in the contract refer to the electric voltage of electricity (high tension/Hochspannung). 24. PRICE: The Offeror shall submit all data and prices in Euro () currency, separated as follows and for the periods addressed in paragraph 5. above. All prices shall be exclusive of any taxes and dues from which the US Government is exempt under the NATO Statute of Forces Agreement and/or any other agreement between the US Government and the Government of the FRG and inserted into the respective column in Atch 1 - Price Schedule. The Offeror shall submit the proposal in accordance with the price schedule in both Excel and .pdf format set forth in Atch 1 - Price Schedule, including the fixed consumption unit price per kWh for each place of performance (Variant 1) or all places of performance (Variant 2 and 3) over the contract period. The Offeror shall provide the unit price per kWh with five (5) decimal places rounded. All surcharges are fixed per the respective laws and price sheets of the individual net operator. Current applicable surcharges have been inserted into Atch 1 and cannot be modified in the price sheets. Information for Offerors: The Offeror shall NOT fill out the sheet "Overview", as it contains references automatically transferring the data after insertion in the respective follow-on sheets. The Offeror shall only fill out the violet marked fields as shown in the sheets for Variant 1 (TAB "V1-Ramstein", "V1-KL-West", "V1-SPAB", "V1-Zweibr'cken", "V1-Landstuhl" and "V1-GOQ"), Variant 2 (TAB "V2-Consolidation") and Variant 3 (TAB "V3-Complete Duration"). 25. POINTS OF CONTACT: a. Ms. Antje Veit/Contract Specialist Tel. +49(0)6371-405-7861 Email: antje.veit.de@us.af.mil b. Ms. Lola Bauch/Contracting Officer Tel. +49(0)631-536-7026 Email: lola.bauch.1.de@us.af.mil c. Ms. Corinna Christmann/Contract Specialist Tel. +49(0)6371-47-7165 Email: corinna.christmann.de@us.af.mil 26. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: Offerors shall return the following documents with their signed proposal/solicitation document: a. The completed item 11, paragraph e (bank account information) of this solicitation. b. The price schedule set forth in Atch 1, as referenced in paragraph 24. (For comparison purposes only the consumption unit price shall be inserted on each sheet. All surcharges are fixed per law and in accordance with the current prices of the respective net operator price sheets and cannot be modified by the prospective Offeror). c. The Past Experience Information as required in Atch 3 to this solicitation. d. A copy of the current trade register excerpt (Handelsregisterauszug) for adequate financial resources. Offerors shall submit any questions/inquiries regarding the solicitation to the US Government via email to all points of contact listed in paragraph 25. above no later than 08 August 2019, 14:00 hrs local Central European Summer Time to properly respond prior to the closing date for receipt of proposals. The Offeror's proposal shall be valid for four (4) hours after closing of the solicitation on 15 August 2019, 12:00 p.m. (noon) Central European Summer Time. 27. EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS: The US Government will award one (under Variant 1, 2 or 3) or multiple (under Variant 1 only) commercial fixed-price contract(s) for a 2 year period resulting from this solicitation. Award will be made to either one or multiple responsible Offeror(s) whose proposal(s) conforming to the solicitation is/are evaluated to have the lowest fair and reasonable price, with acceptable Past Experience. In determining the lowest total evaluated price, the Government will evaluate the proposals in Variant 1 for the lowest price per service location. The sum for all locations will then be evaluated against the proposed pricing in Variant 2 and 3 to determine the lowest overall c...