S -- WEEKLY SERVICE FOR UP TO (4) GOVERNMENT OWNED PORT A POTTYS

SUBJECT SOLICITATION IS HEREBY REOPENED TO CLARIFY THE EVALUATION FACTORS IAW FAR 52.212-2. 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1. Past Performance 2. Price Past performance is slightly more important than price. Note: Technical Acceptability is hereby removed as an evaluation factor (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of clause) EVALUATION OF PAST PERFORMANCE Past performance will be used as a means of evaluating the relative capability of the offeror to successfully meet the requirements of the Request for Quotation. Past performance will be evaluated in light of the relevant contract work performed to a high degree of quality. Past performance is slightly more important than price. Offerors are required to provide past performance experience information for the same or similar rental services as those described in the RFQ. Offerors shall be required to provide the requested information for not more than three (3) of the firm's most recently completed Federal Government, State Government, Municipal Government or commercial contracts which have been completed within the past five (5) years from the issuance date of the solicitation identified in this Source Selection Plan. Offerors may submit performance data relating to current contract performance as long as a minimum of one year of performance has been completed as of the closing date of the subject solicitation. Offerors who present similar contracts/orders should provide a detailed explanation demonstrating the relevance of the applicable contract/order to the requirements set forth in the solicitation. ?Relevance? is defined as the similarity of services provided and the dollar value of previous contracts or purchase orders to the items stated in the Government?s Request for Quotation. "Completed", for the purposes of past performance evaluation, shall mean the receipt of a DD250, final payment or other evidence of final acceptance by the Government of the services provided by the Contractor. The offerors should provide the following information regarding past performance: a) Contract or purchase order number(s), b) Name and phone number of contact at the Federal, State, Local Government or commercial entity for which the contract was performed. c) E-mail address (if available) for point of contact d) Dollar value of contact e) Detailed description of the service and unit prices f) Names of subcontractors, if any, and a description of services provided g) The number, type and severity of any quality, delivery or cost problems in the performance of the contract, the corrective action taken, and the effectiveness of the corrective action Offerors lacking relevant past performance history or for whom past performance information is not available, shall receive a neutral rating for past performance. A neutral rating will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably. However, the offeror with no relevant past performance history, while rated neutral in past performance, may not represent the most advantageous quotation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to acquire information for use in the evaluation of past performance from any source including sources outside of the Government. The Government will obtain whatever information it deems most relevant to the required effort by telephone and/or written inquiry. This information may include reviewing the Contractors Performance Assessment Reporting Systems (CPARS), Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), or past performance information from any source whatsoever. Written inquiries/correspondence and telephone interviews will be posted in the contract file. Although the PCO will seek to engage in an even-handed and fair evaluation process, the PCO is not obligated to engage in ?equal? comparison of past performance of all offerors. For example, if two more instances of past performance data are available for one contractor, the PCO is not then required to search for past performance of two additional contracts for every offeror. The PCO will evaluate the offeror?s Past Performance using the following equally important sub-factors: (a) Quality: The offeror?s demonstrated history of delivering products and services, the same as or similar to the item described in the Request for Quotation, that met or exceeded the requirements of the contract. Quality will be evaluated in terms of: (1) Customer satisfaction, (2) Instances of rework or deficiency reports, (3) Evidence of effective and/or innovative work applications of benefit to the customer. (b) Timeliness: The offeror?s compliance with: (1) delivery/performance schedules, (2) Timeliness of submission of requested information, reports and invoicing (c) Contractor Responsiveness: The offeror?s demonstrated ability to: (1) Respond to customer concerns, (2) Isolate and resolve problems, (3) Take systemic improvement action. Each performance risk assessment of the factors listed above will consider (1) The number and severity of problems, (2) The effectiveness of the corrective action taken, (3) The overall work record. The assessment of performance risk is not intended to be the product of a mechanical or mathematical analysis of an offeror?s performance on a list of contracts, but rather the product of subjective judgment of the Government after consideration of all available, relevant and recent information. Therefore, the adjectival rating generally correlate with the definitions of performance risk as follows: Outstanding (O): Truly exceptional accomplishment of contract requirements and extraordinary customer satisfaction. Extremely Low Performance Risk. Based on the offeror's performance record, virtually no doubt exists that the offeror will very successfully perform the required effort. This equates to a rating of ?O? in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). Highly Acceptable (HA): Past Performance: Superior accomplishment of contract requirements and very high customer satisfaction. Very Low Performance Risk. Based on the offeror's performance record, very little doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. This equates to a rating of ?HA? in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). Acceptable (A): Past Performance: Fully compliant accomplishment of contract requirements and positive customer satisfaction. Low Performance Risk: Based on the offeror's performance record, minimal (but perhaps some) doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. This equates to a rating of ?A? in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). Marginal (M): Past Performance: Minimal or weak accomplishment of contract requirements and low level of customer satisfaction. High Performance Risk. Based on the offeror's performance record, significant doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. This equates to a rating of ?M? in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). Unacceptable (U): Past Performance: Failure to properly accomplish contract requirements and failure to satisfy customer. Very High Performance Risk. Based on the offeror's performance record, it appears unlikely that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. This equates to a rating of ?U? in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS). . Neutral (N): Past Performance: No relevant past performance history or past performance information is available. Unknown performance risk assessment. THE TIME AND DATE FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS UNDER THIS SOLICITATION IS HEREBY RE-ESTABLISHED AS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007 @ 12:00 PM (NOON ? LOCAL TIME) ALL CONTRACTORS HAVING PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED OFFERS UNDER THE SUBJECT SOLICITATION, MUST ADVISE THIS OFFICE, IN WRITING, OF THE AFFECT THIS AMENDMENT HAS ON THEIR CURRENT OFFER. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SOLICITATION OR ITS SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING PRIOR TO THE DATE AND TIME ESTABLISHED FOR OFFERS TO FISC NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, MARITIME INDUSTRIAL DIVISION, ATTN: VALERIE MOORE: FAX # (757) 396-8017 OR E-MAIL valerie.moore@navy.mil.