Strategic Advisory Group (SAG)

The purpose of this amendment is to correct verbiage in paragrpah 2 page 1. The first sentence is changed FROM: GSA and Non-GSA pricing is acceptable; TO: GSA or Non-GSA pricing is acceptable The purpose of this amendment is to correct the Offers Due Date and Solicitation Number indicated in section LOCAL-BZ (Oct 2009) Bullet C. (CCR REGISTRATION) last paragraph. The Offers Due Date should read 1600hrs Central Standard Time 2 August 2011 and the Solicitation Number should read F3HSE1SAG2OFFUTT. This is a small business set-aside combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice and will be evaluated using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable procedures. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number F3HSE11103A001 is issued as a request for quotation. Quote must be good for 90 days after the closing post date. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-50. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541519. The business size standard is $25.0 million. This constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. GSA or Non-GSA pricing is acceptable. If the Offeror utilizies GSA pricing, the Government is requesting a discount from the published prices. At a minimum please include the following information within the Quote you submit in response to this Request for Quote (RFQ): 1. Company Name 8. E-Mail Address 2. Street Address/PO Box Number 9. DUNS Number 3. City/State/Zip 10. CAGE Code 4. Web Site 11. Federal Tax ID Number 5. Point of Contact 12. GSA Contract Number & Expiration Date 6. Phone Number 13. "Remit to" Address 7. Fax Number 14. Company Size (Large, Small, 8a, SDB, Emerging Small Business, HUBZone, Veteran Owned, Woman Owned) ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 SAG SERVICE SUPPORT 1 YR JOB tiny_mce_marker_________ tiny_mce_marker__________ Base Period 30 Sep 11 - 29 Sep 12 Firm Fixed Price 1001 SAG SERVICE SUPPORT 1 YR JOB tiny_mce_marker_________ tiny_mce_marker__________ Option Period One 30 Sep 12 - 29 Sep 13 Firm Fixed Price 2001 SAG SERVICE SUPPORT 1 YR JOB tiny_mce_marker_________ tiny_mce_marker__________ Option Period Two 30 Sep 13 - 29 Sep 14 Firm Fixed Price 3001 SAG SERVICE SUPPORT 1 YR JOB tiny_mce_marker_________ tiny_mce_marker__________ Option Period Three 30 Sep 14 - 29 Sep 15 Firm Fixed Price 4001 SAG SERVICE SUPPORT 1 YR JOB tiny_mce_marker_________ tiny_mce_marker__________ Option Period Four 30 Sep 15 - 29 Sep 16 Firm Fixed Price 5001 SAG SERVICE SUPPORT 6 MO JOB tiny_mce_marker_________ tiny_mce_marker__________ Six Month Extension of Service 30 Sep 16 -31 Mar 17 GRAND TOTAL tiny_mce_marker__________ IMPORTANT INFORMATION CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items JUN 2008 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items JUN 2010 52.217-5 Evaluation Of Options JUL 1990 52.222-54 52.223-18 Employment Eligibility Verification Contractor Policy to Ban Texting Messaging While Driving JAN 2009 SEP 2010 52.232-18 Availability Of Funds APR 1984 252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product APR 1992 252.204-7004 Alt A Central Contractor Registration (52.204-7) Alternate A SEP 2007 252.209-7004 Subcontracting With Firms That Are Owned or Controlled by The Government of a Terrorist Country DEC 2006 252.243-7001 Pricing Of Contract Modifications DEC 1991 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT ADDENDUM TO 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items Addendum to 52.212-1(c), Period for Acceptance of Offers. The paragraph is tailored as follows: "The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers." ADDENDA TO 52.212-1 PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS A. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the proposal, the offeror must follow the instructions contained herein. The proposal must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. The response shall consist of two (2) separate parts; Part I - Price Proposal and Part II - Technical Proposal. B. The contracting officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this acquisition. Upon examination of the initial offers, the contracting officer will review this determination and if, in the contracting officer's opinion, adequate price competition exists no additional cost information will be requested and certification under FAR 15.406-2 will not be required. However, if at any time during this competition the contracting officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists offerors may be required to submit information other than cost or pricing data to support a determination of price reasonableness. C. Specific Instructions: 1. PART I - PRICE PROPOSAL - Submit original and one (1) copy a. By submitting a price and technical proposal, the offeror accedes to the contract terms and conditions as written in the SOLICITATION, with attachments. b. Insert proposed unit and extended prices in the Pricing Schedule. The proposal(s) must be submitted for a base year plus four (4) Option Years and the six-month Extension of Services (FAR Clause 52.217-8). 2. PART II - TECHNICAL PROPOSAL - Submit original and one (1) copy-The Technical Proposal shall not exceed five (5) pages. All Technical Factors and Sub-Factors will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis, assigning ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable. By your proposal submission you are representing that your firm will perform all the requirements specified in the RFP. Submit your technical proposal addressing the following: a. Program Management (Subfactor 1, Acceptable/Unacceptable). The Offeror shall provide a program management plan outlining their approach, including the following: (1) The offeror shall propose a staffing approach that adequately provides qualified personnel resources, retention of personnel, organizational structure, and experience necessary to manage contract support to include any subcontracting and teaming arrangements. Supporting DoD senior executives/flag officers and the understanding of the organization, structure, and relationships of senior levels of the Government and Unified Command/USSTRATCOM roles and responsibilities. Ability to ensure to ensure there is no disruption of services at contract start. (2) The offeror shall demonstrate the ability to provide a staff with all necessary security clearances and technically certified personnel IAW PWS 1.4.9-1.4.10 to assure task coverage and performance. The contractor shall provide qualification statements for the verification of proposed personnel skill sets. b. Technical Expertise and Approach. (Subfactor 2, Acceptable/Unacceptable) (1) The offeror shall demonstrate an offeror's understanding, expertise and experience in: (a) Providing effective technical and creative support to briefing development using leading edge graphics and animation techniques/technologies based upon verbal concepts and/or rough sketches. Build and update briefings for Command and designated staff. Identify workload quantities and develop, build, maintain and update SAG administrative materials. (b) Providing technical presentation conference room support to both on and off site locations. (c) Providing timely technical recommendations and assistance to IT hardware and software problems. (d) Experience and knowledge updating web documents on unclassified, classified and releasable websites to include Microsoft SharePoint website software. (e) Maintaining archives in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. (f) Ability to support Video Teleconferencing requirements to include VTCs are configured, displayed, and terminated correctly and in accordance with DISN Video Services standards. General Information INFORMATION REGARDING SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL: Proposals are due by1600 hrs Central Standard Times, 2 August 2011. Proposals can either be sent or hand carried to the 55th Contracting Squadron Office, 101 Washington Square, Building 40, Offutt AFB, NE 68113, or sent via e-mail to michael.breault@offutt.af.mil and jeffrey.kasza@offutt.af.mil. The sealed envelope or package used to submit your proposal must show the time and date specified for receipt, the Solicitation Number, and the name and address of the offeror. Page limitations shall be treated as maximums. If exceeded, the excess pages will not be read or considered in the evaluation of the proposal and (for paper copies) will not be returned to the offeror. Excess pages shall be destroyed along with all unsuccessful proposals (see paragraph 2.1.5). Page limitations may also be placed on responses to Evaluation Notices (ENs). The page limitations for ENs, if any, will be identified in the correspondence forwarding the ENs to the offerors. When both sides of a sheet of paper display printed material, it shall be counted as two pages. Each page shall be counted except cover pages, tables of contents, cross reference matrix, tabs, and glossaries. Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches, not including foldouts. Pages shall be single-spaced. Except for the reproduced sections of the solicitation document, the text size shall be no less than 10 point. Use at least 1-inch margins on all sides of each page. Pages shall be numbered sequentially by volume. Page limitations apply to electronic proposals, as well; see also section 2.4. If there are discrepancies in page counts between paper and electronic volumes, the paper version shall take precedence (e.g., if the paper version of a volume is 51 pages, and the electronic version of the same volume is 48 pages, the Government will treat the volume as having 51 pages). Legible tables, charts, graphs and figures should be used wherever practical to depict organizations, systems and layout, implementation schedules, plans, etc. These displays should be uncomplicated, legible and shall not exceed 11 by 17 inches in size. Foldout pages shall fold entirely within the volume, and count as two pages. Foldout pages may only be used for large tables, charts, graphs, diagrams and schematics, and not for pages of text. For tables, charts, graphs and figures, the text shall be no smaller than 8 point. These limitations shall apply to both electronic and paper proposals. Offerors are cautioned that Offutt AFB, NE has visitor control procedures requiring individuals not affiliated with the installation to obtain a visitor pass prior to entrance. SOME DELAY SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED WHEN HANDCARRYING PROPOSALS. Offerors should allow sufficient time to obtain a visitor pass and arrive at the Contracting Office PRIOR to the time specified for receipt. Late proposals will be processed in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(f) "Late submission, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers." (End of provision) THIS SECTION IS FOR SOLICITATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS SECTION WILL BE PHYSICALLY REMOVED FROM ANY RESULTANT AWARD, BUT WILL BE DEEMED INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999) (a) 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 Government will utilize Lowest Price Technically Acceptable procedures. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) Price (ii) Mission Capability/Technical (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. ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-2: Basis for Contract Award This is a competitive selection in which competing offerors technical proposal and price will be evaluated. By submission of its offer in accordance with the instructions provided in clause FAR 52.212-1, Instructions To Offerors, the offeror accedes to the terms of this model contract and all such offers shall be treated equally except for their prices and performance records. The evaluation process shall proceed as follows: (a). Initially offers shall be ranked according to price, including option period prices. An offeror's proposed prices will be determined by multiplying the quantities identified in the Pricing Schedule by the unit price for each item to confirm the extended amount for each. Copies of the Pricing Schedule will be necessary in order to submit a proposal for the Base Period and each Option Period. (b). Price 1. All technically acceptable proposals will be evaluated for reasonableness and affordability. 2. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for the base period and all options (including the six month extension of services) 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). 3. The Offeror's proposal shall represent the Offeror's best efforts to respond to the solicitation. (c). Technical Proposal 1. Program Management (FACTOR 1, Acceptable/Non-Acceptable). The government technical evaluation team shall evaluate the technical proposals on a pass/fail basis, assigning ratings of Acceptable or Unacceptable for each sub-factor under the Technical Factor. An Offeror must be acceptable in all sub-factors in order to be rated technically acceptable for award. The proposals shall be evaluated against the following sub-factor criteria: a. Program Management (Sub-factor 1, Acceptable/Unacceptable). An acceptable proposal shall demonstrate a program management plan that has an understanding of and sound approach including: (i) A staffing approach that adequately provides qualified personnel resources, retention of personnel, organizational structure, and experience necessary to manage contract support to include any subcontracting and teaming arrangements. Supporting DoD senior executives/flag officers and the understanding of the organization, structure, and relationships of senior levels of the Government and Unified Command/USSTRATCOM roles and responsibilities. Ability to ensure to ensure there is no disruption of services at contract start. (ii) Demonstrates ability to provide a technically qualified and cleared staff IAW PWS 1.4.9-1.4.10 to ensure proficient performance in the following areas: (a) Must possess formal education in Graphics Arts to support "from-scratch" development of executive level, commercial quality printed and presentation materials for senior executives in government and commercial leadership positions. The contractor must possess experience in working directly with senior executives in government and commercial leadership positions developing finish quality presentations from attendance at meetings or handwritten notes. (b) Must possess formal certification as a MCSE or relevant MCIPT to support the collaboration and technology requirements of committees and staff in a broad spectrum of IT intensive graphic and desktop publishing environments, presentation platforms, and standalone and networked workstations used by SAG membership and in SAG forums at government and commercial locations. (c) Must possess formal training and experience in technical drafting and 2 or more years' experience in technical drawing to produce accurate and complex renderings of systems and information from a combination of verbal instructions and technical specifications. (d) Must have completed Defense Information System Agency (DISA) Level 1 and Level 2 training, and be certified by DISA to schedule and operate Video Teleconferences (VTCs) on DISA's Defense Information System Network Video Services (DVS) Networks. 3 years or more experience as a DISN VTC facilitator/coordinator required. (e) Must possess 2 or more years' experience in commercial print layout and support in order to provide professional consultation and services for plenary staff and SAG committees, their distinguished guests, and the high visibility of their products. (f) Must possess 10 or more years military Wing/MAJCOM/COCOM-level experience with significant breadth and depth of military background to demonstrate a complete understanding of the systems, missions, personnel, and capabilities of a broad spectrum of military weapons, vehicles, and organizations in order to accurately research and identify supporting images relevant to discussion of military topics of interest. (g) The individual(s) assigned to this task must hold at contract award a minimum of a Top Secret/NC2 security clearance with SCI access. This requires a Top Secret-Special Background Investigation (TS-SBI). Contractor personnel are also required to have access to CNWDI, NATO and SCI information. (d). Technical Expertise and Approach. (Subfactor 2, Acceptable/Non-Acceptable). An acceptable proposal shall: (1) Demonstrate offeror's understanding, experience and ability to: (a) Provide effective technical and creative support to briefing development using leading edge graphics and animation techniques/technologies based upon verbal concepts and/or rough sketches. Build and update briefings for Command and designated staff. Identify workload quantities and develop, build, maintain and update SAG administrative materials. (b) Provide technical presentation conference room support to both on and off site locations. (c) Provide timely technical recommendations and assistance to IT hardware and software problems. (d) update web documents on unclassified, classified and releasable websites to include Microsoft SharePoint website software. (e) Maintain archives in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. (f) Support of Video Teleconferencing requirements to include VTCs are configured, displayed, and terminated correctly and in accordance with DISN Video Services standards. (e). The government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective offerors. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest. (End of provision) 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2011) ALTERNATE I (APR 2011) An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) through (i) of this provision. (a). Definitions. As used in this provision: "Emerging small business" means a small business concern whose size is no greater than 50 percent of the numerical size standard for the NAICS code designated. "Forced or indentured child labor" means all work or service- (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or (2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties. Inverted domestic corporation means a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), i.e., a corporation that used to be incorporated in the United States, or used to be a partnership in the United States, but now is incorporated in a foreign country, or is a subsidiary whose parent corporation is incorporated in a foreign country, that meets the criteria specified in 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c). "Manufactured end product" means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except- (1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; (2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; (3) FSG 88, Live Animals; (4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables; (5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials; (6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible; (7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products; (8) FSC 9610, Ores; (9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and (10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials. "Place of manufacture" means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture. Restricted business operations means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate-- (1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan; (2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization; (3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan; (4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization; (5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or (6) Have been voluntarily suspended. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern-- (1) Means a small business concern-- (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. (2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16). "Small business concern" means a concern, including its affiliates, which are independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and size standards in this solicitation. Veteran-owned small business concern means a small business concern-- (1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans (as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and (2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans. "Women-owned small business concern" means a small business concern-- (1) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of its stock is owned by one or more women; or (2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women. "Women-owned business concern" means a concern which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women. (b). Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications posted on the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website. (1) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov. After reviewing the ORCA database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ----------. (Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (n) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any.) These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted on ORCA.] (c). Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. Check all that apply. (1) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a small business concern. (2) Veteran-owned small business concern. (Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.) The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a veteran-owned small business concern. (3) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.) The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (4) Small disadvantaged business concern. (Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.) The offeror represents, for general statistical purposes, that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002. (5) Women-owned small business concern. (Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.) The offeror represents that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a women-owned small business concern. *Note to paragraphs (c)(8) and (9): Complete paragraphs (c)(8) and (c)(9) only if this solicitation is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (6) WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a women-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(5) of this provision.] The offeror represents that-- (i) It * is, * is not a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program, has provided all the required documents to the WOSB Repository, and no change in circumstances or adverse decisions have been issued that affects its eligibility; and (ii) It * is, * is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (c)(6)(i) of this provision is accurate in reference to the WOSB concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name or names of the WOSB concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture:]. Each WOSB concern participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the WOSB representation. (7) Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program in (c)(6) of this provision.] The offeror represents that-- (i) It * is, * is not an EDWOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program, has provided all the required documents to the WOSB Repository, and no change in circumstances or adverse decisions have been issued that affects its eligibility; and (ii) It * is, * is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of this provision is accurate in reference to the EDWOSB concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture. The offeror shall enter the name or names of the EDWOSB concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture: ____________. Each EDWOSB concern participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the EDWOSB representation. (8) Women-owned business concern (other than small business concern). (Complete only if the offeror is a women-owned business concern and did not represent itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.) The offeror represents that it ( ) is, a women-owned business concern. (9) Tie bid priority for labor surplus area concerns. If this is an invitation for bid, small business offerors may identify the labor surplus areas in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price: (10) Small Business Size for the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and for the Targeted Industry Categories under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. (Complete only if the offeror has represented itself to be a small business concern under the size standards for this solicitation.) (i) (Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as being set-aside for emerging small businesses in one of the designated industry groups (DIGs).) The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ( ) is, ( ) is not an emerging small business. (ii) (Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as being for one of the targeted industry categories (TICs) or designated industry groups (DIGs).) Offeror represents as follows: (A) Offeror's number of employees for the past 12 months (check the Employees column if size standard stated in the solicitation is expressed in terms of number of employees); or (B) Offeror's average annual gross revenue for the last 3 fiscal years (check the Average Annual Gross Number of Revenues column if size standard stated in the solicitation is expressed in terms of annual receipts). (Check one of the following): Average Annual Number of Employees Gross Revenues ___ 50 or fewer ___ $1 million or less ___ 51 - 100 ___ $1,000,001 - $2 million ___ 101 - 250 ___ $2,000,001 - $3.5 million ___ 251 - 500 ___ $3,500,...