SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Meggitt Simulator Advanced Video and CGI Authoring Training Courses
- Notice Date
- 8/22/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 611420
— Computer Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commandant (CG-912), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (CG-912), 1900 Half Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20593-0001, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20593-0001
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG23-12-Q-QWD937
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2012
- Point of Contact
- James R. Robinson, Phone: 2024753786
- E-Mail Address
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James.R.Robinson@uscg.mil
(James.R.Robinson@uscg.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation to provide advanced video and advanced CGI authoring training on the software installed on the Meggitt training simulators currently housed at the Coast Guard's Special Mission Training Center in Camp Lejeune. This solicitation is being issued in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a separate solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is HSCG23-12-Q-QWD937 and is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The associated North American Industrial Classification Systems (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 611420 (Computer Training) with a size standard of $7 million. The Coast Guard intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to Meggitt Training Systems, Inc. as a sole source due to the simulators and simulator software being proprietary to them. - - - This procurement will consist of the following Contract Line Items (CLINs): CLIN: 00001 Description: MPEG2 Authoring, DV Camera and DV Non Linear Editing - FATS Video Authoring Stations allow users to score and edit their own training scenarios off of the Meggitt simulator. Quantity: 1 CLIN: 00002 Description: 5 Day Advanced Video Authoring Training: The Advanced Video Authoring course will be an extensive training program with the majority of the time spent working on the Authoring Station under the supervision of the instructor. The course will include: (1) Detailed orientation of the Authoring Station hardware and software, (2) Planning and creating video scenarios, (3) Use of digital camera, (4) Authoring and editing videos, (5) Creating video branches and loops, (6) Apply scoring zones to edited video clips, and (7) Digital and audio editing instruction. Quantity: 1 CLIN 00003 Description: 5 Day Advanced CGI Authoring Training: The Creation/Authoring of CGI Scenarios Course trains students in the operation of the virtual training system and teaches how to design, create and author CGI scenarios for collective battle shooting, tactical and indirect fire training. Trainees are taught the skills necessary to (1) Plan and create CGI scenarios, (2) Select terrain scenes and targets from a library, (3) Program target movements and actions, (4) Prepare authored scenarios for use by system operators, and (5) Transfer completed scenarios to other systems. Quantity: 1 - - -   SECTION I CONTRACT PROVISIONS FAR 52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Jun 2008) (Addendum) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All quotes shall be submitted to the attention of the Contract Specialist, James Robinson, via e-mail at James.R.Robinson@uscg.mil on or before 1700 ET, on August 23, 2012. Due to CG internet restrictions, electronic mail attachments over 5 MB in size shall not be accepted. Electronic documents submitted shall be compatible with Microsoft Office 2007 applications. Quotes shall be submitted in three sections: Section 1: Video station and course descriptions Section 2: Relevant past performance Section 3: Price In addition to the above, please include the company DUNS number and TIN. The minimum font size is 11, excluding graphics and tables which may use a font size smaller than 11. All quotes shall be emailed. Page limit for quotes is 10 pages. (End of provision addendum) FAR 52.212-2 - Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999) (Addendum) EVALUATION CRITERIA A firm fixed price Purchase Order will be awarded to the company that represents the lowest priced technically acceptable offer. The following evaluation factors apply to this solicitation: Factor 1: Video station and course descriptions Factor 2: Relevant past performance Factor 3: Price For each factor, Offerors are required to provide the information described below: Factor 1 - Video Station and Course Descriptions: The Government will evaluate the Offeror's quoted video station and training course descriptions for technical acceptability. Technical acceptability shall be determined by how close the video station and course descriptions match with the CLIN requirements for the Coast Guard. Factor 2 - Relevant Past Performance: The Government will evaluate the past performance of the Offeror for relevancy. The Offeror shall provide past performance information for services directly related and relevant to the services to be performed under the PWS. Past performance references must include contact information, dollar value, and a description of the work performed. To be considered relevant, the services must have been performed within the past three years. An Offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance, but will receive a neutral rating. Factor 3 - Price: The Government will evaluate the total overall price to determine accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness. (End of provision addendum)   - - - SECTION II CONTRACT CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS The following commercial clauses are incorporated by reference into this procurement: FAR 52.202-1 Definitions (Jan 2012) FAR 52.202-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Recycled Paper (May 2011) FAR 52.203-7 Anti-Kickback Procedures (Oct 2010) FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration (Feb 2012) FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Apr 2012) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (Feb 2012) FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (May 2012).  52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010)  52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (May 2012)  52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003)  52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Mar 2012)  52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999)  52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007)  52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Sep 2010)  52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010)  52.222-37, Employment Reports for Veterans (Sep 2010)  52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009)  52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011)  52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003),  52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug 1996)  52.249-1, Termination for convenience of the Government (Fixed price) (Short Form) (Apr 1984)  52.252-2, Clauses incorporated by reference (Feb 1998) The following HSAR provisions are hereby incorporated in full: HSAR 3052.209-70 Prohibition on Contracts with Corporate Expatriates (JUN 2006) (a) Prohibitions. Section 835 of the Homeland Security Act, 6 U.S.C. 395, prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from entering into any contract with a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation as defined in this clause, or with any subsidiary of such an entity. The Secretary shall waive the prohibition with respect to any specific contract if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required in the interest of national security. (b) Definitions. As used in this clause: Expanded Affiliated Group means an affiliated group as defined in section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (without regard to section 1504(b) of such Code), except that section 1504 of such Code shall be applied by substituting `more than 50 percent' for `at least 80 percent' each place it appears. Foreign Incorporated Entity means any entity which is, or but for subsection (b) of section 835 of the Homeland Security Act, 6 U.S.C. 395, would be, treated as a foreign corporation for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Inverted Domestic Corporation. A foreign incorporated entity shall be treated as an inverted domestic corporation if, pursuant to a plan (or a series of related transactions)- (1) The entity completes the direct or indirect acquisition of substantially all of the properties held directly or indirectly by a domestic corporation or substantially all of the properties constituting a trade or business of a domestic partnership; (2) After the acquisition at least 80 percent of the stock (by vote or value) of the entity is held- (i) In the case of an acquisition with respect to a domestic corporation, by former shareholders of the domestic corporation by reason of holding stock in the domestic corporation; or (ii) In the case of an acquisition with respect to a domestic partnership, by former partners of the domestic partnership by reason of holding a capital or profits interest in the domestic partnership; and (3) The expanded affiliated group which after the acquisition includes the entity does not have substantial business activities in the foreign country in which or under the law of which the entity is created or organized when compared to the total business activities of such expanded affiliated group. Person, domestic, and foreign have the meanings given such terms by paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) of section 7701(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, respectively. (c) Special rules. The following definitions and special rules shall apply when determining whether a foreign incorporated entity should be treated as an inverted domestic corporation. (1) Certain stock disregarded. For the purpose of treating a foreign incorporated entity as an inverted domestic corporation these shall not be taken into account in determining ownership: (i) Stock held by members of the expanded affiliated group which includes the foreign incorporated entity; or (ii) Stock of such entity which is sold in a public offering related to an acquisition described in section 835(b)(1) of the Homeland Security Act, 6 U.S.C. 395(b)(1). (2) Plan deemed in certain cases. If a foreign incorporated entity acquires directly or indirectly substantially all of the properties of a domestic corporation or partnership during the 4-year period beginning on the date which is 2 years before the ownership requirements of subsection (b)(2) are met, such actions shall be treated as pursuant to a plan. (3) Certain transfers disregarded. The transfer of properties or liabilities (including by contribution or distribution) shall be disregarded if such transfers are part of a plan a principal purpose of which is to avoid the purposes of this section. (d) Special rule for related partnerships. For purposes of applying section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act, 6 U.S.C. 395(b) to the acquisition of a domestic partnership, except as provided in regulations, all domestic partnerships which are under common control (within the meaning of section 482 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) shall be treated as a partnership. (e) Treatment of Certain Rights. (1) Certain rights shall be treated as stocks to the extent necessary to reflect the present value of all equitable interests incident to the transaction, as follows: (i) warrants; (ii) options; (iii) contracts to acquire stock; (iv) convertible debt instruments; and (v) others similar interests. (2) Rights labeled as stocks shall not be treated as stocks whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so to reflect the present value of the transaction or to disregard transactions whose recognition would defeat the purpose of Section 835. (f) Disclosure. The offeror under this solicitation represents that: __ it is not a foreign incorporated entity that should be treated as an inverted domestic corporation pursuant to the criteria of (HSAR) 48 CFR 3009.108-7001 through 3009.108-7003; __ it is a foreign incorporated entity that should be treated as an inverted domestic corporation pursuant to the criteria of (HSAR) 48 CFR 3009.108-7001 through 3009.108-7003, but it has submitted a request for waiver pursuant to 3009.108-7004, which has not been denied; or __ it is a foreign incorporated entity that should be treated as an inverted domestic corporation pursuant to the criteria of (HSAR) 48 CFR 3009.108-7001 through 3009.108-7003, but it plans to submit a request for waiver pursuant to 3009.108-7004. (g) A copy of the approved waiver, if a waiver has already been granted, or the waiver request, if a waiver has been applied for, shall be attached to the bid or proposal. (End of provision) HSAR 3052.209-72 Organization Conflict of Interest (JUN 2006) (a) Determination. The Government has determined that this effort may result in an actual or potential conflict of interest, or may provide one or more offerors with the potential to attain an unfair competitive advantage. The nature of the conflict of interest and the limitation on future contracting has been determined to not exist at the time of this solicitation. (b) If any such conflict of interest is found to exist, the Contracting Officer may (1) disqualify the offeror, or (2) determine that it is otherwise in the best interest of the United States to contract with the offeror and include the appropriate provisions to avoid, neutralize, mitigate, or waive such conflict in the contract awarded. After discussion with the offeror, the Contracting Officer may determine that the actual conflict cannot be avoided, neutralized, mitigated or otherwise resolved to the satisfaction of the Government, and the offeror may be found ineligible for award. (c) Disclosure: The offeror hereby represents, to the best of its knowledge that: ___ (1) It is not aware of any facts which create any actual or potential organizational conflicts of interest relating to the award of this contract, or ___ (2) It has included information in its proposal, providing all current information bearing on the existence of any actual or potential organizational conflicts of interest, and has included a mitigation plan in accordance with paragraph (d) of this provision. (d) Mitigation. If an offeror with a potential or actual conflict of interest or unfair competitive advantage believes the conflict can be avoided, neutralized, or mitigated, the offeror shall submit a mitigation plan to the Government for review. Award of a contract where an actual or potential conflict of interest exists shall not occur before Government approval of the mitigation plan. If a mitigation plan is approved, the restrictions of this provision do not apply to the extent defined in the mitigation plan. (e) Other Relevant Information: In addition to the mitigation plan, the Contracting Officer may require further relevant information from the offeror. The Contracting Officer will use all information submitted by the offeror, and any other relevant information known to DHS, to determine whether an award to the offeror may take place, and whether the mitigation plan adequately neutralizes or mitigates the conflict. (f) Corporation Change. The successful offeror shall inform the Contracting Officer within thirty (30) calendar days of the effective date of any corporate mergers, acquisitions, and/or dive stures that may affect this provision. (g) Flow-down. The contractor shall insert the substance of this clause in each first tier subcontract that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. (End of provision)
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