Amendemnt

AMENDMENT TO SOLICITATION W91ZRS27QA001 — AMENDMENT Number 0001]

The purpose of this amendment is to clarify the small business subcontracting requirements, update the Technical Acceptability evaluation criteria, remove an inapplicable Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause, and extend the quote submission deadline.

Accordingly, the solicitation is amended in the following specific areas:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. REMOVAL OF FAR CLAUSE 52.219-30 AND CLARIFICATION OF 13 CFR 125.6 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A. FAR Clause 52.219-30 (Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business
Concerns Eligible Under the WOSB Program) is hereby REMOVED from this solicitation in its entirety. This procurement remains a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside.

B. Because this acquisition is conducted under FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures) and is valued below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT), the statutory self-performance thresholds of 13 CFR 125.6 and FAR 52.219-14 do not apply.

C. A small business prime contractor is permitted to utilize a licensed local caterer as a subcontractor.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. REVISION OF TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY EVALUATION CRITERIA -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To ensure compliance with the Small Business Administration (SBA) Ostensible Subcontractor Rule (13 CFR 121.103(h)(2)) and the General Responsibility Standards of FAR 9.104-1, Technical Acceptability is revised to evaluate whether the prime contractor maintains ultimate contract responsibility and is not operating as a passive pass-through entity.

"Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services" and "Addendum to FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services" are hereby replaced in their entirety with the following revised instructions and evaluation subfactors: * Subfactor 1: Subcontractor Small Business Verification - REQUIREMENT: The Offeror must identify the licensed local caterer(s) proposed to perform the food preparation and provide verifiable evidence (such as a SAM.gov registry record or UEI) proving the subcontractor is registered as a Small Business under NAICS 311991. - STANDARDS: "Acceptable" requires the subcontractor to be verified as an active Small Business.