Attachment 5: On Off Ramping Procedures

ON AND OFF RAMP PROCEDURES

On-Ramping: The Government reserves the right to expand the competitive pool for either SDVOSB or Unrestricted competition at any time during the term of the contract. The Government will advertise the re-opening of the competition on SAM.gov. The evaluation and selection of awardees for any on-ramp will be exactly the same as the evaluation and award criteria used for the DBnC initial basic contract awards. Any additions due to on-ramps will not impact the DBnC ceiling. The Government anticipates the following awards:
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Awards – The Government intends to make thirty (30) awards to the firms, with a target of ten (10) per SDVOSB pool. Full and Open (Unrestricted) Awards – The Government intends to make ten (10) awards for the nationwide pool. The Government anticipates maintaining similar numbers of contracts awarded under each scope throughout the duration of the period of performance but may choose to have more or fewer contracts depending on the availability of qualified offerors and the needs of the Government. Successful on-ramp awardees will compete with any existing or remaining contractors for all future TOs in the manner stated in the ordering procedures. The ordering period for new awardees will be in line with the dates established at initial award. The Government will not consider unsolicited requests for addition to the DBnC.

Off-Ramping: The Government reserves the right to off-ramp any awardee who is not actively competing for orders, not winning awards, and/or are not performing Statement of Work (SOW) requirements satisfactorily. Awardees must, on an annual basis, demonstrate their participation in the program. The Government will open dialogue with those awardees who are not actively competing for orders, are not winning awards, and/or are not performing SOW requirements satisfactorily. This may be accomplished during an annual Program Management Review (PMR) or at any other point deemed necessary. Any awardee whom the Government believes has not demonstrated participation in the program may be subject to off-ramping. This may occur either during the base period or the Government may elect not to exercise an awardee’s option. Option exercise continues to be a unilateral right of the Government and does not require dialogue with a contractor prior to making the determination to either exercise or not exercise an option. SDVOSB’s whose VetCert certification expires will no longer be eligible to receive set-aside task orders. If SDVOSB certification cannot be recertified due to change in company ownership/management, the awardee shall be subject to off-ramping. If SDVOSB recertification is demonstrated to be in process, and delayed at no fault of the awardee, the awardee will be given 6-months to recertify, at which time if not recertified the awardee may be subject to off-ramping.