Instructions to Offerors

Instructions to Offerors (RFO FAR Addendum)

ADDENDUM TO RFO 52.212-1: INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – COMMERCIAL

PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES.
Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -Commercial, applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12.205(a)(1), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation and hereby amends any language therein:
Simplified Acquisition Procedures will be used in accordance with (IAW) Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 12 in awarding this contract. The Government intends to award a FirmFixed-Price (FFP) contract to satisfy this requirement. This requirement is being solicited as a Request for Quotation (RFQ); submission of a quote does not guarantee receipt of award. The Government intends to award to the responsible quoter whose quote provides the best value to the Government.
Quoters are required to meet all material solicitation requirements, such as terms and conditions, representations and certifications, deliverables, Performance Work Statement (PWS), etc. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the solicitation may result in Quoter being ineligible for award. Quoters must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and must provide complete supporting rationale. The Government reserves the right to determine any such exceptions unacceptable, and the quote, therefore, ineligible for award.
For a quote to be eligible for award, the quoter must have a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM): https://www.sam.gov/SAM, prior to submitting a quote, IAW RFO 4.203-1. SAM will be checked to verify the quoter's status before any evaluation is conducted.
Quoters are advised that their quotation may exceed the requirements of the PWS, but the Government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotes, and each response must respond to the solicitation requirement stated in the RFQ. The Government intends to evaluate quotes and issue a purchase order based on the initial quotes received. Therefore, the contractor's initial quote should contain the contractor's best terms from a pricing standpoint. The Government reserves the right to request revised quotes from, or discuss final terms with, one or more contractors if later determined by the contracting officer to be necessary. Additionally, the contracting officer will not establish a competitive range, conduct discussions, or otherwise use the procedures described at RFO 15.