USN 2020 MAC RFP - Summary of Changes - June 23, 2020 Updates.
I have extracted the following significant clues and highlighted important items in bold + my comments in [ ] also highlighted in bold.
CLIN 0004 is an individual awardee’s CLIN NTE [Not To Exceed] Ceiling of $57,000,000.
CLIN 0009 has a shared quantity [between awardee companies - in plural] of 705,000 Minutes for all MAC awardees.
CLIN 1001 has a shared quantity [between awardee companies] of 855,000 Minutes for all MAC awardees.
The Government will compete Task Orders under these CLINs on a competitive basis .... offerors may propose its prices for CLINs 0002-0008 but not exceeding the NTE prices in ....
Offerors are required to submit sufficient information concerning all evaluation factors to demonstrate the Offeror’s capabilities to perform all requirements and facilitate the Government’s assessment of the proposal information. [advantage to $TMPS based on superior capability of Tristar vs converted B707 which is all anyone else could come up with - per all previous briefs]
The proposal must be sufficient in detail and scope to enable evaluation and provide the evaluators a clear understanding of the Offeror’s approach, expertise, and capability as required by the solicitation. [$TMPS already has multi-year, $multi-$M contracts for the provision of "special mission" aircraft to US DoD - the Tristars are already tankers - anyone other than Omega would have to convert surplus airliners]
Proposals must demonstrate that the Offeror has a thorough understanding of all requirements, associated risks, and is able, willing, and competent to devote the resources necessary to meet all requirements. [$TMPS advantage as for previous item]
In presenting material in the proposal, be advised that the quality of information is more important than quantity. [$TMPS will be able to quote proven capability of Tristar in RAF service when used with USN / USMC aircraft on operations around the world dating all the way back to before DESERT STORM in 1991]
The Offeror shall include any data necessary to illustrate the adequacy of the various assumptions, approaches, and solutions to problems. [$TMPS advantage as for previous item]
This acquisition is a full and open competition that will result in placement of up to two Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Multiple Award Contracts (MACs).
The resulting ID/IQ MAC will have a base ordering period of four (4) years 364 days, and one (1) four (4) years 364 days
Option ordering period for a total ordering period of nine (9) years 363 days, if the option period is exercised.
No single task order will have a period of performance greater than 4 years 364 days.
The contractor will be required to have a CONFIDENTIAL Facility clearance [$TMPS and Omega will probably already have this for their existing DoD contracts].
At least half of the updates - not shown above - relate to more stringent instructions on how the competition is to be run. Omega's 2nd complaint regarding $TMPS being awarded the sole contract in April 2019 was related to the way the contract negotiations were carried out.
There are additional specific instructions on not leaking / discussing intentions, capabilities, proposals etc with USN / DoD civilian personnel other than those in the Contract Office and not entering into further discussion over and above the information submitted in bids.
It is still the USN's intent to make an award to 2 companies.
The only current owners of large aircraft tankers in the world [as opposed to fighter aircraft with just buddy-buddy refueling pods] - apart from Airtanker UK which is the PFI for the RAF only - are Omega and $TMPS.
Any other bidder would have to buy retiring military tankers in the future or start a lengthy conversion of a civilian airliner to a tanker.
Alternatively, another bidder might offer to buy the $TMPS Tristars for cash - which would be a huge cash injection for the company since they bought the aircraft "free" for shares (which I believe have already been cashed in on the 2019 that had sufficient volume over a few days aboce the par value of the deal).
To view the updates in full yourself, search for reference CAS_AAR_RFI here [scroll down to pdfs dated June 23, 2020]:
https://beta.sam.gov
I have extracted the following significant clues and highlighted important items in bold + my comments in [ ] also highlighted in bold.
CLIN 0004 is an individual awardee’s CLIN NTE [Not To Exceed] Ceiling of $57,000,000.
CLIN 0009 has a shared quantity [between awardee companies - in plural] of 705,000 Minutes for all MAC awardees.
CLIN 1001 has a shared quantity [between awardee companies] of 855,000 Minutes for all MAC awardees.
The Government will compete Task Orders under these CLINs on a competitive basis .... offerors may propose its prices for CLINs 0002-0008 but not exceeding the NTE prices in ....
Offerors are required to submit sufficient information concerning all evaluation factors to demonstrate the Offeror’s capabilities to perform all requirements and facilitate the Government’s assessment of the proposal information. [advantage to $TMPS based on superior capability of Tristar vs converted B707 which is all anyone else could come up with - per all previous briefs]
The proposal must be sufficient in detail and scope to enable evaluation and provide the evaluators a clear understanding of the Offeror’s approach, expertise, and capability as required by the solicitation. [$TMPS already has multi-year, $multi-$M contracts for the provision of "special mission" aircraft to US DoD - the Tristars are already tankers - anyone other than Omega would have to convert surplus airliners]
Proposals must demonstrate that the Offeror has a thorough understanding of all requirements, associated risks, and is able, willing, and competent to devote the resources necessary to meet all requirements. [$TMPS advantage as for previous item]
In presenting material in the proposal, be advised that the quality of information is more important than quantity. [$TMPS will be able to quote proven capability of Tristar in RAF service when used with USN / USMC aircraft on operations around the world dating all the way back to before DESERT STORM in 1991]
The Offeror shall include any data necessary to illustrate the adequacy of the various assumptions, approaches, and solutions to problems. [$TMPS advantage as for previous item]
This acquisition is a full and open competition that will result in placement of up to two Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Multiple Award Contracts (MACs).
The resulting ID/IQ MAC will have a base ordering period of four (4) years 364 days, and one (1) four (4) years 364 days
Option ordering period for a total ordering period of nine (9) years 363 days, if the option period is exercised.
No single task order will have a period of performance greater than 4 years 364 days.
The contractor will be required to have a CONFIDENTIAL Facility clearance [$TMPS and Omega will probably already have this for their existing DoD contracts].
At least half of the updates - not shown above - relate to more stringent instructions on how the competition is to be run. Omega's 2nd complaint regarding $TMPS being awarded the sole contract in April 2019 was related to the way the contract negotiations were carried out.
There are additional specific instructions on not leaking / discussing intentions, capabilities, proposals etc with USN / DoD civilian personnel other than those in the Contract Office and not entering into further discussion over and above the information submitted in bids.
It is still the USN's intent to make an award to 2 companies.
The only current owners of large aircraft tankers in the world [as opposed to fighter aircraft with just buddy-buddy refueling pods] - apart from Airtanker UK which is the PFI for the RAF only - are Omega and $TMPS.
Any other bidder would have to buy retiring military tankers in the future or start a lengthy conversion of a civilian airliner to a tanker.
Alternatively, another bidder might offer to buy the $TMPS Tristars for cash - which would be a huge cash injection for the company since they bought the aircraft "free" for shares (which I believe have already been cashed in on the 2019 that had sufficient volume over a few days aboce the par value of the deal).
To view the updates in full yourself, search for reference CAS_AAR_RFI here [scroll down to pdfs dated June 23, 2020]:
https://beta.sam.gov
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