Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Aerospace Ground Equipment Support Services Price Proposal & Evaluation Linda Gaugler Mathematician (Lead) NASA Dryden Acquisition Management Office
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Contract Line Items CLIN 1 ― Fixed-Price AGE CLIN 2 ― Fixed-Price IDIQ CLIN 3 ― Cost-No-Fee (CNF) IDIQ Phase-In has no CLIN on the contract
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Contract Line Items CLIN 1 –Basic AGE support –Fixed monthly prices to be proposed by offerors Monthly prices may vary by contract year –Please round proposed monthly prices to the nearest dollar
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Contract Line Items CLIN 2 –Other support services Examples: Space Flight Operations Support –Do not propose prices or rates in this proposal –Will be ordered using task order(s) –Task order prices and terms subject to separate negotiation –Total CLIN price estimated at $500,000 per year Not a ceiling or minimum
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Contract Line Items CLIN 3 –Cost-No-Fee –Materials (including consumables, parts, equipment, materials, purchases & vehicle lease) –NASA-directed travel & NASA-directed training –The RFP identifies $480,000 a year for these costs –The estimate of $480,000 is raw, unburdened –Offerors are responsible to identify add-on costs, if any –Order costs and terms subject to separate negotiation
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Contract Line Items CLIN 3 continued –Add-on costs include such costs as: Material handling Burden Cost of money G&A –Add-on costs will be allowable if: Identified in proposal and capped by proposed ceilings Comply with your business systems Comply with FAR 31.2
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Contract Line Items CLIN 3 continued –If your proposal does not identify add-ons, you will not be reimbursed for the add-ons during performance
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Contract Line Items Phase-In –No CLIN for phase-in in the contract –Separate purchase order at the price you propose –One month effort
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, RFP Pricing Formats
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 1 (Exhibit 7)
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 1 (Exhibit 7) Identify your proposed: –Price for Phase-In If Phase-In is offered at no cost to NASA, enter $0 –Monthly prices and extended prices for CLIN 1 –Add-on ceiling rates, add-on costs & total costs for CLIN 3 If add-ons are not proposed for CLIN 3, enter zero for the ceiling rates and add-on costs Make no entry for CLIN 2 –No prices or rates will be proposed
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 2 (Exhibit 8)
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 2 (Exhibit 8) Cost element breakout of your proposed prices for CLIN 1 (Basic AGE support only) Identify the following for each year: –Straight time direct labor dollars –Overtime direct labor dollars, including overtime premium, if applicable –Overhead dollars, including, as appropriate Fringe benefits Payroll taxes & Labor overhead
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 2 (Exhibit 8) Also identify the following for each year: –Subcontract costs, if any –G&A expense –Profit –Total price per year –Monthly price
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 2 (Exhibit 8) Subcontract costs –Subcontractors will also provide cost element breakouts –Subcontractor data will be to the same level of detail –Subcontractors may submit data directly to NASA –The offeror is responsible for making certain subcontractor data is submitted by the proposal due date
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 3 (Exhibit 9)
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 3 (Exhibit 9) CLIN 1 – Basic AGE support only Submit a page (or more if necessary) for each contract year Use multiple lines for a job title to show variation within the job title Identify proposed staffing: –Offeror’s job title –SCA labor classification, if applicable –Exempt or non-exempt from the minimum wage & overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act –Prime or subcontractor –Number of WYE for each job title
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 3 (Exhibit 9) Identify proposed hours: –Total (not per WYE) Straight time productive hours –Total Paid non-productive hours –Total straight time hours –Total Overtime hours
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 3 (Exhibit 9) Identify proposed rates & dollars –Straight time labor rate –Total (not per WYE) Direct labor dollars – straight time Do not include costs for non-productive hours here –Overtime labor rates Include premium, if any –Total Direct labor dollars – overtime Include costs for overtime premium here
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 3 (Exhibit 9) Data provided in Pricing Format No. 3 does not substitute for data required by any part of the Technical Volume, including the elements entitled “Staffing and Recruiting” and “Compensation Plan”
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 4 (Exhibit 10)
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Pricing Format No. 4 (Exhibit 10) Cost-No-Fee CLIN Identify your proposed ceiling rates for add-ons, if any Identify the cost for add-ons for each year –Cost of add-ons = $480,000 x ceiling rate Identify the estimated cost for each year –Estimated cost = $480,000 + cost of add-ons
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, RFP Pricing Evaluation
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Evaluation of Price/Cost Proposals Proposed price, costs and pricing information will be evaluated for –Accuracy and completeness –Consistency with the Technical Proposal –Compliance with the SCA wage determination wage rates –Balanced CLIN prices –Establishment of the Evaluated Price
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Evaluation of Price/Cost Proposals Findings of inaccuracy or incompleteness; inconsistency with the Technical Proposal; non-compliance with the SCA wage determination wage rates; or imbalanced CLIN prices; including subcontractor pricing data, could preclude contract award and/or result in clarifications or discussions.
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Evaluation of Price/Cost Proposals Adequacy of business systems –Emphasis on current Government approvals
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Evaluation of Price/Cost Proposals Evaluated Price is the sum of –Proposed price for Phase-In –Sum of the extended prices for CLINs 1A & 1B Years 1 thru 5 –Sum of estimated cost for CLINs 3A & 3B Years 1 thru 5 RFP-specified amounts of $480K plus add-ons, if any Prices for CLINs 2A & 2B will not be included in the Evaluated Price
Dryden Flight Research CenterNovember 8, Evaluation of Price/Cost Proposals Evaluated Prices will be used to –The lower evaluated price is more advantageous to the Government than a higher evaluated price –Offerors’ Evaluated Prices will be rounded to the nearest ten thousand dollars –The rounded Evaluated Prices will then be used to compare offerors’ proposals