U.S. Department of State Evolve Request for Proposals (RFP)

to acknowledge the amendments. The government is not requesting revised proposals to be submitted. The government shall not accept any form of proposal revisions submitted in response to this amendment. Provide answers to offeror questions for FC5 (See attached FC5 Questions and Answers spreadsheet). -------------------------------------- Amendment 10 (P0010) The Purpose of amendment (P0010) is to accomplish the following: 1. Publish proposal due dates for Functional Categories (FC) 1 (one) through 5 (five) as follows; FC1 � 5 October 2023 at 5PM EST FC4 � 5 October 2023 at 5PM EST FC2 � 6 October 2023 at 5PM EST FC3 � 25 October 2023 at 5PM EST FC 5 � 31 October 2023 at 5PM EST 2. Provide answers to offeror questions for FC3 (See attached FC3 Questions and Answers spreadsheet). 3. Acknowledge clerical errors in the RFP identified by offeror questions (See FC3 Questions and Answers spreadsheet - questions # 6, 8, and 22). ------------------------------ Amendment 9 (P0009) The purpose of this amendment is to provide responses to timely questions not previously addressed by the government for Functional Category One (FC1). Please review "Additional Questions and Answers FC1. v.2" attached for the government's response. ------------------------------ Amendment 8 (P0008) The Purpose of this amendment is to incorporate version 8 (eight) of the RFP (Please review 19AQMM23R0042.v7 Tracked Changes P0008 and clean version P0008, and all attachments accompanying P0008 for the full scope of this amendment). Also see, amendment 6 (six) of the RFP for instructions on submitting phase 2 (two) proposals. Amendment 8 encompasses the following: Provide government answers to offeror questions for Functional Categories (FC) 2, 4, and outstanding questions from FC1. Amend Section B resulting from offeror questions. Amend Table L4 Phase 2 Page Restrictions, to address cover page restrictions. Resolve a clerical error for the table of contents for Attachment J-35. Network Services STO (See Attachment J-35 Network Services STO.v3). Update Attachment J-28 Subcontracting Plan to remove references to VOSB and a 42% small business goal, consistent with updates made during amendment 1 (See Attachment J-28 Small Business SubK Plan.v3). Update proposal delivery due dates for phase 2 (two) as follows: FC1 � 5 October 2023 FC4 � 5 October 2023 FC2 � 6 October 2023 Note: Proposal due dates for FC3 and FC5 shall be specified in offeror advisory opt-in or Opt-out notification letters. ------------------------------ Amendment 7, (P0007) Posted 9/5/2023. Amendment 0007 provides answers to questions pertaining to revised pricing and technical proposal submission instructions provided within Amendment 0006 of this RFP (See attachment: Evolve Questions and Answers.v3). ------------------------------- Amendment 6, (P0006) posted 08/10/2023 The Purpose of this amendment is to incorporate version 6 (six) of the RFP (Please review 19AQMM23R0042.v6 P0006 Tracked and clean versions, and all attachments with P0006 for full scope of this amendment). The changes captured within amendment 6 are as follows: The Government will conduct 5 (five) separate source selections under this solicitation. Advisory down-select notices will be furnished to industry on a rolling basis as the government completes evaluations for each Functional Category (FC). Down-select notices for FCs 1 through 5 are not scheduled to go out in a particular order. The timelines for issuance of the advisory down-select notifications, source selection timelines and best value award decisions for any FC will not affect the timelines for the other FCs. The government anticipates releasing all down select notices by the end of September 2023 (See Provision L.4 Proposal Schedule) Remove Michael Ku as Contracting Officer and replace him with Michael Dickson. Includes changes to Section B to clarify Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) references, including minimum and maximum quantities, fully loaded hourly labor rates, travel costs, overtime hours, Cost Price related Laws (See Section B). Retire the use of Symphony for all aspects of this procurement and request phase II proposals and all correspondence to be submitted via email. Any remaining references to Symphony pertain to phase 1 (one) only (see attachments 19AQMM23R0042.v6 Tracked P0006 and 19AQMM23R0042.v6 version P0006). Update numbering of Table C910 to read Table C9: Capability Areas within Network and Telecommunications Functional Category. This is only a numbering change to the table. Update the Draft Evolve Ordering Guide, Attachment J-24 (Refer to attachment J-24 Evolve Ordering Guide v2 tracked P0006 and Clean P0006 ). Update the price proposal instructions and incorporate revised pricing tables (Provision L.19.1 Price Proposal Information, and attachments J-9A through J-9E P0006). Update the method for questions submission to email only (See provision L.5 Communications and Questions). Those Offerors who Opt-In must submit their Opt-in decision, questions, and their Phase 2 proposals by the due dates and times indicated within the Down-Select notification in order to be considered for Phase 2. Questions are welcomed for the revised price proposal instructions and updated technical proposal email instructions only (See provision L.6). Any questions referencing technical proposals will not be answered. Update proposal delivery instructions for phase 2 (two) to be by email only (See provision L.6 and L.11 Proposal Preparation Instructions). Remove all clauses and references to cost reimbursement (See Provision I Contract Clauses). Update Phase 2 proposal submission instructions (See Provision L.6). Offerors shall submit separate proposals for each functional category. For each functional category, offerors shall summit separate and complete volumes so that the government can evaluate them independently. Each volume shall include a cover page including the following information: Title of Acquisition (i.e., EVOLVE) Indicate the Functional Category being proposed RFP Number Volume Number Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number Socio-Economic Status CAGE Code Company Name Company Address Company Point of Contact Email and Phone Number Each volume must include the specified Proposal Documents and conform to the page restrictions specified in Table L4: Phase 2 Page Restrictions. Offerors are required to submit a single email containing separate zipped folders for volumes 3,4,5, and 6. The entire submission shall not exceed 50MB.Offerors must clearly label each Zipped folder volume (i.e., Volume 3 - Sample TO Technical Solution; Volume 4 - Management Approach etc.). If the file(s) for each submission cannot be reduced below 50MB, then offerors shall divide the file into 50MB increments and send over multiple emails. The subject line for each email shall reference which portion of the proposal is attached (i.e., Volume 3, Part 1 of 2 Sample TO Technical proposal). Offerors must clearly label each file within each zipped folder in accordance with the requirements of the Evolve solicitation Table L6: Proposal Volume Structure (i.e., Volume 3 - Sample TO Technical proposal; Volume 4 - Program management; Volume 4 - IDIQ OM POC Resume; Volume 4 � Quality Control Solution etc.). --------------------------- March 15, 2023 (Update) This solicitation is currently under evaluation. Once we are at the