Vessel Maintenance and Logistics Services”.   3

Amendment 1: The purpose of Amendment A0001 to RFP 70B02C20R00000028 is to provide answers to questions received in response to the solicitation.

See A0001.

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The Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is issuing this Request for Proposal to

procure National Marine Vessel Maintenance required for the Office of Air and Marine Operations. The Contractor shall

services as specified in the attached Performance Work Statement and all terms and conditions of this Request for

Proposal.

This procurement action is being solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside through beta.sam.gov website for Contract

Opportunities. The Acquisition Title is Vessel Maintenance and Logistics Services .

The principal nature of the requirements described in this solicitation is consistent with services performed by industries in

the 336611 Ship Building and Repair with a size standard of 1,250 employees. The services in this solicitation are best

represented by PSC Code: J020 Maintenance and Repair of Ship and Marine Equipment

CBP invites your company to submit a technical and separate full pricing proposal for the efforts described in this RFP

including the terms and conditions, the Performance Work Statement and all other attachments. CBP will select for award

the most responsible Offeror whose proposal contains the combination of those evaluation criteria offering the best value

to the Government using the trade-off process. Best value is defined as the procurement process that results in the most

advantageous acquisition decision for the Government and is performed through an integrated assessment and trade-off

analysis among price and non-price factors. The basis for the award will be a detailed, integrated evaluation by the

Government on the basis of how well the proposal achieves solicitation requirements and satisfies the evaluation criteria

specified herein. Accordingly, the Government may award any resulting contract to other than the lowest priced offeror or

other than the offeror with the highest technical merit rating. In making this comparison, the Government is concerned

with overall merit of the capability of evaluation factors stated within this solicitation.

The Government may make award without discussions with Offerors (except communications conducted for the purpose

of minor clarification); hence, all offer(s) should be submitted on the most favorable terms that the offering firm is able to

submit to the Government. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if they are later

determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary.

Questions or concerns regarding any aspect of this RFP shall be forwarded to VESSELMAINTENANCE@cbp.dhs.gov

with VESSEL MAINTENANCE in the Subject Line on or before 12:00PM (Washington DC local time) 5 calendar days

after RFP receipt. You are strongly encouraged to ask questions and convey exceptions to the requirements during this

time.