Global Intelligence Contract Draft RFP - INSCOM - U.S. Army

envelopes containing proposal material:
U.S. ARMY INSCOM
ATTN: ACQUISITION CENTER, G.I.
8825 Beulah Street
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5246
L.5.4.2.2 Additional Packing Instructions. Proposal binders shall be packed in boxes. The boxes shall be
sequentially numbered and shall indicate the total number of boxes (e.g., box 1 of 4). Box numbers shall be placed on
all sides of the box itself. Box one (1) shall include the CD/DVD disks containing soft-copy submission and a master
packing list. The master packing list shall list the contents (i.e., volume number, copy number, and name) of each box,
by box number. These packing instructions also apply to all subcontractor submissions.
L.5.4.3 Cost/Pricing Information. All cost/pricing information shall be included only in the cost/price
volume. Cost trade-off information, work-hour estimates, and material kinds and quantities may be used in other
volumes only as appropriate for presenting rationale to support a technical or management position, or unless
otherwise specified in this section.
L.5.4.4 Proposal Format.
L.5.4.4.1 General. To aid in the evaluation, all proposals shall follow the same general format. Page
limitations shall be treated as maximums and are specified for each volume in Table L.1 above. Page limits on
revised proposals, if required, shall be provided as part of the request for revised proposals letter. All pages submitted
by an offeror in excess of the limitations contained in these instructions will be removed and returned to the offeror
by the KO. Page limitations include charts and graphic material. Pages not in the page count shall be numbered using
Roman numerals.
L.5.4.4.2 Format. A “page” shall consist of print on one length of 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper. Paper printed
on two (2) sides shall count as two (2) pages. In accordance with the clause at FAR 52.204-4, INSCOM encourages
the use of two-sided printing and reproduction. Foldouts shall not exceed 10 percent of the total volume page count
for any single volume. Each 11x17 foldout page shall count as two (2) pages; single sided, and four (4) pages, double
sided, against the page limitations. Page margins shall be a minimum of one (1) inch on top, bottom, and each side.
Volumes 1 and 6 (cover letter/offer and cost) are exempt from the one-inch margin rule for mandatory forms,
boilerplate, and exhibits that are preformatted and do not conform to the one-inch margin requirement, but will be
considered in the page count as specified. Partial pages count as a full page for page limitation purposes. All Pages
shall be numbered sequentially by volume, and shall not exceed the page limitation.
L.5.4.4.3 Text. Minimum type size shall be 10 point Arial standard font. Text lines shall be single-spaced,
and shall not exceed 46 lines, including headings. Line spacing before and after a heading shall be double-spaced.
Typesetting, font compression, or other techniques to reduce character size or spacing are not permitted and are
considered a deliberate attempt to circumvent the page limitations. Prohibited techniques include setting the
paragraph line spacing.” Pages shall be numbered sequentially by volume. Pen and ink changes are not allowed.
Two-column presentation is not acceptable.
L.5.4.4.4 Illustrations, tables, charts, graphs, and figures. These graphic displays of data may be used,
wherever practical, to depict organizations, systems, layout, and implementation schedules, etc. These displays shall
not exceed 11 by 17 inches in size. Foldout pages shall be used only for large tables, charts, graphs, diagrams and
schematics; not for pages of text. Offerors may use JPEG images for charts or screen shots. All information, except
for headers and footers, shall be provided within an image area of 6 ½ x 9 inches (9 x 15 inches for foldout pages).
Each printed side of a foldout page will count as two pages, and shall be numbered accordingly. Figure call-outs
(identification and titles) may be single-spaced. Embedded text shall be no smaller than:
• Art: 8 point Arial
• Tables: 8 point Arial
• Titles: 8 point Arial, bold, initial cap