After the submission of offers, each offeror must make a one hour oral presentation to the Government. The overhead transparencies to be used by the offeror in making its oral presentation must be submitted with the offeror's proposal. After its oral presentation, each offeror must answer questions. The sole purpose of the oral presentation is to test the offeror's knowledge of the requirements of the prospective contract. The oral presentation and the question and answer session will not constitute a part of the offer and the information communicated thereby will not become a part of any contract resulting from this RFP. Neither the oral presentation nor the question and answer session will constitute discussions as defined in FAR 15.601 and 15.610, nor will they obligate the Government to conduct discussions or to solicit or entertain any revisions to the offer or a best and final offer. The contracting officer will schedule the oral presentations and will notify each offeror of the date, time, and location of its oral presentation after the Government receives the offers in response to this RFP. The contracting officer may schedule the first oral presentation to take place within approximately two to three weeks after the receipt of the offers. During the oral presentation the offeror must address the following topics:

I. UNDERSTANDING, APPROACH AND MANAGEMENT The offeror shall present its broad understanding of the requirement and its broad approach to managing the vast scope of this requirement. Include an explanation of your organizational flowchart, specifically describing proposed lines of authority and means of communications between the main office, your own personnel & fleet of trucks, and subcontractors. Describe how you will oversee the subcontractors to assure that timely and quality services are performed and invoiced in accordance with the contract. Specifically describe proposed lines of authority and means of communications between the main office and the U.S. Navy.

II. PARTNERING PLAN Describe your approach for partnering with the U.S. Navy. This shall include what approaches you intend to use to improve the movement of U.S. Navy material in the most cost effective, efficient manner. This can be new initiatives or effective approaches already in practice for other customers for similar services. Describe successes with existing or previous customers (in terms of improvement in being cost effective and efficient). Describe what you expect from the U.S. Navy towards improving the transportation process.

III. ELECTRONIC ORDERING AND REPORTING The offeror must address how it plans to optimize the use of electronic commerce (Internet access) and computer software in partnering with the U.S. Navy. This must address (1) software used by the contractor in compiling reports and Internet access (including e-mail); (2) what kind of reports are available (provide examples) or will be created for the U.S. Navy, which as a minimum shall include delivery order status, usage statistics, invoice status; and (3) ability for the U.S. Navy to access reports on line (via Internet).

The offeror may not address its offer (SF1449, Pricing section), or any exception/deviation from the solicitation provisions, terms and conditions). However it may address other topics, within the one hour time limit, such as organizational experience or past performance, but the contracting officer will strictly enforce the one hour time limit. Only that portion of the presentation which has been completed, including the slides which have been briefed (presented and narrated), shall be considered in the evaluation. An offeror's oral presentation must be made by one or more of the persons whom the offeror will actually employ to manage the prospective contract. The offeror should have in attendance whomever the offeror believes is necessary to best respond in a manner that reflects that the offeror clearly understands the U.S. Navy's requirement. In addition, the offeror may send two non-participating representatives to observe. Each offeror must use overhead transparencies to document key points of its presentation. The Government will provide one overhead projector, one flip chart pad, and marker pens for the offeror's use during the oral presentation. The offeror may not use or submit any other media or documents. The offeror must submit its set of overhead transparencies and six (6) paper copies to the Government in a sealed package with its offer. Only those transparencies/slides submitted with the proposal may be used by the offeror in making the presentation.