Amendment 00001 (A00001) - 1131PL21RDS21030 (QuestionsAnswers) Global DS.pdf

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The purpose of this amendment is to provide responses to questions received in reference to this combined synopsis/ solicitation. Please see continuation pages attached.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

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Solicitation Number: 1131PL21RDS21030 Amendment 00001 – for Global – Civil Nuclear Energy Desk Study Series Questions and Answers

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Reference: Amendment 00001 (A00001) for Global – Civil Nuclear Energy Desk Study (DS) Series / Solicitation no. 1131PL21RDS21030.

A00001 - Questions (Q) and Answers (Bold):

1. Without seeing the proposals and/or project concepts that the Contractor is to evaluate, there is risk to the Contractor in proposing a firm fixed price for the anticipated work. Can the Government award a time-and-materials contract based on the fully burdened daily rates included in offerors’ price proposals, rather than a fixed price contract?

Answer: No

2. In either case, may offerors propose a breakdown of the CLINs, such that labor estimates and prices are different for each of the projects listed in PWS Section D.1.5? That is, can CLINs 0001-0003 have different prices each for Ukraine, Poland, Vietnam, and Indonesia?

Answer: No. Labor estimates and prices should be consistent with the estimated Level of Effort (LOE) for the activities, listed in Section D.1.5 of the Performance Work Statement.

3. Section D.1.3 of the Performance Work Statement states that “for each of the five activities to be recommended to USTDA, the Contractor shall develop a stand-alone Project Report.” Please clarify whether the Project Report is the Business Confidential Analysis and Recommendation; if not, please provide a description of what is to be provided in the Project Report.

Answer: Yes. The Project Report is the Business Confidential Analysis and Recommendation. Attachment 1 of the PWS provides an outline of the Project Report.

4. In Section D.1.5 of the Performance Work Statement, USTDA estimates an LOE of 15 to 20 person-days for three of the proposals and 30 to 45 person-days for “a possible fifth proposal.” Please clarify whether there is an estimate for a fourth proposal as well as the fifth.

Answer: The estimated LOE for the potential fourth proposal is 20 person-days.

5. To allow sufficient time for proposal preparation including clarifications provided by USTDA, we propose an extension of the proposal deadline to three weeks following the issuance of responses to bidder questions.

Answer: No.

6. Can independent contractors submit a proposal to the solicitation under a joint teaming agreement?

Answer: Yes, According to FAR 52.207-6. As stated in this solicitation, Only one award will result from this RFP.

7. Public Market Report – Is there an attachment that outlines the scope of this report??

Answer: Attachment 1 of the PWS provides an outline of the Project Report.

8. What input from USTDA will be provided? Is this report to be developed based on publicly available information?

9. “Final Report”. As a deliverable, is the “Final Report” strictly a collection under one cover of previously submitted and approved reports by the contractor?

Answer: Yes.

10. Is the “Stand-alone Project Report under Section D1.3, a separate and distinct report from the “Business Confidential Analysis and Recommendation Report”. If so, what are the report’s specifications in terms of purpose and content.?

Answer: No. Attachment 1 of the PWS provides an outline of the Project Report.

11. Under Section D.1.5, what are the specifications of the referenced “FEED study in terms of the purpose and content? Is the FEED study intended to be a feasibility and estimate for performing a FEED work scope? In other words, what aspects of front-end engineering and design are being critically analyzed and for what purpose?

Answer: Please refer to Section D.1.2 Scope of Work to review the expectations for the Contractor. It is expected that the Contractor would assess whether or not a proposed activity meets USTDA’s basic funding criteria and develop and recommend the appropriate Terms of Reference (TOR) for the activity. Section D.1.5 Project Profile refers to the potential proposals that the Contractor would review.

12. Under Section D.1.7, are “Evaluation Summaries” a separate and distinct report from “Business Confidential Analysis and Recommendation Report”?

Answer: Yes. Please review Section D.1.7.1 Evaluation of Preliminary Proposals.

13. Under Section D.1.7, please provide for the Public Market Report” the appropriate attachment that outlines the standard content and format that is required for this report.

14. Under Section D.1.7, please define what is included under the term “Project Reports”

15. Under Section D.1.7.1, is an “Evaluation Statement a separate and distinct report from

‘Evaluation Summary?

Answer: No

16. Will the responses from USTDA to questions submitted by all potential bidders be made available to all parties?

Answer: Yes

17. Please confirm that a woman-owned small business may also qualify for this solicitation.

Answer: As stated in the solicitation it is open to all small businesses.

18. If the government may approve multiple awards, will that be limited to a maximum number of awardees?

Answer: At the discretion of the Contracting Officer. As stated in this solicitation only one award will be awarded for this contract.

19. If subcontractors are used, are they also required to be registered in the SAM database?

Answer: No. Please see combined synopsis/solicitation under Line Item Number 5 for SAM Database Requirements. According to FAR 52.204-7

20. Please provide the Attachment II, “Desk Study Public Market Report Requirements,” as described in D.1.7.3.

21. Please clarify if the subcontractors are limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price or based on the level of effort by subcontractors versus the contractor.

Answer: As referenced in Annex III – Contractor use of subcontractors is limited to less than fifty percent of the proposed price.

22. Is the proposed contract for this solicitation a cost reimbursable contract?

Answer: No, this will be a firm fixed price contract.

23. Are fees to be included within the quoted rates?

Answer: Please read the combined synopsis/solicitation. The solicitation requests offerors to provide price breakdowns in price proposals.

24. Does the cost proposal require rates, i.e. overheads and general administrative costs, to have prior approval by a Federal agency?

Answer: See response to Question no. 23.

25. Will proposed rates submitted pursuant to this solicitation be subject to DCAA and/or

USTDA audit?

Answer: No.

26. If a subcontractor rate basis is on a daily basis, can the contractor present its and its subcontractor rates both on an hourly and/or daily basis?

Answer: No. Refer to Attachment VI for budget narrative requirements.

27. If daily rates are acceptable, does the USTDA have any instructions for partial day apportionment?

Answer: No. Refer to Attachment VI for budget narrative requirements.

28. With regard to Attachment VI, Budget Narrative Requirements, if an individual name is not yet identified, can a description suffice for a given job position being proposed, e.g.

Market Research Analyst, where at any given time or project, the assigned individual may be different, but the salary/rate range is provided?

Answer: Yes. Refer to Attachment VI for budget narrative requirements.

29. With regard to the cost/price proposal, please clarify the USTDA is seeking the proposed bidders to use the four project profiles, i.e. Ukraine, Poland, Vietnam, Indonesia, in the solicitation to develop the cost/price estimate?

Answer: Yes.

30. While the solicitation is clear regarding the contractor and its subcontractors shall be ineligible to compete for USTDA funding that result from the contract, i.e. Instruction I.6, Contractor Follow-on (Ineligibility) and that those restrictions are shall remain in effect for three years from completion of the contract, are there similar expectations, restrictions or prohibitions on the contractor or its subcontractors that they cannot also has/have been employed or contractually engaged with prospective civil nuclear energy applicant (and its subcontractors) seeking funding from USTDA?

Answer: As stated in this combined synopsis/solicitation: CONTRACTOR FOLLOW-ON (INELIGIBILITY): The Contractor and its subcontractors shall be ineligible to compete for, as a prime or subcontractor or otherwise, USTDA funded activities that result from this contract.

31. Is there a possibility that the period of performance -- expected to be for 24 months – will be extended? If so, would such an extension be on an annual basis?

Answer: No. Extension are at the discretion of the Contracting Officer.