12034318Q0263FinalAmendment0001QAs.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF

CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

1 3

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

0001 08/23/2018

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

USDA, Forest Service

Northern Region Acquisition Management

24 Fort Missoula Road

Missoula, MT 59804

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State, and ZIP Code) (X) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

Potential Quoter

12034318Q0263

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

08/17/2018

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning 01 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

(X) A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN

THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return * copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.

12034318Q0263, Amendment 0001, Scientific and Technical Services

1. This amendment is to provide responses to questions that were asked on August 20, 2018 through August 23, 2018. Please see the following pages for the questions and answers.

2. Response date for the RFQ has NOT changed and RFQ is still due on September 6, 2018, 4:00 p.m. local time.

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

N. JEAN WINDLE

Contracting Officer

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

Previous edition unusable

30-105 STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Scientific and Technical Services

Solicitation Number 12034318Q0263

Amendment 0001 – Questions and Answers from August 20, 2018 through August 23, 2018

Q1.) Is university or nonprofit organization can be a subcontractor to the vendor?

A1.) You will need to refer to page 27, #20, FAR 2.219-14 Limitation on Subcontracting and review the FAR clause.

Q2.) If subcontractors are hired to perform the services, is any specific percentage of work allocation requirement is required by the vendor?

A2.) At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended from employees of the concern. This need to be demonstrated by the concern.

Q3.) On page 4, there is a reference to “collection and distribution of remotely sensed imagery”. We do not have an aircraft and sensor of our own (other than a small drone), but have facilitated imagery collection in the past through subcontracts. Is your expectation that these teaming arrangements be in place for our proposal? We believe that it’s not in the government’s best interest to do so, because pre-defined teaming would not allow us to shop for the best value at the time of the request. Your advise would be appreciated.

A3.) It is not expected that these relationships be in place, or that the contractor have the ability to collect data on their own. This is only meant to provide the basis and flexibility of using the contract to arrange for the collection of data when needed.

Q4.) On page 6, services related to the "design, development, and maintenance of web-based applications, databases, and mobile-applications” are defined as contractor-furnished critical items. The geospatial analyst and technician labor categories, however, would not have these skill sets. Indeed, web development and database administration are two different professions themselves. We have these skills on our staff in Salt Lake City, so we would need to draw from that staff and not at the Missoula-based analysts or technician. Was the expectation that all of the required critical items and services be able to be accomplished within the analyst labor rate, or that the competing firms would simply have the capacity to do or subcontract for the work? We are hoping for the later, because if we would need to cover the web and database work under the analyst labor rate, it would require us to increase the analyst rate to cover all possible web development tasks.

A4.) Please delete this section in the solicitation and replace with a revised page 6 (see following page).

Q5.) On page 36, item number 10 has a parenthetical question “(Who will directly be involved in this contract?)”. Is this a question that we should answer? It kind of looks like an editorial comment, but can’t be sure.

A5.) Yes, you as the contractor need to respond to whom in your company will be working on the project and this can be incorporated into the evaluation factors found on the following page.

12034318Q0263

Scientific & Technical Services

Revised Page 6 of 38

Contractor Availability

The Contractor shall provide day-to-day support to the Northern Region Geospatial Services Group and

Vegetation Analysis Team and other Forest Service personnel.

CONTRACTOR-FURNISHED CRITICAL ITEMS/SERVICES

Required Workforce Experience

Demonstrated experience and knowledge is required in the following areas: 1) general landscape level

GIS/remote sensing, 2) statisitical analysis, 3) project design and management, 4) data acquisition and integration for natural resource management, 5) expertise in current vegetation classificaton and mapping, 6) programming skills for developing custom applications including mobile devises, website programming, database analysis, design and integration, 7) provision of specifications/requirements for image data acquisition and QA/QC procedures.

The Contractor shall provide expertise and experience in the design, development, and integration of landscape level remote sensing vegetation classification and mapping to support a wide range of natural resource-related project requirements. Skills required include:

Technical knowledge on natural resource data acquisition and management including the R1

Classification, Mapping, Inventory and Analysis System.

Technical knowledge of GIS, remote sensing, and analysis techniques to be used with spatial and tabular databases.

Technical knowledge of USFS corporate software databases and systems.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

This paragraph deleted per amendment 0001.The Contractor shall provide expertise and experience in design, development, and maintenance of web-based applications, databases, and mobile applications to support a wide range of natural resource-related information requirements. Skills required include:

Web programming and development for projects and operational programs o Ability to develop and support both internal and external websites for a variety of applications

Scripting/programming for web page development/maintenance o HTML o PHP o Java

Database design, development, implementation and maintenance in support of web applications development o MySQL, Oracle

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT TASK/CRITICAL SUBTASKS

Performance

There are two categories of tasks: 1) Provide project support to R1 Engineering Geospatial Services Group and

Vegetation Analysis Team, and 2) Provision of image collection/acquisition services.

Performance will be evaluated accordingly. Performance of each project shall include the following: