7-29-2020 Final Clarifications with responses.pdf

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1 Request for Proposal_ LFCSS Final Various N/A There are various mentions of a security clearance throughout the RFP. Can the CO confirm that a fully adjudicated Top Secret clearance is required for all contractors

The Government confirms that a fully adjudicated Top Secret clearance is requied for all contractors

N

2 SF33 N/A N/A

Which of the two solicitation numbers provided is the correct one. As you are aware offerors cannot change pre-defined data on the official SF33 – the number on the SF33 is Box 3 (15F0672R0000196), however solicitation number provided on FBO.gov and the RFP Version 3 is (15F06720R0000196).

The SF33 block 3 has been updated to reflect the soliciaiton number that's on BetaSams.gov 15F06720R0000196 N N

3 Q&A dated 7/24/2020

We request a revised Attachment E, Labor Category Pricing that shows the Chemist Research labor category deleted in response to Question #18 (Q&A dated 7/24/2020) on row 37 of Attachment E (“ Chemist Research will be been deleted in Attachment B.

Attachment B will be amended”) . This was done for Attachment B, not Attachment E.

Although the Research Chemist was deleted from Attachment B as a requirement for the respective Task Order, the overall requirement for a Research Chemist still exists for the Master Contract. In case this labor category is required for furture task orders. Attachment E remains unchanged in this regard.

N N

4 Q&A dated 7/24/2020

Regarding Attachment E, in response Question #17, in which the Government responded, “The position is to be assigned as an additional duty, there is no requirement to provide pricing for a project manager .” We request that Attachment E be modified, removing Row 34 – Project Manager, Quantico.

Concur, the Project Manager postion will be considered an additiona duty of an existing position identified by the vendor, this position is now marked wiith a Strike-Through.

Y N

5 Q&A dated 7/24/2020

Question #19 (Q&A dated 7/24/2020) re: Attachment B, Position Categories, the Government responded, “The project and program manager are considered the same since the position will be filled via the employee of the awardee .” We request that Attachment B be modified with the removal of the Project Manager position to reflect the Government’s response to Question #19

All references to "Project Manager" have been replaced with "Program Manager" in Atachment B. Y N

6 Request for Proposal_ LFCSS Final

Will the Government give consideration, of an extension of the PPQs to allow Offeror’s to make contact with the Past Performance Government points-of-contact (POC) to submit the PPQs directly to the Government? We have received our PPQs based on earlier instruction to provide in the submittal. Many Government POCs are not physically working normal hours due to the current pandemic and are, therefore, not readily available to be contacted with short notice that they must now submit the PPQs directly to the FBI.

This extension would allow additional time for the offeror to try to reach those Government POCs and request the PPQs be submitted directly to the FBI-CO

The Contracting Officer has agreed to allow an extension. The new proposal due date will be August 6, 2020 Y N

7 Request for Proposal_ LFCSS Final

The Government has clearly indicated that the (1) Management Plan, (2) Security Plan, (3 Subcontracting Plan, and (4) Resumes are excluded from the 50-page count limitation established for Volume II. It is not clear whether or not the (1) Staffing Plan, (2) Quality Assurance Plan, and (3) Transition Plan are excluded from the page count limitation.

Please clearly establish whether these 3 plans are counted toward the page count limitation or not.

The (1) Staffing Plan, (2) Quality Assurance Plan, and (3) Transition Plan all count toward the 50-page limit. N N

8 Request for Proposal_ LFCSS Final

The conflict remains between the RFP and the Answers to Questions involving font restrictions. The RFP establishes, “Graphic and other presentations, including tables, while not subject to the same font size and spacing requirements, shall have spacing and text that is easily readable.” The Answers to Questions establish, “The entire proposal to include footers, headers attachments or graphics shall be in Arial 12 or larger Arial font. I the same paragraph, L.4.1, of the latest version 3 it states, “...while not subject to the same font size.” (see screenshot below of the latest RFP with two areas highlighted in pink).

Please resolve this conflict.

Change made for consistency. Y N

9 Q&A dated 7/24/2020

Lastly, given all the changes identified in Version 3/Q&As, would the Government consider an overall extension for the submittal date to the following Monday, August 3, 2020? Providing this extension will allow offerors’ to research through changes relating to (labor category qualifications, changing all graphics to meet the required font size change, awaiting response to solicitation number, Attachment E – clarification, PPQ re-submittals to customers) which will all take time to reconcile and need to be changed throughout the volumes and appendices. A couple of days beyond the existing due date (Thursday, July 30, 2020) would allow the time needed to ensure accuracy of the most recent changes.

The Contracting Officer has agreed to allow an extension. The new proposal due date will be August 6, 2020 Y N

10 Q&A dated 7/24/2020

The original Answers to Questions (Question 76) indicated that the Table of Contents, Lis of Figures, Glossary/Acronyms, Cross Reference Matrix, Title Page, Cover Page, and Cover Letter were NOT exempt from the Volume II 50-page count limitation. Answers to Question (7-24-2020) indicates that the executive summary is not counted against the page count (Question 58) and that exceptions and assumption are not counted against the page count (Question Follow-up #5). Please confirm if the Government’s intention is to include in the page limitation the following: cover page, cover letter, and title page, and cross reference matrix against the 50 page limitation?

Government confirms that the cover page, cover letter, title page, and cross reference matrix count against the 50 page limit. N N

11 Q&A dated 7/24/2020 Question 3 indicates that requirement for a Biologist (Technical/Examiner/Research) will be changed in Attachment B. However, the change was not mad

The change has been updated on page 3 of Attachment B Y N

12 Q&A dated 7/24/2020 Would you please re-post the Q&As with gridlines –it is difficult to know which Government response goes with the appropriate question on a few of the page

The 7/24/2020 Q&A will be reposted to show the gridlines. N N