Attachment D_Question Template_15F06726Q0000295_071726_Answers.xlsx
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This file is a Questions and Answers document responding to offeror inquiries regarding FBI RFQ 15F06726Q0000295 for training support services. The document clarifies key personnel requirements, pricing structure, government-furnished materials, and contract performance parameters.
The contract requires subject matter expertise in CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive) threats, clandestine laboratory safety, explosive precursor chemicals (EPC), toxic industrial chemicals (TIC), and post-blast analysis. Key personnel requirements can be met by a team of two instructors rather than one individual possessing all capabilities, though a single person meeting all requirements is preferred. The government specifies that relevant PhD disciplines include Forensics, Toxicology, and Chemistry. Training delivery is anticipated at 5-10 courses annually with approximately 2 instructional days per course, all conducted CONUS. Pricing is structured as a daily rate for instructional and curriculum development days (8 labor hours = 1 day), with travel expenses reimbursed separately under Federal Travel Regulations per GSA per diem rates. Travel days outside instructional days are reimbursed as travel expenses only; travel delays due to airline or weather issues receive travel reimbursement but do not count as instructional days. The government will provide all facilities, equipment, consumables, training aids, PPE, and curriculum materials for delivery. Curriculum development and updates will be requested and authorized separately at the awarded daily rate. This is a Small Business set-aside requiring the prime contractor to meet small business criteria under NAICS 541990.
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Sheet1 Federal Bureau of Investigation Request for Quote 15F06725Q0000295 Training Support
| No. | Referenced Document | Sheet or Page Number | Paragraph/ Section/ Misc | Offeror Question | Government Response, per the COR |
| 1 | Attachment C - SOW | Page 3 | Section 4 - Key Personnel | Given the breadth of the required CBRNE, EPC/TIC, hazardous material, improvised explosives, clandestine laboratory, and post-blast subject areas, may an Offeror propose a Key Personnel team or instructor cadre whose members collectively satisfy the Section 4 requirements, rather than requiring each individual Key Personnel member to independently possess all six listed capabilities? |
| This approach would allow the Government to receive a more diverse instructor experience across specialized scientific, operational, and training domains while ensuring all Section 4 capability areas are fully covered by the proposed team. | Yes, as long as the requirements can be met by 2 instructors. The funding and personnel staffing for each delivery only support the cost/need for 2 to provide training. | |||||
| 2 | Request for Quote Amendment 1 | Page 5 | Section 7.4 Price | Attachment B identifies the quantity as the anticipated number of instructional/curriculum development days. Does this anticipated quantity include all labor support required by the SOW, including instruction, curriculum development, curriculum updates, event preparation, panels, SME support, reporting, and administrative requirements? If so, how are those supporting tasks translated into the daily rate structure defined in Attachment B? | Includes scheduled courses instructional days, as proposed in funding request. Curriculum updates and development days, if needed, will be requested at that time, and paid at the daily rate. | |
| 3 | Request for Quote Amendment 1 | Page 5 | Section 7.4 Price | If the Government requires support beyond the anticipated annual quantity of instructional/curriculum development days, will additional days be ordered and funded at the awarded daily rate? | Yes | |
| 4 | Statement of Work | Page 4 | Section 6 Deliverables | Does the Government anticipate primarily updating existing curriculum, developing new curriculum, or a combination of both during contract performance? Does DPU intend to provide existing curriculum for updating, or may the contractor utilize curriculum previously developed and updated for audiences similar to those supported by DPU, subject to Government review and approval? | The Government owns the existing curriculum. Therefore it will be provided to you to deliver. Based on changing landscape of IEDs, updates will occur when there's new, pertinent information to be included. The Government has personnel dedicated to the actual development and updating of curriculum, however Contractor will provide input on updates and changes as needed. | |
| 5 | Statement of Work | Page 4 | Section 6 Deliverables | For substantial new curriculum development requirements, will the Government define and authorize the expected level of effort in instructional/curriculum development days prior to performance? | Yes. The Government has personnel dedicated to the actual development and updating of curriculum, however Contractor will weigh in on changes, as necessary. | |
| 6 | Statement of Work | Page 3 | Section 5 Place of Performance | Can the Government provide historical or anticipated annual quantities of CONUS versus OCONUS training events for planning purposes? | All training events will be CONUS. | |
| 7 | Statement of Work | Page 3 | Section 4 Key Personnel | May an offeror propose a small team of instructors possessing advanced degrees and relevant subject matter expertise under the direction of a lead instructor who independently satisfies all Key Personnel requirements identified in Section 4? If so, is there a limit to the size of the supporting instructional team, assuming no change to the daily rates provided in Attachment B? | Yes, as long as the requirements can be met by 2 instructors. The funding and personnel staffing for each dilivery only support the cost/need for 2 to provide training. | |
| 8 | Statement of Work | Page 3 | Section 4 Key Personnel | If DPU authorizes multiple instructors to support a particular training event, would it be acceptable for the contractor to utilize additional instructional man-days and associated travel expenditures to support the event? | If additional instructional days are necessary and authorized by the Government, daily rate will be paid along with associated travel expenses. However, any travel delays based on airline issues or inclement weather will only be subject to travel reimbursement and will not count as an added instructional day. | |
| 9 | Statement of Work | Page 2-4 | Sections 3, 6 and 11 | Are travel days included within the anticipated quantity of instructional/curriculum development days identified in Attachment B, or are travel days considered separately from instructional/curriculum development days? Additionally, are contractor personnel entitled to applicable Federal Travel Regulation per diem allowances during authorized travel and instructional periods? | Contractor personnel will be reimbursed per the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), to include the current fiscal years' per diem rates, as posted by the General Services Administration (GSA). Travel days outside of instructional days, will be reimbursed by the Government solely as travel and travel expenses. Instructional days will be reimbursed at the daily rate + incurred travel expenses, per the FTR. Contractor shall submit invoices for all travel expenses. | |
| 10 | Statement of Work | Page 2-4 | Sections 3 and 6 | Are briefing materials, lectures, and presentation content already developed by DPU, or is the contractor expected to develop and maintain such materials for Government review and approval? | Yes, The Government has developed and owns the curriculum to be delivered. The Contractor shall provide input, as necessary for annual updates. | |
| 11 | Statement of Work | Page 4 | Section 7 Government Furnished Equipment or Information | Will the Government provide suitable facilities to support the anticipated student population for each training event, including classroom space, laboratory space (if required), parking, restroom access, audiovisual support, network/IT support, and student recruitment/notification? | Yes, the Government will secure suitable facilities to accommodate the number of students, instructors and contract personnel needed for each training. | |
| 12 | Statement of Work | Page 2-3 | Section 3 Requirements | For simulations, demonstrations, hands-on laboratory exercises, and field screening activities, will equipment, consumable materials, and training aids be provided by the Government, Government-furnished through DPU partners, or reimbursed separately under the contract? | Equipment, consumables, and training aids will be provided by the Government. If at any time the afroementioned is needed to be supplied by the Contractor, preauthorization will be required and approved by the Government and expenses under the contract. | |
| 13 | Statement of Work | Page 2-3 | Section 3 Requirements | If specialized consumables, laboratory supplies, printed student materials, exercise materials, or demonstration materials are required to support training delivery, how should those costs be addressed under the contract structure? | Equipment, consumables, and training aids, to include lab supplies, printed student materials and exercise demonstration materials, will be provided by the Government. If at any time the afroementioned is needed to be supplied by the Contractor, preathorization will be required and approved by the Government. | |
| 14 | Statement of Work | Page 2-3 | Section 3 Requirements | Will necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) required for instructional staff participation in demonstrations, laboratory exercises, or field activities be provided by DPU or reimbursed separately by the Government? | Equipment, consumables, and training aids, to include Personla Protective equipment (PPE), will be provided by the Government. | |
| 15 | Statement of Work | Page 2-4 | Sections 3 and 6 | Will any of the supported training courses include HAZWOPER training requirements under 29 CFR 1910.120 or any other regulatory certification, qualification, or credentialing requirements that must be incorporated into course delivery? | No other required certification will be necessary aside from the stated requirements. | |
| 16 | Request for Quote Amendment 1 | Page 5 | Section 7.4 Price | The pricing template identifies instructional and/or curriculum development days as the basis for pricing. For curriculum development activities, does the Government anticipate that one instructional/curriculum development day represents eight labor hours, or is another level-of-effort assumption intended? | The pricing template anticipates 8 labor hours to equal one instructional or curriculum development day. | |
| 17 | Attachment C_Statement of Work_15F06726Q0000295 | 3 | 4 | Section 4 says the contractor must have a PhD in a relevant field and be a certified Bomb Technician or licensed commercial blaster. Can these requirements be split between a team (for example, a PhD scientist and a bomb tech teaching the class together), or does one single person need to have both the PhD and the bomb tech credentials? | The requirements can be met by 2 personnel but it would be preferred to be met by one individual. | |
| 18 | Attachment C_Statement of Work_15F06726Q0000295 | 3 | 4 | What specific degrees does the FBI consider a "relevant discipline" for the PhD requirement? Would degrees like Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Microbiology qualify? | Forensics, Toxicology, and Chemistry are the preferred disciplines. | |
| 19 | Attachment C_Statement of Work_15F06726Q0000295 | 2 | 1.2 | The SOW mentions teaching courses, making new training materials, and updating curriculum quarterly. To help us estimate our workload and pricing accurately, how many training courses or instructional days do you expect us to run each year? | The number will vary based on need/available funding. It is anticipated that the courses will number between 5 and 10 annually, with 2 instructional days for each. | |
| 20 | Request+for+Quotation_15F06726Q0000295_Amend+1 | 2 | 2 | This opportunity is designated as a Small Business set-aside. If a previously small business entity has recently been acquired by a large business (and therefore no longer meets the small business revenue size standard under NAICS 541990), is that entity still eligible to submit a quote as the prime contractor, or would it be required to partner/subcontract with an eligible small business priming the effort? | The prime contrator must be a small business. |
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