Questions_and_Answers.pdf

Attachment 1- Questions and Answers (28 questions)

Solicitation No. 19-100-SOL-00003

Number Document Page Paragraph Question Answer

1 SF1449 1 20 Schedule of Supplies: Base Year

Period of Performance:

12/01/2018 - 11/30/2019 - Does the government intend on issuing a task order upon contract award? If so, which of the 8 Tasks identified is the TO anticipated to include?

This is an IDIQ contract.

Whenever there is a requirement, a Task

Order will be issued. We cannot predetermine future requirements.

2 SF1449 1 1 Does the government require a signed copy of the SF1449 with the proposal submission? If so, where should this be included in an offeror’s submission?

Yes, please include a signed copy of the SF

1449 with your submission.

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7 52.212-1 Please clarify if there is to be a hard copy submission or strictly an electronic submission of the sections by email.

The solicitation states the proposals will be provided via email.

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7 52.212-1(a) Will the government remove the table of contents, cover page, and transmittal letter from the page limitations?

No, these documents are included in the total number of pages allowed.

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7 52.212-1(a) Offerors’ proposals shall consist of all five (5) sections (section I, II, III, IV, and V) required in this

RFP. One copy per section is required. Each section should be a separate file.

Question: With the need to separate each section into separate files, should the offeror duplicate information regarding introduction to the offeror and the offeror’s core capabilities in order for each section reviewer to read that information, or will all sections be reviewed by all reviewers and therefore duplication of this information is not necessary?

Duplication is not necessary.

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8 52.212-1(b) (5) Will the government extend the period of relevancy for past performance from three years to five years?

No.

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8 52.212-1(b) (5) To increase the ability of

WOSBs to meet the past performance requirements, will the government accept the past performance and experience of individual staff members as substitution for corporate experience?

The experience and past performance is from the corporate, not individual staff members.

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8 52.212-1(b) (5) Will the government accept past performance from a teaming partner (planned major subcontractor) in addition to or in lieu of corporate past performance from the WOSB prime bidder?

Past performance is only provided for the Prime.

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9 52.212-2 Basis for Award: The government indicates a possibility for multiple awards if no single offeror's proposal is not acceptable for all 8 tasks in the SOW. Will the government make multiple awards if more than one offeror's proposal is acceptable for all 8 tasks in the SOW?

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9 52.212-2 Basis for Award: The government indicates a possibility for multiple awards if no single offeror's proposal is not acceptable for all 8 tasks in the SOW. If no single offeror's proposal is acceptable for all 8 tasks in the SOW, will the government make multiple awards segregating the awards by task area?

Yes.

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9 52.212-2 Basis for Award: This requirement is a total 100% set-aside for WOSBs. Will the government provide additional evaluation "credit" or "points" for Economically

Disadvantaged Minority

Woman Owned Small

Businesses (EDWOSB) offerors?

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11 52.216-27 Single or Multiple Awards:

The government indicates a possibility of multiple-awards for this contract. Will the government make multiple awards if more than one offeror's proposal is acceptable for all 8 tasks in the

SOW?

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16 52.212-5(c) Basis for Contract Terms and

Conditions: (1) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified

Workers. Is there an incumbent contractor for the services described in the SOW? If so, what "Qualified Workers" will be required to be considered for employment by the awardee?

Yes, there is an incumbent on the current contract. Since this is an IDIQ contract, there will not be any "Qualified Workers" and will not be required to be considered for employment by the awardee.

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24 352.237-75 Key personnel are referenced in the solicitation, but none are identified in the RFP or SOW, please list what these positions are Key and the qualifications for the base contract.

The offer needs to provide who the key personnel within their organization will be for the requirement.

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SOW 2

4 Tasks In order to respond to the SOW appropriately addressing the evaluation criteria, will the government please clarify how the Factor 1: Technical

Approach Subfactors "map to" or align with the 8 tasks?

The offeror will need to incorporate the 8 tasks into their technical proposal.

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SOW 2

5 (a) Task 1 Will the government please clarify which Geographic

Information Systems (GIS) are used for assessment analysis?

ESRI ArcGIS platforms.

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SOW 2

18 3 Overtime- They are asking for personnel to be in the field for at least 30 days before they request a swap out. Overtime will be expected in disaster settings - 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week are not uncommon.

Does the government expect overtime to begin upon completion of a 40-hr workweek?

Yes.

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SOW 2

18 Backgr ound

Checks

Will the government reimburse the awardee for the cost of background checks? Or Should these costs be included in the fully burdened labor rates?

Background checks are included in the fully burdened rates.

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SOW 2

18 Conference and Meeting

Facilities

Will the government re-reimburse the awardee for the expenses associated with conferences/meetings?

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SOW 2

19 Supervision In order to manage our personnel and quality of service, we generally deploy staff within a project organization that includes project management (PM) personnel. Will the awardee be able to deploy project managers for all TOs?

It would be task order dependent, however most of the task orders do not need PM personnel at the location. If a

PM is not needed, then the

Government would not provide funding for the PM on the task order.

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SOW 2

13-14 Various Will the government allow substitution of years of experience or professional certifications for graduate level Master's Degrees where required in the LCAT position requirements?

In so far as the experience in the proposed resume demonstrates the necessary expertise and capabilities expected for the

LCAT requirements. The Sow has been revised to include this verbiage. See SOW revision 1 in

Amendment 1.

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SOW 2

13-16 List of

LCATs and qualifications

Will the government consider removing the Master's Degree education requirement from the following LCATs: Senior

Consultant, Subject Matter

Expert, Project Manager, Consultant, Lead Planner II, and

Lead IT Planner II?

No, but the government will allow the substitution of experience in the proposed resume that demonstrates the personnel have the necessary expertise and capabilities expected for the

LCAT requirements.

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5 - Past

Performanc e

Questionnai re

1 CONTRACT

OR NAME

The Past Performance

Questionnaire does not provide for subcontractors to complete the form for their past performance and identify the prime contractor/offeror to which the past performance applies. Will the government add data points for both the Offeror (Proposal Prime contractor) and the Subcontractor submitting the past performance?

Past performance is only provided for the Prime.

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6 - Price

Schedule

1 Rows 76-84 The government pricing workbook includes hidden rows (76-84) which include Base and four Option Years labor rates for the following

LCATs: Senior Consultant, Consultant, Senior Program

Manager II, and Analyst. Should the offeror delete these rows to exclude them from the government's price evaluation calculations?

The hidden rows were an error and have been deleted. See

Amendment 1 for the revised pricing schedule.

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6 - Price

Schedule

1 Rows 76-84 The government pricing workbook includes hidden rows (76-84) which include Base and four Option Years labor rates for the following

LCATs: Senior Consultant, Consultant, Senior Program

Manager II, and Analyst. Are the rates included for these LCATs the government's independent price evaluation rates?

Where would I find information in regards to Product Code R429 and what that is?

R429 is Support – Professional:

Emergency Response/Disaster

Planning/preparedness Support.

PSC codes at found at http://support.outreachsystems.co m/resources/tables/pscs/.

27 Is this a re-compete of the active contract #HHSO100201700030I now being performed by J&M Global

Solutions for the ASPR customer?

Yes.

28 Just want to make sure that

Solicitation Number 19-100-SOL-

00003 Support for Disaster Recovery and Logistics Operations which was released on 23 OCT 2018 is due on

11/08/2018 at 0800 ET, a 16 day proposal turn around.

Yes, this is correct.

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