Attachment 6 - Q and A Consolidated Government Responses.xlsx

XLSX spreadsheet 21 KB Posted Apr 17, 2023

Attached to: Trained Canines and Handler Certification for the Government of Mexico
Solicitation number: 19AQMR23R0005
Issued by: Department of State Office of Acquisition Management

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Attachment 2 - Pricing Spreadsheet Amdmt 001.xlsx	XLSX spreadsheet	Apr 17, 2023
19AQMR23R0005-0001.pdf	PDF	Apr 17, 2023
Attachment 3 - Section L Amdmt 001.docx	DOCX document	Apr 17, 2023
Attachment 4-Section M Amdmt 001.docx	DOCX document	Apr 17, 2023
Attachment 4-Section M.docx	DOCX document	Mar 23, 2023
Attachment 2 - Pricing Spreadsheet.xlsx	XLSX spreadsheet	Mar 23, 2023
Attachment 1 - Canines and Training SOW.docx	DOCX document	Mar 23, 2023
Attachment 6 - Q and A Template.xlsx	XLSX spreadsheet	Mar 23, 2023
19AQMR23R0005.pdf	PDF	Mar 23, 2023
Attachment 3 - Section L.docx	DOCX document	Mar 23, 2023
Attachment 5 - Past Performance Rating Form.xlsx	XLSX spreadsheet	Mar 23, 2023

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Solicitation Reference (i.e., Attachment Number, Section, and Page Number)	Technical Question(s)	Price Question(s)	Government Response Technical	Government Response Price
Attachment 3, Section L Vol III Factor 3 Past Performance, Page 14	The RFP states Past Performance references needs to be as the prime contractor. Due to the size, scope and complexity of the program, can a WOSB partner with other firms with applicable past performance therefore allowing those additional Contracts to be evaluated for Team Performance		Contractor Team Arrangements are permitted so long as all contractors collectively meet the WOSB set aside requirements.
RFP Section B, Page 3 of 79	Woman Owned Small Business Set-aside - We are a Woman Owned Small Business in the process of getting our WOSB certification. As such would we still be eligible for award?		Yes, so long as substantiation is provided that the company meets the SBA criteria for a WOSB and has requested certification.
Attachment 3 - Section L, Price Proposal Instructions, Pg. 7-14.		The RFP requirement is set-aside for Woman Owned Small Business, but the Pricing instructions and requirements are robust with a response requirements more inline with evaluation of the Large business price proposal response. Can the government alleviate the detailed pricing volume and require details to evaluate a FFP bid?		Pricing structure has been changed to FFP
Attachment 3 - Section L, Price Proposal Instructions, Pg. 12-13.		Section "Instruction Supporting Information Indirect Costs" provides a list of artifacts, a-i, to meet the requirement. Please provide response guidance if a small business mainly supports FFP contracts and does not have supporting artifacts identified in a. thru i.?		Pricing structure has been changed to FFP
Attachment 2 - Pricing Spreadsheet, Tab: "4. CLIN Pricing"		To streamline pricing evaluation and invoicing, recommend converting sub-CLINs to FFP per unit price:

-001401, Transportation Cost Per Canine -001402, Air Transporation/Expotation for ANAM Canines

-001601 Daily Maintenance/Support		Agreed. Since no final destinations are defined at this time, offerors shall consider Mexico City rates to submit its cost proposal.
	Attachment 2 - Pricing Spreadsheet, Tab: "4. CLIN Pricing"		For SubCLIN 001602, Veterinary Emergency Costs, since emergency situations and costs can vary dramatically from hundreds to thousands of dollars, please provide additional directions on how to price this CLIN. Or can an estimated plug number for the CLIN be established by the government?		Veterinary costs have been broken out into specific procedures.
	Attachment 2 - Pricing Spreadsheet, Tab: "4. CLIN Pricing"		Cells B91 thru B97 have no calculation, but sum to a Total Price is Cell B98. How are cells B91 thru B97 supposed to be calculated?		N/A - Pricing structure has been converted to FFP
	SOW pg. 8 section 5.5 it states "the Contractor shall provide a student profile detailing the required qualifications for each handler and instructor course both in English and Spanish."	Can the government clarify what it expects to receive from a "student profile" ?		The basic information we are looking for the students' profile is if they can be un-experienced handlers and/or instructors or if they need previous experience or background, and if so, how many years of experience at a minimum they should have
	SOW pg. 8 section 5.5 it states "the Contractor shall provide a student profile detailing the required qualifications for each handler and instructor course both in English and Spanish."	Can the government consider an exemption to the "six month minimum" before importation to Mexico?		Yes, but offeror must be aware that for canines coming from Europe that have less than 6 months in the USA, the permits and processes to export/import the canines to Mexico are different and offeror must investigate what is needed and comply with the requirements to ship the canines to Mexico.
	Attachment 3: Section L pg. 5 D.5.2 Section 2- Sub factor 2, Course Syllabus	Does the course syllabus needs to be in Spanish in the Technical Proposal		No, English is acceptable.
	Statement of Work - Deliverable 5	Are you looking for 1 dual purpose canine trained to detect both Narcotics and Cellular Telephones? Or are you intending 2 different single-purpose canines?		We are looking for dual purpose canines trained in both narcotics and cellular telephones.
	Statement of Work - Deliverable 1 & 5	For safety reasons, can we use a synthetic training odor in place of real Fentanyl for training?		Yes.
	Statement of Work - 6.5.6.	Do you want housing for handlers billed separately since we provide at our facility?		This can be presented as an optional separate CLIN just as additional information for INL however we might not include it as part of the contract and it would not give advantange when evaluating the proposals.
	Statement of Work - 6.5.6.	Just to clarify, do we provide cost of food for handlers OR just cost of travel to obtain food and handlers pay for their own food?		Just travel. Each handler/training will have per diem to pay for their own food.

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