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Warehouse Process Improvement Project Federal contract opportunity
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2021-SS24
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Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services

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Vendor Submitted Questions
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Ames/Kansas City Warehouse Process Improvement
Vendor Name:Shipcom Wireless - Accenture Federal Services LLC
Date:4/21/21
Question #Document ReferencePage NumberSectionVendor QuestionGovernment Response
1Solicitation and ClausesN/AN/AWill the Government please confirm that it intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Stand Alone Contract for this opportunity?Yes, a FFP purchase order is anticipated.
2Solicitation and Clauses1Section 6, g (Email quotes and supporting documents to the Contracting Officer with the solicitation Number in the subject line prior to the quote closing)Will the Government please confirm the Solicitation number for this opportunity?2021-SS24
3Solicitation and Clauses78.2: It is imperative that company personnel, such as Database Administrators, System Administrators, etc., or anyone who possibly could access the data being processed, have an appropriate level of background investigation and Security Clearance on fileWill the Government please confirm what is the appropriate security clearance level required for this opportunity?Due to the short project time no clerance is nessesary. Contractors will be escorted at all times by a Government employee.
4Solicitation and Clauses1Section 6The solicitation says this is 100% HUBZone set-aside. Will the government please confirm that it will consider offeror state issued HUB Certifications in lieu of HUBZone Certifications?The government will only consider Hubzones reconized by the SBA.
5Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundAt the Ames, IA and Kansas City, MO locations, are there single buildings or is it a campus with multiple facilities? If a campus, could you kindly provide a description or map of the facilities?The Ames, IA, warehouse is a single building, but supports several units across the NCAH campus. The Kansas City, MO, warehouse…....
6Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundTo what extent does the government expect the contractor to account for inventory managed by APHIS at the other, non-Kansas City locations mentioned in the solicitation? If this is considered "in scope", could the government kindly provide information about the number, size, inventory, and technology environment of those facilities?The contractor will not have to account for the inventory.
7Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundWhat is the square footage of the facilities that are in scope?The Ames, IA, warehouse is approximately #### square feet, but supports several units across the NCAH campus. The Kansas City, MO, warehouse…....
8Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundHow many people work at the facilities that are in scope?The Ames, IA, warehouse supports approximately 650-700 personnel across the NCAH campus. The Kansas City, MO, warehouse…....
9Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundHow many shifts are deployed at the facilities in scope?1
10Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundWhat is the current IT / WMS environment (i.e., no WMS, existing COTS solution, highly customized legacy solution, etc.)? Does the environment vary by facility / location?While the two locations use the same COTS software, mission and processes are sginificantly different between the two facilities.
11Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundHow is inventory logged (i.e. barcode scanners or radio-frequency identification (RFID)?
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12Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundWhat reports are generated currently to help assess performance and/or identify areas of improvement?Crystal Reports is currently used to generate reports from the system. **Need to check with Sarah and Lucas if they have standard reports they "pull" from the system
13Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundHow is customer feedback collected?
14Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundWhy does USDA want to transition to a COTS WMS at this time?The current COTS system does not seem to be meeting agency needs.
15Solicitation and Clauses2BackgroundWhy does the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) require an independent assessment of the operating environment and processes at both the APHIS Warehouse and National Centers for Animal Health (NCAH) Warehouses?While the two locations use the same COTS software, mission and processes are sginificantly different between the two facilities.
16Solicitation and ClausesN/AN/AWhat is the anticipated start date of the PoP?Approximately two weeks after award of the contract.
17Amendment 01 Q&A1Question 2 AnswerIn the Q&A question 2, the government states that "based on the solicitation and clauses, [the allocated budget for the program] is not expected to exceed the SAT". Will the government please confirm that the SAT referenced is the $250k defined in FAR 2.101 or the $7.5M threshold for use of SAT procedures for certain commercial items per FAR 13.5?This effort is not expected to exceed SAT as defined by FAR 2.101.

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