Attachment 1-MSD MA IDIQ RFI Repsonses.xlsx

RFI Question Responses

Company Name

UEI Code

Point of Contact

Interest in Bidding

Does your company hold a Top Secret Facilities Clearance?

Is your business a small business under NAICS- 541511?

Please provide any Agile Practitioner Certifications (such as SAFe Agile Certification)

Does your company have a DCAA Accounting System status?

Question 1 The Army is considering a multi-phased source selection approach, with the first phase focused on corporate experience and/or past performance executing modern software development efforts.

What key discriminators should the Army evaluate in order to identify the vendors best suited to proceed to phase 2?

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Question 2 The Army is considering a flexible contract vehicle utilizing multiple contract types to best execute this mission.

What contract types would you recommend the Government utilize and/or not consider utilizing?

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Question 3 The Army is strongly considering tech challenges over demonstrations as the focus of the phase 2 evaluation for the IDIQ award.

What information/process would you recommend the Army utilize to determine the contractors best suited for an IDIQ award?

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Question 4 Do you have recommendations for innovative on-ramping procedures for the Government to consider?

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Question 5 Would your company have the ability to set up or conduct development in a Government Owned, Contractor Operated Development Ecosystem that includes a CI/CD pipeline comprised of a Government customized list of tools and test bed capability of employ robust test automation?

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Question 6 The Governments intent is to establish Labor Category pricing on the base IDIQ to expedite the TO award process. Please provide the list of labor categories including certifications/qualifications that your company believes to be necessary.

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Question 7 As an alternative to certifications and proposals do you have experience with utilizing coding challenges to establish employee qualifications? If so, can you provide examples or recommendations?

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Question 8 The Government’s expectation that Task Order execution under the IDIQ results in expedited staffing so projects can begin quickly.

Part 1- What time do you anticipate being necessary to fully staff a team to begin executing a Program Increment (PI)?

Part 2- If you had the ability to obtain Army CACs and/or GFE VDI/laptops in advance of a TO award, how would that change your timeline to fully staff?

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Question 9 Are there additional areas of Modern Software Development that should be considered as part of this IDIQ?

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Question 10 The Government is intending to use Agile Performance metrics as a means of performance feedback (CPARS-like) and as an evaluation point for continued work.

Which agile performance metrics, in lieu of or in addition to the ones identified, should be used as a basis for this IDIQ?

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