Attachment 5 Questions and Answers Template RFP 2043FY-26-R-00001 Roll Paper 2 Response.xlsx
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This document is a Questions and Answers template for RFP 2043FY-26-R-00001, a competitive 8(a) set-aside solicitation for Roll Paper issued by the Internal Revenue Service. The procurement is for a Single-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods, targeting 8(a) minority-owned businesses in the Stationary Product Manufacturing sector (NAICS Code 322230). The solicitation includes detailed questions and answers covering technical proposal requirements, page limitations, past performance submissions, delivery expectations, and clarifications on evaluation criteria.
Key details include historical ordering patterns of 4,908-7,244 rolls annually, weekly truckload deliveries to Michigan, Illinois, and Utah, and a focus on standardized roll paper with specific technical requirements. The government will award to the lowest-price technically acceptable offer, with questions submitted electronically to Contracting Officer Tanya Burnett and Contract Specialist Joyce D. Derry by October 23, 2025. The solicitation emphasizes precise formatting, redaction of sensitive information, and compliance with specified submission guidelines for technical and pricing volumes.
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RFP Questions_Answers
| Attachment 5 - RFP 2043FY-26-R-00001 - Paper Roll | ||
| Questions and Answers | ||
| Number | Questions | Answers |
| 1 | We see that this request for quote is set-aside for 8-a (minority owned) businesses only. In the event you do not get enough satisfactory responses, will you consider amending the request to set it aside for Small Businesses only? | If no acceptable offers are received from any qualified 8(a) concerns, the agency will then re-solicit the contract, potentially opening it up to a different contracting pool, such as a general small business set-aside or full-and-open competition. |
| 2 | Can the Government clarify if there is a maxium page length for Volume I: Technical and Past Performance? The solicitations states that "Pages that exceed the maximum page limitation will not be evaluated." However, no maximum limit is stated. | Updated - See Amendment 0002 |
| 3 | If there is a maximum page limit, are certain pages excluded from that count such as: Cover Page, Table of Contents, Past Performance citations, Reps&Certs, etc.? | No |
| 4 | In the SF1449, Block 20 states (and later on page 70 of the solicitation) that "Questions must be submitted through email by Thursday October 23, 2025 before 12:00 pm (EST)." However, on Page 69 of the Solicitation, it states that "In order to ensure a timely response, questions should be received by the Contracting Officer at least five (5) days before the due date for receipt of proposals." Can the Government please confirm that Offerors have until this five business days before the proposal due date of Nov. 4 deadline (Tuesday, Oct. 28) to submit any additonal questions that may arise from the Government's answers to the first round of questions? | Updated - See Amendment 0002 |
| 5 | Would the Government allow 10 point font to be used in tables, charts, and other graphics? | Please see page 71. |
| 6 | On the Past Performance template, can you explain what you are looking for in the Quoter Client Information field? Is this different from the Client Name field? | Please see page 71. |
| 7 | As stated in the Solicitation section "EVALUATION CRITERIA" on page 72-74, Offerors are to include "e.All required provisions and clauses (include those listed in Section IV Clauses and Sections V Provisions) with this RFP" within Volume I and "Complete and submit mandatory provisions and clauses with price proposal" within Volume II. Can the Government please clarify if they are referring to the same provision and clauses here? If yes, can the Government please confirm that Offerors only need to provide the required "provisions and clauses" within either Volume I or Volume II, and are not required to provide them within both Volumes? | Per the solicitation "All required provisions and clauses (include those listed in Section IV Clauses and Sections V Provisions) with this RFP" within Volume I and "Complete and submit mandatory provisions and clauses with price proposal" within Volume II." |
| 8 | As per Solicitation section "EVALUATION CRITERIA" on page 73, can the Government please clarify what exactly needs to be redacted from Volume I in the redacted version of Offeror's technical proposals? | Remove or black out sensistive or confidental informaiton from the original proposal. This includes company/employee name, email, address etc, prioprietary details, financial data. |
| 9 | Can the Government please clarify how they would like the Government-provied past perfromance templates to be submitted? For example, should they be included as images of the Excel template within the Volume I PDF document, submitted separately in original Excel format, or be provided to the Government in both formats (as an Excel image within Volume I and as separate Excel documents)? | Attachment 4 is availble. Additional excel attachments are acceptable. |
| 10 | The instruction state "Each electronic file naming convention shall identify the Offeror’s name, volume #, and FC". Could you clarify what FC is? | Federal Contract Information |
| 11 | "e" under Volume I - Technical Proposal, Page 73 notes to included Clauses and Provisions under Section IV and V. However, it appears these section are not provided. Please clarify. | See Section I (Clause and Provisions) |
| 12 | Section M - Evaluation Factors, Top of page 74 list "Schedule Template" Please provide or clarify the base period and two option periods inclusive of the surge option amount? | Updated - See Amendment 0002 |
| 13 | The Statement of Work (SOW) Page10, Section 13.0 MINIMUM & MAXIMUM QUANTITIES, represents orders within a certain range in quantity consistent with past ordering patterns noted in prior contracts. Can the government please provide the past ordering patterns to offerors? | FY25 - 5,958 rolls ordered, FY24 - 4,908 rolls ordered , FY23 - 4,918 rolls ordered, FY22 - 6,836 rolls ordered, FY21, 7,244 rolls ordered. Weekly truckload deliveries, based on funding availability, average 44 rolls to Michigan or Illinois and 40 rolls to Utah. |
| 14 | The SOW Page 10, Section E. Inspection and Acceptance, refers to the term of "deliverables" throughout this section. Can the government please define the contract deliverables? | The deliverable under this contract is the purchased roll paper. Inspection and acceptance will be based on the rolls matching the specifications in Section 4.0, Technical Requirements. |
| 15 | Would the Government consider a Best Value evaluation to ensure they continue to receive highly customized quality products and avoid possible production delays that a lesser product may cause? | The government will award the contract to the offeror who submits the Lowest Price/Technically Acceptable proposal. The roll paper is a uniform and standardized commodity, and its product specifications are clearly defined in the technical requirements of Section 4.0. |
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