273FCC18Q0020_Q&A.pdf

273FCC18Q0020

Questions and Answers

Question 1:

The attached solicitation is for the supply of equipment and a one week training course. The solicitation is for the purchase of commercial items. The section 2- Contract Clauses contain a requirement which seem inconsistent with the supply of equipment, and the provision of a training course. Please explain and confirm the following solicitation requirement:

Local-1 Security Requirements Suitability and Security Processing

These requirements seem to be aimed at Contractors who supply workers to the FCC for work at FCC facilities. Under this solicitation, there is no requirement describing duties to be performed at FCC facilities by Contractor supplied personnel. The solicitation requirements are not to supply Contractor labor at FCC facilities. There is no solicitation purchase requirement which would result in a basis for the supply of “monthly contractor reports verifying Contract personnel working at the FCC”, as is described in 3c of this Local-1 Security Requirements Suitability and Security Processing clause.

If this clause is confirmed to be applicable to this solicitation, is it the FCC’s intent that all contractor employees who perform work supporting the performance of any forthcoming contract, eg., manufacturing personnel, test technicians, buyers, contract administrators, program managers, QA personnel, etc., be subjected to background investigations for the purpose of suitability determinations in accordance with LOCAL-1 clause requirements?

We suspect that this clause was inadvertently added to this solicitation. We request that this clause be clarified or removed from the solicitation.

Answer 1:

Clause Local 1 only applies to Contractor employees working in FCC facilities. This clause may only apply to CLIN 0004.

The resulting contract will make a note of this.

Question 2:

On the Past Performance Questionnaire, in the section requesting contract/subcontract: There are multiple contracts (we have history with our reference customers spanning many years), so to which contract do we refer? Earliest, latest, or list them all?

Answer 2:

List the most recent contract number with a scope that matches most closely to the scope of this

RFQ.