47QFAA24R0004 Questions and Answers 12 July 2024.xlsx
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This document contains Questions and Answers related to Solicitation 47QFAA24R0004 for Budget Department Management System (BDMS) Implementation & Support Services for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Key details include:
The solicitation is for a Single Award IDIQ contract to provide implementation and support services for PBGC's BDMS system, which is built on the OneStream software platform. The IDIQ will not be issued under an existing government contract vehicle. The government will consider commercial prior experience, but will rate federal experience higher. The page limits are 20 pages for Volumes 1 and 2, and 30 pages for Volume 3. The solicitation lists the required key personnel positions. The government will allow a 2-day extension due to the tight timeline. Overall, the document provides clarifications and updates to various proposal requirements in response to questions from potential offerors.
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| Solicitation 47QFAA24R0004 Questions and Answers | |
| Question | Government Response |
| Can the government please update Attachment 6, Tab “PE Portfolio Coversheet” to include space for a fourth project? Currently, there is only space for three. | Attachment 6, PE Portfolio Coversheet tab has been updated to include a fourth space. PE 2-4 tabs have also been updated to reflect the appropriate number for PE. |
| Will the government allow for a Cover Page, Tables of Contents, List of Exhibits, Resumes, and SB Utilization Plan to be excluded from the 20 page limit in the Technical Approach within Volume 3: Technical Factors? | The Government will increase the page limit from 20 pages to 30 pages. |
| L.4.0 Provision Incorporated by Full Text. FAR 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees (Feb 1993). “As part of their proposals, offerors will submit a total compensation plan setting forth salaries and fringe benefits proposed for the professional employees who will work under the contract.” Based on this, Can the government please remove the 1 page limit of the Substantiating Information (L.3.3 l) that is to be included with the Price Volume? | Yes, the Government will increase the page limit from 1 page to 5 pages. |
| Due to pricing information being asked to be input into Attachment 3, will the government consider this Attachment to be included as part of Volume 2 – Price? | Yes, Attachment 3 shall be included in Volume 2 - Price. |
| In Volume 3, Technical Approach, can the government please confirm if the Quality Control Plan (draft) is for Task Order 01 or the IDIQ, and if it can be excluded from the 20 page limit and/or be given it's own page limit? | In Volume 3, the Quality Control Plan (QCP) is for Task Order 01 and can be excluded from the 20 page limit. There is no limit for the QCP. |
| Section H.1.1. Can the government please clarify the distinction and use of Program Manager vs Project Manager. Our understanding is that the Program Manager is needed at the IDIQ level and the Project Manager is needed for Task Order 01. | Historically, a seasoned project manager works across all task orders under the IDIQ and across CLINs on task orders. PBGC is open to an innovative program and project management approach and staffing plan. |
| Can the government please clarify if Offerors are able to provide their own rates, or if they must use the GSA schedule that they will upload the proposal and pricing in GSA ASSIST? | This solicitation is being competed as Other Than Full and Open limited to Certified OneStream Partners. It is a Single Award IDIQ that will be a stand alone IDIQ and not issued from any existing Government contract vehicle. |
| Regarding Attachment 4, can the government please clarify which Key Personnel are required, at a minimum? The current LCATs in Attachment 4, do not match the Key Personnel listed in the Task Order 01 SOO. | Attachment 4 and Section H.1 of the Solicitation have been updated to reflect Key Personnel. |
Key personnel are as follows:
- Project Manager
- Lead OneStream Business Analyst
- Technical Solutions Architect
- ScrumMaster
- Lead OneStream Developer
| Attachment 2, Task Order 1, CLIN 003 SOO (page 3, IV Objective). Does the Government expect end-to-end testing to occur after Budget Execution and Master Staffing List development is fully complete. Are these capabilities indivisible or are these capabilities severable? | CLIN 0003 for Task Order 01 is non-severable. End to end testing will occur once development is completed. |
| Which GSA contract vehicle will this opportunity be posted on? | This opportunity is not being issued from an existing Government contract vehicle. |
| We respectfully ask the Government to consider decreasing the definition of "Similar in size" to $1M per year and 10-15 FTE to make the requirements more inclusive to small business bidders. | The government will allow submissions outside the parameters of "Similar in size" and will take those submissions into consideration when performaning evaluations, however, any submission submitted outside the parameters of "Similar in size" will not be rated as highly as those submissions that meet the parameters of "Similar in size". |
| Following the July 4th Holiday week, will the Government consider a 1 week extension to allow time for bidders to effectively incorporate QA responses into their proposals? | Due to a very tight timeline for this acquisition and consideration of the low complexity of the questions submitted the Government is allowing a 2-day extension versus 1-week. |
| Will the Government accept Commercial prior experience/past performance examples, and will these examples be weighted equally to Federal experience? | The Government will allow for commercial prior experience to be submitted for evaluation, however, commercial experience will not be rated as highly as Prior Experience that involves the Federal Government. |
| Will the government consider weighing proposals from small business contractors more favorably than other small businesses? We suggest a tiered approach in descending order of favorability: |
Proposals from socioeconomic contractors (SDVOSB, WOSB, HUBZone, 8(a)) Proposals from small businesses Proposals from other than small businesses The Government has conducted thorough market research for this acquisition and given consideration to the Small Business market to the maximum extent practical while still serving the best interest of the Government in obtaining competition.
The Government will not change the Small Business requirements for this solicitation.
| Section L.3.1 (page 74) states that proposals shall use a “Limit of 20 pages, inclusive of tables, tables of contents, graphics, and narrative, and resumes, etc.” Does this limit apply to all Volumes? | The solicitation has been updated to more clearly define the page limitation for each Volume to state: Limit of pages per Volume, inclusive of tables, tables of contents, graphics, and narrative, and resumes, etc. is as follows: Volume 1 - Administrative (20 page limit), Volume 2 - Price (20 page limit), Volume 3 - Technical Approach (30 page limit) |
| Will the Government consider expanding this page limit, breaking it down by Volume, and excluding table of contents, resumes, and other items that may be included as Appendices? | The solicitation has been updated to more clearly define the page limitation for each Volume to state: Limit of pages per Volume, inclusive of tables, tables of contents, graphics, and narrative, and resumes, etc. is as follows: Volume 1 - Administrative (20 page limit), Volume 2 - Price (20 page limit), Volume 3 - Technical Approach (30 page limit) |
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