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- 47QSCC20R0010
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GSA Federal Acquisition Service
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This document provides a synopsis of a proposed federal contract solicitation for OCONUS logistics service support in INDO-PACOM Japan. The solicitation will require contractors to source, warehouse, and deliver office supplies, tools, hardware, housewares, furniture, and cleaning products to overseas DoD and federal civilian customers within 3 business days of order receipt. The anticipated solicitation number is 47QSCC20R0010 and will be posted on January 24, 2020, with a closing date of February 25, 2020. The NAICS code is 493190. The purpose of the procurement is to utilize a more expeditious solution for supplying items to overseas customers. The General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service intends to solicit proposals to provide these global supply and logistics operations solutions support services within INDO-PACOM Japan.
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Form Responses 1
| RFP Section Number | RFP Section Topic | RFP Page Number | Answer | |
| E.2.4 | Single or Multiple Awards | 10 | The solicitation mentioned that ‘the Government will be awarding only one contract under this solicitation.’ Would the award decision on one solicitation affects the decision on other PACOM solicitation? | Yes, as indicated on page 26 of the solicitation in Section E.14, the contractor shall be limited to one contract in the INDO-PACOM region of Hawaii, Guam, Japan or Korea. No offeror shall receive more than one contract for the areas of Japan, Korea, Guam or Hawaii. |
| Attachment 1 & E Solication Provisions | Terms and Conditions | 19 | Price adjustments clause was included in attached 1 but not on the solicitation word document. Will the contractor be allowed to propose price changes? If so, what is the mechanism or time limitation? | As indicated on page 24, in Section E.10.2, Pricing must include the pricing for the base year and each option year for each item. Any contractor failing to provide pricing for the base year and each option year will be considered non-responsive and removed from further consideration. Attachment 1 is part of the solicitation package. |
| E.9.2 | Operational Quality Assurance | 17 | Is GSA requesting offerors to create a specific subcontracting plan for this contract that meets the percentage goals listed on the solicitation? Can the offeror used an approved subcontracting plan by GSA schedule CO? If yes, can the offeror provide a narrative on how those subcontracting goals will be reach in the next fiscal year? | All offerors labled as "other than small business" must include a subcontracting plan Attachment 7 that identifies the subcontractors that the prime contractor anticipates to use if awarded the contract. The goals must at least meet the percentages listed in section XVIII Subcontracting goals in Attachment 2. The subcontracting plan must demonstrate how the offeror will meet these requirements. This is an open market solicitation and is not affiliated with the GSA schedules. |
| E.8 | Instructions for Volume 1-Contract Data | 13 | Volume 1 Tab 3 mentioned SF1449 but SF1449 was not included in the solicitation. Will GSA include them? | The SF1449 is not required until the contract is awarded to the successful offeror. Amendment 00001 addresses these changes |
| E.6.1 | General Instruction | 12 | Will GSA consider extending the deadline for the solicitation? | Yes the deadline for proposals has been extended till February 28, 2020. |
| FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items (Oct 2018) | (a) | 8 | States… “However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.” |
Question -- Please confirm, under NAICS Code 493190, should an offeror not manufacture any of the items listed in Attachment 3, it would be classified as a Small Business under 500 employees or less, and therefore eligible to bid on this solicitation (47QSCC20R0012).
| This solicitation for Japan is open to all offerors, large and small businesses. The reference to 47QSCC20R0012 is not this solicitation number. This solicitation number is 47QSCC20R0010. For this solicitation, Amendment 0001 clarifies the small business standard. | |||
| Sub factor 1A: Technical Capability | a. | 15 | States… “The proposal must include a part number for each item in Attachment 3 that conforms to the NSN descriptions in Attachment 7.” |
Question -- Is this list of part numbers included in the page count limitation of 50 pages for the Volume 2 submission?
| Yes, the part numbers are included in the 50 pages Volume 2 submission. | |||
| Sub factor 1A: Technical Capability | Paragraph d. | 16 | States…. “Provide a description of, and documentation verifying, that the contractor has/will have warehouses upon contract award in Japan. This should also demonstrate the contractors understanding that the warehouses cannot be used for any other purposes but for the support of this effort.” |
Question - Is GSA requiring a standalone warehouse facility to support this contract? Or, can the offeror provide a dedicated portion of a larger facility that would only be utilized for this contract?
| Yes, in order to obtain SOFA exemption, the offerors in Japan must provide a stand alone facility. | ||||
| E.9.5 Instructions for Volume 3 - Phase II Live Test Demonstration | Paragraph - Live Test Demonstration (LTD) | 19 | Is there a requirement for the offeror’s e-Portal to allow GSA customers to build a cart of items and place actual orders on the contract? | No, the e-portal is just to view current, up to date information on all shipments including the requisition numbers, purchase order number and delivery status. Through this e-portal the contractor must also provide current, up to the date stock levels as well as additional information on all commodities such as the country of origin and whether the items are AbilityOne, UNICOR, TAA, and/or Berry Amendment requirements |
| Sub factor 1A: | Technical Capability | 15 | The proposal must include a part number for each item in Attachment 3 that conforms to the NSN descriptions in Attachment 8. In what format shall this be submitted with the offeror's proposal? Does this count towards the page limitation? | Yes this goes to to the total page number count. The offeror must submit their Phase I and II proposal documents in soft copy electronic version. All documents should be in Microsoft Office 2007 or Adobe Acrobat 9.4 or later, in a searchable format. |
| E.9.2 Factor 2 | Operational Quality Assurance | 17 | The proposal must include résumés of supervisors and technical staff. Are the resumes excluded from the page limitations? | No, the resumes are part of the 50 page limitation |
| PWS Section e.) | EDI and Implementation | PWS page 10 | EDI end-to-end testing is estimated to be completed within 90 days after contract award. Does this mean the full implementation from contact award to full operational capacity is 90 days? Please confirm the total implementation period in days. | EDI must be fully operational within 90 days of contract award to comply with Initial Operational Capability IOC. Full Operational Capability FOC is 120 days. |
| E.9.2 Factor 2 | Operational Quality Assurance | 17 | All offerors listed under NAICS code 493190 as “Other than Small Business”, must include a subcontracting plan Attachment 7. Is the Plan excluded from the page limitation? | No, the subcontracting plan is included in the 50 page limitation |
| FAR 52.219+-6 | Terms and Conditions | 12 | FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside is checked. Please confirm this is an Unrestricted acquisition. | This solicitation for Japan is Unrestricted and listed as so on Beta.SAM.gov. |
| E.9.2 Factor 2 | Operational Quality Assurance | 17 | All offerors listed under NAICS code 493190 as “Other than Small Business”, must include a subcontracting plan. Please clarify if the size standard for NAICS 493190 is $30M in revenue or 500 employees. | Please see Amendment 1 that correct the size standard to $30 million |
| Attachment 3 | Attachment 3 | Attachment 3 | What is the source of the GSA-provided Annual Quantities in Attachment 3? Does this represent an average over multiple years, or a single year demand? Can GSA provide the year (or years) used to develop this demand data? Understanding demand is critical to calculating the required warehouse size and location, as well as inventory investments in trucking assets and ground handling equipment. | The forecast is based on FY 2018 and revised FY 2019 demand data. |
| General | General | General | Does GSA anticipate that it will be the principal source of supply for DoD and U.S. Government buyers, or will this program compete with other material supply programs, such as DLA's MRO Prime Vendor Program or current GSA Storefronts, to fulfill U.S. Forces demand for these items? | This program is for the requisition Channel MILSTRIPS orders and does not compete with any other source of supplies. This program will be a dedicated source to fill MILSTRIP orders. |
| Attachment 6 | QASP | 6 | The QASP requires that inventory is continuously adjusted to reduce large orders effect. Large orders are defined as orders greater than 3 months’ worth of inventory. Please clarify if the large orders are customer orders greater than 3 months of customer inventory? Or are large orders Contractor orders for contractor inventory replenishment in the warehouse? | An out of the ordinary request that will be addressed on a case-by-case basis |
(The PMO will make the final determination of a large order in coordination with the COR) An order that is larger than the Vendor's three months of on-hand, issuable inventory stock (Note: it is not an order that depletes stock due to replenishment delays) request for quantities to satisfy customer inventory stock, SSA Authorized Stock List items and a project inventory stock.
The Vendor will fulfill orders meeting the definition above from CONUS stocks within 30 business days (NOT using available stocks in the Vendor's location OCONUS INDO/PACIFIC) and be supplied using Order Level Material (OLM) under the special order program (SOP).
| PWS IX | Base and Installation Security Access | 6 | The contractor shall be responsible for compliance with base and installation security and access requirements for each location. Will the contractor be required to obtain RAPIDGate passes? | The contractor is responsible for complying with any base requirement to access the installation to deliver the product. |
| Attachment 3 | List of NSN | 1 | There are AbilityOne items not indicated as mandatory sources in attachment 3 but is listed as AbilityOne on attachment 9. Will GSA issue a modification to highlight that? |
List of NSN to be corrected:
1. 5110001616912
2. 5110002939199
3. 5110012414371
4. 5110012414373
5. 5140004736256
6. 5210011397444
7. 6135014470950
8. 7350013322111
9. 5210000864988
| The list is updated in Amendment 0001, and Updated Attachment 3 | |||
| Attachment 3 and 8 | List of NSN and IPD | 1 | We would like for GSA to consider removing the two (NSN) products below. They are both HP toners and during our product verification process, they seem to be made in China. There is no government version equivalent to HP toners so it will not be possible to be TAA compliant for the two items below. |
7510-01-603-2923 7510-01-603-2871
| GSA will not remove these items as TAA complaint toner can be sourced. | ||||
| E.8 | Instructions for Volume 1 | 14 and 17 | GSA mentioned Letters of Commitment for Vol 1 Tab 7 but also mentioned Letters of intent/ agreement on Volume 2 page 17. We would like to reconfirm that GSA is referring the same thing in those two instances, using those two terms interchangeably, and, thus, not require us to submit two different documents - one in Volume 1 and one in Volume 2. Thank you. | Please see Amendment 1 |
| (A) Standard Form SF-1449 | Standard Form 1449 | 3 | There is no SF1449 posted at beta.sam.gov for this solicitation. We understood that FAR 12.204(a) requires use of a SF1449 for solicitations of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Will the agency be updating the beta.sam.gov contract opportunity listing to include the relevant SF1449, which is referenced nine times within the RFP document? | SF1449 is not required for service level contracts. Amendment 1 clarifies that a SF 1449 will be signed at the time of contract award. |
| E.1 | Solicitation Provisions FAR 52.212-1(a) NAICS Code and Small Business Size Standard | 8 | This provision states that “However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.” |
Question: Are companies that meet this requirement for a size standard of 500 employees required to provide a subcontracting plan?
| Please see Amendment 1, correcting the size standard to $30 million. | ||||
| E.6.1 | General Instruction - Schedule | 12 | Question: What is the Government’s anticipated schedule from submittal of Phase I documents to approval and requests for submittal of Phase II documents? | GSA does not have a schedule that will be shared with the general public. |
| E.6.1 | General Instructions - Deadline Extension | 12 | Question: The Government gave a February 25, 2020 deadline for Phase I proposal submittal. Given that offerors are permitted to submit proposals for all four locations, please consider giving a 2-week extension to March 10, 2020, to allow for compliant, complete, and fully responsible submissions. | The deadline for proposals has been extended to February 28, 2020. |
| E.8 | Instructions for Volume 1-Contract Data: Proposal Check List | 13 | The Government lists Cover Page to Offer and Proposal Checklist as requirements for Tab 1 of Volume 1. |
Question: Please clarify what the Government is asking for in the Proposal Checklist.
| Please see Amendment 1 removing Checklist | |||
| E.9.1 | Factor 1 Technical Excellence, Subfactor 1A: Technical Capability Submission | 15 | The Government requires that “The proposal must include a part number for each item in Attachment 3 that conforms to the NSN descriptions in Attachment 8.” |
Question: Please confirm that Attachment 3 updated with part numbers is not included in the 50-page limit for Volume 2 and may be included as an attachment to the volume.
Question: Is the Government asking for part numbers for informational purposes only or will the offerors be required to use these items when providing pricing in Phase II?
Question: Will successful offerors be held to these particular products after award or permitted to supply alternate approved items, depending on price and availability?
| 1)We expect proposals to offer part numbers for non-AB1 NSNs that will match descriptions and specifications required by the IPD for each NSN. 2) Yes, Offerors will be held to supply part number or equivalent stated on the IPD when providing pricing in Phase II. | ||||
| Attachment 3 | List of NSNs | N/A | When verifying the following NSNs, they are both HP toner but it is showing they are made in China: 7510-01-603-2923 / 7510-01-603-2871. Please confirm if these NSNs should be removed. | GSA will not remove these items as TAA complaint toner can be sourced. |
| E.9.1 | Factor 1 Technical Excellence, Sub factor 1A Technical Capability Submission 1) e | 16 | The RFP refers to “Will engage GSA prior to any shipment made to Japan to ensure it complies with the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) as indicated in Attachment 8.” Attachment 8 is NSN descriptions. We could find no SOFA agreement included with Japan’s Attachments. |
Question: Will the Government be providing a SOFA agreement attachment?
| Please see Amendment 0001 that corrects the offeror to engage GSA. There is no attachment. | ||||
| E.9.1 | Factor 1 – Technical Excellence, Sub factor 1A: Technical Capability Submission, 1) i | 17 | The RFP requires contractors to “Provide sufficient supporting documentation demonstrating that the contractor will comply with the QASP as identified in Attachment 6.” | |
| Question: What does the Government consider “sufficient supporting documentation” in this case? | Performance metrics documentation that demonstrates the ability of the contractor to meet the requirements as detailed in the QASP. | |||
| E.9.2 | Factor 2 – Operational Quality Assurance | 17 | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating warehousing and storage facilities (except general merchandise, refrigerated, and farm product warehousing and storage). This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating warehousing and storage facilities (except general merchandise, refrigerated, and farm product warehousing and storage). |
Question: The primary purpose of the solicitation is for the procuring of commercial items including incidental or ancillary services comprising warehousing and transportation/delivery. Indeed, the sole pricing requirement is for the list of commercial items. The U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals has held that, for contracts such as this, which is predominantly for the procurement of commercial items, the proper NAICS code is the code the represents the plurality of items purchased. See NAICS Appeal of Noble Supply & Logistics, SBA No. NAICS-5886 (2018) (“the mere fact that a procurement calls for incidental or ancillary services does not justify classifying the procurement based upon those services, even if they are necessary to the procurement. Where the primary purpose of a contract is for supplies rather than services because the supplies constitute the majority of the dollar value of the procurement, the proper NAICS code is that of the plurality of the items to be purchased”).
Question: Pursuant to SBA’s direction in the above cited case, will GSA amend the solicitation to use the proper NAICS, 339940, Office Supplies under FSC 75, which comprises the plurality of the items to be purchased?
| No changes will be made to the NAICS. GSA has already received SBA approval for the proper NAICS as stated in this soliciation. | |||
| E.10.2 | Phase 1 Evaluation Ratings for Factors 1, 2, and 3 | 21 | The Government provided the description of each of the possible ratings for the Phase I submittals, including Outstanding, Good, Acceptable, and Unacceptable. |
Question: In order for offerors to optimize proposals for GSA’s evaluation, please provide specific criteria for differentiating between the four possible ratings, e.g., what differentiates a ‘good’ from an ‘acceptable’ rating?
| All information has been shared in the solicitation. Read the adjectival ratings in the RFP. | |||
| E.10.5 | Phase 1 Evaluation Ratings for Factors 5 Small Business | 23 | “Offerors designated as small business in SAM under NAICS 493190 will receive a “Check Plus” rating. All other offerors in SAM under NAICS 493190 not designated a small business will receive a “Neutral” rating.” |
Question: The above evaluation criteria appears to conflict with the Instructions to Offerors section stating: “However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.” Please clarify the applicable small business size standard for evaluation purposes, i.e., small business under NAICS 493190, or 500 employees for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but proposes to furnish items which it did not itself manufacture?
| Please see Amendment 1 that correct the size standard to $30 million | |||
| E.11 | Phase II Ratings | 24 | The RFP states, “Proposals that do not receive an “Acceptable” or higher rating on the LTD evaluation will not be evaluated on price and will be removed from consideration.” |
Question: How will the subjective rating of Outstanding, Good, or Acceptable be factored in the final evaluation of an Offeror’s complete proposal when both Phase I and Phase II submittals are complete?
| Please read the solicitation section E.10.1 Evaluation and Award | ||||
| Attachment 2, PWS VIII | Sofa Status | 6 | Question: If an offeror does not qualify for SOFA status, the shipment is not under Government ownership until ordered. In this case, is the shipment required to be US Flag Vessel? | US Flag is always required. |
| E.14 | Limitation on Contracting | 26 | The Government states that “No offeror shall receive more than one contract for the areas of Japan, Korea, Guam or Hawaii. Please note that offerors may submit quotes for each solicitation as posted on BETA.SAM.” |
Question: If the offeror submits four proposals and all are deemed acceptable, will the Government request Phase II submittals for all four proposals?
| The government will consider each solicatation on its own merits. each proposal will be evaluated according to the information provided according to that solicitation. | |||
| Attachment 2 PWS | Base and Installation Security Access, Employees | 7 | The Government refers to “…contractor employee’s/representative’s social security or the Korean number…” |
Question: Is there an equivalent number in Japan?
| The new Japanese My Number System also known as Social Security and My Tax Number System is up and running. All residents of Japan including foreign nationals and children have been issued with their own 12 digit identification number | |||
| Attachment 2, PWS X | Insurance | 8 | The Government states “the contractor shall be required to demonstrate it will be in compliance with the following at the time of contract award” a. Automobile Property Damage Insurance Amount: 3,000,000 Yen (or U.S. Dollars equivalents) …” |
Question: Please clarify/confirm the U.S. Dollars currency equivalent to 3,000,000 Yen to U.S. Dollars, which is approximately 27,414 U.S. Dollars is the coverage required for Automobile Property Damage.
| Please see Amendment 0001 | |||
| Attachment 2, PWS Section XVII | Minimum and Maximum Order Quantities | 15 | The PWS states “The contractor shall accept all orders. There are no min or max individual order quantities.” |
Question: Is there a minimum dollar value per order? If so, can the contractor charge a Convenience Fee, as on other GSA Contracts, for order values below the minimum?
| There is no minimum or maximum order quantities. If the offeror moves to Phase II and pricing is requested, the offeror must take into account and add that into its markup. | |||
| Attachment 6, QASP Section 13 | Documenting Performance | last page | The Government states, “The CO, CS, or COR will be documenting performance using Attachment 1 with the ratings listed above in Section 12.” |
Question: The QASP did not include Attachment 1. Will the Government please provide?
| Please see Amendment 0001 correcting the language in the QASP. | |||
| Attachment 6 QASP Section 5 | Performance Requirements Backorders | 4 | The RFP states, “No more than 2.5% backorders for each quarter of each fiscal year.” |
Question: What is the clear definition of a “backorder?” Is the Government referring to a Contractor’s backorder or a manufacturer’s backorder?
Question: What is the distinction between a late order and a backorder?
| Any order not delivered within 3 business days is late. Any order that is late must be put on backorder in the OMS system. | |||
| Attachment 6, QASP Section 5 | Performance Requirements Inventory Stock | 5 | The RFP states, “2.5% backorders or less of total Orders Monthly or cumulative.” |
Question: Will the Government allow reasonable exceptions for situations such as manufacturing delays/issues, political, geographical, nautical delays?
| The contractor is required to have all deliveries within 3 business days 97.5% of the time for each quarter of each Fiscal Year. There are no exceptions to this requirement. | |||
| Attachment 6 QASP Section 5 | Performance Requirements Inventory Stock Large Orders | 6 | The RFP states, “Large Order effect (orders greater than 3 months’ worth of inventory) is eliminated by 90% within eight months of FOC.” |
Question: To avoid high costs of excessive inventory and larger warehouse requirements, which will inevitably be borne by GSA’s customers, will the Government consider eliminating the 8-month grace period?
Question: Will the Government allow 45 business or 60 calendar days rather than the stated 30 days to deliver large orders?
Question: Will GSA be providing data on numbers of large orders anticipated?
Question: Will GSA change large order categorization from 3 months to 30 days of supply?
Question: Will GSA consider instituting a maximum order quantity?
Question: Because the pending Olympics in Japan will affect the warehouse space and delivery times, will the Government consider allowing for flexibility with delivery requirements during this time?
| 1. No, the 8-month grace period can not be adjusted for large orders. 2) All large orvered must be delivered within 30 days. 3) GSA does not have numbers on the estimated amount of large orders. 4) No GSA will not change large order categorization from 3 months to 30 days of supply 5)No, GSA will not institute a maximum order quantity. 6) No all deliveries must be within 3 business day. As detailed in the QASP you must meet this requirement 97.5% of the time. | ||||
| Attachment 6, QASP Section 7 | Performance Assessment | 6 | Question: Will the government will be using the CPAR system for performance assessment? | Yes |
| Attachment 6 QASP Section 10 | Customer Feedback | 7 | Question: Will the contractor have access to customer information for the benefit of conducting surveys for performance feedback? | No, the contractor may not contact GSA's customers to conduct surveys. |
| Attachment 6 QASP Section 12 | Ratings | 7 | The RFP states, “A rating scale shall be used to determine a positive, neutral, or negative outcome.” |
Question: Will the rating period be made clear upon contract award? Is this an annual rating period?
| Rating scale is in the QASP under Section 5 Performance Requirements. GSA will provide contract adminstration according to FAR part 42 | |||
| Attachments 3 and 8 | NSNs and Historical Data | n/a | Attachment 3 contains items that are not found in Attachment 8. There are also incorrect data; for instance, 5110-00-161-6912 is an AbilityOne item in Attachment 8 but Attachment 3 doesn't list it as a Required Source. |
Question: Will the Government provide corrected Attachments 3 and 8?
Question: Will the Government please provide the year reflected in the historical data provided on Attachment 3?
| Please see Amendment 0001, and no other historical data is available by the government. | |||||
| Attachment 3 | List of NSN | 1 | Do small hand tools or MRO tools that are made out of steel carry the berry amendment requirements? | Yes | |
| General | General | General | In accordance with PWS B.1.III and Solicitation Attachment 4, the Government requires delivery to locations anywhere in Japan, and has provided a potential list of sites that include installations that contain numerous tenant organizations. For delivery planning, the number of stops made per installation could have a significant impact on asset utilization and pricing. Can the Government clarify whether a single delivery to a single Central Receiving Point for each installation is acceptable, or does the Government intend for contractors to deliver customer orders to individual tenant organizations on the installation? | If military installation requires all delivery for all tenant activities in that base be delivered to Central Receiving Point (CRP), then that what it will be. Note: Deliveries for different DoDAACs that need to be delivered to the same CRP cannot be consolidated. | |
| General | General | General | The U.S. Government has agreed to relocate as many as 4,000 Marines and supporting personnel from Okinawa to other areas of the INDO-PACOM region. Should offerors account for this volume reduction in our pricing, and if so, for what option years does the Government expect this to apply? | The government estimates are based on annual forecast. Offeror must take into account all scenairos and price option pricing at the time of submission as required in the solicitation. | |
| General | General | General | In order to provide best value to the Government while mitigating operational risk on a Firm Fixed Price contract, an offeror's warehouse solution (including size and location) must be properly scoped to the most accurate Annual Demand estimate. Our request for additional information regarding the Government's source data for provided annual quantities will allow us to provide an optimal solution that mitigates risk while constraining price. Due to the complexity of the requirement in the region, we respectfully request a 30 day extension of the Phase I proposal due date to allow sufficient time to incorporate the Government's answers to questions into our final warehouse facility selection. | The estimated annual forecast has been provided based on previous sales by GSA. The deadline for proposals has been extended to February 28, 2020. | |
| Attachment 2 | PWS | 1 | GSA currently operates walk-in retail stores in many of the countries serviced by the proposed PACOM contract. Will the PACOM contracts compete with these existing GSA stores? | No. PACOM contracts will not be competing with GSA Retail Stores operations. | |
| Attachment 3 | List of NSN | 1 | We found some items that only has a single source and/or not available or have limited source at GSA Advantage. Our partner dealers and suppliers are also having issues to source them while following the delivery timeline and TAA compliance. Would GSA consider removing them from the list of NSNs? Below is a sample of the NSNs that we suggest to be removed: | ||
| • | 5640002671590 / Not available in GSA Advantage. | ||||
| • | 5130013096589 / Not available in GSA Advantage. | ||||
| • | 5180011147558 / Not available in GSA Advantage. | ||||
| • | 5130014444662 / Single source. | ||||
| • | 7110001491660 / Single source. | GSA will not remove these items. | |||
| Attachment 2. Sect B.1.III | PWS. Transportation and Delivery | 4 | Can delivery of orders be made using commercial delivery providers not owned by the Contractor? | It is the responsibilty of the contactor or its subcontractors to deliver all items. You must demonstrate that all items will be delivered within 3 business days and have the ability to obtain base access and make all deliverires in accordance with the requirements in the solicitation | |
| E.9.1 | Technical Excellence, Subfactor 1A | 16 | The second to the last bullet refers to compliance with Status of Forces Agreement, Attachment 8. Attachment 8 is a list of NSNs, not the SOFA agreement. Please provide the correct Attachment. | Please see Amendment 0001. This has been updated to correct that language. | |
| E.9.1 through E.9.4 and Attachment 1 Terms and Conditions FAR Subpart 52.212-2 | Technical Excellence (1A Technical Capability) Factor 2 Operational Quality Assurance (2A Operational Structure, 2B Quality Assurance, Factor 3 Experience and Factor 4 Past Performance | 15-18 (RFP) and 25 (Attachment 1) | RFP Sections E.9.1. through E.9.4 provide that the factors for which offerors will be evaluated are Factor 1 Technical Excellence (1A Technical Capability), Factor 2 Operational Quality Assurance (2A Operational Structure, 2B Quality Assurance), Factor 3 Experience, and Factor 4 Past Performance. Attachment 1, Terms and Conditions provides the following factors shall be evaluated: 1) Technical Capability; 2) Qualifications of Staff; 3) Experience 4) Past Performance; and 5) Price, with “Technical conformance is more important than delivery and past performance when combined, and delivery is more important than past performance.” |
Question: Does “technical conformance” mean Subfactor 1A “Technical Capability”?
Question: With respect to FAR 52.212-2’s reference to “technical conformance being more important than delivery and past performance, and delivery being more important than past performance when combined,” which evaluation factor does delivery correspond to?
Question: Please describe if, and if so, how the subfactors of Factor 2 Operational Quality Assurance will be evaluated under FAR 52.212-2?
Question: How important is price under FAR 52.212-2 when the Government determines which offer is the most advantageous to the Government? Please see Amendment 0001. This has been updated to correct that language.
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