INDO-PACOM (Korea) Request for Proposal (RFP) Questions.xlsx
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- OCONUS LOGISTICS SERVICE SUPPORT INDO-PACOM KOREA Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 47QSCC20R0011
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- GSA Federal Acquisition Service
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This synopsis and related request for proposal announce an anticipated contract opportunity with the U.S. General Services Administration to provide logistics support services within South Korea. The contractor will be responsible for sourcing, warehousing, and delivering office supplies, tools, housewares, furniture, and cleaning products to Department of Defense and federal civilian customers within three business days of order receipt. The applicable North American Industry Classification System code is 493190. The initial solicitation is expected to be posted on January 24, 2020, with a closing date of February 25, 2020. The contractor will be required to establish at least one warehouse in Korea to support order fulfillment and delivery requirements.
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Form Responses 1
| RFP Section Number | RFP Section Topic | RFP Page Number | Questions | Answers |
| 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 9. 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? | The subcontracting Plan is not excluded from the 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 is an unrestricted procurement that is open to all businesses. Please see Amendment 0001 |
| 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 0001. The size standard has been corrected 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. |
| E.9.2 | Factor 2 Operational Quality Assurance | 17 | Subcontracting goals. 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 goal 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 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. |
| Attachment 3 | List of NSN | 1 | There are AbilityOne items not indicated as mandatory sources in attachment 3. Will GSA issue a modification to highlight that? |
List of NSN to be corrected:
1. 5210011397444
2. 8540002797777
| The list is updated in Amendment 0001. | |||
| Attachment 3 and 9 | List of NSN and IPDs | 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. | ||||
| Attachment 3 | List of NSNs | N/A | When verifying the following NSNs, they are both HP toner and it is showing they are both made in China. 7510-01-603-2923 / 7510-01-603-2871. Please confirm if these should be removed from the list of items. | GSA will not remove these items as TAA complaint toner can be sourced. | |
| FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items (Oct 2018) | Paragraph – (a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard. | 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
| The correct size under NAICS 493190 is posted in Amendment 0001. | |||
| Sub factor 1A: Technical Capability | Paragraph – 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 warehouse(s) upon contract award in Korea. This should also demonstrate the contractors understanding that the warehouse(s) 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 Korea must provide a stand alone facility | ||||
| (A) STANDARD FORM SF-1449 | Standard Form SF-1449 | 3 | Question: 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? | Please see Amendment 0001. | |
| 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?
| The correct size under NAICS 493190 is posted in Amendment 0001. | ||||
| E.6.1 | General Instructions Submission Deadline | 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. | GSA has extended the deadline for proposals until February 28, 2020. |
| E.6.1 | General Instructions Schedule | 13 | 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.8 | Instructions for Volume 1-Contract Data | 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, Sub factor 1A: Technical Capability Submission, 1) a | 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 9.” |
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) Part numbers are included in 50 page limitation. 2) We expect proposals to offer part numbers for non-AB1 NSNs that will match descriptions and specifications required by the IPD for each NSN. 3) Yes, Offerors will be held to supply part number or equivalent stated on the IPD when providing pricing in Phase II. | |||
| 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 | 23 | 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 | |||
| E.14 | Limitation on Contracting | 25 | 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 Section 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. |
| 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 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 backorders | 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 Order | 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?
| 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 can provide the numbers on large orders anticipated 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 | |||
| Attachment 6 QASP Section 13 | Documenting Performance | 7 | 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. | |||
| Attachments 3 and 9 | NSNs and Historical Data | n/a | Attachment 3 contains items that are not found in Attachment 9. There are also incorrect data; for instance, 5110-00-161-6912 is an AbilityOne item in Attachment 9 but Attachment 3 doesn't list it as a Required Source. |
Question: Will the Government provide corrected Attachments 3 and 9?
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. | ||||
| 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. | GSA extended the deadline for proposals until February 28, 2020. |
| General | General | General | The Government requires delivery to locations anywhere in Korea, 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. |
| ATTACHMEMT 2 | The contract is established to support only those DoD components and Federal civilian agencies operating in and around Korea. | 1 | Will be solicitation be restricted to ROK or will also include areas such as Okinawa. Exactly what is meant around Korea | Restricted to South Korea. |
| ATTACHMEMT 2 | The contractor is required to provide a total supply chain solution from sourcing, procuring, 2 warehousing, transporting or arranging for transportation/delivery to the location identified in each Delivery Order (DO) as detailed in Section C of this PWS | 1-2 | How many contractors will be selected for this IDIQ | One. |
| ATTACHMEMT 2 | Large furniture items will also be included in this contract, but those items will not be subject to the same 3 business day delivery requirement. The Contracting Officer (CO) and the Program Management Office (PMO) will determine the delivery time frame for large furniture items which will be identified in the specific delivery orders for those items | 1 | Will installation of large furniture be required. |
Will the large furniture need to be assembled prior to shipping?
| All NSNs listed in the RFP do not required installtions and will be shipped as complete item as required by IPD. | ||||
| ATTACHMEMT 2 | MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM ORDER QUANTITIES The contractor shall accept all orders. There are no minimum or maximum individual order quantities. | 15 | Can a Convenient fee be established or be considered for orders less than $100? | 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. |
| ATTACHMEMT 2 | Contractors must provide Letters of Authorization for all toner items in Attachment 3 stating that the contractor or their subcontractors are authorized distributors for the specified type of toner product that will be supplied. | 3 | Will a Letter of Supply be enough or is it required to have a letter of supply from the manufacturer? |
What type of letter of supply is required?
Will a letterhead from either the distributor or manufacturer suffice?
| Offerors must demonstrate it has authorizations to sell toner in Korea. | ||||
| ATTACHMEMT 2 | Unit of Issue. The items identified in Attachment 3 are standard U.S. government unit of issue. Variances from this unit of issue must be explicitly identified in the proposal. | 4 | Since some the items in Attachment 3 must be procured from AbilityOne Activity, can you revised Attachment 3 to reflect the AB1 MOQ. | Attachment 3 will be corrected. This contract does not require MOQ regardless if an NSN is AB1 or not. |
| ATTACHMEMT 2 | The contractor must have ownership or access to at least one warehouse in Korea or the contractor must provide documentation showing that it will have ownership or access warehouse(s) upon contract award. | 4 | What documentation do you required? |
Will a team agreement suffice for solicitation?
| The contractor must demonstrate that it has access or ownership upon award of at least one warehouse in Korea. | ||||||
| RFQ SOLICITAION | Phase II proposal documents (Volumes 3 and 4) shall be submitted via email to Dominic.Lackey@gsa.gov and Michael.Sheckels@gsa.gov at a time and date when notified by the CO. Instructions on when to submit proposal volumes under the Phase II evaluation will be provided at the time offerors are notified via email of the outcome of their Phase I evaluation. | 12 | HOW MUCH TIME WILL BE ALLOWED TO PREPARE VOLUME 3 AND 4 FOR SUBMISSION ONCE NOTIFIED. | Please see the solicitation, GSA will send instructions on when to submit proposal volumes under the Phase II evaluation will be provided at the time offerors are notified via email of the outcome of their Phase I evaluation. | ||
| Attachment 2 | PWS | 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: | |||
| • | 5130013096589 / Not available in GSA Advantage. | |||||
| • | 5180011147558 / Not available in GSA Advantage. | |||||
| • | 7110013885178 / Single Source. | |||||
| • | 5130014444662 / Single source. | GSA will not remove these items. | ||||
| OCONUS LOGISTICS SUPPORT SERVICES | ● | Tab 9: Prospective contractor must provide three years of financials statements, bank statements or loans demonstrating it has sufficient resources to ramp up full inventory within 90 days of contract award and maintain stock levels throughout the life of the contract. | 14 | WHAT INVENTORY LEVEL DO YOU REQUIRED TO HAVE AFTER RAMP UP: 30 DAYS, 60 DAY, 180 DAYS, ETC. | That is up to the contractor to determine the level of inventory required to meet the 3 business day delivery requirement. | |
| E.9.1 through E.9.4 and Attachment 1 Terms and Conditions FAR Subpart 52.212-2 | 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 | 15-18 (RFP), Attachment 1 page 25 | 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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