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13F RFP Questions and Answers

Question 1: (L.5) Is the submission cover letter included in the 20-page limitation section for the Technical Proposal?

Answer 1: The submission cover letter is not included in the 20-page limitation for the Technical Proposal.

Question 2: (L.5) Is the cover letter to be submitted as a separate file?

Answer 2: The cover letter may be submitted as a separate file or attached to the technical proposal, but it may not include any cost or pricing information.

Question 3: (L.6) Are exceptions and deviations not included in the 20-page count?

Answer 3: Exceptions and deviations are not included in the 20-page count.

Question 4: (L.8) SEC requests a completed signed copy of the SF-18. Will SEC please provide a SF-18?

Answer 4: Please use the RFP cover form, SF-33 instead.

Question 5: (L.7) We assume that past performance is not included in the 20-page limitation part of technical. Is this a correct assumption?

Answer 5: Past Performance may be excepted from the 20-page limitation.

Question 6: (H.7(c)) Is submission of a completed VPAT acceptable to demonstrate compliance with H.7a and H.7b? ? If so, please confirm this is outside the page count and confirm if the VPAT can be provided as an attachment.

Answer 6: Yes, VPAT is acceptable. VPAT is excepted from the 20-page limitation.

Question 7: (H.7d) Beyond submission of a VPAT, what additional “full details of compliance”, if anything, would be needed to satisfy this requirement?

Answer 7: VPAT is enough in this case.

Question 8: (Attachment 1, NDA Contractor Entity) Please confirm that the field following “...SEC Contract” should be left blank.

Answer 8: The NDA forms should not be signed during the solicitation phase.

Question 9: (Task C4) For the securities with options that will be marked with an asterisk, how should the subsequent option securities be arranged, i.e., is there any sequence that is a requirement, e.g., alphabetically on the “ISSUER DESCRIPTION” column?

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Answer 9: The alphabetical sorting rule equally apply to the options of a securities, however that rule will not be applied to the options across the securities.

Question 10: (Task C10) For enhancements that may necessitate communicating existing SEC systems like EDGAR, will the SEC provide the necessary documentation of the said system(s) or will the contractor have to be given direct access to such systems?

Answer 10: Yes, SEC will provide documentation of any such changes that may have impact on 13f Securities list.

Question 11: (Factor 1, Technical Approach and Understanding) In the “evaluation of full performance” or IV&V, will the SEC provide/ name preferred standards apart from the NIST compliance standards or is it at the discretion and best judgment of the contractor to implement and/or comply with certain criteria that is best pertained to each task area?

Answer 11: Bottom line the perspective vendor will ensure the quality and integrity of the 13f list data. SEC will not dictate how to ensure quality. It is the vendor's processes and practices that will be followed.

Question 12: (H.9, SEC 6017.00) How is “large transmission” defined in objective terms, e.g., in units of megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB)?

Answer 12: The size of both files is in MB range.