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Questions and Answers

Solicitation: 693JJ320Q000063

Title: Railroad Credit Assessment and Portfolio Management (RCAPM) System Maintenance and Budget Support for the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program

1. Is this opportunity a new requirement? Or is this a re-compete of actual work?

Response: Re-compete.

2. If this is a re-compete, can incumbent information please be shared with the industry?

Response: The previous contract number is DTFR5315C00018, vendor name BanClab.

3. Is there an FTE count in mind for this opportunity?

Response: We are not providing an FTE estimation.

4. Did the government complete a source sought or market survey phase for this requirement before the issuance of an RFP?

Response: Yes, a Sources Sought was posted on beta.SAM.gov under OS2020S3ZK0043.

5. Our company anticipates teaming with a trusted partner for this effort. As a subcontractor to XXXXX, is it acceptable within the submission requirements to include our partner's past performance in our submission, per FAR 52.212-1(b)(10)?

Response: Past performance is for the prime contractor annotated as the Prime or Subcontractor for the work.

6. How mature is the current state of the Railroad Credit Assessment and Portfolio Management (RCAPM) System?

Response: Relatively mature but new enhances and upgrades are periodically required.

Also new enhancements are necessary due to new security requirements and new technology requirements.

7. What are some of the maintenance needs the government anticipates for the RCAPM System?

Response: Most maintenance items are highlighted in the Performance Work Statement. In general, most maintenance issues are related to continuing security reviews, technology upgrades or changes in business requirements.

8. What are the current technology dependencies for the RCAPM System? (including the current tech stack, system design documents describing the current state of the application would be helpful for the industry) Response: RCAPM is a web-based application with over 100,000 lines of source code and over 100 tables in the database.

Title: Railroad Credit Assessment and Portfolio Management (RCAPM) System Maintenance and Budget Support for the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program

9. Can you please let me know if there is any incumbent contract? If yes, kindly let me know the contract number?

Response: Please see number 2 above.

10. Is there an existing RCAPM system in place currently of is this solicitation for creating, deploying, and maintaining software to meet the requirements outlined in the RFQ Schedule of Services?

Response: Yes.

11. Part I, Sect. 6. A – The Technical Capability is limited to 20 pages. Will the Government confirm if the Cover Page, Table of Contents and List of Acronyms are excluded from the page count?

Response: Yes, the Table of Contents and List of Acronyms are excluded from the page count.

12. Part 1, Sect. 6.A – The resumes of key personnel are excluded from the 20-page limit for the Technical Capability. Will the Government confirm that the resumes have a page limit of 2 pages per resume?

Response: Yes, limit resumes to two pages.

13. Part I – The Government did not specify page sizes, fonts and margins. Will the Government confirm that the a single page is 8.5” x 11” with 1” margins all around, using 12pt font for text and 10pt for graphics and tables?

Response: Confirmed, please use 8.5” x 11” with 1” margins all around, using 12pt font for text and 10pt for graphics and tables.

14. Part II – CLIN 6, Period of Performance is September 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026. Since this period is for 6 months (as indicated in the “Quantity’ column), will the Government correct the Period of Performance to read, September 1, 2025 – February 28, 2026?

Response: Correct, the period of performance is September 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026.

15. Is it possible to obtain more information on the functionality of the following Credit Risk Forecasting and Credit Subsidy Calculator models?

Response: Credit Risk Forecasting means projecting default and recovery risk associated with individual RRIF transactions.

Title: Railroad Credit Assessment and Portfolio Management (RCAPM) System Maintenance and Budget Support for the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program Credit Subsidy Calculator is the discounting tool issued by OMB for agencies to calculate credit subsidy costs and financing account interest for post-1991 direct loans and loan guarantees. Subsidy rates and re-estimates, and actual interest income or expense for financing accounts, must be calculated with the online Credit Subsidy Calculator.

16. What General Ledger system is currently used and what are the plans for this system in the future?

Response: USSGL for both current and future plans at this time.

17. What middleware software is currently being utilized and what is preferred?

Response: IIS 10 and SQL Server 2016 are the only middleware used by the RCAPM system.

18. Section 1.18 references "Taking Over Existing IT Systems" What systems are targeted and what technologies are they based on?

Response: The solicitation assumes a take-over of the RCAPM system and its future support and maintenance. RCAPM was built using the following technology stacks:

ASP.Net 4, Net Framework 4, SQL Server 2016, Windows Server 2016, MVC ASP.Net 3.0.