Response to Questions RFP 693JJ922R000026.pdf

Response to RFP 693JJ922R000026 Multi-Standard Compliance Testing Solicitation

Question 1:

SOW Section F.6. Vehicle Condition Report (Page 32 of 137) It states, “The complete report shall be included on the CD-ROM, DVD or USB flash drives containing the Final Test Report in PDF format.”

Would it be acceptable to submit deliverables to the NHTSA via a secure FTP site? (This has been common practice on other NHTSA testing contracts for Compliance and NCAP testing. Furthermore, it would be more secure and better align with Section H.17.4 Protection of Information and more specifically Memorandum M-06-16 / NIST.

Answer 1:

NHTSA will consider the request after contract award.

Question 2:

SOW Section L.1 Proposal Delivery (Page 77 of 137) Its states, “The Proposals are due no later than 11:00 am Eastern Time, Thursday August 8th, 2022”

Could the NHTSA please confirm that the date listed in this section is a typographical error and that in fact the due date is the 11th as stated on page 3 of 137 (“Proposals are due no later than 11:00 am Eastern Time on Thursday August 11, 2022”)?

Answer 2:

The correct date and time is Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 11:00AM EST

Question 3:

SOW Section L.8. Proposal Content (Page 81 of 137) Under Technical Content it states, “Offerors must also submit proposals for DSP Inspection for each group proposed except if an offeror submits a proposal for only Group B, FMVSS 122.”

What does DSP stand for (It is not listed in C1. Acronyms)?

Answer 3:

Designated seating position

Question 4:

What is the DSP process?

Answer 4:

See Section J.1 List of Laboratory Test Procedures (TP’s), TP-DSP-01

Question 5:

The RFP cover page states Proposals are due Thursday, 08/11/2022 by 11am EST. However, Section L.1

2) states are due date of Thursday, 08/08/2022 by 11am EST.

Please confirm that the correct due date is Thursday, 08/11/2022.

Answer 5:

See answer 2.

Question 6:

The SF33 form lists 1600 ES in Section 9 as the time proposals are due however both sections referenced in Question 1 indicate 11am EST.

Please confirm that the correct due time is 11am EST.

Answer 6:

See answer 2.

Question 7:

CLIN 0019/1019/2019/3019/4019/5019 Standard 201 Test – Interior Impact. Cost assumption is that this CLIN is intended only for S5.1 (IP) and S5.2 (Seatbacks) for interior impact. S5.4 and S5.5 are also included as physical evaluation of the part geometry with no physical testing required.

Does NHTSA anticipate 571.201 S5.3 Interior Compartment Doors to be included in the compliance testing for FMVSS 201 under this RFP. For S5.3, the manufacturer may choose calculation method or subject the interior compartment doors to six sled tests.

Answer 7:

See Section J.1 List of Laboratory Test Procedures (TP’s), TP-201-01. NHTSA does not anticipate conducting sled tests in the evaluation of the interior compartment doors.

Question 8:

Page 81: TRC couldn’t find the J.8 attachment on the solicitation site

Answer 8:

See attached.

Question 9:

Page 85 (L.11.2) and Page 102 (L.13): Both refer to instructions for the Cost/Business proposal, but L.11.2 refers to it as Volume 2 and L.13 states Volume 3. Are there 3 volumes or should L.13 be instructions for Volume 2?

Answer 9:

There are only two volumes. Correction has been made.

Question 10:

Page 102 says pricing needs to include B.3.2-B.3.8) for the Business Management proposal

a) Do we need to include section M.6 pricing tables in a similar manner within the RFP document?

b) Do we need to create Excel files for these as well to submit? This is in relation to page 85, where it states “..the Cost/Business Proposal shall allow the Government to interact with the data”.

Answer 10:

According to Section M.6 Total Evaluated Price, for the purpose of evaluating the total price proposed by each Offeror, Offerors shall complete this total price summary, M.6.1 through M.6.8, and shall include this with their submission. The price summary is based on the price schedules contained in section B.3.

The electronic submission(s) of the Cost/Business Proposals shall be submitted in a format compatible with Microsoft Office.

Question 11:

When providing additional supplementary test reports, is there a limit of total number of attachments the offeror can provide?

Answer 11:

No