Questions and Answers Lehigh Solicitation.pdf

70CTD020R00000002: HSI Gang Intelligence Application Questions & Answers

1. In the background for the statement of work, this application will support HSI by “providing investigative leads.” Could you provide additional information about or a hypothetical example of what this requirement entails? The investigative leads will be developed by the systems ability link and identify networks operating in the AOR.

These linkages will allow the intelligence and investigative teams to target networks operating in a specific jurisdiction.

2. Will alternate solutions be considered or is the sole purpose to develop an enhancement to the software developed by the District Attorney of Lehigh County? This is a Sole Source Procurement.

3. Can bidders, under cover of NDA, be provided access to the Gang Intelligence

Application (GIA), during the pre-award phase of the procurement? No, no one can have access during the bidding process. The only person that has access is the developer of the current system.

4. When will the successful offeror, if it is not the District Attorney of Lehigh County, be given full access to the to be enhanced Gang Intelligence Application (GIA)? District Attorney of Lehigh County are the only ones that have full access to the enhanced Gang Intelligence Application for this requirement.

5. Would an email suffice as proof of completion for provisions as stated on page 3 of the solicitation? Or is there a downloadable report from the SAM that must be submitted with our technical proposal as proof of provision completion? Or do we need to complete only paragraph b on page 10 of the solicitation when submitting our documents to you?

And, if we only need to complete paragraph b on page 10 of the solicitation, we are uncertain what is expected for the section “except for paragraphs_________.”

b)

(1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the Offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications in SAM

(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM accessed through http://www.sam.gov. After reviewing SAM information, the Offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), at the time this offer is submitted and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ______________.

[Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (v) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any.

These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer.

http://www.sam.gov/

70CTD020R00000002: HSI Gang Intelligence Application Questions & Answers

Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted electronically on

SAM.]

Offeror should confirm that #1 and #2 above in regards to SAM applies. No print outs or emails are required. In regards to “except for paragraphs”, look at FAR

4.1201 to see if any apply.

6. Could you please provide more information about the Noblis algorithm and why it is being used despite not being qualified in NIST tests?

Early in the project Noblis had the best rate under NIST. With that being said we are not officially locked into Noblis as the final solution if we can find a cheaper vendor with better results.