Attachment J-6_SWIFT_Question Template_031022v1.pdf

Solictation Section PWS Section Page Number Question Government Response 1 RFP, L.6.4 PWS, 2.1 PWS p. 6

RFP p. 100

MS Power Apps is in the PaaS section of PWS, but the RFP mentions MS PowerApps in both the PaaS and Collaborative Services sections. Will the Government please confirm that MS PowerApps (and MS Dynamics) are in the scope of ONLY the PaaS domain?

MS PoweApps and MS Dynamics are in the PaaS scope at the platform management level. Establishing standards, governance, and O&M of the platform environment.

However, solutions can be developed in the collaborative services domain as there is built in integrations with Microsoft collaborative tools.

2 RFP, L.6.1/L.6.2/L.6.3/L.6.4, Mandatory Experience Table

N/A p. 96 (L.6.1)

p. 97 (L.6.2)

p. 99 (L.6.3)

p. 101 (L.6.4)

The Government states: "In addition to the 3 contract references above, the Offeror shall fill in the table below with ongoing projects that have no less than 12 months of performance." We concur this table is helpful to get additional insight into the offeror's prior experience so the Government can fully evaluate an offeror's depth and breadth. In this vein, will the Government please confirm the demonstrated experience table is intended to show additional projects beyond the three Prior Experience references required by L.6.1-L.6.4 and are only constrained to the restrictions set forth in the table as "....projects that have no less than 12 months of performance."

So Offerors can thoroughly demonstrate their breadth and depth of experience in this table, would the Government consider expanding the page restriction to 3 pages for this table?

See revised RFP

3 RFP, L.6.1/L.6.2/L.6.3/L.6.4, Mandatory Experience Table

N/A p. 96 (L.6.1)

p. 97 (L.6.2)

p. 99 (L.6.3)

p. 101 (L.6.4)

Will the Government please clarify the following statement: "Offeror shall map the Project Descriptions with the Prior Experience requirements"? Does the Government intend for items #1- #9 in Section L.6.1/L.6.2/L.6.3/L.6.4 to satisfy the request of 'Project Description'? Or is the Government requesting that all contracts referenced in the Mandatory Experience Table be other than the three Prior Experience references we are providing? If the latter is true, must Offerors also provide a 'Project Description' for each contract referenced in the Mandatory Experience table? See revised RFP

4 RFP, L.6.4 PWS, 2.4 PWS p. 10-11

RFP p. 100

The Government states: "Scope is defined as performing adaptive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and enhancements to a modernized Information Technology system in an agile development environment." Will the Government please confirm that Prior Experience should include PaaS software development as described in the PWS, and not only "adaptive Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and enhancements"?

That is correct, prior experience should include PaaS software development as described in the PWS, not only "adaptive O&M and enhancements".

5 RFP, L.5.1 N/A RFP p. 94 The RFP currently states: "All assumptions (especially technical) must be identified in the cover letter. Except for pricing assumptions." Since the 3/3/22 question due date is only supposed to include questions regarding our Phase 1 submission, and questions that Offerors ask in Phase 2 may lead to additional assumptions, will the Government please amend the L.5.1 Cover Letter requirement to include only Phase 1-related non-price assumptions?

Yes, section L.5.1 is updated. See revised RFP.

6 RFP, L.6.1/L.6.2/L.6.3/L.6.4 N/A p. 96 (L.6.1)

p. 97 (L.6.2)

p. 99 (L.6.3)

p. 101 (L.6.4)

The phrase "Prior experience may reflect work performed for Government or Commercial clients" is included in the Section L language for all domains except the Platform as a Service domain. Will the Government please confirm that this ommission was an error and that Offerors may use Government or Commerical references in our Platofrm as a Service Prior Experience submission?

Yes, the ommission was an error. The information is included in the section. See revised RFP.

7 Final RFP, Section B.1.1 n/a 5 The value provided as the cumulative maximum value of all four domains is the same as the maximum value for each separate domain ($340,000,000). Please clarify the cumulative ceiling value, and individual domain ceiling values.

The cumulative ceiling value of all domains is $340,000,000. The information is accurately stated in the

RFP.

8 Final RFP, Section L.3.6 n/a 89 The solicitation states, "Individual file sizes shall not exceed 5 MB". Please confirm this requirement does not apply to the Phase II Oral Presentation material, such as the Management Plan slide deck which has no slide limit.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

9 Final RFP, Section L.3.6 n/a 91 The solicitation states, "Other than the mandatory tables required, Offerors shall limit tables, charts and graphics to less than ¼ page per volume submission." Please clarify what mandatory tables this refers to and what Volumes this applies to, or remove this requirement. For example, are offerors permitted to provide their Prior Experience information in a table? Are offerors permitted to include graphics in their Volume III Management Plan slide deck?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

10 Final RFP, Sections L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.9.2 n/a 95, 96, 98, 100, 105 The solicitation defines "prime" as "an Offeror who will be performing the majority of the work (greater than 50%), or the Joint Venture or Team that is jointly proposing to perform the majority of the work." In this context, what does "Team" refer to?

The reference to team is removed. See revised RFP

10-Mar-22

11 Final RFP, Sections L.6.1- L.6.4 n/a 95-101 Each domain requires that "at least two (2) of the contract references provided must be from the

Prime." Many offerors have developed prime/subcontractor arrangements to best fulfill complex and emerging requirements, with reach-back across companies with expertise. This requirement significantly limits offerors from demonstrating breadth in experience examples. Will the government remove this requirement, or limit the number of references required from the Prime to one (1)?

See Revised RFP

12 Final RFP, Section L.6.1 n/a 95 Please confirm that the Mandatory Project table for PaaS (row #4) must include references showing experience in all of the following, holistically: ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and Microsoft PowerApps.

The section is updated. See revised RFP.

13 Final RFP, Section L.6.2 n/a 86 The value requirements imply projects should have at least a 5-year period of performance.

However, due to their nature projects related to Huperautomation often do not run for multiple years. Would the government remove the $5M or greater contract value requirement, and remove the 12-month requirement for additional references?

See revised RFP.

14 Final RFP, Section L.4.4 n/a 93 Does the "Factor 1: Mandatory Project Table" refer to the table depicted at the end of each L.6.X section? If so, is the 1-page limit applied to all contract references combined, or each individual reference?

Yes, the mandatory Project table is Table 1. See revised RFP. The 1 page limit applies to all project references.

15 Final RFP, Sections L.6.1- L.6.4 n/a 95-101 Should the experience references provided in the table at the end of each L.6.X section include the contracts submitted under the Prior Experience section, to represent "total contract references provided"?

No. The table at the end of Sections L.6.1 - L.6.4 are in addition to the three contract references submitted under Prior Experience.

16 Final RFP, Sections L.6.1- L.6.4 n/a 95-101 For the experience references provided in the table at the end of each L.6.X section, please confirm the "12 months of performance" requirement refers to the reference's total contract period of performance.

Yes, the "12 months of performance" refers to "ongoing projects that have no less than 12 months of performance." See section L.6.1 through L.6.4

17 Final RFP, Section L.9.3 n/a 107 The solicitation states, "Offerors can utilize any virtual drawing features or functions during the oral presentation provided in the web-based conference platform, as applicable." Will specific tools be provided in the government's instance of Teams, and if so what are these tools? In the event the oral presentation proceeds via WebEx, what tools will be provided in this platform?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

18 Final RFP, Section L.9.3 n/a 107 During the oral presentation, will presenters be permitted to use tools such as PowerPoint or Google Docs?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

19 Final RFP, Section L.9.3 n/a 107 Will the oral presentation participants be able to access any tools (for example, ServiceNow), to use to create visual representations?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

20 Final RFP, Section L.9.3 n/a 107 The Rules of Engagement prohibit oral presentation participants from using devices and persons outside of the oral presentation. Will presenters be permitted to reference and share material developed outside of the oral presentation? For example, if an offeror's technical approach includes a specific development methodology, will oral presentation participants be permited to present a pre-existing powerpoint slide that describes this methodology?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

21 Final RFP, Section L.9.3 n/a 107 Will the government permit each oral presentation participant to join Teams individually, from geographically dispersed locations?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

22 Attachment J-7 SWIFT LCAT Descriptions, Knowledge/Skill Description n/a 1 Please clarify that the education requirements for each labor category level is "required" instead of "desired" to ensure sufficiently skilled staff.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

23 Attachment J-7 SWIFT LCAT Descriptions, Knowledge/Skill Description n/a 1 May offerors substitute years of experience in lieu of education requirements for each labor category level? If so, how many years may be substituted for each level of education?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

24 Approved Accounting System L.7.2 101 This section states, "The Offeror must have an approved accounting system in order to be eligible for award. The Offeror shall provide verification from the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), or any cognizant federal agency official(CFAO)".

As the domains set aside for small businesses are for commercial services offered on a competitive basis, please confirm that small businesses are exempt from account system certification. This is generally not required for small businesses offering commercial services and would greatly restrict competition.

Phase II questions and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

25 Prior Experience for the Hyper Automation

Domain L.6.2 20 and 96

Page 20 defines the Hyper Automation domain as, "RPA, Machine Learning, UiPath."

Page 96 Section L.6.2 states: "Offerors shall identify no more than three contracts, which are recent: it has performed or completed (within 4 years from the closing date of the solicitation) or is currently performing; and are relevant: that are approximately $5M or greater contract total, with a minimum of $1.5M per year, and are similar in scope of the PWS."

Hyper Automation and its related disciplines RPA and Machine Learning are relatively new practices with the government. In fact, the RPA market leader identified in the RFP, UiPath, did not publish the first version of the platform until 2013 and the first version of the Studio family of products was not published until 2016.

There are few contracts entirely for these services of $5M or greater. Research on the Federal Procurement Data System shows that in fiscal year 2021 only $125M in awards refrencing RPA were made across all of federal, with the majority of the dollars spent for software licenses.

With these considerations in mind combined with this domain being set aside for small busineses, will ICE accept contract references where the total contract value is $5M or greater, but may not be exclusively for Hyper Automation services? An example would be an IDIQ for IT under which hyper automation products and services have been provided and can be specifically demonstrated to be such by the offeror. Alternatively, will ICE accept contract references of $100,000 or more? See revised RFP

26 SF 1449 N/A 1 As answers to questions will impact solutions offered, will ICE extend the Phase I submission date to 15 days after answers to questions are published? See revised RFP for propsal submission date.

27 N/A Administrative note:

2.2 HyperAutomation

7 Heading 2.2 HyperAutomation was lost in the migration from Draft RFP to Final RFP. Content under HyperAutomation appears to have transferred.

The Government acknowledges the overlap.

28 L.6.2 2.2 HyperAutomation L.6.2-pg 98 PWS 2.2-pg 7-8

As "data analytics" is specifically identified in the description of work under PWS Section 2.1 Platform as a Service (PaaS) and the sample use case for Data Visualization in Section 2.3, but not in the narrative for HyperAutomation in Section 2.2, can the Government please clarify the desired "demonstrated experience" that would satisfy the requirement within the HyperAutomation domain?

Data analytic technologies will be utilized in the HyperAutomation infrastructure. Experience implementing these technologies should be included.

29 L.4.4 & M.2.3 N/A L.4.4-pg 92-93 M.2.3-pg 113

Please clarify that the Evidence of Approved Accounting System is to be submitted in Volume III and evaluated in Phase II.

Yes. See revised RFP Section M.2.3. Additionally, See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

30 L4.4 n/a 93 Can the government confirm that offerors be scheduled to participate in full technical demonstrations for each domain, inclusive of separate staffing and management approaches per domain?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

31 SECTION J- LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND

OTHER ATTACHMENTS

69 Can the government please provide Attachment J-3, or confirm that it will be provided in Phase 2? See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

32 RFP HSAR 3052.215-70 Key Personnel or Facilities (Dec 2003)

Section 9.0 RFP p. 67; PWS p. 15 Can the government confirm that the only key personnel named at the IDIQ level will be the Program Manager?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

33 RFP HSAR 3052.215-70 Key Personnel or Facilities (Dec 2003)

Section 9.0 RFP p. 67; PWS p. 15 Will a resume for the Program Manager be required in Phase 2? See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

34 RFP HSAR 3052.215-70 Key Personnel or Facilities (Dec 2003)

Section 9.0 RFP p. 67; PWS p. 15 Will any resumes for key personnel named in the PWS, aside from the the Program Manager, be required in Phase 2?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

35 11 p. 25 "The Offeror shall identify any hardware, software, and/or licenses required for its proposed solution. The Government is prepared to provide any hardware and software items that are included within the ICE Technical Reference Model (TRM) that would reasonably be utilized by Offerors for the system development. Test and evaluation tools listed within the TRM are not provided as GFP."

Please confirm that this information would be provided by offerors bidding on individual task orders, and is not required as part of their IDIQ proposal.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

36 RFP F.2 Place of Performance; Attachment J-1 SWIFT Pricing Template

RFP p. 14 As the place of performance can be either at government or contractor facilities but Attachment J- 1 doesn't specify a location, will the government provide the place of performance to use as an assumption in completing Attachment J-1, or will the contractor be required to provide both onsite and offsite rates?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

37 L.3.6 Phase II Oral Presentations General

Proposal Instructions 91 Can the Government please confirm that font requirements for Phase I are Times New Roman 12-point for text and 8-point for tables and graphics?

See RFP Section L.3.6.

38 L.4.4 Volumes and Organization 93 Can the Government please confirm whether offerors need to provide a slides for the Technical Demonstrations prior to the Oral Presentations?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

39 L.4.4 Volumes and Organization 93 Can the Government please confirm whether offerors need to provide a slides for Staffing Approach prior to the Oral Presentations?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

40 Section J N/A RFP pg. 69 The table in Section J lists Attachment J-3 as the Small Business Subcontracting Plan, but it was not provided with the RFP documents. Can the Government provide Attachment J-3 or does the Government have a specific template offerors are required to use?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

41 Section L.3.6 N/A RFP pg. 91 Section L.3.6 states: "Other than the mandatory tables required, Offerors shall limit tables, charts and graphics to less than ¼ page per volume submission."

Could the Government please clarify what is meant by this sentence? Does the Government instead mean that each table, graphic, or chart can be a maximum of 1/4 page?

The combination of all charts shall be less than 1/4 page per volume. See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

42 Section L.3.6 and L.4.1 N/A RFP pg. 91-92 Section L.3.6 states that "print shall be of a minimum 12-point font size." Please confirm that the minimum of 8-point Arial font for tables and graphics, stated on RFP pg. 91 in Bullet 4, holds true for all written proposals.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

43 Section L.4.4 N/A RFP pg. 92-93 The table in Section L.4.4 uses Roman numerals and digits interchangeably for the Phase I Volume titles (e.g., Phase 1: Volume 1, Phase 1: Volume II). Should both the Phases and Volumes be Roman numerals?

The table is updated. See revised RFP.

44 Section L.4.4 N/A RFP pg. 93 The table in Section L.4.4 includes a 1-page "Factor 1: Summary Page" in Phase I: Volume II. There are no instructions included in the RFP for the Summary Page. What is required in the Summary Page?

See revised RFP.

45 Section L.4.4 N/A RFP pg. 93 Factor 1: Prior Experience is allotted 6 pages (no more than 2 pages per reference). So that offerors can use the space more efficiently, will the Government allow a total of 6 pages without the requirement for no more than 2 pages per reference?

No, the page limit per reference remains the same.

46 Section L.4.4 N/A RFP pg. 93 Factor 1: Mandatory Project Table can only be a maximum of 1 page. Given the requirement to address each Mandatory Experience Area, will the Government allow a maximum of 2 pages instead?

See revised RFP

47 Section L.4.4 N/A RFP pg. 93 The table in Section L.4.4 includes a 1-page "Summary Page" in Phase II: Volume IV. There are no instructions included in the RFP for the Summary Page. What is required in the Summary Page?

See revised RFP.

48 Section L.4.4 N/A RFP pg. 93 "Signed Amendment Standard Form(s)" is listed under Phase II: Volume II AND Phase II: Volume V.

Does the Government want the signed amendments in both Volumes or is this an error?

The Government requires signed amendment forms in both volumes.

49 Section L.5.1 N/A RFP pg. 94 Section L.5.1 states that the Cover Letter shall include "Name of your contract administration office." Please clarify what data is being requested/required. Is the Government requesting the offeror's Government ACO information or something different?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

50 Section L.5.1 N/A RFP pg. 94 Section L.5.1 states that the Cover letter shall include a "Statement committing the Offeror to the proposal." Does the Government have specific wording that is expected or required to be included in the letter to ensure compliance/acceptability of the offeror's commitment?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

51 Section L.5.1 N/A RFP pg. 94 Section L.5.1 states that "All assumptions (especially technical) must be identified in the Cover Letter. Except for pricing assumptions in Volume IV, assumptions identified in other areas of the proposal will not be considered." Please confirm that all pricing assumptions should be included in Volume V, not Volume IV, and correct the RFP as necessary. Please verify that no Pricing assumptions are to be included in the Phase 1 Cover Letter.

Pricing assumptions shall not be included in Phase I Cover letter.

52 Section L.5.2 N/A RFP pg. 94 Section L.5.2 states: "FAR 52.203-2, FAR 52.204-24, FAR 52.204-26, FAR 52.212-3, and HSAR 3052.209-72 shall be filled out by all Offerors." FAR 52.204-24 and FAR 52.204-26 are not included in the RFP. Since these are part of the SAM.gov electronic representations and certifications, will the Government remove this requirement?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

53 Section L.6.4 N/A RFP pg. 101 The instructions for the Mandatory Project Table state: "In addition to the 3 contract references above, Offerors shall fill in the table below with ongoing projects that have no less than 12 months of performance." Are these additional projects required to be ongoing or can they be completed within the last 4 years?

See revised RFP

54 Section L.6.4 N/A RFP pg. 101 Does the Mandatory Project Table need to include the 3 contract references provided under Prior Experience or can the relevant contracts provided in the table be completely different?

No, the projects must map to the contract references provided.

55 Section L.6.4 N/A RFP pg. 101 Please confirm that offerors should put narrative text in the Demonstrated Experience column of the Mandatory Project Table (vs. a check mark)?

Offerors shall use narrative text in the demonstrated experience columns.

56 Section L.6.4 N/A RFP pg. 101 How is "project" defined in the first paragraph on RFP pg. 101? Is "project" synonymous with "contract"?

No, A project is defined as work performed under a current or previous contract/task order reference provided. See revised RFP

57 Section L.9.1 N/A RFP pg. 105 Section L.9.1 states that during oral presentations, "Offerors will use the domain labor categories in Attachment J-1." Will offerors have access to use the additional labor categories identified in Attachment J-1 as they are available within the contract during solutioning for orals?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

58 L.9.3 N/A RFP pg. 107 Referencing "Rules of Engagement for Oral Presentations", can the offeror's machine used during the presentation connect to external websites to demonstrate capabilities or is the presentation material limited to static content like slides residing on the specific machine used during the presentation?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

59 Section L.9.6.8 N/A RFP pg. 110 Section L.9.6.8 states: "Offerors shall provide a separate narrative in Word or PDF format explaining the methodology for the pricing estimates in the Attachment J-1 Pricing Schedule."

Narrative pricing information is not listed in the table in Section L.4.4. Does the pricing narrative count as the "Summary Page" in Section L.4.4 or is it in addition to the Summary Page?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

60 Clause HSAR 3052.215-70 Key Personnel or Facilities (Dec 2003)

9.0, Key Personnel Solicitation Page 67, PWS Page 15

PWS Section 9.0, Key Personnel, lists 15 Roles but does not explicitly indicate which role(s) are key.

Solicitation clause HSAR 3052.215-70 Key Personnel or Facilities (Dec 2003) indicates that the only key personnel is the Project Manager (PM). Please confirm that only the PM is considered key personnel.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

61 L.1.2 RFP page 88 Section L.1.2 states the offeror shall provide a list of all subcontractors and teaming arrangements.

Please confirm if it is acceptable to provide a summary list of subcontractors and their role and that it is not necessary to provide the full teaming agreement documents for every subcontractor.

A list of all subcontractors and roles is acceptable for the summary page in Phase I. Offerors will be required to provide teaming agreements during Phase II. See RFP section L.9.5.

62 L.3.6 RFP page 91 Since these instructions refer to Phase II Oral Presentations, please confirm if the fourth bullet point is valid for the presentation, which would likely involve PowerPoint slides and not a Word document. We would also request the government please remove the 1/4 page limit for graphics, since Phase II will be delivered by Power Point it would be necessary to use larger graphics, especially for items such as an org chart.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

63 L.4.1 RFP page 92 For the Phase I submission, is it acceptable to use a minimum font size of Arial 8-pt for tables, charts, and graphics?

See revised RFP

64 L.8.1 RFP page 103 The first paragraph states the technical demonstrations are not to exceed 30 minutes. However, in the table on pages 107-108, it states 45 minutes will be allocated for the technical demonstration.

Please confirm 45 minutes will allowed for the technical demonstration.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

65 L.9.6 RFP page 110 Per the instructions in item 3, is it permissible to add formulas into the pricing spreadsheet to ensure proper calculation and linkages between rates across tabs, provided no new columns are added?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

66 L.6.1 RFP page 96 For the mandatory project table, the instructions start with, "In addition to the 3 contract references above…". Should the offeror fill out the mandatory project experience table using only the 3 contract references provided for the given domain, or should the table include all other relevant project experiences, not including the 3 detailed project references?

See revised RFP.

67 Attachment J1 SWIFT Pricing Template On the tabs for PaaS CLIN 1, PaaS CLIN 2, Collaborative CLIN 5, and Collaborative CLIN 6, there are two rows on each tab that both list "Senior Software Developer". Was one of these rows supposed to use a different labor category, such as "SME - Software Developer"?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

68 Attachment J7 LCATA page 1 "Entry-Level" labor categories require 2 years of experience and a HS diploma or GED. Can an Associates or Bachelors Degree be substituted for the 2 years of experience?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

69 Attachment J7 LCATA page 1 Can the government provide the years of experience substitution requirements for an Associates, Bachelors, and Masters degree? For example, Associates Degree = 2 years of experience;

Bachelors Degree = 4 years of experience; Masters Degree = 6 years of experience.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

70 Attachment J-1_SWIFT Pricing Template PaaS CLIN 1 (T&M) PaaS CLIN 2

(FFP)

Sheet 2 Could the Government please specify whether the "Software Developer" labor categories listed on lines 9 - 11 are for Applications or System Software?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

71 L.3.4 Phase I Submission Due Date 90 Can the government please grant a 5-day extension to Phase I due date? The changes in the Final RFP requiring two Prior Experience contracts must be from the Prime is a non-insignificant change from the Draft RFP and necessitates some more time to forumulate Phase I response.

See SF30 proposal submission date.

72 L.3.6 Phase II Oral Presentations General

Proposal Instructions 91 This proposal instructions section applies only to Phase II proposals, however there are proposal document format requirements listed. Do any of the requirements in this section apply also to Phase I proposals and can the government indicate as such? See revised RFP.

73 L.3.6 Phase II Oral Presentations General Proposal Instructions

91 Can the government please confirm that the referenced "Technical Proposal Volume (Volume III)" aligns to the Phase II: Volume III in the table on page 93, consisting of Cover Letter, SB Subcontracting Plan, Evidence of Approved Accounting System, Signed Amendment Forms?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and

74 L.4 PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS

L.4.4 Volumes and Organization 92 For SBA approved Mentor Protege Joint Ventures, will the government require Phase I submission of SBA approved Mentor Protege Agreement and JV Agreement?

SBA approved Mentor Protege Agreement and JV Agreement may be provided under Phase I. Official documenation will be required in Phase II.

75 L.6 SUBMISSION OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE – Phase I- Factor 1

94 The government states for joint ventures "the prior experience performed as a Prime for each party to the joint venture may be considered." For the small business Hyper Automation and Visualization domains, will the government consider requiring for SBA approved Mentor Protege JVs, that the small business Protege must provide at least two of the prior experience contracts?

As it is currently stated, a large business Mentor could provide all three prior experience contracts which creates an unfair advantage in a small business competition. See revised RFP

76 L.6.1 Platform as a Service (PaaS) L.6.2 HyperAutomation L.6.3 Visualization L.6.4 Collaborative Services

96, 97, 99, 101 Can the government please confirm the following for the Mandatory Experience requirements in each domain?

a. That any project cited in the Mandatory Experience table must come from the projects being provided for Prior Experience?

b. The text for Mandatory Experience states "ongoing projects that have no less than 12 months of performance." Please confirm that this includes completed projects with no less than 12 months of performance? See revsied RFP

77 L.6.2 HyperAutomation L.6.3 Visualization

96, 98 For the small business domains can the government please consider reducing the minimum per year amount to "approximately $1M per year" to further promote small business participation in this requirement? See revised RFP

78 L.9.2 MANAGEMENT APPROACH 105 The government states "The Offeror shall address management and coordination between prime and subcontractors". For the small business Hyper Automation and Visualization domains, will the government consider requiring for SBA approved Mentor Protege JVs, the Offeror must additionally address management and coordination between the protege and the mentor?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

79 L.9.3 Oral Presentation Logistics and Rules of Engagement

106 This section states "At least 3 of the seven participants must be current employees of the Prime."

For the small business Hyper Automation and Visualization domains, will the government consider requiring for SBA approved Mentor Protege JVs, that the small business Protege must provide at least three of the seven participants? As it is currently stated, a large business Mentor could provide all seven participants which creates an unfair advantage in a small business competition.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

80 L.9.5 FACTOR 3 -SMALL BUSINESS

PARTICIPATION PLAN (SBPP) PROPOSAL

109 Can the government please confirm that Small Business Participation Plan requirements do NOT apply to small business domains Hyper Automation and/or Visualization, as small business is already required to perform the majority of the work?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

81 L.9.6 PRICE PROPOSAL - Factor 4

8. Narrative Pricing Information

110 8. Narrative Pricing Information section states Offerors shall provide a separate narrative in Volume IV, Pricing Narrative. Can the government confirm which row this narrative document aligns to in the L.4.4 Volumes and Organization table on page 93? Shall Offerors submit this instead within Volume V?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

82 M. 2..3 113 Section M. 2..3 states "The subcontracting plan and evidence of an approved accounting system shall be submitted under Volume II and evaluated on an ACCEPTABLE / UNACCEPTABLE basis." Can the government confirm when and where these are to be submitted, as the updated L.4.4 Volumes and Organization table on page 93 states these are part of Phase II: Volume III?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

83 Attachment J-1 SWIFT Pricing Template When opening Attachment J-1 there is a warning regarding circular references where a formula refers to its own cell either directly or indirectly. Can the government advise where this reference is or correct it?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

84 Attachment J-1 SWIFT Pricing Template T&M CLINs Can the government please clarify how Subcontractor Labor Categories are to be utilized for the T&M CLINs and how assignment of specific labor categories to Subcontractors will factor into evaluation? I.e. if the Offeror has Subcontractors on their team, are they required to assign labor categories to Subcontractors on T&M CLIN, or can the Subcontractor section be left blank because all labor categories and hours are accounted for through the Prime?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

85 Attachment J-1 SWIFT Pricing Template HyperAutomation CLIN

4 (FFP)

Can the government clarify why the LCATs for HyperAutomation CLIN 4 FFP are not the same as the LCATs in HyperAutomation CLIN 3 T&M? I.e. Senior PM, Journeyman ScrumMaster, Journeyman Training and Development Specialist, Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Tester are in CLIN 3, but not CLIN 4.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

86 Attachment J-1 SWIFT Pricing Template Visualization CLIN 8

(FFP)

Can the government clarify why the LCATs for Visualization CLIN 8 FFP are not the same as the LCATs in Visualization CLIN 7 T&M? I.e. Senior PM, Journeyman ScrumMaster, Senior Data Architect, Senior Software Developer, Journeyman Training and Development Specialist, Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Tester, Journeyman Information Security Analyst are in CLIN 7, but not CLIN 8.

Junior Software Develpoer, Journeyman Data Architect are in CLIN 8, but not CLIN 7.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and

87 RFP Section L.4.1 N/A 92 In section L.4.1 Format of Written Proposal the government indicates that "print shall be of a minimum 12-point font size." Will the government permit information provided in tables to be a minimum of Arial 8-point font size in alignment with the government's formatting requirements for Phase II in section L.3.6 which states "Offerors shall use Arial in a 12-point font or larger text and a minimum of Arial 8-point font for tables and graphics"?

See revised RFP

88 RFP Section L.5.2 N/A 94 In section L.5.2 Clauses and Provisions the government indicates that "FAR 52.203-2, FAR 52.204- 24, FAR 52.204-26, FAR 52.212-3, and HSAR 3052.209-72 shall be filled out by all Offerors. " By all offerors, does the government mean each offeror including subcontractors or just the Prime?

The Offeror (Prime) who will be submitting a proposal in response to the solicitation.

89 RFP Section L.4.4 N/A 93 In section L.4.4, Phase II, the Government requires that Signed Amendment Standard Form(s) be submitted in Volume III and Volume V. Can the Government confirm that Offerors are to provide the Signed Amendment Standard Form(s) in both volumes?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

90 RFP Section L.4.4 N/A 93 In section L.4.4, Phase II, the Government requires a Summary Page to be included in Volumes IV and V. Can the Government provide details on what information is expected to be included in the Summary Page?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

91 RFP Section L.6 N/A 95 The RFP states "For Offerors that are joint ventures, if the joint venture does not demonstrate prior experience, then the prior experience performed as a Prime for each party to the joint venture may be considered." Is it the government's intent to allow joint venture members to use any member’s experience as a prime and/or as a subcontractor for the Phase 1 response, or is it limited to only experience as a prime of the joint venture members?

See revised RFP.

92 L.6.2 HyperAutomation N/A 97 Would the Government please confirm that the Mandatory Experience table can be filled out with any project experience that meets the requirements, and not only from the experience from the 3 cited references?

See revised RFP

93 L.6.2 HyperAutomation N/A 97 Can the offeror provide multiple examples for each Mandatory experience area, or is the Government expecting only 1 experience citation per mandatory experience area?

See revised RFP

94 L.6.2 HyperAutomation N/A 97 Would the Government please confirm that the mandatory experience can be from either a subcontractor or the prime contractor?

See revised RFP

95 L.6.2 HyperAutomation N/A 96 Which is the preferred cloud provider? Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure Gov Cloud? See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

96 L.3.6 91 The RFP states, "Other than the mandatory tables required, Offerors shall limit tables, charts and graphics to less than ¼ page per volume submission." To provide a much easier read and evaluation, will the government please accept graphics, charts and tables to each be larger than 1/4 of a page and to allow for more than one graphic or table per volume.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

97 L.3.6, L.4.4 91, 93 The RFP states, "The Technical Proposal Volume (Volume III) shall be submitted in Microsoft Word or a searchable PDF document. Documentation submitted in any other format shall not be considered by the Government." Given that Factor 2, Technical Demonstrations and Staffing Approach/Management, require slides, please confirm and update the RFP to state that Factor 2, Volume III shall be submitted in PowerPoint or a searchable PDF document.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

98 L.3.6, L.4.1 91, 92 Will the government please consider 12 point TimesNewRoman font for Microsoft Word documents and keep the minimum 8pt Arial font for charts, tables and graphics, including the powerpoint slidedecks for Phase II.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

99 L.3.6, L.4.1 91, 92 Please confirm that disclosures, headers and footers are not included in the font size requirements and can be smaller.

The disclosures, headers and footers are not included in the font size requirements.

100 L.2.1 89 The RFP states all correspondence to this effort shall be emailed to the POCs (CO and CS) and also via the SWIFT Mailbox, but then states proposals sent directly to these POCs will not be evaluated.

Please confirm that proposals and all correspondence shall be submitted via the SWIFT mailbox and also emailed to the CO and CS.

See revised RFP. Proposal submissions shall be submitted to the SWIFT Mailbox.

101 L.4.4 Will the government allow for Prior Experience Summary Page to be extended to three pages for inclusion of explanation of offers capabilities aligned to the scope of the Domain proposed?

No, the page count remains the same.

102 L.95 109 Please confirm that for Factor 3, Volume IV SBPP, we can incorporate Attachment J-4 in our Word document volume.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

103 Attachment J-7 N/A The various levels for the Labor Categories refer to years of experience and a desired degree. If individuals have the desired degree would that reduce the years of directly related experience required?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and

104 Attachment J-1 N/A In the CLIN pricing tabs in Attachment J-1, there are multiple instances of Software Developer labor categories that don't have a clear mapping to the SWIFT Labor Categories tab. For example, in the "PaaS CLIN 1 (T&M)" tab, there is a Junior Software Developer row and two Senior Software Developer rows, each with hours aligned to them. However, in the SWIFT Labor Categories tab, the government provides both a "Software Developer, Applications" LCAT and a "Software Developer, Systems Software" LCAT. Could the government clarify which LCATs are to be used in the CLIN pricing tabs?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

105 Attachment J-7 N/A Attachment J-1, SWIFT Labor Categories tab includes a Document Management Specialist LCAT, but that LCAT is not included in the Attachment J-7_SWIFT LCAT Descriptions file. Could the government add a description of the Document Management Specialist LCAT to Attachment J-7?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

106 Attachment J-1 N/A In Attachment J-1, "SWIFT Labor Categories" tab: columns are provided for inputting labor rates for each calendar year (2022, 2023, …, 2027) for a total of six different rates. However, in the CLIN pricing tabs, rates need to be inputted by contract year (2022/23, 2023/24,…, 2026/27) for a total of five different rates. Does the government want the rates by calendar year or the rates by contract year?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

107 Attachment J-1 N/A The SWIFT labor categories appear to be from the GSA Alliant II Schedule. Will the government please confirm that this is a GSA bid?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

108 Attachment J-1 CLINs 9, 10, 11 Please confirm that offerors, regardless of which or how many domains they are bidding, need to include the full not-to-exceed amounts provided for SW Licenses, Travel, and Mininum Guarantee

(FFP).

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

109 Attachment J-1 "CLIN Totals" tab In the CLIN Totals tab, the government states, "T&M CLINs can be split between PRIME and Subcontractor but should not exceed government estimated totals for the labor category." Please clarify what the estimated totals refer to.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

110 Attachment J-1 N/A In the T&M CLIN tabs, do offerors have the flexibility to propose labor categories that are not listed under the prime labor category section? Or must the subcontractor labor categories be taken from the provided list of prime LCATs in the T&M CLIN tabs?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

111 Attachment J-1 N/A For the FFP and T&M CLIN tabs, is the offeror permitted to provide rate-level discounts off the BPA rates in the SWIFT Labor Categories tab? Or is the expectation that the offeror will simply tranpose the rates provided in the SWIFT Labor Categories tab?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

112 Attachment J-1 and SF-1449 N/A The CLIN numbers in SF-1449 appear to be different than the numbers in Attachment J-1. For instance, does CLIN 3 in SF-1449 corresponds to CLIN 9 in Attachment J-1? Does CLIN 4 in SF-1449 corresponds to CLIN 10 in Attachment J-1? Does CLIN 5 in SF-1449 corresponds to CLIN 11 in Attachment J-1?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

113 SF-1449 N/A The quantity for Software licenses in the SF-1449 ($100 million) does not correspond to what is provided for software licenses in Attachment J-1 ($86.78 million). The quantity provided for travel in the SF-1449 ($100 million) likewise doesn't correspond to what is provided in Attachment J-1 ($1 million). Can the government confirm which numbers are correct?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

114 Attachment J-1 N/A In the SF-1449 and the CLIN Totals tab of Attachment 1, CLIN 9 is called "Software Licenses" but in the CLIN 9 tab, it is called "Licenses and Professional Services." Is CLIN 9 an NTE for licenses only or does the NTE also include possible labor surge pricing for professional services? If it is the latter, can the government provide an estimate of the percentage of the NTE that will be used for procuring licenses?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

115 Attachment J-1 N/A For CLIN 9 Software Licenses, please confirm that when drawing from this CLIN, the contractor will procure the licenses on behalf of the Government only and that the Government intends to retain ownership of all licenses procured during the lifecycle of the contract?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

116 L.3.10 92 RFP states that the proposal validity must not be less than 180 days "from the date the solicitation closed." Please confirm that "solicitation closed" refers to Phase II submission date?

See revised RFP.

117 Attachment J-1 N/A In the CLIN Totals tab, the government states, "There is no anticipated mark-up fee in connection to travel; the vendor will be reimbursed for travel at cost." Please confirm that offerors are not restricted from adding indirect rates to travel cost which is in accordance with the offeror's disclosed and approved accounting process.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

118 L.9.6 110 Throughout the RFP document, Price volume is alternatively referenced as both Volume IV and V.

please confirm that the price volume is Volume V.

See RFP sections L.3.2 and L.3.5. Phase II question and answer period will be provided in the Advisory Down Select notices.

119 L.3.6, L.9.6 91, 110 The Price Volume instructions on Page 91, Page 110 appear to contradict each other. Will the Government please confirm that the narrative of Volume V should be a separate word document?

See RFP sections L.3.2 and…