AGS questions and answers 080725.pdf

RFP/SOW

Page

Number

RFP/SOW Section

Reference Question

PROPOSAL

INSTRUCTIONS

Are Cover Letter, Table of Contents, and

Resumes and CLIN pricing sheet excluded from the 20 page limit in length? Response:

Yes, the referenced areas are excluded from the current page limit (50).

PROPOSAL

INSTRUCTIONS

Is the page limit 20 pages? In previous solicitations the page limit was 50 pages for these efforts and 20 pages for Task

Orders. Would you be open to expanding the page limit to 50 pages in keeping with the previous solicitation? Response: Yes, we recommend expanding the page limit to 50 pages excluding Cover Letter, Table of

Contents, Resumes, and CLIN pricing sheet.

Attch B Pricing Contract

Base

Can Labor Categories be added to expand the offering for the government to meet their specific needs? Response: Recommend no labor categories be added as this may impact the contract not to exceed cost.

Item number 0001AC is listed in the pricing document but not in the solicitation. Should this be included? Response: Yes

PROPOSAL

INSTRUCTIONS

Should SF33, Certifications Required under

Section K, and the Small Business

Subcontracting Plan be included in the

Business Proposal Response: Yes

Will FEMA consider adding Project Manager and Mid-Level Planner labor categories?

Response: Recommend no labor categories be added as this may impact the contract not to exceed cost.

If Labor Categories can be added, will FEMA please provide estimated hours in order to have comparable pricing proposals?

Response: Recommend no labor categories be added as this may impact the contract not to exceed cost.

Page Section Paragraph Questions

75 L Proposal

Instructions

The Section L instructions appear to be missing a majority of the proposal file instructions, and the details found in the Section M Evaluation Criteria.

Question: Can you please confirm that Section L of “2.2.1_70FB7025R00000006_AGS.pdf” is complete?

Instructions have been updated in section L and M.

78 M.2 2.

Demonstrated Experience

“The degree in which the Offeror demonstrated that the Key Personnel will fulfill the requirements and duties found in the PWS and has all the required experience as described in Attachment 2– Labor Category Description.”

There is no Attachment 2 included in the RFP files on Deltek GovWin or SAM.gov.

Question: Will Attachment 2 Labor Category Description document be provided? Attachment E will be uploaded

76 L Proposal

Instructions

Instructions specify a 20-page limit on technical. It is challenging to address all requirements and a response to Hurricane Bradley within this limitation, please amend. 2021 RFP allowed for 50+ pages. Response:

Yes, recommend RFP limit response be extended to Not to Exceed (NTE) 50 pages

PWS

Task

Task 005; will FEMA provide approvals and waivers to allow contractor for air and ground movement into the area of operations? Single point of contact and process to verify? Any potential waivers will be considered for review by the FEMA program office and contracting officer at time of task order award.

PWS

Task

Worked Shelter

Worker Shelter; understanding the contractor requirement, If consolidated resources between FEMA and Contractor were utilized a smaller and more efficient parasitic footprint would be facilitated as well as a collapsing footprint as exfil takes place.

QUESTION: Will this also be a consideration during preplanning? Response: Recommend no changes to this requirement as stated in the PWS.

Section M

Demonstrated Experience

Under, the government states that the offer will be evaluated on “The degree in which the Offeror demonstrated that the Key Personnel will fulfill the requirements and duties found in the PWS and has all the required experience as described in Attachment 2–

Labor Category Description.” Is the offeror supposed to propose “key staff” in the Demonstrated Experience section? Additionally, there is no Attachment 2 – labor category description of Key Personnel. Can the government provide Attachment 2 with a definitive list of all the key personnel positions and the government’s requirements for each of those positions? Attachment E will be uploaded.

Does the government want resumes for proposed key personnel? If so, is there a page limit for each resume?

If resumes are required, we request that they not count against the 20-page technical proposal page limit? Response: Yes, resumes are requested for key personnel and pages should not exceed 3 pages per key personnel. Recommend resume pages be not counted against technical proposal pages.

Section M does not provide information on how Past Performance will be evaluated. How many projects does the government want submitted and what are the requirements for those projects, e.g. limits on age, etc.

? Response: The Offeror shall provide relevant past performance information in relation to similar complexity and magnitude of this procurement, considering such factors as similar size, scope, complexity, completed by the firm. The Offeror shall identify three (3) to five (5) contracts or task orders

Does the government require CPAR information for Federal Past Performance Projects and if commercial projects are used, does the government have a past performance questionnaire that they will require to be completed? Response: Yes, CPARS are recommended.

No Questionnaire other than providing the information request in section M.

When the government procured services for this requirement in 2021, the government allowed for a 50-page technical proposal for essentially the same requirements presented in this solicitation. Will the government increase the technical proposal page limitation to 50 pages? Response: Yes, recommend increases technical proposal pages to NTE 50 pages.

Section M

Response Date Given the number of questions and how critical answers to these questions are to an offeror preparing a proposal, we request that the submission deadline be extended to 30 days after the government provides responses to these questions. Response: The date for proposals is indicated as August 28, 2025 at 12:00PM ET. No additional days will be granted.