Copy_of_V4.1_Updated_LCSC_Comment_Matrix_and_Responses_Aug.30.pdf

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DRAFT LCSC Performance Work

Statement

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Referenced paragraph refers to the audit of overhead rates prior to submittal of rates proposals by DCAA or other 3rd party. Please clarify the intent here. FAR 15.403(a) and (b) assert that when there is adequate competition -- no additional data is necessary in order to determine the reasonableness of price. No additional data necessary meaning pricing does not require the breakout into the different cost elements of overhead, G&A, FCOM. There is competition up front in this procurement -- and that will drive rates and pricing to the best they can be as each contractor wants the coveted single IDIQ award.

Furthermore the intent of the award and subsequent Task Orders issued will be Fixed Price -- all the risk on the Contractor. Given all of the foregoing, we believe an audit of indirect rates and submittal with the proposal is not necessary for this particular circumstance. Can you elaborate on why the need for an audit when FAR 15.403 allows for price reasonableness be determined by competition?

DRAFT LCSC Performance Work

Statement

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Referenced paragraph states that "…a broad range of project management services related to FEMA Logistics'…" calls for an array of project labor skills that specialize in project management, construction, transportation, inventory, cost analysis, financial planning, demolition, excavation, site preparation and much more. In pricing the broad scope of this effort, the identification of the project labor categories that will be needed to provide solutions during emergencies can be done so they are allocated in the IDIQ upon award and exercised accordingly by each TO (and different specific scope) award subsequent to that. Each project labor category will have allocated its FIRM FIXED PRICE rate -- that is a fully burdened rate plus profit -- and the competition evaluation between offerors can be made on the basis of those rates. The menu of project labor categories should be the same -- and therefore issued in the RFP --thus requiring all offerors populate those project categories with fixed rates allowing for a clean competitive evaluation for every offeror.

The result is evident with a competitive evaluation of proposals --price and other factors considered. This methodology can be a consistent, flexible mechanism to implement an effective tool for the long term in responding to requirements. Please consider this approach or like methodology for the pricing requirement of the RFP.

LCSC Comment Matrix

Draft Statement of Objectives: General 2 3rd paragraph

N/A "A Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) has been developed to monitor all required services under the contract." Is the PRS available for review? If not, will the PRS be included in the final RFP when released?

Draft Statement of Objectives:

Objectives

3 2nd paragraph

N/A "FEMA anticipates that this solicitation will result in a multiple award

IDIQ contract…" How many IDIQ awards does FEMA expect to make?

Draft Statement of Objectives:

Objectives

3 2nd paragraph

N/A Does FEMA intend to assign awardees to regions, or will task orders be competed among awardees?

Draft Statement of Objectives: General N/A N/A N/A Does FEMA foresee conflicts of interest between LCSC awardees and LOGHOUSE prime and subcontractors? Are LOGHOUSE prime and subcontractors prohibited from competing for the LCSC contract?

Draft Statement of Objectives: General N/A N/A N/A Does FEMA foresee conflicts of interest between a contractor supporting both the DHAT and LCSC contracts?

Draft Statement of Objectives: General N/A N/A N/A In terms of percentage of subcontracting dollars, what are the small business subcontracting goals for this contract?

Draft Statement of Objectives: General N/A N/A N/A

The acquisition contract indicates that FAR Part 36.6 (Brooks A-E

Act) selection procedures will apply. However, the associated NAICS codes are Administrative and Support Services (561)/Facilities

Support Services (561210). Can you please advise if an offeror will be required to be identified as an A-E vendor (per NAICS) to be considered for the forthcoming contract?

Response

Removed

Removed -- Please see FAR 15.4: Contract

Pricing

LCSC Comment Matrix

Revised -- The contractor must include with their proposal Performance Requirement Summary

(PRS) that FEMA will incorporate to a quality assurance plan for program oversight. All performance standards and surveillance plans are subject to CO and COR approval. The

Government performs surveillance to determine if the Contractor exceeds, meets or does not meet these standards.

See following sentence under Contract

Objectives: "FEMA will issue task orders under this contract, as required to meet the needs of the Agency’s disaster response/recovery operation." FEMA will issue task orders under this contract, as required to meet the needs of the Agency's disaster response/recovery operation. The government makes no represetnation as to the number of awards made, task orders, or actual amount of work to be ordered

Competed among awardees

Contractors and sub-contractors awarded work under LogHOUSE are not eligible for award(s) under this IDIQ

No, FEMA does not anticipate a conflict of interest for contractors supporting both DHAT and LCSC

Please refer to FAR 19.704 -- Subcontracting

Plan Requirements.

Brooks Act Removed