70RCSA21R00000003 Amendment 1 - Government Responses 07132021.pdf

Q&A Government Responses RFP 70RCSA21R00000003 Amendment 1 – PS-SETA

Question

Solicitation File Name

Solicitation Section

Page # Question Government Response

1 70RCSA21R00

000003-1-

SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.4.2

(last sub-bullet) and

5.4.5.9 and 12.0

11 “The Contractor shall develop a GETS and WPS Security Classification Guide to incorporate any technical or administrative changes or modifications required. A review is required on an annual basis and an update is required every five years.” There is no corresponding deliverable listed in para 12.0 Deliverables. Please clarify?

A review is required on an annual basis and an update is required every five years. This deliverable is added into the SOW with track changes enabled.

2 70RCSA21R00

000003-1-

SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.4.3

and 12.0

11 Para 5.4.3 Technical Analysis White Papers states that “… as many as twenty (20) issue papers per year …”, however para 12.0 Deliverables PTS Technical Analysis White Papers estimates 1/year.

Please clarify?

Updated to ten (10) issue papers per year.

3 70RCSA21R00

000003-1-

SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.4.4.1

and 12.0

12 Para 5.4.4.1 Engineering Assessments states that “… up to approximately 90 document reviews per year.” However, para 12.0 para 5.4.4 PTS Program Technical requirements documentation Reviews estimates only 5 per year. Please clarify?

Added Para 5.4.4.1 to the Deliverable Schedule.

4 70RCSA21R00

000003-1-

SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.4.5.7 14 Para 5.4.5.7 SRAS Engineering Deliverable/Documentation Reviews states that “The Government anticipated up to a maximum of twenty (10) document reviews per year.” Is twenty the correct number of reviews to expect?

The Government anticipates up to a maximum of ten (10) document reviews per year. The SOW is updated.

5 70RCSA21R00

000003-1-

SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.9.1.2

and 5.9.2 and 12.0

29 Para 5.9.1.2 states a requirement to update the PTS and TSP Messaging Strategy biannually; is this meant to correspond with the Marketing Strategy Plan requirement (every 6 months) under para

5.92 in para 12.0 Deliverables? Please clarify?

A Marketing Strategy Plan (every 12 months) is required and corresponds to

5.9.1. The SOW is updated.

6 70RCSA21R00

000003-1-

SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.9.3

and 12.0

29 Para 5.9.3 describes a reporting requirement for Customer Support that appears to be the Customer Service Activities Report that is

Correct, it should be 5.9.3 (correction has been made).

Question

Solicitation File Name

Solicitation Section

Page # Question Government Response referenced in Para 12.0. Should the Task reference in para 12.0 be 5.9.3 vice 5.9.1?

7 70RCSA21R00

000003-1-

SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.9.3

and 12.0

29 Para 5.9.3 specifies the requirement to deliver an annual customer support strategy. Should this be added to para 12.0 as a deliverable?

Yes, added.

8 70RCSA21R00

000003-1-

SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.13.2

and 12.0

37 The last sub-bullet of para 5.13.2 states the transition plan is due 60 days prior to the expiration of the contract. Para 12.0 states that the transition plan is due 30 days prior to end of the contract. Please clarify?

Plan is due 30 days prior to end of the contract. The SOW is updated.

9 70RCSA21R00

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SOW

06032021.pdf

SOW, 5.4.5.3

SRAS

Engineering

13 -

Under SOW paragraph 5.4.5 SRAS Engineering, all subparagraphs except 5.4.5.3 through 5.4.5.6 specifically refer to support for SRAS. Are subparagraphs 5.4.5.3 through 5.4.5.6 intended to also apply to PTS testing in general or only to

SRAS?

Subparagraphs 5.4.5.3 through 5.4.5.6 apply to PTS testing for (GETS/WPS/SRAS).

10 70RCSA21R00

000003-0-RFP

06252021.pdf

RFP, L.4,

Section 1, 3rd paragraph, last sentence.

71 Please confirm that Offerors are not required to provide a copy of their CASB Disclosure Statement and DCMA Adequacy Determination Letter.

A copy of the CASB Disclosure Statement and DCMA Adequacy Determination Letter is required.

11 70RCSA21R00

000003-0-RFP

06252021.pdf

RFP, B.5.

Other Direct Costs and Pricing Schedule Attachment

5 Section B.5 refers to “material/ODCs” and Attachment 2 includes a plug amount of $250k ($50K per year) for ODC CLIN X014. Please confirm that CLIN X014 is not specifically a materials CLIN.

CLIN X014 is not specifically a materials CLIN. We anticipate service plan charges and other expenses to incur under CLIN X014.

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Solicitation File Name

Solicitation Section

Page # Question Government Response

12 70RCSA21R00

000003-0-RFP

06252021.pdf

RFP L4,

Section 1, 4th paragraph.

The RFP states “all direct and indirect rates proposed are subject to DCAA verification.” Will DHS accept Offerors price proposals marked “Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)” if forward pricing rate agreements (FPRAs) are marked as “CUI” by DCMA?

Yes, that is fine.

13 General General NA Please provide the Award type for this opportunity If you’re referring to the Contract Type, the Contract Type is anticipated to be a hybrid Contract Type consisting of Firm-Fixed- Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) and Cost-Reimbursable (CR) Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs).

14 General General NA In reviewing the RFP Section L, Factor 3 requires a compensation plan (“Offeror’s management approach shall include a total compensation plan setting forth salaries…”). However, Section L.2 specifies that the technical volume may not contain any reference to cost and resource information. Given that compensation plans typically require several pages to provide the required information (thus, impacting the limited page count available for the technical volume) and given the requirement for not including cost information, we recommend that the Government require that the compensation plan be provided as part of the cost volume, or exclude the compensation plan from page count and give us an exception on including cost data in the technical volume.

Yes, please provide the compensation plan as part of the cost volume.