70RWMD22R000000100001 Attachment 1QandAs.pdf

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4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE

09/21/2022

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

70RWMD22R00000010

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

09/21/2022

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a)By completing items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

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AMENDMENT CONTROL NUMBER : 70RWMD22R00000010

SUMMARY OF CHANGES : The purpose of Amendment 0001 to RFP 70RWMD22R00000010 for Topic Solicitation 13 is to provide the Government’s Response to the Offeror Questions. The questions and government responses can be found in the attached document.

Attachment: Amendment 0001 RFP 70RWMD22R00000010 Topic Solicitation 10 Q&As (2 pages)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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Vendor Q&A Amendment # 0001 for RFP # 70RWMD22R00000010

# Reference Question Response 1 RFP/Attachment #1 Please clarify whether Phase 3 is the Critical Design Review (CDR) and not another Preliminary Design Review period following the PDR scheduled in Phase 2?

Phase 3 is a CDR if the PDR in Phase 2 was successful. If the PDR was unsuccessful, then another PDR would be required for continuing on.

2 RFP/Attachment #1 Please clarify the level of effort that should be included by the offeror in Phase 4 and Phase 5, specifically, should resource planning within the bid include the testing planned and demonstration needs, or should the offeror only include the deliverables to cover the plans for the testing & demonstration?

Phase IV has limited vendor testing, enough to convince vendor and CWMD that the down-selected material is worthy of pursuing further effort. Phase V should include nominal testing (characterization) by vendor for the key performance factors, with limited CWMD participation. CWMD participation is more advisory. Key performance factors include specificity, efficiency, environmental robustness, radiation hardness.

3 RFP/Attachment #1 Please provide clarification regarding the specifications. Within Attachment 1, on page 4, the solicitation states regarding material selection, ‘Focus should consider important performance characteristics such as sensitivity (efficiency) and isotope identification specificity (energy resolution).’ However, in the specifications sited on page 5, only parameters for specificity are referenced. Does the Government have parameters for sensitivity?

There is no fixed specification on efficiency as the importance of other factors (e.g., specificity, robustness) may outweigh a lower efficiency. The aim is to have efficiencies typical of NaI, CZT, TlBr more so than PVT.

Questions for CWMD OBAA Topic Solicitation No. 13: 70RWMD22R00000010