70T05025R5900N002_CLARIFICATION_3.21.25.xlsx
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This document is a clarification spreadsheet for the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Screening Partnership Program (SPP) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) solicitation (RFP 70T05025R5900N002). The solicitation seeks commercial vendors to provide comprehensive airport passenger, baggage, and cargo screening services nationwide. TSA plans to award approximately nine small business IDIQ contracts and six awards to other than small businesses, with the IDIQ ordering period anticipated from September 2025 through August 2035.
The spreadsheet addresses several key clarification points, including requirements for Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs), which must be sent directly by reference customers to DeAndre Rawlings, and guidance on corporate experience submission. Specifically, for the corporate experience factor, offerors can describe their full history of airport screening services, but the evaluation will focus on experience within the last three years. The solicitation requires detailed proposal submissions, including a Small Business Subcontracting/Utilization Plan using the DHS Form 700-23, with specific small business and socio-economic category goals to be used in the proposal.
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| Solicitation Number | RFP Section | RFP Paragraph | RFP Page Number | RFP Topic | RFP Question | Government Answer | |
| SPP IDIQ RFP_70T05025R5900N0002 | Part II - List of Documents, Exhibits & Other Attachments | Part II - List of Documents, Exhibits & Other Attachments | page 113 of 143 | Contract | Regarding the TSA Clarification that the "The RFP references Attachment D in section L.5.2.1 Factor 3: Past Performance. The pdf attachment was uploaded to sam.gov at the RFP's initial release and the offeror is required to submit the questionnaire to their reference(s) per section L.5.2.1" and the TSA Clarification that "Attachment D is the PPQ that will be sent to DeAndre Rawlings on or before the due date for proposal submission," is the PPQ supposed to be send by our references directly to DeAndre or are they to be included in our Proposal submission (i.e. send to DeAndre from the Offeror)? | Attachment D should be sent from the offeror’s contract reference customer/COR directly to DeAndre Rawlings at deandre.rawlings@tsa.dhs.gov. | |
| SPP IDIQ RFP_70T05025R5900N0002 | L.5 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS | Small Business Subcontracting/Utilization Plan | page 135 of 141 | Contract | Regarding the TSA Clarification that the "Offerors should follow the directions per DHS Form 700-23 to develop their small business plans, the DHS Form 700-23 as provided does not have any small business goals. Please advise what goals an Offeror should use. | Section L.5.3.2 - Required Proposal Compliance Information is revised to include theSmall and Socio-Economic category goals table | |
| SPP IDIQ RFP_70T05025R5900N0002 | L.5.1.1 - Factor 1 Corporate Experience | page 136 | Program | In the recently released answers to questions, it was stated that corporate experience remains subject to a 3-year requirement. However, the instructions seem ambiguous regarding the evaluation of corporate experience. Specifically, the instructions require that the narrative address the "Company's number of years of experience providing airport screening services," but also specify that experience must be within the last three years. | |||
| For example, if a company’s number of years of corporate experience providing airport security screening services is 12 years, it sounds like the offeror is only allowed to describe 3 of those years of experience. Could TSA please clarify whether the evaluation of corporate experience will consider the full duration of a company's experience (e.g., 12 years) if submitted, or if only the last three years of experience will be considered for this evaluation factor? | Sections L.5.1.1 Factor 1: Corporate Experience and Section M.3.1 Factor 1: Corporate Experience are revised. See Amendment 00006 | ||||||
| SPP IDIQ RFP_70T05025R5900N0002 | Section L.5.2.1 | page 137 | Contract | Section L.5.2.1 Factor 3: Past Performance states, "Furthermore, an Offeror will be required to complete a Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment D) |
if the contracts that are submitted in accordance with L.5.2.1 are non-federal contracts."
However, Q&A #43 and #55 state all past performance contract references that are not in CPARS should have an accompanying PPQ.
Additionally, Q&A #3 states the PPQ attachment is only required if the past performance listed a non federal contract.
Section L requirements remain unchanged and these three Q&A responses conflict.
Can the Government confirm Federal contracts are exempt from PPQ requirements as written in Section L.5.2.1? Any contract that is not in CPARS should be accompanied by a PPQ
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