Atch 6_QA Responses 2 Amd 3.xlsx
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- Forensics Software Packages (A) Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 70US0924R70094619
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This document is a Question and Answer (Q&A) matrix related to a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to acquire various forensics software packages, brand name or equal, for the United States Secret Service (USSS) National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI).
The key details include:
- The USSS is acquiring six types of forensics software packages to be used in NCFI training courses, including Cyber Triage, Oxygen Forensic Detective, CellHawk, TRM Forensics, Amped Five, and Authenticate.
- The contract will be a 5-year commercial IDIQ with a technical refresh each ordering period.
- The Q&A addresses coordination between the contractor and software vendors for delivery, acceptance, license activation, and training, as well as the contractor's responsibilities for tracking software licenses and resolving post-delivery issues.
- Pricing for the software and associated labor is to be provided as an all-inclusive unit price.
- The procurement is a Small Business Set-Aside with a NAICS code of 334614 and a $41.5M size standard.
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Other files for this federal contract opportunity
| File | Type | Posted |
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| Attachment 1 SOW Software A IDIQ Amd 3.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attachment 6 Question Answer Matrix Amd 2.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attachment 1 SOW Software A IDIQ Amd 2.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attachment 4 Instructions to Offerors Amd 2.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attachment 3 Pricing Sheet Revised.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attachment 1 SOW Software A IDIQ.pdf | ||
| Solicitation letter_Interested Parties SWB.pdf | ||
| Attachment 2 - Provisions and Clauses.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attachment 3 Pricing Sheet.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attachment 4 Instructions to Offerors.pdf | ||
| Attachment 5 Basis of Award.pdf | ||
| Attachment 6 Question Answer Matrix.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
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Sheet1 United States Secret Service (USSS), Software Packages IDIQ A (Brand Name or Equal), RFP 70US0924R70094619, Question and Comment Matrix
| Question Number | Attachment | Section | Paragraph | Page Number | Offerors Questions and Comments | Government Response |
| 1 | Performance Work Statement | 3, 4 | 4.1-4.6 | 6, 7 | Historically software vendors have coordinated delivery, acceptance, license activation and vendor training directly with NCFI. Section 4 (4.1-4.5) identifies that the awarded contractor is responsible for ensuring software is coordinated, delivered and accepted. Is NCFI’s intent that the awarded contractor assumes all coordination and liaison activities with the software vendors to include delivery, acceptance, license activation and vendor training coordination? Should these activities be within the Scope of Section 4.6 and discussed in Factor 2? | The awarded vendor will have responsibility and accountability to these functions. The NCFI will notify the awarded vendor of the requirements / needs and their timing so that the awarded vendor can jointly coordinate these activities in concert with the software vendor and NCFI. It is preferred all coordinations with the three parties occur simultneously (no game of telephone tag). |
| 2 | Performance Work Statement | 4 | 4.6 | 7 | Does the Government intend for the awarded contractor to track software licenses by hardware type, by person (end user) and provide activation statistics? | NCFI requires activation statistics relating to the number of purchased licenses remaining that have not been activated for procurement planning and inventory alignment purposes. This information historically has been provided by the software vendor. |
| 3 | Performance Work Statement | 3, 4 | 3.1 1st bullet, 3.2 1st bullet, 3.3 1st bullet, 3.4 1st bullet, 3.5 1st bullet, 3.6 1st bullet, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6 | 2, 5, 6, 7 | Is the awarded contractor responsible for coordinating between NCFI and the SW vendor for scheduling in-person instruction. Current estimates for base year are roughly coordinating 50 classes for 135 days. Does the process for this labor effort need to be identified in Factor 2. Should the cost of training be embedded in the unit price of the software? | The unit price for the software line items shall be an all inclusive price. See question 1 above for the remainder of the answer. |
| 4 | Performance Work Statement | 3, 4 | 4.1-4.5, 4.6 | 6, 7 | Is the labor effort to associated with the delivery process identified in SOW/PWS 4.1-4.5 part of the labor activity in 4.6? | The unit price for the software line items shall be an all inclusive price. |
| 5 | Performance Work Statement | 4, 5.3 | 4.6, 5.3 | 7, 8 | Are the ordering procedures identified in 5.3 part of the labor effort identified in 4.6? | The USSS Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer will perform all ordering activity direct with the Contractor (para 5.3). See the revised 4.6 to address responsibilities for issue resolution after delivery. |
| 6 | Performance Work Statement, Attachment 2 | PWS 4, Section 3052.215-70 | 4.6, Section 3052.215-70 | PWS pg 7, Attachment 2 pg 40 | Attachment 2 section 3052.215-70 identifies Key Personnel as the Program/Contracts Manager. Is the contractor required to identify Proposed Personnel as part of submission? Would this be in Factor 2? | Not part of submission. At time of contract kickoff meeting, the contractor will need to have someone identified so the government has a direct point of contact to work with. |
| 7 | Performance Work Statement, Attachment 3 | 4 | 4.6 | 7 | Can the cost associated with the requirements in 4.6 and other ancillary requirements be embedded in the unit price of the Software or should it be identified elsewhere? | The unit price for the software line items shall be an all inclusive price. |
| 8 | Performance Work Statement, Attachment 3 | 4 | If a named software vendor refuses to provide a price quote, would offerors identify this as an exception in the proposal/contract? | The RFP allows for "or equals". | ||
| 9 | Performance Work Statement | 3, 4 | 4.6 | 7 | What is the process for turning over the software and the maintenance support information and responsibility to the students? Should this process be discussed in Factor 2? | This is usually handled between the software vendor and the student. The vendor is provided the email, agency, and student name and then all correspondence goes bewteen them and the student. The NCFI only gets involved when issues arise. For example, if a student's maintenance support gets cut off prior to the agreed contactual date NCFI would get involved to resolve. |
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