Amendment_0002,_Questions_and_Answers.pdf

Solicitation Number 70Z03818RS0000002 Amendment 0002

Questions and answers in response to Solicitation Number 70Z03818RS0000002 for the Integrated Maintenance, Operation, and Modification Support for Flight Training Devices.

1. Question: Are “(letters, metrics, customer surveys, independent surveys, etc.)” to be submitted as part of the Past Performance submittal excluded from the page limits?

Answer: Offerors shall only submit Past Performance Questionnaires/Experience Information Sheets in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, contained within the Terms and Conditions of the Solicitation.

2. Question: Which Proposal volume should contain the Offeror Reps and Certs required by FAR 52.212-3?

Answer: FAR 52.212-3 is a fill-in provision. Submit a separate page containing only FAR 52.212-3, Alternate I in response to the subject solicitation. Copy and paste provision FAR 52.212-3, Alternate I from the solicitation, check the offeror’s response, and submit a separate page containing only this provision as a part of the offeror’s proposal.

3. Question: In Attachment 2 - Contract Terms & Conditions, Safeguarding of Sensitive Information (MAR 2015) HSAR Class Deviation 15-10, starting on page 20- of 30, are references to the Contractor's IT system limited in scope to Contractor owned systems located at the ATC site in Mobile?

Answer: The Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) Class Deviation 15-01 is referring to contractor Information Technology (IT) systems used to input, store, process, output, and/or transmit sensitive information.

Contractor IT systems shall not be used in support of this requirement.

4. Question: Will specific guidance be provided as an Attachment to the Contract similar to a DoD Contract Security Classification Specification (DD form 254), to identify the sensitive information associated with the efforts required by this contract?

Answer: DD Form 254 is not required for this requirement. Statement of Work (SOW), Section 4.1, Security, states “Contractor access to classified information is not required under this SOW. The contractor shall have access to For Official Use Only (FOUO) information as required to support the SOW requirements.”

All FOUO information required in support of this requirement is located on the U.S. Coast Guard’s portal and is accessible to all persons.

Solicitation Number 70Z03818RS0000002 Amendment 0002

5. Question: Within Attachment 4 – Technical Exhibit 16, under Step 5, item b. –

Based upon the Draft RFP Q&A posted on 07 OCT 2016, should the sentence read as follows: “Hourly rate divided by twelve = Hourly Rate per training device….” ?

Answer: Technical Exhibit (16), Performance Requirements Summary, Step 5 (b) remains as written.

Amendment 0002 makes the following change to Attachment 2 Terms and Conditions:

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items Factor 2: Past Performance Submission Requirements:

Changed from:

The relevancy of the information, the source of the information, context of the data and general trends in the offeror’s performance will be considered. The offeror shall provide Attachment 3, Past Performance Questionnaire for the following:

o Three (3) relevant contracts (references) completed within the preceding three (3) years.

Changed to:

The relevancy of the information, the source of the information, context of the data and general trends in the offeror’s performance will be considered. The offeror shall provide Attachment 7, Past Performance Questionnaire for the following:

o Three (3) relevant contracts (references) completed within the preceding three (3) years.