Amendment 013.pdf

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CONTINUATION PAGE

This amendment is being issued for the following:

1) Last day to submit RFI/PPI is March 3, 2023.

2) Per Solicitation Section L, Electronic Submission:

1. There are no user accounts for DoD SAFE. In order to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation, Offerors shall submit their point of contact (POC) name and email address and indicate if they are submitting for Pool 2 or Pool 3 via email to both point of contact names identified below in Section L.8 (Electronic Data Submission Points of Contact) to obtain a “Request Code” for DoD SAFE “Drop-off” of the Phase One proposal.

Offeror shall email Contracting Officer at pamela.j.argilan@uscg.mil the Point of Contact name and email address no later than March 8, 2023, at 2:00 Norfolk, VA time. Email shall indicate which Small Business Pool.

Questions and Answers (numbering continues from Amendment 012):

167. Can you please confirm that there is only "1" Volume for Phase I?

Proposals must be separated into volumes (with separate PDFs). Include a cover page for each volume and volume indexes as described in this section and section L.8 SPECIFIC PHASE ONE INSTRUCTIONS. Do not include any price information in the non-price technical volume.

Answer: There is only 1 volume for Phase I.

168. For Phase I - Volume I submission, can the Sections / Factors be tabbed within one .pdf file?

Answer: The Sections/Factors may be bookmarked (tabbed) within one pdf file

169. Are we required to sequentially number all sections separately? (i.e., Admin, Corp Exp, Tech Approach, Past Perf…)

Answer: How you do the page numbering is a business decision; however, page numbering is preferred

170. The solicitation which reads, NOTE: The SAM, FAPIIS, and VETS-4212 registrations must be in the name/CAGE/GSA UEI of the offeror identified on the SF1442. Our joint venture is recently formed and does not yet have any awarded projects and not all of these documents may be on record (e.g. VETS- 4212). Please confirm that SAM, FAPIIS, and VETS-4212 registration documents from the individual JV members are not required or otherwise clarify what should be submitted by the JV members when not available for the JV.

Answer: The following sections within the solicitation provide guidance for Joint Ventures: FAR clause 52.204-7 System for Award Management; Section L.2; Section L.6 Joint Ventures; and Factor 1, subparagraph Joint Ventures; Amendment 005 Question #78; Amendment 009 Questions #113, #116 and # 117; Amendment 010 Questions #137 and #138.

171. 1. Attachment B.2 Box 16 states “Attach any copies or photographs of industry awards/special recognitions, etc., received for this project (maximum of one page; does not count toward page count).”

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Please confirm this box is not for construction photos and is meant for industry awards and recognition only.

Answer: Box 16 of Attachment B.2 is not for construction photos unless they are part of the awards/recognition

172. Is it acceptable to provide project photos in Attachment B.2 Box 7 (Description of the Project’s Scope and Magnitude)?

Answer: Photos are permissible in Box 7 as long as other requirements of Box 7 (scope and magnitude) and page limits are met.

173. In Attachment B.2, project experience may include team member, key subcontractor, or partner experience. Shall Box 1 (Name of Offeror) be the offeror submitting the proposal [ex. XYZ contractor is the offeror and XYZ in filled in to box 1]?

Or In Attachment B.2, project experience may include team member, key subcontractor, or partner experience. Shall Box 1 (Name of Offeror) be the team member, key subcontractor or partner of the offeror submitting the proposal [ex. XYZ contractor is the offeror and ABC, a key subcontractor, who’s experience is use. ABC is listed as the offeror with a note that they are a key subcontractor to XYZ]?

Answer: The entity who performed as the Prime Contractor shall be listed in Box 1. If the entity is a team member to the Offeror submitting the proposal it should be indicated so in Box 1, such as: "ABC, Team Member"

174. Instructions State: Completed SF 1442: First two pages – Blocks 14 through 20 completed and signed" Question: Block 19 only has space for 10 Amendments. How would the Government like Amendments 11 - forward to be acknowledged in Block 19?

Answer: The is a business decision of the Offeror. Some examples of how this has been historically done is the Offeror types in the other amendments either above or below Block 19; submit Signed SF30 for each amendment.

175. Instructions State: "Amendments (SF30s) issued, all acknowledged" Question: Does the Government require all pages of the Amendment (to include the Q&A's) or just the SF 30, page 1?

Answer: Only the signed first page of the SF30 is required

176. Will the USCG consider extending this proposal due date to March 31, 2023? We are working to get PPQs back from clients within each POOL which is taking longer than expected.

Answer: The Government does not anticipate extending the proposal due date at this time.

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