MIST II FRFP QA Rev. 1.pdf

MIST II Final RFP Questions Rev. 1

34. Enclosure BB, RTO 4, Subtask

(a), pg. 13

The introduction to Subtask (a) states that contractor support shall be required to generate an integrated mission CAD model and generate a deployed CAD model. SOW 1 states that the “Contractor shall develop and maintain an integrated stowed 3D CAD model.” No other CAD models are mentioned in the SOW items.

Please clarify. Is the Contractor required to develop a stowed CAD model, deployed CAD model, or both?

Only “an integrated stowed 3D CAD model of the GROX spacecraft” is required per RTO 4

Subtask (a), SOW 1.

The reference to the deployed CAD model is not required and can be assumed not to be relevant to the

Subtask.

35. Enclosure BB, RTO 3, Subtask

(b), SOW 1, Pg. 11

The RFP states that the Contractor shall support mission level PER and mission-level PSR.

Both of those reviews are outside the stated period of performance for RTO

3.

Will the government please remove or modify this requirement?

This question was answered in Question

#8 of the MIST II

Q&A posted on April

7, 2020.

“The period of performance for RTO

4 has been extended beyond the 30 months of the instruments (as stated on Pg. 13) because it is GROX observatory mission level related.

The additional milestone requirements are listed in RTO 4. The final deliverables and the end of task (EOT) are at the completion of the Mission pre-ship review (MPSR).

All task plans for

RTO 4 subtasks should include mission-level work as described in the subtask SOWs and deliverables up to

MPSR.

36. PPQ Change Change to the MIST II Past

Performance Questionnaire:

As a result of Amendment 1 to the

MIST II RFP, the Government will not take into consideration the response to question 13 (“Ability to meet Small

Business Subcontracting Plan Goals”) of the MIST II Past Performance

Questionnaire.

Correct, the

Government will not evaluate past performance related to question 13 and an

Offerors performance in achieving small business subcontracting goals, since this is a set-aside procurement and a small business subcontracting plan is not applicable to this procurement.

37. Sections I and L Is this contract subject to 52.222-41

Service Contract Labor Standards? If it is, will the Government include FAR

51.222-41 and applicable Wage

Determination?

This question was addressed previously in Draft RFP Q&A

#6. There is no SCA

Wage Determination applicable to this requirement.

38. Section L.29(b)(3)

Government

Pricing Model

The RFP states, “Exhibit 1A individual

GPM-Specified Non-Management

Direct Labor Categories and respective

Direct Labor Hours, populated from

Enclosure CC, are based on a 40-hour work week with no uncompensated overtime.”

Because of this, will the government exclude the use of direct labor rates that account for uncompensated overtime? If not, how will the

Government evaluate uncompensated overtime direct labor hourly rates that could be proposed by Offeror’s to be used in the GPM? Specifically, would the Government increase the hours in

Exhibit 1 to account for the uncompensated overtime factored into the rates? If the Government does not exclude the use of uncompensated overtime in the development of direct labor rates, how will Offerors know

Offerors should propose GPM labor rates assuming no uncompensated overtime hours. The

SEB will evaluate the basis for each

Offeror’s proposed labor rates.

how much, if any, uncompensated overtime was factored into the

“weighted average unburdened hourly rates” specified in Enclosure DD

(Contract Historical Data Direct Labor

Incumbent Rates)?

39. L.28 Subfactor B, B.10;

L.29(b)(14)

Management

Approach - Total

Compensation

Plan (TCP)

The RFP indicates in L.29(b)(14) that

Exhibits 10A and 10B satisfy the TCP requirement at FAR 52.222-46 for the

Non-Significant subcontractors.

Please confirm that Exhibits 10A and

10B also satisfy the TCP requirement for non-significant subcontractors under RFP L.20 NFS 1852.231-71(d) which requires a TCP from all service subcontractors provide, as part of their proposal, the information identified in

(a) through (c) of this provision for cost reimbursement or non-competitive fixed-price type subcontracts having a total potential value of $2M for service contracts submitting certified cost or pricing data.?

That is correct.

This question was previously addressed in question 29 of the

MIST II DRFP

Q&As posted on

1/24/2020.

40. Enclosure DD

Contract Historical

Data Direct Labor

Incumbent Rates

Enclosure DD (Contract Historical

Data Direct Labor Incumbent Rates) contains weighted average unburdened hourly rates that include projected escalation to December 2020. Should these rates be escalated to account for the February 2021 contract start date?

Yes, the rates should be escalated to account for February

2021 contract start date.

41. Enclosure CC

GPM-Specified

Non-Management

Direct Labor

Categories and

Direct Labor

Hours by Site

Location

The Contamination Engineer SME, Contamination Engineer, and Jr

Contamination Engineer labor categories all require a BS or equivalent.

The Senior Contamination Engineer requires a BS. Should the Senior

Contamination Engineer requirement be BS or equivalent, similar to the rest of the job family?

Yes, the Senior

Contamination

Engineer requires a

BS or equivalent.

Enclosure CC will be updated to add BS or equivalent.

42. Enclosure CC

Direct Labor

Categories and

The Electro-Optical SME and the

Electro-Optical Engineer require BS or equivalent however the Sr Electro-

Optical Engineer requires a BS. Should the Senior Electro-Optical Engineer

Yes, the Senior

Electro-Optical

Engineer requires a

BS or equivalent.

Enclosure CC will be

Direct Labor

Hours by Site

Location requirement be BS or equivalent, similar to the rest of the job family?

updated to add BS or equivalent.

43. Enclosure CC

Direct Labor

Categories and

Direct Labor

Hours by Site

Location

The Senior Optical Analyst position description requires a BS or equivalent.

The Optical Analyst requires a BS.

Should the Optical Analyst requirement be BS or equivalent, similar to the

Senior Optical Analyst?

Yes, the Optical

Analyst requires a BS or equivalent.

Enclosure CC will be updated to add BS or equivalent.

44. Section I Should FAR 52.222-17 Non-displacement of Qualified Workers which applies to Service Contract labor be removed in Section I since MIST II does not contain FAR 52.222-41

Service Contract Labor Standards?

No, the Clause

52.222-17 is required for all Service contracts.

45. L.25 (a) (1)

Proposal Format and Organization

The FRFP states: “Offerors shall submit proposals in four volumes as specified below:

I Offer Volume

II Mission Suitability Volume

III Cost Volume

IV Past Performance Volume

Will the Government clarify if one file only is required for each volume or can separate files be submitted? For example, does the Vol II Mission

Suitability volume file include both

Subfactors A and B and all Plans?

Will the Government confirm that the

Subfactors can be separate files from the Phase In Plan, Total Compensation

Plan, Safety and Health Plan, and

Quality Assurance Plan?

Offerors are to submit proposals in accordance with the instructions in L.25.

Proposal Volumes should be consistent with the proposal content chart in

L.25(b). Offerors are permitted to provide content via multiple electronic files, as desired. Mission

Suitability Subfactors and required Plans may be submitted via separate files, as long as all file names and contents are clear and all RFP requirements are met.

46. Answer to

Question 25

Are Offeror’s required to propose mission assurance categories in Cost

Exhibit 2B, Offeror Management and

Administrative Labor although this function is more technical than

Management and Administrative?

Since mission assurance should not be

Because general mission assurance and quality assurance work is covered under a separate

Goddard contract, all

MIST II Mission proposed in RTOs and because there are no missions assurance or quality position descriptions within the GPM

(Enclosure CC) and taking into consideration the QASP requires “the contractor to maintain a QA lead,” how are Offerors to reflect these costs in the

GPM?

Assurance and QA

Lead labor costs should be included in management and administration costs associated with the

GPM.

47. LFT Once we receive our invitation email and register for our account, how long does our account remain active?

Per the instructions in

L.25, Proposal

Delivery, once access is granted to offerors, the site will be open for 7 days or 168 hours.

48. LFT For our subcontractors submitting separate pricing files, should they include the name of the Prime Offeror in the subject line of the Send File tab, or their own company name? Should they include any other information in the subject line to indicate that they are a subcontractor to a submitting Prime?

Subcontractors are encouraged to clearly indicate both the name of the Prime offeror and the subcontractor in the subject line in the send tab. All proposal documents should be appropriately marked with

Prime/Significant

Subcontractor identifiers.

49. LFT Should our follow-up email to the CO listing all the documents that were submitted via LFT contain ONLY the documents that we submitted as the

Prime, or all the document submitted by the Prime and subs that constitute our entire proposal?

Follow-up email to the CO should list all proposal documentation that make up the offeror’s entire proposal.

50. Enclosure BB The RFP response for RTOs must address 4 RTOs that include 10

Subtasks and 73 SOW items, along with other items defined in Section L.

Section L states that the response “must be sufficiently specific, detailed, and complete to demonstrate a clear and full understanding of the objectives…”

No.

To properly comply with the instructions, will the government provide an additional five (5) pages to the Mission Suitability Volume?