Responses to RFP Questions.pdf

COMET RFP No. 80KSC022R0004 RESPONSES TO RFP QUESTIONS 1

No. RFP Area Section Paragraph Page Question Disposition

1 N/A N/A N/A N/A Could you please confirm if a Technical Assistance Agreement(s) (TAA) will be required to support COMET and if the Contractor will be interfacing or having technical discussions with foreign entities?

We are requesting if a Technical Assistance Agreement per Export requirements will be needed for the winning contractor and If the winning contractor will have direct interactions with foreign entities in a manner that will require a technical assistance agreement

No, technical assistance agreements (TAAs) will not be required. Yes, interfacing with foreign entities will be required. However, such interactions will not require execution of TAAs.

2 Attachment J-01

4.2.5

4.2.10

N/A 44 The sections 4.2.5 and 4.2.10 reference document K000012994-PLN, Ground Elements Command Control and Communications Project LCS Build Plan.

This document is not among the documents made available. Will the Government please provide a copy?

K0000112994-PLN, Ground Elements Command Control and Communications Project LCS Build Plan, has been uploaded to the Bidders Library.

Attachment J-01 has been amended to correct the document number.

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3 Section L L.17 (f) 117 Submission instructions encourage the transmission of files 24 hours in advance of the Monday, April 18, 8.a.m. deadline for submissions. Twenty-four hours in advance is Easter Sunday. Advanced submission, then, would have take place on the previous business day to the 18th, which would be Friday, April 15. Will Government personnel be available on this date to confirm receipt of the submitted proposal files?

The offeror will receive an instant EFSS Box-system-generated notification when a proposal is successfully uploaded.

4 Section B B.8 (b) 11-12 It appears that the Government is establishing a floor of $5M in aggregate cost events in any given contract before an equitable adjustment under the Changes clause will be considered. Can the Government clarify what they are referring to in the statement, "For each contract year specified in F.2 Period of Performance, if the net aggregate cost of all events estimated to have a cost impact of $650,000 or less (exclusive of fee)..."?

Is this intended to mean that only individual cost events of $650,000 or less will be considered when determining when the $5M threshold has been met?

“Each contract year” refers to each Government fiscal year (GFY) identified in Attachment J-18. The solicitation has been revised to correct the error. Yes, only individual actions of $650,000 or less will be considered when determining when the $5 million threshold has been met.

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5 Appendix

N/A N/A N/A Development projects #2 ML-1, #3 ML-1 EES, #4 Pad EES, #5 Pad ECS, #7 CCF, #11 VAB ECS, #12 VAB 325 crane, #15 L&R and #16 CTV all show an OMEU effectivity of Artemis II in conjunction with the Bidder's Library document "Schedule Overview.pdf," all showing development complete before the COMET contract start date of 10/1/2022, but Appendix 08 indicates a Work Load Indicator of PE, SE, Eng, CM and O&M.

Is it the Government's intention the development portions of those projects are complete (a.k.a. DCR, ORD and turnover milestones completed) and COMET is to perform sustaining, operations and engineering of the operational systems?

Offerors may refer to the “Schedule Overview” file, which provides that development projects for Artemis II are complete by October 1, 2022. The workload indicators provided in Appendix 08 are applicable for NASA Managed projects for Artemis IV. The projected OMEU timeframes and responsibilities are indicated on the “Projects” tab of Appendix 08.

Additionally, the solicitation has been amended to clarify Appendix 08 content.

6 N/A N/A N/A N/A Reserved

7 Attachment L-03

Attachment J-18

N/A N/A N/A In the Draft RFP Attachments L-03 and J- 18 the standardized values totaled $454,767,304.37; however in the FRFP, Attachment L-03 shows these values increased to $454,894,842.21, but the Attachment J-18, Tab B.4 still shows the old total of $454,767,304.37. Can the government confirm the correct standard values to be used in an offeror's response?

The solicitation has been amended to correct the standardized values amount in Attachment J-18.

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8 Attachment L-07

Attachment L-03

N/A N/A N/A With the new list of labor categories reflected in Attachment L-07, we have observed that they do not match the labor categories reflected in Attachment L-03.

Does the government plan on updating Attachment L-03 to match the labor categories listed in Attachment L-07?

Except as provided in the response to question 24, there are no inconsistencies noted between Attachments L-03 and L-

07. The offeror should ensure that it is using attachments from the solicitation and not the draft solicitation.

9 Attachment L-07

Attachment L-03

N/A N/A N/A Are offerors allowed to add labor categories not represented in Attachment L-07, and if so, how do we modify the Attachment L-03 spreadsheet?

Offerors are to select the equivalent Government labor classification for each offeror labor classification being estimated. In the "Prime Crosswalk & Prop Hrs" tab, the pull down menu selection in Column E includes N/A #1 thru N/A #10 for use should a Gov't equivalent not be provided in Attachment L-07.

10 Attachment L-03

Appendix

N/A N/A N/A Appendix 03 COMET Manifest has ISS flights in FY28 and FY29 but the Cost ODC template has no ODC for FY28 and FY29. Can the government confirm if ISS flight will be supported in FY28 and

FY29?

Refer to Amendment 0001 for instructions to correct this error.

11 N/A N/A N/A N/A Could you please advise where the COMET controlled document GSDO- ANA-1056 can be located?

GSDO-ANA-1056, System Safety Assessment Report, has been uploaded to the Bidders Library.

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12 Attachment J-02

Section L

DRD 2.1-3

L.21.2

Block 8

(f)(1)

In reference to DRD 2.1-3, Quality Management System, Block I states, “The Quality Management System (items a-g in section 8) shall be submitted at proposal”. The RFP, Section L.21.2(f)(1) Quality Approach, requests a description of the Offeror’s approach to address items a-c in block 8. Shall the offeror submit items d-g in a separate submittal?

No, the solicitation has been amended to correct the error in Attachment J-02, DRD 2.1-3.

13 Section L L.23.2

L.21.1

(f)(7)

(f)(1)(iii)

Can the government confirm that the offeror is only required to provide a copy of its Uncompensated OT Policy only if they plan to propose Uncompensated OT?

If this is a correct statement, then this requirement would align with the language under the L.21.1(f)(iii).

Yes, refer to provisions L.21.1 paragraph (f)(1)(iii) and L.23.2 paragraph (f)(7).

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14 Section L L.21.2 (b)(1) 125 Can the government reconsider excluding PWS 3.4, 4.2, and 6.0 from the 3rd level requirement. Requiring BOEs at the 2nd level for these 3 PWS sections sufficiently captures offeror's understanding, rationale, and better aligns with offeror's approach while reducing an excessive number of BOEs to be evaluated by the government.

It also allows for more flexibility in allocating lower level labor and non-labor estimates.

The solicitation has been amended to revise basis of estimate requirements.

15 Section L L.21.1 (e) 123 Paragraph L.21.1 (e), Contract Phase-in, requests much information and data in addition to a phase-in schedule. Will the government please increase the page count for phase-in to 20 pages?

The solicitation will remain unchanged.

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16 Bidder's Library

N/A N/A N/A The bidder's library on the COMET procurement website lists the following documents that, to the best of our knowledge, have not been posted to the bidder's library:

- GSDO-ANA-1056 System Safety Assessment Report

- GSDO-EPD-1312 EGS Emergency Procedure Naval Base San Diego Ship and Mole Pier Processing Areas

- GSDO-SPEC-1262 Baseline EGS Program Engineering Model Delivery Standard

- SSP 50902-Rev B-SSCD 1611 Would the government please make these documents available to bidders?

The requested documents have been uploaded to the Bidders Library.

17 Section L L.21.1 (f) 123-

Paragraph L.21.1 (f), Total Compensation Plan, requests much information and data.

Will the government please increase the page count for each TCP to 20 pages?

The solicitation has been amended to increase the page limit for the Total Compensation Plan.

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18 Attachment J-15

N/A N/A N/A The version of Attachment J-15, Fixed Price Work Unit Schedule, that was uploaded to sam.gov on January 6 as well as released with the final RFP on February 16 is just a cover page. Does the Government intend to provide J-15?

No. Attachment L-06 will be incorporated into Attachment J-15 at award.

19 Section L L.17 (a) 116 The electronic submission explanation includes reference to document that must be provided in their native format, and the example list includes "prior award fee letters for past performance...as applicable." As there is no stated requirement in the remaining RFP sections for offeror to include past award fee letters, can the client confirm that this was only an example and confirm that there is no expectation to receive award fee letters as a part of the offerors past performance volume submittal?

Provision L.17 paragraph (a) provides a list of examples. Award fee letters are not required as part of the past performance volume.

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20 Section L L. 20 (b) 119 The RFP and NFS 1852.215-81, Proposal Page Limitations does not state whether or not a list of acronyms/abbreviations is excluded from the page limitations. Can the Government clarify if a list of acronyms, provided for ease of evaluation, will be considered outside the page limitations for each volume.

No. Refer to provision L.17 paragraph (c) for areas excluded from the page counts.

An acronyms and abbreviations list is not identified as being excluded from the page counts; therefore, a list, if provided, will be counted against the section or volume’s page limitation.

21 Section L L.21.2 (b)(1) 125 In the RFP, the BOE is to be provided at the 3rd level of the PWS, with a list of PWS areas that are exceptions to this requirement. PWS 4.1 is listed as an exception to this requirement and to be provided at the 2nd level. Please confirm that the Government intends Offerors to also provide PWS 4.2 at the 2nd level similar to PWS 4.1.

See response to question 14.

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22 Attachment J-22

N/A N/A N/A Is the Government intending to release a complete Attachment J-22 prior to submittal?

No. The Government will populate Attachment J-22 at award with information from provision L.21.2 paragraph (a)(3)(iii).

23 Attachment L-07

N/A N/A N/A Attachment L-07 Lines 180-190 on Tab CLIN 001,002 show labor classification of Quality Control Inspector - Quality I,II,III,IV,V and Quality Control Inspector

- Safety I,II,III,IV,V with a Source of DOL. Code 99610. The reference Attachment J-09, Register of Service Contract Wage Determination which is used for minimum labor rates does not have the Occupation Code of 99610 listed.

Can the government review this reference and validate the Correct Source and Code is referenced for these Labor Classifications?

Occupational code 99610 is the correct code for the Quality Control Inspector category. Refer to Attachment J-09 for more information.

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24 Attachment L-07

N/A N/A N/A Attachment L-07 references Labor Classification - Engineer VI-Logistics but Attachment L-03 Basic Cost Price Template does not have a selection from the drop down for this labor category.

However, Attachment L-03 has a selection from the drop down for Engineer IV-Logistics and Attachment L-07 does not. Can the government confirm if Attachment L-07 is correct and add Engineer VI to Attachment L-03 or if Attachment L-03 is correct add Engineer IV to Attachment L-07?

The solicitation has been amended to correct the error in Attachment L-07.

25 Attachment J-09

N/A N/A N/A Will the Government release the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement? We believe it was updated in January 2022.

The solicitation has been amended to revise Attachment J-09, and the new collective bargaining agreement has been uploaded to the Bidders Library.

26 N/A N/A N/A N/A Will the Government provide disclosure of the current IAM National Pension Fund status and if it is under a current rehabilitation plan? If it is under a rehabilitation plan, will the Government verify whether offerors will be required to pay a surcharge?

No, refer to 29 CFR 4.170.

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27 Section L L.23.2 (f)(1) 137 The Government has directed an Offeror to propose labor classifications used in the Offeror’s normal course of business, not the Government Standard labor classifications. However, should an Offeror need to add additional labor classifications that do not directly align to the Government-provided labor classifications, how should the Offeror proceed in mapping these internal labor classifications? For example, the Government only provides one labor category for contractor employees with 20+ years of experience (Subject Matter Expert BLS 17-2199). If an Offeror classifies a senior employee under a different internal labor classification that does not map to this Government-provided labor classification title, how should the Offeror proceed?

See response to question 9.

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28 Attachment J-01

Appendix

Attachment J-04

2.2.3.2

N/A

The Draft RFP contained Attachment J-04 and CLIN 0004 that referred to the Electrical Development Lab and other labs/shops identified for consolidation.

Attachment J-04 and CLIN 0004 were removed in the final RFP. However, the same labs/shops are still listed in both Attachment J-01 and Appendix 06 of the final RFP. Did you intend to delete the EDL labs/shops from Appendix 06 as well? Or, is it the Government's intent for the contractor to maintain the EDL labs/shops?

No, the Engineering Development Laboratory (EDL) will not be deleted from Appendix 6. Refer to the Summary of Significant Changes from Draft RFP to RFP file and Attachment J-01 for more information and EDL requirements.

29 Appendix

Enclosure 2 N/A 2, 3 For confirmation, are software licenses considered a part of the $455M plug number? If the contractor is just responsible for executing the procurement, will the contractor have to purchase all of the necessary software during the phase-in, or will existing software licenses be provided as GFE?

Yes, licenses for software systems listed in Appendix 12 as COMET contractor purchasing responsibility are part of the standardized values and may be purchased during phase-in.

30 Section L L.21.1 (e)(1)(iv) 123 The requirement includes "and provide a schedule for completing 100 percent inventory of government furnished property". Is it necessary to complete the 100% inventory during phase-in prior to Contract start?

No, the requirement is to provide only a schedule for completing 100 percent inventory of government furnished property.

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31 Section L L.21.3 (a)(1) 128 Our company's Small Business Subcontracting Plan (SBSP) is about 15 pages in order to address compliance with all the elements/requirements in FAR 52.219-9. Since a compliant SBSP is a requirement for contract award, will the Government allow that it be excluded from page count to allow the offeror to address other contractual RFP requirements in the volume?

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32 Section B

Section L

B.4

L.23.2

N/A

(g)(5)

RFP Section B.4 identifies the standardized values as supplies, material, and equipment; equipment leases, maintenance agreements and software licenses; training; travel for the express purpose of attending training; and insurance. The Basic Cost Price Template groups the standardized cost elements as either Miscellaneous ODC, Training and Travel, or Insurance. Based on this information it appears the Miscellaneous ODC line items cover supplies, material, and equipment; equipment leases, maintenance agreements and software licenses. Based on an offeror's disclosed practices the line items identified as Miscellaneous ODC could be burdened with different indirect pools with significant cost impacts. Can the Government further breakdown the L-03 Miscellaneous ODCs into supplies, material, and equipment; equipment leases, maintenance agreements, and software licenses line items to ensure offerors burden the costs correctly and provide the Government with realistic costs estimates based on disclosed accounting practices?

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33 Appendix

N/A N/A N/A Some of the documents listed in Compliance and Reference Documents are not found in the Bidders' Library or in the Controlled Documents released with the draft RFP. Those listed below are controlled documents and not available from public sources - some of them are compliance documents necessary for bidders to review and analyze. Would the government please provide the documents listed?

GSDO-ANA-1056

GSDO-PLN-1129-ANX-01

K0000112994-PLN

K0000118138-SPC

KNPR 1840.19

KPL-PLN-50001

KPL-PLN-50007

KPL-UG-50001

NPR 1600.6

NPR 1620.2

NPR 1620.3

SSP 30223

SSP 50902

SSP-50502

The requested documents have been uploaded to the Bidders Library.

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34 Section B B.9 N/A 12 B.9- Is severance pay, including for employees that are terminated in connection with the expiration of any basic, option or extended period of contract or task order performance, allowable if it is accounted for, consistent with established or disclosed accounting practices, as an indirect cost allocated across a broad base of contracts, rather than as a direct cost, or indirect cost, allocated exclusively to this contract? If so, we request that the phrase, “as a direct cost of this contract or as an indirect cost allocated exclusively to this contract ,” be added after the term, “unallowable,” in B.9.

No.

35 Section B B.8 N/A 11 B.8 – Can you please clarify if Incentive or Award fee will be impacted by the directed changes that fall within the stated thresholds of equitable adjustments under $650K until the $5M threshold per year is met? It is understood that fee will not be paid for equitable adjustments within the threshold; however in the event of an overrun, please advise if the cost overage from the directed change would negatively impact the Incentive and/or Award fee score

Adjustment to the target cost for contract changes subject to clause B.8 will not be made.

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36 Section I I.13 N/A 68 The COVID 19 clause 52.223.99 has been removed from other Government contracts. Can you please confirm that this clause will be removed as well?

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37 Bidder’s Library

N/A N/A N/A Can we please have copies of all environmental investigation, assessment and remediation reports, notices and other communications about releases or spills of petroleum products or chemicals, and other such documents related to the environmental condition of the property (Phase I and II reports, etc.) Information about underground or above ground storage tanks (in use, closed in place or removed) at the property (including information regarding location, construction, contents, age, size, and condition of the tanks; copies of integrity testing results; list of tanks that may need to be upgraded for compliance;

description of nature and extent of any release from such tanks and the response actions taken; any related documents) List of present and past location of all equipment containing PCBs (e.g., PCB transformers or capacitors), located on the property (indicating size, type, and condition, together with copies of all inspection reports and related documents associated with that equipment). List of present location and condition of any asbestos-containing material located at the property, together with copies of all analytical records of such material (e.g., asbestos surveys, asbestos abatement reports and other related records).

No, the information will not be provided.

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38 Section L L.20 (c) 120 In setting aside volume front matter from page count the RFP specifies "Title pages, pages intentionally left blank (i.e., pages with no proposal material), tables of contents, and the compliance matrix specified in L.21 paragraph (c)". If the offeror would like to include a list of exhibits and an acronym list with their volumes, would those items be excluded from page count as well?

See response to question 20.

39 Section L L.26 (c)(1) 143 (A) Please confirm if the requirement for the OCI Assessment found at L.26(c) (1) is intended to require the Offeror (and its subcontractors) to provide only the results of its OCI Assessment, i.e. providing the required information found in this section for only those contracts or subcontracts the Offeror has identified as having a conflict or potential conflict, and that the Offeror should not include the contracts/subcontracts an Offeror has identified as having NO conflict or potential conflict. Please clarify.

No. Provision L.26 paragraph (c)(1) is not limited to only the results of the offeror’s assessment when it determines an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) exists. The offeror is required to provide the information in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) and

(iii) for all contracts, regardless of its assessment. Further, as provided in paragraph (d), the Government, in its sole discretion, will determine whether an OCI exists and whether the OCI has been reasonably resolved.

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40 Section L L.26 (c)(1) 143 If the offeror and its subcontractors are required to provide OCI Assessments for all of its NASA contracts/subcontracts, regardless of whether an actual or potential conflict exists, please confirm that the requested information of L.26 (c)(iii) for listing OCI clauses of referenced contracts is not required for those contracts that have been identified as having NO conflict or potential conflicts and should only be supplied for those contracts identified as having a conflict or potential conflict.

See response to question 39.

41 Section L L.26 (c)(1) 143 If the offeror and its subcontractors are required to provide a full OCI Assessment that includes all NASA contracts/subcontracts regardless of the existence of an actual conflict or potential conflict, please confirm that the OCI Assessment contracts / subcontracts should be separated from those that have a conflict or potential conflict and that only those with a conflict or potential will be included in any resultant contract and thereby all contract/subcontracts with no conflict or potential should be provided as a stand alone document and the contracts/subcontracts with a conflict should be provided as an appendix to the OCI Mitigation Plan.

See response to question 39. Organization of the OCI Assessment and the OCI Mitigation Plan is at the discretion of the offeror.

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42 Section L L.26 (c)(1)(iii) 144 Please confirm if the requirement at L.26

(c) (1) (iii) for the "associated resolution" to be included in the offeror’s OCI Mitigation Plan is intended to mean the offeror should only included the results of its OCI Assessment for any contracts/subcontracts with a conflict or potential conflict, which will provide all the required information of L.26 (c) (1), as an Appendix to the OCI Mitigation Plan itself.

The “associated resolutions” to be included in the offeror’s OCI Mitigation Plan refers to contracts that contain a conflict or potential conflict as assessed by the offeror. Refer to provision L.26 paragraph (c)(2)(i)(O) for specific requirements. See responses to questions 39 and 41.

43 Section L L.26 (c)(1)(ii) 144 Section L.26(c)(1) states, "The assessment will be included in any resulting contract."

The OCI assessment only depicts OCI at the time of the assessment. The results are not permanent which is why continuous screening for OCI during the performance of COMET is particularly important. The OCI Plan will capture the actual or potential OCI resulting from the offeror's OCI assessment. Given this, we recommend the requirement to include the OCI Assessment in the resulting contract be removed.

The solicitation will remain unchanged.

Refer to provision L.26 paragraph (c)(2)(i)(E).

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44 Section L L.18 N/A 118 Currently, the due date for proposal submissions is Monday, April 18, 2022 at 8:00am EST. Will the Government be available between Friday, April 15th through April 17th to receive and confirm receipt of the offeror's proposal submission?

Recommendation: We recommend the date for submission be Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 to allow for confirmation of receipt during normal working hours.

See response to question 3.

45 Section L L.25 (f), (g) 142 Please confirm that for the solicitation requirements of Major Subcontractors referenced in Section L.25 Model Contract Volume Instructions, that any subcontractor who considers the required information to be proprietary, that it is acceptable for that subcontractor to include the information directly to the customer as part of their cost volume submission since subcontractors are not submitting a Model Contract Volume.

Yes, subcontractor direct submittal is acceptable. Refer to provision L.17 paragraph (a).

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46 Section L L.25 (g) 142 Please confirm the requirement to submit provisional indirect billing rates under L.25(g) was intended to be provided as part of the Model Contract Volume versus the Cost Volume submission.

Yes, the requirements of provision L.25 paragraph (g) are to be submitted with the model contract.

47 Section L L.25 (f) 142 Please confirm that the information requested in the second sentence of L.25

(f) that reads "In addition, the offeror and its major subcontractor(s) shall provide all DCAA/DCMA audits, and agreements and date completed for Disclosure statement(s)" is intended to only address the Disclosure statement(s) or did the government intend that this list include all business systems and that Offerors should state whether all business systems, including but not limited to accounting, property control, purchasing, estimating, and employee compensation, which require Government acceptance or approval (as applicable) are currently accepted/approved without condition.

The referenced information refers to the Disclosure Statement(s) only. Refer to provision L.25 paragraph (e) for requirements associated with the offeror’s accounting system.

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48 Section L L.20 (b)(7) 120 Does nonstandard text refer to text found in tables? Please confirm 10-point type is allowable in tables.

No, refer to provision L.20 paragraph (b)(7). Only graphics, figures, or captions may be in the 10-point type font.

49 Section L L.21.2 (b) 125 Would the government provide manifest for Artemis as of March 2022 to provide the number of missions expected over the PoP to help contractors determine staffing requirements over 10 years that provides a baseline apples-to-apples comparison for evaluation?

No, the manifest to be used for proposals development is Appendix 03.

50 Section I N/A N/A N/A (1) What are the specific cybersecurity requirements that will apply to the COMET contractor as the relevant clause then points to a series of NASA websites without identifying the specific cyber requirements?

(2) We assume that NIST 800-171 is the applicable standard for any internal contractor systems (such as a company's man systems) under NASA's recently issued CUI guidance. Please confirm this is an accurate assumption or provide clarification if this assumption is incorrect.

(1) NASA cybersecurity requirements are implemented under NPR 2810.1, Security of Information Technology. Refer to Attachment J-01 section 2.3.4.

(2) Refer to NFS 1852.239-74, Information Technology System Supply Chain Risk Assessment (Deviation 15- 03D) at section I.20 of the solicitation for more information.

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51 Section L L.20 (b)(7) 120 The RFP states that “A point type not smaller 10-point type may be used for non-standard text such as graphics, figures, or captions.” Will the government confirm that tables and callout boxes may also be submitted in 10-point font?

See response to question 48.

52 Appendix

N/A N/A N/A Will the Government please provide the facility number for the property.

For ISS Material, the file "ISS Warehouse Location Key" has been added to the Bidders Library. The file explains the location number for each line item. The vast majority of EGS Material (i.e., greater than 99 percent) is located in K6- 1547 Logistics Warehouse.

53 Appendix

N/A N/A N/A Will the Government please provide the facility numbers for the property.

See response to question 52.

54 Appendix

N/A N/A N/A The Qty times the Avg Matl Cost to get the Ext. Matl Cost does not calculate for all the items consistently. For example:

row 32 (Item V070-635104-005) shows the “quantity of 1- Each at an average price of $385.6K. The extended cost shows $1.156 Million. There are several calculations that are similar in this tab.

Please confirm how the extended material cost are calculated.

Some items Appendix 10, like the example mentioned, are serialized, which causes the items to appear on multiple rows. The extended value reflects the sum of the serialized items (i.e., the sum value of material with the same model numbers).