CTSS_IV_Industry_Day_Questions_FINAL.docx

CTSS IV questions

1. Describe your company’s/planned team’s capabilities as they relate to the major Support Areas in the draft Statement of Work (SOW); addressing both the breadth of the potential tasks and by providing past or current contract examples.

2. The nature of the contract requires contractor personnel to perform a majority of the work in USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AoR). Please describe your company’s ability to meet requirements in USCENTCOM AoR, in particular, the ability to efficiently deploy employees.

3. Based on the tasks described in this draft SOW, has your company performed similar type of work under a different NAICS?

4. If CTSS IV allowed monetary bonuses, what best practices should be considered? Which type of bonus would provide the best benefit to retention, and how can the government control cost of the bonuses?

5. How do the Labor Categories reflect the requirements listed in draft SOW, would more stratification be valuable? Are network certifications relevant and necessary for the work described?

6. Contractors may be required to comply with applicable local law and host nation labor laws (i.e., traffic, shipping, employment, registration, sponsorship, environmental, broadcast certification, etc). How does your company approach host nation law for leave, vacation, holidays, and overtime (Harmonization Plan)? Please use the U.S., Qatar, UAE, and Jordan as samples.

7. The Government plans on capping indirect rates with the following language, “The Government has established an indirect cost rate ceiling in accordance with FAR 42.707 utilizing the indirect rates below. The indirect cost rate ceiling is based on the below indirect rates, and is the negotiated ceiling rates. The Government will not be obligated to pay any additional amount should final indirect cost rates incurred during contract performance exceed the negotiated ceiling rates. In the event the final indirect cost rates incurred are less than the negotiated ceiling rates, the negotiated rates will be reduced to conform to the lower rates. For proposal and billing purposes prior to establishment of final indirect cost rate, the awardee will be responsible for utilizing their current approved/reviewed indirect rate information (i.e. Forward Pricing Rate Agreement / Recommendation / Proposal (FPRA, FPRR, FPRP), DCAA/DCMA audit/review or other statement of current rates) at the time of each proposal or billing submission, up to—but not to exceed—the negotiated indirect rate ceilings set as a product of the basic contract award. For example, an indirect rate ceiling for 50% of Overhead is set at the time of basic contract award. At the time of Task Order "xx" the awardee's current forward pricing or otherwise approved Overhead rate is 25%. The awardee is therefore required to propose and bill the Government in accordance with their current overhead rate (25%), as that rate does not exceed the Overhead rate ceiling of 50%. However, should the awardee’s overhead rate exceed 50% at any point during task order or basic contract performance the maximum rate for proposal and/or billing purposes shall be the overhead ceiling rate (50%).” Does your company see any risks to the Government and/or industry?