Solicitation 951700-22-RFQ-00005 Amendment 0002 signed.pdf

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

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The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

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IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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Request for Answers:

Solicitation No. 951700-22-RFQ-00005 USAGM Global FM Network Operations Remote Monitoring Services in Africa

QUESTION 1: The Solicitation on Page 1-Paragraph 2 states that the applicable NAICS Code is 515111- Radio Network- and the applicable size standard is $35M. If bidder has annual revenue in excess of $35M will it be eligible for award under this Solicitation?

ANSWER 1: Yes, the company is still eligible

QUESTION 2: Is this solicitation for a new requirement? If not what company is the incumbent and what is the contract number and contract value?

ANSWER 2: It is a new requirement.

QUESTION 3: Are the hours to be priced based on a daily 8 hours of service during the normal business hours in Addis Abba, Ethiopia (see PWS 1.3) timeframe or on a 24 hours a day/365 days a year of service basis?

ANSWER 3: daily 8 hours, normal business hours in Addis Ababa

QUESTION 4: In PWS Part 4, 4.3 it is stated that no US Government furnished equipment will be provided. Can the Government list what equipment is normally used for its monitoring activities? Are additional software seat licenses required to be obtained by Contractor that will not be supplied by the Government. If software licenses are required can the Government indicate what software the bidder needs to price for procurement in order to interface with the Governments monitoring services.

ANSWER 4: The Government will provide the necessary software and licenses required for access to its monitoring network. Equipment used typically consists of a computer and mobile phone.

QUESTION 5: Can the Government supply the number of maintenance issues handled for the sites to be monitored on a yearly basis during the last three years

ANSWER 5: Issues typically range from 35 to 40 a month. That number could increase as we expand the monitoring network.

QUESTION 6: Can the Government supply the number of repair visits handled for the sites to be monitored on a yearly basis during the last three years

ANSWER 6: Site visits range from 3 to 8 per year.

QUESTION 7: Can the Government supply the number of equipment procurements and shipments to monitored sites on a yearly basis for the last three years

ANSWER 7: Ten per year

QUESTION 8: The Government indicated, in PWS 1.8, that Training will be provided to the Contractor on the monitoring of and repairs to the monitored sites. Where will the training be held and how long is such training anticipated to take? Are the travel costs etc for such training to be included in bidders pricing or will such travel be reimbursed under the resulting contract? Is there a limit on how many people the Contractor may send for training?

ANSWER 8: Training is expected to be ongoing but at the vendor’s home office and in the field (broadcast sites in Africa). Each training event is expected to be from 2 to 4 days. Travel costs will be covered by the Government. While there is no limit on the number of people, it is constrained by our budget and needs of the program office.

QUESTION 9: Solicitation Pricing Template -Travel Cost- In PWS1.7 it is stated that travel cost will be reimbursed per receipt. What other type of travel costs would the Government expect bidders to incur that would be stated in the Pricing Template entitled “Travel ”?

ANSWER 9: The government will cover airfare, hotel, meals and incidentals, and other expenses directly related to carrying out the assigned task such as taxi, visa application, phone credit for business purposes, and those charges allowable under Federal Travel Regulations.

QUESTION 10: Solicitation Pricing Template -Internet Cost- In PWS Part 4, 4.1 it is stated the Government will provide internet connectivity services. What other internet connectivity services would the Government expect bidders to incur that would be stated in the Pricing Template entitled “Internet Connectivity”?

ANSWER 10: None

QUESTION 11: Is bidders understanding that PWS Part 2- 2.1.6- Key Personnel is not applicable during the Government’s proposal evaluation as under PWS Part 1-1.11 such Key Personnel are selected by the Contractor which will do so after contract award under its hiring authority?

ANSWER 11: Key Personnel should be identified by the contractor and presented as part of the proposal submission.

QUESTION 12: PWS Part 1-1.6-Security Requirements- Bidder will propose the use of US and foreign nationals in its proposal. Would the stated Government security review preclude the use of foreign nationals under the Contract? Would the stated Government security review preclude the use of US nationals under the contract that do not have US Government security clearances?

ANSWER 12: Foreign nationals and US nationals are not precluded.

QUESTION 13: PWS Part 3-3.1- This PWS provision indicates that Contractor would participate in travel for repairs, installation etc. Does this provision require bidder to propose trained staff that would in addition to providing remote monitoring services have the ability to travel to sites for repairs, installation etc with the appropriate testing equipment and tools or is the PWS requirement for the Contractor to remotely monitor and potentially outsource such task under Government approval for reimbursement by the Government?

ANSWER 13: All work/tasks must be approved by the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer Representative before execution.

QUESTION 14: The Government is respectfully requested to extend the proposal submittal date to two (2) weeks from the date on which the response to the Solicitation questions are released to bidders.

ANSWER 14: NO

QUESTION 15: PWS Part 3-3.1- What Monitoring Broadcast manager system is in use? Can ‘remote clients’ be installed in Contractor’s existing IT infrastructure including NOC staff laptops? What is the software and hardware requirements to do so?

ANSWER 15: Program office will not divulge the monitoring system architecture to prospective vendors. We will work with the selected vendor to implement this in the most advantageous manner.

QUESTION 16: What response times are expected for travel and on-site support/repairs?

ANSWER 16: Dependent on the nature of the incident, ability to obtain visa and flights, and availability of Government furnished equipment if needed. It is not anticipated that the response would be less than 24 hours.

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