RFP 9Q0TDBNS200 Q and A rev2.pdf

RFP 9Q0TDBNS200

Local Services Acquisition (LSA) for the State of California

Revision 2 08/27/2010

I. Vendor Questions and Government Answers

The following are answers to vendor questions that were received as of August 27, 2010. This is a cumulative list of all questions and answers to date.

Item

Number

Question

Answer

1 I noticed you have tentatively set August

25, 2010, as a pre-proposal conference for the new LSA. Will you be able to firm this soon so travel plans can be completed?

The pre-proposal conference has been rescheduled and will be held on

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, from

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM local time.

2 Have you confirmed the pre proposal conference date of August 25 and at what time of the day do you anticipate starting the meeting?

Please see #1 above.

3 Has there been a firm date established for the pre-proposal conference to discuss solicitation number 9Q0TDBNS200?

Please see #1 above.

4 Can you please advise who are the current contract holders of the LSA contract for California? I would like to obtain that information and clarify if a conference is scheduled for the 25 th of

August.

The contract holders for the current local dial tone contract for the State of

California are:

Cox Business Services, SBC Global Services Inc. dba AT&T

Global Services, and

Verizon Federal Inc.

5 Has the solicitation (9Q0TDBNS200) for the Local Services Acquisition (LSA) for the State of California been posted yet? If so, where can I find the documents for the solicitation?

The solicitation is being posted on

August 17, 2010, and is available on the

Federal Business Opportunities website at https://www.fbo.gov/. All documents are posted under the solicitation number.

6 I was wondering if there is a WORD version of the subject RFP that could be posted for vendors to respond.

A WORD version of the RFP is not available for posting. Although the .pdf files can be converted to text files, offerors are urged to refrain from responding by restating portions of the

RFP in their proposals.

7 Certain transport circuits (See CLIN

A071) between locations that are off our network present difficulties in pricing as the price will be determined by several factors including cost to build to the sites, underlying carrier costs and distance between sites. Taking these factors into consideration will the government accept

Offerors shall provide pricing for services that they currently provide to commercial customers. For items not listed in the

Government-provided price schedules, offerors can add new items. All items proposed by offerors must be priced or shown as $0.00. Any items proposed under an ICB cannot be accepted because

RFP 9Q0TDBNS200

Local Services Acquisition (LSA) for the State of California

Revision 2 08/27/2010 a response of ICB (Individual Case Basis) for transport circuits and then ask for individual bids from the various contract awardees?

the Government is prohibited from accepting unpriced items under contract.

8 If each vendor must provide pricing for the transport circuits will the vendor be expected to honor that price even though the variables described above make providing the circuit unprofitable? Or can the vendor no bid due to unprofitability?

Yes, this contract is intended to be a fixed price contract for the base and all option periods. Offerors should offer pricing for items that they currently provide to their commercial customers at established prices.

9 CLECs are sometimes dependent on other carriers to provide circuits in order to fulfill their customer’s request for service. In this instance a 5 business day installation timeframe is not possible.

Would the government be willing to allow more time for installation of services that are off network for the provider?

Yes, during the ordering process, the

Government will consider quotes with longer delivery schedules if the due date for completion of work can be met and the price is favorable to the Government.

10 When there is more than one awardee on a contract how does the government determine which vendor provides the various services?

Please refer to Section G, G.2

(particularly G.2.2) for a description of the Government’s ordering process.

11 Can you please let me know if GSA will provide a bridge #?

The audio bridge number is 415-744-

8822. It will be available throughout the preproposal conference. No password is needed.

There is a limited number of ports.

Those wishing to use the audio bridge should send me the names, titles and contact information of attendees so I can ensure there is an adequate number of ports.

12 Is a complete list of TNs available? A complete list of TNs is not available at this time.

II. Preproposal Conference

The preproposal conference schedule will be held as scheduled on September 1, 2010, at 450

Golden Gate Ave., 5 th

Floor East Wing, FAS Multimedia Room, San Francisco, CA 94102.

Please note the availability of an audio bridge number for those unable to travel to San

Francisco.