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| Number | Company | Question | Task Area | Answer |
| 27 | Constellation West | Ref. PWS Section 3.0 SCOPE: Has the government given thought as to which task areas should be SB set aside and which should be unrestricted, if any | AMD | Within Each IDIQ Task Area there will be a small business preference consistent with the Federal Acquisition Regulation. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. Task Orders may be set aside. |
| 30 | Dovel Technologies, Inc. | Will the IDIQ be competed at an individual Task Area level, allowing companies to choose which Task Areas they will pursue? Or will companies be awarded all Task Areas for the IDIQ and simply pursue the opportunities and Task Areas as they desire? | AMD | The IDIQ will be competed at an individual Task Area level, allowing companies to choose which Task Areas they will pursue |
| 31 | Dovel Technologies, Inc. | How will FSA evaluate offerors against Task Area requirements for IDIQ award? Specifically, is an offeror required to have broad capabilities and past performance across all subtasks or will deep capability and past performance in a few subtask areas be acceptable? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 34 | HP Enterprise Services | Would participating in the advisory tasks limit the vendor from fulfilling tasks resulting from the previous advisory services areas due to conflict of interest? | AMD | Yes, winning of Task Areas and Task Orders may generate an OCI for an awardee. See Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 9.5 |
| 50 | SAIC | Several areas within the RFP reference Advisory and Assistance Services. Generally these types of services create an OCI. Does the Government anticipate controlling OCI concerns by 1) issuing task orders only to those vendors where a conflict does not exist in the eyes of the Government or 2) will each contractor have to analyze each task order for potential OCI's? | AMD | Yes, winning of Task Areas and Task Orders may generate an OCI for an awardee. See Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 9.5 |
| 78 | HP Enterprise Services | As part of the response does the government expect the vendors to provide tools and technologies to assist in performing these tasks? | AMD | Yes |
| 112 | DMV Solutions, LLC | Is NAICS Code 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services) the appropriate code vs. 541990 – Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services for the entire solicitation? | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 113 | DMV Solutions, LLC | Is it acceptable for interested vendors to target specific areas of expertise or are they required to address the entire Task Area when responding? | AMD | The Vendor Team must respond to the entire Task Area. |
| 185 | SAIC | This sub-task contains sections and language that follows on sub-tasks go into further depth. Suggest you revise section B to either keep it at a very high and simple level or eliminate the portions which go into further depth later on. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 200 | Dovel Technologies, Inc. | Are IT Outsourcing Services such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS required to be on an offeror's GSA schedule or can an offeror bid these services as an ODC? | AMD | This is not a GSA schedule contract. |
| 201 | Protégé, LLC | Will the GWAC RFP require a team with past performance and capabilities to perform in all Task Areas or can bids be submitted for selected Task Areas such Task Area 09 IT Outsourcing? | AMD | The IDIQ will be competed at an individual Task Area level, allowing companies to choose which Task Areas they will pursue |
| 206 | Accenture Federal Services | What is the government trying to achieve with the AWAC Contract Vehicle? What is the IT strategy and goals it is trying to accomplish? | AMD | Please note Objective section of the RFI and the Agenda Slides. |
| 207 | Accenture Federal Services | Will the IDIQ contract be awarded to multiple vendors? How will the small business set-aside goals be managed? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. This is not a small business set aside. |
| 208 | Accenture Federal Services | Will the contract be managed by a central program office (ie. OCIO) or distributed by the different FSA/USDA offices and divisions? | AMD | The IDIQ will be managed by FSA. The Task Orders will be managed by the Contracting Office that issues the requirement. |
| 209 | Accenture Federal Services | Will the offeror be required to submit a proposal that addresses all 13 task areas? | AMD | No an offeror will not be able to bid on all Task Areas. |
| 210 | Accenture Federal Services | Does the government plan to award by task area? | AMD | Yes. |
| 211 | Accenture Federal Services | Does the government plan to award to Large and Small businesses for the IDIQ AWAC and if yes is there a target percentage set-aside for small business? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 212 | Accenture Federal Services | Will the agenda be shared for Industry day before the event? | AMD | Yes. |
| 213 | Accenture Federal Services | How many con-current sessions will be scheduled ? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 214 | Accenture Federal Services | Is there any changes to the schedule (ie. Registration due) as a result of the government closure? | AMD | No. |
| 215 | Accenture Federal Services | Is it expected or desired that we come with any materials to the sessions to assist in Market Research to give to FSA. | AMD | Please submit any written materials to the email box listed in the RFI. Put in the subject header that it is Market Research. |
| 216 | Amyx Inc. | Will the procurement be restricted to small businesses? | AMD | No. |
| 217 | Amyx Inc. | How many awards are anticipated? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 218 | Amyx Inc. | What is the expected overall contract value? | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000 a year. |
| 219 | Binary Group | Can the Government explain the intent for the Labor Category sheets? A number of these are identical across multiple tasks. Is it the Government’s intention that some individuals might be dedicated full-time to a single task area, and that others might provide part-time support to multiple areas? | AMD | No. The intent is have Labor Categories for each Task Area. |
| 220 | CACI | Can the Government specify how many break-out sessions there will be or recommend how many representatives companies should send to cover all parallel scheduled sessions? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 221 | CACI | What is the timeline for this procurement, including anticipated final RFP release and award dates? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. |
| 222 | CACI | Will this be a full and open competition or will there be a small business set-aside (SBSA) component? How many awardees will there be in each component? Will awardees be required to participate (submit a proposal) in each task order RFP? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. Awardees are not required to participate in all Task Areas or Task Orders. |
| 223 | CACI | What percentage of the overall solicitation will be SBSA? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 224 | CACI | If a full and open competition, will there be a requirement for a small business subcontracting plan? What percentage of total subcontracted effort will be required for each socioeconomic category? | AMD | Yes. Large Business will be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan. Please note socioeconic goals are posted on the USDA website. |
| 225 | CACI | What are the planned task orders? Which task orders will be designated for large businesses and which will be designated for small business? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 226 | CACI | Will task orders be awarded at the time of IDIQ award? | AMD | No. |
| 227 | CACI | Where is the place of performance for each Task Order? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 228 | CACI | Are more Task Areas anticipated? | AMD | No. |
| 229 | CACI | What is the estimated LOE for each Task Order? Each Task Area? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 230 | CACI | All Task Areas: How does the Government plan to determine and manage task awards so that there is not a real or apparent conflict of interest (e.g., IV&V vs. systems engineering, procurement and sourcing support, etc.). If awardees are required to submit a proposal for each task order, can they opt out if an awardee determines there is or could be a current or future, potential or actual, OCI? | AMD | It is anticipated that industry understands that, if it is bidding in areas that have potential OCI, it will not be bidding in the corresponding Task Area that has a conflict. |
| 231 | Capgemini Government Solutions | Has the government determined the number of awards it intends to give? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 232 | Capgemini Government Solutions | Will Contractors have the ability to bid on only a selected number of Task Areas? Or will awards only be considered for vendors covering all task areas? | AMD | Contractors can only bid a selected number of Task Areas. |
| 233 | Capgemini Government Solutions | Will each task area in the RFP be assigned a primary location for the place of performance? | AMD | No. |
| 234 | Capgemini Government Solutions | Given current status of work and incumbent contracts, does the government plan to issue a set of task orders to be awarded with the initial IDIQ award or will task orders be staggered in their eventual release? | AMD | No. |
| 235 | Capgemini Government Solutions | Does the government have a targeted date for IDIQ awards and planned Task Order start dates? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. |
| 236 | CCpace | Is there a registration requirement to attend the Industry Day on February 2nd? | AMD | We would appreciate it if you would register in advance. |
| 237 | Centennial Technologies, Inc. | Can you create two tracks for the IDIQ – Track 1 for small business and Track 2 for Unrestricted? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 238 | Centennial Technologies, Inc. | Can you identify how many awards will be made in each track? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 239 | Centennial Technologies, Inc. | For Unrestricted track – can you clearly define small business goals including socio economic categories? That way, large business will have an incentive to partner with small business | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 240 | Cherokee Nation Businesses | How many awards does USDA FSA OCIO intend to make on this IDIQ? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 241 | Cherokee Nation Businesses | Will a portion of the total awards issued be set aside for Small Businesses and 8(a) Small Businesses under the proposed NAICS code? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 242 | Cherokee Nation Businesses | Will any portion of the IDIQ (i.e. specific task areas) be set aside for Small Business? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 243 | Cherokee Nation Businesses | Is this opportunity funded for FY16? | AMD | Potentially, yes. |
| 244 | Cherokee Nation Businesses | What is the estimated ceiling for the IDIQ? | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000 a year. |
| 245 | Cherokee Nation Businesses | What are the estimated milestone dates for the following: |
RFP Release?
Award Date?
Contract PoP?
| AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. | |||
| 246 | Constellation West | How does the government intend to conduct this acquisition? What Contract Type Multiple Award, IDIQ? Single track? Multiple track? Unrestricted only? Unrestricted and Small Business Track? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 247 | Constellation West | If Small Business track is selected will there be any socio-economic set aside sub-tracks, such as WOSB, SDVOSB, 8(a) or HUBZone? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 248 | Constellation West | What is the size and anticipated total contract value (TCV)? | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000 a year. |
| 249 | Constellation West | What is the anticipated Period of Performance? | AMD | This IDIQ will have a one year base and 4 one year option periods. |
| 250 | Constellation West | What is the anticipated window of opportunity for past performance? Past 3 years? Past 5 years? How does the government view teaming and past performance? Will the government accept past performance from offeror and teaming partners? How will past performance be evaluated? | AMD | Evaluation Past Performance will be consistent with Section M of the final solicitation. |
| 251 | Constellation West | The anticipated solicitation release date stated is April 2016. What are the steps and milestones which must be addressed and met before a solicitation can be released? What is the government’s level of confidence in this timeline? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. The timeline may be flexible. |
| 252 | Constellation West | Is this acquisition funded? | AMD | Yes. |
| 253 | Deltek | I am wondering if an incumbent exists for the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ requirement outlined under AG-3151-S-16-0008 and if so, could you please provide the vendor and the corresponding contract number? | AMD | While there are some incumbent contractors, see Agenda Slides, there are also new requirements expected through this IDIQ. |
| 254 | Diverse Business Systems | Is the agenda for Industry Day next week set? Would you provide a copy of the agenda to include a listing of the breakout session(s)? We are making plans to attend and this information is necessary for us to properly plan. | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 255 | Dovel Technologies, Inc. | Will offerors who are awarded task orders for EA be OCI'd out of competing for any corresponding task orders for development? | AMD | Most likely yes. |
| 256 | Dovel Technologies, Inc. | Will offerors who are awarded task orders for PM support be OCI'd out of competing for any corresponding task orders for development? | AMD | Most likely yes. |
| 257 | Dovel Technologies, Inc. | How many awards will be made? How many SBSA vs. Full and Open Awards? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 258 | Dovel Technologies, Inc. | Will the TO's be FFP, T&M, Cost Plus or a combination? | AMD | Each Task Order will be have the contract type appropriate for the requirement. |
| 259 | DRT Strategies, Inc. | Given that many Small Businesses have the capabilities to perform requirements under this draft statement of work, has the Government considered creating any Small Business Set-asides for selected Task Areas? | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 260 | DRT Strategies, Inc. | Could the Government please confirm its intentions to have each task area and associated LCATs priced separately? | AMD | The intention is that each Task Area will be evaluated separately. |
| 261 | DSG Systems, Inc. | What is the procurement timeframe for issuance of the final RFP? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. |
| 262 | DSG Systems, Inc. | Has market research been completed, and has the final procurement strategy been established? | AMD | Yes. |
| 263 | DSG Systems, Inc. | Will this be a single-award or multiple-award? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 264 | DSG Systems, Inc. | Will there be separate swim lanes/awards based on task area? | AMD | There are multiple Task Orders anticipated in each Task Area. |
| 265 | DSG Systems, Inc. | Will the RFP be issued as a small business set-aside? If so, will the FSA be requiring the prime to provide a size recertification at time of proposal submittal? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 266 | DSG Systems, Inc. | If the RFP is issued as a F&O/Unrestricted competition, will FSA be setting small business subcontracting goals, requiring primes to submit small business subcontracting plans with their proposals, and monitoring small business participation on an annual basis with enforcement consequences if the prime does not meet those goals? | AMD | Yes. |
| 267 | DSG Systems, Inc. | Will the FSA consider issuing the RFP using the GSA 8(a) STARS II GWAC? There are numerous companies on that GWAC capable of performing this work. If not, what other established vehicle might FSA be considering? | AMD | No. |
| 268 | Federal Working Group | Federal Working Group (http://federalworking.com/) operates within the Federal Government small business size standards. We believe that the intended North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541512 is appropriate for all task areas. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 269 | Futron Incorporated | What is the ceiling value of this opportunity? | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000 a year. |
| 270 | Futron Incorporated | What is the anticipated timeline for release of the final solicitation? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. |
| 271 | Futron Incorporated | How will the Government evaluate offerors? | AMD | Evaluation will be consistent with Section M of the final solicitation. |
| 272 | Futron Incorporated | Will there be a small business track? | AMD | No. |
| 273 | Futron Incorporated | How many awards is the Government considering for this IDIQ? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 274 | Futron Incorporated | Will the Government consider alternate NAICS codes for this procurement in order to increase the amount of competition (which would result in more competitive pricing for the USDA)? Suggested alternate NAICS codes include 334310, 334118 , 517911 or 541712. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 275 | HP Enterprise Services | How does AMD envision Task Orders to be competed and issued under the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ? Will all contract awardees be able to compete across all thirteen Task Areas? | AMD | Understanding that small business preference is intended, there will be competition for Task Orders within each Task Area. |
| 276 | HP Enterprise Services | Does the USDA envision requiring a Small Business plan or defining Small Business set-aside requirements for the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ? | AMD | Yes. A Small Business Plan will be required of all Large Businesses. |
| 277 | HP Enterprise Services | Is there an overall schedule indicating target dates for milestones to include Draft RFP and Final RFP release dates? | AMD | No. |
| 278 | HP Enterprise Services | How does AMD envision Task Orders to be competed and issued under the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ? Will there be terms to incentivize IDIQ contract holders to bring business to the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ? | AMD | AMD does envision Task Orders to be competed and issued under the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ. No there will not be terms to incentivize IDIQ contract holders to bring business to the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ. |
| 279 | HP Enterprise Services | Is the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ to be a single or multiple award contract? If multiple, how many awardees are being considered? How many task orders are anticipated to be awarded under the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 280 | HP Enterprise Services | Will fixed unit pricing be supported under the FSA OCIO AWAC IDIQ? This will allow USDA to use the vehicle to purchase “as a service” offerings. | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 281 | HP Enterprise Services | As an Agency Wide IDIQ will FSA be able to accept funds from other Department’s for Task Orders, or will the other Departments have access to the contract and can place orders as they please? | AMD | The IDIQ will be managed by FSA. The Task Orders will be managed by the Contracting Office that issues the requirement. Those offices will use their own funds. |
| 282 | HP Enterprise Services | Who will oversee orders outside of FSA and what is the expectation of the contract holders to market the contract? | AMD | The IDIQ will be managed by FSA. The Task Orders will be managed by the Contracting Office that issues the requirement. |
| 283 | HP Enterprise Services | What is the expectation of FSA to market this contract vehicle within the Agency? | AMD | None. |
| 284 | HP Enterprise Services | Will the RFP include (in section G) instructions that explains how Task Orders are developed, competed and issued? | AMD | There will be general guidance provided in the solicitation. |
| 285 | HP Enterprise Services | Since the scope of services is across multiple task areas, will there be any specific tasks awarded that would preclude the contractor from bidding on another task based on OCI? | AMD | Yes. |
| 286 | HumanTouch, LLC | We recommend that the government procure the FSA requirements as a Small Business set-aside BPA against schedule 70. | AMD | No. |
| 287 | HumanTouch, LLC | If the government procurement is full and open, what are the small business requirements? | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 288 | HumanTouch, LLC | What is the dollar ceiling for the IDIQ? | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000 a year. |
| 289 | HumanTouch, LLC | What is the entire contract period for the IDIQ, base and all options? We would suggest at least a base year and four option years. | AMD | This IDIQ will have a one year base and 4 one year option periods. |
| 290 | HumanTouch, LLC | How many awards are expected? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 291 | HumanTouch, LLC | Does the Government anticipate awarding any Task Orders at the same time IDIQ awards are announced? If so, which task areas does the Government anticipate awarding when the IDIQ is awarded? | AMD | No. |
| 292 | HumanTouch, LLC | What contracts is the procurement replacing? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 293 | HumanTouch, LLC | Who are the current incumbents supporting the 13 task areas? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 294 | HumanTouch, LLC | In what area of the country is the majority of the IDIQ work to be performed? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 295 | HumanTouch, LLC | Does the government anticipate Small Business set-aside task order awards? If so, which task orders? | AMD | Yes. We are considering this. |
| 296 | HumanTouch, LLC | How will the government evaluate past performance? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 297 | HumanTouch, LLC | Given the similarity across all Task Areas, we suggest the Government consolidate the labor categories and descriptions into a single IDIQ listing of required labor categories. | AMD | No. |
| 298 | IBM | When is the anticipated date for the RFP and award? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS |
| 299 | IBM | Does the Government know which acquisition vehicle or procurement organizations will be used (e.g. GWAC, FEDSIM, etc)? | AMD | This is its' own IDIQ. |
| 300 | IBM | Must awardees compete for all task areas, or can awardees pick which task areas for which they wish to compete? | AMD | Contractors can only bid a selected number of Task Areas. |
| 301 | IBM | Does the Government anticipate awarding one company per task area, multiple companies per task area, or multiple companies for the whole contract? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 302 | IBM | What is the contract ceiling value of the anticipated contract? | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000,000.00 a year. |
| 303 | IBM | Which USDA agencies or offices will be assisting FSA in selecting the awardees? | AMD | This question will not be answered our source selection team is not to be dislosed. |
| 304 | IBM | Will there be a scope of work awarded with initial award? | AMD | The IDIQ will be awarded before any Task Orders. |
| 305 | IBM | Will the awards be unrestricted to company size or category? | AMD | The IDIQ will be unrestricted. |
| 306 | IBM | What will be the period of performance? | AMD | This IDIQ will have a one year base and 4 one year option periods. |
| 307 | IBM | Will each set of requirements or tasks be competed among the multiple awardees, or will the government have the flexibility to award directly to one of the awardees? | AMD | Consistent with the FAR, there may be direct awards of Task Orders to small businesses. |
| 308 | IBM | Does this award replace any existing FSA contracts - if so which contracts? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 309 | IBM | Will any contracts resulting from solicitation(s) based upon the task areas outlined in this RFI be restricted for FSA use only, or will they be available for use USDA wide? | AMD | There will not be any restriction placed. |
| 310 | IBM | If these contracts can be used USDA wide, what percentage of the estimated contract value will be reserved for exclusive use by FSA? | AMD | Less than 75% of the ceiling is reserved for FSA. |
| 311 | IBM | Will use of any task areas be mandatory for use by any/all USDA agencies? | AMD | No. |
| 312 | IBM | Will being awarded any one of these task areas preclude also awarding other task areas to the same bidder? | AMD | Yes. |
| 313 | IBM | Will task orders issued under the IDIQ contract be a combination of Firm Fixed Price or T&M? Does the Government have a preference for a contract type? | AMD | Each Task Order will be have the contract type appropriate for the requirement. |
| 314 | IBM Global Business Services | What is the maximum number of participants that a vendor may send to the Industry Day conference? | AMD | No limitation has been set. |
| 315 | InteliPath Services Group | Could you please provide the room number where the industry day will be held. | AMD | Please see RFI. |
| 316 | Protégé, LLC | Will there be any small DBE set-asides associated with the GWAC contracts? | AMD | No. |
| 317 | Protégé, LLC | Will small DBEs have to compete with larger firms to obtain a GWAC contract? | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 318 | Protégé, LLC | What are the guidelines for teaming to respond to the GWAC RFP? | AMD | How teams are established will not be restricted by FSA. |
| 319 | REI Systems | Is there or will there be an agenda of events? | AMD | Yes. |
| 320 | SAIC | Quickly is fairly relative to the system. Will the Government be defining Service Level Standard within individual Task Orders? | AMD | Yes. |
| 321 | SAIC | Since several of the job descriptions and categories are the same across tasks, is it the Government's intent to have separate labor category pricing for each task or will the labor categories be combined for a single IDIQ rate list? | AMD | Separate rates are required for each Task Area bid. |
| 322 | SNAP, Inc. | What’s FSA’s intent in terms of total number of awards | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 323 | SNAP, Inc. | What’s the time frame for release of RFP or DRAFT RFP | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 324 | SNAP, Inc. | What’s the time frame for contracts award | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. |
| 325 | SNAP, Inc. | What’s the procurement strategy in terms of set-aside contracts, such as SB, SDVOSB, HUBZONE, 8(a) etc | AMD | The IDIQ Task Areas will all have a small business preference consistent with the FAR. All Task Areas are open to both Large and Small Business. |
| 326 | SNAP, Inc. | What’s the expected $ funding ceiling for full and open and set-aside contracts | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000 a year. |
| 327 | SNAP, Inc. | What are the SB participation goals for large companies | AMD | Yes. Large Business will be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan. Please note socioeconic goals are posted on the USDA website. |
| 328 | SNAP, Inc. | Would FSA consider making CMMi Level 3 a mandatory requirement (Especially for task areas related to software engineering) | AMD | CMMI standards will be included in the Solicitation. |
| 329 | SNAP, Inc. | Does FSA plan to charge a user fee from other USDA agencies for utilizing the IDIQ | AMD | No. |
| 330 | SRA International Inc. | Some of the Task Areas may have inherent conflict of interests with others (e.g. IV&V with Development, PMO). How will this be handled on this contract vehicle? | AMD | It is anticipated that industry understands that, if it is bidding in areas that have potential OCI, it will not be bidding in the corresponding Task Area that has a conflict. |
| 331 | SRA International Inc. | Can you provide breakout session details to allow for proper coverage with attendance? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 332 | SRA International Inc. | What other USDA agencies does FSA anticipate using this AWAC IDIQ? | AMD | It is available for all. |
| 333 | SRA International Inc. | Do any of the stated task areas currently have more than one incumbent contractor? If more than one contractor, are the POP end dates in sync, or will there be ongoing work, i.e., existing incumbent and new contractor ? | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 334 | SRA International Inc. | Will separate proposals be required for each task area an offeror intends to pursue? | AMD | Yes. |
| 335 | SRA International Inc. | What are the anticipated Key Personnel requirements? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 336 | SRA International Inc. | What is the expected RFP release date? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. |
| 337 | SRA International Inc. | Will there be an Orals requirement? | AMD | No. |
| 338 | SRA International Inc. | What is the estimated ceiling value for this vehicle? | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000 a year. |
| 339 | SRA International Inc. | Will this RFP be released under an existing contract vehicle such as CIO-SP3 or IT-70? Can you identify which contract vehicle you anticipate using for this procurement? | AMD | This is its' own IDIQ. |
| 340 | SRA International Inc. | Will there be Small Business utilization requirements for the full and open awardees? | AMD | Yes. |
| 341 | SRA International Inc. | Will the task areas be a hybrid of FFP, T&M and CP? | AMD | Each Task Order will be have the contract type appropriate for the requirement. |
| 342 | SRA International Inc. | Will there be any sample Task Orders released? If so, will those Task Orders be executable upon award? | AMD | No. |
| 343 | SRA International Inc. | What is the anticipated Period of Performance for the IDIQ? | AMD | This IDIQ will have a one year base and 4 one year option periods. |
| 344 | SRA International Inc. | Will there be a Transition Period? If so, how long? | AMD | No. |
| 345 | SRA International Inc. | Will this be a best value award? | AMD | Yes. |
| 346 | SRA International Inc. | Will this procurement require References or PPQs on past performances cited, or a pull of CPARS ratings from PPIRS? | AMD | Past Performance will be required. |
| 347 | SRA International Inc. | The SOW represents a broad scope of work across all aspects of IT planning, delivery, and operations. We appreciate the opportunity to review and comment on it. We hope that we will be afforded the same opportunity to comment on the draft proposal instructions and evaluation criteria prior to the final solicitation being released. | AMD | Once the solicitation is posted, there will be a question and answer period. |
| 348 | SRA International Inc. | The Government has released a separate list of labor categories for each Task Area. Will the Government require separate rates for each Task Area, or will it request a single consolidated schedule of rates? | AMD | Separate rates are required for each Task Area bid. |
| 349 | SRA International Inc. | If the Government intends to award contractors by Task Area, what procedure will be used to determine which Task Area each Task Order will be released under? We recommend that the Government issue a single awardee for each Task Area, which would result in a decrease in management by the Government through multiple subsequent task order competitions post-IDIQ award. Furthermore, having a single awardee for each Task Area will also help improve the Government’s ability to hold contractors accountable and better manage the overall portfolio of IT programs. | AMD | The Contracting Officer for the IDIQ will make the final determination of Task Area. |
| 350 | SRA International Inc. | If the Government intends to issue multiple awardees by Task Area, how many full and open awards will there be per task area and how many small business awards will there be per task area? | AMD | Multiple Awardees are anticipated per each Task Area. |
| 351 | Syneren Technologies Corporation | Is it anticipated that other USDA agencies will need to be trained in order to facilitate de-centralized ordering utilizing FSA services? | AMD | Yes. |
| 352 | Syneren Technologies Corporation | The use of the 541512 NAICS Code seems appropriate. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 353 | Veracity Consulting, Inc | Will this AWC have Large and Small Biz set-a-side tracks? | AMD | No. |
| 354 | Veracity Consulting, Inc | Can you sub to multiple primes as WOSB or 8a? | AMD | How teams are established will not be restricted by FSA. |
| 355 | Veracity Consulting, Inc | What will the competition type be for the effort? | AMD | Full and Open competition will be the type of competition. |
| 356 | VSolvit LLC | The FBO notice states sources sought and the SOW says RFI. Is an RFI response being requested at this time and if so what is the due date or is the information provided just to notify companies of an upcoming industry day and prepare attendees for the industry day? | AMD | The request for information was as set forth in the FEDBIZOPS Posting. The intent was to ask for questions and provide notification of Industry Day. |
| 357 | VSolvit LLC | What contract vehicle will this be released under? CIOSP3? GSA IT Schedule 70? Will this be a standalone AWAC contract issued by AMD? | AMD | This is its' own IDIQ. |
| 358 | VSolvit LLC | Will the Task Orders under the AWAC be set aside to support different socio-economic categories - e.g. 8(a), HUBZone, Woman Owned/EDWOSB, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, etc. | AMD | This is possible. |
| 359 | VSolvit LLC | If a small business is currently performing the work (e.g. DBMO), will the future task order under the new AWAC (e.g. DBMO) be set aside for the same socio-economic small business category? | AMD | This would be an example of small business preference. |
| 360 | VSolvit LLC | How will this AWAC overlap or not overlap with the recently awarded DFAD-common? | AMD | Please note Objective and Task Areas set forth in the RFI and the Agenda Slides. |
| 361 | VSolvit LLC | How soon should we expect the RFP? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPs. |
| 362 | VSolvit LLC | Will small businesses be permitted to PRIME the AWAC and any Task Orders not specifically set aside for Small Business? | AMD | Yes. |
| 363 | VSolvit LLC | How will FSA include and evaluate 48 CFR 19.1307 - Price evaluation preference for HUBZone? | AMD | Evaluation Past Performance will be consistent with Section M of the final solicitation. |
| 364 | VSolvit LLC | If the government wants to simplify contract management by consolidating the various previously issued contracts under 1 AWAC, how will it realize the simplification with multiple awards, and multiple task order possibly being awarded to different contractors? | AMD | This mangement of this IDIQ will be handled by FSA. |
| 365 | VSolvit LLC | Will winning any of the Task Orders generate an OCI for the awardee? If so, please provide details as to which Task Orders would eliminate the awardee from competition for other specific Task Orders | AMD | Yes, winning of Task Areas and Task Orders may generate an OCI for an awardee. See Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 9.5 |
| 366 | Soft-Con Enterprises, Inc. | Given that USDA has a strong commitment to small businesses, will it be a requirement for large businesses to include a small business as a teaming partner? | AMD | Yes. Large Business will be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan. Please note socioeconic goals are posted on the USDA website. |
| 367 | Soft-Con Enterprises, Inc. | Has the government considered releasing separate small business and full and open components to promote the ability for small businesses to be able to compete? | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 368 | Soft-Con Enterprises, Inc. | Does the government intend to cap the number of companies who can receive award or will they award to all companies that meet the evaluation criteria? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 369 | Soft-Con Enterprises, Inc. | What's going to be the acquisition strategy? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 371 | HumanTouch, LLC | FSA may want to consider NAICS 518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services or 519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals for task 9. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 372 | Amyx, Inc | Amyx would like to recommend that you establish both a small business track and a full and open track on this procurement. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 373 | TechTrend LLC | Will Joint Ventures be permitted to bid either as small or large business depending on how they are structured? | AMD | How teams are established will not be restricted by FSA. |
| 374 | TechTrend LLC | Will a small business be permitted to join more than one team? | AMD | How teams are established will not be restricted by FSA. |
| 375 | TechTrend LLC | Will a small business be able to prime and be a part of a large business team? | AMD | How teams are established will not be restricted by FSA. |
| 376 | TechTrend LLC | It is our recommendation that the government offer two tracks. One for large businesses who will also need to build teams in order to show high levels of expertise in a variety of task areas. The second track will be small business with targets of awarding a number of awards to: 8a, EDWOSB and WOSB, HUB Zone, SDVOSBs and small businesses with no special designation. This can ensure specialty capabilities from smalls of all types and large business. By allowing smalls to participate equally you will find strong expertise in a variety of task areas, have closer alignment with their management teams and yet can still call on larges for large scale deployments. Allowing companies to chose the task areas where they bring the most value will provide a high level of expertise within the wide variety of task areas you require. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 377 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | Please release the list of attendees for the Industry day. This will assist small businesses in forming teams. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 378 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | In reference to rolling current FSA contracts over to this contract vehicle at the close of the period of performance as mentioned by Acting CIO Radha Sekar, does this mean the periods of performance include all options or will the contracts be rolled in at the expiration of the base/option period in effect at the time of award of this contract? | AMD | Each Task Order will be have the contract type appropriate for the requirement. |
| 379 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | In attending the Industry Day, it would have been helpful if FSA had shared the acquisition strategy for the acquisition. Will you please release your strategy on the following areas: a.Small Business participation as a Prime b.Small Business participation in regards to subcontracting goals for large businesses | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 380 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | The task areas were broken down into three segments or discussion purposes for the industry day. Will this break down become the tracks for the procurement? Ie Track 1: TA 1, 2, 3 and 4. Track 2: TA 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and Track 3: TA 5, 12 and 13. Will you allow vendors to bid on one track or several tracks? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 381 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | Will there be a small business and large business procurement? | AMD | No. |
| 382 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | Will there be a separate track for each of the 13 task areas? In the previous question, I asked if you would group the task areas into separate tracks allowing companies to participate on one or several of the tracks. You stated that you would sending out task orders by task area, not combining task areas. Does this mean that the acquisition will have 13 separate tracks on which to bid? | AMD | No. |
| 383 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | How many awards by socio-economic class is FSA contemplating? | AMD | This will be determined based upon qualifications. |
| 384 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | Will small businesses be able to propose on less than the full breadth of task areas? | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 385 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | Will FSA accept a combination of Prime and Subcontract past performance references as long as they are relevant and similar in scope and complexity? This would assist in gaining aggressive Small Business participation. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 386 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | How many past performances will be required? Can we use our sub-contractor’s past performance? Again,l this would assist in gaining aggressive small business participation. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 387 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | Will CTAs be allowed? | AMD | How teams are established will not be restricted by FSA. |
| 388 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | Will JV’s be allowed, and if so, can the member’s past performance be used to satisfy the past performance requirements? | AMD | How teams are established will not be restricted by FSA. |
| 390 | Five 9 Group, Inc. | When is the anticipated Award Date? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. |
| 391 | International Logic Systems, Inc. | Would you provide the Industry Day participant list and contact information if it is available? | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 392 | SNAP Inc | What is the anticipated release date for the RFP? | AMD | Please keep an eye on FEDBIZOPS. |
| 393 | SNAP Inc | Does the FSA anticipate to have a small and large business tracks? If so can a vendor participate in both as a prime and a subcontractor? | AMD | How teams are established will not be restricted by FSA. |
| 395 | SNAP Inc | Will the FSA award the contract inclusive of all task areas? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 397 | SNAP Inc | Is the place of performance client or contractor site? If both, please specify what locations require on-site support. | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 398 | SNAP Inc | For contractor site work, does the vendor need to have a location near the work locations specified in the RFI? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 401 | SNAP Inc | Would the FSA please identify incumbent companies who are currently performing at the FSA. | AMD | Please see Agenda Slides. |
| 404 | The Mercator Group | As I understand it, this is currently planned to be a full and open competition. Has there been any consideration of carving out a small business component to this? | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 405 | The Mercator Group | Also, as the scope of the requirement currently stands, there seems to be some built in OCI risk for the Government in that, for example, the Agency is procuring both Acquisition Support and Implementation Services on the same contract. One option might be to break up the acquisition into two components: one covering Task Areas 1-4, and the other covering Task Areas 5-13. There are many small businesses (such as ours, the Mercator Group), I believe, who could successfully cover task areas 1-4, while leaving the other downstream implementation areas in the full and open arena, and eliminating most of the OCI risk. Thoughts? | AMD | It is anticipated that industry understands that, if it is bidding in areas that have potential OCI, it will not be bidding in the corresponding Task Area that has a conflict. |
| 406 | KFORCE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. | We strongly recommend that AMD utilize a draft RFP/2nd Industry Day for additional Comments/Suggestions from Industry prior to finalizing the acquisition strategy. *This approach serves both Government and Industry in enabling both to exchange ideas that should be mutually beneficial and * allows USDA/FSA/AMD to produce a well-defined and realistic RFP that clearly defines the FSA needs * And reduces the possibility of unnecessary Industry protests | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 407 | KFORCE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. | Providing as much information as possible PRIOR to any Draft and/or RFP – INCREASES Industry’s ability to provide the Government exactly what they need, when they need it and at highly competitive pricing – anything short of this creates more confusion and usually leads to delays, additional cost for both and delays the award of critical acquisitions = in other words a lose-lose situation | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 408 | KFORCE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. | KGS recommends establishing an on-line portal for the acquisition where all relevant data is published (both Industry Q&A and Government information – e.g. acquisition strategy, schedule, RFI and key USDA/FSA/AMD POCs (you can also state that these people are not available to meet individually with Industry, but the portal will accept questions, requests for info and publish that information on an on-going basis. * This approach saves you tons of time and industry will not waste your time requesting individual meetings – GSA (e.g. OASIS) uses this approach and it’s been very successful | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 409 | KFORCE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. | We also recommend allowing cross teaming (e.g. Large businesses can sub to small business primes and vice versa) – this reduces the number of contractors FSA/AMD have to manage/oversee and monitor throughout the vehicle PoP. * Another suggestion is allow on-ramp and off-ramp of prime contractors (e.g. off ramp those contractors who are not bidding enough of the TOs and on-ramp enable FSA/AMD to ‘refresh’ prime contractors thereby stimulating technical excellence and innovation with significantly lower risk to USDA * Allowing Primes to add/replace subs also retains best technical expertise and helps reduce costs over the life of the vehicle | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 410 | KFORCE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. | And we suggest FSA/AMF consider lengthening the vehicle PoP (e.g. 7 to 10 years) reducing the work load on AMD while enabling on/off ramp to retain the best of the best contractors | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 411 | Phacil, Inc. | We recommend that FSA publish the list of attendees for the Industry Day to foster teaming opportunities. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 412 | Phacil, Inc. | The RFI documents do not include Draft Sections L and M, as well as other RFP Sections. We recommend that FSA release a Draft RFP, including Sections L and M, to enable review, questions, and feedback. This approach will benefit FSA by identifying any areas for clarification or correction prior to the release of the final RFP, and thus streamline the procurement upon final RFP release. Such information also will further foster appropriate teaming opportunities. | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 413 | Phacil, Inc. | What is the anticipated ceiling value of the IDIQ? | AMD | The ceiling is anticipated to approximately $750,000 a year. |
| 414 | Phacil, Inc. | How many awards are anticipated under the IDIQ? We recommend that FSA have a sufficient number of awards to enable adequate competition across all of the Task Areas, which will benefit FSA through lower costs and access to increased capabilities, experiences, and a wider range of innovative and efficient approaches and solutions. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 415 | Phacil, Inc. | Will awards be made by each Task Area under the IDIQ or will awards be made based on offerors or teams that can address all Task Areas? If awards will be made by each Task Area, how will FSA address Task Orders that cover multiple Task Areas? | AMD | This will be set forth in the Solicitation. |
| 416 | Telesis Corporation | I truly appreciated the excellent Industry Day event that FSA hosted today. It was a wonderful opportunity for those of us who are new to the agency to meet your IT leadership and hear some of your thoughts on how you want FSA IT services to evolve over the next few years. Based on the conversations I heard following the event and my own impressions, I ask that the Acquisition Management Division please extend the deadline for the submission of questions until at least this Friday. This is an exciting and complex requirement and it deserves industry’s that best effort. Foundational to that is industry having sufficient time to ask all, relatively speaking, the questions needed to deliver proposal responses that truly address FSA needs across the spectrum of Task Areas. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 417 | Telesis Corporation | I believe there may be considerable similarities between your potential acquisition strategy and CIO-SP3/CIO-SP3 Small Business contract managed by NITACC. I would like to suggest that you contact NITACC and request a briefing on their lessons learned. I must warn you that they will certainly try to convince you that CIO-SP3 would be better for FSA that creating your own AWAC. You need a focused solution that you can control and direct - just like you outlined at Industry Day. However, if can get past their marketing, they could offer insight into their pitfalls and oversights. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 418 | NuWave Solutions, LLC | The request is that you post the list of Industry day attendees (Company, POC name, & contact information) to help with networking for this USDA opportunity | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 419 | 22nd Century Technologies Inc | Period Of Performance- Considering this as a large acquisition and that USDA is going to spend a lot of tax payer dollars for this acquisition, we recommends to have base year plus minimum 8-10 option years. This is the industry standard on all other major IDIQ’s of similar size such as EAGLE 2 (Department of Homeland Security), NETCENTS 2 (US Air Force), TIPPS 4 (IRS) and CIO-SP3 (Department of Health). In addition these IDIQs have re-vamp to add or remove vendors after a certain number of option years. | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 420 | 22nd Century Technologies Inc | Contract Vehicle- We recommend using GSA Schedule 70 or CIO-SP3 contract vehicle as the vendors of these vehicles already have proven their qualifications for similar scope work | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
| 421 | 22nd Century Technologies Inc | Two Phase Acquisition:- We would like to recommend a two phase acquisition. Phase 1 will be to down select vendors based on some screening process and restrict the competition. This will help:-*a.Remove lot of vendors that can’t perform this large work. b.Save time that results from cost of acquisition as USDA doesn’t have to go through detailed evaluation of all 100’s of proposals c.Save money and time as it reduces the protest at the end of the acquisition | AMD | FSA will take that into consideration |
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