Atch 1-Questions for Industry.docx

ATTACHMENT 1 - QUESTIONS FOR INDUSTRY

Please provide a response to each question below as it pertains to your company. Each response must cite the question you’re responding to. NOTE: Questions, Comments and Government Response will be posted throughout the pre-solicitation phase. Any information you wish to be protected as ‘acquisition sensitive” or “proprietary” must be marked for easy identification. All responses must be in Microsoft Word and not exceed 15 pages.

1. Company Information:

· Company Name

· Mailing Adress

· Company Website

· Cage Code and Unique Entity ID (UEI) Number

2. Company Point of Contact:

· Name

· Title

· Email Address

· Phone Number

3. Identify your company’s business size under NACIS 611512:

· Large Business Concern

· Small Business (SB) Concern

· SBA 8(a) Business Development Program Concern

· Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Concern

· Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Concern

· Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone Concern

· Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)

· Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

· Other – please list.

4. If you are a small business, please identify the appropriate set aside program for which you wish to be considered.

5. If you identify your company as a Small Business or any SB subcategories as stipulated in Questions #3, is your company interested as proposing as Prime?

6. Under the current SB certification regulations, do you anticipate your company remaining as small business, under NAICS 611512?

· As a SB and your company is awarded a contract, will you be able to perform at least 50% of the work?

· If you are a small business, can you go without a payment for 90 days?

7. Please indicate your interest to attend if the government were to schedule a site visit/preproposal conference at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. Provide the desired number of attendees and any specific requirement information, other than solicitation Sections 6 (Instructions to Offerors) and Section 7 (Evaluation Factors for Award) information, desired to be presented that is not already provided in this Sources Sought or draft PWS. Please note, this question is for informational purposes only for potential planning and does not bind the government to conduct this or similar event.

SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING:

8. If you are a small business and plan to be the prime, explain how you will meet the limitations on subcontracting under FAR Clause 52.219-14? Address your company’s ability to manage and integrate subcontracts efforts.

9. In the event this requirement is acquired unrestricted (full and open), there will be a requirement for large business to provide a small business subcontracting plan. The government is interested in input from industry regarding small business subcontracting opportunities. What is a realistic small business subcontracting goal for large businesses to achieve?

COMPANY CAPABILITES:

10. Has your company performed this type of effort or similar type(s) of effort (to include size and complexity) in the past for another DoD agency or other non-DoD agency within the last 5 years? Please provide up to three examples of similar work that your company has performed as the prime contractor supporting this type of requirement to include the following information:

· Contract Number(s)

· Period of Performance

· Statement regarding relevancy of the scope of work to this requirement/RFI

· Total dollar value or ceiling of entire contract

· Aggregate dollar value of work performed, or task orders issued to your firm as the prime contractor

11. Provide evidence of your company’s financial and human resource capabilities to meet the requirements of a program of this size and complexity. Refer to the Draft PWS and Draft DD254.

12. Provide evidence of your company’s technical experience to program manage a large, multi-platform, technically complex contract at geographically dispersed locations such as this requirement. Reference Draft PWS and Draft DD254.

13. Do you anticipate any problems with acquiring and/or retaining a trained workforce to support a contract of this size and complexity? Refer to the Draft PWS and Draft DD254.

· Identify any risks/concerns you may have in hiring and retaining qualified instructors.

14. Does your company currently possess the required Facility Clearance? Can your company/teaming arrangement obtain the required Facility Clearance before award? If proposing as part of a teaming arrangement or Joint Venture, does your teaming arrangement or Joint venture entity itself possess the required Facility Clearance and or exception to policy?

15. Address your company’s ability to manage and integrate subcontract efforts.

ACQUISITION PLANNING AND SOURCE SELECTION PLANNING:

16. What source selection method do you feel would be best for this requirement?

· If you support LPTA, support your position by addressing items in DFARS 215.101-2-70 required to be met for an LPTA best value source selection.

· If you support past performance trade-off (PPT), support your position by addressing what you believe would be the best descriptions for Very Relevant, Relevant, Somewhat Relevant, and Not Relevant for this requirement.

· If you support a full tradeoff, please support your position by addressing what technical aspects of the draft PWS you believe could be traded off?

· Technical/Price tradeoff? Past performance would be waived and only used in making the responsibility determination on the apparent awardee.

17. Provide feedback on if the requirement should be posted on SAM.gov or solicited through GSA OASIS.

18. Is 30 days enough for proposal preparation?

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

19. Does the draft PWS and Appendices clearly state the requirements? Please provide recommendations on improvement. In order to help facility industry, your team is allowed to provide the government with a copy of the draft PWS with tracked changes and comments turned on in lieu of listing out any recommendations here.

21. Do you have any recommendations for additional performance objectives? See the Services Summary table in the draft PWS.

All information received will be protected and safeguarded as Source Selection Sensitive Information IAW FAR 3.104, Procurement Integrity. Please submit the requested information NLT the closing date and time of 21 Jun 2024, 2:00 p.m. EST to the POCs listed in this notice.