Attachment 2. C2 CAT+CWD RFI Questions.pdf
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This document is an Attachment to a Request for Information (RFI) for a federal contract opportunity. The RFI is seeking information from industry to inform the acquisition strategy and solicitation for the Command and Control (C2), Contract Academic Training (CAT), Courseware Development (CWD), and Distance Learning (DL) services contract, referred to as the C2 CAT/CWD contract.
The key details include:
- The contract is a recompete of a current requirement, with a 2-month phase-in, one 10-month base year, and four 12-month option years. Award is expected around December 2025.
- The services include contract academic training, courseware development, distance learning services, training system support/mission system interface, and staff support services for various locations.
- Interested parties must be registered under NAICS 611512 (Flight Training) and provide information on their company capabilities, small business status, acquisition planning, and feedback on the draft Performance Work Statement.
- The government is conducting market research to determine the appropriate contract type, set-aside status, and whether to pursue a commercial or non-commercial acquisition.
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Attachment 2: C-2 CAT/CWD RFI Questions
We look forward to reviewing your response and ideas for this acquisition. Please remember accuracy, brevity, and clarity are necessary when responding. Each response should cite the question number and the entire question. Please mark any information that you wish to be protected as “acquisition sensitive” or “proprietary”. All responses should be in Microsoft Word and should not exceed 20 pages with no smaller than 10-point font.
Please provide a title page with the following information:
Company Information
a. Company Name
b. Mailing Address
c. Company Website
d. Cage Code and Unique Entity ID
Company Point of Contact
a. Name
b. Title
c. Mailing Address
d. Email Address
e. Phone Number
Small Business and Size Related Questions
1. Please identify your company’s business size based on the primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 611512, Flight Training. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/.
• 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.
2. If you identify your company as a Small Business or any SB subcategories as stipulated in Questions #1, is your company interested in a prime contract for the above RFI? If no, do you plan on submitting as part of a teaming arrangement that would be the prime contractor (i.e., joint venture or tripart teaming arrangement)? If large business, please also state if you plan to prime or team for this requirement.
3. Under the current SB certification regulations, do you anticipate your company remaining as small business, under NAICS 611512, for the length of this source selection?
a. As a SB and your company is awarded a contract, will you be able to perform at least 50% of the work?
b. If you are a small business, can you go without a payment for 90 days?
4. 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.
5. In the event this requirement is acquired unrestricted (full and open), there will be a requirement for large business offerors 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 and what subcontracting opportunities exist for this requirement?
6. Please provide details, if appropriate, regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, or other business arrangements to satisfy these requirements that your company intends to participate in and/or your company believes could be beneficial for this requirement.
Company Capabilities Questions
7. Submit evidence of experience and ability to provide program management of a large multiplatform and technically complex Command and Control type service contract. Refer to Draft PWS. Please provide the following information:
• Contract Number(s)
• If your company was the prime, part of a teaming arrangement or joint venture, or a subcontractor
• Period of Performance
• Statement regarding relevancy of the scope of work to this 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
8. Include information on your company's technical and financial abilities that will allow you to meet the requirements of a program of this magnitude. Address the up-front capital investment, insurance coverage anticipated and the company's ability to: 1) Hire and ability to retain qualified personnel; 2) Knowledge and experience of the Air Force Instructional System Design or industry equivalent; 3) Quality Control capabilities to meet the Government's inspection and quality requirements.
9. Do you currently possess the required Facility Clearance? Can your company/teaming arrangement obtain the required Facility Clearance before the proposed award date? If proposing as part of a teaming arrangement or joint venture, does your teaming arrangement or joint venture have the required facility clearance and/or exception to policy?
10. Do you currently employ personnel with the required security clearance(s) or could you obtain personnel with required clearance before the proposed award date? Refer to the Draft PWS.
11. Do you anticipate any problems with acquiring and retaining a trained workforce to support the level of effort described in the draft PWS? Identify any risks/concerns you may have. Provide any information/obstacles on commercial practices in hiring and retaining qualified personnel.
Acquisition Planning and Source Selection Planning Questions
12. What do you believe the best source selection method for this requirement to be? If you support LPTA, please 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 a full-trade off, please support your position by addressing what technical aspects of the draft PWS you believe could be traded-off? If you support past performance trade-off, please 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.
13. What do you believe is the best contract type for this requirement? If any other contract type than Firm Fixed Price is suggested, please support your position. If you support Firm Fixed Price but believe certain items should be addressed through a Fixed Price with economic-price adjustment/cost-like CLIN, please provide information on what parts of the requirement should be addressed through these alternate line-item types.
14. Do you support this effort as a commercial or non-commercial contract? Please support your position.
Performance Work Statement Questions
15. What changes, if any, do you suggest we make to the draft PWS to allow for a more performance-based requirement?
a. What percentage/areas of the PWS requirements do you see as being performance-based vs non-performance based?
b. Please identify any portions of the draft PWS that, as written, are too restrictive or prohibit the flexibility to perform according to industry established practices.
16. Does the PWS and Appendices clearly state the requirements? Please provide recommendations on improvement.
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.
17. Do you have any recommendations for additional performance objectives? See the Services Summary table in the draft PWS.
Other Questions
18. Please provide feedback on the future CLIN organization:
Group 1: Transition CLINs, one CLIN per location (not used beyond transition period) (all remaining CLIN groups placed on contract for base year and all option years) Group 2: CAT CLINs, one CLIN per location Group 3: CWD CLINs, one CLIN per location Group 4: Staff Support CLINs, one CLIN per location Group 5: DLA CLINs, one CLIN per location Group 6: TACP Sim Op/MX CLINs, one CLIN per location Group 7: Travel CLINs, one CLIN per location Group 8: Optional Labor CLINs, one CLIN per location per type of labor
19. Have you worked on contracts with collective bargaining agreements? If so, please explain your company’s approach for ensuring rates will not deviate substantially from contract award throughout the life of the contract.
20. Any other comments or additional information not addressed above.
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