Attachment 2 - Questions for Industry 15Nov22.pdf

ATTACHMENT 2 - QUESTIONS FOR INDUSTRY:

We look forward to reviewing your response and ideas for this acquisition. Please remember accuracy, brevity, and clarity. Questions from prospective offerors and the subsequent answers will be posted throughout the presolicitation phase of the procurement. 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.

GENERAL:

1. Company Information

a. Company Name

b. Mailing Address

c. Company Website

d. Cage Code and Unique Entity ID

2. Company Point of Contact

a. Name

b. Title

c. Mailing Address

d. Email Address

e. Phone Number

3. 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)

4. If you identify your company as a Small Business or any SB subcategories as stipulated in

Questions #3, is your company interested in a prime contract for the above RFI?

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

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?

6. Please indicate your interest to attend IF the Government were to schedule a site visit/pre-proposal conference at Holloman AFB. Provide the desired number of attendees and any specific requirement information, other than potential 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.

7. Is 30 days enough for proposal preparation?

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 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?

10. Please provide details, if appropriate, regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, or other business arrangements to satisfy these requirements.

COMPANY CAPABILITIES:

11. Has your company performed this type of effort or similar types of effort (to include size and complexity) in the past for another government agency or other non-government customer 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:

Contract Number(s) 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

12. Include information on your company’s technical and financial resources to be able to meet the program requirements of this nature and size as detailed in the draft PWS posted with this notice.

13. Include evidence of your company’s ability to provide program management sites at geographically dispersed locations for CAT/CWD services similar to those in the draft PWS attached.

14. Do you anticipate any problems with acquiring and retaining a trained workforce to support the level of effort described in the draft PWS?

a. Identify any risks/concerns you may have.

b. Provide any information/obstacles on commercial practices to train MQ9 instructors and industry standards for certification.

15. Specifically address the up-front capital investment and ability to hire qualified personnel, ISD Management Plan experience and Quality Control capabilities to provide and maintain an inspection system that meets the Government’s inspection and quality requirements.

16. Do you currently possess the required security clearance(s) or have the ability to obtain personnel with sufficient clearance before contract award?

CONSOLIDATION OF REQUIREMENTS:

17. What efficiencies/benefits could be gained by consolidating the MQ9 CAT/CWD and ISR Training Support contracts into one overarching contract?

18. What risks/problems do you foresee by consolidating the two requirements to one overarching contract?

19. How would you define recent experience and relevant past experience of similar contracts in order to assess the confidence of a company to perform under a consolidated contract for this effort?

20. The Government is considering base plus six (6) option periods. What risks/problems do you foresee by extending the period of performance to 7 years?

21. Considering the type of work for the consolidated requirements, what contract type(s) would you recommend (i.e., Firm-Fixed Price Contract, Cost plus Fixed Fee/Cost plus Incentive Fee/Cost plus Award Fee, etc.)?

a. Is there enough information available for a FFP type contract?

b. What do you see as advantages and disadvantages of incentive fees and award fees? Which do you support and why?

22. With the Government using Subjective Trade-off source selection process, what do you see as a trade space? Provide rationale.

23. Are there any recommended discriminators for technical or past performance evaluation purposes?

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT:

24. 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 your established practices.

25. Do the PWS and Appendices clearly state the requirements? Any recommendations on improvement?

26. Do you have any recommendation for additional performance objectives?

27. Is a 90-day transition period sufficient?

COMMERCIALITY:

28. The current contracts were determined commercial IAW FAR Parts 2 and 12; is there any requirements in the draft PWS that would be considered “non-commercial”? Please provide a brief summation if applicable.

OTHERS:

29. The MQ9/ISR contracts identified must adhere to the Collective Bargaining Agreements

(CBAs) and/or the Department of Labor Wage Determination rates.

a. How will you control cost growth in the out years for CBA negotiations?

b. What is your approach for ensuring rates will not deviate substantially from contract award throughout the life of the contract?

30. Any other comments or additional information to consider not addressed above.