Attachment 2 - STS AAS RFI Questionnaire.docx

DTRA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (RD), ADVISORY & ASSISTANCE SERVICES (A&AS)

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT (STS)

HDTRA1-25-RFI-0046

SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

ATTACHMENT 2 – STS A&AS RFI QUESTIONNAIRE

Instructions

1. Please read the DTRA RD STS Advisory & Assistance Services (A&AS) RFI to help you better understand the requirements for this acquisition.

2. Complete this Questionnaire and return it to the Contract Specialist, Julliette Hernandez, at julliette.n.hernandezsantamaria.civ@mail.mil and the Contracting officer, Pinkesh Patel, at pinkesh.m.patel.civ@mail.mil no later than 1700 EST on January 17, 2025. The RFI Questionnaire should be saved and submitted in Microsoft Word format. Please do not add graphics or submit in Adobe PDF format.

3. The Government reserves the right to not consider the content of incomplete or late Questionnaires. Please provide the full name, title, company name, company socioeconomic status, company CAGE code, telephone number and email address of the respondent in the body of the email response. The Government reserves the right to not respond to any or all inquiries about this procurement, as industry will have an opportunity to submit questions through the upcoming Industry Day and through the draft RFP that will be issued in early-2025. Telephone inquiries will not be responded to.

4. All information received from respondents under this RFI will be protected as “source selection sensitive” and proprietary; however, offerors are encouraged to add a Proprietary data legend on all submissions.

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In each question below please provide a detailed summary for your answers, when requested, and adhere to page length limitations. Please do not submit your responses in PDF format or with graphics.

Note: Follow these steps to “check” the Check Boxes contained within: Double Left Click on Check Box, Select Properties, Select “Checked” under Default Value, Select OK.

1. Company Name, website URL Address, Socioecnomic Status, and CAGE Code→:

Are you an affiliate (see FAR 19.101) of another company? If so, please provide the name and address of your affiliate and state nature of affiliation.

2. Point of Contact (POC) Name, Address, Email Address, Phone Number, and Fax Number→:

POC Name→:

POC Address (if different from Company Address) →:

POC Email Address→:

POC Phone Number→:

3. Company Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)→:

4. Company CAGE Code→:

5. Company Facility Clearance (Minimum of TOP SECRET is required).

If your company is pursuing a Top Secret Facility Clearance, state the date the clearance capability was initiated and when you expect to obtain it↓:

Clearance Currently Held →:

Cognizant DCAA Office, Address, Auditor Name, Auditor Phone Number and Email Address→:

Company Tax Identification Number→:

12. Check the boxes to the right that apply to your company. Company Size/Socioeconomic Status (contemplated NAICS is 541715, size standard 1,000 employees). →

Please show approximately how many employees your company presently has? ________

|_| Small Business (SB); NAICS 541715, Research and Development in the Physical Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Also check all that apply below:

13.

|_| Veteran-Owned Small Business

|_| Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

|_| HUBZone Small Business

|_| Small Disadvantaged Business

|_| Women-Owned Small Business

|_| 8(a) Concern

|_| Indian Organization or Indian-Owned Economic Enterprise

|_| Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions

|_| Large Business

|_| Institute of Higher Learning

|_| Non-Profit/Not-for-Profit Organization

14. Your primary interest in the contract is as a Prime or Subcontractor?

How many contracts is your company currently a Prime contractor on? (estimate) If none put 0.

Prime Contractor: |_| Yes |_| No Subcontractor: |_| Yes |_| No

PRIME Contractor on: Provide # here

15. Are you presently a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor under one or more DTRA Contracts? If so, identify at right the applicable DTRA Contract number or Task Order #, as applicable, and whether it is for RD. In lieu of the contract number, the DTRA program office and POC may be listed.

|_| Yes |_| No

16. What do you suggest is a 'reasonably achievable’ small business subcontracting percentage that a large business prime contractor performing this contract should be able to achieve, based on a percentage of both total obligated dollars on the contract and as a percentage of total dollars subcontracted?

% of total dollars obligated |_| 0 – 5% |_| 6 - 10% |_| 11-15% |_| 16 - 20% |_| 21 – 25% |_| 26 – 30%

% of dollars subcontracted |_| 0 – 5% |_| 6 - 10% |_| 11-15% |_| 16 - 20% |_| 21 – 25% |_| 26 – 30%

17. Provide a company profile that succinctly describes your company, its history, headquarters and other office locations (excluding offices physically located on a government installation), average number of employees (broken out by 1) billable and 2) unbillable/overhead) and revenues for your most recent accounting year, the primary sector in which you operate and your primary customers, your primary lines of business, and other amplifying information that you believe demonstrates your ability to perform this contract and provides the government a good snapshot of your company.

Provide the number (or approximate percentage of total employees) of persons currently on staff holding scientific/engineering/technical/math degrees at the BS, MS and PhD levels. If your company has one or more affiliates, describe them, their primary lines of business and approximate number of employees in each.

If your company has participated in any types of federal contract teaming arrangements, list the type(s) you were a party to (example, mentor-protégé, joint venture, etc.). In addition, provide your three largest contracts performed under this NAICS code (541715) and/or similar A&AS/professional /technical/engineering NAICS codes, including total average dollar revenue per year, whether you performed as prime or subcontractor, average number of your own FTEs (i.e., your company’s employees) performing on each contract at any one time, and period of performance. Response to this Question should be limited to 2 pages. ↓

18. Scope area capability and capacity. Check the block below for every scope area for which your company and team have performed (or is performing) one or more prime contracts or subcontracts over the past five years.

Operational Support Policy Support

Chemical and Biological Technologies (RD-CB)

Counter WMD Technologies (RD-CX)

Nuclear Technologies (RD-NT)

Operations (RD-OP)

Test and Assessment (RD-TS)

Other (Please List Scope Area):

(Refer to Attachment 1 – RD STS A&AS PWS)

13. Are there any specific acquisition strategy approaches, incentives or techniques you would recommend the Government use to maximize competition on this contract (either at the prime or subcontractor level)?

Recommendations might relate to the structuring of the proposal evaluation criteria and weightings, proposal content requirements, SOW requirements, line item structure, contract type, terms and conditions, choice of NAICS code/SB Size Standard, incentivizing small business subcontracting by large business primes, etc.

Response to this Question should be limited to 1/2 page. ↓

14. FINANCIAL VIABILITY means the respondent has the necessary financial ability to perform this acquisition. Demonstrate your financial viability to perform this contract, for example, demonstrate credit worthiness by providing your additional information on prior years' annual revenue/sales figures, descriptions of available lines of credit, etc.. If available, small businesses shall submit Letters of Credit or commitment letters from financial institutions to provide or increase line of credit.

Response to this Question should be limited to 1 paragraph. ↓

15. If the contract is awarded to other than the incumbent contractor, the acquisition timeline currently provides for an approximate three month transition period. Do you feel this is adequate or do you have any suggestions on things the Government can do to prepare for and/or facilitate the transition? Response to this Question should be limited to 2 paragraphs. ↓

16. Do you have any suggestions for ways the Government can introduce innovative approaches to the procurement that would foster improvements in performance quality, personnel recruiting/staffing/retention, training, etc. ? This could be through proposal evaluation criteria that encourage offerors to propose such approaches and/or through making specific innovations mandatory parts of the contract. This question is optional. Response to this Question should be limited to 2 paragraphs. ↓

17. Do you have any GWAC or enterprise contracts where we can issue an award? If so, do you have any experiences and lessons learned or suggestions (pros or cons) you would like to share concerning your experience performing as a contractor on this contract vehicle? Please also identify the contract number. Response to this Question should be limited to 1 paragraph. ↓

18. Questions for Consideration (Industry may answer any or all in their response) Response to these questions should be limited to one page.

a) Should this requirement be a small business set aside? Why or why not?

b) If this is set aside for small business, do you intend to prime or subcontract it?

c) If this requirement is not set aside for small business, do you plan to prime or subcontract it?

d) What are the risks inherent with the Government’s inteded acquisition strategy? What would you do to mitigate that risk?

e) How do you intend to meet limitations on subcontracting if this is set aside for small business?

HDTRA1-25-RFI-0046/DTRA RD STS A&AS

Attachment 2 - RFI Questionnaire