NPSBN_Amendment_005_-_QAs.pdf

Solicitation No. D15PS00295 – Amendment 005 Questions and Answers

Question #: 99 – Please note, the answer to this question hereby supersedes the one issued in

Amendment 001

RFP Section Reference: Section L.3.1, Volume I – Business Management, and L.3.1.2, Section Two, Leadership and Program Management

Question:

The RFP states attachments required to be completed are not part of the page limitation. Are the required plans and other elements (program management and staffing, PWS, WBS from L.3.1.2), and Day 1 solutions considered attachments and therefore not part of the page count?

Answer:

Yes, attachments and templates are excluded from the page limitation identified in Section L.3.1, Volume

I – Business Management. Specifically, this exclusion includes the Day 1 task order tabs as well as those items identified in Section L.3.1.1, Section One – General; the Solicitation Conformance Traceability

Matrix (Section J, Attachment J-22), the small business subcontracting plan; past performance reference forms; resumes, Integrated Master Schedule, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) (referenced in

Section L.3.1.2, Section Two – Leadership and Program Management); Public Safety Device Connections

Template (referenced in Section L.3.1.3, Section Three – Public Safety Customer Acquisition); and all items identified in Section L.3.1.5, Section Five – Financial Standing. All other items not stated in the exclusion shall be considered in the page limitation as stated. However, the RFP will be amended to provide clarification as well as to identify any applicable page limitations.

RFP Change (Yes/No):

Yes

RFP Change Description:

Section L.3.1, Volume I – Business Management, is revised in this Amendment 005 to read, “The business management proposal shall not exceed 200 pages in length (100 sheets of paper, double-sided print). This page count excludes those items identified in Section L.3.1.1, Section One – General; the

Solicitation Conformance Traceability Matrix; the Small Business Subcontracting Plan; Past Performance reference forms; the resumes, Integrated Master Schedule, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) referenced in L.3.1.2, Section Two – Leadership and Program Management; the Public Safety Device

Connections Template and Section J, Attachment J-23, End User Pricing Tables, referenced in L.3.1.3, Section Three – Public Safety Customer Acquisition; Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) reference in Section L.3.1.4, Section Four – Customer Care and Life-Cycle Sustainment; and all items identified in Section Error! Reference source not found., Error! Reference source not found.. The business management proposal shall contain the following information and be broken down in the following sections.”

Question #: 162 – Please note, the answer to this question hereby supersedes the one issued in

Amendment 002

RFP Section Reference: L.3.1.1, Section One – General, Paragraph 4 ("As part of Volume I…")

Question:

Section L.3.1.1 requires the submission of a “Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Performance Work

Statement (PWS)”. Can the Government please confirm that the WBS and PWS are excluded from the

Volume I page limit?

Answer:

Yes, the WBS is excluded from the page limitation. However, the Performance Work Statement (PWS) is not excluded from the page limitation stated in Section L.3.1, Volume I – Business Management.

Section L.3.1, Volume I – Business Management, is being revised in this Amendment 005, to clarify the

WBS is excluded from the page limitation. Also, Section L.3.1.1, Section One – General, 4th paragraph is being revised to read, “As part of Volume I, Business Management, the Offeror shall propose a

Performance Work Statement (PWS) identifying the tasks required for the deployment and operation of the NPSBN. The PWS shall address the objectives specified in Section C, Statement of Objectives

(SOO) and the associated attachments in Section J. The PWS, evaluated to be the best overall solution, will replace the SOO in the subsequent contract.”

Section L.3.1.2, Section Two – Leadership and Program Management, 3rd bullet, is being revised in this

Amendment 005 to read, “Provide an Integrated Master Schedule and WBS that addresses all build-out and transition-to-operations activities. The Offeror shall note, in the WBS, those tasks that include deliverables. The Offeror shall identify, in the WBS, the tasks required for the deployment and the operation of the NPSBN such that the objectives (specified in Section C, SOO, and the associated attachments in Section J) are met at the task and subtask level. The Offeror shall propose a milestone timeline detailing its solution in accordance with the IOC/FOC milestones contained in Section J, Attachment J-8, IOC/FOC Target Timeline.”

Question #: 163 – Please note, the answer to this question hereby supersedes the one issued in

Amendment 002

RFP Section Reference: Section L.3.1.1, Section One – General, 4th Paragraph

Question:

Section L.3.1.1 requires the submission of a “Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Performance Work

Statement (PWS)”. Can the Government please confirm that the WBS and PWS should be submitted in an offeror’s Volume I proposal under “Section Two – Leadership and Program Management”?

Answer:

The WBS shall be included in Section L.3.1.2, Section Two – Leadership and Program Management, and the PWS shall be included in Section One – General, of the Business Management volume.

Sections L.3.1.1, Section One – General, and L.3.1.2, Section Two – Leadership and Program

Management, of the Business Management volume, are being revised to remove the reference to the WBS for submission in Section L.3.1.1, Section One – General, and clarifies submission of the WBS within

Section L.3.1.2, Section Two – Leadership and Program Management.

Question #: 247 – Please note, the answer to this question hereby supersedes the one issued in

Amendment 003

RFP Section Reference:

Section L.3.1.1, Section One – General, 3rd Paragraph

Section L.3.1.2, Section Two – Leadership and Program Management, 3rd Bullet

Question:

Please clarify if the Integrated Master Schedule, Work Breakdown Structure, and Performance Work

Statement are excluded from the page count for Volume 1 – Business Management.

Answer:

Yes, the WBS is excluded from the page limitation. However, the PWS is not excluded from the page limitation stated in Section L.3.1, Volume I – Business Management.

Section L.3.1, Volume I – Business Management, is being revised in this Amendment 005 to clarify the

WBS is excluded from the page limitation.