NPSBN_Amendment_No_005_-_SF30.pdf

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1 10

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

005 03/10/2016

6. ISSUED BY CODE 00004 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)

CODE

Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center Acquisition Services Directorate, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170

Same as block 6 Attn: Terrie L. Callahan, terrie_callahan@ibc.doi.gov 703-964-3596

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No. Street, county, State and ZIP: Code) () 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

D15PS00295

To all prospective offerors x 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

01/13/2016

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning one (1) copy of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATA SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and data specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

() A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET

FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, X is required to sign this document and return __1__ copies to the issuing office with proposal submission .

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The Government received 402 questions relating to the Request for Proposal (RFP) identified in block

9A above. This amendment hereby reissues several responses issued in prior amendments and makes changes to the RFP. The shade method has been used to identify the lines of text/data that has changed.

Some pages are being replaced due to a shift in text only and may not reflect shading on those pages that do not have changes.

Except at provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

Terrie L. Callahan

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

BY _____________________________________________

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

03/10/2016

NSN 7540-01-152-8070 30-105 STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

PREVIOUS EDITION UNUSABLE Computer Generated Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

mailto:terrie_callahan@ibc.doi.gov

Solicitation No. D15PS00295 – FirstNet Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network

(NPSBN)

Answers to questions 99, 162, 163, and 247 are hereby reissued in their entirety and supersede the ones issued in prior amendments.

Remove and replace the following RFP pages:

Section Remove Pages Insert Pages

Section L L-11, L-12, L-14 L-11, L-12, L-12.1, L-14, L-14.1

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Solicitation No. D15PS00295 – Section L Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors or Respondents

Page L-11 Amendment 005 to network statistics, which may use 11” x 17” size paper) with one (1) inch margins top, bottom, left, and right. Tables, charts, figures, and headers and footers may use a font size other than point 12 as long as it is legible. The page limitation excludes the cover page; Executive Summary; Section A, Solicitation, Offer, and Award; signed acknowledgements; table of contents and listing of tables, drawings, and/or exhibits; small business subcontracting plan; past performance references; and financial resources as identified herein. The Government shall treat page limitations as maximums. If exceeded, the CO will remove the excess pages prior to evaluation. The Government will not read or evaluate removed pages.

The Government reserves the right to request Offerors to conduct oral presentations and/or technical demonstrations as a result of this RFP (see Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award, Section M.2, Evaluation Process).

Proposal submittals to the Government shall be in three (3) volumes: Business Management, Technical, and Pricing.

L.3.1 Volume I – Business Management

The business management volume contains all information needed to communicate to the Government that the Offeror has well-developed processes in place to ensure effective program management and disciplined fiscal processes as identified within this section. Additionally, the Offeror shall include a small business subcontracting plan, Contractor responsibility information, and information on past performance in this volume.

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 L.3.1.5, Section Five – Offeror Financial Sustainability. The business management proposal shall contain the following information and be broken down in the following sections.

L.3.1.1 Section One – General

The Offeror shall complete blocks 13, 15, 16, and 18 of Section A, Solicitation, Offer, and Award, and sign block 17 to show that the Offeror has read and agrees to comply with all the terms, conditions and instructions provided in the RFP unless otherwise noted in the assumptions, conditions, or exceptions section pertaining to the proposed solution. If there are any amendments to the RFP, the Offeror shall complete block 14 of Section A, Solicitation, Offer, and Award, and include a signed acknowledgement for all RFP amendments.

The Offeror shall describe its corporate management structure as well as the structure of the proposed team and the relationship between these organizations and all subcontractors proposed to perform all aspects of the objectives (as defined by the Offeror). Indicate the date the contracting entity was organized and indicate whether the organization is a separate entity, a division, or subsidiary

Page L-12 Amendment 005 corporation. If it is a division or subsidiary corporation, provide the name and address of the parent company. Include your Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and DUNS number.

This volume shall also contain a section that includes a statement of intention to comply with the objectives stated herein and a statement of intention to comply with all terms and conditions of the contract unless otherwise noted in the assumptions, conditions, or exceptions section pertaining to the proposed solution.

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.

Volume I, Business Management, shall also include separate tabs noting the solution for each Day 1 task order identified in Section B, Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs, Section B.2.1, Day 1 Task Orders.

Each separate tab noting the solution for each Day 1 task order shall not exceed 50 pages in length (25 sheets of paper, double-sided print).

L.3.1.1.1 Solicitation Conformance Traceability Matrix

The Offeror shall fill out the Solicitation Conformance Traceability Matrix (SCTM)—available in Section J, Attachment J-22, SCTM—indicating the proposal reference information as it relates to the documents included in the RFP. If this matrix conflicts with any other requirement, direction, or provision of this RFP, the other reference and RFP information will take precedence over the Contractor-completed

SCTM.

L.3.1.1.2 Small Business Subcontracting Plan Requirements

Offerors that qualify as large businesses shall submit a small business subcontracting plan following the guidelines identified in FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (OCT 2015).

The plan submitted under this RFP should comply with the format contained in Section J, Attachment J- 26, Sample Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

The CO will make an affirmative determination regarding the acceptability of the small business subcontracting plan as one of the elements in determining eligibility for award.

Offerors that intend to use a subcontractor in performance of this contract shall provide evidence of the proposed subcontractor’s commitment. If proposing a joint venture, the Offeror shall provide a copy of the joint venture plan/agreement. The Offeror shall describe how small business participation will contribute to its overall comprehensive subcontracting goals. The Offeror shall describe specific efforts to ensure the resulting contract meets or exceeds proposed small business subcontracting goals.

The requirements of clause FAR 52.219-9 and this provision do not apply when 1) the Offeror is a small business; 2) the work is to be performed entirely outside of any state, territory, or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or 3) the contract, including all future modifications, will not exceed $700,000. The requirement may also be waived if the CO determines that the resultant contract does not offer subcontracting opportunities.

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L.3.1.1.3 Contractor Responsibility Information

The Offeror shall provide information demonstrating that it is responsible within the meaning of FAR 9.104-1. In addition to the general responsibility standards in FAR 9.104-1, there is a special

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L.3.1.1.5 Offeror’s Experience

Describe the Offeror’s experience as it relates to the overall proposed solution for the NPSBN. This should include the structure and experience of the proposed subcontractors/teaming partners, and the relationship between these organizations proposed to perform major or critical aspects of the NPSBN (as defined by the Offeror) shall be listed. If there are any items stated in Section L.3.1.1.4, Past Performance, that are also applicable to the Offeror’s current experience, these should be addressed in this section. Specifically, the Offeror shall detail current 3GPP standards-based mobile broadband service capabilities, mobile and fixed broadband infrastructure, and operations controlled or managed by the Offeror or its subcontractors and/or teaming partners. This would include additional details of existing public safety networks and infrastructure operated, controlled, or managed by the Offeror or its partners.

L.3.1.2 Section Two – Leadership and Program Management

To demonstrate its expertise in leadership and program management, the Offeror shall:

Provide a management plan that describes the proposed approach to meet the objectives as defined in Section C, SOO, and associated attachments in Section J. This shall include but is not limited to a corporate-level organizational structure with charts to identify the size, scope, and structure of the Offeror’s entity; a comprehensive program management approach reflecting the Offeror’s ability to provide seamless and efficient management of the NPSBN for the life of the contract; a change management approach, including relevant processes and procedures; the proposed approach for managing the contract at the corporate, contract, and task order levels;

the proposed approach for supporting and facilitating FirstNet’s compliance with the Act and other applicable laws; and proposed escalation and resolution procedures, including planned integration and coordination with FirstNet personnel.

Provide a staffing plan that includes but is not limited to the Offeror’s proposed organizational structure for leadership of the NPSBN; identify staffing, including roles and responsibilities as well as resumes, for key personnel and executive leaders who will support FirstNet.

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.

Provide details of existing 3GPP standards-based mobile broadband service capabilities, mobile and fixed broadband infrastructure, and operations controlled or managed by the Offeror or its proposed teaming partners and/or subcontractors.

Describe how the solution leverages existing commercial and/or other infrastructure.

L.3.1.3 Section Three – Public Safety Customer Acquisition

To demonstrate its ability to acquire and retain public safety customers, the Offeror shall, at a minimum:

Complete the Public Safety Device Connections Template (Section J, Attachment J-24, PS Device Connections tab), detailing the Offeror’s anticipated number of public safety device connections for the primary user group, which consists of law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical

Page L-14.1 Amendment 005 services users, as well as the extended primary user group, which consists of all other public safety users, as defined in the Act. The number of connections shall be broken out by each of the 56 states and territories over the life of the IDIQ contract. For proposal planning and evaluation purposes, the Offeror shall assume that connection targets should start from the

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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.