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Questions & Answers

1. Is the work outlined in this Solicitation currently being performed by an existing contract or isthis is a new requirement that the Bureau is looking to procure. If there is an incumbent, what’s the name of the contractor .

The incumbent is Team Technology, Inc.

2. Will the vendor be responsible for purchasing new hardware for Government sites?

Please refer to Para 5.2 of the SOW (Attachment I)

3. Will the vendor be allowed to submit invoices for software purchases and licensing needed if purchased for the contract?

This is a Firm Fixed price contract and any proposed software if purchased is part of the fixed price contract

4. Is the equipment GFE?

Only contractor‘s equipment is GFE

5. Is there a current incumbent? If yes can you provide the name and is this a follow-on contract?

Yes. The incumbent is Team Technology, Inc. This is a follow-on contract

6. Can the Government provide screenshots of the current user interface?

Upon award, security clearance would be needed to access such information

7. Is the user interface a COTS product or a custom application?

Custom application

8. What application is used to access the Oracle backend from the site from a user perspective?

Power Builder and JAVA

9. Will the government purchase the servers needed listed if warranty repairs are needed?

Please refer to Para 5.2 of the SOW regarding purchase of hardware

10. Is the vendor expected to be a reseller of any particular hardware/software product?

There was no such reference in the SOW

11. What are the security requirements for this effort in terms of "Facility Clearance?"

At a minimum an inspection will be conducted by the ATF Information System Security Officer

12. Does the contractor have to be located in the Washington, DC area in order to provide a certain level of support?

There is no such reference in the SOW. Contractor must be available to interface with customers at a notice

13. Has the Government performed a Cost Estimate of this effort that can be provided?

Yes, the estimate is for the Government’s use

14. Is MS Access used in any way to interface with the system?

No

15. Currently, there are forty two (42) existing sites. What is the breakdown of ATF vs. IM sites (i.e., total #s) These are IM sites

16. NTC requires connectivity to IM sites via A2K system for querying gun crime history. How many NTC users are there?

There are over 30 NTC users

17. The current Bureau user population is 7,000. Can you please expound upon the following:

- how many of these 7,000 are ATF users?

- how many of these 7,000 are IM users?

- how many of these 7,000 are NTC users?

- what are the total number of concurrent users (broken down by type--i.e., ATF, IM and NTC)?

- what is the projected/anticipated user growth rate accessing the A2K system (per user type)--both concurrent and total population--in one year (for each user type)?

All relevant information is provided in the SOW and no further break up is relevant at this point

18. How many interfaces are currently in place that feed the A2K system?

Of these interfaces listed, how many are batch in nature vs. ones that are real-time? Per interface, what is the scheduled frequency in which they are run?

Not relevant to the SOW

19. What are the current technical challenges facing the A2K system today?

The main challenge facing the A2K system is the ongoing upgrade and maintenance of IM servers and connectivity to these servers and data issues. Data issues are also a challenge.

20. As it stands now, it appears as though a 'fat-client' version of the A2K software is locally installed at each IM location--please confirm.

Each IM has database instance

21. Are there local database instances also installed at each IM site, which would mean data replication from each local IM database instance to the server instance is what is taking place now?

There is a local database at each IM

22. What are the specifics behind the A2K system software (i.e. what are some of the key functions application performs in more detail)?

Please refer to the SOW

23. Are there plans to either evaluate another best-practices, cost-savings solution alternative to A2K, and implement it as its replacement--(in effect, decommissioning A2K altogether from the future topographical landscape)?

There is no reference in the SOW and hence the relevance of the question is not evident.

24. Current hardware listed in the RFP, has it been scaled/sized to accommodate the anticipated increase in overall users?

The hardware configuration is sufficient to meet the user needs. However government has the right to change

25. Can more detail be provide behind the # and specifications of application servers, database instances, etc., in place today?

The details are provided in the SOW

26. What are the minimum operating system requirements that Does each IM need to conform in order to access the A2K system?

The operating system details are provided in the SOW

27. What are the current networking requirements and specifications that are in place to support the current total user community?

There are no further details relevant for the response.

28. Has the network been sufficiently scaled to accommodate the anticipated growth in the total # of forecasted users?

There is no reference in the SOW and hence the relevance of the question is not evident.

29. During peak hours, how much network traffic is observed

vs. the capacity it has been configured to handle?

There is no reference in the SOW and hence the relevance of the question is not evident.

30. Is the current hardware landscape a high-availability one (i.e., clustered--redundancy in the case of failover)?

There is no reference in the SOW and hence the relevance of the question is not evident.

31. What are the current hardware and networking challenges being encountered today?

The SOW requires the Contractor to propose a cost effective, secure connectivity solution

REPORTS:

32. What are the formats of the reports generated against the A2K system?

The report formats are not relevant at this time. However, upon award the COTR will provide relevant details.

33. Are there any desires to change the current formats of these reports to another type of reporting tool format like crystal reports (as an example).

This would be at the discretion of the COTR and Government Lead.

34. What are the total number of A2K reports that are run?

What is thefrequency and format of each report?

The Table of Deliverables in the SOW mentions details of the frequency of various reports.

35. How many queries against the A2K system are performed on average during the day, and during peak hours of operation?

The yearly estimate is approximately120,000 per year

36. What are the current reporting challenges being encountered today?

There are no reporting challenges currently

DATA/BACKUPS:

37. What is the frequency behind which A2K, IM and ATF system data is backed-up?

Daily

38. Who is the incumbent contractor or is this a new Requirement?

Please refer to response to question 1