Draft RFP CIS Responses for Posting 2023-02-03.pdf

# Solicitation Section Source Document Reference Excerpt of Content Question Government Response

1 Section L&M Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Section L and M We request to see an advance draft of these sections of the RFP in order to better prepare for submission of proposals?

We request to see an advance draft of these sections of the RFP in order to better prepare for submission of proposals?

Section L&M will be provided with the release of the solicitation.

2 Section J Solicitation N00024-23-R-6202 Section J We request to see an advance draft of these sections a draft of this section of the RFP in order to better prepare for submission of proposals?

We request to see an advance draft of these sections a draft of this section of the RFP in order to better prepare for submission of proposals?

Section J will be provided with the release of the solicitation.

3 Cover Page Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Draft Form 33 Item number 6 of this form says

COMPETESMALL

Per Item 6 of draft Form 33 will this be a small business set aside?

An oversight in generating the form that states ‘COMPETESMALL’ in Block 6 data field, the final procurement decision for unrestricted or SBSA will be determined prior to final RFP posting.

4 Cover Page Solicitation N00024-23-R-6202 All Please clarify the NAICS size designation of this solicitation

What NAICS Code designation will the small business set aside (SBSA) be? Will it remain 334511 as solicited in the sources sought?

The NAICS code is 334511. The small business size standards are determined and maintained by the Small Business Administration; the final procurement decision for unrestricted or SBSA will be determined prior to final RFP posting.

5 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6202 Section C. paragraph C3.4 and Section C. paragraph C.3.25.

Software licenses Question - Per the Section C requirements cited in C.3.4 and C.3.25, has the Government considered a pricing approach for procuring cloud delivery capabilities? Would that be part of ODC pricing in the prime bid? Will you include a line item in ODCs for cloud licensing in an update to the Draft RFP?

ODC CLINS will be included with a Not To Exceed value. The ODC CLINs will support all efforts to include CCE development. The Government has not previously considered a separate ODC line for cloud licensing.

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Page 15; Bulleted List Page 35; Paragraph 1

Procurement of hardware to support development, integration, and T&E.

The Contractor shall procure, receive, assemble, integrate, install, and maintain developmental HW.

What development hardware is expected to be procured on this contract?

All development hardware is expected to be procured on this contract to maintain/develop CIS TI24, TI26 and legacy baselines.

7 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 14 CIS will be designed in accordance with (IAW) SWFTS community design requirements for all applicable submarine variants per the SWFTS Baseline Roadmap and Execution Plan associated with AN/BYG-1 Technology Insertion (TI) 2024 (TI24), TI26, legacy baselines

The SOW mentions applicability to "legacy" baselines several times, is it the govt intention to have the CIS contractor support pre-TI24 baselines also?

Yes. The CIS contractor will be required to provide pre-TI24 baseline support.

8 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 14 The SWFTS CCE hosts, statuses, and manages applications provided by combat and weapons control, sonar, imaging, electronic warfare, and other AN/BYG-1 and SWFTS subsystems

Does this imply the Tactical Control System (TCS) is also included here?

Yes, portions of the TCS system are expected to be hosted on the SWFTS CCE.

Common Infrastructure Services (CIS)_N00024-23-R-6201_draft RFP Questions & Responses

9 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 14 Figure 1 In the CIS functional box, OBTT and LMS are shown as part of CCE and not NDI yet Figure 6 implies these are NDI?

These are NDI products that are intended to be hosted in the SWFTS CCE.

10 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 15 BYG-1 System Variants Is it the govt's intent to update the V3 platform in the future?, our understanding is V3 has been retired from TI/APB update process similar to V4.

(V)3 will be removed from the SOW.

11 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 18 "… it is designed, developed, and able to be delivered independent …" and "The CIS includes a combination of core development and NDIs delivered by third party vendors"

These two statements seem to conflict with one another, can the govt clarify the "delivered independent" statement?

The CIS product, including NDI subcomponents, shall be deliverable without dependencies from other major AN/BYG-1 subsystems. This is intended to support both AN/BYG-1 and other SWFTS subsystems development and fielding.

12 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 22 The Contractor shall have the capability to support controlled access to unclassified Voice and Web Conferencing up to the SECRET level.

Please clarify. Was the intention for the contractor to have the ability to host unclassified voice and web conferencing and have access to SECRET voice and web conferencing?

The Contractor shall be able to support and host Voice and Web Conferencing up to the SECRET level.

13 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 26 Describe the approach to trace all system requirements to the Functional Description Data (FDD) and associated test procedures

Will the govt provide a content definition for FDDs as part of the RFP?

Refer to DID listed on the FDD CDRL page 6 of 25.

TI-20 APB19 SWFTS CCE Functional Description Data will be provided as GFI (Government Furnished Information).

14 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 C.3.3.2 IMS ...provide key program milestones to the SWFTS IMS to ensure program transparency to all participating SWFTS subsystems (CDRL TBD).

Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) discusses coordination with SWFTS.

What about coordination with BYG-1? In addition, this is an example of a CDRL that could be eliminated. CIS developer should just provide input to the overall

BYG-1 IMS.

The CIS product supports several SWFTS partners. These IMS CDRL deliverables are intended to support both the SWFTS and BYG-1 IMS. The Government will take elimination of this CDRL into consideration.

15 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 C.3.6 IPTs New content being suggested This section describes key forums CIS contractor team need to plan to participate in or lead. Recommend including the set of BYG/PMS425 forums like EIPT, SEIPT, RADWG, I&TWG/JTG, QPRs, Agile milestones, SDVRs, DRRs

At this time the Government is not adding meetings to the SOW. The meeting list in SOW is not all encompassing and is intended to provide overview of meetings. Some of the recommended meetings are covered under the statement: "Agile ceremonies as identified in the SEP Agile Addendum"

16 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 General Multiple There is a lot of discussion about coordination with SWFTS but this SOW does not clarify the role of the BYG-1 integrator and the role of the CIS developer. Should we assume it's the way it is executed presently?

BYG Integrator is responsible for integration of BYG-1 subsystems. CIS developer role is to develop and deliver the CCE to SWFTS independent of BYG-1.

17 Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 General General What is the anticipated RFP release date? The formal RFP date has not been determined.

18 Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 General General Will labor categories be provided, or will the offeror be required to provide the labor mix against the LOE CLIN totals?

The Government takes your labor mix question into consideration for the final RFP. It may result that the offerors propose a labor mix, it may result in a 'senior', 'mid', 'junior' level of detail. The CLIN structure currently is CPFF for LOE.

A CPFF contract will have fixed fee dollar value billed at the per hour basis, not a percentage of cost.

19 CDRLs Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 General General Will CDRLs be required to be priced or treated as NSP?

The CDRLs will be NSP.

20 Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 General General Will a reading room / electronic library be established to support proposal development?

It is anticipated that some GFI will be available during proposal development;

the location and potential security access requirements will be detailed in the RFP.

It is possible that some documents will have distribution D statements.

The Government reserves the right to choose which GFI is appropriate and required for efficient proposal development. See final RFP release for the GFI offered for proposal development.

21 Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 General General Does the Government anticipate the CIS Prime contractor to be responsible for the development of shipyard GFI?

No, the CIS contractor will not be responsible for the development of shipyard GFI; however, the CIS contractor may need to provide inputs on connections, etc. to support development of shipyard GFI.

See final RFP release for the GFI offered for proposal development.

22 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 17 Figure 3 Figure 3 identifies the Notional CIS delivery Plan. Does the government anticipate CIS APBs supporting more than a single TI? For example, APB25 executing on both TI24 and TI26 hardware?

Yes. Multiple APBs will support a single TI.

APB25 would execute on both TI24 and TI26 hardware.

23 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 31 Develop automated tests for new code Can the govt define the scope of this statement, i.e. it might not always be cost effective to develop automated test for all new code, in some cases the cost to develop the test tool may be greater than the benefit of automated testing.

Will update SOW to: "Develop automated tests for new code where feasible and when not cost prohibitive per coordination with the Government TDA."

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Page 26; Paragraph 4 The CIS includes a CCE and RCE to provide the runtime infrastructure environment to host SWFTS applications.

The RCE is an instance of the CCE.

Recommend adding clarifying wording:

"The CIS includes a CCE and RCE redundant instance of the CCE to provide the runtime infrastructure environment to host SWFTS applications.

<Or we can recommend a better definition on Page 18>

Government does not agree with the recommendation. The RCE is expected to mature over time. While consistent with the CCE for near-term efforts, there may be diversity changes to the infrastructure during the PoP of this contract.

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Page 20; paragraph C.3.3.

Program and Contract Management

The Contractor shall designate a single Program Manager (PM); this position is considered a Key Person in accordance with C-237-H005.

Should the reference contained within "Key Person in accordance with C-237- H005" be referring to C-237-H002?

Yes, there was a typo in the SOW. Key personnel text C-237-H002 is accurate on page 48 of 74.

26 B Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 3, CLIN 0003 Provisioned Items Orders (PIO)

Provisioned Items Order (PIO) Net Amount

Is it the Government's intent to provide a PIO threshold to be included in each offeror's response or will the Government provide the specific PIO details in the SOW for each offeror to price?

The Government will provide a NTE PIO amount. Offerors will not be required to price out the PIO line item as they will be individually negotiated orders.

27 B Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 2, Supplies or Services and Prices, CLIN 0001

Engineering and Technical Support Does the Government plan to have a separate CLIN structure for Royal Australian Navy (RAN) activities?

No. Priced SLINS will delineate RAN and USN work.

28 C Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Clause C-227-H007 Pg 44, Software development Requirements

The contractor shall define a general Software Development Plan (SDP)

Draft RFP requires an Agile Development Management Plan which in other PMS 425 procurements has subsumed/replaced the SDP. Recommend that the requirement for a Software Development Plan (SDP) be removed from this solicitation

The Government will review the text at C- 227-H007 for Software Development Plan requirements with the ADMP. Contractor format will be acceptable.

29 Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Will the Navy provide current CIS source code as GFI upon contract award?

Additionally will the Gov't provide the TI22 technical data after contract award?

The Government anticipates providing all CIS Source code in accordance with the appropriate Data Rights markings after contract award. At this time, the Government does not anticipate any restrictions that would limit the delivery of source code.

30 Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Pg 19, Figure 6, Cybersecurity Services

NDI Col- Yes (Information Assurance Toolkit)

Is the intent to move the IA Toolkit Servers into the CIS? Or is this a reference to integrating the IA Toolkit clients?

This is a reference to the clients. Will take this question into consideration when finalizing the SOW.

31 Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 P 19, Figure 6, Common Recording Service

Common Recording Service Is the intent of this common recording supposed to replace DDCS?

The intention is to support a Common Data Archival Service in the future SWFTS CCE to support CCE applications. The Government anticipates merging the Common Recording references and Data Archival reference for clarity.

32 B Section B CLINs & B-216-H006 FEE

TABLE (NAVSEA) (MAR 2019)

Section B and page 10 of 74 The item number for CLINS in section B do not match the labor CLIN numbers in B-

216-H006 FEE TABLE (NAVSEA) (MAR

2019)

Will section B Item numbers be used or will the CLIN numbers in B-216-H006 FEE TABLE (NAVSEA) (MAR 2019) be used?

The CLINS numbering in Section B and the NAVSEA text B-216-H006 will be corrected to match the final CLIN structure.

33 Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 32; Section 3.28 Test and Evaluation

The Contractor shall provide a CIS Integration and Test Lead; this position is considered a Key Person in accordance with C-237-H005. The Contractor shall test the CIS subsystem to document compliance with established requirements in the P-SPEC and test documentation.

Request that the CIS test procedures be made available with the updated DRFP.

TI20 APB19 CCE PVT and TI20 APB19 Infrastructure PVT are anticipated to be provided as GFI with the RFP for proposal development.

34 C Draft Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 14, C.3.1 "CIS will deliver the SWFTS CCE as a component of CIS that will be hosted across hardware from multiple SWFTS subsystems"

Does the govt have details on how CCE will be delivered to the subsystems? Will CIS be responsible for deploying and operating CCE deployments across subsystems?

CIS will make the CCE product available via unclass and classified repository. CIS will be responsible for providing suitable installation support documentation but will not be responsible for physical deployment of the CCE across all Enterprise activities. At this time, we anticipate no SOW updates pertaining to this.

35 C Draft Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 14, C.3.1 "CIS will be designed in accordance with (IAW) SWFTS community design requirements for all applicable submarine variants per the SWFTS Baseline Roadmap and Execution Plan"

Will the SWFTS community design requirements and SWFTS baseline roadmap be made available to bidders?

The latest SWFTS Execution Schedule, SWFTS CCE 2.X Service Level Agreement, and PMS425 Integrated Master Plan (IMP) are anticipated to be available to bidders as GFI. Additionally, the TI20 CIS P- SPEC, which captures community design requirements, is anticipated to be made available.

36 C Draft Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 14, C.3.1 "for all United States Navy (USN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) new construction and in-service submarines"

Will there be export control requirements on the performer for supporting RAN deployments?

Yes. Technical data in this contract will be restricted. Export is expected via PMS425 JPO to support RAN. This RFP includes 252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items

(JUN 2013).

37 C Draft Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 14, C.3.1 Figure 1 Figure 1 shows CCE hosting OBTT-MC, LMS, and Landing pad -- have those systems already been migrated to CCE or will that be in the development process for CIS?

OBTT-MA and Landing Pad have already been migrated. LMS is in progress.

38 Draft Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Not provided Will existing CIS software source, builds, deployments, hardware, etc. be made available as GFE?

The Government anticipates providing all CIS Source code in accordance with the appropriate Data Rights markings after contract award. At this time, the Government does not anticipate any restrictions that would limit the delivery of source code.

GFE and GFP is anticipated to support legacy and future baseline development and maintenance.

The Government recommends all interested parties review the different definitions and requirements pertaining to GFI, GFE, and GFP.

39 Draft Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Is this a recompete for existing CIS or will this contract be in conjunction with existing CIS? If recompete what is the transition plan if the government chooses a performer other than the incumbent?

This is a competitive solicitation for the existing CIS. It is anticipated that interested parties will have an opportunity to propose their methods of transition for Government consideration and the time line that they would find appropriate.

40 C Draft Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 Page 30, C.3.24 "The Contractor’s internal CI/CD pipeline shall leverage components of the SWFTS CI/CD pipeline to the maximum extent possible. If differences are required, the output of those different components shall be compatible with the SWFTS CI/CD pipeline ingest requirements."

will the CI/CD pipeline and ingest requirements be made available to bidders?

It is anticipated that the CI/CD pipeline and ingest requirements can be provided as GFI for proposal development.

41 Draft Solicitation N00024-23-R-6201 What is the place of performance requirement for this effort?

The primary place of performance is anticipated to be driven by the offeror selected.