NAVTAC II Questions and Answers Part 1.pdf

NAVTAC II Questions and Answers Part 1

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1. Section C.3.9.4 states that “Separate Regional Rates must be provided for other identified national areas.”

However, Attachment J-7 does not identify any additional locations outside of the Washington DC metro area or have an area to enter rates for alternative locations. Does the Government intend to request rates for work outside the Washington DC metro area? If so, what locations? Will they be part of the Total Evaluated Price (TEP)?

C I C.3.9.4 C-23 Reference so “Separate Regional Rates must be provided for other identified national areas” has been deleted.

Please see revised

Section C.3.9.4

2. The SIR states, “The pricing instructions are applicable to the prime contractor and all subcontractors.” Should the subcontractors’ submission of the Attachment J-7 Price proposal Bid Model be limited to worksheets J-7A through J-7D which apply strictly to the T&M rates and build-up cost elements?

L III L.6.2.3.1 L-15 Subcontractors should submit worksheets J-7A through J-7D.

3. What period of performance are the historical hours in the SIR based on?

J -- J.7.1 -- The development and estimation of labor hours was a collective effort based on anticipated program needs and current contract support.

1,920 productive hours as the basis for one full-time contractor personnel to account for anticipated vacations, holidays, sick days, and other administrative days.

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4. Will the Government provide bidders their mapping between the IGCE Labor categories and the WD/DOL occupation codes/titles to use in the proposal pricing?

By providing this mapping it will eliminate varying/different interpretations by offerors and will allow all offerors to be compliant with DOL pay and health and welfare requirements.

J III J-10 -- See revised J-10.

5. The referenced SIR Section states, “Each Offeror must provide a detailed listing of the Offeror’s and its proposed subcontractor’s facilities and resources available for performance of the contract in accordance with the SIR Section.”

If work is performed at Prime and Subcontractor facilities, where use of existing laboratory facilities, tools or systems which may be widely distributed (i.e., outside the 30 minute proximity requirement), is this to be considered Off-site Support Service?

L II L.6.2.2.1 L-13 It would be considered Contractor Site (Off-Site

Support).

6. In the first paragraph of L.6.2.4, the requirement for Past Performance Summaries is stated as “within the last seven years”. The requirement for Past Performance Questionnaires (last paragraph of Section L.6.2.4, are stated as “ … for contracts ongoing or completed within five years of the date of proposal submission”. The requirements of L.6.2.1.1 Team Capabilities and Experience subfactor 1.2. are stated as “ Experience must have occurred within the last five years”. Since the NAVTAC II is a seven year contract, for consistency purposes, will the FAA consider making all past performance and team capabilities and experience requirements for the last

L IV L.6.2.4 L-11, L-

16, L-17

All references to five years have been changed to reflect seven years of capabilities and experience.

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7. In L.6.2.1.1 Team Capabilities and Experience sub-factor 1.2 requirement “The Offeror must discuss the extent to which members of the Offeror’s team have previously collaborated on relevant efforts and highlight how such previous efforts will be leveraged to reduce performance risk”. Bidders other than the incumbent have formed new teams and could be at a disadvantage in addressing this requirement. Will the FAA consider removing this requirement from the Capabilities and Experience sub-factor 1.2?

L I L.6.2.1.1 Sub-factor

L-11 Please see revised L.6.2.1.1.

8. Section L.6.2.1.1, requires that Key Personnel sign a letter of commitment signifying their availability to work full time a minimum of the 1st 12 months of the NAVTAC II contract. Will the FAA provide the anticipated date of award for ensuring Key Personnel availability as well as for pricing purposes?

L I L.6.2.1.1 L-10 The FAA anticipates award in 2nd Quarter

2017.

9. Will the sample tasks referenced in Section L.6.2.1.2 and Section M, Sub-factor 1.4 Sample Task Order(s) be part of the Offeror’s TEP?

L, M I Various L-12, M-

No

10. Section M.6.3 of the draft SIR seems to suggest TEP is only the sum of the labor rates x historical hours, plus the non-labor NTE values for travel, ODCs, and material. Will the facility lease price (CLINs X005) and/or the program management price (CLINs X006) be part of the TEP?

M III M.6.3 M-7 Yes

11. Will Offerors proposed burdens on travel, ODCs, and material be included in the TEP? Or, are those already included in the Government’s NTE values?

M III M.6.3 M-7 Yes

12. The Government intends to use the historical hours M III M.6.3 M-7 Attach J.7, Worksheet

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Bidders are to propose both contractor site and Government site labor rates.

1. Will the Government provide bidders the contractor site and Government site hours that will be used to calculate labor prices? For example, there are 3,840 hours per year for a Librarian.

2. Will the Government provide bidders guidance on what % of those hours will be multiplied by the contractor site rate and what % will be multiplied by the Government site rate for that category?

J.7.1 provides the historical hours for the proposed labor categories. Labor descriptions provide details of anticipated labor requirements.

13. SIR Section M.6.1, Sub-factor 1.4 addresses the Government’s plan to evaluate bidders’ proposals for awardable sample tasks. The Government asserts that, “key personnel resumes addressed in Sub-factor 1.3 above will be evaluated under this factor. References to key personnel capabilities, resources and experience are appropriate in demonstrating the Offeror’s technical understanding and ability to perform the tasks.”

1. Can the FAA explain what aspects of the Key Personnel will be evaluated as part of Sub-factor

1.4 versus the evaluation criteria described in Sub-factor 1.3?

2. Presuming that the Key Personnel resumes can be included as part of Sub-factor 1.3, will it be sufficient for Offerors to reference (or summarize) the qualification of the key personnel which will be applied to the Task Orders to preserve page count?

M I M.6.1 M-5 All key personnel specific to Task Orders should be submitted in

Part B. See revised Section L.6.2.1.2 and

M.6.1.

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14. M.6.1, Sub-factor 1.4. The evaluation of the TMP will be based on the government’s overall assessment of its strengths, weaknesses, and deficiencies. The term TMP is not defined. Does it mean Contractor Task Plan as defined in Section G.5.2?

M I M.6.1 M-5 See revised Section M.6.1 for clarification.