NSOP Questions and Answers_ESA_ Amendment 000002.pdf

NSOP Questions and Answers

DTFAWA-17-R-00014

Amendment 000002

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SECTION OFFEROR'S QUESTION GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

1 B Supplies/Services and

Price/Cost B.3

The Excel docs Section B and the SIR Section B Input tab of Section J Att J.6 Pricing Workbook, after corrections, appear to be the same information.

Question/Request for Clarification Are both of these to be completed?

No. Refer to the revised Section B under Amendment 000001, provided for information purposes only. Only Section J Attachment J.6 Pricing Workbook is required to be completed.

2 B Supplies/Services and

Price/Cost B.3

The Excel docs Section B and the SIR Section B Input tab of Section J Att J.6 Pricing Workbook do not match in any of the 3 service areas. Transition Price is missing from all the Section B docs. All of the #2 CLINs for TAS in the Section B docs are marked "TBD" in the Monthly Price and Period Price columns. The Training and Random Screening CLIN lines do not match.

Very confusing. Will the Government correct this if the two are to match?

Refer to Section B ESA under Amendment 0001. The document has been updated to reflect the J.6 Pricing Workbook.

3 B Supplies/Services and

Price/Cost B.3

In Part I, Section B, could you clarify the part about the pricing of the transition period? On one part it's mentioned that the transition pricing should be done for all contract periods (even if it occurs only once per location), but on other parts, it mentions that this does not apply (Section J, Attachment 6).

Transition will take place between the time the contract is awarded and September 30, 2017. Therefore, the transition cost should be included for the base period of the contract only.

4 B Supplies/Services and

Price/Cost B.3

Please confirm that the following quantities are estimated per month of the contract year.

For example, an estimated 80 would equal an annual total of 80*12 = 960 in total annual units estimated?

80 means 80 hours TOTAL for one specific location for one contract year. Refer to the revised Section J Attachment J.6 Pricing Workbook under Amendment 000001 for clarification.

5 C SOW C.1

As the requirement states that services are to "increase physical security" are any of these services currently being provided and if so, what locations?

Yes, all locations listed in Section B and Section J Attachment J.6 Pricing workbook with the exception of AEA/1, ANE/1 and

ASO/1.

6 J List of Attachments J.4 Facility Post

Drawings

Most of the drawings provided in the Facility Post Drawings folder are not the drawings for the facility identified in the file name. Would the FAA please post the correct facility drawings for each facility?

The government has determined that the Facility Post Drawings are not necessary for this requirement and therefore have been removed under Amendment 000001.

7 J List of Attachments J.5 Wage

Determinations

I have had a chance to review your posting on the FAACO site and was unable to locate individual site Collective Bargaining Agreement's in the Wage Determination Section or in the Site Specific pricing areas.

Will offers be adjusted to include the CBA rates in order to comply with 29 CFR 4.163 - Section 4 (c) of the Service Contract Act?

Refer to Amendment 000001 Section J Attachment J.7 which identified the Location IDs that currently have Collective Bargaining Agreements. Refer to Amendment 000002 Section J Attachment J.4 for a list of CBA rates for each location. Refer to Section L and J.6 attachment for instructions on how to include CBA rates into your proposal submission. The awarded Offeror price can be adjusted to reflect the CBA rates that will go into effect during the contract period.

8 J List of Attachments J.5 Wage

Determinations

Are there any collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) relevant to this RFP? If so, would the government please provide the CBAs?

Refer to Amendment 000001 Section J Attachment J.7 which identified which Location IDs currently have Collective Bargaining Agreements. Please see Amendment 0000002 Section J Attachment J.4 for a list of CBA rates for each location.

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9 J List of Attachments J.5 Wage

Determinations

The Wage Determination 2015-4233 (corresponding to Philadelphia, PA) has no mention of fringe benefits. Are the fringe benefits the same for the previous revision (20005-2449, 12/29/2015)?

Please use Wage Determination 2015-2449 Revision No. 17.

10 J List of Attachments J.6 Pricing Workbook

Regarding the Excel docs Section B and the SIR Section B Input tab of Section J Att J.6 Pricing Workbook:

a) Will the Government complete the unit column amounts?

b) In the Unit column, is it correct to assume that any number greater than 12 is to be read as hours?

a) Yes. Refer to the revised Section B ESA under Amendment 000001 and Section J Attachment J.6_Amendment 000001

b) Yes, all numbers listed under the "Unit" Column greater than 12 are to be read as hours (i.e. CLIN XXXX3 unit is 80 hours of

TAS).

11 J List of Attachments J.6 Pricing Workbook

The Section J Att J.6 Pricing Workbook ESA FINAL has a "CBA WD" tab. When will the CBAs be released for pricing?

Refer to Amendment 000001 attachments which identified which Location IDs currently have Collective Bargaining Agreements. Please see Amendment 000002 Section J Attachment J.4 for a list of CBA rates for each location.

12 J List of Attachments J.6 Pricing Workbook

Is there a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in any of the LID's? If yes, which one/s?

Yes. Please see Amendment 000001 Section J Attachment. J.7 which includes a list of Location IDs that currently have Collective Bargaining Agreements.

13 J List of Attachments J.6 Pricing Workbook

ESA Att J.6 has 3 sites designated as AEA, ANE & ASO. These are apparently the Eastern, New England and Southern Regions? Central and Western also have Regions sites. On the Summary of Prices By Site tab, The Total Site Price is marked "reserved." There are dollar amounts on the lines and on the CLINs of the Section B tab.

Are these designator locations staffed offices that require guards OR are they not to be priced?

These locations should be priced. Changes have been made to the workbook under Amendment 000001.

14 J List of Attachments J.4 Facility Post

Drawings

Most of the drawings provided in the Facility Post Drawings folder are not the drawings for the facility identified in the file name. Would the FAA please post the correct facility drawings for each facility?

The government has determined that the Facility Post Drawings are not necessary for this requirement and therefore have been removed under Amendment 000001.

15 J List of Attachments J. 5 Wage

Determinations

Are any of the CSOs at any of the current locations covered under a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)? If so, would the FAA please supply all applicable CBAs so that wages can be accurately priced.

Refer to Amendment 000001 Section J Attachment. J.7 which identified which Location IDs currently have Collective Bargaining Agreements. Refer to Amendment 000002 Section J Attachment J.4 for a list of CBA rates for each location.

16 L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors L.4(b)

Are headers and footers permitted inside the required 1-inch margin? Yes, headers and footers are permitted inside the required 1-inch margin.

17 L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors L.4(b) What is the line spacing requirements?

Single space is the line spacing requirement.

Refer to the revised Section L under Amendment 000002.

18 L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors L.5.2.1 (3)

Are there applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements in place for this SOW? If yes, will they be provided to all bidders to insure equality in pricing?

Refer to the answer to question #15.

19 L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors L.5.2.1.1.

Section L.5.2.1.1.a states, "The Transition amount is not to exceed $43,879 per site." In just the ESA, sites N-90, PHL, ZBW, ZME, ZNY and the 3 Reserved sites exceed this amount. Please clarify.

The transition NTE amount has been revised.

Refer to the revised Section L under Amendment 000001 for clarification.

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20 L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors L.3

Page L-2, Volume Table. Vol 2, Part A, Section 1, Management Approach including a Program Management Plan per Section. The Section is not identified. We are assuming it should be Section C.17.1 of the SOW. Would the FAA please clarify the applicable Section?

Section C.17.1 is correct. Refer to the revised Section L under Amendment 000001.

21 L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors L.3

Page L-2, Volume Table. Vol 2, Part A, Section 1. This specifies that our Program Management Plan should be included in Volume 2. However, the SOW Section C.17.1 states that the Program Management Plan is due within thirty (30) days after Contract award. Should the Program Management Plan be included in Vol 2 of our proposal or thirty (30) days after Contract award?

Yes, the Program Management Plan must be included in Volume 2 of the offeror's proposal. Refer to the revised Section C under Amendment 000002.

22 L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors L.6 (d)

Page L-7, L.6(d). Are the table of contents, acronyms list, and glossary counted against the 50 page limit?

Yes.

23 L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors L.5.2.

Section L.5.2 states, "Volume 1, Part B consists of Attachment J-6 and Price Narrative (L.5.2.4)." Section L skips from L.5.2.2 to L-6.

Will the missing sections be provided in an amendment?

Refer to the revised Section L correcting the numbering under Section L.5.2 (L.5.2.2).

Additionally, the title under Section L.5.2.2 was modified to be consistent with the term used in L.5.2 (“Price Narrative”.

24 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.2 Can/may any single company participate in all three solicitations (for all three regions)?

Per Section M.2 of the SIR, Offerors can only respond to one Service Area specific SIR as a prime contractor.

25 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.3

In the case of an offer by a SEDB/8(a) Business- will or how will the Past Performance of a FAA Mentor/Teaming Partner/Subcontractor of a bidder that is in the FAA’s Protégé program and who is submitting an offer for a Tier 1 evaluation, be considered? Additionally, since it is our understanding that one of the main purposes of the FAA’s Mentor/Protégé program is to provide the Protégé with the ability to be considered in a solicitation that is much larger and/or more complex than the Protégé’s past performance shows.

Therefore, is the FAA going to consider the past performance of the Mentor just like they are adding it to the past performance of the Protégé? If NOT, then why NOT? Also, then in what circumstances/structure will the FAA consider the past performance of the Mentor?

Per Section L.6.3.1 the Government will evaluate up to three past Performance documents for a prime offeror (mentor or protégé) and up to three past performance documents for the subcontractor (mentor or protégé) . Past Performance information must identify which offeror serves as the prime and which serves as the subcontractor.

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26 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.3 (2)

Specifically, “With the exception of joint ventures, all business classifications will be encouraged to submit offers for this SIR.”

The Small Business Administration (SBA) Mentor-Protégé Program requires the Mentor- Protégé team to form and function as a separate legal entity; specifically, under an “8(a) Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture”.

Does the FAA intend to exclude SBA approved 8(a) Mentor-Protégé teams from this procurement?

As identified in Section C.3 General Requirements, the Contractor must have at least five (5) years of documented experience in providing armed CSO services. Per Section M.3 Evaluation of Offerors, joint ventures are not accepted under this SIR.

Therefore, the SBA 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture is excluded.

27 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.3 Are you still considering placing this contract under the 8a set aside?

No, refer to M.3 Evaluation of Offerors for applicable Tiered Evaluation.

28 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.3 Are you still considering placing this contract under the EDWOSB set aside?

No, refer to M.3 Evaluation of Offerors for applicable Tiered Evaluation

29 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.3 Are you still considering placing this contract under the Small Business set aside?

No, refer to M.3 Evaluation of Offerors for applicable Tiered Evaluation.

30 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.3 Are you still considering placing this contract under the SEDB?

Refer to M.3 Evaluation of Offerors for applicable Tiered Evaluation

31 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.3 Will there be any other small business set asides that you are considering?

No, refer to M.3 Evaluation of Offerors for applicable Tiered Evaluation

32 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.3

Our company is not capable of fulfilling the requirements of an entire region. As such, we would like to be included in any sub-contract opportunities that may come from this bid.

Do you have any guidance on how a Certified Veteran Owned Small Business would be able to get on a subcontractor list for these bids?

Refer to FAA's Small Business Development Program (SBDP) at www.sbo.faa.gov.

33 M Evaluation Factors for

Award M.5

What document in this SIR denotes the level of effort utilized when comparing to the contractors for "magnitude?"

Refer to the revised Section B and Section J Attachment J.6 Pricing Workbook under Amendment 000002 for the estimated level of effort for this requirement.

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