Pre-Proposal_Conf_Follow-On_Qs.pdf

Pre‐Proposal Conference Follow‐On Questions

March 13, 2014

#1 q. Will there be any weight placed on PWS requirements that are not mapped specifically to provisions in Sections L and M of the RFP?

a. No weighting – only pass or fail. Contractor will either meet requirements within sections L and M or not meet requirements.

#2 q. Paragraph 5.1.1.3 states (CCAFS) only which states the contract shall provide support to LISC OM&S to ensure circuit line drawings are kept current.

What level of support is required? Is the contractor responsible for editing OM&S circuit cards?

a. Clarification will be provided in upcoming amendment.

#3 q. PWS 5.0. Is JDMTA included in the CCAFS area of responsibility for COMSEC support services other than secure voice support?

a. No

#4 q. Can the Government provide expected number of launches per year?

a. Number of launches varies year to year. Historical data is publicly available.

#5 q. Can the Government provide a list of Cape/Patrick/JDMTA uprange GFP as well as Vandenberg.

a. The new smart form required for all solicitations does not have a field for location. An excel worksheet with location will be posted to the Bidders Library; however, the RFP includes the official listing.

#6 q. Can the Government provide the expected replacement date for vehicles to assist in the Diesel conversion plan?

a. Government has a commitment to convert all gasoline (MOGAS) vehicles at Ascension Island to diesel by April 2020. Numbers of gasoline and diesel vehicles vary and the contractor shall use the Government Property list as a base of current number of vehicles and types. Purchase of new vehicles will be performed using the Contractor Acquired Property CLIN. No further information available.

#7 q. Can the Government distinguish which vehicles are diesels on Ascension?

a. Vehicle numbers and details are available on the Government property list. Offerors can use this data to distinguish whether the vehicles are diesel or gasoline.

#8 q. Can the Government provide historical overtime hours?

a. This is company proprietary information.

#9 q. L‐5.3 – Ref Q69. With 11x17s counted as 1 page, offerors may submit large sections of proposal narrative in a table format which could double page count providing an unfair advantage. Please clarify that 11x17s are to be used for tables of a graphical nature.

a. Will clarify section L to insure charts, tables, and diagrams are only used for information of a graphical nature.

#10 q. Paragraph 3.1.7.1, 3.1.7.6, 3.1.7.2 Government stipulates that ROS contractor is required to support CE Real Property and Space Allocation requirements for both ER and WR.

Is ROS contractor required to maintain RP and Space Allocation for all ER and WR facilities or ONLY for facilities specifically assigned to ROS contract?

a. This will be updated to reflect Antigua and Ascension only.

#11 q. Paragraph 3.1.7.6 Government stipulates ROS contractor will support ER and WR Geospatial, Surveying and As‐Built drawing management, to include implementation of Enterprise GIS to support GEOBase.

Is ROS contractor required to have personnel onsite at VAFB to access and administrate the GEOBase servers or will contractor have VPN access to both ER and WR networks.

a. The ROS contractor will have to have a physical presence at the GIS servers. The ROS contractor will not administer the GEO base application, but will coordinate with the CES administrators for the servers.

The ROS contractor will not have physical access to the servers.

#12 q. When do you expect to issue the Next Amendment?

a. No later than 21 March 2014

#13 q. Reference to question 74.3 CLIN 700X is part of total proposed price para USG response, however, total budget referenced in RFP does not account for the extra six months of cost. Can the USG clarify how CLIN 700X will be evaluated and accounted for?

a. CLIN 700X will be evaluated for Price Reasonableness and unbalanced pricing only.

#14 q. Will the Government provide a mechanism to provide for price adjustment in case of fluctuation of the foreign exchange rate?

#15 q. Reference Question 91, there is no PWS 3.9.5.1 should the answer be 3.1.9.5. Also will the Government breakout the workload for each island (i.e. how much of $400k/yr. is for Antigua and Ascension?)

a. Questions previously published have been updated to reflect PWS 3.1.9.5. Workload for the specific islands will not be separated.

#16 q. Can the Government please confirm the number of flights authorized for the ROS contractor to use in the conduct of this contract?

a. The ROS Contractor is authorized use on all scheduled ATI channel flights, which occur once per week.

#17 q. Can the Government confirm the use of channel flight is at no cost to the contract for pax and cargo?

a. No cost to contract. However, there may be constraints to government non‐ contract funds used for PAX and Cargo.

#18 q. PWS 4.1.1. The PWS lists the new supply manuals. AFMAN 23‐122 and AFI 23‐101 but CDRL B034 lists the old supply manuals AFMAN 23‐110. Which manual should the offeror use to develop proposal.

PWS 4.1.3.1.6

a. New manuals. Update to be provided in upcoming amendment.

#19 q. The PWS lists CDRL B009 as the method to report NMCS/PMCS assets purchased outside SBSS, however, CDRL package lists B036 to report to COR which CDRL should the contractor use in the proposal?

a. The PWS reference will be corrected in an upcoming amendment.

#20 q. What are the benchstock levels for ROS requirement Ascension? Will this be transferred to the ROS contractor?

a. Bench stock levels change daily and are unable to be properly estimated prior to joint inventory during transition. All remaining bench stock levels at time of full performance start will be transferred from current contractor to the ROS contractor. If additional bench stock levels are required the ROS contractor shall be required to purchase the materials IAW with the PWS.

#21 q. What are the bench stock levels for ROS requirements too Antigua? Will this be transferred to the ROS contractor?

a. Bench stock levels change daily and are unable to be properly estimated prior to joint inventory during transition. All remaining bench stock levels at time of full performance start will be transferred from current contractor to the ROS contractor. If additional bench stock levels are required the ROS contractor shall be required to purchase the materials IAW the PWS.

#22 q. Will the Government update the workload factors to match the new PWS?

a. The workload factors will be updated to reflect current PWS paragraphs.

#23 q. Current workload factors identify number of pallets and weight of weekly cargo, please provide tonnage of item shipped via ship to Ascension and to Antigua and number of sea vans used to each island.

a. Further clarification between tonnage and weight will be provided to the Bidders Library, however, average tonnage per year has been provided; however, the exact amount per shipment will vary based upon contractors approach.

#24 q. Will there be an extension of the due dates considering the new data provided through Q&A and amendment?

#25 q. Are there any incidentals GFP up range east coast?

a. No and base, building and room number are on the list.

#26 q. Are there any incidental GFP at Vandenberg?

a. No and the base, building and room number are on the list.

#27 q. What are the bench stock levels for ROS requirement at VAFB? Will this be transferred to the

a. Bench stock levels change daily and are unable to be properly estimated prior to joint inventory during transition. All remaining bench stock levels at time of full performance start will be transferred from current contractor to the ROS contractor. If additional bench stock levels are required the ROS

#28 q. What are the bench stock levels for ROS requirements at CCAFS? Will this be transferred to the

a. Bench stock levels change daily and are unable to be properly estimated prior to joint inventory during transition. All remaining bench stock levels at time of full performance start will be transferred from current contractor to the ROS contractor. If additional bench stock levels are required the ROS

#29 q. What level of PWS detail is required in the cost volume?

a. See section L‐2.4 Volume Organization Section of the RFP.

#30 q. REF: www.liscbidderslibrary.com the site administrator contact information is needed.

a. Sharma_sumeet@bah.com

#31 q. Will additional workload data be made available?

a. No further workload data is planned to be available, however, Government reserves the right to add data if required.