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Questions and Answers

Q= Question A= Answer

Q1. Is this a follow-on requirement or a new contract? If it is a follow-on contract, could you please provide the incumbent contract number and the awarded price?

A: Yes, this is a follow-on. FA301020F0093-Veteran Engineering and Technology, LLC- $1,149,343.10

Q2. How many people are currently working under this contract?

A: This requirement is a Performance Based contract, therefore the contractor is required to determine the number of personnel needed to perform meet the requirements of the PWS.

Q3. How many people are required to perform under this contract?

A: See answer to #Q2

Q4. Please confirm if this requirement is a full-time or part-time position?

A: See answer to #Q2

Q5. Does the contractor employee(s) needs to travel to attend training/seminar overseas? If so, who will cover the cost(s)? How many days the training will be (e.g. how many days in a year)?

A: No

Q6. Please confirm what would be the Education requirement/Degree requirement for this role?

A: No requirement.

Q7. Please confirm what would be the experience requirement for this role? (e.g. how many years of experience required)

A: No requirement.

Q8. PWS paragraph 1.4.3.7. states, The Contractor shall ensure that all Test Center administrators are certified by Pearson VUE certification.

Please confirm if Pearson VUE certification/certificate is required to submit along with the proposal?

A: No

Q9. It appears that the current requirement had a systems administrator and the Test Center Administrator in the same contract. Can you confirm this?

A: The current contract has System Administrator and Test Center Administrator.

Q10. Are you splitting the Test Center administrator from the current requirement?

A: This requirement is only for Test Center Administrators

Q11. Can you please confirm the current contract #?

A: See answer to #Q1

Q12. Can you advise on how many FTEs the government is expecting? Since the requirement has two different testing rooms and up to 160 students testing daily.

A: See answer to #Q2

Q13. Can the Government confirm if this is new work or there is a current incumbent? If there is a current incumbent, can the Government please provide the incumbent contractor name, period of performance, value of contract and contract number?

A: See answer to #Q1

Q14. RFP, Section (b) Submission of Offers, page 41 – Does the Government want separate volumes submitted for each section, i.e., Past Performance and Price or submit all elements in the same volume?

A: Yes, all in the same volume.

Q15. RFP, Section (b)(6) Price, page 41 – The Government states to submit proposed pricing for all CLINs in the form of a pricing worksheet (Attachment 1 Bid Schedule), however Attachment 1 is the PWS Pearson VUE Guide. Can the Government confirm it wants offerors to fill out Supplies or Services & Prices or Cost on page 3 of the RFP document? If not, will the Government please provide the correct attachment for offerors to fill out for their price?

A: See Amendment.

Q16. RFP, Section (b)(10)(a) Past Performance, page 41 – Can offerors provide an introduction to the Company and its past performance?

A: Not required, only need past performance.

Q17. RFP, Section (b)(10)(a) Past Performance, page 41 – The Government states to submit Attachment 5 Past Performance List of References, but in List of Attachments the Government lists this requirement as attachment 3. Can the Government confirm they are referring to attachment 3?

A: See Amendment.

Q18. RFP, Section (b)(10)(a) Past Performance, page 41 – The Government states to submit PPQs using attachment 6 but in List of Attachments the Government lists this requirement as attachment 4. Can the Government confirm they are referring to attachment 4?

A: See Amendment.

Q19. RFP, Section (b)(10)(a) Past Performance, page 41 – The Government states if a CPARs is available no PPQ is required and to annotate this on Attachment 6. Can the Government provide where on the attachment offerors are to annotate a CPARs is available for that past performance reference?

A: See Amendment.

Q20. Attachment 1 PWS 1.3: It states the contractor needs to be able to handle up to 160 student testing in a single day but those can be spread out unevenly throughout the day. Based on the ratio of required Administrators per students, can the Government provide the maximum or highest number of students in the test center at any one point that need to be accommodated? Is the maximum 80 with both of the 40-seat rooms filled at the same time?

A: At any one point, the test center can handle a maximum of 80 students testing concurrently.

The current setup is two rooms with 40 testing stations each on the first and second floors of the same building as listed in the PWS.

Q21. Attachment 1 PWS – Can the Government provide the number of FTE required?

A: See answer to #Q2

Q22. Attachment 1 PWS, Test Administrator Requirements: It states that one certified Pearson VUE Test Administrator is required for every 15 candidates, and if there are more than 15 candidates it requires more proctors.

o Are the Pearson VUE Test Administrators the same as proctors?

A: Yes o Do all Test Center contractors need to be Pearson VUE Certified?

A: Yes o Do the proctors mentioned in the Guide assisting the Administrator have to be Pearson VUE certified?

A: All contractors will be required to be Pearson VUE certified

Q23. Attachment 1 PWS, Registration and Scheduling Overview: It states Exam sponsors can require candidate payments via Pearson VUE or collect payments themselves. Are the Administrators handing any payments from the testing candidates or is the Air Force handling all payments?

A: The Administrators are not handling payment. The Government provides vouchers for each test.

Q24. Attachment 3 Past Performance List – Will the Government provide this as a fillable form so offerors can provide a complete description of the work performed and other information as needed that the Government specifies for subcontractors, etc?

A: See Amendment.

Q25. Is there a current incumbent? If so, who is it and what was the awarded contract number and awarded contract value?

A: See answer to #Q1

Q26. What is the Government's contractor manning requirement? Number of contractor positions required.

A: See answer to #Q2

Q27. What is the Government's required SCA bid labor category?

A: This requirement is a Performance Based. The contractor determines the appropriate Labor Category.

Q28. If there is an incumbent, please provide the incumbent contractor list of employee SCA hire dates.

A: See answer to #Q1 and #Q2. FAR 22.1020 states “the incumbent prime contractor is required to furnish a certified list of all service employees on the contractor’s or subcontractor’s payroll during the last month of the contract, together with anniversary dates of employment, to the contracting officer no later than 10 days before contract completion. (See paragraph (n) of the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards.) At the commencement of the succeeding contract, the contracting officer shall provide a copy of the list to the successor contractor for determining employee eligibility for vacation or other fringe benefits which are based upon length of service, including service with predecessor contractors if such benefit is required by an applicable wage determination.”

Q29. The RFP states to provide pricing on a pricing worksheet and to see Attachment 1, Bid Schedule. Attachment 1 is the PWS. By Bid Schedule, can the government confirm you mean Schedule B of the RFP? And, if not, please clarify.

A: See Amendment.

Q30. Is there a Technical Volume required and if so is there a page limitation?

A: No Technical Volume is required.

Q31. Are any exams other than CompTIA testing typically given to students on these workstations? For example Air Force Promotion and Testing exams.

A: No

Q32. Do Test Administrators require COMPTIA or similar IT certifications in order to administer tests? Does Pearson VUE provide all certification required of Administrators.

A: No additional certifications are required except for the Pearson VUE certification that is provided after the training.

Q33. What is the process for taking time off if an administrator's normal Friday off falls on a Down Day or Federal Holiday?

A: The Contractor is required to ensure coverage IAW PWS Hours of Operation.

Q34. Is the Project Manager required to be on site or does this para imply that the PM can telework?

A: Typically, the Project Manager is one of the contractors/proctors who is Pearson VUE certified and remains on site.

Q35. Does Office/Testing supplies include printer paper, ink, pens, pencils, etc used by contractors and students?

A: Yes

Q36. Is this a recompete or a new opportunity?

A: It is a recompete.

Q37. If this is a recompete, can you tell me who is the incumbent?

A: See answer to #Q1

Q38. Can you confirm that this effort requires somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 FTEs? If that is incorrect, can you please let me know the correct number?

A:. See answer to #Q2