MFRC Questions and Answers.pdf

Question: Is it acceptable to use 10-point font for tables, charts, graphs, and figures?

Answer: Yes

Question: The Organizational Conflict of Interest (Alternate I) in the solicitation states that “The Contractor shall perform systems engineering and/or technical direction but will not have overall contractual responsibility for the system's development, integration, assembly and checkout, or production. The parties recognize that the Contractor shall occupy a highly influential and responsible position in determining the system's basic concepts and supervising their execution by other Contractors. The Contractor's judgment and recommendations must be objective, impartial, and independent. To avoid the prospect of the Contractor's judgment or recommendations being influenced by its own products or capabilities, it is agreed that the Contractor is precluded for the life of the system from award of a DoD contract to supply the system or any of its major components, and from acting as a subcontractor or consultant to a DoD supplier for the system or any of its major components.” However, this e ort does not involve systems engineering tasks. Could you please confirm whether this whole clause is applicable as written, or consider revising the language accordingly?

Answer: Will not a ect your quote. Can remove the Clause in the contract.

Question: The email address listed for SSgt Thomas Prospere (Prospere@thomas.prospereus.af.mil) appears to be incorrect. Could you please fix this typo?

Answer: thomas.prospere@us.af.mil, this will corrected in the Solicitation as well.

Question: Is there an incumbent on this contract? If so, please provide the incumbent name, current contract number, duration, historical level of e ort (LOE) and value of the contract? Can the government give information on historical LCATs?

Answer: Yes, Sygnetics, Inc., FA481922P0035, $131,230.92 (Base Year plus 2 Option Years). Other information cannot be provided.

Question: Will the Govt confirm if a significant scope change has or has not occurred between the previous requirements and this follow-on?

Answer: Currently there will not be a significant scope change.

Question: Would the government consider granting a one-week extension to allow companies adequate time to submit a compliant and compelling proposal following the Q&A?

Answer: No but the government reserves the right to change this later.

Question: Is this a new requirement or is there an incumbent currently delivering these services?

Answer: No, this is a recompete. There is currently an incumbent

Question: If there is an incumbent, are all the positions currently filled? If not, which are vacant?

Answer: Yes it is filled, it is only one position.

Question: Does this solicitation fall under the SCA?

Question: If this solicitation falls under the SCA, what labor categories apply?

Answer: WD 2015-4559 Rev 28, 12.23.24. O erors are responsible for evaluating and selecting what they believe is the most appropriate category as part of their Quotes.

Question: Is there an estimated funding ceiling or budget range for this e ort?

Answer: This information cannot be provided.

Question: Is there a WD labor category that was or is used today?

Answer: This information cannot be provided.

Question: Is this a 40-hour work week?

Question: Does the selected employee have to be a W2 or will 1099 be accepted?

Answer: W2

Question: Is Executive Order 14026 used on this contract meaning the minimum pricing $17.75 has to be used?

Answer: We ask that contractors follow the most recent WD document, one is attached the solicitation.

Question: The Instruction mentions 2 Volumes, are they electronic via email?

Answer: Yes

Question: The Instructions mention Reps & Certs, does stating that they are Updated in Sam and with Section (b) acceptable?

Answer: Stating they are in SAM and/or sending with your quote is acceptable.

Question: What is the estimated workload for this PWS? (That is, historically, how many hours of work per year, has this been?)

Answer: 40 Hours per week

Question: PWS §2.6 (Client Services): Could the Government provide the approximate or average monthly volume of front-desk phone calls and walk-in visitors so we can accurately determine the level of e ort

Answer: On average 2400 calls per month – 480 walk-in customers per month

Question: RFQ Instructions (General): Can the Government clarify whether this acquisition will be conducted under a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis or a Best Value Tradeo basis? The solicitation does not specify the type of source selection to be used.

Answer: This will be evaluated as best-value to the government. The solicitation will be amended to add this information.

Question: RFQ Instructions (Technical Proposal Format): The solicitation states “Volume 2 shall not exceed 20 pages,” but does not specify whether items like a cover page, table of contents, acronyms list or resumes count toward the 20-page limit.

Could the Government clarify what counts toward the page limit?

Answer: Cover pages, table of contents and acronym lists will not be counted toward the 20 page limit. While resumes will be accepted outside the 20 page limit, they will not be considered during the award decision process. Resumes are more traditionally reviewed post award in conjunction with additional parties.

Question: RFQ Instructions (Sta ing Approach): Does the Government require a single full-time person to fulfill the 40-hour requirement, or is it acceptable for the contractor to propose two or more part-time sta as long as coverage is maintained and the PWS requirements are met?

Answer: No, the position calls for 1 person.

Question: RFQ Instructions (Resumes/Key Personnel): The PWS requires contractor sta to meet certain qualifications, but the instructions do not explicitly require a resume in the proposal. Would the Government prefer that each o eror submit a formal resume for the proposed CSR, or is a summary of qualifications acceptable? If a resume is required, should it be included in Volume 2 under the 20-page limit, or may it be placed in an appendix?

Answer: A summary of qualifications is acceptable. While resumes will be accepted, they will not be considered during the award decision process. Resumes are more traditionally reviewed post award in conjunction with additional parties.

Question: Evaluation Criteria (Basis of Evaluation): Does the Government intend to evaluate Past Performance as a separate factor, or is the evaluation strictly limited to Technical (volume 2) and Price (volume 1)?

Answer: Past performance will be evaluated as a separate factor.