FA4830-15-Q-0015-_Questions_ _Answers.pdf

Solicitation Number FA483015Q0015 Local Area Network (LAN) Administrator

Questions and Answers

1. Q: Is there an incumbent on this contract? If so, please provide the incumbent name, current contract number, length, value of the contract?

A: Harris IT Services Corporation, FA8771-04-D-003-5W17, Awarded for a Base Year and one (1) eleven (11) month option, In the amount of $300,508.80.

2. Q: Do the Life Support Certification and Secret Security Clearance need to be in place before a potential Candidate can be presented or Just prior to start?

A:Prior to start.

3. Q: The Government indicated the resource must possess a Secret security clearance. There was no DD254 included with the solicitation – please confirm this requirement.

A: Yes, resource must have Secret security clearance. The DD Form 254 has been added to the solicitation as Attachment #5.

4. Q: Are offerors required to have a facility clearance?

A: Yes, please see DD Form 254 Attachment #5 added to the solicitation.

5. Q: If a facility clearance is needed, please confirm the Government will sponsor offerors for a facility clearance if they do not possess one at time of award.

A: The Government will sponsor the facility clearance as needed.

6. Q: Please provide submission instruction i.e. Page limit and font size?

A: There is no specific page limit or font size. If a submission requires more than one email to accommodate attachments the emails need to be numbered accordingly i.e. 1 of 2, 2 of 2…

7. Q: Do we need to submit technical and price in two different volumes?

A: Technical and price may be submitted in one volume or two. If a submission requires more than one email to accommodate attachments the emails need to be numbered accordingly i.e. 1 of 2, 2 of 2…

8. Q: Is it acceptable to provide a suitable IT professional that is scheduled or planned to obtain the BLS certification prior to contract start but does not currently have their BLS?

A:Yes, but completion will be required prior to start date.

9. Q: Does military training in First Aid and CPR meet the requirement for a Life Safety Certification?

A: Yes.

10. Q: Reference PWS Section 2.5 – Would the government clarify what Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level certification is required for the position (i.e., IAT Level I, II or III)? As an extension of Appendix 3 to the DoD 8570.01-Manual (http://iase.DISA.mil/iawip/pages/iabaseline.aspx), Table AP3.T2 identifies approved baseline certifications for personnel performing Information Assurance functions. An individual needs to obtain only one of the approved certifications for his or her IA category or specialty and level to meet the minimum requirement. The government’s requirement that the LAN Administrator possess A+, Network+, and Security+ certifications appears unreasonably restrictive given that higher level IAT certifications satisfy lower level requirements. Since the CISSP was listed in Section 2.6.1 as optional, it would appear that the positon requires a minimum of a current IAT Level II certification (i.e. a GSEC, Security+ Continuing Education, SSCP, or CCNA-Security certification).

A:This position will require IAT Level I and IAT level II requirements. CISSP is preferred.

11. Q: To be technically acceptable, the quoter shall submit an Essential Services Plan IAW DFARS 252.237-7023. Clarify.

A: The Essential Services Plan is required and will be evaluated for technical accepatability based on DFARS clauses 252.237-7023, 252.237- 7024 and paragraph 17 of the PWS.