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This document contains questions and answers regarding the solication. This document does not change the terms in the solication unless provided by amendment to the solicitation.

Questions and Answers

FA4830-17-R-S001

Unit Support Services II (USS2)

Presolicitation Questions:

1. May a contractor that does not have a Facility Security Clearance apply for an FCL with a DD-214 following contract award?

a. Reference the Solicitation FA4830-17-R-S001

2. Who is the incumbent Contractor?

a. Alpha Omega Change Engineering, Inc.

3. What is the incumbent contract Period of Performance?

a. Jun 1, 2012 – Jan 31, 2017

4. What is the incumbent contract annual and total value?

a. Total awarded amount is $2,317,435.35

5. Can you provide the dollar value and the current contract number that this task is being performed under?

a. See #4a for dollar value

b. FA4830-12-C-2007

6. How are these services currently being performed? Under Contract? In-house?

a. Currently performed under contract listed in #5b.

7. Who is the Contractor?

a. See #2 for Incumbent Contractor

8. What is the contract number?

a. See #5b

9. When does the contract expire?

a. 31 Jan 2017

10. What is the current contract value?

a. See #4a Solicitation Questions:

1. The Aircrew Flight Equipment Master Rigger labor categories are currently listed as Optional in Base and Option Years. Is the Offeror’s Essential Services Plan required to address these labor categories?

a. Labor Catagories are not required to be addressed in the offerors Essential Services Plan. In accordance with the MDY-ADM-1 and MDY-ADM-2 “All Support Services Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions outlined in Attachment 1 through Attachement 6 are designated as Essential Services in accordance with the clause DFARS 252.237-7023. The offeror shall therefore include an Essential Services Plan, IAW DFARS clause 252.237-7024, explaining how the offeror will undertake steps to maintain the service in the event of a qualifying event or emergency. The plan must address; i. Challenges associated with maintaining essential contractor services during an extended event, such as a pandemic that occurs in repeated waves; ii. The time lapse associated with the initiation of the acquisition of essential personnel and resources and their actual availability on site; iii. The components, processes, and requirements for the identification, training, and preparedness of personnel who are capable of relocating to alternate facilities or performing work from home; iv. Any established alert and notification procedures for mobilizing identified “essential contractor service” personnel; and v. The approach for communicating expectations to contractor employees regarding their roles and responsibilities during a crisis.

2. As current written, the USG requires the Vehicle Control Manager (VCM) labor category to have at least six (6) years’ experience in Guardian Angel (GA) community as a vehicle custodian or equivalent. The provided Wage Determination narrative associated with the VCM labor category indicates 6 months’ experience required. Will the USG consider reducing the 6 year GA experience requirement to increase the pool of qualified candidates? Additionally, would the USG provide exactly what “certifications” are required?

a. This requirement is under review and any changes made to this requirement will be posted with Amendment 0001.

3. The USG did not include an Occupation Code for the Aircrew Flight Equipment Master Rigger labor category. Is it the USG’s intention for Offerors to utilize the provided Conformance Process for this labor category? The USG-provide Wage Determination did not contain an Occupation Code titled Unit Deployment Manager. Is it the USG’s intention for Offerors to use the provided Occupation Code of Mobility Deployment Manager for PWS labor categories titled Unit Deployment Manager?

a. Under the Service Contract Act, employers bear responsibility for classifying and paying employees appropriately according to the work performed. Duty titles are not determinative. Offerors are reminded that work to be executed under the contract may fall into one or multiple classifications. Should an employer believe that work performed under the contract is not covered by one or more existing classifications present on the wage determination, offerors should reference FAR 22.1019. In particular to the FAA Rigger, offerors are reminded of DoL's practice of conforming quality control inspector work (ref SCA Directory of Occupations classification code 99610) at one Federal Grade Equivalencies (FGE) higher than the FGE performing the work inspected.

4. Can the government provide guidance on the rigger position such as the associated pay scale, hourly wage, SCA labor category or GS equivalent as provided for the other positions in attachment 13?

a. The employer bears appropriate responsibility for classifying and paying employees according to the work performed. FAR 52.222-42 provides insight regarding

Federal Grade Equivalencies (FGE) if the US Government executed the requirement using government resources. However, please recall that 52.222-42 is NOT a wage determination and creates no binding obligation or enforceable right.

The following information will be added to the solicitation via Amendment 0001.

52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (MAY 2014)

In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY: IT IS NOT A WAGE DETERMINATION

Unit or Mobility Deployment Manager

MamanaMaman mana

Manager

Supply Manager

Parachute Rigger

GS-6

WG-9

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