Questions.pdf

This is only a portion of the questions submitted. The remainder are with the customer for technical response and will be posted after 29 August.

1. The NACIS Code Listed on the SF 1449 is 541519 and FBO has it posted as 541611‐ can you please confirm that 541519 is correct?

‐FBO posting has been updated to reflect 541519

2. CLIN 0003 states that the C2 Systems Administrator will be located on DMAFB, AZ can you please confirm where CLIN 0001 IT Hardware Maint. Tech and CLIN 0002 A/V Maint. Tech will be located?

‐All positions will be working at Davis‐Monthan AFB

3. Please clarify if support required is for 1 full time equivalent (FTE) for each CLIN or if it is for multiple FTE under each CLIN.

‐A total of 3 full time employees, 1 full time equivalent (FTE) for each CLIN

4. Is there and incumbent contractor? If so, can you please provide the contract number and total cost (value)?

‐ None this is a new requirement

5. Can you please add Addenda 52.212‐1, providing specific instructions on how and what should be submitted in the proposal? Ie: Technical Proposal, Past Performance, and Price Proposal.

What areas should the cover management approach? Transition? Staffing? And how should they be formatted page limitations, margins, font, and font size.

‐ As per 52.212‐2 price and technical acceptability will be evaluated. Pricing shall be submitted on the SF 1449. Contractor may choose how to address meeting the requirements required by the PWS.

6. Will you be adding a pricing spreadsheet for us to complete? What pricing backup should be included? How the pricing should be submitted.

‐No, please use the 1449. No pricing backup is being requested at this time.

7. PWS sections 1.2.1.1, 1.2.2.2, 1.2.3.2 and 1.10.1.1 require a minimum of Secret security clearance.

Will you please add a DD254 to the solicitation?

‐ added

8. Since a contractor must hold a Facilities security clearance at or above the clearance level of its employees, will you require the contractor to have a Secret Security Clearance at the submission of the proposal? Will this be part of the evaluation of award?

‐Contractor employees utilized for the positions required by this contract must hold clearances at contract start as per 1.10.1.1, Facility clearance may be obtained after contract award

9. 52.212‐1 (10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, …. Past Performance is not mentioned in the evaluation criteria. Please clarify if it is required with proposal submission. If so, please identify what is considered recent and relevant performance and what section of the proposal it should be include in.

‐evaluation criteria is outlined in 52.212‐2, past performance is not listed in this clause

10. Please provide information on how the proposal should be submitted, ie: electronic copy or hard copy and a point of contact with email or physical address.

‐ As per the description in the FBO posting: It is the responsibility of the offeror to view the website for any changes or amendments to this RFP. Proposals will be due to the 355th Contracting Squadron, 3180 S. Craycroft Rd. Davis‐Monthan AFB, AZ 85707, Proposals shall be submitted on the SF 1449 via email on Friday, 14 September 2018 by 02:00 PM Arizona Local Time to SrA Amy Richardson (amy.richardson.3@us.af.mil) and MSgt Bianca Contway (bianca.contway@us.af.mil). It is the responsibility of the vendor to ensure the quote was received by 355 CONS on time.

11. 52.212‐2 Evaluation. How will it be determined if the offer is technically acceptable? What should the offeror provide to show they have the capability to meet the technical requirement?

‐As per 52.212‐2 please provide how your company intends on meeting the requirements outlined in the PWS. The offeror may provide what they deem necessary to explain how they intent to meet the PWS.

12. Is this a Best value or a Low Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) type award?

‐LPTA

13. 52.222‐42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires is incorporated but the actual table with the employee class and monetary wage & fringe benefits were not provided. Can you please provide this information?

‐ GS Equivalent information has been added

14. PWS 1.8 Travel and Training. Will G&A be an allowable expense on the travel and training CLIN?

‐ Travel will be reimbursed on actual expenses incurred that are in line with the Joint Travel Regulation

31. POC requirements – Does the current contract provide onsite POC support?

‐ There is no current contract

32. Are there security clearance requirements for the POC?

‐ Security requirements are outlined under section 1.10.1 of the PWS. A POC would only require a security clearance if they are also fulfilling one of the onsite positions outlined in the table under 1.10.1.3

34. Will there be a site visit for this solicitation?

‐No

35. If so, when?

–N/A

36. Who is the incumbent contractor and what is the contract #?

‐ N/A this is a new requirement

37. Does the Government have a funding budget or historical metric of hours provided for each item

#/CLIN?

‐No

38. Are offerors to complete pricing for CLINs x004 or are we supposed to include Government estimates for travel?

‐Pricing is not required for travel CLINS

40. Is there a page limit to the proposal?

‐No

41. It does not appear that past performance will be an evaluation factor, so what details about our technical approach and/or past performance are required in the proposal?

‐ As per 52.212‐2 please provide how your company intends on meeting the requirements outlined in the PWS. The offeror may provide what they deem necessary to explain how they intent to meet the PWS. Correct, past performance will not be evaluated.

42. Does the current contract have roles applicable to the Service Contract Act (SCA)? If so, what are the utilized occupation codes and length of service of existing staff to account for vacation accrual?

‐N/A

43. Does the Government estimate more than 1 staff member in each of the 3 labor categories/positions (SA, Hardware Mx Tech, and A/V Mx Tech)?

‐No

44. Is there an incumbent?

‐No

If so who is it and what is the contract number?

‐N/A

45. How many FTE’s are needed for this effort?

‐The PWS outlines 3 positions one for each CLIN

47. What is the contract ceiling price?

‐This will be a firm fixed price contract, and therefore ceiling prices are not established

48. What will be the submission criteria?

‐please reference 52.212‐2 and the description of the FBO posting

49. Is there any incumbent on this contract? If so, please provide the incumbent name, current contract number, length, historical level of effort and value of the contract?

‐No

50. I was hoping to learn if this is a new requirement or is there an incumbent contract/contractor currently performing the same or similar work? If so, are you able to provide a contract number and the vendor’s name?

‐No

51. Could you please provide the incumbent contract number?

If not, is this a new requirement?

‐N/A, this is a new requirement

52. Is there an incumbent? If so, can you please provide the company name and associated contract number?

‐No, this is a new requirement

53. If there is an incumbent, can you please provide the current number of FTEs that are supporting the contract?

‐N/A

54. What do the Section L requirements entail? The Instructions to Offerors section on page 18 of the RFP does not provide very robust details about what the final bid submission should look like to the Government.

‐ We are not using uniform contract format. The 1449 does not and will not contain a section L.

55. If you could please confirm the exact NAICS code and size standard for this procurement, I would really appreciate it. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

‐FBO posting has been updated to reflect 541519, $27.5 Mil

56. Please clarify the NAICS code for this acquisition is 541519 with a size standard of $15.0 Million or less.

‐FBO posting has been updated to reflect 541519, $27.5 Mil

57. 52.212‐1 (4) requires a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. However, there is no defined requirement for Technical Volume. Please clarify what non‐price information the government is requiring as part of offerors response to the RFP.

‐As per 52.212‐2 please provide how your company intends on meeting the requirements outlined in the PWS. The offeror may provide what they deem necessary to explain how they intent to meet the PWS.

58. Is there a requirement for Past Performance? If so, please clarify the requirements and evaluation criteria.

‐please reference 52.212‐2 and the description of the FBO posting, no past performance requirements are listed.

59. Is there a requirement for resumes for proposed personnel? If so, please clarify the requirements and evaluation criteria.

‐No

60. Is there a requirement for a Technical solution? If so, please clarify the requirements and evaluation criteria as well as define the maximum page count.

‐As per 52.212‐2 please provide how your company intends on meeting the requirements outlined in the PWS. The offeror may provide what they deem necessary to explain how they intent to meet the PWS.

61. An offeror without an active Facility Clearance (FCL) will not be able to hire personnel into their company with clearances. Please consider requiring offerors hold a FCL at time of proposal submission and require CAGE code for verification.

‐ Thank you for your suggestion but we will not be making this a requirement.

62. 52.212‐2 “Technical Acceptability” is described for evaluation requirement. Please clarify what is being evaluated as there doesn’t appear to be a technical requirement.

‐As per 52.212‐2 please provide how your company intends on meeting the requirements outlined in the PWS. The offeror may provide what they deem necessary to explain how they intent to meet the PWS.

63. The 1449 and PWS documents do not have any substantive instructions to offerors regarding the desired content, organization, and format of responses. Unless there is a standard NETCENTS‐2 template for task order bids, we request detailed instructions for the response.

The NETCENTS RFQ was cancelled.

64. How many past performance references are required for the bid, and how many are required from the prime/subcontractors?

Please note that 52.212‐2 does list past performance as an evaluation factor.

65. Who is the incumbent provider and how many persons are they presently utilizing to fulfill the requirements? Are these persons available for employment by the winning bidder?

‐N/A this is a new requirement

66. The following opportunity is listed on FedBizOps as a Total Small Business set‐aside:

https://www.fbo.gov/index.php?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c144c1122386985e22eef3a80672e07c &tab=core&tabmode=list&= <https://www.fbo.gov/index.php?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c144c1122386985e22eef3a80672e07 c&tab=core&tabmode=list&=>

The documents you have from NETCENTS 2 seemed to designate the opportunity as “Full and Open.”

The solicitation numbers are identical. Is this a valid solicitation?

The NETCENTS RFQ was cancelled. The FBO positing is valid.

67. Is this a new or follow on requirement? If follow on, please let us know the contract number, incumbent name, dollar value?

‐New requirement

68. Do we need to submit only Resume and Price in subject to respond this RFQ?

‐Resumes were not requested

69. What is the evaluation Criteria (Best Value/ LPTA)?

‐LPTA

70. Is there any page limit for the response?

‐No

71. How to submit proposal (electronically/ upload)?

‐Via email

72. Please give us a more clarity on submission criteria that what all need to address in Technical Proposal?

‐As per 52.212‐2 please provide how your company intends on meeting the requirements outlined in the PWS. The offeror may provide what they deem necessary to explain how they intent to meet the PWS.