REVISED_-_Post_Site_Visit_Additional_ISR_Questions_6_Oct_2015.docx

1. Can the government provide a copy of the two syllabi? Answer: Syllabi are not releasable.

2. Will the training for Creech and Nellis require separate teams or will the training schedules allow for one team to cover training requirements for both locations?Answer: All work required to support Creech training, the USAF WS training and the 556 TES will be done out of Creech AFB.

3. Will any training days for Creech and Nellis overlap? Answer: There will be training day overlap. Per the PWS para A1.3.2.1. When the WS does not have training going on, the teams may support the Creech training requirements.

4. Paragraph A1.1.4 only has training days for Creech. Are the training days for Nellis included in that 230 training days? Answer: Yes, the training days for the WS are included in the Creech training days.

5. Can the government provide an outline of the QASP? Answer: No. The QASP is a Government document that is used to ensure contractor performance. PWS Section 2 outlines the performance objectives that the Government will be monitoring to ensure contract compliance.

6. Is there an incumbent contractor? If so; Who is the incumbent? What is the contract number?

Answer: Please see Pre-Proposal Conference Advance Question #2.

7. Will the requirement to provide OPFOR/BLUFOR be covered by the required key team personnel or will there be additional personnel required for staffing OPFOR/BLUFOR? If additional personnel are required, Please provide a breakdown of the personnel requirements per location and training days they will be required. Under which CLIN should the contractor include the cost for the additional personnel? Answer: Per the PWS, contractor teams will have the personnel on each team based on the site’s requirements. These teams will provide all the training required per an event.

8. Paragraph 1.2.1 (3) Can the government please provide clarification as to the extent of logistic, maintenance, and service support is to be provided by the contractor. Answer: There are no special qualifications other than the qualifications identified in PWS para 4.2. for JTAC personnel. This support, when required will be accomplished on the range supporting routine upgrades to equipment. For example, an new radio may be given to the contractor to use in the field to aid in testing. In any case, any additional training will be provided. In these cases, offsets will be provided to workload, as required.

9. Will the contractor be involved in any curriculum development? Answer: No.

10. What is the skill level of students? Answer: Students skill levels will vary from unqualified students (initial qual) that are in the formal training units to highly qualified students that are in the USAF WS course.

11. Training cycle. How long is the cycle for training? Answer: There is no training cycle. The contractor will be prepared to support the events identified in the PWS, for the identified number of training day per site.

12. END OF APENDIX 1: Please provide more clarification as to when the contractor will be allowed to split training teams. The last paragraph states that “days with greater than 8 training events, teams can be split”. Does this mean that at Holloman AFB the contractor can use teams with 50% manning for each event? Answer: No. The note is the PWS para A1.6.3. is specifically for Hancock. This splitting will be up to Hancock Government personnel. There may be instances, as the note describes where they have more than the normal number of events. The contractor may be asked to divide their teams in order to provide the training, if possible. The contractor is not required to have more than 1vehicle per training team. If splitting is not possible, the Govt will prioritize the events that the contractor will support.

13. Please provide information on any government furnished office and storage ( for vehicles, costumes etc.) space for contractor use. Answer: Yes. The PWS section three has been updated to reflect this question. Please see the PWS Section 3.

14. Are contractor vehicles allowed to be stored on base at each location? Answer: For site where offices are on base, the contractor will be allowed to park their vehicles on base.

15. Will contractor be reimbursed for vehicle mileage for vehicle use during training events? Answer: No. The contractor will be reimbursed for fuel only through a cost reimbursable CLIN.

16. Please provide the analysis/methodology chart from Appendix 3. Answer: Appendix three lists the applicable regulations and publications that the contractor will comply with.

17. Will the contractor be participating in any live fire events? If so, Will the government provide the contractor with required PPE such as body armor and helmets for those events? Answer: No. the contractor will not be involved in any live fire events. If such an occasion does occur the contractor will be provided with any and all safety equipment required.

18. Because the March ARB teams only consist of 2 members each, would 1 Team Leader and an Assistant Team Leader suffice? Answer: Per the PWS para A1.5.1. Support teams for March will be a minimum of three personnel. (Team lead and 2 Training Specialists)

19. To help us better understand the requirements, will you post the syllabi referenced in PWS Appendix 2? Answer: See question #1.

20. Will you please clarify paragraph A1.5.1 in Appendix 1? As written, it is unclear whether two or three JTAC teams will be required at March ANGB. Answer: Yes. Para A1.5.1 has been updated to reflect that a team has three personnel.

21. Reference paragraph Appendix 1, A1.6.1, is PMATS training only conducted at Hancock Field? Answer: No. It is possible for training support to be held on base at the PMATS. This situation will occur when flying is cancelled due to WX condition at a site. IF this occurs the contractor training teams will go to the base and simulate JTAC operations in the simulator. There is no addition work required for contractor teams. In summary the PMATS is an alternate work site due to WX.

22. PWS 1.2.1 (10). This requires training specialists that have RPA expertise to aid the test aircrew in identifying the requirements of a ground-based team in the field. Exercises will include demonstrations of new RPA capabilities to the warfighter from the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron in the form of escorting RPA commanders onto ranges to observe capabilities, participating in Creech AFB and Nellis AFB exercises approximately three times a year for one week each. How many training specialists must have RPA expertise? Where? Nellis? Creech? Answer: None of the training specialists are required to have RPA expertise. For the types of work required for PWS para 1.2.1 (10), the JTAC will be supporting this testing by participating as the ground component only. There are no special skills needed beyond the PWS required qualifications for their position.

23. PWS 3.2.3. states “Office space at March ANGB, Hancock Field ANGB, and Creech AFB will be provided by the local Wings.” Will the Government also provide phones, computers and internet access at these locations? Answer: The Government will provide phones, internet hook up and any other normal office requirement. The contractor will provide its own computers. A para has been added to the PWS to reflect what the Government Furnished Equipment will be.

24. New PWS Para. 3.1. (1) “(1) For offices located on Government property. The contractor shall identify any office furnishings (i.e. desks, chairs, file cabinets, etc.) needed in performance of this requirement and submit a list of these items to the Government SME or designated Government representative. The Government (local unit) shall furnish all incidental items that are determined reasonable for performance under this contract.” PWS 4.3. Will travel be a cost reimbursable CLIN? Answer: YES. The Govt will pay for any travel required normal workload identified in the PWS. For example, the Govt will pay for a person to travel to Langley AFB for a conference. But the Govt will not pay for local routine travel to the local base for routine meetings etc.

25. A1.5.1. Contractor Support teams March. Each team will have a minimum of a JTAC Team Lead plus a JTAC Training Specialist. Industry day I thought I heard 3 JTACs per team, please clarify. Answer: Per the PWS in Appendix A para A1.5.1. The March teams only require two JTAC Specialists per team vs three JTAC specialists at the other sites.

26. A1.6.1. Contractor Support teams Hancock. Each team will consist of a JTAC Team Lead and three JTAC Training Specialists which will be scheduled IAW para A1.1.3.above plus 1 additional JTAC Supervisor to cover PMATS events or JTAC Supervisory duties in the FTU Operations Center. PMATS?, JTAC Supervisory Duties? Please clarify what that entails. Answer: PWS para 4.2.1 has been changed to say “Site Manager/JTAC Supervisor.”

27. PWS 1.5.1. Briefings, Meetings and Training. As required by the GSME, contract personnel shall attend scheduled phase briefings, flight safety meetings, commander calls, crewmember meetings and intelligence briefings. How often do these happen? How many hours per week / month is this? Answer: There is no set number/hours for these type meetings. If required, offsets to normal workload will be made to allow for attendance at any contractor required meetings. There is no additional work associated with any meetings the contractor is required to attend.

28. PWS A1.3. CREECH AFB SUPPORT. JTAC ground teams will be available to support events including CT, Base Defense Missions, MQT, FIUT and those contained in Chapters 4 and 5 of the MQ-1/9 IQT syllabus. Are all of these syllabus events? Are they included in the 6 syllabus event per day required to be supported? Answer: Yes, all these are syllabus events which are included in the 6 syllabus events per training day.

29. PWS A.1.5.1 and Initial Q& A # 38 need clarification; Advance Q 38. PWS A1.5.1 - PWS Para A1.5.1 states that "each team will have a minimum of a JTAC Team Lead plus a JTAC Training Specialist" at the March ANG site. This appears inconsistent with the all other site support requirements. Could the Government please confirm that a team consisting of only a JTAC Team Lead plus a JTAC Training Specialist is sufficient to support the March ANG requirements? Answer: Yes. This team makeup is correct for the March site. It will be a total of three personnel per team vs. four.

30. Please verify that teams at March AFB are three total. Answer: Per the PWS para A1.5.1. March Support teams will have a total of three people (1 JTAC Lead and 2 JTAC specialists. All other sites require teams of four.

31. The response to question 21 states that the SCA applies to all other performance locations (not March). It is our understanding that the SCA only applies to the 15010 and 15020 work codes, but does not apply to any proposed Program Manager, Site Manager, JTAC Supervisor, or JTAC Team Lead positions - who are not subject to the SCA because they are exempt due to their supervisory/management positions. QUESTION: Can the Government confirm/deny that any proposed supervisory/management positions are not subject to the SCA? Answer: Yes, supervisory/management positions fall under 29 C.F.R Part 541, so they are except from the SCA. “Under the SCA at section 8(b), this wage determination does not apply to any employee who individually qualifies as a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employee as defined in 29 C.F.R. Part 541.”

32. The response to question 1 states that "contractor is authorized up to ninety minutes transit time daily per work day to commute to range from base of operation." However, PWS Para A1.1.3 states the 8 hour work day will begin at the time of the first mission of that training day - implying that contractors are "in place" (aka at the range) to begin their work day. QUESTION: Would you please clarify the physical location of the contractor at the start time for each work day - either the base of operations (with authorized commute time), or at the range? Answer: Para A1.1.3 is an oversight and will be changed to reflect the 90 minute per day allowance.

33. On page 23 of the Draft PWS, the notes section states that " There may be circumstances where a training team will be required to support two missions simultaneously. On days where greater than eight training missions are required, the JTAC supervisor may divide JTAC Teams into smaller groups of no less than two JTACs to cover additional missions or may support the additional JTAC requirement from the FTC." QUESTION: Does this circumstance apply to March ARB - where the JTAC Teams are only 3 people? Answer: No, these circumstances only apply to Hancock workload.

34. On the topic of SDVOSB set aside requirements - is the requirement for the SDVOSB Prime to perform 50% of the work, or may the SDVOSB spends at least 50% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel on their employees or on the employees of other SDVOSBs, per CRF 125.6? Answer: In the case of a contract for services (except construction), the SDVO SBC spends at least 50% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel on the concern's employees or on the employees of other SDVO SBCs. See § 125.6(b)(1)

35. In the Instructions to Offerors, Para 9.1 states “~the contractor shall fill out and complete Attachment 10 “Pricing Addendum” in it’s entirety.” QUESTION: Will the Government provide an example of Attachment 10 prior to the final RFP? Answer: See “REVISED DRAFT RFP - Instructions to Offerors Pricing Addendum,” posted to Fed Biz Ops on 07 Oct 2015.

36. PWS 4.1.3 - Are all the applicable squadrons listed? The Creech and Nellis list is short - 15 RS, 18 RS, 20 RS, 42 ATKS & 25 WPS? Answer: Since work under this contract is in for any specific training squadron, reference to specific squadrons have been deleted and support for the site added.