PRICING_QUESTIONS.docx

PRICING QUESTIONS

1. With respect to the Section B Pricing Section: Item No 0011 Data. There is no corresponding Task identified in the PWS. Please clarify if there is to be an amendment to the PWS to add a “Data” CLIN, or is Section B to be amended to eliminate “Item No 0011 Data” Answer – CLIN 0011 states Data submittals IAW PWS section 4.17….. See paragraph 4.17 of the PWS for data requirements.

2. In the price evaluation section of amendment 0003, 4.(c) on p. 25 of the amendment, CLIN X009 Promotional is noted as a CPFF CLIN. However, Section B indicates that CLIN X009 is a FFP CLIN. Please provide clarification.

Answer – CLINs X0009 are FFP. Example of how CFPP will be evaluated on page 25, paragrah 4.(c)(2), will be amended so that X009 - Promotional $1,000,000 with the Indirect Rates and 10% fee applied will be deleted by amendment.

3. With respect to the fully loaded labor rates submitted in attachment 7, to the extent projects are funded by the Government for the CPFF CLINs, will the amount invoiced by the contractor to the Government be determined by multiplying the actual labor hours, for each labor category designated in attachment 7, by the fully loaded rates submitted by the contractor?

Answer – Yes, for direct labor costs only.

4. As part of the pricing submission, is the contractor required to provide the detailed build for each of the indirect expense elements noted in section IV.1.(f) of amendment 0003, or are items (i) through (viii) only listed as a guideline of the elements that should be considered by the contractor when developing the overhead and G&A rates to be submitted in Section B?

Answer – Section L, IV.1.(f) are sample of what is included in a fully loaded/burdened rate as stated in Section L, IV.1.(e).