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AFRC Enterprise IT Services RFP No.: FA664322R0002 December 1, 2022

No. Reference Document Section Reference Text and Page Number Question Answer 18 Would the government be willing to sponsor a clearance at the time of award, or are contractors required to have a clearance at the time of proposal submission?

For facility clearance: There is not a requirement to have a cleared facility. For personnel clearance: Contractor personnel are not required to have a clearance at time of proposal submission, but will be expected to have a clearance before reporting to work on this contract.

19 Attachment 1 PWS Section 5.8.5.2 Contractor personnel shall possess as a minimum, all Contractor personnel must have a SECRET clearance. page 53

This statement contradicts the table in this section for which Tier 1 and Tier 3 positions are identified. Please confirm that only the labor categories listed in the table must have a Tier 3/Secret clearance.

All positions on this contract are requred to have a secret clearance.

25 Attachment 11 Attachment 11 Section II.D.7

The SBA implemented a final rule (2022-15622), effective 22 Aug 2022, that provides for small businesses to use experience as a first-tier subcontractor by requiring the prime contractors to respond to SB subcontractor performance ratings within 15 days of request. However, the ruling requires the prime to send the past performance CPAR-style rating directly to the SB subcontractor, who can then provide it to the contracting officer during the submission of a subsequent solicitation response. AFRC, however, is requiring past performance questionairres to be sent directly to offeror's government contract stakeholders. Since this is not possible when taking into account the SBA ruling, will the government accomondate the submission of past performance CPARS-style ratings according to this final rule?

The government is asking that contractors submit PPQ's to government contract holders OR to the Prime contractor in the case that the respondent is a sub contractor to a prime contractor. The PPQ's are of vital importance to the government's source selection.

Attachment 1 - IT Enterprise Services Performance Work Statement dated 25 MAY

Page 51 Para 5.8.2.3

Paragraph 5.8.2.3. Facility Clearance. States the Contractor shall comply with AFFARS 5352.215-9000, Facility Clearance (MAY 1996) in Section H of this contract. Can the Government please provide guidance on where to find Section H of the solicitation, as well as AFFARS 5352.215-9000 referenced in this paragraph?

This language will be removed from the PWS. Contractors are not required to have a facility clearance. They are required to have personell with secret security clearances.

Attachment 8 - Rate Sheet Summary Template -

'Attachment_8_-_Rate_Sheet.xlsx’ includes labor categories located Ohio which is subject to Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) added as a percent to all labor expenses in that state. Given the potential variability of the GRT percentage by year, will the Government allow the GRT to be added at the monthly invoice level for the actual rate rather than an estimated rate built into the individual bill rates of the labor categories located in Ohio? Or will the Government provide a Nontaxable Transaction Certificate (NTTC) to allow for the deduction of the GRT from the qualified transactions.

The government will provide a Nontaxable Transaction Certificate

The requirement that only allows critical subcontractors to submit past performance appears to run in-conflict with SBA regulation 13 CFR

125.2 (g): “Capabilities, past performance, and experience. When an offer of a small business prime contractor includes a proposed team of small business subcontractors and specifically identifies the first-tier subcontractor(s) in the proposal, the head of the agency must consider the capabilities, past performance, and experience of each first tier subcontractor that is part of the team as the capabilities, past performance, and experience of the small business prime contractor if the capabilities, past performance, and experience of the small business prime does not independently demonstrate capabilities and past performance necessary for award.”

Will the Government revise the RFP to be compliant with SBA regulation 13 CFR 125.2 (g) and allow the experience of all first-tier small business subcontractors to be considered within Volume III?

Language will be updated

58 Would the Government confirm if there is a page limit to the FACTS Sheet submission? Given the description of work performed within Section 1, I. of the FACTS Sheet, a page count for the submission will allow offers to be comparatively evaluated.

FACTS sheet submissions will be limited to 7 pages. Atch 11 will be updated to reflect this.

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