ATS_Amend_3_Q&As.pdf

ATS (FA7046-16-R-0003) AMENDMENT 3

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

18 JULY 2017

1) Question: Should Offerors submit an entire proposal revision with this Amendment?

Answer: No – do not submit a new proposal. Provide change pages in response to Amendment 3. An entire proposal revision is not required in response to Amendment 3.

2) Question: The “Instructions” tab contained in RFP Attachment 08, Labor Category Rate Matrix, indicates Offerors are to insert rates starting with the tab labeled “Edwards” thru “Peterson.” Do Offerors need to insert rates into the tab labeled “Buckley AFB?”

Answer:

Offerors must insert rates into all tabs and Places of Performance, including Buckley AFB. The instruction tab in the Labor Category Matrix will be corrected in Amendment 4.

3) Question: Do Subcontractors have to submit fully disclosed proposals if we have a T&M for

FFP arrangement.

Answer: The Prime Offerors must provide an analysis of the proposed subcontractor portion of blended rates in accordance with FAR 15.404-3(b) determining reasonableness of subcontractor pricing. The Government will accept sealed packages from Subcontractors. See Answer 11.

4) Question: In Section L Para 2.4 page 15, the Contracting Officer still had Lt Col Moody.

Answer: This will be corrected in Amendment 4. Section L Para 2.4 should read as follows:

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ATTN: Ramon Martinez, Contracting Officer 1251 Wyoming Blvd SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117 E-mail: ramon.martinez.4@us.af.mil Phone: 505-846-1955

5) Question: Do any of the other Proposal Volumes I-III need updates with the omission of the Task Orders?

Answer: Change pages are required for the cost proposal, Volume IV. No changes are required for Volumes I-III at this time.

6) Question: Can any other places of performance be added in the future to the contract?

Answer: No. All places of performance are incorporated in the Basic PWS, para 1.0.

7) Question: Amendment 3 does not specify a site (Government facility or Contractor facility) where the work is to be performed. Does the Government desire pricing for each labor category for both Government site and Contractor site? If yes, should we complete Attachment 8 twice, once for the Government site and once for the Contractor site for each location?

Answer: All work is to be performed at Government Site Only.

8) Question: Amendment 3 Attachment 8 does not include Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland as a possible place of performance. Is it the Government’s intent that no task orders will be performed in whole or in part at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland?

Answer: Work will not be performed at Lackland AFB. The former Lackland AFB mission (previously known as OL-KT) will be performed at Kirtland AFB NM.

9) Question: Amendment 3 removed ATS TO CAP, ATS TO C2ISR, and ATS TO NukDEW. Does the Government require a revised Vol II with TO response pages removed?

Answer: No. The Government does not require a revised Vol II in response to Amendment 3.

10) Question:

Amendment 3 on page 23 para 6.1 .1 states in part:

“Blended rates are required for all labor categories/skill levels. Blended rates are inclusive of Prime and Subcontractor labor and are fully loaded with all indirects.”

Without advanced knowledge of scope and level of effort for potential task orders it is impossible to develop an accurate blended rate for prime and subcontractor performance. For instance a $25.00 prime rate and $20.00 sub rate for 18,800 hours of performance at an 80% prime and a 20% sub division of labor would be a blended rate of $23.00 per hour. The same rates with a 51% prime and a 49% sub division of labor would be a blended rate of $22.55 per hour. This situation is only further complicated when additional subcontractors are added to the solution set. In order to provide the Government with a high quality technical and best value price solution at the task order level the prime requires the flexibility to adjust the prime/subcontractor(s) labor mix on a task order by task order basis.

We would like to request the Government remove the requirement for blended rate submission and accept rate submissions from the prime and each subcontractor proposed.

This will allow the prime to propose the most advantageous blended rates to the Government at the individual task order level and still allow the Government to evaluate the cost reasonableness and realism at the basic IDIQ level.

Answer: Offerors must propose blended rates. Subcontractors may perform up to 50% of work across the entire period of performance IAW FAR 52.219-14. Therefore, costs associated with subcontractor labor could constitute half of costs associated with the ATS program (subcontractor costs may also be much less than 50% of the total costs associated with ATS over the life of the program). Offerors must review labor categories (which encompass core competencies as detailed in the Basic PWS, Table 1), skill levels, geographical locations, labor rate periods, best estimated quantity (BEQ), and determine how subcontractor team members will factor into those elements.

11) Question:

Amendment 3 on page 23 para 6.1 .1 states in part:

“Fully disclosed rate buildups for all blended rates for all labor categories, skill levels, and geographical locations are required. Rate buildups must include prime and subcontractor information. Rate buildups are due by the closing date identified in this solicitation. Offerors must provide an analysis of the proposed subcontractor portion of blended rates in accordance with FAR 15.404-3(b) describing reasonableness of subcontractor pricing. Explain the use of decrement factors if applied. If the analysis is based on comparison with prior prices, identify the basis on which the prior prices were determined to be reasonable. If the offeror obtained competitive quotes from potential subcontractors, provide evidence of competition.”

Subcontractors will generally not fully disclose rate buildups to prime contractors as that is considered proprietary company information. Rather, they provide the prime a fully loaded rate and provide the Government a sealed package with their fully disclosed rate build ups.

Primes must conduct their rate reasonableness analysis on the fully loaded rates not on the detailed development of the rates.

Request the Government revise the requirement to:

1. Require the prime to provide an analysis of the proposed subcontractor’s fully loaded rates in accordance with FAR 15.404-3(b) describing reasonableness of subcontractor pricing

2. Require subcontractors to provide sealed packages with their with their fully disclosed rate build ups

Answer: The Government will accept sealed packages from Subcontractors.

12) Question: Given the complexity and time consuming nature of developing an entirely new pricing approach for multiple geographic locations and subcontractor input and review requirements request that the government grant a two week extension to 11 August 2017 for proposal submission.

Answer: The due date for responses to Amendment 3 is hereby extended to 11 August 2017 at 1200 MT. The Government will release an RFP amendment changing this due date as soon as possible.

13) Will the Government accept submission of the revised Volume IV Cost/Price by e-mail or is an Original plus 1 copy and 1 CD-R/DCD-R required to be submitted IAW paragraph L.2.3?

Answer: No. E-mail submission of response to Amendment 3 is not acceptable. Please submit one Original hard copy of the response to Amendment 3 and one CD-R/DVD-R copy of the response to RFP Amendment 3.