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Solicitation No. FA8052-15-R-0017

AIR FORCE FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM (FAP)

OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES (OCONUS)

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE EUROPE (USAFE)

Responses to Questions from Interested Party

1.

REFERENCE: The following excerpt from Page 16 of the solicitation: “Past performance references for an individual task order count as a contract; multiple task orders under a contract count as separate contracts.” “Relevancy for this solicitation is defined as behavioral health experience in Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) locations with contract value of at least $10 Million.”

QUESTION: Would the Government consider reducing the threshold for the relevant contract value to $3 Million?

ANSWER: No.

2.

REFERENCE: The following excerpt from Table of Performance References section on Page 17 of the solicitation: “It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure that the Air Force Installation Contracting Agency (AFICA) 773 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (ESS/PK) office receives the past performance information.”

QUESTION: Would the Government please confirm that only the offeror is required to submit past performance information – and that the offeror is not required to ask contract reference/POCs to submit any past performance information directly to 773 ESS/PK?

ANSWER: This issue is adequately addressed in the solicitation beginning at Pages 16 through 19.

3.

REFERENCE: The following excerpt from Contents section on Page 16 of the solicitation:

“The offerors shall submit a Past Performance Volume containing the following:

Table of Contents

- A one-page summary describing the role of the offeror for which the offeror is required to provide past performance information in accordance with the following paragraphs.

- Past Performance Information Sheets. A sample is included in this document.

- Client Authorization Letters for each identified effort for a commercial customer authorizing release to the Government of requested information on offeror’s performance.

- Organization structure change history in accordance with the paragraph entitled as such.”

QUESTION: Would the Government please provide a complete table of contents that reflects all required information and in the preferred order?

ANSWER: Offerors should read the Instructions for Volume II, Past Performance, Factor 2 in its entirety in order to know all of the requirements for the volume.

4.

REFERENCE: The following excerpt from Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) section on Page 17 of the solicitation: “As previously mentioned, completed CPARs or similar reports from equivalent performance assessment systems used to record past performance data shall be submitted.”

QUESTION: What, if anything, shall offerors submit if no CPAR is available for a particular Government-contract task order?

ANSWER: Alternatives to the CPAR are described in the Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) section of the solicitation.

5.

REFERENCE: Relevant Contracts section on Page 17 of the solicitation

QUESTION: Is the Government requesting this information for the same three contract references provided in Past and Present Performance Information Sheets? Or is this section an opportunity to provide past performance information on other contracts that the offeror deems relevant?

ANSWER: The Government is requesting this information for the same three contract references provided in Past and Present Performance Information Sheets.

Solicitation No. FA8052-15-R-0017

FAP OCONUS USAFE

Responses to Questions from Interested Party