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Follow-Up Q&A (22Jul) Answers Posted on 25 July 2019

CATEGORY: Requirement Clarification Government Response/Action:

RFP Reference: Paragraph 5.3.1 of Section L Topic: Past Performance Question: Will the government change the requirement from three years to five years in order to ensure adequate competition from industry?

RFP Reference: PWS 9.1 & 5.3 Topic: Contractor Spares & GFP Question: Will the current contractor provide their existing spares, GFP/M/E and any Contractor Acquired Property to the new contractor during phase-in?

RFP Reference: PWS 5.4 Topic: Paint

Question: During the Industry Day “Q&A” discussion, a question was asked about whether each system would be painted based on individual system need or will the entire interior and exterior need to be painted each PDM cycle. The Government response was that the entire MSN-7, interior and exterior, will need to be painted every PDM cycle. With regards to the interior of the MSN-7 this would require the contractor to remove all components from the interior including the desk, power section, radio racks, roof components, wiring, ductwork, etc. in order to fully paint each MSN-7’s interior. Is this the intention for this PDM contract or is the intention to take out what is most practical such as the electronic equipment and radios but leave the wiring, power section, floor structure, and other difficult to remove components installed, mask them off, and paint what is practical? If so, can the exact paint boundary and expectation be clarified and is a complete strip and sanding required?

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Topic: Location

Question: Where are the 18 MSN-7 systems located (base/city/state)?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 1.1, Topic: Contractor Location Question: Are there specific requirements/limitations concerning the physical location of the contractor facility?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 1.1, Topic: Contractor Location Question: Are there specific requirements/limitations concerning the physical configuration/size of the contractor facility?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 1.1, Topic: Work Location Question: What is the government’s estimate of percentage of work that will be performed at: 1) the contractor facility, and 2) on-site at government facilities?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 2.2, Topic: Labor Question: Will the government provide a list of contract labor categories and quantity of each?

The current best estimate of percentage of work is that 95% of work will be conducted at the Contractor facilities and 5% of work will be conducted on-site at Government facilities but these estimates are subject to change as driven by Government requirements.

The PWS includes a list of the minimum required skills for this effort and the solicitation / RFP identifies the Federal Equivalent position.

2 in Ramstein, Germany 5 in Robins AFB, Georgia 1 in Kapolei, Hawaii 1 in Klamath Falls, Oregon 1 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1 in Alexandria, Lousiana 1 in Johnstown, Pennsyvalnia 1 in Meridian, Mississippi 1 in McEntire, South Carolina 1 in Cheynne, Wyoming 1 in New London, North Carolina 1 in St.Joseph, Missourri The Mock-up is in government possession.

The Government has no requirements concerning the physical location of the contractor facility.

The Contractor's facility must be able to completely enclose the MSN-7 system within an environmentally controlled facility while fully elevated (in raised position). No other requirements concerning the physical configuration/size of the contractor facility are defined.

The Government has identified three years as sufficient for the recency assessment.

The Government will provide the items identified in the GFP attachment.

The intention is for the contractor to remove all LRUs and other practical items and then mask remaining items to prevent them from being damaged during paint. The government will provide specifications for both interior and exterior painting of the shelter.

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 2.2, Topic: Labor Question: Are any labor categories classified as “key personnel”?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 2.2 and 2.8 Topic: Labor Question: Are any contractor personnel/labor categories required to be a part of the cybersecurity workforce with corresponding Information Assurance (IA) training and certifications (e.g., Level I, Level II, Level III) per DOD Directive 8140,01?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 2.2, Topic: Security Clearance Question: Are any contractor personnel required to possess a security clearance? And if so, at what level?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 3.2 Topic: Location Question: Should the physical location of the successor contractor facility be in a different city and/or state from the incumbent contractor facility, who will be responsible for the cost of transport/shipping of all GFP? The government or the successor contractor?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 4.7, Topic: Shipping Question: Will the government consider shipping equipment/parts to OCONUS destinations? Experience indicates that contractor

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 5.4, 8.1 Topic: PDM Question: Will the government clarify how many MSN-7 systems will undergo PDM each year?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 5.4, 8.1 Topic: PDM Question: How many MSN-7 systems of the annual 4 (or 6) systems will be at the contractor facility simultaneously for PDM? Is system induction to PDM staggered so only one system is in the contractor facility at a time? Or is there overlap? If there is overlap, what is the duration of overlap? Will the government provide a notional timeline of how the PDM of the 4 (or 6) systems relate to each other?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 5.4 Topic: As Needed Question: Regarding PWS paragraph 5.4, subparagraphs A, B, C, D, G and their use of the phrase “as needed”, who determines if an item/component requires replacement, the government or the contractor?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 5.4, Topic: Hot Mock-Up Question: Does MSN-7 verification testing require use of the MSN-7 hot mock-up?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 5.4 Topic: Testing Question: Regarding PWS paragraph 5.4, after completion of PDM, is acceptance testing conducted at the contractor’s facility?

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Topic: Testing Question: If acceptance testing will be conducted at the contractor’s facility, will there be a need for any classified/sensitive material such as crypto, radios, software, etc. (if needed for testing) to be stored at the contractor’s facility? If yes, to what classification level?

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Topic: Testing Question: If acceptance testing will be conducted at the contractor’s facility, will there be a need for an outdoor area for live testing of radios and other electronics?

RFP Reference: PWS 6.1 Topic: Availability Rate Question: Regarding PWS paragraph 6.1, what is the published/stipulated threshold Operational Availability rate for the MSN-7 system?

The PWS includes a list of the minimum required skills for this effort and the solicitation / RFP identifies the Federal Equivalent position.

The effort does not require a cybersecurity IA training and certifications for the performance of these efforts. The task requirements are listed in the PWS.

The effort does not require a security clearance for the performance of these tasks. The security requirements are listed in the PWS, para 2.8.

The Contractor will be responsible to arrange and pay for shipping equipments/parts to OCONUS and CONUS destination as stated in the PWS para 4.7.

The PDM requirement is 4 MSN-7 units per year.

"Each awarded year of the contract, the Government will schedule up to four (4) MSN-7s for depot level maintenance" The Government anticipates staggered PDMs so only one system is at the Contractor facility, but this schedule is subject to change based on the Government needs. The Government will provide a schedule of PDMs upon contract award.

The Government will make the final determination.

No, MSN-7 verification testing does not required the use of the MSN-7 hot mock-up.

All acceptance testing and acceptance of supplies and/or units will occur at the destination.

The Government will be responsible for cost of transport/shipping GFP at the close of the current contract and ensuring that any successful offeror receives the required GFP for the operation of the follow-on effort.

All acceptance testing and acceptance of supplies and/or units will occur at the destination. There is no need for classified and/or sensitive material storage at the Contractor facility. However, all GFP should be maintained in a bonded storage location.

All acceptance testing and acceptance of supplies and/or units will occur at the destination. For interim evaluation at the Contractor's facility, 'dummy loads' are acceptable.

The PWS paragraph 6.1 has been updated and the Operational Availability reference and requirement has been removed.

RFP Reference: PWS 5.4, 7.1 Topic: Tower Restoral Vehicle Question: Regarding PWS paragraphs 5.4 and 7.1, will the government clarify maintenance of the HMMVW vehicle? Paragraph 5.4 Special Note states: The Contractor shall not be responsible for repair or maintenance of the HMMWV on the AN/MSN-7. Paragraph 7.1 makes reference to “tower restoral vehicle maintenance.”

RFP Reference: Section L, page 4, Table 1 – Proposal Organization Topic: Price Matrix Question: Table 1, Volume IV Contract Documentation, 7.1.2 lists Price Matrix. Is it the Government’s intent to require Offerors to include

7.1.2 Price Matrix in Volume IV rather than Volume III Price Proposal?

RFP Reference: Excel MSN-7_dPrice_Matrix_02Jul19.xlsx Topic: Pricing Question: Row 75, CLIN X009, Other Direct Cost, says, “Not Evaluated”. Could the Government confirm Offerors do not need to price

CLIN X009?

RFP Reference: Excel MSN-7_dPrice_Matrix_02Jul19.xlsx Topic: Pricing Question: Row 68, CLIN X005AA, O&A Engineering Fixed Hourly Labor Rate, shows quantity of 20 for each year. If Offeror proposes multiple labor rates for this CLIN, is 20 hours still the maximum quantity for each year?

RFP Reference: Excel MSN-7_dPrice_Matrix_02Jul19.xlsx Topic: Pricing Question: Is the Government asking Offerors to provide a fixed composite labor rate?

RFP Reference: PWS 9.1 & dPrice Matrix Topic: Spares Pricing vs. GFP

Question: The Government provided a list of spares to be priced in the draft price matrix spreadsheet that is different than the list of GFP items provided in the draft GFP document. PWS 9.1 states that the Government will furnish to the contractor the GFP listed in the dGFP document. Some of the furnished GFP items are also on the list to be priced, some are not. Can the Government provide clarification as to the purpose of the two different lists?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 1.1 Topic: Pricing Question: Will the government provide a “place of performance” list/paragraph in the final PWS?

The AN/MSN-7 Communication System is also know as the Tower Restoral Vehicle (TRV). The AN/MSN-7 is mounted on the HMMWV.

Per the PWS, "The Contractor shall not be responsible for repair or maintenance of the PRC-113 radios and the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) on the AN/MSN-7."

Offerors do not need to price CLIN X009. This CLIN will not evaluated.

The PWS paragraph 2.2 has been updated and the Place of Performance has been clearly stated to be Contractor's Facility.

The Government will provide the items identified in the GFP attachment as initial or current stock for spares inventory and are subject to inventory control. The successful offeror must maintain appropriate inventory control of items to meet the required shipment times as described in the PWS, and communicate low-stock levels to the Government.

For Total Price Evaluation of the submitted offer, Offerors must provide pricing of the requested subCLIN items in accordance with the solicitation. Some of the existing GFP items are subject to DMSMS and obsolescense due to sustainment re-engineering and may not be re-aqcuired. This pricing is for pre-pricing of known recurring items only;

quantities are for evaluation purposes only and may not reflect actual ordering requirements for the Government.

3a

The Government is asking for a single fully burdened and loaded wrap rate. This rate needs to include all engineering O&A labor categories needed to accomplish the O&A task. The evaluation quantities in rows L-Q are the total number of estimated hours the Government anticipates for O&A labor. Those hours are then multipled against the Offerors O&A Fixed Hourly Labor Rate.

3b Please refer to 3a above.

CATEGORY: Pricing Clarification

The Price Matrix is required in Volume IV.

RFP Reference: Document Package Topic: Technical Orders Question: Please advise when the Tech Order package can be made available.

RFP Reference: Excel MSN-7_dPrice_Matrix_02Jul19.xlsx Topic: Pricing/CLIN Clarification Question: Please clarify the meaning of 5 unit of issue LO in CLIN X005AD Material Handling.

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Topic: Service Contract Act Question: Will the Service Contract Act (SCA) apply to this effort? Is the incumbent effort covered by the SCA?

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Topic: Wage Determinations Question: Will the final solicitation include DOL Area Wage Determinations (AWD) for these MSN-7 system locations?

On July 3, the FBO Notice for this solicitation provided instructions on how to gain access to the controlled access Bidder's Library. All offerors who complete and submit the appropriate documentation (i.e.

DD2345) using the prescribed process as described in the Pre- Solicitation Notice and request authorization to the Bidder's Library through FBO will have access to the materials.

To gain access to the Controlled Bidder’s Library for the MSN-7 Communication Central CLS effort, login to www.FBO.gov and request access to the Controlled Access/Locked Package through FBO according to the instructions in the Vendors User guide on page 43.

When the Government receives electronic notification of your request, we will grant access and you will be able to download the documents directly from FBO at that time. (We cannot email these documents to you due to file size restrictions and firewall restrictions on security content.)

Offeror's are reminded that the Air Force is not the controlling organization to process the DD2345 submission and approval process so early submission of the required documentation to secure an approved DD2345 is in the best interest of the Offeror.

The value for the Basic and Option Years will be updated to the Best Estimated Quantity (BEQ) in the final RFP. Offerors will propose a rate (expressed as a decimal number, i.e., 25% = 0.25) which will be multiplied by the BEQ to determine the Material Handling Price per Period.

CATEGORY: Document/Solicitation Clarification

Yes, the SCA applies to the current contract and will apply to this effort.

The solicitation will not include AWD for the MSN-7 system locations, as the Place of Performance is the Contractor's facility, not the location of the MSN-7 systems. The DOL AWD for the successful Offeror's Facility (or facilities) will be included in the final awarded contract .

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RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 4.2, Topic: Manuals Question: Will the government provide current MSN-7 manuals to all offerors?

RFP Reference: PWS 5.4 Topic: Documents Question: Will the government provide, to all offerors, documents that detail PDM efforts undertaken on MSN-7 systems that have already gone through the PDM process? Will the government provide TO-31R5-2MSN7-1/-4 to all offerors?

RFP Reference: PWS paragraph 5.4, Topic: Test Procedures Question: Will the government provide the current MSN-7 verification and validation test procedures to all offerors?

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Topic: Q&A Question: Regarding “Requirement Clarification” questions 6 and 7 posted on FBO which indicate that LMR radios as well as antennas and masts are not included in PDM efforts; will the government provide these excluded equipment/components to the contractor for verification testing of an MSN-7 system at the completion of PDM?

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Topic: Q&A Question: Regarding “Requirement Clarification” questions 6 and 7 posted on FBO which indicate that LMR radios as well as antennas and masts are not included in PDM efforts, are there other items that are excluded from PDM efforts that are not listed in PWS paragraph 5.4? Will the government add LMR radios, antennas, and masts as well as any other excluded items to the Special Note in PWS paragraph 5.4?

See questions 8 above: LMR radios are included in PDM actions.

Antenna, Masts, or any items that are coded as "throw away" items in the TO are not subject to PDM.

Documents pertainaing to PDM efforts undertaken on the current MSN-7 systems are proprietary to the incumbent Contractor and the Government cannot provide those documents to other Offerors.

TO-31R5-2MSN7-1/-4 are Government Technical Orders and are controlled access documents. On July 3, the FBO Notice for this solicitation provided instructions on how to gain access to the controlled access Bidder's Library. All offerors who complete and submit the appropriate documentation (i.e. DD2345) using the prescribed process as described in the Pre-Solicitation Notice and request authorization to the Bidder's Library through FBO will have access to the materials.

Offeror's are reminded that the Air Force is not the controlling organization to process the DD2345 submission and approval process so early submission of the required documentation to secure an approved DD2345 is in the best interest of the Offeror.

The current MSN-7 verification and validation test procedures are Contractor-developed documents using the data in the Tos and are not releasable to offerors.

The MSN-7 manuals are Government Technical Orders and are controlled access documents. On July 3, the FBO Notice for this solicitation provided instructions on how to gain access to the controlled access Bidder's Library. All offerors who complete and submit the appropriate documentation (i.e. DD2345) using the prescribed process as described in the Pre-Solicitation Notice and request authorization to the Bidder's Library through FBO will have access to the materials.

To gain access to the Controlled Bidder’s Library for the MSN-7 Communication Central CLS effort, login to www.FBO.gov and request access to the Controlled Access/Locked Package through FBO according to the instructions in the Vendors User guide on page 43.

When the Government receives electronic notification of your request, we will grant access and you will be able to download the documents directly from FBO at that time. (We cannot email these documents to you due to file size restrictions and firewall restrictions on security content.)

Offeror's are reminded that the Air Force is not the controlling organization to process the DD2345 submission and approval process so early submission of the required documentation to secure an approved DD2345 is in the best interest of the Offeror.

Previous questions posted on 15 July indicated that LMR radios are not included in the Special Notes section of 5.4 regarding the PDM. LMR are included in PDM requirements. Masts will not be required for testing.

RFP Reference: PWS 5.5 Topic: Clarification Question: Regarding PWS paragraph 5.5, will the government clarify the last sentence of this PWS paragraph? Specifically, clarify the meaning of “(annual basis)”?

RFP Reference: PWS 8.1 Topic: Verbiage Question: Regarding PWS paragraph 8.1, will the government clarify the syntax of the paragraph’s first sentence? Are any words missing?

Are any words incorrect; should “if” be “of”?

RFP Reference: PWS 9.5 Topic: Verbiage Question: Regarding PWS paragraph 9.5, will the government clarify the last sentence of this paragraph? Should it read: The Contractor shall replace GFP (when determined BER is 75% of new part replacement value) if readily available, as directed by the PCO.

RFP Reference: Section L paragraph 1.1 and PWS paragraph 1.1, Topic: Verbiage Question: Regarding Section L paragraph 1.1 and PWS paragraph 1.1, will the government clarify quantity and types of MSN-7 systems?

Section L states: eighteen (18) (17 operational and 1 hot mock-up). PWS states: eighteen (18) (16 operational, 1 trainer and 1 hot mock-up).

RFP Reference: Section L paragraph 3.7.10/Table 2, Topic: Format Question: Regarding Section L paragraph 3.7.10/Table 2, will the government clarify within which column of the Requirements Correlation Matrix shall the corresponding proposal paragraphs be included?

RFP Reference: Section L paragraph 3.10.2, Topic: Photos Question: Regarding Section L paragraph 3.10.2, can photographs be embedded / pasted in the Technical volume?

RFP Reference: Section L paragraph 3.13, Topic: Mail Question: Regarding Section L paragraph 3.13, can “certified mail” or “registered mail” and “return receipt” mail be accepted at this mailing address/location?

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Topic: Incumbent Question: Will the government provide the name of the incumbent contractor, contract number, and contract value?

If the offeror wishes to include graphics, including photos, within their submission, they may do so. However, all graphics will be included within the stated page limit. Any pages in excess of the stated page limit will not be evaluated.

Yes, certified, registered, and return mail can be accepted at the provided address. If you desire a hand-receipt to document an on-time delivery, you may also contact the CO and arrange to deliver the submission in person.

CATEGORY: History

FA8102-15-D-0001, AAR Integrated Technologies

The 60 days average will be based on data from the last 12 months.

Taking the total usage data from the previous 12 months (or 365 days), an average usage for 60 days will be computed. For example, if 18 items were used over 365 days, then the 60 day average would be 18 divided by 365 multiplied by 60 or (18/365 * 60 = 2.95) or 3 items.

PWS paragraph 8.1 has been updated for clarity.

PWS paragraph 9.5 has been updated for clarity.

The language in Section L and PWS now agree. Quantity and types of MSN-7 systems are as follows: eighteen (18) systems (16 operational, 1 trainer and 1 hot mock-up).

The Offeror should create a column in addition to the seven existing columns in Table 2-Requirements Correlation Matrix to enter the corresponding paragraph number for the proposal materials which addresses the required content discussion.

Follow-Up Q&A (22Jul)