3PEP RFP Questions and Responses - Rev 7.pdf

3 PEP QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

SUBMITTED AFTER RELEASE

OF THE FINAL RFPS

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

The following additional questions and answers are provided for informational purposes only and intended to assist in clarifying issues raised by potential offerors regarding the official solicitation. Please note, the official solicitation has set forth and established the actual terms and conditions of this acquisition. Any discrepancy between the official solicitation and these questions and answers must be resolved based upon the parameters of the official solicitation. It was the intent of the Government to resolve the majority, if not all, of the issues raised by these questions and answers within the context of the official solicitation; however, additional questions have been raised after its release.

1. Questions related to Extensions:

Question 1: Regarding FA851721R0002 Third Party Equipment Purchasing, can you please clarify if a deadline extension till March 17th, 2021 is acceptable?

Question 2: On behalf of Company X and their partner – X2 we are requesting a 60 day extension to the deadline on solicitation (FA851721R0001).

Team X and X2 are small business concerns, and we’re having a hardship responding to the solicitation by 3/2/2021. This is not a sufficient amount of time due to the complications caused by COVID-19. These complications are having a direct impact in preparing a submittal with reduced staff, especially in the logistics and supply areas, which are key in preparing pricing information. There are also 2d and 3rd order affects with vendors unable to respond in a timely manner to our requests for pricing because their sources are also behind and struggling.

We believe an additional 60 days to the published proposal due date, will allow all of the offerors, not just our team, sufficient time to respond. These are clearly unprecedented times and we appreciate your patience and understanding.

Question: 3: We are in communication with the suppliers listed for this solicitation. Due to the recent weather events throughout the western and southern United States, much of the supplier base is requesting extensions. Suppliers are informing us they are not able to prepare pricing or return to the office due to damage and/or inability to return to office. For these reasons we are requesting a two week extension to the pricing submission. This will allow suppliers time to return to their buildings and their regions infrastructure to return.

Response: The Team has decided to grant a two week extension for proposal submissions. Proposals are now due on March 16, 2021 instead of March 2, 2021.

NOTE: For clarification purposes, both solicitations, FA8517-21-R-0001, 8(a) and FA8517-21-R-0002, SB, are being extended to 16 Mar 21. RFP amendments are being drafted to incorporate all the changes that have been made to the RFPs.