Pre-Proposal Question and Answer Document 2_22APR24.xlsx
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- Solicitation number
- FA8530-24-R-B001
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This document is a Pre-Proposal Question and Answer Document related to Solicitation FA8530-23-R-B001 for the Technical Data Support Services Enterprise – TDSSe3 contract opportunity.
The key details are as follows: The TDSSe3 contract is for the continuation of services associated with the sustainment and conversion of Technical Orders (TOs) and engineering data. The contract will be a single-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for a 9-year period of performance with a 4-year ordering period and one 5-year option. It will be competitively awarded within the 8(a) Small Business Development Program. The Government has provided responses to several offeror questions, including clarification on proposal format requirements, distribution of the technical proposal, and cost/pricing related instructions. The Government stated they will not grant a proposal due date extension at this time.
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| Question and Answer Document 2: Solicitation FA8530-23-R-B001 | |||||
| The government’s specification shall take precedence/priority over any questions/answers response in the event there is a conflict between the former and latter. | |||||
| # | Reference RFP Section | Reference Text Excerpt | Issue Description and/or Questions/Recommendation | Response | |
| 1 | Pre-Proposal+Question+and+Answer_16APR24.xlsx | Question 3 referenced Paragraph 7 of Section L.II: “With the exception of the cover page in Volume I, each page shall not contain company-specific logos, letterheads, company names.” | |||
| The answer to Question 3 stated: “Paragraph 1 is in reference to the cover letter for each volume and does not count against the page count per paragraph 3. All redactions are accomplished by the Government. Company-specific logos, letterheads, company names shall not appear anywhere else except the cover letters for Volumes I, II, and III.” | Will the Government please clarify if Offerors are expected to provide a Cover PAGE for each Volume or a signed Cover LETTER for each volume? | ||||
| We anticipated including a Cover PAGE for each Volume but one Cover LETTER, appearing in its required section of the proposal, Volume I, Completed RFP. | Cover PAGE | ||||
| 2 | RFP | Overall | Will the Government please clarify whether Volume II: Technical will be distributed to the Source Selection Evaluation Board in its entirety, or broken up by Subfactors? | Volume II will be distributed to the SSEB in its entirety. | |
| 3 | Pre-Proposal+Question+and+Answer_16APR24.xlsx | Response to question #70 says that Section B is required to be filled out. | How can the offeror fill out Section B CLINs without the hours in which to calculate labor CLIN(s) costs or costs for material, ODCs, and travel without having the base costs? | The answer in question 70 was an oversight on the Government. Section B is not required to be filled out. Offerors are only required to submit RFP Attachment 2, Cost-Price Evaluation Model. The Q&A has been updated to accurately reflect this. | |
| 4 | Pre-Proposal+Question+and+Answer_16APR24.xlsx | Response to question #22 regarding major subcontractors’ submittal of Attachment 2 directly to the customer | Are the major subcontractors required to fill out every tab in their proprietary Attachment 2 or just the two cost element breakout tabs? Their Attachment 2 is not disclosed to the Prime. | Major subcontractors may complete only the cost element breakout tabs and submit those to the Government, if the major subcontractor will not provide their information directly to the prime. The prime must demonstrate the major subcontractor's fully burdened rate and how that rate is loaded into the prime's proposed rate for any relevant categories. | |
| 5 | Pre-Proposal+Question+and+Answer_16APR24.xlsx, RFPAttachment 2 OnSite and Offsite Cost Element Breakouttabs, and Section M | Attachment 2 cost element breakout tabs has examples of “add-on” calculation at the top of each tab. These calculations appear to develop burdened labor or material rates and does not address the required overtime, night shift, or swing shift “add-on” calculation. The calculation shown in Section M at the bottom of inserted tables for overtime, night shift, and swing shift is unclear. | For the Overtime, Night Shift, and Swing Shift “add-on” factor, is this a factor in addition to the wrap rate or does the OT, night shift and swing shift “add-on” get rolled INTO the wrap rate “add-on”? |
Straight time Direct rate $30 with Wrap “add-on” 1.6 = $48 straight time BLR.
$48 straight time BLR rate X OVERTIME “add-on” of 1.25 = $60 overtime BLR.
| Is that the intention for the overtime, swing shift and night shift adders that the Offer must include? | Shift differential add-on factors such as overtime, night shift, and swing shift are separate from and in addition to fully burdened labor rates (wrap rates, excluding profit and fee). | ||||
| 6 | General | General | At the task order level, will ODCs be able to be proposed to cover subcontracted labor? | Yes, as long as the subcontracted labor is not covered under scope of CLINs X001 and X002. | |
| 7 | General | General | Given the amount of proposal changes driven by Q&A responses, request proposal delivery extension to May 8, 2024 | The Government has reviewed this request. The changes made based on the Q&As were clarification and pen/ink changes, with no major changes that should drive significant issue with providing a response by the due date of 1 May. At this time, the Government will not grant an extension, but will continue to evaluate if an extension is necessary. |
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