11_Jan_16_-_Government_Response.docx

Government response to questions as of 11 January 2016.

Yes, Offeror is only required to possess a Top Secret facility clearance.

Under the Task Order Manager for Task Order 1, there shall also be 2 primary contractor SME’s for each group of functional areas listed. 1 for Infrastructure Engineering and Installation, Network Technician and Hardware Technician and 1 for System Administration and Storage and Enterprise Backup.

The Program Manager price shall be spread among all three task orders; therefore, 1/3 of an FTE shall be represented on each task order tab.

Offeror is only required to state whether they have purchasing process in place.

Proposing where teams are assigned work is normally a part of a subcontract participation plan, not a part of past performance volume. Would the Government consider striking the instruction “to show who will be doing the work in each functional area of each task order”.

Although this information may be in the subcontracting portion of the proposal, this attachment shall also be provided as a part of the Past Performance portion.

Attachment 9, revision 1 has been updated and uploaded to the solicitation to remove the cross reference volumes.

Candidates name is not required on the resumes.

1.5 line spacing only required for proposal content outside the tables and headings.

All companies will be required to hold the FCL if they will have contractors on-site handling classified information.

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Attachment 8, TEP Workbook – The Proposal Labor Price (TO 2) tab includes a calculation for “Total (per PoP)” on Line 54 for each contract year. This formula is not including 3.1’s Functional Area Total. Please update the locked spreadsheet to include this cell for each contract year.

Revised Proposal Labor Price (TO 2) tab to correct formula and new workbook is attached, labeled rev 1.

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It is our understanding that Section 1651 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2013 repealed the regulations which require a small business company, under a total small business set aside acquisition, to perform at least 50% of the contract cost of labor with their own personnel. The NDAA of 2013 implements an amendment to this requirement which allows a small business to team with other "similarly situated entities" to perform the required minimum 50% . Can you please confirm this understanding and its application to this acquisition?

Pursuant to 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, at least 50% of the labor cost must be incurred by the Prime.

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Is the Skills-to-Technology Matrix (Attachment 7) excluded from the Technical Volume Page Count? Is the Offeror allowed to submit the Skills-to-Technology Matrix as an appendix to the Technical Volume?

Yes, the Skills-to-Technology Matrix may be submitted as an appendix to the Technical Volume.

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Are Authorization Consent Letters and Attachment Team Past Performance Matrix excluded from page count requirements?

Yes, these are excluded from the page count.

No, the Master Table of Contents is not excluded from the page count per Section L, Section 4.1.

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Section L Attachment 4 Past Performance Questionnaire Section B Part II provides rating descriptions for questionnaire respondents to follow when rating offeror’s past performance. These ratings are listed as Exceptional, Very Good, Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory. However, each performance element table below these descriptions has rating columns titled “Superior, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory and Neutral”. Should performance element tables say Exceptional, Very Good, Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory?

Yes, use Exceptional, Very Good, Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory. Rev 2 uploaded.

Labor Category shall be listed as well as the skill.

PPI Tool generated output may be excluded from the page count.

Yes, the Operation Lead/PM is equivalent to the Task Order Manager.

Model Contract shows solicitation FA8604-16-R-7000 Past Performance Consent Letter template shows FA8604-15-R-7004 Shipping address on page 6 of the revised Section L shows FA8604-16-D-7001

Can you verify the correct solicitation number?

The official solicitation # is FA8604-16-R-7000

All pages shall be single-spaced and have 1.5 line spacing excluding headings and tables.

TECHNICAL VOLUME

· Table of Contents

· List of Tables and Drawings

· Cross Reference Matrix (Attachment 1)

· Skills-to-Technology Matrix (Attachment 7)

PAST PERFORMANCE VOLUME

· Past Performance Consent Letter (Attachment 6)

· Past Performance Teaming Matrix (Attachment 9) All are excluded from the page count except for the table of contents.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 1 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 1 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 1 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 1 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 2 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 2 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 2 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 2 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 2 PWS.

Performance objectives are identified in section 6 of the Task Order 3 PWS.