Interested Parties QA 9.pdf

KC-46 Initial Spares (KIS) Common Questions and Answers #9

1) Will our proposal be dismissed if we are awaiting final approval on our DDTC analyst review?

Answer: I encourage you to follow the instructions outlined in Section L, paragraph 4.3.1.2 which states, “The Offeror must be registered with the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). Offerors must provide its valid DDTC documentation with proposal submission”.

Furthermore, in order to meet Entry Gate 2: DDTC Certification, the information your company provides will be evaluated in accordance with Section M, paragraph 2.3.2 which states, “The Government will review the Offeror’s initial proposal for documentation which validates the vendor is registered with the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) at time of submission”.

2) Section L it says the model contract should be included in volume IV but the the Offeror shall submit the price for CLIN 0001, Post Award Conference (PAC) in Section B of the model contract.

Do I just submit the price under volume IV since its part of the model contract?

Answer: All volumes must be submitted based on Section L, paragraph 2.7.8 which states, “The Offeror’s proposal shall be prepared and submitted in four (4) volumes: Executive Summary (Volume I); Technical Acceptability (Volume II), Initial/Minimum Order Price (Volume III) and Contract Documentation (Volume IV). Therefore, I encourage you to include the information outlined throughout Section L that is being requested for each individual volume with your proposal.

3) My understanding is that we have to provide a % or dollar value % of the items we priced on the capability statement. However, we do not always know which vendor we’re going to use to get a part until we get the parts request. Is it acceptable to go $0 in our subcontracting plan with the explanation that we’ll bid the work at the delivery order level and use our small business vendors to get to the goal?

Answer: I encourage you to submit your offer in accordance with Section L, paragraph 6.5 which states, Large businesses shall submit a SBSP (see FAR 19.701) that contains all the elements required by FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, Basic and Alternate II, DFARS 252.219-7003, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts). The SBSP shall be submitted as part of Volume IV and has no page limit. The Small Business Subcontracting Plan shall identify the Offeror’s subcontracting goals expressed in dollar/percentages at the Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract level for the spare parts it identified as capable of providing on its FA8609-22-R-0001, Section J, Attachment 3, Capability Statement.

A plan, when incorporated in an individual contract, shall apply to that contract throughout the life of the contract. Although plans shall be effective for the life of the contract after approval by the contracting officer, it is incumbent upon contractors to maintain and update plans to include goals each time they win a delivery order award.

Changes required to update plans are not effective until approved by the contracting officer. Failure to submit an acceptable plan may make the Offeror’s proposal unawardable. A contractor’s comprehensive SBSP and its successors, which are authorized by and approved under the test program of Section 834 of Pub. L. 101-189, as amended, may be submitted in lieu of the SBSP described above.