RFP Solicitation Running Questions and Answers.xlsx
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- Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- FA875021R1000
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This document contains a federal solicitation and related questions and answers file regarding a Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems contract opportunity. The solicitation seeks proposals for a single-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity research and development contract valued at approximately $490 million over a potential 72-month ordering period. The contract will support rapid development, testing, and transition of counter-small unmanned aircraft system capabilities to the Air Force and other defense agencies. Eligible technologies include sensors, effectors, electronic warfare systems, and related capabilities. The solicitation is set aside for small businesses and will result in a cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract. The final proposal submission deadline has not been announced but is expected in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, with an anticipated award by the end of fiscal year 2021.
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| Updated Pricing Excel Template C-sUAS.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| RFP Solicitation Running Questions and Answers.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Pricing Excel Template C-sUAS.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| FA8750-21-R-1000 RFP Release 13 APR 2021.pdf | ||
| Draft RFP Solicitation Questions and Answers_Final.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| FA8750-21-R-1000 Draft RFP.pdf |
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| # | Comment / Question | Government Response |
| 1 | Could you please tell me if this is a new requirement, or if there is a current or previous contractor who has performed similar services? | This solicitation is for a new requirement. |
| 2 | Would you please clarify whether the subject solicitation is a SINGLE award, or a MULTIPLE award opportunity? | To clarify, this solicitation is a SINGLE award opportunity. |
| 3 | The solicitation makes note of both a "draft RFP" and an "RFP" with no modifier. Has the final RFP been released? If not, when will a final RFP be released? | The final RFP was released on 13 APR 2021. |
| 4 | When does the Air Force intend to award a contract? | This is dependent on many variables, however our tentative goal at the moment is prior to the end of the Government Fiscal Year 2021. |
| 5 | What sorts of technologies is the Air Force looking for with this solicitation? For instance, microwaves, lasers, EW technologies? Does the service have any requirements for those technologies that they can share publicly? | This solicitation and resulting contract acquisition focuses on the entire Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems kill-chain and is intended to be utilized by all of the AFRL technical directorates and our stakeholders. The only identified requirement at this time is being solicited under Task Order 0001. |
| 6 | How many companies have indicated interest in responding to the solicitation? | The Government's market research indicated that there were multiple capable Small Businesses to justify conducting the RFP as a competitive Small Business set-aside. Also there is a list of attendees from the C-sUAS Industry Day uploaded to the RFP solicitation notice on the betaSAM website. |
| 7 | The O&M Base and O&M Option CLINs period of performance will be split between two calendar years. Currently there is only one calendar year per CLIN in the pricing template. Also what is the objective of the Grand Total tab and does it need to be modified? | The purpose of the Grand Total tab is to capture the entire cost of the Sample Task Order in one location. The pricing template did contain errors with only having one calendar year for each O&M CLIN and there were formula errors throughout the Grand Total tab. The pricing template has been updated and a new version has been uploaded to the betaSAM posting. Please ensure proposals are submitted with the updated version of the pricing template. |
| 8 | Can a small business Joint Venture be the applicant? | An offer may be submitted by a Joint Venture provided applicable regulations, such as but not limited to 13 CFR 125.8, 13 CFR 125.9, and 13 CFR 124.520, are abided by. |
| 9 | Is the maximum limit for subcontracting is 50%? If not, what is the maximum? | Please refer to FAR 52.219-14 "Limitations on Subcontracting" (DEVIATION 2020-O00008) (MAR 2020) in Section I of the RFP. |
| 10 | Are we allowed to license a European open source software technology? | Open source software is not prohibited, however offerors' technical approaches will be evaluated in accordance with Section M of the RFP. |
| 11 | Are we allowed to include a University Research team to conduct a certain amount of basic research activity? | Yes. |
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