Attachment 9_PRSTLS 2.0 QA_Government response 5.31.23.pdf
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- Technical Library Services 2. 0 Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- FA9451-23-Q-A002
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This combined synopsis and solicitation requests proposals for technical library services. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory seeks a contractor to operate and maintain a state-of-the-art technical library offering information services that promote cutting edge research, facilitating access to materials and information tools, and fostering an innovative and modern information community. The solicitation is set aside 100% for 8(a) small businesses and identifies required services and deliverables in an attached performance work statement dated April 7, 2023. Responses are due by the date specified in Attachment 6. The incumbent contractor appears to have an unfair advantage in pricing one of the contract line items as described in an answer to vendors in Attachment 9.
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FA9451-23-Q-A002
Question # Document Name and/or Attachment Number
Page # Section Paragraph Title (e.g. clause/provision #)
Question-Please note that questions such "Can you clarify section X, clause XX, paragraph XX, etc. will not be answered. All questions shall specifically state what is it that you don’t understand about a specific area.
Government Response
1 Attachment 7 3.2.2 Subfactor Two
The government removed the following language from Attachment 7 “the offeror shall include a narrative description of the technical approach or methods the offeror will employ to accomplish contractual tasks and projects, and describe the staffing required for proper accomplishment of each contractual task by skill type, skill level, and number of personnel”. However, this language still appears in Attachment 6 under section 5.4. Can the government please clarify if a technical narrative is still required or if this language should also be omitted from Attachment 6?
The following sentence has been removed from Attachment 6, section 5.4. "The offeror shall include a narrative description of the technical approach or methods the offeror will employ to accomplish contractual tasks and projects for proper accomplishment of each contractual task by skill type, skill level, and number of personnel.
We have reached out to all of the vendors identified for the subscription CLIN as stated in the PWS. Only 50% provided rates, the remainder refused to provide rates without a direct association without a commitment for a client on a contract. For this reason, the FFP Subscription CLIN cannot be accurately priced by any offeror other than the incumbent, giving them an unfair advantage. Would the government please provide a set number for the Subscription CLIN to ensure fair opportunity for all offerors?
Historic subscription prices have been added to Appendix 4
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