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Q&A 1 (180110)
| Ref | Question | Answer | |
| 1 | L.3 Volume 2 Mgm&Tran Factor 1-Program Mgmt L.3.1 | What specific verification does the Government wish us to provide demonstrating that offerors possess a current DSP-5? | DSP-5 is not required at the time of proposal submission. When a specific DSP-5 license is required, the Government will allow sufficient time for license submittal and approval. Section L.3.1, paragraph 1 has been modified to read "The urgent nature of this work requires that the contractor understand the processes for obtaining a Department of State Export License (DSP-5)" |
| 2 | L.4 Volume 4- PP Factor 3 L.5.3 Recency | Will the Contracting Office extend the definition of “recency” as within the past five years from the date of issuance of this solicitation? | No |
| 3 | L.6 Volume 5 Cost/Price - Factor 4 | Will the Government accept sealed package submissions from subs for pricing, due to confidential, proprietary information? Can these sealed packages be sent as a separate submission or should they be included with team submissions? Please provide clarification. | Yes |
| 4 | J-1 SOW 3.7 TSOC as Required (TBD) | Is this section still “To Be Determined” (TBD)? | Yes, it is yet To Be Determined if the TSOC's will request continue support for discretionary task orders. |
| 5 | J-1 SOW 3.8 Emergent requirements (TBD) | Is this section still “To Be Determined” (TBD)? | Yes, Section 3.8 of the SOW are events that have not yet been forecasted, but have historically occurred. |
| 6 | J-3 DD254 | Would the government please clarify the number of TS/SCI billets and the number of S/SCI billets required to fulfill the obligations of Task Order 1000? Item 14 indicates ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) contract billets, while the Pricing Template (J-2 Position Qualifications LCATs FTEs and Pricing Sheets) indicates ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE (181) FTEs | All of the FTEs will require S/SCI. In some cases, TS/SCI in order to support USSOCOM enterprise wide training and exercises. 153 FTEs will be the start of task order 1000, the remaining 28 of the 181 are TBD for TSOC and/or discretionary task orders. All of the billets have been Identified at the correct level of clearance required on Attachment J-2. The DD254 will be amended. |
| 7 | J-2 | Would the government please clarify the number of TS/SCI billets and the number of S/SCI billets required to fulfill the obligations of Task Order 001? Item 14 indicates ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) contract billets, while the Pricing Template (J-2 Position Qualifications LCATs FTEs and Pricing Sheets) indicates ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE (181) FTEs. | All of the billets have been identified at the correct level of clearance required on Attachment J-2. The number of billets required specifically for Task Order 0001 is undetermined, it is a TBD task order. The DD254 will be amended to include the correct number of TS/SCI billets. |
| 8 | L.6.1.3/J-2 | Section L.6.1.3 indicates says “Attachment J-2 includes 125 hours per Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Consultant for evaluation purposes only.” However, Attachment J-2, Tab 4 includes 460 hours per SME. Please clarify which level of effort is accurate. | Section L.6.1.3 will be updated as follows "SME/Consultants are on an as-needed basis only. Attachment J-2 includes 460 hours per Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Consultant for evaluation purposes only. " |
| 9 | Section L Table 1 | The table allows for only 10 pages for Volume 2. Management and Transition. Presenting Management and Transition of a very large contract with multiple geographic locations in a limit of 10 pages simply is not enough space. Strongly request that you increase the page limit to 10 pages for each management plan and transition plan (total of 20 pages for volume 2). | Page limit remains unchanged. |
| 10 | Section L Table 1 | The table allows for only 10 pages for Volume 3, Training. Presenting 3 evaluation elements of a very large contract with multiple geographic locations in a limit of 10 pages simply is not enough space. Strongly request that you increase the page limit to 20 pages for Volume 3. | Page limit remains unchanged. |
| 11 | J2 | The FTE totals from Tab 3 (position Requirements by SOW) and Tab 4 (Labor Costs) appear to be different 75 FTE for Tab 3 and 181 FTE for Tab 4. Please clarify. | Ensure all filters are off within the Tabs on Attachment J-2. There are 181 FTEs on Tap 3 and Tab 4 |
| 12 | L.5.2 | Is past performance required for ALL subcontractors or just for major/key subs (e.g. those that have at least > 10% or 20% workshare)? Currently, past performance requirements are for all subs “expected to perform,” which will likely yield past performance volumes of 75-100 pages or more for an average-sized team. Recommend past performance be required only for key subs with over a certain percentage of expected workshare. | Past Performance Information Sheets (PPIS) are required for all subcontractors expected to be performing on this contract, who have past performance that is recent & relevant, in scope of the UEWTEP II effort. Section L.5.2 will be updated to include the follow paragraph "Prime Offerors shall not submit past performance information sheets on a subcontractor/teaming partner/joint venture that have no present or recent experience performing the level of work required for this effort. It shall be noted in the summary page that the proposed subcontractor(s) have no prior recent or relevant experience." AND "Prime Offerors shall only submit past performance information sheets on a subcontractor/teaming partner/joint ventures that are expected to perform +10% of the work" |
| 13 | L.6.2 | Should the date (TBD October 2017) be updated? | L.6.2 is updated to remove "(TBD October 2017)" to read "An advanced copy of the Offeror’s Modified SF 1408 Preaward Survey of Prospective Accounting System Checklist with supporting documentation should be forwarded to the cognizant DCAA and to the Contracting Officer, as soon as possible. Submitting the checklist prior to proposal due date is desired, however failure to submit prior to proposal date will not affect the evaluation". |
| 14 | J2, Tab 5 | Are you expecting overseas allowances for permanently stationed staff OCONUS to be included into specific OCONUS labor rates, priced as ODCs, or be priced elsewhere? | Yes, included in the ODC |
| 15 | L.5.2 | When determining relevancy of past performance, will the government factor in how much of the contract has been performed/completed, or just look at the awarded size/scope? In other words, on a similar but newly-awarded contract where performance only recently began, will the government consider how much of the full size/scope of the award has been performed in order to be able to assess the relevancy and risk of performance? | The past performance evaluation will be conducted IAW Section M.5.1. |
| 16 | L.1.10 | 10 Microsoft Office 2010 (2007 is acceptable) presentation and spreadsheet products are preferred. Q: Will the Government allow for the narrative portion only of Volume 5 to be submitted in PDF format? | Yes. Section L.1.10 will be updated to include "Volume 5 Narrative may be submitted in PDF format" |
| 17 | L.2.2 | [...] showing proof of clearance Q: Will the Government allow offerors to include proof of clearance in a Section 3 of Volume 1? | Proof of clearance shall be provided as part of the Qualifying Criteria, Volume 1. Offeror's cage codes will be submitted through USSOCOM security for verification before the proposal will be evaluated. |
| 18 | L.2.2 / J-3 1.b | The DD 254 does not include a requirement for SECRET safeguarding but the solicitation notice states a requirement for it at the prime contractor level. Q: Will you update the DD254 and Section L to specify this requirement? | The DD254 is correct in regards to Secret safeguarding. It is not required for this effort. The Solicitation Notice will be updated to read "Under no circumstance will interested Prime Contractor Offerors be able to utilize a potential Sub-Contractor’s TS Facility Clearance as proof of Top Secret Facility Clearance." |
| 19 | L.2.3.2 | 2 A conformed contract copy from this RFP [...] Q: Does the Government want all pages submitted or just the SF 33 and Section K completed? | This RFP will have Amendments. It is important that the conformed RFP be submitted with the proposal, to confirm the Offeror has proposed to the correct/conformed amended RFP. |
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