12XX questions and answers to solicitation 072121.pdf
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- H9240321R0002
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United States Special Operations Command
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This document contains questions and answers regarding a solicitation for foreign weapons and ammunition. The solicitation seeks to establish indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to purchase various commercial weapons, including U.S. weapons, foreign weapons, and accessories based on individual contingency operation demands. The total value of all orders across awardees will not exceed $19 million. The minimum order value for each awardee is $2000. The period of performance is 60 months. Acceptable responses are due by the date specified in solicitation H9240321R0002 issued by the United States Special Operations Command. Products required include non-standard ammunition, weapons that cannot be produced by U.S. small businesses, and items that can only be purchased from U.S. large businesses. The government has obtained a waiver of the non-manufacturer rule for this small business set-aside. Pricing is only required for the first delivery order listed in Attachment 4.
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July 21, 2021
Consolidated list of 12XX Weapons and Ammo Solicitation Questions and Answers
On page 23, paragraph B, Part II, Technical Volume, it reads as follows:
(v)Provide a detailed plan to achieve timely delivery upon delivery order execution. The plan shall address minimal critical components to the weapons and ammunition procurement process from delivery order award to equipment delivery. The plan shall be applied to and include a delivery schedule, with associated process steps from delivery order award to physical delivery, for Attachment 2-Fair Opportunity Proposal Request (FOPR).
Please confirm if the government intends prospective contractors to use Attachment 2, which is the Exhibit A list of items which can be ordered under the IDIQ, Attachments 3/4, which are the FOPR for DO 001, and associated list of products for DO 001, or some other document, to use in preparing the detailed delivery plan. Additionally, if you do intend for the bidder to utilize Attachment 2 – Exhibit A, can you provide additional detail on what the government is requesting us to include in this plan? For example does the government want us to provide an example delivery order of both weapons and ammunition from a manufacture/manufactures overseas and deliver them CONUS?
Answer- We do not require a sample delivery order
On page 23, Paragraph B.(i) – States “Technical volume shall not exceed 23 pages”
DO 11X17 foldout pages count as one page or two pages against the maximum page count in the Technical Volume? If these count as two pages, will USSOCOM consider adding 5 pages to the maximum Technical Volume page count?
Answer- A fold out will be considered two or more pages. We will not entertain adding length to any document.
The clause, Contract Minimum/Maximum Quantity and Contract Value beginning on page 5 indicates that the total value of all orders issued under the contract will not exceed $19,000,000. Is this limitation applicable to each individual IDIQ contractor, or is this maximum the program maximum order value across all IDIQ awardees?
Answer- The $19,000,000 is the program maximum order value across all IDIQ awardees.
The Solicitation refers to the awarded contract as an IDIQ contract. It also includes minimum dollar thresholds for orders if a contractor receives an award. FAR 16.504 (a)(1)(2) also requires IDIQ contracts to provide a minimum quantity or value that would be awarded to the contractor in order to ensure the contract is binding. The Solicitation does not appear to contain a minimum value for each IDIQ awardee.
However, Item 0001 on page 4 includes a place for pricing for the Contract “Kickoff/Contract Minimum”.
Is there a figure missing under Item 0001 which is intended to be the contract minimum for each awardee?
Answer- The contract minimum is $2000 for each awardee.
This Solicitation is a small business set-aside and includes FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting which requires the Contractor to perform at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacture of the supplies purchased. FAR 19.505(c)(1)(i) permits small business non-manufacturers to perform small business set asides if they provide the goods of a U.S. small business manufacturer. However, most of the items for non-standard ammunition and weapons cannot be produced by U.S. small businesses. They are by definition, foreign items manufactured by foreign large companies which may even be government-owned operations. Other items can only be purchased from U.S. large businesses. Has the government obtained a waiver of the non-manufacturer rule under FAR 19.505(4) for this procurement?
Answer- Yes, the government has obtained a waiver.
Please clarify solicitation H9240321R0002 requirement for PART IV – PRICE under (I) QUOTE Offerors shall submit a price proposal for attachment 2 – FOPR using attachment 10 – Delivery Order 0001 which will be evaluated separately for award of the first delivery order.
Answer- Pricing is only required for Attachment 4 DO 0001.
Is this a correct understanding - to meet solicitation requirements under Part IV – Price the offeror shall provide quotes for items listed under Attachment 4 DO 0001 only and do not quote Attachment 2 Exhibit A items?
Answer- Attachment 2 is for reference, and lists all of the items the US Gov’t may be interested in.
Attachment 4 is our first delivery order, and we will evaluate proposals accordingly for the first delivery order.
Please confirm that CLIN 0004 requires a supply of two tripods M3 and M192.
Answer- We need both the M3 and M192 tripods. (4) M3’s and (5) M192’s.
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