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Attachment J-6 - Question Answer Submission Template for RFP HC1028-13-R-0015
| DOCUMENT |
| J-1_Performance_Work_Statement_(PWS).docx ; Question 27 and 221 Amendment 4 |
| SECTION TEXT |
| No storage hardware currently installed in DISA shall be used to satisfy the requirements of this solicitation. All hardware to support solutions brought into DISA locations for the first time must be new hardware. If the call order is later canceled, the hardware to support the service may be reutilized as long as the technology is not a product that the OEM has withdrawn from marketing/sale. |
| DISA Q&A Question |
| Question 27 and 221 |
| DISA Q&A Answer |
| Question 27: “All existing capacity from the old contract must be removed and replaced with new hardware. Hardware is tracked by Serial Number and Bar Code that will be used to verify existing hardware is not being redeployed. Incumbent must provide new serial numbered assets that are not barcoded by the government.” |
Question 221: All vendor owned hardware must be new to the DISA environment
| QUESTION |
| Will the government confirm that all hardware procured under this solicitation be warranted as new? In other words all hardware provided must not have been previously sold and/or refurbished? |
| ANSWER |
| All existing capacity from the existing contract must be removed and replaced with new hardware, warranted as new from the OEM, and not previously sold, remanufactured, refurbished or otherwise used. All hardware must be new to the DISA environment. |
| DOCUMENT |
| J-1 Performance Work Statement (PWS) Question 16 Amendment 4 |
| SECTION TEXT |
| No storage hardware currently installed in DISA shall be used to satisfy the requirements of this solicitation. All hardware to support solutions brought into DISA locations for the first time must be new hardware. If the call order is later canceled, the hardware to support the service may be reutilized as long as the technology is not a product that the OEM has withdrawn from marketing/sale. |
| DISA Q&A Question |
| Can a bidder find value in unused or oversubscribed storage in the existing infrastructure in order to show future value? |
| DISA Q&A Answer |
| The offeror’s technical approach may present capabilities and industry best practices to provide a flexible solution resulting in a cost-effective storage solution. The offeror’s proposed technical solution will be used to determine any potential future value. |
| QUESTION |
| Given that the incumbent owns all existing “unused” and “oversubscribed” storage and therefore are the only ones that can use it, doesn’t the ability to reuse such equipment provide an advantage only to the incumbent? |
| ANSWER |
| All existing capacity from the existing contract must be removed and replaced with new hardware, warranted as new from the OEM, and not previously sold, refurbished or otherwise used in a DISA environment. The incumbent cannot reutilize existing “unused” and “oversubscribed” storage. |
| DOCUMENT |
| J-1_Performance_Work_Statement_(PWS).docx Question 27 Amendment 4 |
| SECTION TEXT |
| No storage hardware currently installed in DISA shall be used to satisfy the requirements of this solicitation. All hardware to support solutions brought into DISA locations for the first time must be new hardware. If the call order is later canceled, the hardware to support the service may be reutilized as long as the technology is not a product that the OEM has withdrawn from marketing/sale. |
| DISA Q&A Question |
| Is the currently installed software available to be used in the response? For example, can the existing command and control structures be used to support new capacity? |
| DISA Q&A Answer |
| Software is not included in Section 5.8 of the PWS. |
| QUESTION |
| The vendor understands and agrees that software is not included Section 5.8 of the PWS. Given that the incumbent owns all existing “software” and therefore are the only ones that can use it, doesn’t the ability to reuse such software provide an advantage only to the incumbent? Will the government confirm that software currently installed in the DISA environment as part of the current ESS contract may not be reutilized for any and all new hardware procured under this solicitation? |
| ANSWER |
| Offerors providing technical solutions for this solicitation must provide new software and appropriate licensing to meet the stated technical requirements. All software provided by any offeror is licensed by the offeror through the software vendor(s) and the Government is not a party to or responsible for any software licensing within the scope of this contract. |
| DOCUMENT |
| J-1_Performance_Work_Statement_(PWS).docx |
| SECTION TEXT |
| No storage hardware currently installed in DISA shall be used to satisfy the requirements of this solicitation. All hardware to support solutions brought into DISA locations for the first time must be new hardware. If the call order is later canceled, the hardware to support the service may be reutilized as long as the technology is not a product that the OEM has withdrawn from marketing/sale. |
| DISA Q&A Question |
| Does this imply that the existing capacity on the DISA data center floor will be removed by the current vendor and replaced with more current hardware? An unfair advantage could be exploited by the current vendor by underbidding with the assumption that they would be allowed to keep the existing hardware on the floor for an extended period of time which in some cases may already be paid for. |
| DISA Q&A Answer |
| All existing capacity from the old contract must be removed and replaced with new hardware. Hardware is tracked by Serial Number and Bar Code that will be used to verify existing hardware is not being redeployed. Incumbent must provide new serial numbered assets that are not barcoded by the government. |
| QUESTION |
| Is it correct that DISA does not currently bar code individual disk drives? If that is true, how will DISA ensure disk drives or other non-bar coded parts are not reused? Please confirm that “new” means never previously sold or used/delivered in any manner. |
| ANSWER |
| All existing capacity from the existing contract must be removed and replaced with new hardware. The incumbent cannot reutilize existing hardware. Hardware from the new contract must be delivered, installed and activated to facilitate migration from current hardware to the new hardware. Incumbent will provide the Government with a list of disk drive serial numbers as old equipment that is decommissioned; new vendor will provide new disk drive serial number and Government will verify and ensure old serial numbers are not reused. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Attachment J-3 Cost Model |
| SECTION NO. |
| Instructions Tab |
| SECTION NAME |
| Instruction #2 |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Offerors may propose additional SLINs in the B-Table tab of Attachment J-3 Cost Model to support their technical solution. SLINs should not be added within the existing SLIN groupings. SLINs should be added in the provided space below and reference SLIN headings above. Additional SLINs provided by the offeror will not be included in the total evaluated price. Any added SLINs should follow the same numbering and description name formats as what is provided in the B-Table tab. Any added SLINs and corresponding unit prices in the B-Table tab will be included in the contract award. |
| QUESTION |
| It is this vendor’s understanding that DISA is allowing bidders to propose the lowest cost minimally technical acceptable products for each category which will then be price evaluated by DISA, and more desirable products to DISA as offeror defined SLINs which will not be price evaluated. Given that DISA will not price evaluate offeror proposed SLINs, how does DISA plan to evaluate the offeror proposed SLINs as part of the best value and technical evaluation of each offeror’s proposal? |
| ANSWER |
| The ESS II acquisition is a best value source selection as stated in the RFP, Section M0001 A. Basis for Contract Award; not a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection. Offerors may propose additional SLINs in the B-Table tab of Attachment J-3 Cost Model to support their technical solution. For evaluation purposes, only the government-provided SLINs will be included in the total evaluated price. Any additional SLINs and corresponding unit prices proposed by the offeror will be included in the contract award. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Attachment J-3 Cost Model |
| PAGE |
| Scenario 1, Scenario 2, and Scenario 3 tabs |
| SECTION NO. |
| CLIN 0001AP and CLIN 0003AP |
| SECTION NAME |
| Storage resource management (SRM) solution CONUS, Storage resource management (SRM) solution OCONUS |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Raw terabyte per day |
| QUESTION |
| DISA has specified the same capacity to be monitored by the SRM solution at both the CONUS and OCONUS locations which is not consistent with all other products which showed lower quantities for OCONUS and CONUS. Are the evaluated quantities for the OCONUS sites correct? |
| ANSWER |
| Quantities for CLIN 0001AP and CLIN 0003AP have been updated. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Attachment J-3 Cost Model |
| SECTION NO. |
| 0001AB06 , 0003AB06 |
| SECTION NAME |
| Optional - Mid range class disk storage OCONUS - synchronous replication to external arry |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Optional - Mid range class disk storage OCONUS - synchronous replication to external arry |
| QUESTION |
| DISA revised the CLIN description for CLINS 0001AB06 and 0003AB06 in Scenario 1, Scenario 2, and Scenario 3 to “Optional - Mid range class disk storage OCONUS - synchronous data replication, point-in-time and snap shot copies” in response to Q&A, but did not revise the description in the B-Table tab. Please confirm that the proper description in the B-Table Tab should be “Optional - Mid range class disk storage OCONUS - synchronous data replication, point-in-time and snap shot copies”. |
| ANSWER |
| The descriptions in the B-Table tab of Attachment J-3 Cost Model for SLINs 0001AB06 and 0003AB06 have been revised to Optional - Mid range class disk storage OCONUS - synchronous data replication, point-in-time and snap shot copies. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Attachment J-3_Cost_Model_Amd_4.xlsx |
| PAGE |
| Tabs: “Scenario 1”, “Scenario 2”, “Scenario 3” |
| SECTION NO. |
| 0001AB05, 0001AB06 |
| SECTION NAME |
| Midrange Storage |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 0001AB05: “Optional - Mid range class disk storage CONUS - asynchronous replication”; 0001AB06: “Optional - Mid range class disk storage CONUS - synchronous data replication, point-in-time and snap shot copies” |
| QUESTION |
| If the software component proposed for CLIN 001AB05 provides Asynchronous and Synchronous Replication, does the software have to also be included under CLIN 002AB06 or can we assume that the synchronous part of CLIN 002AB06 is already covered under CLIN 002AB05? Does each option have to include all components necessary to provide the functionality without depending upon other optional CLINs? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government plans to order the capabilities separately depending on workload requirements. The offeror is free to recommend different pricing based on their model with separate SLINs but should use the cost model for comparison. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Attachment J-3 Cost Model |
| PAGE |
| Scenario 1, Scenario 2, and Scenario 3 tabs |
| SECTION NO. |
| CLINS 0001AA11, 0001AB08, 0001AD07, 0003AA11, 0003AB08, 0003AD07 |
| SECTION NAME |
| Optional encryption CLINs |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Optional- [Enterprise, Midrange, NAS] class disk storage CONUS - encryption |
| QUESTION |
| Do the referenced CLINs require additional physical capacity along with encryption or just encryption of capacity that is procured from the non-optional CLINs for disks (e.g. CLINs 0003AA01, 0003AA02, and 0003AA03 for Enterprise storage)? Do the capacities stated in the referenced CLINs represent incremental capacity or capacity that is already included in the non-optional disk storage CLINs? |
| ANSWER |
| The intent of the Government is to order the backend hardware and the encryption through separate SLINs. The encryption SLINs will be used to only order the encryption capability. |
The capacities listed for these SLINs do not reference disk hardware, only the amount of capacity that will utilize the encryption functionality.
| DOCUMENT |
| HC1028-13-R-0015 RFP and Attachment J-3 Cost Model |
| PAGE |
| RFP pages 2, through 7 and page 38; All tabs of Attachment J-3 |
| SECTION NO. |
| Section B and Section L, 6.1.4 & 6.3 |
| SECTION NAME |
| Format for Cost and Pricing Data & Volume Organization |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 6.1.4 Format for Cost and Pricing Data |
Offeror should stringently follow the Government’s Schedule of Supplies or Services (ESS II Cost Model Attachment) construct and calculations and should not deviate from this format.
6.3 Volume Organization
The Cost/Price volume shall consist of a price/cost proposal outlining the proposed prices for each of the Contract Line Item Number (CLIN)/Sub-Contract Line Item Number (SLIN) in MS Excel Version 2000 or newer. The Government has provided a baseline ‘Pricing Models’ in Section B for the Offerors to utilize in pricing their proposal. Within the Section B ‘Pricing Models’, Offerors are required to provide monthly unit prices for all contract years for all CLINs/SLINs, on the worksheet tab entitled “Cost Summary.” The provided “Cost Summary” will be multiplied by the government provided ‘scenario’ quantities (as detailed in each of the three pricing models) and weightings to arrive at a Total Evaluated Price on the model’s “Cost Summary” tab.
| QUESTION |
| Would the Government please clarify that the "Quantity/Units" shown in the J-3 cost sheet is the total TBs billed for a month? In other words, the quantity of 6885 in Scenario 1 cell K6 represents a total billing for month 1 of 6885 TBs which means there are 229.5 raw TBs actually billed for 30 times in a 30 day month. |
| ANSWER |
| The Government confirms that the totals in the “Quantity/Unit” columns in Attachment J-3 Cost Model represent 1 unit of measure that is billed 30 times in a month. |
| DOCUMENT |
| J-6_Question_Answer_Submission_026_thru_122.doc |
SECTION NAME
| SECTION TEXT |
| Offerors should provide a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) hourly rate for professional services CONUS SLINs 0002AA01-0002AA06 and OCONUS SLINs 0004AA01-0004AA06. These SLINs will not be included in the total evaluated price. Hourly unit prices will be included in the contract award. |
Offerors should provide FFP unit prices for professional services CONUS SLINs 0002AB01-0002AB07 and OCONUS SLINs 0004AA01-0004AB07. These SLINs will be included in the total evaluated price.
| QUESTION |
| The answer provided on October 24, 2013 states that hourly rates, CONUS SLINs 0002AA01-0002AA06 and OCONUS SLINs 0004AA01-0004AA06, would not be included in the total evaluation. However, there is a contradictory reference. You later state that OCONUS SLINS 0004AA01-0004AB07 will be evaluated. Would DISA correct the SLIN reference to be 0004AB01-0004AB07? |
| ANSWER |
| Offerors should provide a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) hourly rate for professional services CONUS SLINs 0002AA01-0002AA06 and OCONUS SLINs 0004AA01-0004AA06. These SLINs will not be included in the total evaluated price. Hourly unit prices will be included in the contract award. |
Offerors should provide FFP unit prices for professional services CONUS SLINs 0002AB01-0002AB07 and OCONUS SLINs 0004AB01-0004AB07. These SLINs will be included in the total evaluated price.
| DOCUMENT |
| J-6_Question_Answer_Submission_123_thru_249.doc |
SECTION NAME
| SECTION TEXT |
| The Government considers Energy Star compliance or an 80 Plus Bronze certification desirable but recognizes that inexpensive bulk disk and some midrange storage solutions may not meet criteria stipulated in Attachment 3 of the PWS. The Government will waive Energy Star compliant and/or 80 Plus Bronze certification for inexpensive bulk disk and midrange storage solutions. |
| QUESTION |
| If the same technology in midrange or bulk are used in other storage classes, will the Government waive Energy Star compliant and/or 80 Plus Bronze certification in those instances? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will waive Energy Star compliance and/or 80 Plus Bronze certification for midrange and bulk storage solutions only. The Government cannot waive Energy Star compliance and/or 80 Plus Bronze certification for any other classes of storage solutions. |
| DOCUMENT |
| J-1_Performance_Work_Statement_(PWS).docx |
| SECTION NAME |
| Inexpensive bulk storage disk solutions |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Inexpensive bulk storage disk solutions. Inexpensive, scalable, external controller based storage system that meets the following criteria: |
- Basic RAID capabilities (RAID 0, 1, 5)
- Use single or dual controller architecture
- Virtualization of storage resources to attached servers. This includes a common storage “pool” and presenting logical storage capacity to a server while minimizing the physical storage resources consumed.
| QUESTION |
| For offerors to properly integrate bulk storage into the full solution, would the Government please elaborate on the function of bulk storage? How does bulk storage differ in function from MidRange or Enterprise storage? |
| ANSWER |
| Bulk storage is capacity that provided high volume capacity, with minimal performance or availability requirements. |
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SECTION NO.
SECTION NAME
SECTION TEXT
| QUESTION |
| In multiple places through the Vendor Q&A and Amendment 4, the Government has explicitly stated that the incumbent will not be able to use existing hardware, but industry is still unclear if the incumbent is allowed to use existing software in their solution. |
Is the incumbent allowed to use any software currently in use by the incumbent on the performance of ESS I? If so, this would be a significant competitive advantage on Total Evaluated Price for the incumbent.
| ANSWER |
| Offerors providing technical solutions for this solicitation must provide new software and appropriate licensing to meet the stated technical requirements. All software provided by any offeror is licensed by the offeror through the software vendor(s) and the Government is not a party to or responsible for any software licensing within the scope of this contract. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Reference government answer to question 027 |
PAGE
SECTION NO.
SECTION NAME
SECTION TEXT
| QUESTION |
| Many storage system components, such as disk drives, controllers, spindles, etc., are not serial numbered assets and are not barcoded by the government. How will the government ensure the incumbent does not have an unfair competitive advantage by reusing these components into new serial numbered assets? |
| ANSWER |
| All existing capacity from the existing contract must be removed and replaced with new hardware. The incumbent cannot reutilize existing hardware. Hardware from the new contract must be delivered, installed and activated to facilitate migration from current hardware to the new hardware. Incumbent will provide Government with a list of disk drive serial numbers as old equipment is decommissioned; the new vendor will provide new disk drive serial number and Government will verify and ensure old serial numbers are not reused. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Reference government answer to question 047 “The current PWS allows the vendor to split offerings as long as all requirements listed in Section 6.1.1.1 are met.” |
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SECTION NO.
SECTION NAME
SECTION TEXT
| QUESTION |
| Please change J-3 to add new SLINs that support the ability to split the offerings. There should be Enterprise Class SLINs for the Mainframe environment and Enterprise Class SLINs for the Open Systems environment in order to split the offerings. |
| ANSWER |
| SLINs 0001AS and 0003AS have been added for Enterprise mainframe class disk storage (CONUS and OCONUS). |
| SECTION NO. |
| Task 4 – Provisioning, Management, and Reporting Infrastructure |
| SECTION NAME |
| 6.4.2 Subtask 4.2 |
| SECTION TEXT |
| Provide a single integrated storage resource management (SRM) solution that fully supports all storage services provided under this solicitation. |
| QUESTION |
| Based on Gov’t response to Q198, we understand that CaC and PKI are requirements for the SRM solution, please confirm. |
| ANSWER |
| CaC and PKI are requirements for the offerors proposed SRM solution. |
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SECTION NO.
SECTION NAME
SECTION TEXT
| QUESTION |
| For SLINs 0001AK03 and 0003AK03, in month 48 you are evaluating a total of 1,169,280 slots ordered per day under (CONUS+OCONUS). This number for any given month does not appear to be reasonable; can you please adjust the quantity to reflect a number that is more representative of the projected environment? |
| ANSWER |
| Quantities for 0001AK02, 0001AK03, 0003AK02, 0003AK03 have been updated. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government |
| QUESTION |
| This clause is for the acquisition of commercial items. However, Alternate I would be appropriate for this acquisition. Would the Government consider incorporating Alternate I to this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. FAR 52.203-6 Alt I in FAR 52.212-5 applies and will remain in the solicitation. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| FAR 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers; 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires; 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act – Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option) |
| QUESTION |
| These clauses are applicable to service contracts as defined at 22.001; this procurement is not for the provision of service employees. Therefore, would the Government consider deleting these clauses? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove FAR 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers; 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires; and 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act – Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option). |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 52.223-16, IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products |
| QUESTION |
| Personal Computers will not be acquired by the Government under this procurement. Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove FAR 52.223-16, IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 52.225-1, Buy American Act – Supplies |
| QUESTION |
| This clause is not applicable because the procurement is for services and not for the acquisition of supplies. Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| After review, the Government considers this clause applicable to Capacity Services contracts; the clause will remain in the solicitation. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 52.225-25, Prohibition on Engaging in Sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran – Certification; 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials |
| QUESTION |
| These are solicitation provisions, not contract clauses, and should be included in Section K instead of Section I. Would the Government consider moving these clauses into Section K? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government contract writing system defaults these clauses to Section I, no change will be made. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 52.232-23, Assignment of Claims, Alternate I |
| QUESTION |
| It is noted that Alternate I is used in contracts with a no-setoff commitment. Please clarify if a no-setoff commitment is to be included in the contract. If not, would the Government consider deleting Alternate I? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove FAR 52.232-23 Assignment of Claims, Alt I. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 52.246-20, Warranty of Services |
| QUESTION |
| This procurement is for commercial items. Please consider the deletion of this clause and the incorporation of the offeror’s standard commercial warranty as recommended by FAR 46.709, since commercial items will necessarily be involved, rather than Government-unique terms. If the Government will not delete FAR 52.246-20, please provide the information required in the fill-in within the clause. |
| ANSWER |
| After review, the Government considers this clause applicable to Capacity Services contracts; the clause will remain in the solicitation. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.203-7001, Prohibition On Persons Convicted of Fraud |
| QUESTION |
| This clause is not applicable to commercial items. Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove DFAR 252.203-7001, Prohibition On Persons Convicted of Fraud. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program |
| QUESTION |
| This is not applicable because an exception to the Buy American statute or Balance of Payments Program applies per DFARS 225.7501(a)(2)(vi), "Information technology that is a commercial item, using fiscal year 2004 or subsequent funds". Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| After review, the Government considers this clause applicable to Capacity Services contracts; the clause will remain in the solicitation. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.225-7002, Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors |
| QUESTION |
| This clause is not applicable. It is only applicable when 252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program; 252.225-7021, Trade Agreement; or 252.225-7036, Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program are included. None of those clauses are applicable. Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| After review, the Government considers this clause applicable to Capacity Services contracts; the clause will remain in the solicitation. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.225-7004, Report of Intended Performance Outside the United States and Canada – Submission After Award; 252.225-7006, Quarterly Reporting of Actual Contract Performance Outside the United States |
| QUESTION |
| These clauses are to be included in all acquisitions, except those described in 225.7202, which states that this particular subpart does not apply to contracts for commercial items. Would the Government consider deleting these clauses? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove DFAR 252.225-7004, Report of Intended Performance Outside the United States and Canada – Submission After Award and 252.225-7006, Quarterly Reporting of Actual Contract Performance Outside the United States. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities |
| QUESTION |
| The clause is for the acquisition of any of the items listed in the clause as either end products or components. None of the work will involve these items; therefore it is not applicable. Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| After review, the Government considers this clause applicable to Capacity Services contracts; the clause will remain in the solicitation. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.225-7013, Duty-Free Entry |
| QUESTION |
| This clause is for the acquisition of supplies. Since the RFP is for services and the Government will not acquire any hardware or software, this is not applicable. Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove DFAR 252.225-7013, Duty-Free Entry. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.225-7039, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions |
| QUESTION |
| This clause requires the Contractor and all employees of the Contractor who are responsible for performing private security functions under this contract to comply with any orders, directives, and instructions to Contractors performing private security functions that are identified in the contract. This contract does not include the requirement to perform private security functions; therefore, this clause is not applicable. Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove DFAR 252.225-7039, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.243-7001, Pricing Of Contract Modifications |
| QUESTION |
| This clause requires that the contract cost principles and procedures in FAR Part 31 and DFARS Part 231, in effect on the date of this contract, apply to price adjustments. Since commercial item contractors are exempt from the Cost Principles, this clause is not applicable. Since DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment, is already included, would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| After review, the Government considers this clause applicable to Capacity Services contracts; the clause will remain in the solicitation. |
| SECTION NAME |
| Contract Clauses |
| SECTION TEXT |
| 252.247-7003, Pass-Through of Motor Carrier Fuel Surcharge Adjustment to the Cost Bearer |
| QUESTION |
| This clause is for the actual procurement of transportation or transportation-related services and is therefore not applicable to this procurement. Would the Government consider deleting this clause? |
| ANSWER |
| The Government will remove DFAR 252.247-7003, Pass-Through of Motor Carrier Fuel Surcharge Adjustment to the Cost Bearer. |
| DOCUMENT |
| Amendment 4 – J-2 Proposal Format (and Amendment 4 – J-1 PWS) |
| PAGE |
| J-2; 11-12 / J-1; 12 |
| SECTION NO. |
| J-2; TASK 9 / J-1; 6.9.4 Subtask 9.4 |
| SECTION NAME |
| Delivery, Installation, and Configuration Support |
| SECTION TEXT |
| J-2: TASK 9 – Delivery, Installation and Configuration Support. |
(Reference Section L, Factor 1, Subfactor 2: Service Delivery, 2.3 Training Solution)
Provide current detail technical documentation for all provided solutions.
Deliverable/s: Methodology for providing DISA personnel with access to technical documentation for all capacity.
Provide current detailed technical documentation for all provided solutions. Offeror solution should include a document repository that is remotely accessible. The offeror will manage and maintain the solution outside of government facilities.
Deliverable/s: Methodology for providing DISA personnel with access to technical documentation for all capacity services provided in the offeror’s solution and utility pricing J-1: 6.9.4 Subtask 9.4 – Provide current detailed technical documentation for all provided solutions. Offeror solution should include a document repository that is remotely accessible. The offeror will manage and maintain the solution outside of government facilities.
Deliverable/s: Methodology for providing DISA personnel with access to technical documentation for all capacity services provided in the offeror’s solution and utility pricing.
6.9.5 Subtask 9.5 – Provide in-depth detailed technical training for all provided solution.
Deliverable/s: Methodology for providing DISA personnel with in-depth training for all capacity services provided in the Contractor’s offerings and utility pricing.
| QUESTION |
| It appears that the incorrect subtask was edited/modified in Amdt. 4, Attachment J-2. The resultant changes would seem to eliminate the desire for vendors to respond to the requirement for providing “in-depth detailed technical training for all provided solutions”. Is that the Government’s intent? |
| ANSWER |
| TASK 9 in Attachment J-2 Proposal Format has been revised. |
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