RFP_Q A__1_for_MilCloud_2_0_12JUL16.pdf

Attachment L-1 Question & Answer Template

RFP# HC1028-16-R-0020 (MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WORD FORMAT)

# Reference Questions Government Response

1 2.0 General Instruction For the purpose of this solicitation, an offeror is defined as a prime contractor or Joint Venture Teaming Arrangement.

L.4.1.1 Qualifying Criteria – Table L.2 Offeror to provide certification of a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Joint Authorization Board (JAB) Provisional Authorization (PA) at either the High or Moderate Systems level. Certification must be current (offeror’s company name is listed on the FedRAMP website having a JAB PA in IaaS or PaaS) and in effect at the time of initial Request For Proposal (RFP) submission.

M.1.1.2 Basis for Contract Award The stated qualifying factor listed in Section M.2.1.1 will be evaluated first to determine acceptability of the proposal. If determined to be acceptable the proposal will be evaluated further;

if not, the proposal will not be further evaluated.

M.2.1 Factor 1:

Technical/Management Approach

M.2.1.1 Qualifying Criteria Rating All proposals will initially be evaluated to determine whether their proposals are acceptable in meeting the following qualifying criteria. Offerors shall meet this qualifying criteria in order to be determined to be acceptable.

It is stated the “The offeror is defined as a prime.”

It is also stated that “Certification must be current (offeror’s company name is listed on the FedRAMP website having a JAB PA in IaaS or PaaS)”.

By definition, only the companies listed on the FedRAMP JAB PA can submit a proposal as a prime.

Is it the Government’s intent to limit bids to only companies listed on the FedRAMP JAB PA as an IaaS or PaaS?

Will the government consider that a bid has met the qualifying criteria if the bid is from a prime offeror that is not FedRAMP JAB approved but is teamed with a company that is approved and listed on FedRAMP JAB PA as a subcontractor?

Suggest, in order to increase competition, the government change the term in Table L.2 and M.2.1.1, paragraph titled Qualifying Criteria, to read “offering team must have a company name listed on the FedRAMP website having a JAB PA in IaaS or PaaS.”

No. As stated in paragraph M.2.1.1, in order to be deemed eligible for award, the “Offeror to provide certification of a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Joint Authorization Board (JAB) Provisional Authorization (PA) at either the High or Moderate Systems level.

Certification must be current (offeror’s company name is listed on the FedRAMP website having a JAB PA in IaaS or PaaS) and in effect at the time of initial Request For Proposal (RFP) submission. “

The prime contractor must hold the FedRAMP JAB PA.

All references to teaming agreements and joint ventures have been removed from Sections L&M via Amendment 00001 – see attached.

Acceptable/unacceptable ratings are provided in Table M.1.

Qualifying Criteria: Offeror to provide certification of a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Joint Authorization Board (JAB) Provisional Authorization (PA) at either the High or Moderate Systems level. Certification must be current (offeror’s company name is listed on the FedRAMP website having a JAB PA in IaaS or PaaS) and in effect at the time of initial Request for Proposal (RFP) submission.

Only those offerors that meet the qualifying criteria and is determined to be acceptable will have their proposals further evaluated

Attachment L-1 Question & Answer Template