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ATTACHMENT Questions & Answers

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PWS 6.4.1: "The contractor shall be responsible for procuring commercial software licenses (e.g., operating systems, or database management tools), maintaining hardware, procuring spares and additional computational/storage capabilities, updating hardware that is end-of-life, and disposing of unneeded hardware in accordance with Government-approved procedures by the approved, privately hosted environment, these activities shall maximize efficiency and minimize program cost to the greatest extent possible."

Prior to purchase of ODC’s, approval should be obtained from Contracting Office/COR. The Surge CLIN is incorporated into the Contract in support of additional work that may arise in the future, allowing increase of costs for established CLINS.

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The RFP states that offers must "specifically address the processes, tools, infrastructure, resources, risks, and dependencies that will be utilized to meet or exceed the requirements for EEP Development, Operations, and Maintenance described within Performance Work Statement Tasks 6.3 and 6.4." The PWS states that "The contractor shall provide all infrastructure, hardware, and any other product or service required to successfully transition the EEP."

QUESTION 1: To ensure a full and open competition, will the Government provide the necessary run-time binaries for all versions of EEP so that the EEP source code can be fully compiled for verification by non-incumbent offerors that their infrastructure and hardware have the capabilities necessary to host EEP—which is a critical aspect of providing best possible price to the Government on a LPTA basis and of properly identifying risks?

QUESTION 2: If the run-time binaries for all versions of EEP are not provided within a reasonable time frame, will the Government extend the proposal submission due date to ensure fair competition?

Government answers:

ANSWER 1:Y (Can be provided as long as requested with full nondisclosure) Clarification to Q1:

Re: Govt’s Response to Question 1 Above: Given the time factor, could the government email it directly to us for execution today? If not, will the Government please post the NDA today prior to 4 PM, along with instructions for who we should email it to for final execution?

ANSWER 2: No extension to submittal date can be granted Clarification to Q2:

QUESTION: Since the Government is not able to extend the submission deadline, could the Government explain how/if, when determining whether an Offerer’s approach is “LPTA” (especially technically acceptable), will any consideration be given to account for the variation in time afforded to Offerors to assess EEP transition and operational risks (which directly impacts price)?

Q1: binaries will be provided at time of request from the offeror, as previously stated a NDA should first be provided) NDA is also being added to AMD04.

Q2: See Question 1 regarding response time. All documents have been provided or are available upon request.

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