Specialty_Engineering_Industry_Questions_-_Final.pdf

Specialty Engineering Response to Industry Questions December 21, 2016

Approved for Public Release 16‐MDA8958 (December 19, 2016)

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1 Attachment L-07 EPW The printed EPW will result in a significant number of 11x17 foldouts, if printed in its entirety. Will the government amend the solicitation to only require electronic versions of the EPW to be submitted, no hard copies?

No.

Section L, Cost/Price Volume

Section L Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2, Cost/Price

Volume

Paragraph 1 of Section L-13.1 of the solicitation states, "the term 'Major Subcontractor' is defined as and includes any subcontractor at any tier that contributes more than 10% of the hours as proposed by the offeror..." Paragraph 2 of Section L-13.1 states, "the term 'Minor Subcontractor' is defined as and includes any subcontractor or work agreement that contributes less than 10% of the hours as proposed by the offeror..." In Volume IX-Cost and Price, how should the offeror label a subcontractor that contributes exactly 10% of the hours proposed?

In Volume IX - Cost and Price, the offeror should label a subcontractor that contributes exactly 10% of the hours proposed as a Major Subcontractor. Section L-13.1 will be updated with the amended RFP.

3 Attachment L-07 EPW

Section L-4.17 states, "A 'complete' EPW is defined as an EPW that matches hard copy proposals and contains, at a minimum, completion of all the fields in the EPW format provided with the RFP." Section L-13.4 states that the "EPW must contain no macros or hidden cells." For readability purposes, when printing the hard copies of the EPW, if applicable, may the offeror hide cells with a value of 0? If so, should the offeror also hide those same cells in the electronic copy?

Yes, the offeror should also hide the same cells in the electronic copy.

4 Attachment J-01 Page 6, paragraph 2, Data Rights

Do Sections 8.2 GFE, 8.3 GFI, and 8.4 GFP include all models, M&S, and tools described throughout the PWS and will they be provided to the contractor?

Tools mentioned in the PWS:

PO1: Vehicle-customized Computer aided design (CAD) tools;

propagation/attenuation tools; community-standard CAD; and, computational fluid dynamics tools PO6: Specifically states the identified tools are Government Furnished Property (GFP).

PO9: Specifically states the identified tools GFP in a Government facility

Paragraph 8.2 is for an accounting system for Government Furnished Equipment or Contractor Acquired Government-Owned Property Paragraph 8.3 states the Government will provide access to all information necessary to perform tasks associated with activities outlined in the contract Paragraph 8.4 outlines GFP reporting requirements

Tools identified as GFP in the PWS will be provided to the contractor as stated in PWS paragraph 8.3

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5 Attachment J-01 Page 7

The Performance Objective Index Table lists NCR, HSV, COS and HAFB as the locations available to bid. Is it acceptable for offerors to add additional locations to bid?

The Performance Objective Index Table identifies where the stakeholders require support. The acceptability of additional locations will depend upon the offeror's unique approach to supporting the stated requirements.

6 Attachment J-01 Page 7

Assuming offerors may add locations in addition to what is listed in the Performance Objective Index Table of the PWS and in the EPW, does the government have a preference to substantiate direct labor rates considering the ERI is not available to all offerors.

The offeror's proposal should adequately explain and substantiate the proposed rates.

RFP Section B Section B is missing the CLIN numbers for SN ODC CLINs

0420/1420/2420/3420 referenced in the Government specified values table in Section L-13.4.

SN ODC is not planned for this contract. Section L-13.4 will be revised for the final RFP.

RFP Section B Section B is missing the CLIN numbers for SN-LRDR Travel CLINs

0225/1225/2225/3225 referenced in the Government specified values table in Section L-13.4.

SN-LRDR travel is planned, so Section B will be revised for the final RFP.

9 Section L Section L -4.4, Table L-1

Can the max number of pages for Volume VII, Tab 1 be increased to 50 pages? Yes, the page allocation for Volume VII - Technical, Tab 1 - Technical Expertise/Approach will be increased to 50 pages.

Section L Section L-7.0 Can a draft DD254 be provided before release of the final RFP? As the DD Form 254 has both SCI and SAP supplements, offerors request this form directly from the PCO. Upon receiving an approved request, the documents will be provided prior to Final RFP release.

11 Section L Section L-13.4 Section L, L-13.4: The Government specified values for travel, ODC, FMS and surge are missing from the table in Section L-13.4.

This will be corrected in the amended Excel Pricing Workbook

(EPW).

12 Section L Section L-13.4 Section L, L-13.4: The Government specified values for CLIN 0035 FMS surge labor are missing from the table in Section 13-4.

This will be corrected in the amended EPW.

Section L Section L-13.4 Section L, L-13.4: The Government specified values for ODC CLINs

0002/1002/2002/3002 (from RFP Section B) are missing from the table in Section L-13.4.

This will be corrected in the amended EPW.

Section L Section L-13.4 Section L, L-13.4: The Government specified values for SS Travel CLINs

0221/1221/2221/3221 from RFP Section B are missing from the table in Section L-13.4.

This will be corrected in the amended EPW.

15 Section L Section M-9.5 Section M-9.5, 1st bullet: please delete reference to "and incentive fee." The RFP specifies labor CLINs are proposed as cost plus fixed fee only.

This will be updated with the amended RFP.

16 Section L Section M-9.5 Section M-9.5, 1st bullet: please clarify to add that the Government's overall evaluated cost includes the Government specified amounts for ODC. The RFP includes Travel, Surge and ODC CLINs.

This will be updated with the amended RFP.

17 Section L Section M-9.5 Section M-9.5, 1st bullet: please clarify to add that the Government's overall evaluated cost includes the Government specified amounts for FMS Labor Option.

This will be updated with the amended RFP.

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18 Section L Section M-9.5 Section M-9.5, 1st bullet: please clarify to add that the Government's overall evaluated cost includes the Option to Extend, which shall be computed as prescribed in Section L-13.

This will be updated with the amended RFP.

19 Attachment L-07 EPW EPW Cost Roll-up tab is missing entries for SN-LRDR Travel CLINs 0225 + options.

This will be corrected in the amended EPW.

20 Attachment L-07 EPW EPW Cost Roll-up tab is missing entries for ODC CLINs 0002 + options. This will be corrected in the amended EPW.

21 Attachment L-07 EPW EPW Cost Roll-up tab is missing entries for SN ODC CLINs 0420 + options. This will be corrected in the amended EPW.

Attachment L-10 Labor Competency

Request that the Basic Analyst education/experience requirement for 5 years be revised to the following "1 year relevant experience required in lieu of degree requirement" to be consistent with the ERI survey experience level in Attachment L-07 EPW, Labor Category tab, as well as the 1 year requirement for the Basic Engineer in Attachment L-10.

Use one year for Pricing, but the requirement for 5 years of experience remains in the labor competencies.

Section L Section L-4.4, Table L-1

The Draft RFP only allows 25 pages to respond to 32 pages of PWS requirements. Can the page allocation for Volume VII – Technical; Tab 1 – Technical Expertise/Approach be increased to 40 pages to allow for sufficient space to address all the government PWS requirements?

Yes, the page allocation for Volume VII - Technical, Tab 1 - Technical Expertise/Approach will be increased to 50 pages.

PWS Section 3.5 There is a lack of consistency in the Section 3.5 regarding the “location” of the work. While Table 3.0 does specify “COS, HSV” as the location(s) for the task, none of the Task Details in 3.5 a-j specify “for HSV” or “for COS” like most all the other sections do. Should it be assumed that since neither location is specified the tasks are open to both?

This will be corrected with the amended PWS. . Paragraph 3.5.a and 3.5.c will be in HSV and the others are COS .

PWS Section 3.6 Upon review and comparison of Space Specialty Engineering (PWS 16) with previous Performance Objectives we noticed that the Enterprise Sensors Processing Node (ESPN) development efforts have been removed from the current Performance Objective direction. Was this an oversight or has this work been removed and is not required as part of the TEAMS effort forward?

This work has been removed and will not be part of this RFP.

PWS Section 3.0, Table 3.0 Can you confirm that all of Performance Objective 1 will be performed in the NCR for DE/CS? If not please clarify what additional locations and stakeholders will be added.

Performance Objective 1 will be performed at the NCR.

Section L Section L-1.2 The last sentence of Section L-1.2 states, "Teaming agreements should be provided with a joint venturer's proposal." Can the government please confirm that teaming agreements are only required for formal joint ventures, and not required for a standard prime and subcontractor relationship?

Teaming agreements are only required for formal joint ventures.

Section L L-5.2 Model

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Can the government please clarify why it is necessary for offeror's to submit Sections L and M with the contract documentation volume?

This will be updated with the amended RFP. Sections L and M will be excluded from being submitted with contract documentation volume.

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Section L L-4.14 Section L-4.14 states "One hard copy of each volume shall be clearly identified as "original". The "original" shall be formatted as follows: 1 Clearly marked as "Original" 2 Unbound" Will the government permit a binder clip per volume to hold the unbound sheets of paper together for organizational purposes.

Yes.