ATTACHMENT_07,_ADDITIONAL_Q&A__Dated_20190923.pdf

HQ042319R0049 ATTACHMENT 07

ADDITIONAL VENDORS’ QURESTIONS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The Government is providng additional clarifications. The time for Oferors to timely submit questions has passed. The RFP closing date/time remain unchanged at October 2, 2019/ 5:00PM (ET). Each clarification has been identified with the keyword or phrase as follows:

1. Program manager – Please refer to the entire response to question # 9, which states “It is in the best interest of the Government to rate a proposed PM who possesses an extensive knowledge of the DMO or similar system [emphasis added] more favorably than one who does not. Similar system, such as a government entitlement and pay system utilizing C#, .Net, Cognos, and Oracle Database technologies hosted on Windows and Linux server environments.” The PM has overall responsibility for the program management, staffing and overall management of contractor’s staff in the performance of this contract.

2. Knowing the work the resources will be doing – The PWS attachment 6.4 clearly defines in general terms the capabilities and duties of each labor category. To ensure uniformity of price evaluation process, the RFP pricing spreadsheet has been amended to include plug-in number of hours based on historical data for each of the categories. Offerors shall provide their corresponding labor rates for each category as their price proposal. Overall, Offerors’ are highly encouraged to read the requirement documents thoroughly before submitting their proposals.

3. Experience offset college degree – Please refer to PWS attachment 6.4 for descriptions of education versus experience equivalency.