MSEI RFP Questions and Answers (Amendment 0002).pdf

Document Name Page Section Question SDA Response

Attachment 2 ‐ Proposal

Instructions 1, 3

Proposal Content

Overview ‐ Volume

III ‐ Experience &

Past Performance;

Volume Ib ‐ Draft

Plans & Personnel

Documents

Personnel resumes are mentioned to be included in both sections. Respectfully request clarification on whether resumes should be included in both volumes I and III or if they are to go in one specific volume

Correction. Two different locations were specified for resumes of key personnel in the Proposal Instructions.

Please provide key personnel resumes in Volume Ib –

Draft Plans and Personnel Documents.

Attachment 3 ‐ Evaluation

Factors for Award pgs 1, 6, 7

Evaluation

Methodology/

Evaluation Factors

Table 1 ‐ Evaluation Factors shows that Factor 5 is the "Small

Business Participation" and Factor 6 is "Cost Realism". However, on pages 6 and 7, Factor 5 is listed as "Cost Realism" and Factor

6 is "Small Business Participation". Respectfully request clarification on which factor is 5 and which is 6.

Correction. “Small Business Participation” and “Cost

Realism” are listed as factors #5 and #6 respectively in one passage of the Evaluation Factors for Award and #6 and #5 respectively in a subsequent passage. Please refer to Table 1 on page 1 for the correct factor numbering of Small Business Participation and Cost

Realism.

Attachment 5 ‐ DD Form 254 Respectfully request clarification on whether the government would like this document submitted as part of our proposal

A final DD Form 254 will be generated by SDA once a contract has been awarded. No DD Form 254 needs to be submitted with the proposal.

Attachment 2 ‐ Proposal

Instructions

Volume II ‐ Price and

Rationale ; 2.

Detailed Price

Proposal

A.Supporting Pricing

Data 1a)

"1a) Price of major tasks by fiscal year by Work Breakdown

Structure (WBS) element (Level 3 or below)" ‐ Please clarify if priced by Government Fiscal Year (GFY) or Contractor Fiscal Year

(CFY), or Calendar Fiscal Year? If pricing by GFY is required, offeror respectfully recommends starting with GFY 21, assuming a contract start date of 10/01/20.

Government Fiscal Year is requested, starting in FY21.

Attachment 7 ‐ Labor

Categories+Labor Rates First tab

Should Attachment 7 at the (IDIQ) level contain CPFF labor rates and FFP labor rates because future task orders might be priced on a different cost basis and not necessarily the same as initial

TO 001? Please clarify.

Please list only cost plus fixed fee labor rates on

Attachment 7 – Labor Categories – Labor Rates.

Attachment 7 ‐ Labor

Categories+Labor Rates First tab

Please clarify if Attachment 7 at the (IDIQ level) is to be priced by Government FIscal Year, Contractor Fiscal Year, or Calendar

Fiscal Year?

Please use the Government Fiscal Year for Attachment 7

– Labor Categories – Labor Rates.

Attachment 7 ‐ Labor

Categories+Labor Rates First tab

Should subcontractors also be added to Attachment 7 at the

IDIQ level? This clarification is requested to ensure we understand how best to handle future task orders.

Yes, subcontractor data should be included in this attachment for all subcontractor work priced in Task

Order 0001 only.

Attachment 7 ‐ Labor

Categories+Labor Rates First tab

Do subcontractors need to include Attachment 7 at the IDIQ level as part of their subcontractor proposal or only include initial TO 001 pricing?

Please see above answer.

Attachment 2 ‐ Proposal

Instructions 6 Volume III, 2.a)

Can you please define "affiliation"? Is this the customer organization name?

Affiliation in this context means the company’s relationship with the customer, e.g., prime contractor, subcontractor, supplier, etc.

Attachment 2 ‐ Proposal

Instructions (Section L)

Volume IV ‐ Small

Business Utilization

Plan / Small Business

Participation

Commitment

Document (6 page limit)

If a Small Business Utilization Plan is applicable, would the

Government increase the current page limit of 6 pages, to a higher page count, in order account for the response to both the

FAR 19.704 Subcontracting Plan Requirements, and the

Subcontract Plan Commitment Document (SBPCD) in attachment 6?

The Small Business Utilization Plan / Small Business

Participation Commitment Document is limited to 6 pages.

Attachment 2 ‐ Proposal

Instructions (Section L) 1 & 3

Volume III & Volume

Ib Are the resumes to be included in both Volume 1b and Volume

III ?

Attachment 7 ‐ Labor

Categories

Labor Rates start w/ FY20. Since this contract is projected to start on October 1, 2020 which is the start of Govt. FY21, should the first year labor rates start with FY21 and end with FY25?

Yes, it is the Government’s intent to start with FY21 instead of FY20 and end in FY25.

Atch 2, Section L 1 and 8

There are conflicting due dates for the proposal. Page 1 has

August 13th and Page 8 has August 15th. Can the government provide the due date for the proposal?

Correction. Two different deadlines were featured in the

MSE&I Proposal Instructions. Please adhere to the deadline of August 13, 2020 1200 ET. This has been addressed in Amendment 0001 of the solicitation.

Attachment 2 3

Key Personnel Resumes are to be a max of 16 pages. However, there are 6 Key Personnel mentioned; if each resume is to be 2 pages each, that would be 12 pages for resumes. Can we use the additional 4 pages for intro and discussion of staffing plan?

Offerors may designate additional key personnel as long as no resume exceeds 2 pages in length and the total page count for all resumes does not exceed 16 pages.

Unused page allocation for resumes shall not be used for an intro and discussion of a staffing plan.

Attachment 1 ‐ PWS 7 2. SDA Documents

Bullet states, "SDA‐specific reference documentation can be found in the MSE&I Bidders Library." Will the Bidders Library be provided to offerors as part of the RFP?

Please contact SDA to receive the documents found in the Bidders Library.

Attachment 1 ‐ PWS 21 Top Secret/SCI/SAP

Facilities

By what date shall the contractor present a room certifiable under ICD 503 and submit a complete and detailed application to begin SAPF certification?

This will occur upon Government request or Contractor need, whichever occurs first.

Attachment 3 ‐ Evaluation

Criteria

Evaluation Factor 6 ‐

Small Business

Participation

Is Alaskan Native Small Business included in the definition of

Small Businesses meeting the minimum 5% required?

For small business eligibility requirements please refer to

FAR 19.703(a)(1).

HQ085020R0004 Q&As (Amendment 0002)

Attachment 2

Solicitation states " The Offeror shall perform its own OCI analysis and submit the results of that analysis as part of its proposal. Specifically, the Offeror shall analyze the planned acquisition for actual or potential OCI situations associated with its, or any of its teammate’s or subcontractor’s, performance under any contract it, or any of its teammates or subcontractors, has been or may be awarded by any federal agency or other entity". It appears the Government is requiring to have the

Offeror submit a OCI Management plan or OCI Mitigation Plan.

In order to address how an Offeror will manage OCI during performance of this contract will the Government consider an unlimited page count?

The Organizational Conflict of Interest mitigation strategy is limited to 4 pages.

Attachment 7 For Period of Performance do we assume a start date prior to end of 30 Sep 2020 through 30 Sep 2025?

The Government reserves the right to award a contract as soon as negotiations conclude.

Does the Government require each Offeror to include a completed Model Contract and fill in the required Section K?

We assume this would be included in Volume II

The Government requires each Offeror to complete the

SF33 and Section K.

Atch 2 1 Proposal Content

Overview

Atch 2, Proposal Instructions states, for Past Performance, "...up to five (5) recent (within the last five (5) years), relevant examples of delivery of MSE&I services for complex systems, subsystems, or components. Offerors may also include up to three (3) past performance examples for each team member, subcontractor, partner, intra‐company provider and/or vendor the Offeror considers significant in the accomplishment of the requirements contained in the PWS."

Is there a page count for each of the individual past performance citations?

No page count is specified.

Atch 2 4, 6

RFP states, "Proposed staff members not currently employed by the Offeror may be included as appropriate. In those cases, the

Offeror shall include signed contingent offer letters." Can the government confirm that any signed contingent offer letters are not included in page count?

Signed contingent offer letters are included in the page count.

Atch 2 8 Proposal Delivery

Instructions

RFP states, "Top Secret Information may be emailed to

SDA.Proposals@osdj.ic.gov. Offerors submitting Top Secret information must send an unclassified email to osd.pentagon.ousd‐r‐e.mbx.sda‐rfp20‐0004@mail.mil notifying

SDA of this submission method NO LATER THAN 1200 EDT on

August 13, 2020." Can the government confirm the ef this is the correct email address to transmit TS/SCI level past performance volume?

Confirmed, emails are accurate.

Atch 2 1

RFP titles Volume I ‐ Technical Solution and Schedule, while on page 2 Volume I is titled ‐ Management and Technical Approach.

Can the government provide the name for Volume I?

Correction. Two different names were provided for

Volume I. Please call Volume I Management and

Technical Approach.

Atch 1 22

5.3 Tools and 5.4

GFE

RFP states, "Tools (a) For all technical and programmatic/management tasks and products accomplished under this PWS, the MSE&I Contractor shall ensure the use of tools and submitted data formats are approved by the

Government, validated, compatible with Government tools, and that allow for the smooth transition of data to the next MSE&I

Contractor. " and "5.4 Government Furnished Equipment, Property and Information (a) It is not anticipated that there will be Government Furnished Equipment or Property associated with the MSE&I contract; (b) Government Furnished

Information will take two forms: first, as information provided as part of this solicitation found in the MSE&I Bidders Library and second, SV Contractor(s) reports and other data. SDA will provide access to this information to perform the MSE&I activities described in this PWS."

As the Bidder's Library has not been provided, can the government please provide a listing of all tools that will be provided to the offeror?

No Government‐provided tools have been identified.

Attachment 7 Please confirm the IDIQ rates proposed in Attachment 7 are not ceiling rates for use on future FFP TOs.

Rates to be proposed under Attachment 7 ARE ceiling rates to be utilized for proposal and execution on future

FFP Task Orders. For CPFF Task Orders, rates in

Attachment 7 shall be used for proposal purposes only.

Attachment 7 Please confirm that ODCs, if any, are to be priced under CLIN

Confirmed.

Please clarify the relationship between Table 3 relevancy rating and Table 4 past performance confidence rating.

Relevancy, Table 3, gauges how similar, prior work conducted by the Contractor is to the MSE&I scope or work. Confidence, Table 4, gages how Contractor success on prior work is likely to predict success on the MSE&I scope of work. [Contracting please confirm you like these words.]

Sec 5. Task Order KO refers to PWS 4.1.1 which does not exist Please ignore reference to that section.

PWS pg 21‐22 Sec 5.3

Network Connectivity. All PWS required connectivity. How do we price and what are we connecting to. SIPR, NIPR, JWICS, etc?

In addition, the updated DD254, block 10k requires us to have

JWICS, but not NIPR or SIPR.

Can the Government please confirm NIPR, SIPR and JWICS connectivity requirements?

The MSE&I DD Form 254 requires Contractors to be able to receive, store and generate unclassified, controlled unclassified information and classified information.

Please see Question 24 for more information.

DD 254, Block Attachment for Block 13 requires all personnel to maintain a minimum of Top Secret Clearance. Block 10.e(1) has

SCI checked "Yes". Can the Government please confirm the clearance requirements for key personnel being bid?

Clearance requirements for key personnel will be at the level of work performed by the Contractor.

PWS 21

Top Secret/Sensitive

Compartmented

Information

(TS/SCI)/SAP

Facilities

“The MSE&I Contractor shall arrange suitable classified communications, networking, and meeting facilities to connect to its own secondary or remote facilities and Government sites”.

Would the government specify what classification level is desired?

This Performance Work Statement passage refers to Top

Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information

(TS/SCI)/SAP facilities.

PWS 21‐22

“The MSE&I Contractor shall arrange for all PWS‐required network connectivity between the MSE&I Contractor’s facilities, Government and SV Contractor networks.” Other than unclassified systems, what specific classified network connectivity is required between the contractor and government?

It is expected that the majority of communications will be unclassified, with occasional SIPR and JWICS communications. Contractor shall be able to support the networks applicable to the Contractor level of performance.

Attachment 5 ‐ DD254

Please advise if a complete DD254 is required with proposal submission. And if so, please advise where to find submittal instructions.

A final DD Form 254 will be generated by SDA once a contract has been awarded. No DD Form 254 needs to be submitted with the proposal.

PWS 8

Task Descriptions –

Task Order 0001

Is/are there existing requirements management processes and tools e.g. DOORS?

No

PWS 14 Risk Management Is/are there existing risk and opportunity management processes and tools?

No

Attachment 13 DD254 15 Requirements for SCI

“SCI will be stored and maintained only in properly accredited facilities at the contractor location.” Will SDA accredit a SCIF and/or co‐use an existing space at a contractor location?

Yes

Attachment 2 Proposal Content

Overview

Attachment 2, Proposal Content Overview states “Volume III –

Experience and Past Performance This volume shall contain résumés for key personnel to be assigned to this effort and up to five (5) recent (within the last five (5) years), relevant examples of delivery of MSE&I services for complex systems, subsystems, or components.” However, the Proposal Content Instructions for

Vol 1 include the requirement for key personnel resumes.Question(s): (1) Are the key personnel resumes to be submitted in Vol 1, Management and Technical Approach or Vol

III, Experience and Past Performance? (2) If Vol III, does the 40‐ page volume limit include the pages for the resumes (even though those are not acknowledged in the instructions for that section)?

Page 1 of Section L incorrectly states that Volume III

“shall contain résumés for key personnel to be assigned to this effort”. The Volume III description on page 6 is correct. Resumes shall be provided only in Volume 1b.

Attachment 2

Proposal Content

Instructions, Volume

1, Management and

Technical Approach, Volume Ia – Oral

Presentation

The Proposal Content Instructions state “The Offeror will present up to 40 content slides (cover slides, transitions, and agendas do not count against the content slides) over the course of up to 90 minutes.” However, it isn’t clear when/how the slides are to be submitted to the Government. Question(s): (1)

Are the slides due on 13 August, 1200 EST or when the schedule for orals is established? (2) Are the slides to be submitted as part of Volume 1 or separately?

The briefing slides for Volume Ia – Oral Presentation are due at the same time the proposals are due, August 13, 2020 at 1200 ET. The briefing slides are submitted as part of Volume 1.

Volume I & III

Are the key personnel resumes to be submitted in Vol 1, Management and Technical Approach or Vol III, Experience and

Past Performance? If Vol III, does the 40‐page volume limit include the pages for the resumes (even though those are not acknowledged in the instructions for that section)?

Correction. Two different locations were specified for resumes of key personnel in the Proposal Instructions.

Please provide key personnel resumes in Volume Ib –

Draft Plans and Personnel Documents.

Attachment 7

Attachment 2

Attachment 3

2: Proposal Content

Instructions, Volume

II – Price and

Rationale

3: Evaluation

Factors, Evaluation

Factor 5 Cost

Realism

It is unclear how Attachment 7 will be incorporated into the evaluation of price/cost for TO 01.

∙ Attachment 3, Evaluation Factor 5 does not mention

Attachment 7 or its usage.

However, Attachment 2, Proposal Content instructions, Vol II, Para 2 Detailed Price Proposal, Para a, item (c), footnote 1 states

“The Offeror shall complete the Labor Categories‐Labor Rates table provided with this RFP (Attachment 7). The labor categories and rates contained in the table will be incorporated into the contract and shall be used to price Task 0001 and all future task orders.” Question(s): (1) How will Attachment 7 be used in the Evaluation of TO 001?

Data provided in Attachment 7 – Labor Categories – Labor Rates will be used in the in evaluation of the detailed price proposal.

Attachment 2

Proposal Content

Overview;

Proposal Content

Instructions for

Volume III, Para 2

The guidance on the minimum and maximum number of past performance citations is unclear.

• Attachment 2, Proposal Content Overview (page 1), states

“This volume shall contain résumés for key personnel to be assigned to this effort and up to five (5) recent (within the last five (5) years), relevant examples of delivery of MSE&I services for complex systems, subsystems, or components. Offerors may also include up to three (3) past performance examples for each team member, subcontractor, partner, intra‐company provider and/or vendor the Offeror considers significant in the accomplishment of the requirements contained in the PWS.”

• Attachment 2, Proposal Content Instructions for Volume III, Para 2 (page 6) states, “The Offeror should clearly demonstrate its ability to satisfy the totality of SDA’s T0 MSEI requirements, for no less than two (2) and up to five (5) separate efforts by the prime and at least one (1) and up to three (3) separate efforts for each major subcontractor.”

• The proposal content overview section does not address minimum number of citations while the Proposal Content

Instructions for Volume III does.

• Neither paragraph lists a maximum number of citations.

Question(s): (1) Is there a maximum number of citations in the volume? (2) Is two the minimum number of prime citations? (3)

Is there a minimum number of major subcontract citations required?

For the minimum number of citations, please refer to

Attachment 2, Proposal Content Instructions for Volume III, Para 2. The maximum number of citations is five (5).

Attachment 1 PWS

In Attachment 1, the PWS paragraph numbering has a break between page 23 and 24. Page 24 starts a list with item (g) but there is no corresponding (a) to (f) list on page 23.

Question: Is there a missing page and/or content?

There are no missing pages or content. The System Launch Operations Lead/ Support paragraph has three subparagraphs which should be numbered a), b) and c); and the System Flight Operations Lead/Support paragraph has three subparagraphs which should also be numbered a), b) and c).

Attachment 2 Proposal Content

Instructions, Vol 1a

Attachment 2, Proposal Content Instructions, Vol 1a, paragraph

2 states “Slide format is at the discretion of the Offeror but content will be limited in size to 12 pt. font and up to one page of notes, also in 12 pt. font.” The required format and location for the “one page of notes” is unclear.

Question(s):

(1) Are the one page of notes to be provided: a) within a notes section of each PowerPoint slide or b) as a separate word document?

(2) Is the intent to have one page overall or one page per slide?

(3) Are the notes to be submitted with the slides for evaluation?

Including notes alongside briefing slides is up to the discretion of the Contractor. If briefing notes are provided it is the intent that one page of notes would fit on a single page if PowerPoint’s “Notes Page” view is displayed or printed. Anything provided by the

Contractor is eligible for evaluation.

Attachment 2

Proposal Content

Instructions, Vol 1a;

Attachment 3, Evaluation Factors

∙ It is unclear how the notes referenced in Attachment 2, Proposal Content Instructions, Vol 1a will be evaluated.

• We recommend that notes are not evaluated.

Question(s): (1) Will the notes be reviewed, evaluated, and scored?

Including notes alongside briefing slides is up to the discretion of the Contractor. Anything provided by the

Contractor is eligible for evaluation.

Attachment 2

Proposal Content

Instructions, Vols Ia and Ib

There is some confusion around the number and designation of key personnel.• Attachment 2, Proposal Content Instructions, Vol 1b, requires six key personnel résumés (1‐Program Manager, 2‐Lead Systems Engineer, 3‐Ground Systems Lead, 4‐Test and

Experiments Lead and 5‐Network and Communication Systems

Lead and 6‐Information Systems Security Manager). Further guidance states that each resume is Not to Exceed Two (2) Pages

Each, maximum 16 pages total). It is unclear why the government is allocating 16 pages for six named key personnel.

Question(s): (1) Does the Government expect offerors to designate other key personnel and thereby using the additional pages allocated in the key personnel resume section?

Offerors may designate additional key personnel as long as no resume exceeds 2 pages in length and the total page count for all resumes does not exceed 16 pages.

ATTACHMENT 1 ‐ PWS 5.1 Meetings

Task Order Kickoff Meeting states "The MSE&I Contractor shall host a startup meeting within 21 calendar days of task order award to review the output of the planning and transition as outlined in Section 4.1.1", however there is no section 4.1.1 in the PWS.

Please ignore reference to that section.

ATTACHMENT 2 ‐ Instructions

* PROPOSAL

TIMELINE

*PROPOSAL

DELIVERY

INSTRUCTIONS

*PROPOSAL TIMELINE

Proposals are due on August 13, 2020 at 1200 ET.

*All electronic submissions must be received NO LATER THAN

1200 August 15, 2020.

Is the proposal due on Aug 13 or 15?

Correction . Two different deadlines were featured in the

MSE&I Proposal Instructions. Please adhere to the deadline of August 13, 2020 1200 ET.

*ATTACHMENT 2 ‐

Instructions

*ATTACHMENT 1 ‐ PWS

*Volume Ib – Draft

Plans and Personnel

Documents

*CDRL List

*Draft Program Plan Maximum of 20 pages)

*Does not identify Program Plan as a CDRL

Is the Program Plan limited to the IDIQ or Task Order?

The Program Plan should focus on the scope in Task

Order 0001, not the additional scope described in paragraph 6, the “Potential Future IDIQ Tasks” section of the Performance Work Statement.

ATTACHMENT 2 ‐ Instructions

*Vol Ia ‐ Oral

Presentation

*Volume Ib ‐ Draft

Plans and Personnel

Documents

*Does not identify ISSM as a key personnel.

*Key Personnel Resumes… Information Systems Security

Manager (ISSM)

IS the ISSM considered a key personnel?

Correction : In the Proposal Instructions on page 3, Volume Ib, “Draft Plans and Personnel Documents” section the ISSM position was inadvertently listed. This passage should address the ISSO position described in paragraph 4.6, the “Cybersecurity” section in the

Performance Work Statement. The ISSO position would be considered a key position.

ATTACHMENT 7 ‐ Labor

Categories ‐ Labor Rates

Volume II ‐ RFP

Attachment 7

Was it the Government intent to start with FY 21 through FY 25 instead of FY 20 through FY 24?

Yes

ATTACHMENT 2 ‐ PROPOSAL

INSTRUCTIONS

PROPOSAL DELIVERY

INSTRUCTIONS

All Volumes along with any Appendices or Attachments should be submitted only in .pdf format and must be submitted independently by file as SDA will not accept .zip files. Does the

Government desire PDF documents with the exception of

Volume II Excel attachments?

Yes

HQ085020R0004 (MSEI

RFP).pdf

252.216‐7006

ORDERING (SEP

2019)

(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the contract schedule.

Such orders may be issued from October 15, 2020 through

October 14, 2025. Is it the Government intent to have the IDIQ period of performance October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2025?

Per the Solicitation, Offer and Award form, the ordering period for this IDIQ shall be up to 5 years from award.

ATTACHMENT 1 ‐

PERFORMANCE WORK

STATEMENT

5.2 Task Order

Deliverables

Should contractor format for CDRL delivery be assumed where a

DID was not specified?

Yes

ATTACHMENT 1 ‐

PERFORMANCE WORK

STATEMENT

1.0 SDA Partner

Integration (a)

The hardware‐in‐the‐loop/software‐in‐the‐loop (HITL/SITL) testbed will be Government‐owned and operated. It will be used to verify spacecraft and payload interoperability, network and routing behavior, space‐to‐ground site link compatibility, and space‐to‐space link compatibility and to perform software testing verification of the integrated command & control applications;

Is the Government's intent that the NRL HITL/SITL will be the hosting environment for all pre‐capstone TO 0001 testing activities and the MSE&I contractor is not expected to provide such a testing environment within its scope of work?

The MSE&I contractor is not required to provide a

HITL/SITL environment in TO 0001.

ATTACHMENT 2 ‐ Instructions

ATTACHMENT 1 ‐ PWS

*Volume Ib ‐ Draft

Plans and Personnel

Documents

*PWS 4.6

Cybersecurity

*Key Personnel Resumes (… Information Systems Security

Manager (ISSM)…

*In Tranche 0 the MSE&I Contractor shall perform Information

System Security Officer (ISSO) duties in support of the

Government Information System Security Manager (ISSM).

Does the MSE&I Contractor provide the ISSM or does the

Government provide the ISSM and the MSE&I Contractor provides the ISSO?

The Government shall provide the ISSM and the MSE&I

Contractor shall provide the ISSO.

ATTACHMENT 4 ‐ RACI

RACI Chart Rows 14 and 17

Row 14: Transport MSS Integration ‐ Vendor is marked

Responsible (R ).

Row 17: Tracking MSS Integration ‐ NRL is marked Responsible

(R ).

Can the Government characterize the distinction between: 1)

NRL "Responsible" for Tracking Integration and 2) Vendor is

"Responsible" for Transport Integration?

NRL has a solution identified for tracking MSS integration. Transport MSS integration will be provided by the MSE&I contractor.

ATTACHMENT 1 ‐ PWS

4.1 Mission

Integration

For Tranche 0 the mission is defined at a high level by warfighter

“Capstone” demonstration requirements. These requirements need to be refined…

Can the Government provide the set of currently established requirements that need to be refined?

These requirements will become available as the

Transport, Tracking, etc. programs progress under contract execution.

ATTACHMENT 2 -

Instructions

Volume V –

Organizational

Conflict of Interest mitigation strategy

(4 page limit)

The OCI Volume is currently limited to four pages. Offeror respectfully requests an increase to the page limit from four to six pages. An increased page count would allow all offerors to properly address the needs of SDA’s OCI requirements.

Page limit for Volume V has been increased from 4 to 6.

See Attachment 2 (page 7 of 9) for details.

ATTACHMENT 2 -

Instructions

Volume IV ‐ Small

Business Utilization

Plan / Small Business

Participation

Commitment

Document

Offeror noticed that the proposal documentation lacks a reference to DFARS 252.219‐7004, which would allow all offerors to provide a Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan.

Would SDA be willing to add this provision to the contract?

As noted in Attachment 2 <Proposal Instructions>, offerors must demonstrate the minimum quantitative requirement specific to THIS procurement.

ATTACHMENT 7 - Labor Categories - Labor Rates

ATTACHMENT 2 -

PROPOSAL

INSTRUCTIONS

Volume II ‐ RFP

Attachment 7;

Volume II ‐ Price and

Rationale (No Page

Limit) ‐ Initial Task

Order Only

Labor Categories and corresponding hourly rates shall be used for pricing purposes against Task Orders. ¹ The Offeror shall complete the Labor Categories‐Labor Rates table provided with this RFP (Attachment 7). The labor categories and rates contained in the table will be incorporated into the contract and shall be used to price Task 0001 and all future task orders.

Due to FFP Task Orders being higher risk, can the Offeror provide two Attachment 7's: one for Task Order 0001/Future

CPFF Task Orders and Attachment 7 for future FFP Task Order?

Each offeror will be required to submit only one (1)

Attachment 7.

Model Contract 2 Section B

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT

UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0002 1 Lot

MSEI Other Direct Costs (ODCs) ‐ Cost

The Initial Task Order and subsequent task orders with any Cost

Reimbursable (Non‐fee bearing) scope shall use this CLIN.

QUESTION> please define what cost elements are considered to be Other Direct Costs (ODC).

ODCs include all non‐direct labor costs and any applicable indirect costs associated with those items (i.e. material handling, G&A, etc.).

Attachment 2 2

Volume 1a "Oral

Presentation"

What teleconference platform will be used for the teleconferences ? ZOOM, SKYPE, or other medium ?

The teleconference platform has not been decided at this time. The Government intends to notify prospective offerors of the platform in a timely manner prior to presentations.

Attachment 2 2

Volume 1a "Oral

Presentation"

Will there be “one” teleconference call with various contractor personnel presenting as needed ? or will there be separate teleconference calls based on the contractor personnel specific agenda ?

Each teleconference call will be specific to one offeror.

No other offerors will be present during each call.

Attachment 2 2

Volume 1a "Oral

Presentation"

Will the question and answer session be a separate teleconference call or a continuation of the initial teleconference call in which the contractor is presenting.?

The Q&A portion will be a follow‐up/continuation of the presentation.

Attachment 2 2

Volume 1a "Oral

Presentation" Who will be the official time keeper of the teleconference, the

Government or the Contractor ?

The Government will be official timekeeper of the teleconference.