MSEI RFP Questions and Answers (Amendment 0003).pdf

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Attachment 2 Volume II.B Subcontractor

Proposals

We are expecting Subcontractors to deem their detail costs and pricing as proprietary. Our Subcontractors plan to transmit their proprietary cost proposal electronically and it may be less than 20MB. Can a Subcontractor submit their proprietary cost proposal via DoD Safe?

Yes. Please follow the instructions for using DoD Safe in Attachment 2 – Proposal Instructions, “Proposal

Delivery Instructions,” page 8.

Attachment 2 Sec L

2. Detailed Price

Propsoal

RFP states, "A. Supporting Pricing Data: 1) Provide the total price and elements of cost, including at a minimum:

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

Structure (WBS) element (Level 3 or below) …" Would the government provide the opportunity for offerrs to provide provide cost at WBS level 3, or above? Would reporting at level 2 be acceptable?

The guidance provided in Attachment 2 – Proposal

Instructions, Volume 2 is correct. Offerors may provide pricing data at level 3 or below but not at level 2 or above.

Attachment 2 Sec L ib 3

RFP states, "Key Personnel Résumés (must include:

Program Manager, Lead Systems Engineer, Ground

Systems Lead, Test and Experiments Lead and Network and Communication Systems Lead and Information

Systems Security Manager (ISSM). Not to Exceed Two (2)

Pages Each, maximum 16 pages total) "

If the offeror propsoses additional Key Personnel above the six government directed, can the offeror provide an additional 2 pages per resume, above the original page limit of 16?

Offerors may include more than six resumes however the total number of resume pages may not exceed 16 pages total.

Attachment 2 Sec L Volume Ia ‐ Oral

Presentation

RFP states, "The presentation will be provided using video‐ teleconference methods."

Can the government advise what platform or system they will use for the video‐teleconferencing orals presentation?

SDA has the ability to support Zoom or Skype dial‐in meetings.

Does the government require an Acronym List for each volume? Does the government required acronyms to be spelled out at first use? If required, would the government confirm that the acronym lists do not count against page count?

The Government does not require an acronym lists however it requests Offerors spell out first usage.

Attachment 2 Sec L

Can the government confirm that offeror provided Title

Pages, Table of Contents, List of Figures or Tables, and

Acronym List If required) are not included in page count?

Title Pages, Table of Contents, and List of Figures or

Tables are included in the page counts listed.

Attachment 2 Sec L

Can the government confirm if a Cross Reference

Compliance Matrix is required? If yes, can you confirm that it is not included in the original RFP page counts?

Attachment 2 – Proposal Instructions did not request or require a Cross Reference Compliance Matrix be provided in proposals.

Attachment 2 Sec L 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 that this email address can be used to transmit TS/SCI materials?

Can the government provide an updated date to notify if delivery is via this means, as August 13th at 12OO EDT is the actual submission date?

Yes, this email address can receive TS/SCI materials.

The dates for unclassified notification emails for proposals that are classified (Confidential, SECRET, TS, SCI, etc.) are correct as written in Attachment 2 –

Proposal Instructions, “NO LATER THAN 1200 EDT on

August 13, 2020.”

Bidder Library N/A N/A N/A

The Ground VMOC_FactSheet‐v3 (Dist A) is a Fact Sheet for Naval Center for Space Technology, not the Virtual

Mission Operations Center (VMOC). Can the Government provide the VMOC Fact Sheet as an ammendment to the

Bidder's Library

SDA will post the correct fact sheet in the Bidders

Library.

PWS 4

Task Descriptions –

Task Order 0001

Has SDA previoulsy developed any enterprise architecture artifacts for Tranche 0, and if so, will the Government provide the artifacts in the Bidder's Library?

The Government is in the process of developing enterprise architecture artifacts for Tranche 0. They will be available immediately after contract award.

PWS 4

Task Descriptions –

Task Order 0001

Does SDA have previously approved systems enginering, integration, test & evaluation, and architecture tools? If so, will the Government provide a list of these tools in the

Bidder's Library?

SDA does not currently have a list of previously approved tools.

Ground BPTF

Lights Out

CONOP V1.1

3.1 Neptune® Satellite

Operations Software

Will Neptune® Satelitte Operations Software, including the modules mentioned in the CONOP, be available to

MSE&I contractor staff as Government‐furnished software?

If required, SDA will coordinate with NRL to provide the needed Neptune® software.

Ground BPTF

Lights Out

CONOP V1.1

3.3.3 Scheduling with

External Agencies

Will WindSat software be avaiable to MSE&I contractor staff as Government furnished software?

No, WindSat is program‐specific software, however, scheduling software similar to that used can be provided if SDA determines that it is needed.

HQ085020R0004 Q&As (Amendment 0003)

PWS 4.6 Cybersecurity 15

How many systems, networks, enclaves, etc. exist within the 1) Space Segment system and the 2) Ground Entry

Points/Communications/Operations IT system? Do these two systems require RMF/Assessment and Authorization

(A&A) and then Authority to Operate (ATO), or have these systems already received ATO?

It is currently envisioned that the SDA enterprise will consist of at least two IT systems, a space system and a ground system. The space system will include

Transport and Tracking satellites and will require a new

ATO(s). The ground system architecture is still in development. While the bulk of the ground system will be a change to a currently accredited IT system approved by NRL, there will be elements which will likely require a new ATO.

PWS 4.6 Cybersecurity 16

In (j), the Government states "Provide for vulnerability mitigation, incident response, and reporting capabilities to limit damage and restore effective service following an incident."

Is the MSE&I contractor responsible for 24x7x365 monitoring, incident response, and restore of the systems, or is another SDA department/team/contract responsible for these activities, and therefore MSE&I is considered to be in a supporting role? Will the

Government provide any required and/or anticipated

Service Level Agreements describing the MSE&I contractor's support for vulnerability mitigation, incident response, reporting, and restoring?

The MSE&I Contractor’s role as ISSO shall be in support of the SDA ISSM to fulfill this requirement. It is envisioned the ISSM‐ISSO team will perform analyses to assess and mitigate potential cyber vulnerabilities, and put policies into place to address incident response, restoral of services, etc.

SF 33

Section B and

K

Section B and Section K fill‐ins

The fill‐ins need to be completed and included in the submission back to the government, but there is no indication of which volume this goes into. Could the government please clarify where these should be included?

The completed model contract should be submitted along with the other proposal volumes as a separate file.

Does the government wants a completed model contract to include Section K Reps and Certs.

Yes. The completed model contract should be submitted along with the other proposal volumes as a separate file.

Attachment 2 ‐

Proposal

Instructions

Volume Ia ‐ Oral Presentation 2

For the oral presentation it says slide format is at the discretion of the offeror. Can the government please clarify or give guidance to what is meant by there being no margin limitations but slides needing to adhere to an

8.5x11 size limitation in standard or 16:9 format? Is the recommendation to use one of the built‐in slide sizes – widescreen or standard?

“No margin limitations” means charts can be built that use the entire space on the slide, compared to a word processing document where margins are typically used to restrict usable space on a page. Slides can use the standard (4:3) or wide screen (16:9) format however they must fit onto an 8.5” x 11” piece of paper for printing.

Attachment 2 ‐

Proposal

Instructions

Can the government please clarify if there will be a validity period statement required as part of our submission?

SDA will assume all offers are valid for 180 days from the date of submission unless the Offeror indicates otherwise in its proposal.