TN-Test Support Industry Comment Matrix responses 1.12.21 r2.xlsx
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- TEAMS-Next Test Support Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- HQ0858-21-R-0012
- Issued by
- DOD Missile Defense Agency
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This document provides details for a federal contract opportunity to procure test support services for the Missile Defense Agency. The agency intends to issue a solicitation seeking a contractor to support the Test Directorate's mission of managing the comprehensive Missile Defense System test program. Key responsibilities of the support contractor include program management, budgeting, staffing, technical direction, test execution, policy development, modeling and simulation validation, data collection, and coordination across test ranges and programs. The solicitation will be open only to small businesses, with a NAICS code of 541715 and size standard of 1,250 employees. The agency plans to award a single Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contract for a four-year base period, two-year option, and six-month option. Places of performance include locations in New Mexico, Massachusetts, Colorado, Virginia, Hawaii, Alabama, and California. The solicitation is expected to post on beta.SAM.gov within 60 days, with a 30-day response time. Incumbents for the combined requirement include Torch Engineering for test provisioning and Millennium Engineering for test, exercises, and wargames support.
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| # | Document | Page # | Paragraph /Figure | ||||
| Number | Comment/ Rationale | Proposed Resolution(s) | MDA Response | ||||
| 1 | Section L+B2:G9 | 14 of L | L.4.16 | Requires offerors to submit each volume with one copy in MS Office 2016 and another in Adobe Acrobat. Volume I Contract Documentation includes large native pdf files, specifically Tab 2 Model Contract, Tab 5 OCI Disclosure Forms, and Tab 8 Offeror and Subcontractor NDA's with Kepler | This volume contains a number of documents in native pdf files. Converting these large pdf documents into MS Word will result in an unreasonably large file that exceeds file size restrictions, and will impact formatting and readability for the Government. Please allow for Volume I to be submitted as Adobe PDF file only and not in MS Word. | Section L updated to state "For the second set of complete electronic volumes, documents originally provided by the Government in Acrobat in the solicitation do not have to be converted back to Microsoft Office." | |
| 2 | Section L | 3 | 1.2 | This section states, "Teaming Agreements should be provided with a Joint Venture's proposal." | Does the Government intend that offerors will submit Teaming Agreements for only the Joint Venture members or for all subcontractors. | Section L 1.2 has been amended. Please provide the joint venture agreement for the joint venture members. | |
| 3 | Section L | 3 | 1.2 | This section states, "Teaming Agreements should be provided with a Joint Venture's proposal." | Please indicate in which volume/table should these be included. | Section L 1.2 has been amended. Please provide Joint Venture agreements in Volume II - Executive Summary, Tab 5. | |
| 4 | Section L | 30 | 10.7 | The Offeror and all major subcontractors' proposals must include a Total Compensation Plan (TCP) setting forth the proposed average labor category salaries by location and fringe benefits for all professional employees who will staff the resulting contract. | Please confirm, for an unpopulated Joint Venture, that both JV members may submit their respective TCP with their sealed subcontractor bids to the Government. | Section L 1.2 has been amended. Joint Ventures members may submit their respective TCP directly to the Government via SAFE Site. The SAFE Site process is described in Section L 1.4. | |
| 5 | Section L | 15 | 4.16 | States, "Each Directory shall contain a file with the Table of Contents for that Volume." | Please clarify what the Government means by "each directory" and confirm that the table of contents contained within each volume is acceptable and a separate document with a Table of Contents is not required. | In Section L.4.16, the term "Volume" has been substituted for the word "Directory". | |
| 6 | Section L | 6 | L.1.5 | Requires offerors and its subcontractors to enter into a non-disclosure agreement with the non Government advisors, which are to be submitted with the proposal in Volume I Tab 8. | Please clarify that the Government only wishes for the prime contractor and major subcontractors to execute the NDA with Kepler, since minor subcontractors are not providing any information which needs to be protected by the NDA. | Prime and all subcontractors must execute NDA's with Kepler. | |
| 7 | Section L | 19 | L.6.4 | Offerors are required to include documentation to facilitate the PCO's determination that the offeror has adequate resources to perform the contract or ability to obtain them. | In the case of an unpopulated Joint Venture, please confirm that the Government wishes for each JV member to provide this information, | Correct. | |
| 8 | Section L | 17 | 6.1 | The executive summary requires offerors to include company information and specifically asks for Contract Administration Office, DCAA and the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO). | Please confirm the Government wishes for offerors to include their DCAA and DCMA information, since ACO is an inherently Government | Confirmed. In addition, Section L.6.1 is updated to remove ACO from the list of required company information. | |
| 9 | Attachment L-07 | 3 | OCI Disclosure Form | The Note at the top of page 3 of the Attachment to the OCI Disclosure Form indicates that offerors shall submit one form for each MDA, BMDS related, or MDA funded contract that has been awarded and is being performed. | Since the OCI policy is relevant only to current active or future contracts, please confirm that offerors should only submit the L-07 attachment forms for current contracts. If past contracts are still desired, please define a timeframe within which contracts should be included (e.g. within the past 3 years). | Section L Attachment L-07 is updated with the following: One Attachment to the OCI Disclosure Form shall be submitted for each MDA, Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) related, or MDA funded contract either being bid or has already been awarded and is currently being performed. | |
| 10 | Attachment J-01 SOW | 27 | 5.5 | Requires offerors to submit an OCI Management Plan IAW Section J Attachment 16. | There is no Attachment 16 with the solicitation. Please clarify if the Government is referring to Attachment J-21 TEAMS Next OCI Guiding Principles. | The Government is referring to Attachment J-16, "OCI Management Plan", required in Section L, 9.0 Factor 3 OCI Management Plan (Volume V). The Offeror is expected "clearly describe its approach to the management of OCI in a comprehensive OCI Management Plan". This OCI Management Plan, submitted by the offeror with its proposal, regardless whether an OCI currently exists, will be incorporated as a Section J Attachment into the contract in the event the offeror is selected for award. Once the contract is awarded, per CDRL A005 and SOW 5.5, the contractor is required to maintain the OCI Management Plan. | |
| 11 | Is there an incumbent for this contract opportunity? | TN-TEST SUPPORT combined two TEAMS requirements (1) Test Provisioning & (2) Test, Exercises, & Wargames. The current prime contractor for Test Provisioning is Torch Engineering, Inc.. The current prime contractor for Test, Exercises, & Wargames is Millennium Engineering & Integration Company. | |||||
| 12 | Section L.5.1 references L.4.9 but L.4.9 is marked reserved. | Section L.5.1 is updated to remove Section L 4.9. |
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