Questions_and_Answers_07-17-2014.pdf

Questions and Answers

1. Ref. RFP page 153; clause 52.232-40 and page 172, clause 52.232-15 - These two clauses appear to contradict each other. Please clarify. Please include advanced payments to small business.

FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated payment to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) concerns the Contractor making accelerated payments to its small business contractors, upon receipt of accelerated payments from the Government. In other words, it concerns the timeliness of the payments after receipt of a proper invoice.

FAR 52.212-15 Progress Payments Not Included (Apr 1984) concerns payments based on costs incurred prior to the completion of work and are not included.

The 2 are mutually exclusive.

2. We are considering the use of NATO companies to assist with repair of the larger propellers.

What restrictions (if any) are there on sharing the RFP documents with NATO companies?

There are no restrictions on sharing RFP documents with NATO companies.

3. How will proposals that offer only selected line items but not all of the line items be evaluated?

They will be evaluated in the same manner as proposals which include all line items. This is not an “All or Nothing” requirement.