Amendment 02- ITSSS Questions and Answers.pdf

Questions & Answers

Amendment 02: Q&A for HTST03-11-R-CIO556

1 RFP, Page 78 of 96, Section L, Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors, Para 2

Please specify if we are required to provide resumes for key personnel as part of our proposal? If Resume’s are needed, will the resumes count towards proposal page count?

It should be noted that the Labor

Template in RFP on Page 88 of 96 column 4 references resumes being provided in offer. No other places referencing resumes can be found. Is this reference to resumes being included an oversight/ typo or does the Government expect us to include resumes somewhere in our offering?

Please refer to the response to Question

#03 in Amendment 01.

2 RFP, Page 81 of 96, Section L.2, Para 2

For the convenience of our references and all firms who submitted proposals for SOW HSTS03-10-R-CIO552C can the

Government use the previously submitted past performance questionnaires from HSTS03-10-R-

CIO552C rather than require the same references to re-submit the same information?

Yes, the same past performance questionnaires can be submitted as long as they are relevant to the requirements discussed in

RFP no. HSTS03-11-R-

CIO556.

3 RFP, Page 61 of 96, Section K, Para 1

Since the proposal/ offer due date is in

January 2011, is it correct to assume in order to reflect the requirement of being current the three reference years for certification as a small business are 2008, 2009 and 2010?

Yes, that is correct.

4 Attachment A - SOW, Page 6 of 28, Section

1.3.1.1.2, Para 4

Please clarify that when considering the cost estimate associated with ISSO support, the Offeror is only providing

ISSOs for the 4 IAD owned systems and not the total TSA systems, 83

Yes, the Offeror is only providing ISSO support for the 4 (four) IAD owned systems.

operational and 30 development systems.

5 Attachment A - SOW, Page 23 of 28, Table, Column 1, Row 3 versus

Page 22 of 28 bullet 11

Are the initials “SPP” in statement

“Review and comment on SPPs” on page 28 a typo and should refer to

“SSP”?

First Info Tech acknowledges that there are several meanings in the IT

Security Architecture field that the letters “SPP” might refer to if this is not a typo. If so, please clarify “SPP”.

The acronym “SPP” was incorrect and should read

“SSP” or System Security

Plan as it is stated in the deliverable table. Please see the attached, revised version of Attachment A

– SOW, Page 22, bullet 11 which now reads “SSP”.

6 Attachment A - SOW, Page 9 of 28, Section

1.3.1.2, Para 2 versus

Page 10 of 28 bullet 13

Please clarify whether Policy Analyst is responsible for assistance of 20

Technical Standards vs 40 Technical

Standards and 40 procedures.

Please see the revision to bullet 13, Page 10 in

Attachment A –

Statement of Work.

7 Solicitation Section C, C.1

Attachment A, titled “Statement of

Work, Information Technology Security

Support Services,” is referenced as

“version 1”. However the included attachment A for this solicitation shows “version 14.0”.

Is version 14.0 the correct attachment?

The correct version is 1.0 and Attachment A –

Statement of Work, has been corrected to reflect the correct version no.

8 Attachment A, Section

1.6.2 Government

Review

In the second sentence “If the deliverable is rejected, the contractor will have seven (15) calendar days to correct the deficiencies and submit a final deliverable.”

Does the contractor have seven (7), or fifteen (15) days to correct deficiencies?

Attachment A –

Statement of Work has been corrected to read

“seven (7) calendar days” under Section 1.6.2

Government Review.

9 Solicitation, Section H, H.1 Facility Clearance

“Access to classified information at the

Top Secret level is required to support the Information Technology Security

Support Services contract.”

When will a sample DD254 for the work be available?

No sample DD254 will be given. The DD254 needs to be generated within the offerors facility.

10 Solicitation, Section H, H.1 Facility Clearance

“Access to classified information at the

Top Secret level is required to support the Information Technology Security

Support Services contract.”

Does the Government intend to include a DD254 with the solicitation documents?

Please see the response to Question # 09.

11 Solicitation, Section M, M.4.2, Subfactor 1 –

Technical Approach, second bullet

In the second sentence of this bullet, “If the Offeror has proposed additional labor categories beyond those outlined in Attachment D to this solicitation, the

Government will evaluate the benefits and/or risks of potentially adding this

Labor Category to the IDIQ.”

Does Attachment D contain all the labor categories used in performing the work on the current contract?

No, the scope of the current contract has been reduced in this RFP.

12 Solicitation, Section M, M.4.2, Subfactor 1 –

Technical Approach, second bullet

In the second sentence of this bullet, “If the Offeror has proposed additional labor categories beyond those outlined in Attachment D to this solicitation, the

Government will evaluate the benefits and/or risks of potentially adding this

Labor Category to the IDIQ.”

If Attachment D does not contain all the labor categories used on the current contract then what are the additional labor categories?

Why were these labor categories excluded from Attachment D?

Please see the response to Question #12.

Certain labor categories were excluded due organizational realignment.

13 Attachment C Attachment C specifies “DHS

Management Directives 4300 A/B

(provided as an attachment to RFP)”

When does the Government anticipate this document will be made available to prospective offerors?

DHS Managmenet Directive 4300 A/B is added as Attachment J.

14 Solicitation, Section D2 DHS MD 11056.1 “Sensitive Security

Information” is not included as part of the documents for this solicitation.

Will DHS MD 11056.1 be made available as part of the RFP package?

DHS MD 11056.1 is added as Attachment K.

15 Solicitation, Section L6. Section L6 states “Volumes 1, 2, and 4 must be on one (1) CD and Volumes 3, and 5 on a second CD.”

This indicates TSA wants proposals on two CDs only with no copies. Is this correct?

Yes, this is correct.

16 Solicitation, Section

L.4.1 Staffing Approach

It states “Offerors shall demonstrate the capabilities to provide qualified personnel that exceed the qualifications, skill sets, and experience levels associated with the proposed labor category identified in the IDIQ, which will result in improved performance, reduced risk, and/or reduced price/cost.”

This suggests that the Labor Category descriptions provided are not adequate for performance of this work. Is this assessment correct?

Section L.4.1, Staffing Approach, 1st paragraph, has been corrected to read, “Offerors shall demonstrate the capabilities to provide qualified personnel that meet and preferably exceed the qualifications, skill sets, and experience levels associated with the proposed labor category identified in the IDIQ, which will result in improved performance, reduced risk, and/or reduced price/cost.”

17 General Is the incumbent eligible to compete on this solicitation?

Yes.

18 General Who is the incumbent? Knowledge Consulting Group (KCG).

19 General What is the contract number of the work currently being performed?

HSTS03-06-A-CIO916

20 General What is the incumbents’ contract value to date?

The current contract value is $45,616,152.