Round_3_(86-96)_Q As_ICODES-V7_23_Dec_2014.pdf

ROUND 3

RFP HTC711-14-R-D006

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (86-96)

86. Round 1 Q&A – Question 12B The question and answer for 12B in the Round 1 Q&A document states "The Government provided NTE amounts for all Sustainment Enhancements labor hour (LH) CLINs for the Option Periods. Is it the Government’s intent that all bidders are to use the NTE values for the Sustainment CLINs as plugged bid number? If so can the Government please provide the NTE amount for LH CLIN 1005?

Answer: Offerors shall utilize the Government provided NTE amounts for all Sustainment Enhancements labor hour (LH) CLINs. Please reference Amendment 2 to the RFP."

Can the Government please clarify whether the offeror's should use these NTE amounts as plug numbers proposing exactly $10,000 per month for CLINs 0005 and 1005 and exactly $800,000 for CLINs 2005, 3005, and 4005?

Answer: Yes as stated in Questions and Answers in Round 1, #12A and B, Offerors shall utilize the Government provided NTE amounts.

87. Attachment 6 PP Ref Sheet

a) Can the Header information currently included in each performance area be consolidated to the first page of the PP Reference Sheet?

Answer: No. Leave the form as is however the Government will accept no more than 2-pages per performance area, for a total of 6 pages per reference. See RFP Amendment 3

b) Can the page count for the reference template be no more than 3 pages total, instead of 1 page for each performance area.

Answer: Yes, the page limit has increased stated in the RFP Amendment 3, Section L-6 (b)(1) Table, Page Limit Column, “6 Pages Per Reference (2-pages per performance area, per past performance reference.

c) Can the last three rows in the template for each performance area be merged into one row for each performance area in order to allow more space to write the relevancy section.

Answer: No. See Answer to Question #87 above that allows increased space per performance area.

88. RFP Amendment 2, Section L-9(c) The RFP states, "Offerors should provide a clear explanation of the relevancy of each example submitted." Is it acceptable to include a one page introduction for each past performance reference to address this requirement, allowing 4 pages per reference (1-page introduction), plus 3 pages to cover the performance areas?

Answer: No. An introductory page is not acceptable. The relevancy should be explained in the appropriate block per footnote 2.

89. The RFP states, "Offerors are required to propose labor categories and hourly labor rates (exclusive of fees) for all labor categories that will or could be utilized for performance of tasks under this task order." Is this only applicable for the CPFF CLIN?

Answer: No. Labor Category and Rates are required for both LH and CPFF. LH will be recorded on Attachment 5 and CPFF on Attachment 5a. LH shall be fully burdened rates while CP will be exclusive of fee. See Amendment 3, Section L-9(e).

90. PWS, Section 1.1, Page 4 Will the current incumbent contractor be available as a subcontractor or available via their current sole source contract to advise the new awardee of ICDM functionality?

Answer: There is no provision in the current sole source contract for the incumbent to provide advice. You would have to contract Tapestry Solutions, Inc concerning their availability as a subcontractor.

91. RFP, Section: L-9, Page: 46, Paragraph: (a) Technical Approach For the replacement of the proprietary technology and dependencies, will the Government consider a technical approach that leverages any existing source code that would be delivered without any proprietary dependencies and with Government Purpose Rights?

The leveraging of existing code bases could provide significant cost and schedule savings as well as reduce overall risk to the program.

Answer: The Government will consider any approach that meets the minimum needs as identified in the RFP Section L-4.

92. We are having difficulty adding CLIN 0007 from Amendment 0002 to the Section B from Amendment 0001. Could the Government please provide us with a conformed copy of the revised solicitation or provide direction on how we should complete Section B.

Answer: See Amendment 3 for full solicitation.

93. Will the Government be releasing an updated ‘Attachment 7’ to allow for the additional Past Performance reference submissions?

Answer: The Government will provide an updated Attachment 7 with RFP Amendment 3.

94. Reference: Document: Questions and Answers, Section: Q-61, Page: 44, Paragraph: or Figure:

Question: The Government stated that an OCI Mitigation Plan is required in accordance with Section L-5 (c) of the RFP. Per FAR 9.502 Applicability - If Offeror discloses any potential OCI; the Offeror must submit a proposed mitigation plan. If the Offeror certifies that an OCI does not exist than an OCI Plan, per the FAR is not required. Please confirm.

Answer: That is correct. IAW Section L-5 a mitigation plan is only required when the offeror determines there is a potential OCI issue. If no known OCI issues, then offeror must state so in Volume 1, Section 2 and no mitigation plan is required.

95. Reference: Document: RFP, Section: L-6, Page: 44, Paragraph: (b), or Table: (1) Organization “Proposal VOLUMES”.

Question: In view of the complexity of the technical aspects relating to the replacement of the proprietary components of ICODESv6 would the Government please consider extending the mandated page limit of Volume 2 – Technical Approach from 30 pages to 35 pages.

Answer: The Government will increase the page limit for Volume 2 – Technical Approach to reflect 35 Pages. Please see RFP Amendment 3 in section L-6 (b)(1) for the revision.

96. Reference: Document: Attachment 15 RFP HTC711-14-R-D006, Section:2 , Page: 1, Paragraph: 2(b)(3)

Question: In Table 2, must the Offeror include 3rd party Commercial computer software items (e.g. Java Runtime Environment which is offered to the public under the “Oracle Binary Code License Agreement for the Java SE Platform Products and JavaFX”, or Oracle Database which is offered to the public under various enterprise licenses) which do not grant the right to “modify” the Commercial computer software item? If so, and if there are inconsistencies between the 3rd party Commercial computer software licenses and the rights requested by the Government, will the Government allow the terms of the 3rd party licenses to supersede?

Answer: The offeror must include any third party commercial computer software in Table 2.

See revised Attachment 15 in RFP Amendment 3 for information concerning third party commercial software licenses which are inconsistent with the rights requested by the Government.