Attachment_03_Q As.pdf

RFP Section Paragraph Page

Number Industry Question

Government Answer

N/A N/A N/A

Can you provide an estimated level of effort (LOE) that would be required to complete these tasks?

Historically, a Computer Analyst at 1,040 hours per year met the requirements of the PWS. However, the number of manhours and labor mix is at the discretion of the offeror in order to meet the requirements of the PWS and deliverables identified in the PRS and line item structure

N/A N/A N/A

Can a historic manpower usage (i.e.

how many hours were previously required to perform these tasks) be provided?

Historically, a Computer Analyst at 1,040 hours per year met the requirements of the PWS. However, the number of manhours and labor mix is at the discretion of the offeror in order to meet the requirements of the PWS and deliverables identified in the PRS and line item structure.

PWS 1.4 16

The solicitation states “Qualified contractor personnel shall possess and maintain: required security clearance, skill sets, experience level, applicable professional certifications and training needed to successfully perform requirements detailed in this PWS.”

Can the government provide specific qualifications of personnel that would be acceptable? Are there specific skill sets, experience levels, certifications or training required to perform on this contract?

There are no specific qualifications or professional certifications required to perform the required services. Discussion of specific skill sets and experience levels is at the discretion of the offeror to support its non-price proposal volumes.

PWS para 1.4 is revised accordingly.

ATTACHMENTS N/A 56

The solicitation references the QASP as an attachment to the solicitation. Can this document be provided?

The QASP is an internal Government document that will not be included as an attachment to the contract file. As such, it has been removed from the Attachments listing. All information pertinent to acceptable quality levels of task execution and Government surveillance of contractor performance is included in the Performance Requirements Summary within the PWS.

N/A N/A N/A

Is this new work or is there an incumbent contractor currently performing this work?

There is currently an incumbent contractor, Systems Planning and

Analysis, Inc., performing this work.

N/A N/A N/A

The RFP’s subject line references

“Modeling Simulation”, however, the content of the RFP establishes no requirement for simulation. How (if at all) does simulation modeling factor into this RFP?

Simulation does not factor into this RFP.

The term Modeling and Simulation was used to refer to the overall category of this contract. The vendor will continue to develop and refine the existing "Model" that has been developed..

PWS 1.4 16

On Page 16 of the RFP, under a paragraph titled “General

Requirements”, the text states

“Qualified contractor personnel shall possess and maintain…applicable professional certifications and training”.

Is anything specific intended here? If so, where can Offerors find details on required certification and training?

There are no specific qualifications or professional certifications required to perform the required services. Discussion of specific skill sets and experience levels is at the discretion of the offeror to support its non-price proposal volumes.

PWS para 1.4 is revised accordingly.

N/A N/A N/A

Is any specialized software anticipated to be required by the contractor to complete PWS requirements?

No

PWS 1.2.3 15

In paragraph 1.2.3, RFP states that equations and constraints are written into a text file, that Linux is used to read text file into the solver, but that

Windows can be used by interfacing via

Python, Matlab, C++, etc. What language and platform is used to implement the solver?

Assignment Tool: The current

Assignment Tool codebase uses Python

2.7 with references to other libraries for connectivity to databases and MS Excel.

The following libraries and their corresponding dependencies are required for the Assignment Tool:

* Pyodbc

* Xlrd

* Xlwt

* Openpyxl

Solver:

The current Assignment Tool Process uses IBM ILOG CPLEX as a solver for

Watchstanders assignment. IBM ILOG

CPLEX runs on AIX, HP-UX on PA-

RISC, HP-UX on Itanium, Linux on X86-

64, Linux on Itanium, Solaris on SPARC, Solaris on x64, Windows on x86, Windows on x86-64, Mac OS on Intel

PWS 2 16

Task 2 (page 16) outlines Government provided data and references a

“database”? What type of database holds this data? Or, is the term

“database” used more generally here to refer to a collection of data integrated from multiple sources? Does the

Government require (or desire) the contractor to requisition, clean, process, integrate, transform, or otherwise pre-process this data?

The data used in the model is contained and updated in Excel. This data is gathered from other sources that are not interoperable and manually inputted into

Excel. The vendor is expected to maintain the database, clean, and process the data with the existing Model.

FAR 52.215-1 2.5.1.3 49

Paragraph 2.5.1.3 states “proposal shall demonstrate the Offeror’s approach for communicating, coordinating, resolving problems and working successfully as part of the overall team”? In this context, does “overall team” include the team at MCBQ MCESG that the contractor will be supporting? If so, can the government provide details on the current structure of this team?

In this context, "overall team" refers to the coordination among prime contractor personnel and, if applicable, coordination between the prime and subcontractor(s) to achieve the requirements of the PWS.

FAR 52.212-2

Addendum

1.3 46

FAR 52.212-2 Addendum, Paragraph

1.3 (Factor 3 – Past Performance) states that the “evaluation will take into account past performance information regarding…key personnel who have relevant experience”. How will key personnel past performance be registered? Should contractors use the same Past Performance Questionnaire, submit resumes, or describe the relevant experience in narrative form?

Additionally, should this be included with Relevant Past Performance in

Volume 4?

There are no Key Personnel identified for this requirement. FAR 52.212-2

Addendum is revised accordingly.

FAR 52.212-2

Addendum

1.3 53

If the contractor has personnel with direct experience with the MCESG assignment modeling program (NPS

Thesis work and the subsequent program), but this experience is before the three-year past performance time frame, how will RCO consider this experience?

Only recent past performance submissions will be evaluated.

NMCARS 5237 (90) N/A 56

The section on NMCARS 5237 (90) on

Page 56 of the RFP states contractor shall report contractor labor hours for services for the “TECOM Training

Transformation Support Services”. This seems as if it should be replaced with the RFP Subject/Title. Is this paragraph correct as stated?

This section has been revised accordingly.

ATTACHMENTS 56

On page 56, three attachments are listed, including the Quality Assurance

Surveillance Plan (QASP). However, FBO.gov only lists the RFP, DD254, and Past Performance Questionnaires.

How can we obtain the QASP for this

PWS?

The QASP is an internal Government document that will not be included as an attachment to the contract file. As such, it has been removed from the Attachments listing. All information pertinent to acceptable quality levels of task execution and Government surveillance of contractor performance is included in the Performance Requirements Summary within the PWS.