M00264-18-RTS02_Amendment_1.pdf

M0026418RTS02

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Purpose of Amendment 01 is to make revisions to the RFP and Instructions to Offerors, and to provide responses to Questions from

Industry. RFP due date extended to 23 July by 12:00 PM

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 09-Jul-2018

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State and Zip Code) X M0026418RTS02

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

08-Jun-2018

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer X is extended, is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN

REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(B).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

09-Jul-2018

CODE

MCINCR - RCO

2010 HENDERSON RD

KRISTIN GOMEZ

QUANTICO VA 22134

M00264 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

Q&A Q # Document Section/

Paragraph

Page(s) Reference Question Answer

1 RFP 4.4 12, 13 "This contract shall include a DoD

Contract Security Classification

Specification (DD-254 Form) as an attachment." "Overarching security requirements and Contractor access to classified information shall be specified in the task order DD-254 form."

"Additional Contractor badging requirements will be delineated on task order DD-254(s)." See also page 68, 2.2.3.

Will the DD254 be issued at the contract level or at the task order level?

The DD254 will issued at the IDIQ contract level.

2 RFP 6.3.1.9 19 Paragraph numbering jumps from

"6.3.1.1.7" to "6.3.1.9".

It appears that the paragraph number 6.3.1.9 on page 19 should be 6.3.1.1.8. Please clarify.

Correct, the paragraph should be

6.3.1.1.8. Amendment 01 will include

this revision.

3 RFP 7.0 22 Notional Study Complexity Definitions

Table, Study Completion/Reporting Timeline row: Low complexity <6 months, moderate complexity 6-12 months, high complexity >12 months.

The periods for performance for the FFP Unit Prices indicate ranges rather than specific POPs. How does the offeror price to a range and not to a specific POP?

Each task order will have its own delivery date based on the level of complexity of each study. Each study is considered a non-severable services deliverable and as such a delivery date will be used.

4 RFP 2.0, 2.7 66, 70 "Volume 5- Factor 5 Past Performance.

This section shall not exceed nine (9) pages. The copies of the Performance

Work Statement for past performance referenced contacts are considered attachments under the Past Performance

Volume and would not impact the nine

(9) page count applicable to the volume.

" "Volume 5, Volume Title: Factor 5, Past Performance, 3 Copies, Page Limit:

25 pages."

Please clarify the page limit for Volume 5 (excluding the attachments for past performance PWS). Is the

Volume to be no more than 9 pages or no more than 25 pages?

This is an oversight. The page count for Volume 5 should be no more than 9 pages. Amendment 01 will include this revision.

5 RFP 2.3.3 68 "Contractor shall provide a completed

DD Form 254, Contract Security

Classification Specification filled out in blocks 6.a., 6b., and 6c. for the prime contractor and blocks 7.a., 7.b., and 7.c.

for any subcontractors."

(1) Will the Government provide a Draft DD254 as an

Attachment to the RFP so that the Offer may complete the blocks indicated, or (2) should the Offeror complete a blank DD254 completing only blocks 6.a., 6b., and 6c.

for the prime contractor and blocks 7.a., 7.b., and 7.c., leaving the rest of the DD254 blank to be completed by the Government, and submit with our proposal?

Yes, a draft DD 254 will be provided with Amendment 01. The Contractor will complete an initial DD 254 upon award.

6 RFP 2.5.4 69 "Initial and Sample Task Orders

Technical Capabilities Instructions – The Offeror shall provide a detailed description of the proposed technical approach for each task/deliverables set forth under the PWS."

This sentence appears to be a copy of the sentence from paragraph 2.5.2 above and does not seem relevant to the section. Should this sentence be deleted?

The Government anticipates the

Offerors to propose Technical Capabilties for the base PWS as well as for the Initial and Sample Task

Orders. The sentence was intended as stated.

7 RFP 2.6.3 70 "Staffing - The Offeror shall provide a detailed description of the staffing plan approach used to provide a fully qualified work force to include identification of key personnel positions at contract award as well as the Offeror’s ability to recruit, train, and retain sufficient numbers of personnel with required skill sets and security clearances to perform all PWS requirements and how they correlate to the capability requirements of the PWS."

Paragraph 2.6.3 is the only reference made to "key personnel positions," Please clarify the Government requirement:

1. Is the intent for the Offeror to designate a labor category

(position) as key per deliverable/task?

2. Is Offeror to provide named individuals as key personnel for the contract if applicable to their solution?

This is an oversight. The paragraph will be revised to remove the requirement for Key Personnel.

Amendment 01 will include this revision.

8 RFP 2.6.1 71 "2.6.1" under "2.7". It appears the paragraph numbered "2.6.1" on page 71, which is under 2.7, Volume 5-Factor 5 Past Performance, should be numbered 2.7.1.

Please clarify.

This is an oversight. The number should be 2.7.1. and will be revised in

Amendment 01.

9 RFP 2.6.1 71 "The Offeror must provide a matrix with a minimum of three references but no more than six that will be able to provide information regarding the Offeror's relevant past performance during the last three years (from date of issuance of this RFP) in regard to the following areas: (1)

Customer Satisfaction, (2) Timeliness,

(3) Technical Success, (4) Quality, and

(5) Cost Control".

What information are we required to enter into the matrix in regard to the following areas: (1) Customer

Satisfaction, (2) Timeliness,

(3) Technical Success, (4) Quality, and (5) Cost Control, given that the Offeror does not see the ratings given by the POC in the Past

Performance Questionnaire?

The intent behind this instruction is to obtain at least three references will be able to provide past performance information in the identified areas…not to provide the rating given.

The PPQs received from those references will provide the ratings the

Government needs to complete its evaluation. The Offerors shall include the contract number, period of performance and relationship to the

RITA 2.0 PWS (to which task(s) the contract reference refers to).

10 RFP 2.6.1 71 "Note: Individual task orders under an

ID/IQ contract are each considered to be one past / present performance effort."

Please confirm this note dictates that an Offeror may choose to cite past performance at the IDIQ level, if CPARs are provided at the IDIQ level, OR the

Task Order level, but not both. For example, may an Offeror cite the RITA MAC

IDIQ as one past performance as long as the Offeror does not also cite a Task Order under RITA as an additional past performance?

The Government intends for past performance references to be at either the IDIQ level or task order level, but not both, in order to provide relevancy information. Task order past performance references count as ONE reference for the IDIQ contract.

11 RFP 2.7 72 "2.7. Volume 6 - Factor 6 – Price" and all subparagraphs under this section.

Volume 5- Factor 5 Past Performance is numbered 2.7.

Should Volume 6 - Factor 6

– Price" and all subparagraphs under this section be designated as "2.8"?

This is an oversight. Past Performance is 2.7 and Price should be 2.8. This will be revised in Amendment 01.

12 RFP 2.7.1 72 "General Information: The Offeror shall provide sufficient price information to allow the Contracting Officer to determine the reasonableness of the proposed price. A summary sheet with the Offeror’s total price shall also be included in the price proposal."

Please confirm that the

"summary sheet with the

Offeror's total price" in 2.7.1 should be a summary total of the Offeror's price for the

Initial and Sample Task Orders (the "evaluated price") provided on Tab 2 of the

Pricing Template, entitled "Task Orders.

Correct. The summary price shall be the sum of the initial and sample task order prices.

13 RFP 2.7.1 72 "The Government may require submission of information other than cost or pricing data to support price analysis. The Offeror should be prepared to submit other than cost or pricing data within five business days after requested by the Government." "The Offeror, subcontractor, interdivisional transfer, or any other business entity associated with the proposal may submit their sealed proposal to the Government Offeror."

Since the Government is not requesting submission of certified cost or pricing data under this solicitation in accordance with FAR 15.4, with the understanding that

Offeror [and Subcontractors] should be prepared to submit other than cost or pricing data within five business days after requested by the Government, please confirm that the Subcontractors are not required to submit a sealed package at time of initial proposal submission.

Correct, it is not required for

Subcontractors to submit sealed packages at the time of initial proposal submission. But they may do so if desired.

14 RFP 1.3.1 76 "The evaluation will consist of an assessment of the Offeror’s quality of performance measures, approach to implementation and labor skills considered in the technical solution".

Please confirm that quality performance measures are those listed under

"Performance Objective" listed in the table on page 25 of the RFP, since the quality control measures and plan are to be addressed in the Factor

4 Management?

Correct, quality performance measures will be evaluated as part of the Management Approach.

15 RFP 1.6.2 79 The numbering from page 78-79 jumps from 1.6.2 to 1.6.4.

Please provide the missing paragraph 1.6.3 or clarify that

1.6.3 is "reserved."

This is an oversight, it should be

1.6.3. and will be revised in

Amendment 01.

16 RFP 1.4.1 80 Paragraph numbering changes from "1.7" on page 79 to a subparagraph of "1.4.1" on page 80.

Please confirm that the subparagraph on page 80 should be "1.7.1" vs "1.4.1."

This is an oversight, it should be

1.7.1. and will be revised in

Amendment 01.

17 Pricing Template

Unit Pricing

Matrix

TAB 1 Pricing Template, Deliverable Unit Pricing Matrix Tab, Level of Complexity

I, II, and III, Please confirm Level I = Low Complexity, Level II =

Moderate Complexity, and

Level III = High Complexity.

The Government confirms that Level I equates to Low Complexity; Level II equates to Moderate Complexity; and

Level III equates to High Complexity.

Pricing Template will be updated to be consistent with RFP.

18 Pricing

Template

Unit

Pricing Matrix

TAB 1 Deliverables associated with Functional

Area "Current Ops and Intel Studies."

The Deliverable numbering associated with Current Ops and Intel Studies lists 3 through 6, although, in accordance with the PWS, all Current Ops and Intel Studies are provided under

Deliverable 3. Will the Government Update the

Pricing Template to note all

Current Ops and Intel Studies as Deliverable 3?

This is an oversight. All of the

Functional Areas under "Current Ops and Intel" should be listed under

Deliverable 3. This will be revised and included with Amendment 01.

19 Pricing

Template

Task

Orders

TAB 2 Initial Task Order Price column 1. Is the annual Kickoff

Briefing (1 per year) priced for one year or five years?

2. Is the Study Review Board

Out Brief (3 per year) priced for one year or five years?

The initial task order consists of one

(1) Kickoff briefing and three (3) Study Review Board outbriefs that comprises an entire year. There are no option periods on this contract.

Each year, the Government will execute a task order for the requirements applicable to the ordering period. The Initial Task

Order shall be priced for Ordering

Period 1. Evaluation of prices for all five (5) ordering periods takes place under the Deliverables Unit Price

Matrix.

The Government will issue a task order every year to cover the services under the applicable ordering period of the contract.

20 Pricing

Template

Task

Orders

TAB 2 Sample Task Order Given the objectives and scope of the Sample TO EAP Study, travel to various

MAGTF-TC training sites may be required and therefore contained in an Offeror's

BOE, yet there is no line item provided for Travel in Tab 2 of the Pricing Template. Will the Government please adjust the template to allow for the inclusion of travel associated with the Sample TO EAP

Study as may be required to fulfill the scope of the TO?

The Pricing Template will be updated to reflect how to address pricing the Travel and will be provided as part of

Amendment 01.

21 RFP 2.2/2.4 66/69 "Pricing information may not appear anywhere in the proposal other than Volumes 1 and 6" Volume 2 Breakdown of Small Business Participation Table

"Cost of contract performance incurred for personnel"

Sections 2.2 - 2.4 (pp. 66-69) state "Pricing information may not appear anywhere in the proposal other than

Volumes 1 and 6." Yet

Volume 2 Breakdown of

Small Business Participation

Table includes "Cost of contract performance incurred for personnel." We cannot complete "Cost of personnel" without discussing pricing.

Please confirm that Pricing information may appear in Volume 2.

This is an oversight, and Pricing can only appear in Volumes 1, 2, and 6.

This will be revised in Amendment

01.

22 RFP 5.1/2.7.2 13/72 "The contractor shall submit a quote outlining the detailed description of work to be performed, the price, and assumptions that reflect the requirement set forth in the PWS."

/"The awardee’s proposed unit prices will be agreed as firm fixed price, be included in the contract and will serve as the basis for task order pricing."

Establishing our price for each task area and complexity level needs to be based on a sound understanding of the risk associated with that price.

Part of that risk hinges on whether the RFQ price be allowed to vary within a complexity level, such as plus or minus an amount given the nuances of a particular project, during Task Order award. (Most studies will have elements in at least two, possibly all three, of the complexity levels. For example a study might involve secret data but be less than six months in duration.)

Or will the unit price be one and only one of the three complexity levels unit prices, which increases our risk significantly.

The Government will define the scope and complexity of each study per criterion included in the Base IDIQ

PWS. The Government will provide an opportunity to the contractor to provide feedback/questions once the task order PWS is provided for quote.

At that point, the contractor will be able to address any concerns applicable to the study services being procured and the selected complexity level. Each study will be procured at a specific complexity level. There will be no mix of complexity levels within a study. The task orders prices will be agreed at Firm Fixed Price (FFP) based on the agreed unit prices per complexity level. This is a single award IDIQ and no variation in unit pricing will be entertained once IDIQ contract is awarded.

23 RFP 1.7 Factor 6 80 "The evaluated price of the proposal shall be the total price proposed for the initial and sample task orders."

There is no mention of evaluation of the Unit Prices in Sub-Volume A of Volume

6. The evaluation criteria for

Price states that only the Offeror's Initial and Sample

Task Order prices will be evaluated. Please confirm the Unit Prices will not be evaluated other than for reasonableness and consistency.

The Unit Prices for each Complexity will be evaluated during source selection. These prices will be agreed to as FFP. The Government will include the following revised pricing language under Section 1.7 of RFP

52.212-2 Addendum: "The cost and price analysis techniques set forth in FAR 15.4 are used to determine whether the offered price is fair and reasonable. A proposed price is reasonable when it is fair to the buyer, fair to the seller, and reasonable considering the market conditions, available alternatives, and price-related factors as determined through one or more of the price analysis techniques. The proposal will also be reviewed for consistency to ensure that all performance, scope, and assumptions proposed in other sections of the proposal are captured in the price proposal section.

"Evaluation of Unit Prices- The

Government will evaluate and determine the reasonableness of the unit prices proposed for each task and complexity level (as applicable) as part of the Base IDIQ evaluation. The unit prices will be evaluated and agreed on for each ordering period.

Unit prices for each ordering period will be incorporated into the contract for use during task orders.

The evaluated price shall be used in the trade-off analysis between the price and non-price factors to determine the best value. The evaluated price of the proposal shall be the total price proposed for the initial and sample task orders. Pricing for the task orders derives from the unit prices included in the Deliverable

Unit Price Matrix.

Evaluation of Task Orders - The

Government’s evaluation of the Offeror’s Initial and Sample Task

Order proposals is included in the

Technical Capability and Price Factors.

The Government will evaluate future task order proposals using the

Technical Capability Factor. For price purposes, the Government will verify that the price quoted at the task order complies with the applicable unit price(es) set forth in the master ID/IQ contract."

24 RFP 2 / 2.7 66/70 p. 66 and p. 70 for number of pages in

Past Performance Volume.

P. 66 section 2 of the RFP states that Past Performance Volume will not exceed 25 pages. P. 70, section 2.7 of the RFP states the page limit is 9 pages. Please clarify which is correct.

This is an oversight. The page count for Volume 5 Past Performance should be no more than 9 pages.

Amendment 01 will include this revision.

25 RFP 2.7.1 72 Will the government confirm if fully burdened labor rates, associated hours, and fully burdened Travel/ODC are sufficient price data for this Firm Fixed Price proposal?

Can the government specify any additional required cost data is required to comply with the “all or none” requirement?

For each unit price, the Contractor shall include all costs (including local travel) related elements needed for successful execution of the services based on the PWS criteria and the applicable complexity level.

Place of performance for this contract is at contractor's facilities. For travel costs related to performance at a government location dictated by the

Government OUTSIDE the Marine Corps Base Quantico and Washington

DC Metro Area, the Government will define the travel requirements at the task order level and allow the contractor to price as a separate CLIN.

Travel costs will be evaluated at the task order level and agreed as FFP.

Section 4.6 of the Performance Work

Statement has been updated to specify that travel costs for contract relates to work outside the Marine Corps Base

Quantico and Washington DC Metro Area.

The "all or none" basis statement in the RFP refers to the completeness of the pricing proposal. The Contractor shall provide the complete Deliverable Unit Price Matrix with unit prices for EACH task and for

EACH ordering period. The contractor shall provide the prices for the Initial and Sample task orders and the Summary price that includes the total evaluated price (the sum of the

Sample and Initial task order pricing).

26 PWS/RFP Performanc e Work Statement

Section 7.0

Levels of Complexiti es/2.1

Proposal Format

2.72 2.7.2.

Instructions for Sub-

Volume A:

Deliverable s Unit

Pricing Matrix and

Basis of

Estimate Pages

21 to

23/72 to 73

Request to use Labor Rates The Level of Complexity table “7.0 Levels of Complexities” in the RFP provides a notional method to identify complexity of potential Task Orders under this ID/IQ. However, each anticipated Task Order will be unique under this ID/IQ.

The Study Complexity Matrix only enables the Contractor to identify the level of complexity of a potential future study and does not establish to the maximum extent practicable the performance required for the deliverable in order to establish realistic FFP pricing. As the RFP is currently written, Contractors are required to bid 300 FFP tasks in the absence of specific task order details resulting in the Contractor taking on significant cost and execution risk. Therefore, we recommend having the Contractors propose labor category rates instead of firm fixed prices for 300 FFP tasks. The use of Labor Rates will result in the Government receiving more realistic

This contract is performance base acquisition and unit prices are based upon tasks at a specific complexity level (when applicable). The

Government requires a unit price for eack Task as FFP based on the applicable level of complexity criterion defined in the PWS. No changes to this structure will be implemented.

pricing and meeting the

Government’s best value criteria. Is the Government willing to change the RFP requirement to bid Labor Rates instead of bidding against the Complexity

Matrix?

27 RFP 2.1

Proposal

Format

2.7.3.

Instructions for Sub-

Volumes B:

Initial and

Sample

Task Order Instructions

73 Awardable Task Orders Are these sample Task Order(s) awardable?

The Sample Task Order is not awardable, just a sample. The Initial

Task Order is awardable.

28 RFP 2.1

Proposal

Format 2.7.3.

Instructions for Sub- Volumes B:

Initial and

Sample Task Order

Instructions

73 Future RFPs Does the Contractor have the right to no bid Task Orders?

This is a single award IDIQ contract and the contractor MUST provide and support the Government on all task orders related to this effort during the entire 5-year ordering period. Failure to do so is considered a breach of contract and unacceptable mission failure.

29 RFP SF 1449 5 All travel efforts will be defined at the task order level

The SF 1449 implies (with a line next to NET AMT) that we are to supply travel amounts here but it also says that travel will be identified at the TO level. Please verify that we are not to include travel as part of the SF 1449.

For each unit price, the Contractor shall include all costs (including local travel) related elements needed for successful execution of the services based on the PWS criteria and the applicable complexity level.

Place of performance for this contract is at contractor's facilities. For travel costs related to performance at a government location dictated by the

Government OUTSIDE the Marine Corps Base Quantico and Washington

DC Metro Area, the Government will define the travel requirements at the task order level and allow the contractor to price as a separate CLIN.

Travel costs will be evaluated at the task order level and agreed as FFP.

Section 4.6 of the Performance Work

Statement has been updated to specify that travel costs for contract relates to work outside the Marine Corps Base

Quantico and Washington DC Metro Area.

30 RFP 6.2.2 18 The contractor shall be conversant with all modeling and analysis efforts related to the impacts of variations in DoD forward presence policies…

Please identify *all* modeling and analysis efforts.

Please refer to the table which starts on page 9 under section 3.0.

31 RFP 6.5.2 21 The Government will provide the contractor the list of all studies...The

Contractor shall provide a preliminary briefing to leadership...regarding the capabilities, constraints, timelines, risk and performance matters applicable to each study. The Contractor shall also provide a recommended Milestone Plan for each study.

It would be difficult to determine the capabilities, constraints, timelines, risk and performance matters applicable to each study with only a study title to go on.

Would the government consider providing the study nomination form as well?

Yes, the Government will provide the nomination form to the Contractor for consideration of task order requirements. This clarification will be reflected in the language in the

PWS.

32 RFP 7.0 23 Analytical Technique -> "Briefing required"

What does "Briefing required" mean in the context of analytical techniques? Is this briefing different from the IPRs listed in 8.3.2 of the

PWS and if so, what is the topic of the briefing?

The Government anticipates that these briefings will be similar to the IPRs in detailing the progression of the analytical method(s) being used during the course of the study.

33 Pricing

Template

Deliverable

Unit Price

Matrix tab

Deliverable 3: Current Ops and Intel

Studies - Information Operations analysis; Deliverable 4: Current Ops and Intel Studies - Cultural, Geopolitical, Economic and Demographic Analysis;

Deliverable 5: Current Ops and Intel Studies - Technology Forecasting

Analysis; Deliverable 6: Current Ops and

Intel Studies - Concepts of Operations Development Analysis

Are all four items within

Current Ops and Intel Studies considered Deliverable 3?

This is an oversight, all of the

Functional Areas under "Current Ops and Intel" should be listed under Deliverable 3. This will be revised and included with Amendment 01.

34 RFP 29 FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price

Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns

Will the Government remove

FAR 52.219-4 in the interest of a Best Value competition/award?

No, it is required per FAR 19.1309(b).

35 RFP 30 DFARS 252.219-7003 Alt I (Dev) Small

Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts) (Deviation 2018-O0007)

Alternate I - DEC 2017

The text for DFARS 252.219-

7003 Alt I (Dev) Small Business Subcontracting Plan

(DoD Contracts) (Deviation

2018-O0007) Alternate I - DEC 2017 is not available to industry online. Therefore, it is requested that the Government provide full text for DFAR clause in order for https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/cla ss_deviations.html file:///C:/Users/kristin.gomez/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.MSO/7403AF88.xlsx%23RANGE!G35 file:///C:/Users/kristin.gomez/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.MSO/7403AF88.xlsx%23RANGE!G35 the Contractor to review for compliance?

36 RFP 29 FAR 52.219-16 Liquidated Damages -

Subcontracting Plan

Would it be possible to have the Customer remove this clause, because the Contractor does not have any insight as to future Tasks

Orders making it difficult to commit to a Subcontracting

Plan with damages without knowing the future scope to adequately identify Small

Business to support these efforts.

Subcontracting plan goals are based on the total IDIQ contract. The prime contractor must adhere to providing a good faith effort to meet the agreed subcontracting plan goals in accordance with FAR 19.708(b)(2).

This is a Statutory requirement that cannot be removed from the terms and conditions of the contract.

37 RFP 2.0 and 2.7 66 Table under Instructions for Submission of Proposals, Number of required hard copies per volume is as follows: Page Limit 25 pages vice Volume 5 - Factor 5

Past Performance, This section shall not exceed nine (9) pages.

Is the page limit for Volume

5: Factor 5: Past Performance

9 or 25 pages?

The page count for Volume 5 Past

Performance should be no more than

9 pages, not including attachments.

All contract references PWS, Past

Performance Questionnaires are considered attachments and will NOT count towards the 9 pages count.

Amendment 01 will include this revision.

38 RFP 2.7.2 72 Other Direct Costs: Offeror shall disclose any non-labor expenses considered in the proposal unit prices.

Without detailed requirements for the Task

Orders, will the Government instead require pricing of

ODCs at the Task Order level?

For each unit price, the Contractor shall include all costs (including local travel) related elements needed for successful execution of the services based on the PWS criteria and the applicable complexity level.

Place of performance for this contract is at contractor's facilities. For travel costs related to performance at a government location dictated by the

Government OUTSIDE the Marine

Corps Base Quantico and Washington DC Metro Area, the Government will define the travel requirements at the task order level and allow the contractor to price as a separate CLIN.

Travel costs will be evaluated at the task order level and agreed as FFP.

Section 4.6 of the Performance Work

Statement has been updated to specify that travel costs for contract relates to work outside the Marine Corps Base

Quantico and Washington DC Metro

Area.

39 RFP CLIN

structure

12 RFP has six CLINs with a 5 year ordering period per General Info Section

4.1, the PoP dates under Delivery

Information and Clauses Incorporated by

Reference 52.212-2(b) Evaluation--

Commercial Items, however, in Additional Instructions, Conditions and

Notices to Offerors, Section 2.7.2, it is stated that unit prices shall be proposed for each ordering period and also stated that each ordering period consists of 12 months.

Should the CLIN structure include additional CLINs

(X001 through X006) representing ordering periods for years 2 thru 5?

The Base IDIQ contract will include

Ceiling Values per CLIN for the 5 year ordering period. Each task order will be awarded against the unit prices applicable to each deliverable and the ordering period. The ceiling value assigned in the Base IDIQ will be reduced each time a task order is issued throughout the 5 year ordering period cycle.

40 RFP 5.0 and

2.7.2

14 and

The contractor shall submit a quote outlining the detailed description of work to be performed, the price and assumptions that reflect the requirement set forth in the PWS;

The awardee's proposed unit prices will be agreed as firm fixed price, be included in the contract and will serve as the basis for task order pricing.

Will the Government confirm that, per the Task Order proposal process, the

Contractor will propose a price in response to the Request for Quote that may be different from the Unit

Price?

No, the Unit Prices will be FFP and the Task Order pricing must align to the Unit Prices.

41 RFP 2.5.3 69 Labor skillset shall be paired with the level of complexities required.

Will the Government confirm that the labor skillset referenced in PWS 2.5.3 is only referring to the skillset and/or level of the Lead for a given study type and complexity?

The Offeror should identify the Labor

Skillset of all those that would support studies at the given Complexity Level, to include the Lead.

42 RFP 2.7.2 and

2.7.3

72 Instructions for Sub-Volumes A & B.

2.7.2 indicates that Travel costs will be agreed to and evaluated at the task order level once the specific travel requirements are identified and as such travel pricing is not required for this evaluation. 2.7.3 Sample task order includes the potential for non-local travel requirements.

Should travel be necessary for the Sample Task Order, are we required to price travel. If yes, where should this be reflected the Pricing Template?

For each unit price, the Contractor shall include all costs (including local travel) related elements needed for successful execution of the services based on the PWS criteria and the applicable complexity level.

Place of performance for this contract is at contractor's facilities. For travel costs related to performance at a government location dictated by the

Government OUTSIDE the Marine Corps Base Quantico and Washington

DC Metro Area, the Government will define the travel requirements at the task order level and allow the contractor to price as a separate CLIN.

Travel costs will be evaluated at the task order level and agreed as FFP.

Section 4.6 of the Performance Work

Statement has been updated to specify that travel costs for contract relates to work outside the Marine Corps Base

Quantico and Washington DC Metro

Area.

43 RFP IDIQ Task

Price Schedule

3 Deliverable CLINs 0001 through 0005 has a quantity of 45 Units (Each) attributed to the CLIN. It appears that the contractor should be entering the per

Unit Price for the Deliverable under each CLIN however, there is no distinction in the Unit Price for Low, Moderate or

High Complexity.

How should the various complexity pricings be reflected in the IDIQ Price schedule?

How do the Unit Prices in the

Deliverable Unit Price Matrix relate to the Item numbers in the SF 1449 and roll up by

CLIN?

The Base IDIQ contract will include

Ceiling Values per CLIN for the 5 year ordering period. Each task order will be awarded against the unit prices applicable to each deliverable and the ordering period. The ceiling value assigned in the Base IDIQ will be reduced each time a task order is issued throughout the 5 year ordering period cycle. A list of all unit prices by complexity level (when applicable) and by ordering period will be incorporated into the Base IDIQ contract. The items listed under the Deliverable Unit Pricing Matrix are related to a CLIN under the Base

IDIQ. For example, the Expeditionary Energy Analysis task falls under

CLIN 0001 since it is related to

Deliverable 1, Section 6.1 of the

PWS.

44 RFP 2.6.1 71 Individual task orders under an ID/IQ contract are each considered to be one past / present performance effort.

Please confirm that the

Offeror can cite the overall ID/IQ contract as a single

Past Performance citation?

Yes, if there are Past Performance assessments at the ID/IQ level, then you may submit those. Or you can submit assessments at the task order level. The intent is that each is one effort.

45 RFP 2.7.3 78 The Offeror shall provide a price proposal for the sample task orders based on the unit prices proposed under the

Deliverables Unit Pricing Matrix. Rates per unit proposed at the task order must match the rates included under the master IDIQ.

Because there is more detail in the Sample Task Order, the offerors do not have to account for as much risk for the Sample Task Order than they will for a generic

Moderate Complexity Level

Logistics Requirements Analysis study. Would the government allow the Sample

Task Order price to be different than the unit price submitted in the Deliverables

Unit Pricing Matrix under Moderate Complexity Level

Logistics Requirements

Analysis?

The Government will define the scope and complexity of each study per criterion included in the Base IDIQ

PWS. The Government will provide an opportunity to the contractor to provide feedback/questions once the task order PWS is provided for quote.

At that point, the contractor will be able to address any concerns applicable to the study services being procured and the selected complexity level. Each study will be procured at a specific complexity level. There will be no mix of complexity levels within a study. The task orders prices will be agreed at Firm Fixed Price (FFP) based on the agreed unit prices per complexity level. This is a single award IDIQ and no variation in unit pricing will be entertained once IDIQ contract is awarded.

46 RFP 6.1.2.1 15 6.1.2.1. Provide/develop wargames, analytical frameworks, and simulations to assist in the testing of concepts and decisions, exploration of issues, and development and maintenance of databases to support models, games, and simulations. Included in the development process is problem analysis, to determine the applicability of games or simulations to problem solving, and the evaluation of existing models, games, or simulations.

Potential tasking in this area includes developing a simulation to model the conduct of an amphibious operation, the use of combat equipment, and related requirements. The Contractor may be tasked with changing or modifying models developed by the Government or for which the Government owns data rights. Moreover, the intellectual property rights to such changes and modifications shall be allocated to and/or retained by the Government.

Is the government applying

252.227-7020 (Special Works or 7020 clause) to the modifications and models such that they want to own the copyright for these changes?

The DFARS 252.227-7020 (Special

Works or 7020 clause) does apply to the entire output of services provided on this contract.

47 RFP 8.3.6 24 8.3.6. The Government shall be provided with at least unlimited rights to all data and automated models developed in support of this contract. Contractor or third party proprietary models must not be used without the specific, written approval, prior to the start of any work.

Section 8.3.6 is not consistent with the DFAR data Rights

Clauses? Suggested language for 8.3.6. The

Government shall be provided with at least unlimited rights to all non-commercial data and automated models first developed in support of this contract at the Government’s sole expense. Contractor or third party proprietary models must not be used without the specific, written approval, prior to the start of any work.

The Contractor shall comply with all

Data Rights Clauses included in the solicitation. DFARS 252.227-7013 has been added as part of the RFP amendment.

48 RFP CLAUSES

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BY

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30 DFARS 252.226-7013 Rights in

Technical Data - Noncommercial items not included in Section I of the RFP

Please incorporate DFARS

252.226-7013 Rights in

Technical Data - Noncommerical items in conjunction with the above

8.3.6 suggested language?

The Contractor shall comply with all

Data Rights Clauses included in the solicitation. DFARS 252.227-7013 has been added as part of the RFP amendment.

49 RFP 2.4 Volume

2 - Factor 2 Subcontract ing Plan

68 and

Volume 2 – Factor 2 Subcontracting Plan references a Subcontracting Plan and Small Business Participation.

The requirement is unclear because these are two distinctly different documents—a Subcontracting

Plan must comply with FAR 19.704- Subcontracting Plan

Requirements, specifically

FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan, and small businesses are exempt from this requirement although the RFP states that both large and small business concerns are required to submit one. Additionally, in accordance with FAR 52.219-

9 goals shall be expressed as a percentage of total subcontracted value. Conversely, a Small

Business Participation Plan is typically required by both small and large businesses and goals are expressed as a percentage of total contract value. Please clarify if the offeror (large business only) is required to submit a Subcontracting Plan with goals expressed as a percentage of the total subcontracted value or if a

Small Business Participation

Plan is ALSO required with goals expressed as a percentage of total contract value.

Only large businesses are required to provide a Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 19.704. If the prime contractor is a small business, it is only required to provide a Small Business Participation Plan. Language in section 2.4 of 52.212-1 has been updated to be reflective of this. The following revised language has been added into the RFP: "A subcontracting plan is REQUIRED from large businesses. The subcontracting plan shall comply with

FAR 19.704- Subcontracting Plan Requirements. The plan shall include a breakdown of small business participation. The breakdown shall identify the small businesses proposed, their socioeconomic classification, and amounts. If the

Offeror is a small business, they shall only provide a small business participation plan in accordance with

FAR 52.219-14".

50 RFP 2.4 Volume 2 - Factor 2

Subcontract ing Plan

68 and

Volume 2 – Factor 2 Subcontracting Plan, Breakdown of Small Business

Participation table

Please clarify what ‘Cost of contract performance incurred for personnel’ means. Is this the anticipated total award dollar value to each supplier?

Further, please clarify what

‘Level of Participation based on total cost of labor (%)’ means. Is this the % of participation for each supplier? If so, is it based on

1) total cost of labor, 2) total contract value, or 3) total subcontracted value

(reference question 1 above).

In accordance with FAR 52.219- 14(c)(1), Services (except construction). At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.As such, since this FAR requires cost of contract performance for employees of the concern, for small business participation plan, the proposal shall identify the level of participation based on total cost of labor.

51 RFP 2.4 Volume 2 - Factor 2

Subcontract ing Plan

68 and

Small Business Goals Applicable to this Solicitation, the small business participation goal in the RFP is 30%.

Please clarify if the requirement is 30% of the total subcontracted value or contract value.

The goal is 30% of total contract value.

52 RFP 2.4 Volume 2 - Factor 2

Subcontract ing Plan

68 and

Small Business Goals Applicable to this Solicitation, the socio-economic goals in the RFP are HUBZone 3%, SDB 15%, WOSB 5%, SDVOSB 12%.

Would the Government please verify that market research supports that there are qualified small businesses in all socio-economic categories that meet the requirements in the scope of work for this effort and that the anticipated task order requirements and funding aligns with the socio-economic goals in the

Market research results yielded no small businesses that possess the capability to fully execute this contract as a prime contractor based on complexity, scope and magnitude of the PWS requirements. Market research results were discussed with the Small Business Administration and a 30% small business participation was agreed.

RFP. The concern is that the

SDB goal of 15% in the RFP is three times higher than the

Small Business

Administration’s statutory goal (5%) and DoD’s negotiated GFY 2018 SDB goal (5%). Additionally, the SDVOSB goal of 12% in the

RFP is four times higher than the Small Business Administration’s statutory goal (3%) and DoD’s negotiated GFY 2018 SDVOSB goal (3%). It is our experience that the unknown timing and nature/scope of task orders resulting from an

IDIQ contract of similar size, scope and complexity make it difficult to determine what suppliers, particularly

HUBZone, will be used and how much will be awarded to them.

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 10-Jul-2018 01:00 PM to 23-Jul-2018 12:00 PM.

The following have been added by full text:

252.227-7013 RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA--NONCOMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2014)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

(1) Computer data base means a collection of data recorded in a form capable of being processed by a computer. The term does not include computer software.

(2) Computer program means a set of instructions, rules, or routines recorded in a form that is capable of causing a computer to perform a specific operation or series of operations.

(3) Computer software means computer programs, source code, source code listings, object code listings, design details, algorithms, processes, flow charts, formulae and related material that would enable the software to be reproduced, recreated, or recompiled. Computer software does not include computer data bases or computer software documentation.

(4) Computer software documentation means owner's manuals, user's manuals, installation instructions, operating instructions, and other similar items, regardless of storage medium, that explain the capabilities of the computer software or provide instructions for using the software.

(5) Covered Government support contractor means a contractor (other than a litigation support contractor covered by

252.204-7014) under a contract, the primary purpose of which is to furnish independent and impartial advice or technical assistance directly to the Government in support of the Government's management and oversight of a program or effort (rather than to directly furnish an end item or service to accomplish a program or effort), provided that the contractor--

(i) Is not affiliated with the prime contractor or a first-tier subcontractor on the program or effort, or with any direct competitor of such prime contractor or any such first-tier subcontractor in furnishing end items or services of the type developed or produced on the program or effort; and

(ii) Receives access to technical data or computer software for performance of a Government contract that contains the clause at 252.227-7025, Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends.

(6) Detailed manufacturing or process data means technical data that describe the steps, sequences, and conditions of manufacturing, processing or assembly used by the manufacturer to produce an item or component or to perform a process.

(7) Developed means that an item, component, or process exists and is workable. Thus, the item or component must have been constructed or the process practiced. Workability is generally established when the item, component, or process has been analyzed or tested sufficiently to demonstrate to reasonable people skilled in the applicable art that there is a high probability that it will operate as intended. Whether, how much, and what type of analysis or testing is required to establish workability depends on the nature of the item, component, or process, and the state of the art.

To be considered "developed," the item, component, or process need not be at the stage where it could be offered for sale or sold on the commercial market, nor must the item, component, or process be actually reduced to practice within the meaning of Title 35 of the United States Code.

(8) Developed exclusively at private expense means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a government contract, or any combination thereof.

(i) Private expense determinations should be made at the lowest practicable level.

(ii) Under fixed-price contracts, when total costs are greater than the firm-fixed-price or ceiling price of the contract, the additional development costs necessary to complete development shall not be considered when determining whether development was at government, private, or mixed expense.

(9) Developed exclusively with government funds means development was not accomplished exclusively or partially at private expense.

(10) Developed with mixed funding means development was accomplished partially with costs charged to indirect cost pools and/or costs not allocated to a government contract, and partially with costs charged directly to a government contract.

(11) Form, fit, and function data means technical data that describes the required overall physical, functional, and performance characteristics (along with the qualification requirements, if applicable) of an item, component, or process to the extent necessary to permit identification of physically and functionally interchangeable items.

(12) Government purpose means any activity in which the United States Government is a party, including cooperative agreements with international or multi-national defense organizations, or sales or transfers by the United

States Government to foreign governments or international organizations. Government purposes include competitive procurement, but do not include the rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data for commercial purposes or authorize others to do so.

(13) Government purpose rights means the rights to--

(i) Use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data within the Government without restriction; and

(ii) Release or disclose technical data outside the Government and authorize persons to whom release or disclosure has been made to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose that data for United States government purposes.

(14) Limited rights means the rights to use, modify, reproduce,…