M0026422Q0165 Amendment 0001.pdf

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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

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1. Provide Questions and Answ ers: and

2. Extend the solicitation due date to from 12PM EST 20 September 2022 to 12PM EST 22 September 2022.

All other terms and conditions remain the same.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

J 1 6

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 16-Sep-2022

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 M0026422Q0165

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

13-Sep-2022

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

16-Sep-2022

CODE

MCINCR - RCO

2010 HENDERSON RD

MICHAEL T CURLEY, JR.

QUANTICO VA 22134

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

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

M0026422Q0165

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:

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question # Solicitation Section

Comment/Question

Answers

1 What is the address of the primary circuit location?

24164 Belleau Ave Quantico

VA

2 What is the bandwidth of the current commercial ISP circuit?

300mbps

3 Why is the current provider being replaced?

Current equipment is near

End of Life, contract expires soon, and Marines are the sole administrators for the network and operational changes are requested to enable contractor support.

4 What the construction material of the building to service via

Wi-Fi – concrete, drywall etc.

Mostly concrete, limited spaces have drywall, large conduit piping available

5 Supply shortage will affect delivery date due to pandemic.

Will that be a problem?

This is not a problem as the

Government is aware of the current situation.

6 2.4 Volume I – Past

Performance

Quoters that have no record of past performance (i.e., new businesses) must submit a signed and dated past performance certification statement to that effect

Can you please elaborate this?

We are new into Federal

Contracting and do not have any past performance. We only have commercial experience.

Commercial (business to business) experience can be provided and will be taken into consideration as long as quality of service can be verified with the service recipient (customer).

When experience of any kind is not available or is not relevant to the contract scope, a neutral rating will be provided. A neutral past performance will not constitute a reason for determining the quoted solution as unacceptable. See

FAR 52.212-2 Addendum section 1.1.2 (page 51 of the solicitation).

7 2.2.1.2- Quotation Letter

10. Completed copy of all solicitation representations and

Does this imply only those representations and certifications that require completion are to be

All representations and certifications should be completed in you SAM.gov registration. The certifications are required for prime and subcontractors.

11. All provisions and clauses requiring contractor completion.

accompanied with the proposal and same applies for provisions and clauses? Please clarify?

Government can pull these for the prime and any subcontractors you are referring to in your quote after the quote is received so long all Cage Codes are provided. You only need reference in your company’s quote that all representations and certifications are completed in you SAM.gov registration.

8 Could the government please provide the full address for

Heywood Hall, Raider Hall, Mitchell Hall, and Cox Hall?

Heywood Hall

24164 Belleau Ave

Marine Corps Base

Quantico, 22134

Raider Hall

24191 Gilbert Rd

Cox Hall

24009 Montezuma Ave

Mitchell Hall

24015 Belleau Ave

9 Could the government confirm if Heywood Hall, Raider Hall, Mitchell Hall, and Cox Hall are all connected via fiber optics?

Yes there is fiber connecting all.

10 Could the government please provide the full address and demarc location of the building where internet services come into the base?

24204 Belleau Ave

11 Could the government please confirm if Heywood Hall, Raider Hall, Mitchell Hall, and Cox Hall are connected via fiber to the main demarc where internet services come into the base?

Yes

12 CLIN 0001 Is the circuit cost to be included in the individual

Building CLIN?

All Costs per building shall be accounted for in the monthly price per CLIN.

13 2.1.1 Are we to provide separate circuit per building? If that is the requirement, a WLC will be required for each building to be STIG compliant.

No separation of the network, all buildings to be managed centrally.

14 2.1.1 Is there available existing fiber that we can use to interconnect the buildings and connect back to the existing circuit/DMARC? If yes, can we leverage that circuit and a single firewall at that location for all the buildings?

Yes fiber connections, but no access is available into that

DMARC building for TBS

Marines to properly manage devices and connections without additional requests for support from outside entities, prolonging the recovery time to incident response.

15 2.1.1 Can you confirm the AP count identified for each building provides sufficient coverage and download speeds to meet your requirements?

We are not able to confirm the AP count for each of the buildings due to building materials and distances.

16 2.1.1 Do you want a cloud based or on-premise wireless controller?

Either, no preference

17 2.1.1 Is the 6Gbps requirement for

Heywood Hall for the Wi-Fi download speed or circuit speed?

Download Speed

18 TAA Equipment is a difficult commodity due to ongoing global supply chain problems.

This is especially true for enterprise grade Wi-Fi 6 chipsets. This impacts all vendors of Wi-Fi Access

Points regardless of the manufacturer current status.

Leads times vary and can change from 2 weeks to 2 months without notice an impossible to predict. We have experienced such issues with all major vendors (Cisco, Aruba, Juniper and

CommScope). Is the 60-day window from time of award flexible enough to account for supply chain delays?

Yes

19 Is there a rating applied to this project so that equipment ordered takes priority in distribution chain?

No

20 Is there a known list of C-ISP vendors that have a Point of

All local vendors to VA.

Presence on the base near these buildings?

21 The services described in the

CLINS are laid out like Wi-Fi as a Service (WaaS). Will the government be purchasing the equipment, or will the provider maintain ownership of all equipment in a “lease like” arrangement with government incorporated in the monthly fee? An Example of such an arrangement would be the Cable Internet Modem, which owned by the Cable provider and included in the monthly internet subscription fee.

The provider will own the equipment and incorporate the monthly fee.

22 Understanding that on-boarding of users and devices will be managed by on-base personnel, will the awarded provider be managing the Wi-

Fi service or will any other part of this system be transferred to TBS personnel for operations?

Intent is that vendor personnel work closely with

TBS Marines for operations were Marines work as Tier 1 support and on-boarding of users and the vendor act as Tier 2 support.

23 Accurately forecasting install costs is contingent on the conditions of the environment in the locations. Are there existing cable management systems (trays, hooks, conduit between floors, etc.) that the provider may utilize?

Yes, conduit is installed throughout building.

24 Is the fiber boxes mentioned in the solicitation in the same room as the expected installation for the wall mount cabinets housing the switches supporting the APs?

Yes, fiber connections are located in communication closets.

25 Is there any existing fiber between floors that may be utilized, or must new fiber be pulled in all cases?

No fiber is located vertically throughout building, cable is cat5/6. Fiber connections are horizontal connections between buildings.

26 Are there any rooms that either have a AP placement restrictions or feature RF inhibiting characteristics such a faraday cage or metal that covers at least 50 percent of

No faraday cages located or restrictions to AP placement.

the floor to ceiling space on a wall?

27 Will there be an opportunity to survey the locations prior to submittal?

Due to the timing of the requirement, there will not time to set up a survey of the locations.

SECTION SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 20-Sep-2022 12:00 PM to 22-Sep-2022 12:00 PM.

(End of Summary of Changes)