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| # | Document/Section | Dismounted Page and Paragraph | Question/Concern/Comment | Response | |
| 1 | RFP L-4.2 PAGE COUNT | Page 94 Paragraph CROSS REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS MATRIX WITH STATEMENT OF WORK AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION (CROSS REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS MATRIX) | Please provide this format attachment: “The matrix format is included as an attachment to Section L and shall include the proposal page number and the reference to the solicitation requirement that it addresses.” | See Amendment 0002. Matrix is attached to Section L. | |
| 2 | RFP L-5.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION CONTENT | 1. Please provide the referenced Attachment L41 "Past Performance Questionnaire". The attachment was not provided with the RFP. | |||
| 2. Please confirm that gov does not desire we submit these forms ourselves to our Past Performance POCs. | As vendors are not required to provide past performance questionnaires, the reference to the document as an attachment will be deleted. See Amendment 0002. | ||||
| 3 | RFP L-5.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION CONTENT | Page 95 Executive Summary, Section 1 | Does the cover letter contents (list of enclosures, CDMA and DCAA offices, ORCA statements) count in the three page limit for the Executive Summary? | Yes | |
| 4 | RFP L-4.2 PAGE COUNT | Pages 93 and 94 | Instructions in the paragraph state that the page limit for Volume II is 40 pages, while the table states that the limit is 60 pages. Which is correct? | 60. See Amendment 0002. | |
| 5 | RFP L-4.2 PAGE COUNT | Pages 93 and 94 | Section L states that proposals will be evaluated for the offeror's ability to meet or exceed delivery and contract schedules. However, we see no requirement to provide a detailed IMS with the proposal so that this evaluation can be performed effectively. Instructions in the paragraph for Volume III state that it is limited to 5 pages, including the delivery schedule. Is it the Government's intent to perform its evaluation based on a summary level schedule in Volume III showing only major tasks and milestones, or will the Government perform its evaluation using a detailed IMS? Please clarify the level of detail required for the schedule to be delivered with the proposal, and whether an electronic copy of the IMS must also be provided. | The Manufacturing and Delivery Schedule (Volume III) should include the Offeror's proposed delivery schedule capabilities. The *demonstration* of the Offeror's capability to meet all contract requirements, including an IMS, will be evaluated in the Management section (Volume IV). A formal IMS is not required until delivery of A034, however a detailed IMS may be provided within the Management Annex as part of proposal substantiation. See Amendment 0002. | |
| 6 | RFP M-2.4 FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED | Page 114, Factor 5, paragraph 5 | The paragraph states that CLIN 0002 will be evaluated on a previously selected quantity and ordering period. What are the previously selected quantities and ordering periods? | This quantity and ordering period will be randomly selected and the same quantity and order period will be used to evaluate all price proposals. | |
| 7 | RFP Section B and SOW | CLIN 0001, SOW paragraph 3.4.2 line 527 | CLIN 0001 period of performance states that GAT begins 7 months after award Dismounted while SOW paragraph 3.4.2 states that the contractor shall be prepared to execute GAT 90 days after award. Please clarify which PoP is correct for CLIN 0001. | Section B and the SOW is revised to stated the following: "The Contractor shall be prepared to execute the GAT at their facility, at the earliest, 90 days after contract award if systems are delivered within that timeframe. After 90 days ACA, the Contractor shall be prepared to execute GAT immediately." | |
| 8 | RFP Section B and SOW | RFP page 28 - CLIN 006, SOW paragraph 3.6.4, Line 762 | Section B CLIN 0006 PoP states 60 months, while the SOW paragraph specifies support of production systems for only 12 months. Also, there is no language in the SOW paragraph specifying how many production units the Spare Parts List should be based upon. Please clarify. | CLIN 0006, Materials & Parts/Spares, parts are needed throughout the 60 month period of performance. Section 3.6.4 reference to the SOW refers to 12 months of support with respect to CDRL A034 only. A034 recommended parts support for the 12 month period is for all production systems (360 - Dismounted). | |
| 9 | RFP M-2.4 FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED | Page 112, Factor 1 - Technical, 1st paragraph | Please clarify what the "critical system requirements of this solicitation" are. Are "critical" requirements those listed as "Mandatory" in the table on page 99 (Dismounted) and page 120 (Mounted)? | The word 'critical' has been removed. See Amendment 0002. Page 99 defines requirements. | |
| 10 | RFP L-5.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION CONTENT | Page 97-98, Volume 1, Section 3, Paragraph 4 | The 7th bullet of the paragraph provides instructions to show escalated labor rates for CLINs 0204, 0304, and 0404. We believe this is in error, and that this statement should refer to CLINs 0203, 0303, and 0403. The 8th bullet of the paragraph provides instructions to show escalated labor rates for CLINs 0205, 0305, and 0405. We believe this is in error, and that this statement should refer to CLINs 0204, 0304, and 0404. | The 7th bullet: CLIN 0007, should reflect escalated labor rates for CLINs 0203,0303, and 0403. The 8th bullet: CLIN 0008, should reflect escalated rates for CLINs 0102,0204,0304, and 0404. See Amendment 0002. | |
| 11 | RFP M-2.4 FACTORS TO BE EVALUATED | Page 114, Factor 5, paragraph 5 | The 6th bullet of the paragraph states that CLIN 0006, 0203, 0303, and 0403 will be evaluated by totaling the price of all parts in the list. We believe this is in error, and that this statement only applies to CLIN 0006. The references to CLINs 0203, 0303 and 0403 should be moved to the 7th bullet, associated with CLIN 0007. The references to CLINs 0204, 0304, and 0404 in the 7th bullet should be moved to the 8th bullet, associated with CLIN 0008. The 8th bullet makes reference to CLINs 0205, 0305 and 0405, but there are no such CLINs listed in RFP Section B. | The 6th bullet should only reference CLIN 0006. All other CLINs have been removed in Amendment 0002. | |
| 12 | SOW | Page 27, paragraph 4.0, Line 1050 | Please clarify which CLINs and SOW paragraphs the statement "ALL contractor labor hours" refers to. | Maintenance and Repair (CLINs 0007,0203,0303,0403) and Engineering Support Services (CLINs 0008,0102,0204,0304,0404). See Amendment 0002. | |
| 13 | RFP L-4.2 PAGE COUNT | Page 94 Page Limit Table | This table lists two Technical Annexes for Test Data and Analysis, one Classified and one Unclassified. Please clarify the number of Test Data and Analysis annexes. | A classified annex for system requirements, and two annexes for supporting test data (one classified and one unclass). | |
| 14 | CLIN 001, RFP Section B, SOW 3.4.2 | CLIN 0001, SOW paragraph 3.4.2 line 527 | Section B states orders may not be placed until the acceptable completion of GAT. CLIN 001 describes GAT support over a 5 month period dismounted and SOW 3.4.2 specifies, "Within 180 calendar days after the Government receives the initial systems, the Contraction Officer shall notify the Contractor, in writing, of the results of GAT." May we assume this to mean orders may not be placed until the completion of GAT which will not exceed 180 days (6 months)? | Notification of successful completion of GAT will be accomplished within 180 days. | |
| 15 | RFP Section M | Page 114, Factor 5, paragraph 5 | In the section describing TEP you state CLINs 007, 024, 0304, and 0404 will be evaluated "based on [y]our estimate of what [you] thing [you] will order over a 5 year period." How will that amount be determined,? And how will the number of contract actions be the same across each vendor, or is the amount offer dependent? | This quantity and ordering period will be randomly selected and the same quantity and order period will be used to evaluate all price proposals. | |
| 16 | SOW 3.3.3 | SOW pg 12 Line 421 | SOW states up to four threat load updates per year. This is to be priced in FFP CLINs. What number of new threats and threat complexity should we use to base this price? | The identity, quantity, and complexity of new threats are unknown. The development of threat loads may consist of a combination of known threat responses repackaged into a custom threat load or the development of a new threat with counteract techniques incorporated into a new threat load delivery. | |
| 17 | SOW | Paragraph 3.2.2.3, Page 7, line 220 | The paragraph states that TIMs will be scheduled "as required" by the Government. How many TIMs per year should Offerors plan for? | TIMs are intended for initial information sharing and resolving issues. The Government estimates ten (10) TIMs for the duration of this contract." | |
| 18 | Solicitation Document: RFP | Page 90 of 115; Delivery |
| Note that proposals must be in the possession of the point of contact listed below with the delivery address by the time and date listed below. Offerors are advised that proposals sent by conventional U.S. Mail service are not routed directly to the delivery address listed below. Therefore, the possibility that a proposal will not comply with the stated closing date/time exists; in such case the proposal will be considered a “late submission.” Late submissions will be treated in accordance with FAR 52.215-1(c). All packages shall be clearly marked and shall include the solicitation number. | Can you provide a specific number of days we would need to have the classified package arrive to plan for the receiving, processing, and final delivery to the point of contact if conventional U.S. Mail services are used for the classified packages? | Package must be received by the due date/time of proposal submission per the RFP. | |
| 19 | Solicitation Document: RFP | Page 90 of 115; Delivery |
| Note that proposals must be in the possession of the point of contact listed below with the delivery address by the time and date listed below. Offerors are advised that proposals sent by conventional U.S. Mail service are not routed directly to the delivery address listed below. Therefore, the possibility that a proposal will not comply with the stated closing date/time exists; in such case the proposal will be considered a “late submission.” Late submissions will be treated in accordance with FAR 52.215-1(c). All packages shall be clearly marked and shall include the solicitation number. | How can the U.S. Government hold offerors accountable for a process we have no control over once our packages arrive to the address provided, ensuring the package is delivered to the Point of Contact? | Package must be received by the due date/time of proposal submission per the RFP. | |
| 20 | Solicitation Document: RFP | Page 93 of 15; Section L-4.2 PAGE COUNT |
| The page count for Volume IV is limited to 15 pages, exclusive of title pages, tables of contents, tabbed index divider pages, acronym list, and glossaries. | Based on Section L of the RFP and SOW requirements, we request for your consideration to increase the Management Plan to 20 pages. | See Amendment 0002 that reflects the Management Plan updated to reflect 20 pages. | |
| 21 | Solicitation Document: RFP | Page 94 of 15; Section Cross Reference Requirements Matrix With Statement Of Work And Performance Specification (Cross Reference Requirements Matrix) |
| The offeror shall provide a matrix within each volume (not required for Past Performance) that cross references the proposal with the Statement of Work (SOW) and System Performance Specification, demonstrating that the proposal addresses the stated capabilities required. It shall be placed at the front of each of the volumes, will be evaluated, and will not count towards the page limitation. The matrix format is included as an attachment to Section L and shall include the proposal page number and the reference to the solicitation requirement that it addresses. | We could not locate the matrix format attachment as mentioned in the RFP document. | See amendment 0002. Matrix is attached to Section L. | |
| 22 | Solicitation Document: RFP | Page 95 of 115; L-5.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION CONTENT, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, SECTION 2 – SOLICITATION AMENDMENTS |
The offeror shall acknowledge all Amendments to the solicitation (as applicable).
Page 96 of 115; VOLUME I- MODEL CONTRACT- SECTIONS A-K AND PRICING, Section 1 – Signed SF 33
| The model contract shall include a completed, signed original copy of the entire solicitation (Sections A through K), to include one signed and completed copy of the Standard Form 33, acknowledging all solicitation amendments, signed by a person authorized to enter into the proposed contract on behalf of the Offeror with all appropriate “fill-ins” completed. Blocks 12, 17 a, 30 a, b, and c must be filled out in their entirety. | The RFP documents request the solicitation amendments be incorporated in both the Executive Summary and in Volume I-Model Contract-Sections A-K and Pricing. Can you please clarify the location the amendment documents should be incorporated? | The amendment documents should be included in Section 2 of the Executive Summary and Section 1 of Volume I. | |||
| 23 | Solicitation Document: RFP | Page 92 of 115; DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF OFFEROR QUESTIONS: 2:00PM Local time on 11 JUNE 2013 | Will the Government provide an extension for the submission for questions for the Classified Section as the Classified documents have not been received? | Not at this time. | |
| 24 | Section L | Pages 98 Volume II – Technical - System Requirements | Section L states the following: "Mandatory requirements must be met in order to be considered for contract award". Can the Government please clarify, does this mean that to be considered for contract award that both the mandatory threshold and mandatory objective requirements are met? | Per the RFP, mandatory requirements must be met in order to be considered for contract award. | |
| 25 | Section L, and SOW | RFP Page 118, pricing instruction for CLINs 0005, 0202, 0302 and 0402; and SOW paragraph 3.6.6.2 | Neither Section L instructions or the SOW specify how many training sessions the Contractor is expected to support per year under FFP. Please clarify. | We are asking for Operator training pricing and pricing for Maintainer training. The pricing should be a FFP per class. As this is an IDIQ, we would have the option to order any number of classes at the proposed price. |
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