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- M67854-15-R-7901
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- United States Marine Corps
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| Solicitation M67854-15-R-7901-Communication Training Center (CTC) | |||
| Question Number | Question | Reference | Program/Contract Office Response |
| 1 | Where is the Program Manager required to be located to support this effort? | 2.3.1 Contract Management | There is no particular location required for the Program Manager. The Staffing Plans will be assessed based upon the offeror's solution. |
| 2 | Can the base manning at each CTC be identified? | 2.3.1 Contract Management | The Government does not have a specific number of personnel required. Each Offeror's Staffing Plan will be evaluated in the context of their chosen solution. |
| 3 | Is a Team Lead required at each CTC and if so who is their Government interface? | 2.3.1 Contract Management | The solicitation does not dictate a specific solution. Each proposal will be evaluated on its own merits, based on the solution chosen. Each CTC will have an Alternate COR (ACOR) to interface with contractor personnel when required. |
| 4 | Are any staff positions required or supported outside of the CTCs? (Twenty Nine Palms) | 2.3.1 Contract Management | The solicitation does not dictate a specific solution. Each proposal will be evaluated on its own merits, based on the solution chosen. |
| 5 | How is the CTC Instructional support organized? | Performance Work Statement, 4.1 Instructional Services | The solicitation does not dictate a specific solution. An offeror's proposal will be evaluated on its own merits, based on the solution chosen. |
| 6 | Does the Instructor administer testing? | Performance Work Statement, 4.1 Instructional Services | The instructors will be proctoring the in class examinations and a Test Administrator, other than the instructor, shall proctor the Certification Exams. The Staffing Plan should include the Test Administrator for the applicable courses. |
| 7 | Are the instructors assigned to a section or work from a general pool at each location? | Performance Work Statement, 4.1 Instructional Services | The instructors must be certified (if applicable) for the course they teach. The Government does not assign the instructors to teach at any location. The Staffing Plans will be assessed based upon the offeror's solution. |
| 8 | Are any instructional or curriculum staff at 29 Palms? | Performance Work Statement, 4.1 Instructional Services | The Offeror's Staffing Plan will be evaluated in the context of their chosen solution. See PWS paragraph 4.2.2 regarding meetings. |
| 9 | Are Curriculum Developers strictly for Curriculum Development and how are the integrated to each section? {I.e.. Commercial Systems (Data), telecommunications (wired) or Military unique Armed Forces (A/N designated) systems} | Performance Work Statement, 4.2 Curriculum Development | The Offeror's Staffing Plan will be evaluated in the context of their chosen solution. |
| 10 | Can the government identify the current curriculum Management Staff positions for each CTC? | Performance Work Statement, 4.3Curriculum Management | No the Government cannot identify the current curriculum Management Staff positions at each CTC. The offeror's Staffing Plan will be evaluated in the context of their chosen solution. |
| 11 | Is the OCONUS CTC manned at a different level and is there an identified travel budget for that CTC? | Performance Work Statement, 4.3Curriculum Management | Any staffing for the OCONUS CTC will be based on the offeror's chosen solution and the offeror's staffing plan will be evaluated based on their chosen solution. |
| 12 | Can the nominal travel requirements and qualifications of OCONUS staffing be identified by Instructional & Curriculum? | Performance Work Statement, 4.3Curriculum Management | The travel requirements and qualifications of OCONUS staffing cannot be identified by Instructional & Curriculum. The offeror's Staffing Plan will be evaluated in the context of their chosen solution. |
| 13 | Will the contractor be using the government provided testing center accounts or be expected to use their own? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | The Government will set up an account in the Test Administrator's name. |
| 14 | Is the government testing center a public or closed testing site? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | Closed |
| 15 | Will the testing proctors be responsible for scheduling exams or will the students schedule their exams? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | Test Administrators shall be responsible for scheduling the exams in accordance with PWS paragraph 4.4.1, that states "At the conclusion of instruction for courses with a certification test, as noted in the Course Description Matrix, a Test Administrator shall conduct the certification testing. " |
| 16 | Will students that did not attend training on the provided schedule be able to take test in the testing center at any time? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | No. Only students that attended the training on the provided schedule will be able to take the test in the testing center. |
| 17 | Will there be technical staff in the testing center to troubleshoot testing issues? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | If there is a connectivity issue, the Government will provide the troubleshooting. The Test Administrator is responsible for application support and application troubleshooting. |
| 18 | Is there currently, and will there continue to be, a government facility operating in the CTC locations with all infrastructure, hardware and software configured to provide certification testing and labs for all the commercial certifications listed? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | Yes, there will be a Government facility operating in the CTC locations with all the infrastructure, hardware and software configured to provide certification testing and labs for all commercial certifications listed. |
| 19 | Can you provide the list of certification test that can be administered in the government facility? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | The list of certification tests that can be administered in the Government Facility are listed in Attachment 2-Course Description Matrix, column S, Test Administration shows the testing Facility. The Government has a Pearson Vue testing facility at each CTC. The requirement for a Prometric Test Administrator for the Project Management Professional (PMP) course has been deleted. |
| 20 | Are the facilities and equipment certified by Pearson VUE for each commercial exam? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | The testing facilities and equipment are certified by Pearson Vue for each applicable exams. |
| 21 | What is the minimum IA level and IT certification level for the instructors for the commercial courses by course? | Performance Work Statement, 4.4 Test Administration | No minimum IA level required. Each instructor must be certified in the course they will teach, when applicable. |
| 22 | Written as “thirty” days. We believe should be “Ten”. | Solicitation, Page 28, CLIN 0054 | It should be 10 days |
| 23 | What ODC’s can we expect if vouchers and other support materials are being provided by the Government. | Solicitation, Page 35, CLIN 0067 | CLIN 0067 is cost reimbursable in case the unexpected need for ancillary supplies occurs. The Government will have a not to exceed amount of $5,000.00 should ODCs be needed. |
| 24 | This section states that “tables and illustrations may use a reduced font style not less than 8 point.” Specifically for illustrations, does this reduced font style need to be Times New Roman as well, or can it be any other readable font? | Solicitation, page 86, L.3 proposal format | New Times Roman |
| 25 | PWS indicates that "All travel shall be reimbursed..." can we assume that this will include instructor and curriculum developer travel from CONUS to OCONUS locations and between CONUS locations? | Solicitation, Page 38, C.2.6 | Course Instructors and Test Administrators will be required to travel OCONUS. Curriculum Developers may be required to travel OCONUS depending on curriculum development and curriculum management meeting schedules. Only required travel will be reimbursed, and then in accordance with the FTR. |
| 26 | From the PWS, "The Contractor shall perform the following requirements in accordance with the performance standards and thresholds in the Performance Requirements Summary." Can we assume the summary of the performance requirements are listed in the QASP table “Appendix 1 - Surveillance Matrix”? | Solicitation, Page 39, 4.0 | The QASP is merely a draft document intended to give the offeror an idea of how the Government will assess their contractual performance. |
| 27 | Please clarify: The AIR requires "Instructor After Action Feedback." This cannot be completed by the due date if it is due on the last day of instruction. This specific page is completed after the AIR has been turned into the CTC Directors. The Directors do not complete this until the following week. This prevents section "H" from being completed and thus not in compliance. | Solicitation, Page 39, 4.1.2 | The Instructor After Action Feedback to the Directors is part of the AIRs. The AIR binder can be completed in accordance with section 4.1.2 of the PWS and submitted to the COR on at the end of instruction. See attachment 6 for AIRs template. |
| 28 | Can the government define what constitutes a mishap? Cuts, bruises, power surges, dropped gear? What are their levels of severity for reporting purposes? | Solicitation, Page 42, para 7.2 | Any physical damage or service outage to equipment, and any physical injury to personnel. |
| 29 | Please clarify: “Courses can be from 3 to 30 days” but page 31 lists the maximum as 40 days. | PWS page 37, para 1.3 Scope, 2nd para, second sentence | Dependent on the course, classes are from 3 to 30 days. The section for providing pricing for 40 days in for Curriculum Development of a new course not yet in inventory. |
| 30 | Lists A009 as a deliverable “Corrected Curriculums”. Shouldn’t this only be in Curriculum management since all Major Curriculum Development is listed as “New” material? | PWS, page 40 para 4.2.1 Major Curriculum Development, Deliverables | Agree; the solicitation amendment removes A009 from paragraph at 4.2.1 of the current solicitation. |
| 31 | States instruction shall commence at 0800. Do we assume it ends at 1700? | Solicitation, page 39, para 4.1.3 | Instruction should end no later than 1700. |
| 31 | States Past Performance Questionnaires are required to be submitted no later than 2:00PM local time, Quantico, VA 1 October 2015. Question: Is it the intent that Questionnaires be due on the proposal due date of 15 October2015? | Solicitation, page 88, para Factor 3 | The solicitation is being amended to change the due dates for Past Performance Questionnaires from 1 October 2015 to 9 October 2015. |
| 33 | What does the Instruction Services Column (Column I) indicate with Yes or No? | Attachment 2 Column I | Not all courses require an instructor. Courses marked as "No" do not require an instructor in the contract unless specifically contracted for by task order. Curriculum Mangement is only required for the "No" courses. |
| 34 | Can we assume that Attachment to be completed should be a October 2015 and not 22 July 2015? | Attachment 11, Past Performance Questionnaire, page 1 | The Past Performance Questionnaire, Attachment 11, is being amended to 9 October 2015 in lieu of 22 July 2015. |
| 35 | Per Exhibit B- can we assume that Curriculum Development is only to be priced for those specified number of course training days (i.e. 3,5,10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40)? | Exhibit B | Yes, the offeror shall provide pricing for only the specified number of training days for each ELIN and CLIN listed in Exhibit B. |
| 36 | Does the government expect all notional annual classes to be taught and, of so, will the ordered cost per class be solely based on the CLIN value without regard for location or contract year? | Solicitation, Exhibit A & Attachment 2, Page 2-27 CLINS 0001-0051 and ELINS | No, The Government will order the classes needed when they are needed. The classes will be ordered on a per class basis. The difference between one location versus another should be limited to the travel costs, which are billed under a different CLIN than the class itself. |
| 36 | Is the ceiling $23M or $26M as stated in Section B.1 Minimum/Maximum? | Solicitation, Section H, 52.216-19 Order Limitations, Page 59 | The amendment will correct the clerical error between the two areas in the solicitation. The correct amount is as stated in Section H, clause 52.216-19, Order limitations, $23,000,000.00. |
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