20161013_QA_From_ECH_Industry_Day.pdf

Enhanced Combat Helmet M67854-16-R-1122

Industry Day Questions & Answers

1. The language in Section M and the Statement of Work contradict one another regarding the requirement for the Facility Clearance. Does the Government require a facility clearance at time of proposal or to perform the contract?

a. The Government requires a facility clearance to respond to the solicitation (Section

L.3.2.1.1). The Government also requires a facility clearance to perform the contract

(Section C Paragraph 3.1.4).

2. After the VATEP evaluation has been conducted, what percentage reduction in weight will offerors be held to?

a. Per Section M.3.4.2, the awardee’s Government verified claimed weight will be incorporated into the Purchase Description (PD) and will become the threshold for contract performance

3. Do Source Selection Samples require a Night Vision Device (NVD) Mount? If so, are you going to weigh Source Selection Samples with the NVD Mount? If not, how will you be removing them and putting them back on?

a. Per Section L.3.2.1.3, each Source Selection helmet shall include both a retention system and a suspension system. Offeror’s shall submit four sets of NVD hardware; however the

NVD Mount is not required for Source Selection Samples. Per Section M.3.4.2, the

Government will weigh the Source Selection finished helmets, including the 7-pad

Retention System and Suspension System. The NVD Mount is not required for Source

Selection Samples and therefore will not be included in the evaluated weight of the helmet.

4. Is the evaluation of weight in Price or Technical factor?

a. Per Section M.1, the Government will evaluate an Offeror’s weight as a Go/No Go

Criteria (Criteria 4). The Government will also evaluate the Offeror’s weight under the

Factor 4 - Price Factor per Section M.3.4.2.

5. How will Government Purpose Rights (GPR) be evaluated?

a. Per Section M.3.1.4, Offerors who propose Government Purpose Rights for the NVD

Mount hardware design in accordance with DFARS 252.227-7013 will receive a Strength.

Offerors who do not propose GPR for the NVD Mount will remain eligible for award.

6. Is the Government open to mount designs other than those provided by the Government?

a. No. There is the potential for an ECP after contract has been awarded.

7. Is the Government open to a different pad solution?

a. No. Please refer to PD Paragraph 6.5 for the mandatory source for the Enhanced

Combat Helmet (ECH) Pad Suspension and Retention System.

8. What is the minimum quantity of 15,000 based on?

a. This quantity is based on anticipated FY17 funding.

9. What documents or information need to be provided for the Nation Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Laboratory Tests

a. Offerors shall provide a NIJ approved laboratory test report that clearly demonstrates the Offerors proposed ECH meets the threshold/minimum ECH PD requirements for

Enhanced Combat Helmet M67854-16-R-1122 those tests listed in Table 2 of Section L. The NIJ-approved laboratory test report must be unaltered in a pdf file with an official signature from the test laboratory.

10. What are the dollar values the Government associated with the TEP based on?

a. The dollar values represent the value to the Government for the associated weight reduction and are limited by the acceptable level of cost to the Government for the ECH.

11. Are offerors responsible for manufacturing the NVD mount?

a. Offerors are responsible for manufacturing the NVD mount per Paragraph 3 of the

Section C - Statement of Work. However, the NVD Mount will not be evaluated during

Source Selection, but will be evaluated during Post-Award First Article Testing with the successful offeror. The Source Selection Samples required by Section L.3.2.1.3 do not include the NVD Mount.

12. How does an Offeror ensure both backwards compatibility between the X-back retention system and the Improved Retention System and attain weight reduction (causing a thinner helmet), if the Offeror is required to use hardware designed for the old ECH version and not allowed bolt protrusion?

a. Per PD Paragraph 3.6.2, the bolt of the Improved Retention System attaching hardware may protrude thru the nut (post). The bolt of the X-back attaching hardware may protrude thru the post.

13. Is the Government open to different NVD hole diameters other than those specified by the

Government?

a. No.

14. Will the Government be providing the NVD Mount .stp file?

a. The NVD Mount .stp is Attachment 13 to the solicitation.