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SF 1449 -

CONTINUATION

SHEET

Pages 3-7, Item numbers 1001, 2001, 3001, 4001, 5001

The ordering unit listed for the referenced CLINS is identified as "UNDEFINED," and each CLIN states "The number of months will be adjusted and negotiated on an individual task order basis. Is it the Government's intention to receive maximum pricing for these CLINS at the (12) month ordering periods provided in Attachment 7

(Pricing Workbook) referenced on the Solicitation at page

59?

The "undefined" reference relates to max quantity, not unit. Further, the unit of issue has been changed from

"month" to "man-month" under Amendment 0001 to the solicitation. A man-month is one Full-Time Equivalent

(FTE) working for one month.

The pricing provided for each 12-month ordering period submitted in the SF 1449 CLIN structure shall be the total cost for the number of FTEs an offeror proposes to fulfill the requirement. This total cost calculation is derived from Attachment 7, Pricing Workbook.

SF 1449 -

CONTINUATION

SHEET / Attachment

7 (Pricing

Workbook)

SF 1449 page 7, Supplies/Services

The SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET does not provide a CLIN for the Additional 6 Month Ordering

Period (6/5/2023-12/4/2023) provided for population on

Attachment 7 (Pricing Workbook). Does the Government require the present inclusion of pricing for this ordering period? In addition to the CLIN, should there be an additional Labor Tab and Column on the Staffing Matrix for this ordering period?

If needed, the Government intends to create a CLIN on the IDIQ award for the potential additional six month ordering period to be utilized. The Government does not require inclusion of the pricing for the additional six month order period under ordering period 5; however, offerors are required to include the projected total price of the additional six month ordering period on

Attachment 7, tab 1, Pricing Summary. Further, the

Government will amend Tab 2, CLIN, and Tab 3, Labor, of Attachment 7 for inclusion of the additional six month ordering period. The change is reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

SF 1449 -

CONTINUATION

SHEET

Pages 8-9, CLIN

DELIVERY/TASK ORDER

MINIMUM MAXIMUM

QUANTITY AND CLIN

ORDER VALUE

The table provided for quantity and order value is unpopulated, could the Government please provide this information?

The Government provided minimum and maximum contract values, as well as a minimum and maximum task order values under the CONTRACT

MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND

CONTRACT VALUE section. The CLIN task order minimum is 1 man-month.

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SF 1449 -

CONTINUATION

SHEET

Pages 9-10, DELIVERY

INFORMATION

The schedule of supplies and services is unpopulated, could the Government please provide this information?

The Contractor shall begin providing services no more than three business days after Receipt of Order, unilaterally ordered. The changes are reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

Solicitation Pages 54/57, Section 5.1, Past

Performance Summaries (PPS)

On page 54 of the solicitation, the Government has provided a limit of (3) pages per PPS, with a total page limitation of (15) pages, and on page 57, has stated that the Contractor shall submit a minimum of (3) and maximum of (5) PPS. Will the Government accept more than (5) relevant PPS so long as the (15) page limitation is observed?

Yes, the Government will allow more than five relevant

Past Performance Summaries as long as the overall 15 page limitation is observed. With that said, offerors should be certain to include sufficient information on those efforts submitted for the Government to be able to adequately determine the effort's relevance (in terms of scope, magnitude and complexity) to the solicited effort.

General N/A Regarding the transitioning contract plan, is it the

Government's intention to stagger awards of task orders to match closing periods of incumbent contracts as this support is consolidated within this requirement?

The current contract ends 04 June 2018. The

Government intends to award the IDIQ award and subsequent task order by 04 June 2018 to ensure there is no gap in service.

General N/A Could the Government please provide the manyear hours used in calculating the Independent Government Cost

Estimate (IGCE)?

The Government will not disclose IGCE calculations. Per attachment 7, Offerors shall use a standard man-year as per your company policies (i.e., 1880 hours, 1920 hours, etc.)

PWS Page 6, para 2.4.7, Performance Location

This PWS states that "The contractor shall provide the workspace for the contractors to include desk space, telephones, and other items necessary to work in an office environment." Does the Government intend for ALL contract support on this requirement to be located at contractor facility?

Yes.

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PWS Page 6, para 2.4.7, Performance Location

Will all contractor support be located in Albany, GA for this requirement, or will there be an additional facility/support component colocated with the Stafford, VA Government customer (on or offsite)?

Contractor support will be located in the surrounding

Albany, GA area. There is no requirement for a Stafford, VA office.

PWS Page 7, paras 2.7.1-2.7.2, Government Furnished

Property (GFP)/Government

Furnished Equipment (GFE)

Paragraph 2.4.7 of the PWS states that performance location for this requirement will be conducted in contractor-provided workspace; however, paragraphs

2.7.1-2.7.2 state that the Government will provide GFP and GFE, to include computers. Could the Government please clarify what GFP and GFE will be provided in order for the Contractor to meet this requirement, and

(with previous question) whether this will be provided for work conducted at contractor facilities?

As stated in PWS paragraph 2.7.2, the Government will provide the contractor with Information Technology assets, to include computers and Common Access Card

(CAC) readers, as Government Furnished Property

(GFP). The GFP assets will be utilized at the contractor's offsite facility.

PWS Page 7, para 2.8, Security The PWS states that this contract will require "certain contractors to obtain and maintain classified access eligibility." Could the Government please specify which contractor personnel will be required to maintain a Secret clearance in support of this requirement?

All contractor employees performing on this contract are required to have, at a minimum, a Secret clearance.

PWS Page 9, para 5.1, Logistics

Support and page 13, para

5.1.12, Equipment Specialist

Requirements

Paragraph 5.1 of the PWS states that "Contractor personnel shall have at least 3 years' experience as an

Equipment Specialist…" however paragraph 5.1.12 only states experience as an Equipment Specialist. Will the

Government accept experience as a Logistics Analyst in lieu of that specified here?

No, contractor employees proposed to perform the requirements of this contract shall meet the experience requirements listed in the PWS.

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Attachment 4

(Staffing Matrix) /

Attachment 7

(Pricing Workbook)

N/A In Attachment 4, the Government has provided a decreased estimated workload in Years 2-5 of performance; however, on Attachment 6, the Government has provided ODC/Travel rates which consistently increase across the outyears. Could the Government please explain the apparent discrepancy between work requirements in the option periods?

The Government has corrected the estimates in the

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) tab in Attachment 4 for ordering periods 2-5. Ordering periods 2-5 now reflect FTE estimates of 24 per year; the FTE estimates for ordering period 1 were used throughout, as the

Government anticipates at least the same level of support for the duration of the contract period of performance.

PWS / Attachment 7

(Pricing Workbook)

PWS pages 5-6, para 2.4.6, Travel and Temporary Duty

(TAD)

(a) Could the Government please provide the anticipated number of trips and period of travel for the locations provided at paragraph 2.4.6 of the PWS? (b) (With previous question) Is the increased travel funding in the option periods due to an anticipation of increased

OCONUS travel during the option periods?

The increased travel funding for ordering periods 2-5 account for standard and consistent inflation for estimation purposes. The anticipated number and duration of travel required is not known at this time.

General N/A Section 5.0 - 5.1.7, 5.1.9, 5.1.10, and 5.1.11 are not listed in the Contracts references for CDRL B002. (a) Should these tasks be included within this CDRL, or are they intended to be included at CDRL B001 Technical

Report/Trip Report? (b) The provided Attachment (3) for

CDRL B002 states Monthly Financial Status Report, should this be Monthly Status/Financial Report to include all referenced tasks, as provided within Appendix 2 of the

PWS (Performance Requirements Summary (PRS))?

Yes, these tasks should be included within CDRL B002;

the changes have been reflected in the Performance

Work Statement, to include further CDRL references for

PWS paragraphs 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.5, and 5.1.6. The deliverables referenced shall be delivered in accordance with CDRL B002, Monthly Status/Financial Report. The title for CDRL B002, Monthly Financial Report, has been revised to Monthly Status/Financial Report. The changes is reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

4.3 53 Do the page limitations include front matter, such as a cover page, TOC, and list of acronyms and definitions?

No. Per L-2 (IV)(5): The title page, table of contents, list of tables and figures, and the Cross Reference Matrix for each volume will not count against volume page limits.

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5.1 Recent and

Relevant Past

Performance

57 Would government accept a project recency if it started in

October 1, 2017; i.e. FY 2018?

No. Per Volume V(1)(a)(1), recency is defined as 12 months of performance occurring during the last 3 years preceding the proposal submission date. An effort that began in October of 2017 would not have had 12 months of support preceding the 13 April 2018 proposal submission date.

5.2 Past Performance

Questionnaire

57 Would government accept a CPARS rating in place of

Past Performance Questionnaire?

No. A Past Performance Questionnaire should be submitted for each effort summarized. However, Offerors may include CPARS ratings in the Past

Performance Summary but are cautioned to ensure the primary purpose of the summary--identifying the customer and establishing the relevance of the prior effort to the solicited effort--is met by fully addressing scope, magnitude and complexity.

Attachment 4:

Staffing Matrix

Rough Order of Magnitude

(ROM) sheet, Basic Contract

(Core) Rqmts Totals

Row 30 of the ROM tab in Attachment 4 indicates 22

FTEs are required for the Base Period of the contract, but the FTE count in Column C adds up to 24. Is the FTE requirement 22 or 24?

Row 30, Column C should read 24 FTEs. The change is reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

Attachment 4 –

Staffing Matrix

Rough Order of Magnitude

(ROM) Sheet, Competency

Billet/Role

For the Equipment Specialist Billet there are no levels associated with these. Does the Government want us to propose a level for these billets or does simply referring to these positions as Equipment Specialists satisfy the requirement?

See revised Attachment 4.

General Question Is there any vendor providing the solicited services? If yes, please share the name along with last year expenditure

The incumbent is Infinity Support Services, Inc. (CAGE:

68QD0) and the current 1-year bridge contract number is

M67854-17-D-2621. Prior to that contract, support was provided by Nexagen Networks, Inc. under contract

M67854-14-D-2545.

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Attachment 7 –

Pricing Workbook

CLIN Tab Column D needs FTE count and on Column E needs hourly rate. The product of D & E is a direct multiplication and does not pull up the correct numbers.

Please provide clarification on this?

See revised Attachment 7, Pricing Workbook.

2.4.7 Performance

Location

Page 6 of 17 – PWS document Is the place of performance contractor’s location? If Yes, does the place of performance have to be in Albany, GA?

Yes, the place of performance is the contractor's facility.

PWS 2.4.7 has been revised to state that "The contractor facility shall be within a 50-mile radius of Albany, GA."

2.7 Government

Furnished

Equipment/Informati on (GFE/GFI).

Page 7 of 17 – PWS document Are we correct in our understanding that the government will provide all necessary computers and other related equipment?

Yes.

Attachment 4 –

Staffing Matrix

Rough Order of Magnitude

(ROM) Tab

Is the number of FTEs provided in Attachment 4 –

Staffing Matrix, the actual number deployed currently or is it just an estimated number?

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) numbers provided in the

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) tab in Attachment 4, Staffing Plan, are current estimates.

Attachment 4, Staffing Matrix

Rough Order of Magnitude

(ROM) Tab

Are any of the current positions identified in the Base

Period column filled by support contractor personnel, or are they all new positions?

Several of the positions identified are currently being filled by support contractor personnel.

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RFP, Section L, Paragraph VI:

Instructions for

Preparation of

Proposal Content

Page 57 of 66: Volume IV,

4.1 (3)

The RFP requires that the offeror submit a Staffing Plan indicating how quickly it will staff the effort, including number of days after contract award until fully staffed.

However, since this is an IDIQ contract, it is unclear exactly what requirements we will be staffing initially.

What positions will the selected vendor be required to staff upon contract award -- all positions, supporting all

PMs and Teams indicated on the Rough Order of

Magnitude (ROM) Tab of Attachment 4 for the Base

Year, or selected positions supporting specific PMs and

Teams?

The Government plans to place task orders that will include support listed for some or all of the supported programs listing in Attachment 4, Staffing Matrix. The unit of issue has been changed from "month" to "man-month." The changes are reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

RFP section 52.222-

42 STATEMENT OF

EQUIVALENT

RATES FOR

FEDERAL HIRES

(MAY 2014)

p.47, last line on bottom of page

This RFP section on page 47 indicates the Logistics

Management personnel are equivalent to government GS-

12 workers, which are professionals; yet on page 38, the clause 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards

(MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67) is checked as being applicable to this contract. Can you please confirm that all

Logistics Management personnel on this contract are categorized as professionals who are exempt from the

Department of Labor (DOL) Service Contract Act (SCA)

Wage Determinations?

Upon further review, the Government determined the labor category requested under the subject requirement does not fall under the Service Contract Act (SCA).

Instead, the labor category, "Equipment Specialist," is determined to be professional in nature. Therefore, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses 52.222-17 and 52.222-42 become inapplicable and FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards, will be removed. FAR clause 52.222-46, Evaluation of Compensation for

Professional Employees (Feb 1993) will be incorporated into the solicitation. The change is reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

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RFP section 52.212-5 p. 38, 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified

Workers (May 2014) (E.O.

13495)

What is the original date of hire for each current incumbent worker who is deemed qualified enough by the

Government to be granted first right of refusal for these jobs when the new contract is awarded? All bidders require this information, because worker seniority level affects the cost of each worker, plus affects the amount of legally-required vacation hours due to each worker.

In order for offerors to provide appropriate incumbent employees with the first right of refusal referenced in

FAR 52.222-17, would the Government identify those incumbent employees deemed qualified and provide the original hire date for each?

See the response for Question #28. Because this effort is not subject to the Service Contract Act, there is no first right of refusal.

RFP section 52.212-5 p. 38, 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified

Workers (May 2014) (E.O.

13495)

Because a number of qualified incumbent workers will simply transition from employment under the current contractor to employment under the new contractor, do bidders still need to provide extra names, resumes, employee credentials, etc. for these positions in their bids

(in the Staffing Matrix), or include such data only for those remaining open positions that will not be filled by the qualified incumbent workers?

No employee names should be submitted in the Staffing

Matrix. Instead, the Matrix should indicate the company

(prime or subcontractor) name and job category for all teams to be supported.

RFP section L-2, Offeror’s Proposal

Requirements

p. 53, section IV, Content and

Organization of Proposals, item 1

Would the Government please consider 12-point font as the minimum font size rather than the only font size, therefore allowing page titles and section headers to be larger than 12-point, for the purpose of readability and to prevent eye strain for the proposal readers?

Section L, IV #1 has been revised to "Proposals shall be prepared using uncompressed “Times New Roman” font no smaller than 12 point." The changes are reflected in

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RFP section L-2, Offeror’s Proposal

Requirements

p. 53, section IV, Content and

Organization of Proposals, item 1

Can the Government please consider allowing text like page numbers and source selection data protection statements located inside the headers and footers to be 10-point font instead of 12-point font, to avoid filling up the header and footer sections with text?

Use only 12-point font.

RFP, Section L Page 53, L-2 IV, 1 Margins and Fonts

Please confirm that for graphics, tables, text boxes, charts, etc., that 8-point font is acceptable.

Use only 12-point font.

RFP section L-2, Offeror’s Proposal

Requirements p.54, table line 3, EXCEPTIONS, DEVIATIONS, CONDITIONS AND

WAIVERS

If a bidder does not have any exceptions, deviations or waiver requests, should the bidder include a placeholder page in this section of each binder and each digital folder to indicate there are no exceptions, deviations or waivers?

Instead of submitting a blank placeholder page, the offeror shall include a page containing a statement that they do not have any exceptions, deviations or waivers from the provisions of the RFP.

Performance Work

Statement

Page 3, last paragraph on page The PWS indicates bidders must include their Quality

Control Plan (QCP) inside their proposals. Is the submittal of a QCP with the proposal required? The proposal preparation instructions in the RFP file do not provide instructions for positioning the QCP inside the volumes. How would the Government like bidders to submit the QCPs? Please advise.

PWS 2.4.2 has been revised to require submission of the

QCP upon contract award, rather than being submitted with the proposal. The change is reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

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Appendix 2, PERFORMANCE

REQUIREMENTS

SUMMARY (PRS)

Appendix 2, PERFORMANCE

REQUIREMENTS

SUMMARY (PRS)

Appendix 2 defines several Program Management responsibilities. Are bidders required to include Program

Management costs as a part of their fringe expenses, or will there be an additional CLIN added to the contract to capture Program Manager hours separately? Alternatively, can bidders assign one senior Equipment Specialist to also be responsible for the Program Management reporting responsibilities? Please advise as to which approach is the Government’s intention.

A Program Management CLIN will not be included in the solicitation or resulting contract. It is up to the individual offeror and their business practices if they want to assign a senior Equipment Specialist to be responsible for the Program Management reporting responsibilities. Fringe expenses for Program

Management cost, if proposed, shall be accurately represented in the Basis of Estimate (BOE).

SF 1449 form and

Pricing Workbook

SF 1449 form and Pricing

Workbook

Unit price is expressed in Months on Standard Form 1449 but expressed in Hours in the “Pricing Workbook” spreadsheet. We can roll hours up to an average 160-hour work month for the unit price on the SF 1449 if the

Government would prefer, but just wanted to ask about this now to make sure this approach was intentional on the Government’s part.

See revised Attachment 7, Pricing Workbook. The unit of issue has been changed from "month" to "man-month." A man-month is one FTE working for one month. A given task order may include support for some programs and not others, and the number of man-months of support ordered for one program may be different than for another program.

Pricing Workbook spreadsheet

Pricing Workbook spreadsheet Are the CLIN X002 and X003 values listed in the Pricing

Workbook spreadsheet considered valid dollar amount estimates that all bidders should include in their proposals?

The values provided for CLIN series X002 and X003 are

Government-provided numbers; these numbers will not be used in price evaluation and offerors should not include these values in their proposals. Offerors shall only submit pricing for CLINs 1001, 2001, 3001, 4001, and 5001 in Attachment 7, Pricing Workbook, and the

SF 1449 CLIN structure, per Volume VI(2)(a)(1) on page 58.

n/a n/a Are there any Collective Bargaining Agreements in place that cover the work specified in the PWS?

No.

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Also it is difficult to determine manpower requirements based on the information in the PWS. Can you provide current manpower numbers or future projected manhours required?

Current estimated Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) numbers are provided in the Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) tab in Attachment 4, Staffing Plan.

Vol V, Section 5.1 Page 57, Paragraph V.3a, Line

1-5

For the purpose of relevant past performance, the solicitation defines a proposed major subcontractor as

“meaning one who will perform 35%, by dollar, or more of the solicited effort”. Given the SBA requirement of

51% workshare performance for the 8(a) Prime, is it the

Government’s intent to limit prime bidders to a single major subcontractor?

Offerors are free to propose as many subcontractors as they wish. The Government is limiting consideration of past performance information to those companies (prime and sub) who will be performing, or be responsible for, a significant enough portion of the work (at least 35%) for their record in performing prior efforts to be predictive of the outcome on this effort.

Vol IV and

Attachment 4, Staffing Matrix

Page 57, Paragraph V1.2, Lines 4-8 and tab "Staffing

Matrix"

Vol IV states: “In the Staffing Matrix the Offeror will propose a specific number of full - time equivalents

(FTEs) for each support position…” The Staffing Matrix identifies 15 support positions - five (5) specific support positions each for PM IS, PM CS2, and PM CS. Does the

Government require 15 FTEs for this effort or will the

Government establish a minimum number of FTEs required for the base and all option years for this RFP to establish an equitable cost basis for bidders?

The Government does not require any particular number of FTEs for the effort, but will evaluate whether the proposed number and distribution is likely to meet the

PWS requirements. Current estimated Full-Time

Equivalent (FTE) numbers for the Base Period and all subsequent Ordering Periods are provided in the Rough

Order of Magnitude (ROM) tab in Attachment 4, Staffing Plan.

Vol V, Section 5.1 Page 57, Paragraph V.3a(1) Vol V defines “recent” past performance as “… contracts, whether ongoing or completed, with at least 12 months of performance occurring during the 3 years preceding the proposal submission date.” The combination of 12-months performance and 3 years preceding proposal submission is overly restrictive for 8(a) businesses. Will the Government increase the 3 year period to 5 years and decrease the 12-month performance requirement to 6-months?

No. The 12-month period of performance and the 3-year limit are designed to provide the government with a performance period that is sufficiently long and recent enough to be predictive of how the offeror will perform the solicited effort.

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Attachment 4, Staffing Matrix

Tab: Rough Order of

Magnitude (ROM) / Column

C, Cell 28

There is a formula error in cell C28 causing the total to read 10 instead of 12. It should read SUM(C23:C27) in order to properly sum the column. Will the Government please revise the spreadsheet formula?

Correct. The spreadsheet has been revised to reflect a subtotal of 12 FTEs for PM CS, with an overall total of

24 FTEs for the Base Period. The revised spreadsheet will be uploaded to FBO with the associated solicitation amendment.

RFP, Section L Page 53, L-2, IV 6) The RFP allows for the proposal to be submitted in

Adobe PDF format (except price). However, the RFP states, “The CD-ROMs shall be in a searchable MS Office

2010.” Please confirm that files on the CDs may be provided in Adobe PDF format and that for non-pricing volumes, being searchable in MS Office is not required.

CD-ROM files must be provided in MS Office 2010 searchable format.

RFP, Section L Page 54, Table 2, and Attachment 4Please confirm that the “second” Section 4.1 should be

4.2 and that a separate file may be submitted for

Attachment 4 since it is in Excel and Section 4.1 will be in Word or PDF. NOTE: Page 57 specifies that this should be submitted as part of Volume IV.

Correct, the "second" 4.1 should be 4.2 and a separate file may be submitted for Attachment 4 (Excel) since

Section 4.1 will either be MS Word or Adobe PDF. The change to the section numbers will be reflected in the solicitation amendment.

RFP, Section L Attachment 2, PPQ Can the government provide this Attachment in Word format so that our Government customers can easily fill this out?

Yes, a MS Word format will be uploaded to Federal

Business Opportunities (FBO).

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RFP, Section L Page 55, Section VI, Instruction for Preparation of

Proposal Content, Volume I, Executive Summary

Please confirm that this is the location in the proposal where an Offeror may provide a summary of our proposal for evaluation. The list of requirements (1a through d) does not provide for this, nor does the page count. May

Offerors provide an Executive Summary and have the page count restriction for this volume increased to 4 pages? Or, may an Offeror provide an Executive

Summary in the Technical Volume with a 2-page increase in the overall page limitation?

Offerors may provide a summary of their proposal in

Volume I, Executive Summary; however, the page limitation will not be increased.

RFP, Section L Page 57, Volume V, Past

Performance

The RFP states, “2) Past Performance efforts shall be described in sufficient detail to allow for comparison of the prior performance to the solicitation’s PWS. As a result, it will be important to identify what portion of the solicited effort will be performed by each entity for whom past performance information is submitted.”

a. Since this is an IDIQ Task Order contract, it will be difficult to determine what portion of the effort will be subcontracted. May this be omitted?

b. Further, may Offerors alter the Past Performance

Summary Form to accommodate the additional information requested in Section L?

A. The requirement will not be omitted; proposals must identify what portion of the solicited effort will be performed by each entity for whom past performance information is submitted. Without knowing which portions of the effort a company (prime or major subcontractor) will perform, the past performance information provided will have less value in predicting how that company will perform the respective portion of the effort.

B. Yes, the Past Performance Summary forms may be tailored to add additional, pertinent information.

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RFP, Section L Page 58, b. Section 5.2, PPQ The RFP states, “The Offeror shall submit with its proposal a list of the customer POCs that were provided a

Past Performance Questionnaire. The Offeror shall provide the performing contractor name, indicate whether they performed as prime or subcontractor on the referenced effort, include DUNS Number and Contract

Number, and provide all of this in their email.”

a. Please confirm that a separate e-mail to the Contracting

Officer need only be provided if the Customer is submitting the Questionnaires by mail.

b. Since the proposal must be hand delivered, do you also require a separate e-mail listing PPQ POCs?

A separate e-mail is not required. The Offeror shall provide the information with its proposal, whether it is hand delivered or mailed. The language in Section 5.2, PPQ, will be updated. The changes are reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

RFP, Section L Page 56, Volume III, Technical Approach

Given the page count for the Technical Approach, please confirm that the Technical Approach should only address

Section 5.0, Specific Logistics Requirements, and that a statement that the Offeror takes no exceptions to the other

PWS sections is acceptable.

Offerors may make a statement that they take no exceptions to PWS requirements; however, they will be evaluated based on the criteria provided in Section M. If constrained by the page limit, Offerors will need to determine which portions of the PWS to discuss, as guided by the Section M evaluation criteria.

RFP, Section L Page 55, Section VI, Volume

I, Executive Summary

Please confirm that the government desires a Financial

Statement in the Executive Summary. It was not mentioned in the list of requirements (a through d) but appears in Table 2.

The reference to the "Financial Statement" in Table 2 will be removed. A Financial Statement is not required in the proposal submission. The changes are reflected in

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RFP, Section L Page 57, Section 4.1 Staff

Management Approach

May Offerors provide a Program Manager resume (and other resumes) to show capability in meeting the requirements? Will resumes count in the page count?

Offerors shall not submit resumes or otherwise provide names of individuals proposed to perform this effort.

Offerors should provide proposal narrative as required to address the evaluation criteria listed in Section M.

RFP, Section L Page 57, Section 4.1 Staff

Management Approach

Regarding the Transition and Staffing: a. Can the government elaborate on the Transition period – such as length of time or CDRL # after a Task Order issuance? b.

The Staffing Plan requires that Offerors indicate how quickly an effort will be staffed and the number of days after contract award it will be staffed. Given that this is an ID/IQ Task Order contract, it will be difficult to define this across the contract. Can the government provide further guidance? c. Evaluating the Offeror on how quickly it can ramp up for the contract, we believe, is an unfair advantage to incumbents-particularly without designating a transition period.

A. The Government plans to award the IDIQ contract and execute the first task order by 04 June 2018 to avoid a gap in service.

B. See response to Question #7.

C. Irrespective of an Offeror's size or prior engagement for this effort, the Government has an interest in being able to meet its support requirements within a timely fashion.

RFP, Section L Page 57, Section 4.1 Staff

Management Approach

The Offeror is asked in the Staffing Matrix to describe the personnel requirements; however, the PWS already provides the description (number of years of exp. etc.) in

it. Shall we just repeat the requirements?

The PWS provides minimum requirements for proposed personnel and notes several desirable qualifications.

With that in mind, Offerors are instructed to detail, via the Staffing Matrix, the qualifications they will set to hire personnel to perform the solicited effort.

Line Number Question Response

M67854-18-R-2003 Logistics Management Support Services

Requests for Clarification (RFC)

**Note: Duplicate questions were removed and/or similar questions were combined in order for the Government to provide comprehensive responses.

RFP Page 42, Section 8(a) Award The RFP specifies, “(c) The offeror/subcontractor agrees that it will not subcontract the performance of any of the requirements of this subcontract to any lower tier subcontractor without the prior written approval of the

SBA and the cognizant Contracting Officer of the Marine

Corps Systems Command”. a. Please define lower tier subcontractor. b. Does the K O require written confirmation from the SBA to add subs with the proposal? c. Due Date for SBA coordination – will delays lead to an extension?

A. See the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for additional information regarding lower tier subcontractors.

B. Yes.

C. No extensions are planned.

RFP Attachment 4, Staffing Matrix Can the Offeror propose alternate labor categories? Equipment Specialist is the only labor category required or desired to perform this contract.

RFP Attachment 4, Staffing Matrix Since all positions will be funded under a single FFP

CLIN, how does the Government intend to manage this as an IDIQ contract?

Yes, the Government anticipates a single award of an

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract.

RFP Page 7, Section 2.8, Security Since the contractor will be receiving, storing, and handling sensitive equipment, will the contractor require a local facility that meets the requirements to store and handle classified equipment? This is not stated in the

RFP?

The successful offeror will not be required to store classified/sensitive equipment at their facility; handling of sensitive or classified information will be done at

Government Facility by Government personnel.

Attachment 7 –

Pricing Workbook

Pricing Workbook, Labor Tab The Labor tab says complete for the CLIN listed. Are we to add all labor categories separately for each CLIN?

There is only one labor category identified to perform this effort: Equipment Specialist. The Pricing

Workbook has been revised and for CLINs 1001, 2001, 3001, 4001 and 5001, Offerors shall complete only the information highlighted in yellow.

Line Number Question Response

M67854-18-R-2003 Logistics Management Support Services

Requests for Clarification (RFC)

**Note: Duplicate questions were removed and/or similar questions were combined in order for the Government to provide comprehensive responses.

Attachment 1, PWS

5.0

Page 9 What is the current number of FTEs performing these tasks?Offerors are free to contact the incumbent contractor for additional information. The Government's current FTE estimates are included in Attachment 4.

Attachment 4, Staffing Matrix

ROM The Note suggests the number of FTEs for each PMO.

Are these the numbers to be used for Pricing?

The Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) is the

Government's estimates of the number of FTEs required, by program, to perform the work listed in the PWS.

Whatever numbers an Offeror proposes will be used in deriving that Offeror's pricing.

Attachment 7 –

Pricing Workbook

Pricing Workbook The excel spreadsheets are in two font sizes Arial 10 and

Calibri 11. When we pull these tabs into our Volume narrative can we make them Arial 10 font, or do they need to be in Times New Roman 12?

The font type/size discrepancy has been remedied; all information presented in Attachment 4, Staffing Matrix, and Attachment 7, Pricing Workbook, has been revised to Times New Roman 12-point. Any information that will be included in the proposal narratives should be no smaller than uncompressed 12-point Times New Roman.

Section L-2, Offeror's

Proposal

Requirements, IV

Page 53, 2) Margins and

Formats

Can we use 11x17 for the WBS in the Volume IV and VI? Yes. Per Section L-2(IV)(1), Foldouts are allowed for the

Contractor Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS) and shall be no larger than 11x17 inches.

Section L-2, Offeror's

Proposal

Requirements, IV

Page 53, 6) Copies Can the government please clarify -- It is our understanding that you are asking for Volume I – IV to be in one binder (5 copies) and Volume VI and VII should be in one binder (2 copies). Is that correct?

Correct; the Offeror shall submit five identical binders, each containing paper copies of Volumes I - IV as listed in Section L, Table 2. Additionally, the Offeror shall submit two identical binders, each containing paper copies of Volumes V - VI.

Line Number Question Response

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Requests for Clarification (RFC)

**Note: Duplicate questions were removed and/or similar questions were combined in order for the Government to provide comprehensive responses.

Section L-2, Offeror's

Proposal

Requirements, IV

Page 53, 6) Copies CD submission should be: Volumes I – IV all on the same

CD (2 copies) and Volumes VI – VII all on the same CD

(2 copies). Is this correct?

Correct, the Offeror shall submit two identical CDs, each containing exact duplicates of the paper copies of

Volumes I - IV. Additionally, the Offeror shall submit two identical CDs, each containing exact duplicates of the paper copies of Volumes V - VI.

SF 1449-

Continuation Sheet

Pages 3-10 Please clarify. The B price tables should they be in

Volume VI – Price or do you want them in Volume VII –

Contract Information since they are part of the SF1449 vs

Section B?

Pricing shall be submitted in both the SF 1449 CLIN structure and Attachment 7, Pricing Workbook, as instructed in L-2 (VI) Volume VI, Price Proposal.

Section L-2, Instructions for

Preparation of

Proposal Content, Vol I - Executive

Summary, a.

Confirmation

Page 55, a. Confirmation In this section it is our understanding that we are confirming we are registered in SAM. And that this is part of the Executive Summary (limited to 2 pages). Are we to provide response to the CLAUSES

INCORPORTED BY FULL TEXT (Pages 12 – 41) and if so should they be incorporated in Volume VII – Contract

Information?

Within the Executive Summary, offerors shall include confirmation of SAM registration and a statement that representations, certifications, acknowledgements and statements have been completed electronically within the

SAM system. Responses to clauses incorporated by full text shall be provided in VII, Contract Information, Section 7.1, signed SF 1449.

Section L-2, Instructions for

Preparation of

Proposal Content, Vol VII- Contract

Information

Page 60, b. Section 7.2 EEO and VETS

Please advise what information or documentation will be considered responsive and compliant with this section if an Offeror or subcontractor <$100K is unable to produce a confirmation notification even though they have contacted the VETS 4212 Service Center prescribed in subparagraph (1), via phone and email, to request a verification search be performed.

The Government will accept a copy of the e-mail request submitted to the VETS 4212 Service Center if a confirmation notice has not been received by the proposal submission date and time.

Line Number Question Response

M67854-18-R-2003 Logistics Management Support Services

Requests for Clarification (RFC)

**Note: Duplicate questions were removed and/or similar questions were combined in order for the Government to provide comprehensive responses.

Attachment 7 Please provide the minimum education and years of experience as well as any other pertinent information regarding the certifications, if any, and performance requirements for the personnel Offerors are required to staff and price.

Minimum qualifications for the labor category are detailed in Performance Work Statement (PWS) paragraph 5.1. See Government response for Question

#55.

General Is it possible to utilize resumes or corporate experience in lieu of past performance?

Neither resumes nor individual names should be submitted with proposals. Further, neither resumes nor corporates experience shall be used in lieu of the Past

Performance Summaries and Past Performance

Questionnaires required, as identified in Section L of the

RFP.

Line Number Question Response

M67854-18-R-2003 Logistics Management Support Services

Requests for Clarification (RFC)

**Note: Duplicate questions were removed and/or similar questions were combined in order for the Government to provide comprehensive responses.

SF 1449 Page 1, Box 10 Would the Government consider amending the NAICS from 541614 to 561210 Facilities Support Services.

NAICS 561210 includes the ability to manage service contracts in which there are several (at least three) separate tasks. For example, the PfM CES contract requires several supporting requirements as detailed in 5.1

Specific Tasks, 5.1.1 through 5.1.12.

We feel this NAICS properly illustrates the breadth of support this contract requires.

Further, the Small Business Administration calculates

TOTAL GROSS SALES in their assessment of Small

Businesses, so any Small Business that is awarded contracts or direct sales collectively inclusive of all

NAICS codes, and all contracts, could be eliminated from this competition if a NAICS other than the recommended one is used. Quite frankly, that would be a disservice to

MCSC, and the Warfighter by eliminating healthy small business competition. Based on the requirements identified and presented in the Performance Work

Statement (Specific Tasks 5.0), for the PfM CES

Logistics Support in Albany, GA, is what we considered when looking at possible NAICS for use in determining the actual requirements supporting this effort.

The Government will not amend the NAICS code from

541614 to 561210. NAICS 561210, Facilities Support

Services, "requires the performance of three or more separate activities in the areas of service or specialty trade contractors industries. If services are performed, these activities must each be in a separate NAICS industry." (reference: U.S. Small Business

Administration, Table of Small Business Size Standards

Matched to North American Industry Classification

System Code s, Footnote #12)

The subject requirement has one labor category and falls under one NAICS industry; therefore, based on the above guidance, NAICS 561210 does not apply for the CES

Albany Logistics Management support requirement.

Line Number Question Response

M67854-18-R-2003 Logistics Management Support Services

Requests for Clarification (RFC)

**Note: Duplicate questions were removed and/or similar questions were combined in order for the Government to provide comprehensive responses.

PWS Page 6, Para. 2.5.1 PWS Paragraph 2.5.1 cites CDRL requirement B001 Trip

Reports. The DD-1423 for CDRL B001 requires a weekly submission. It appears this is actually a weekly status report of work performed but is not invoked in any of the

PWS section 5 paragraphs. Will the content and format be clarified at the Post Award Conference?

CDRL B001, Technical Report/Trip Report, has been revised to reflect a frequency of "as required" as opposed to "weekly". This CDRL will be required for submission after contactor personnel travel in performance of the duties under the resulting contract award. The Data

Acquisition Document number, referenced in Block 4 of the CDRL, is DI-MISC-81943; this authority states the

CDRL submissions will be used to record the purpose of the trip, observations, and any applicable conclusions or recommendations based upon the purpose.

PWS Page 6, Para 2.5.2 PWS Paragraph 2.5.2 cites CDRL requirement B002

Monthly/Financial Status Report. The DD-1423 for

CDRL B002 cites DID DI-MGMT-81651 which clearly requires certain elements of financial reporting. However, CDRL B002 is specifically invoked in PWS 5.1.7, 5.1.9 and 5.1.10, which have nothing to do with contract finances . It seems logical that those paragraphs should invoke a weekly CDRL B001 technical report/summary.

Is that accurate?

A weekly CDRL, B001- technical report/summary, will not be invoked. CDRL B002 has been revised to reflect

"Monthly Status/Financial Report." See the response for

Question #15 for additional information. The changes are reflected in solicitation amendment 0001.

General N/A As no answers to previously submitted questions have yet been provided, would the Government consider granting an extension to allow for time to develop the best response?

An extension will be reflected in solicitation amendment

0001.

Attachment 7

(Pricing Workbook)

Tab 3- Labor Could the Government please clarify whether G&A and profit should be included separately within the labor tab of the pricing workbook, or whether these are intended to be captured within the column for the fringe rate?

In the Basis of Estimate (BOE), offerors shall provide compensation-- direct pay and all benefits accruing to the employee-- separately from whatever burdens the company applies to the labor for their man-month price.