Attachment 4 - Response to Vendor Questions.pdf

Question

No.

Document

Section Paragraph Question/Issue/Concern Response

1 Solicitation

Section I, 52.217-7 OPTION FOR

INCREASED QUANTITY--

SEPARATELY PRICED LINE ITEM

(MAR 1989)

This section states, "The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the

Contractor within 60 days." For immediate planning and estimating purposes, would the

Government please define the event before or after which the 60 days becomes operative?

Section F and 52.217-7 have been revised in Amendment 01.

2 Solicitation

Section I, 52.217-7 OPTION FOR

INCREASED QUANTITY--

SEPARATELY PRICED LINE ITEM

(MAR 1989)

This section states, "The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the

Contractor within 60 days." For immediate planning and estimating purposes, would the

Government please clarify whether CLIN 0001 -

0003 will be ordered sequentially (i.e., CLIN 0001 delivery 180 days followed by CLIN 0002 delivery

180 days followed by CLIN 0003 180 days, for a total 18 month Period of Performance)?

Section F and 52.217-7 have been revised in Amendment 01.

3 Solicitation

Section I, 52.217-7 OPTION FOR

INCREASED QUANTITY--

SEPARATELY PRICED LINE ITEM

(MAR 1989)

This section states, "The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the

Contractor within 60 days." For immediate planning and estimating purposes, would the

Government please clarify whether there will be an overlap of CLIN delivery periods?

Section F and 52.217-7 have been revised in Amendment 01.

4 Solicitation

Section B - Supplies or Services and

Prices - Item No 0004 Operators

Maunual FFP Test Assets IAW SOW

4.4.4 Quantity 1 and Exhibit D002 and

Item No 0005 Technical Data (CDRLs)

FFP Exhibits A, B, C and D Not

Seperately Priced (NSP) Qty 12

Would the Government please clarify that the cost / price for the Operators Manual and Quick

Reference Guide is included in CLIN 0004, and is excluded from the requirements / pricing in CLIN

0005?

The cost/price for the Operators Manual and Quick Reference Guide will be on

CLIN 0004 IAW SOW 4.4.4 and Exhibit

D002. Box A (the CLIN reference) on each

CDRL has been revised in Amendment 01.

5 SOW

4.2.3 Would the Government please clarify that the

"Appendix (A) - Draft DID for CDRL A005" applies to CDRL A004, not CDRL A005?

Appendix (A) - Draft DID for CDRL A005 applies to CDRL A004 and will be revised in Amendment 01.

6 RTM

Pspec 3.1.8 Would the Government please provide the definition of "subdued" for the purposes of this requirement?

Operators must have the ability to silence the speaker volume from a high of 100 dB to 0 dB for the audio indication for outgoing call initiations.

7 RTM

Pspec 3.1.8 Would the Government please confirm that the required call volume of both outgoing and ingoing tones is the same value?

The Government confirms the call volume of both incoming and outgoing tones are the same value.

8 SOW

SOW Paragraph 3.1 Mil Stds and Specs and 3.2 Fed Stds

Would the Government please confirm that the documents in these sections will only apply to the extent of, and as required by the product specification and / or SOW requirements, and as a result of this confirmation please consider changing the "Mandatory Compliance" to, "Guidance Only," or "As applicable for the Requirements of this

RFP?"

The Government considers the documents listed under SOW Paragraph 3.1 Mil Stds and Specs and Paragraph 3.2 Fed Stds

"Mandatory Compliance" are essential to the design, safety, environmental, and performance characteristics of the system.

9 SOW Paragraph 4.3.1

Would the Government please clarify the requirements for the SETR events:

- what is the schedule for each of these events, and before or after deliveries under CLIN 0001?

The requirements for the SETR events

IAW SOW Paragraph 4.3.1 can be found in the SIAT-HDBK-001 MCSC Systems

Engineering Technical Review Handbook.

The schedule for each events will be determined by the Government after contract award.

10 SOW Paragraph 4.3.1

Would the Government please clarify the requirements for the SETR events:

- Which events require Contractor support and if so, what support is needed?

The contractor shall provide Subject Matter

Experts to participate telephonically in the

Government-led SETR events, answering questions regarding the MATT and its performance with respect to the P-Spec requirements and the criteria in the SIAT-

HDBK-001 MCSC Systems Engineering

Technical Review Handbook.

11 Section L Paragraph 2.0 Would the Government please clarify whether the schedule required is for the program or delivery?

Section L, para 2.0, and Section M, para.

1.1, have been revised in Amendment 01.

12 Section L Paragraph 2.0 Would the Government please clarify in which volume the schedule is required?

In The Technical Volume, Part IV(C)