MCC-17-RFQ-0131_0002_final.pdf

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07/27/17

Millennium Challenge Corporation

Contracts and Grants Management Division

1099 Fourteenth Street NW

Suite 700

Washington DC 20005

Millennium Challenge Corporation

Contracts and Grants Management Division

1099 Fourteenth Street NW

Suite 700

Washington DC 20005, Nataliya Holl, Contr. Repr. MCC

To all Offerors/Bidders

MCC-17-RFQ-0131

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See CONTINUATION Page

The purpose of this modification is to respond to the questions submitted.

See continuation page.

Taylor Wolf

MCC-17-RFQ-0131 Modification 0001 Page 2

Responses to the questions submitted.

General questions:

Q.1 Regarding the RFQ, can you please tell me if non-US owned firms are eligible to bid for the above services, and can non-US experts be included in the team?

A - The RFQ is open to all companies and non-US experts can be included in the team.

Q.2 Could MCC clarify if participation in these due diligence services might disqualify a contractor from bidding and working on the implementation of a subsequent project in the future?

A – Please see FAR 9.5—Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest for guidance and proper procedures to follow in the future.

Q.3 Please respond to the following questions:

1) List of Items, Schedule of Requirements, Scope of Work, Terms of Reference, Bill of Materials required.

A – Please review the RFQ.

2) Names of countries that will be eligible to participate in this tender.

A – The RFQ is open to all countries to participate.

3) Information about the Tendering Procedure and Guidelines

A - Please review the RFQ.

4) Estimated Budget for this Purchase

A- It is not available for quoters.

5) Any Extension of Bidding Deadline? Any Addendum or Pre Bid meeting Minutes?

A- There will be no extension for the deadline to submit the quotes. All modifications are posted on www.fbo.gov

SECTION C DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

Q.4 Section C.6. Page 17, Please could you clarify the expected number of round trips? Section C.6.page 17 says

“Offerors’ financial proposals should consider up to 6 round trips total to Mongolia during the Base Period, and up to

4 round trips during the Option Periods. For purposes of lodging and per diem calculations offerors should anticipate that each trip will be of 10 days duration in Mongolia plus the travel days.” Please could you clarify:

1) Are there six trips per expert planned in the base period, or six trips in total?

A – there are approximately 6 trips planned in the base period.

2) Similarly, are there four trips planned per expert in each option period

A- There are 4 trips planned for each of the option period.

3) Please could you clarify the Total number of trips to Mongolia. If there are 6 trips per expert in the base period and 4 trips per expert in the option periods, this gives 6x3 + 2 x 3 x 4 = 42 round trips.

A- The total number of trips is 14 in the base and two option periods for all experts.

Q.5 Page 22 section F.3: The contractor will be required to travel for work and meetings with MCC staff in

Washington and to MCA countries per requirements stated in SOW. Please could you clarify the number of expected trips (and length) to Washington. The table on page 22 suggests one Kick Off meeting in Washington at contract initiation, however says nothing about further trips during base or option period.

A- For the budgeting purposes please assume a total of 14 roundtrips to Mongolia. In case there will be a need to travel to MCC’s HQ in Washington DC, please take one roundtrip to Mongolia and split the costs into projected DC trips. The kick off meeting can be conducted over skype in case the personnel is not based in Washington.

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

Section L.2 RFQ Format and L.4. Quote Preparation http://www.fbo.gov/

Q.6 Section L.2. says the font should be 11-point Times Roman, L.4.2. says it should be 12-point Times Roman – please clarify.

A - Please use 11-point Times Roman

Q.7 Section L.4.2 – Volume 1 – Technical – first paragraph, says the technical quote should not exceed 13 pages (1 +

8 + 4), however the text then goes on to state that there should be a cover page ( 1 page), Technical Narrative ( up to 8 pages), and Staffing Requirements (8 pages), which is 17 pages. Please clarify the total no of pages and the page breakdown.

A- Volume 1 – Technical –the technical quote should not exceed 17 pages (1 + 8 + 8).

Q.8 The Key Expert CV’s are required to be no more than 4 pages (section L.4.2.). Please clarify that these are in addition to the Staffing section requirements above, is not included in the page limit of the technical.

A- All CVs can be placed in an attachment, and do not count towards the staffing section’s pages.

Q.9 If we add an additional expert to meet the requirements in an optimal manner, should we include the cv (and hence an extra four pages)?

A- Yes, please include CVs for all personnel.

Q.10 Please could you indicate whether a specific CV format should be used?

A- Chronological format for all CVs.

Q.11 On page 44, section L.4.2., paragraph a) , says “Cover pages, dividers, table of contents do not count against the limitation. In the ensuing section entitled “Technical Quote Format”, it sets out “Cover Page (1 page) – Title, names of organization submitting quote, contact person, telephone and fax numbers, address and email. The quote shall include a cover letter signed by an individual authorized to commit the company to the quote ………”

Technical Narrative (not to exceed 8 pages)..,,,,” etc. Please clarify if the cover page counts as page One of the RFQ response or not, and also if the cover letter (as described above) counts to the page limit or not.

A- The cover page counts towards the pages limitation for the technical proposal.

Q.12 Section L.4 ‘Quote Preparation & Instructions’, L4.4 VOLUME III – BUSINESS QUOTE (p.45) The RFP asks for a “Budget narrative supporting the Excel budget presentation in Microsoft Word format” but does not give a page limit. Please could you provide a page or word limit for the budget / business quote narrative?

A- there is no limit here but please be reasonable.

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

Q.13 Evaluation Criteria: On page 48, Section M.2 Evaluation criteria it says “the criteria below are presented by major category in descending order of importance…when combined, non-price factors are more important than price”. Please could you indicate whether an specific marking criteria is available, and indeed what percentage of points is allocated to each section.

A- This RFQ is issued under was issued in accordance with FAR Part 12.6 and Part 13.1. The evaluation of quotes will be conducted in accordance with FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotation or offers. The rules and procedures of

FAR Part 15 are expressly not applicable to this commercial item acquisition. MCC will assess the advantages and disadvantages as related to the Evaluation Factors.

Q.14 Please could you confirm whether there is an indicative budget for this solicitation?

A- This is a T&M RFQ and the LOE levels are specified in Section F.2. There will be no budget information released.

End of Modification 0002.