Industry Questions 22-Dec-11.docx

Industry Questions Post RFP Release 22 December 2011

1) Background: Amendment 2 released on 16 December 2011 contains specific changes to… the requirements for the Past Performance (PP) and Corporate Experience (CE) volumes.

The new requirements to allow only Past Performance programs of the same CAGE codes as the Offeror / subcontractors and to use the same programs for both the PP and CE volumes, changes our approach... In addition, it is not feasible to meet the PPQ response deadline of 23 December 2011 for changes in the Past Performance programs cited.

Question: For these reasons…[we] respectfully request… an extension of receipt of PPQs …and an extension of the proposal submittal due date… Answer: Due to the nature of the Past Performance requirements change referenced above, the Government has decided to amend the proposal response date to 26 January 2012. Past Performance Questionnaires will be accepted up until the same date as proposal submission. Please note that the language in Section L, paragraph 3.1 for Past Performance states that Offeror’s Past Performance information shall, “…As much as possible, correspond to the descriptions of the Offeror’s experience provided in Volume 4, Corporate Experience with the descriptions provided in this volume [emphasis added].” This is the only change relative to Corporate Experience, with the exception that the number of experience areas to be covered in Offeror’s proposals has decreased from Amendment 01.