Amend-0001_Govt_Answers_N00024-13-R-5228.pdf

Government Responses to Questions and Comments N00024-13-R-5228

Amendment 0001

Document Description

Page # Section/ Paragraph

Question/ Comment Proposed Action/ Change

Government Response

1 RFP, Section L

559 &

L-1, Volume I and Volume IV

Volume I Section 6.0, Government Production and Research Property (GPRP) appears to be redundant with information required in Volume IV Section 2.5 Government Production and Research Property.

Delete Cost Volume Section 2.5.

The complete GPRP information required should be provided in the Offer/ Administrative Volume I, Section 6.0. The Volume IV, Section 2.5 will be marked “Reserved” in Amendment 001 to the solicitation.

2 RFP SF 33 Section 9 Request a three (3) week extension to the proposal due date. This will ensure that we have enough time to review the Competition Library and then solicit subcontractor and vendor quotes based on the data contained in the Competition Library.

The proposal due date is extended to 17 October 2013, 2:00 PM EST. Submission of questions, both classified and unclassified, is extended to 45 days after the issuance of the RFP. See Amendment 001 to the solicitation.

3 RFP, Section L

561 &

L-1 section III Proposal Format

Volume I Section 10.0 Section K appears to be redundant with information required in Volume IV section 3.2 RFP Section K “Representation, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors.”

Delete Cost Volume Section 3.2.

The complete Section K information required should be provided in the Offer/ Administrative Volume I, Section 10.0. The Volume IV, Section 3.2 will be marked

Page # Section/ Paragraph

Question/ Comment Proposed Action/ Change

Government Response

4 RFP, Section L

562 &

L-1 section III Proposal Format

Volume I Section 11.0 Small Business Subcontracting Plan appears to be redundant with information required in Volume IV Section 3.3 Small Business Subcontracting Plan

Delete Cost Volume Section 3.3

The complete Small Business Subcontracting Plan should be provided in the Offer/ Administrative Volume I, Section 11.0. The Volume IV, Section 3.3 will be marked

5 RFP, Section L

&572

L-1 section III Proposal Format

Volume I Section 12.0 Subcontract Information appears to be redundant with information defined in Volume IV Section 4.4, Subcontracts

Delete Cost Volume Section requirements

The Subcontract Information required should be provided in the Cost Summary Volume IV, Section 4.4. The Volume I, Section 12.0 will be marked

6 RFP, Section L, Volume 1, 559 Section L, Volume I/Section

5.0, EEOC

Compliance Threshold

Volume I Section 5.0 states: "... each proposed first-tier subcontractor with a proposed subcontract estimated at $10M or more…." . However, no basis for calculating the $10M threshold for a first-tier subcontractor is provided.

Question: Please clarify the $10M threshold.

In accordance with FAR 1.108(c), the dollar threshold for the purpose of Volume I, Section 5.0 is the estimated dollar value of the proposed first-tier subcontract, including the dollar value of all options and the maximum quantity of supplies or services to be acquired. The clarification of the $10M threshold is added in Amendment 0001 to the solicitation.

Page # Section/ Paragraph

Question/ Comment Proposed Action/ Change

Government Response

7 RFP Sections C, E, L, M

442, 475, 477, 565, 500

Section C, 3.2.3, pg 442, Section E, 52.246-11, pg 475, Section E, Quality Management System Requirements, pg 477, Section L, Vol II, 2.1.7, Quality Assurance, pg 565, Section M, 2.1.1.7, Quality Assurance, pg

Quality requirements are specified in multiple locations within this RFP.

Section E, 52.246-11, pg 475 calls for ANSI/ASQC/ISO 9001:2008, the remainder refer to ANSI/ASQC/ISO 9001:2000.

Question: Please confirm ANSI/ASQC/ISO 9001:2008 should be used in all cases.

The correct reference is ISO 9001:2000. The relevant sections of the RFP will be updated to reflect ISO 9001:2000 in Amendment 0001.

8 RFP, Section B

Pages Pages 41,42 and 43

Section B/ CLINs 40, 41 and 42

In the TDP supplied by the Government on 8 Aug, for the CSSA (P/N 04006A5150-002), the TDP does not contain drawings for the assemblies below the top level listed in the RFP. These drawings are required in order to support detailed costing.

Question: Please provide the detailed lower level TDPs for the CSSA (P/N 04006A5150-002)

Please update the TDP to include all drawings required to quote, procure and build the CSSA per CLINs 40, 41 and 42

The Offeror is directed to the

"CSSA (40065A5150)

Drawings" folder in the provided TDP. The drawings in question reside in this folder.