Amend-0002_Govt_Answers_N00024-13-R-5228.pdf

N00024-13-R-5228, Amendment 0002 Government Responses to Questions, Comments, and Data Requests

No. Document

Description Page Section/

Paragraph Question/Comment Proposed Action/Change Government Response

9 RFP,

Section L

559 - 561, Reference Section L, Part III , Volume I para 6, 7, 10, 11; Section L, III, Volume IV, para 1.0 General Cost Information

Volume IV Cost Summary Sections 2.5, 2.7, and 3.0-3.3 appear to replicate information required in Volume I.

The Section L, Volume IV, Sections 2.5 and 3.0 through

3.3 were marked “Reserved” in Amendment 001 to the solicitation. The Technical Data Rights information shall be provided in the Offer/ Administrative Volume I, Section 7.0. The Volume IV, Section 2.7 will be marked “Reserved” in Amendment 002 to the solicitation.

10 Potential Offerors are advised that this question and its answer will be sent only to those Offerors who have received the Competition Library Documentation.

Description

Page Section/ Paragraph

Question/Comment Proposed Action/Change Government Response

11 Section L, Volume III

568 Volume III, Para 2.0

Paragraph 2.0 states: “…The Offeror shall also provide at least 3 recent and relevant contracts or subcontracts for each proposed Major Subcontractor...” . The questionnaire format implies the Customers are Government contractors, which in the case of a number of major subcontractors may not be the case. This is especially true when the Government requires 3 Past Performance references.

Question: Please confirm the Government’s intent for subcontractors is for all past performance references to be for their direct Customer, whether Government or private industry.

Provide confirmation the Government’s intent for subcontractors is all past performance references to be for the direct Customer, whether Government or private industry.

The Offeror shall provide relevant past performance, including contracts with Federal, State, and local government and private parties.

This clarification is added in Amendment 0002 to the solicitation

The definition of a Major Subcontractor for the purpose of Volume III, Section 2.0 is the proposed first-tier subcontractor with a proposed subcontract estimated at $10M or more including the dollar value of all options and the maximum quantity of supplies or services to be acquired.”

See Amendment 0002 to the solicitation for the detailed changes.

Description

Page Section/ Paragraph

Question/Comment Proposed Action/Change Government Response

12 Solicitation;

Attachment 11 RFP, Section L

N/A N/A; see question

Section L does not identify where following fill-in clauses, as listed in Attachment 11, are to be contained in the RFP response?

Contract Administration Data Clause (Section G, pg 500)

252.232-706 Invoice Instructions Clause (Section G, pg 499)

5252.216-9122 Level of Effort (Section H, pg 503)

52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation Clause (Section I, pg 512)

52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data Clause (Section I, pg 520)

Question: Please clarify where the fill-in clauses identified above are to be contained in the RFP response?

The complete Solicitation Sections A through J completed by the Offeror in accordance with Attachment 11 shall be provided in the Offer/ Administrative Volume I, Section 2.0.

13 CEC Industry Day Brief

Slides 27 &

How does the Government intend to award the BOA tasks?

Government to define how they intend to award the BOA tasks.

Solicitation N00024-13-R-5228 identifies the Government requirements for CEC Production and supersedes any previously provided information to industry. Any future/additional Government requirements for the CEC Program will be announced via the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov).

Description

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Question/Comment Proposed Action/Change Government Response

14 RFP,

Section B

11 CLIN X010 CLIN X010 describes a first article test for the DDG 1000. This appears to overlap with first article test for CLINs X014 – X016 (CIOC), X020 - X028 (PAAA) and

X029 – X031 (ECSC).

“X” is the contract year (0 to 7).

Government to clarify whether the equipment in the CIOC, PAAA and ECSC CLINs “feeds” CLIN X010 or whether CLIN X010 is the build of a single system.

As identified in Section B CLIN X010 describes the build of a single system for DDG 1000 as follows: “Surface Ship AN/USG-2B CEC System DDG 1000, minus the SDP-S.

TDP Reference: 8486904, PL8486904-004, (ignore SDP- S UNIT 39,)”. The X010 CLINs do not overlap with any other CLINs.

15 RFP

The Offeror is unable to obtain quotations of source control components.

Following the official solicitation (N00024-13-R- 5228) release, the Offerors should be able to obtain quotations of source control components with the exception of the items supplied by the incumbent. For these items, there is adequate technical data provided for alternate source(s).

Description

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Question/Comment Proposed Action/Change Government Response

16 RFP,

Section C

443 3.3.3 The RFP states “Contractor shall flow down the requirements of this entire SOW to all Subcontractors, regardless of contract value.” This will result in extra time/cost for low value subcontractors.

The following sentence will be deleted under Section C paragraph 3.3.3 in Amendment 002 to the solicitation: “The Contractor shall flow down the requirements of this entire SOW to all Subcontractors, regardless of contract value.”

The deletion of this sentence does NOT delete the prime Contractor’s responsibility of contract compliance to deliver conforming supplies/services and the proper flow down of requirements /clauses to subcontractors.

17 RFP,

Section C

441 Section C - Statement of Work -paragraph

3.2.1.3 System

Final Acceptance Testing

The 2nd paragraph states: "DD 250 acceptance of this equipment will be at the Design Agent facility after successful System Final Acceptance Test "

What level of support should the contractor assume will be required to support the System Final Acceptance Testing?

Section C paragraph 3.2.1.3 was modified in Amendment 0001 to the solicitation to clarify System Final Acceptance Testing.

18 RFP,

Section C

442 Section C - Statement of Work – paragraph

3.2.2 Physical

Configuration Audit

The last sentence states "During the PCA, the Contractor shall establish a high level of confidence in the physical configuration of the as-built, as-designed, and as-maintained version of the system in order to finalize the product baseline".

Recommend that the last sentence of the paragraph be replaced with "During the PCA, the Contractor shall confirm the unit is built in accordance with the TDP.

The last sentence of the Section C paragraph 3.2.2 has been replaced in Amendment 0002 to the solicitation with the following: “During the PCA, the Contractor shall confirm the unit is built in accordance with the TDP and the statement of work.”

Description

Page Section/ Paragraph

Question/Comment Proposed Action/Change Government Response

19 RFP,

Section C

442 Section C - Statement of Work paragraph

3.2.3 Quality

Assurance

(QA)

The 1st sentence states "The Contractor shall maintain a QA system that, at a minimum, meets the requirements of ANSI/ASQC/ISO Q9001:2000, and ensures the items delivered meet the requirements of CEC PIDS."

Since this is a BTP contract and units are in production, why is the PIDS referenced?

The first sentence of the Section C paragraph 3.2.3 has been replaced in Amendment 0002 to the solicitation with the following: “The Contractor shall maintain a QA system that, at a minimum, meets the requirements of ANSI/ ASQC/ ISO Q9001:2000, and ensures the items delivered meet the requirements of the TDP and the statement of work.”

20 RFP,

Section C

443 Section C - Statement of Work – paragraph 3.3.2.2 Production Readiness Review (PRR)

RFP states “The exit criteria for the PRR shall be the following:

Design has successfully passed qualification test and the contracting agency has approved the test reports

Is qualification testing required to support this criteria as this is a full rate production program?

Government will remove this exit criterion bullet from RFP.

The following bullet of Section C paragraph 3.3.2.2 is deleted in Amendment 0002 to the solicitation: “• Design has successfully passed qualification test and the contracting agency has approved the test reports.”

21 RFP 552 Section L-1/ Vol. III 2.0

3rd Paragraph states “The Offeror and proposed Major Subcontractors, if any, shall submit the Past Performance Questionnaire, Attachment 9, to each of the references. “

Modify to read: “The Offeror and proposed Major Subcontractors, if any, shall submit the Past Performance Questionnaire, Attachment 10, to each of the references.”

Section L-1, Volume III, Section 2.0 is modified to reference the correct attachment in Amendment 002

Description

Page Section/ Paragraph

Question/Comment Proposed Action/Change Government Response

22 RFP,

Section C

443 Section C - Statement of Work -paragraph 3.3.3 Subcontractor Management

RFP states “Contractor shall flow down the requirements of this entire SOW to all Subcontractors, regardless of contract value.”

The following sentence will be deleted under Section C paragraph 3.3.3 in Amendment 002 to the solicitation: “The Contractor shall flow down the requirements of this entire SOW to all Subcontractors, regardless of contract value.”

The deletion of this sentence does NOT delete the prime Contractor’s responsibility of contract compliance to deliver conforming supplies/services and the proper flow down of requirements /clauses to subcontractors.

23 RFP,

Section L

558 Section L - III.

Proposal Format

3rd bullet states "Text within tables, diagrams, pictorial charts, or graphic material may use 8-point Times New Roman font."

It is requested that the requirement be revised to allow 6-point Arial font.

The proposal format for text within tables, diagrams, pictorial charts, or graphic material remains unchanged.

The “page limit” for the Volume II, Technical has been increased from 80 pages to 90 pages in Amendment 0002 to the solicitation.

24 RFP,

Section L

558 Section L- III.

Proposal Format

5th bullet states "every paragraph, figure, and table shall be numbered".

Request the requirement be revised to every Section/Subsection be numbered?

The 5th bullet under Section L- III, Proposal Format, will be revised in Amendment 0002 to the solicitation as follows:

“• Every section/subsection, figure, and table shall be numbered.”

Description

Page Section/ Paragraph

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25 RFP,

Section L

And

Proposal Volume I (Offer/Admini strative) 10.0 Section K And Volume IV (Cost Summary) Section 3.2 RFP Section K

Section K “ Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors” and the Small Business Subcontracting Plan

Does the Government desire for these documents to be included in full in each of these volumes, or is it preferable to include them in one of the volumes and reference them in the other?

The complete Section K information required should be provided in the Offer/ Administrative Volume I, Section 10.0. The Volume IV, Section 3.2 was marked “Reserved” in Amendment 001 to the solicitation.

26 RFP,

Section L

562-

Volume I Offer/Adminis trative

SECTION 12.0 Subcontract Information, SECTION 14.0 Offeror's Statement, SECTION 15.0 Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms

It appears that Section 13.0 was omitted. If this is the case, should Section 14.0 be numbered 13.0 and Section

15.0 Glossary of

Abbreviations and Acronyms be 14.0? Please clarify.

The conformed Solicitation through amendment 0002 does not omit Section 13.0 under the Offer/ Administrative Volume I.

27 RFP,

Section L

565 Section L - Volume II Technical, Section 2.1.3 Personnel

“Offeror shall demonstrate the availability of qualified personnel to perform the processes or procedures required to build and test the CEC Production systems. This shall include clearances, education and relevant experience for all proposed labor categories.”

Please clarify if resumes are required, and if resumes are required are they included in the 80 page limit?

Resumes are not required, but will be accepted. Resumes, if supplied, will not be included in the Volume II page count.

This clarification will be added to Section L, Volume II, Section 2.1.3 in Amendment 0002 to the solicitation.

28 RFP,

Section L

567 Volume II Technical

There is not a referenced Section for a Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms identified for this Volume.

Should the Volume II Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms be submitted as Section 5.0 of the volume?

Please clarify.

A Section 5.0, Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms, will be added to Section L Volume II in Amendment 0002

Description

Page Section/ Paragraph

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29 RFP Section L:

- Section L Requirements

- Vol I,

- Vol III,

- Vol IV

562, 568, RFP Section L:

- 3.0 Req'ts, para 3.3.3

- Vol 1, para.

12.0

- Vol 3, para.

2.0

- Vol IV, para.

Xx

There are significant proposal requirements for subcontractors exceeding the “subcontracts of $700,000 or more per base or option year” threshold which will result in many 10s of subcontractors to be designated as major subcontractors and flowed the full SOW requirements, submit formal cost proposals and past performance questionnaires. Additionally, these requirements do not exclude commodity/COTS suppliers. Additionally, these requirements are likely to be seen as very onerus for small business and commodities/OTS suppliers, reducing the number of available suppliers.

Question (a):

Section L, Requirements 3.0, Section 3.3.3 Subcontractor Management, "...The Contractor shall flow down the requirements of this entire SOW to all Subcontractors, regardless of contract value...." Please clarify whether the requirements flow down in Section L, Req'ts 3.0, Subcontract Management 3.3.3 is intended only for major subcontractors, and also whether it excludes commodities/COTS suppliers.

Question (b):

• Section L, 12.0 Subcontract Information (Page 562): The Offeror shall furnish the following information for the Offeror and for each Major Subcontractor or team member (subcontracts of $700,000 or more per base or option year (hereinafter all such firms are referred to as “major

Update Section L to provide the clarifications requested.

Answer (a):

The following sentence will be deleted under Section C paragraph 3.3.3 in Amendment 002 to the solicitation: “The Contractor shall flow down the requirements of this entire SOW to all Subcontractors, regardless of contract value.”

The deletion of this sentence does NOT delete the prime Contractor’s responsibility of contract compliance to deliver conforming supplies/services and the proper flow down of requirements /clauses to subcontractors.

Answer (b):

The Section L Volume I, Section 12.0 was marked “Reserved” in Amendment 001 to the solicitation

The following sections of the solicitation are updated in Amendment 0002 to provide clarification regarding Subcontract Information required:

- Section L, Volume III, Section 2.0

- Section L, Volume IV, Sections 4.4 and 4.4.1

Description

Page Section/ Paragraph

Question/Comment Proposed Action/Change Government Response subcontractor”)).

• Section L, 2.0 Past Performance (Page 568): "…The Offeror shall also provide at least 3 recent and relevant contracts or subcontracts for each proposed Major Subcontractor (proposed subcontracts of $700,000 or more per base or option year), if any".

• Section L, 4.0 Cost, 4.4 Subcontracts (Page 572): "...Provide a schedule identifying all proposed subcontracts with an extended value of $700,000 or more per base or option year..."

Please clarify whether $700,000 threshold refers to the minimum or maximum number of quantities, or identify the quantitities to be used for determining the $700,000 threshold? If the Government response is defined to be the maximum number of quantities in base or option year, please confirm the $700,000 threshold.

Question (c):

Based on the responses to questions (a) &

(b) above, please clarify whether the intent of the Government is to only require past performance from major subcontractors only.

Question (d):

Please confirm the schedule with the required information requested in Section L, 4.0 Cost, 4.4 Subcontracts is intended only for major subcontractors.

Answer (c):

The definition of a Major Subcontractor for the purpose of Volume III, Section 2.0 is the proposed first-tier subcontractor with a proposed subcontract estimated at $10M or more including the dollar value of all options and the maximum quantity of supplies or services to be acquired.”

See Amendment 0002 to the solicitation for the detailed changes.

Answer (d):

The information required and the dollar thresholds under Section L, Volume IV, Sections 4.4 and 4.4.1 are updated in Amendment 0002 to the solicitation.