EASR_Amendment_08_Q As.pdf

GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO EASR SOLICITATION #N0002415R5370

COMMENTS/QUESTIONS

Amendment 08

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

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Paragraph Question/Comment

Proposed Action/Change

Answer

1 General Has all the information that is necessary for prospective Offerors to submit proposals been provided to industry?

Yes. Unrestricted information, and controlled access information is available on FBO. Access to controlled content requires interested parties to submit an explicit access request. Classified and other restricted content has been provided under separate cover. See previous instructions for requesting access to classified and other restricted content if not previously requested.

2 General Respectfully request an extension of an additional 60 days from the current 28 October 2015 response date.

Amendment 07 to the EASR Solicitation extended the proposal due date to 12/01/2015

3 General Request that the Battlespace Awareness Initial Capabilities Document (ICD), dated 13 August 2014 be provided to industry.

All appropriate flow down requirements have been provided in the solicitation documentation. The ICD will not be provided.

4 General Request that the Dual Band Radar Software for CVN 78 be provided as GFI.

The DBR software is not available for release.

5 General Request any trade studies or GFI/GFE generated within or from ONR’s EASR Study Contracts be provided to industry.

The EASR N00024-15-R-5370 requirement set is not reflective of the trade studies.

There was no GFI/GFE generated that applies to the current solicitation.

6 Para 3.1.7.9

SOW Request clarification to the EASR RFP Attachment J-01 Statement of Work (SOW) Milestone Summary that PDR is an event driven approximated ACA date based on entrance requirements being met versus a fixed NLT 6 Months After Contract Award (ACA) date.

Clarification provided in Amendment 06 posted to FBO on 10/21/2016

7 M-2.1, Page

RFP,

Section M

Request clarification on how each factor within T.1 will be rated and weighted against each other.

Technical Factor T.1 does not have sub-factors. Answer provided to industry in Amendment 03 posted to FBO on 10/07/2015

8 SRD Request confirmation that Doppler visibility requirements can be achieved with multiple looks.

The requirement for visibility and disambiguation applies to a single dwell, where a dwell may consist of multiple coherent processing intervals. There are no specific requirements for Doppler visibility. The requirements are only for range and range-rate.

9 RFP,

Section M

Request modifications to Section M that give credit for offeror’s strengths across various performance factors, testing, and integration performance.

The evaluation criteria are as stated.

10 RFP,

Section M

Request modifications to Section M that do not require margin above technical requirement for compliance resulting in lower cost.

See RFP Section L, Para 2.1.1.1 for proposal requirements related to Technical Margins.

11 SRD Request to allow offeror’s to proffer waveforms and processing that enable equivalent capability at a lower cost.

The waveform descriptions supplied in section 3.3.11.3 "Waveforms" dictate a broad range of capabilities for pulse widths and modulation, but don't dictate details of multiple pulse waveform construction or signal processing.

12 RFP, BOE

estimating methodology

Request for supported material costs only if they exceed $10M per CLIN/SLIN.

The RFP requirements are as stated

13 RFP, BOE

estimating methodology

Request for supported subcontractors cost data for costs exceeding $10M.

The RFP requirements are as stated

14 RFP, BOE

estimating methodology

Request for BOEs to be capped at level 3. The RFP requirements are as stated

15 181 RFP, PRICE

PROPOSAL

– VOLUME

VII (PRICE

FACTOR),

Part 1

Request for the delivery of the Initial TOC model as part of the SRR/SFR.

RFP requirements for submitting a TOC model as part of the proposal are unchanged. Refer to CDRL A047 for Initial TOC model delivery requirements in conjunction with 3.1.7.9 Milestone Summary table in the SOW.

16 RFP,

Section F

Request the Reallocation of EASR Emulator work scope to Dahlgren and provide as GFE in partnership with EASR contractor.

The RFP requirements are as stated

17 General What is the purpose of the Government extending the proposal due date to December 1, 2015?

The extension was in the best interest of the Government.