Amendment_0001_-_Q A.pdf

Number Document Description Page # Section/ Paragraph Question/ Comment Proposed Action/ Change Government Response

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Section B

Reference: In Section B, for those CLINs that have stepladder pricing, the government provided two places to provide unit prices. The first place is in the main body of Section B and the second is in Note F - "Stepladder Pricing Table." The range in the main body of Section B only accounts for one unit price for the entire Stepladder range.

Question: Is it the government’s intent to use the pricing in the "Stepladder Pricing Table" as the official pricing?

Proposed Change: Note F (Stepladder pricing table) supersedes any stepladder pricing in the main body of Section B.

The main body of Section B simply shows the minimum and maximum quantities. Note F is where offerors shall propose the stepladder pricing. Pricing set forth in Note F takes precedence and the RFP language has been updated accordingly.

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Page 183 of 220 Section L/3.1.4

Reference: The Offeror shall provide information, in the format described below, on a minimum of three (3) but no more than five (5) production-related contracts of similar size and scope, performed within the last (3) years from the date of this solicitation, where the Offeror has been the prime or major subcontractor. The Offeror shall provide information, in the format described below, on a minimum of three (3) but no more than five (5) production-related contracts of similar size and scope, performed within the last (3) years from the date of this solicitation, where any planned major subcontractors for the Offeror have been a prime or major subcontractor.

Question: Our assumption is that, if our subcontractors each have several similar production-related contracts of the dollar amount specified as do we as the Offeror, we could submit as many as ten Past Performance references - five from the Offeror and a total of five from subcontractors. Is this true?

Yes, that assumption is correct. In the example described, the offeror could submit as many as ten Past Performance references. Five from the prime and five from subcontractors.

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Page 191 of 220 Section L / 3.2.1.2

Reference: 3.2.1.2 Section 1.2--Other Information The Offeror shall furnish the following information for the Offeror and for each major subcontractor or team member (subcontracts of $100,000,000 or more per year, or 10% of total contract price, whichever is less (hereinafter all such firms are referred to as “major subcontractor”)).

Question: The Draft RFP stated value was $500,000 which is significantly lower than $100,000,000. Request clarification of this threshold.

The threshold of $100,000,000 was incorrect. RFP language has been updated to state $1,000,000 vice $100,000,000.

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Section L Section 1.1 P.

3.2.1.1.9

Reference: Paragraph states "Offers shall propose a PIO profit percentage in Section B Note F." But, PIO is under Note G.

Question: Please clarify whether the Offeror is to put PIO profit percentage under Note F or Note G.

Proposed Change: Please clarify if Note F or G.

PIO profit percentage shall be proposed under Note G. RFP language has been updated to state Note G throughout.

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56 Section C: 3.3.2.3

Reference: Reviews & Meetings SOW paragraph states the requirement to conduct a minimum of five TRR's Question: For the purpose of pricing, including subcontractor pricing, request clarification of the events for which these minimum of five TRRs are required.

Identify events for which these minimum of five TRR's are required.

RFP language under 3.3.2.3 has been updated to provide further clarity on the review and meeting requirements.

Multiple TRRs are sometimes required for various test events.

MK 48 CBASS Re-Compete Program Guidance and Control

(G&C) Section Acceptance Document (V6)

Page 1 of 23 1.1 Purpose and Scope

Reference: Paragraph states "The purpose of this G&C Section Acceptance Document is to further detail the Pre-POM, POM, production, and periodic acceptance requirements for G&C Sections as well as CBASS Kits. The contractor is expected to conduct the activities identified in this plan. Conducting the testing called out in this document on CBASS Kits will require build-up of the CBASS Kits into G&C Sections. The completion of these activities is required for buy-off of hardware.

Question: This document is not referenced in the solicitation and the complexity of the testing contained requires highly specialized test equipment and modification of GFE (Mark 660 ATE). Is this document an added requirement of this solicitation?

Proposed Change: Please define the scope of this document as related to contractual acceptance requirements.

This document is contained in the Competition Library, but was inadvertently left off of Attachment 1 Contract Baseline. This document has been added to the Contract Baseline (Attachment 1).

MK 48 CBASS Re-Compete Program Guidance and Control

(G&C) Section Acceptance Document (V6)

3.2.4.2.4 Launch

Acceleration

Reference: Paragraph states, "The G&C Section shall meet all requirements of paragraphs 3.2.1.1.2 while being subjected to longitudinal aft launch environment consisting of an initial jerk of 50 g/s minimum for a duration of 300 ms minimum and an acceleration of 15 G's/s for a duration of 900 ms minimum, while in its operating mode and oriented in its standard tube launch position."

Question: Is it the intent that the Contractor shall fabricate and/or procure, assemble, test and deliver Factory Test Equipment necessary to satisfy this and other environmental testing where the requirement exceeds the current capabilities of the GFE test equipment defined in the Draft RFP Attachment 4 - GFE list?

Proposed Change: Please clarify.

The contractor is required to satisfy this and other environmental testing requirements. The government does not recommend building a facility and test equipment for this test as there are exiting commercial and government facilities available for this single instance testing requirement, but that is the contractor's decision. The use of government facilities would require a Work for Private Party Agreement with the

Government.

Guidance and Control Box

(GCB), 8595311

Broadband Sonar Analog Receiver (BSAR), 8595317

Pre-Amplifier, 8595318 Nose Array/Shell, 8595315

Transmitter, 8595319 Inertia Measurement Unit

(IMU), 8595316

Tuning Box, 8595313

Depth Sensor Assembly (DSA), 8595314

Wirelink, 8595312

Various Sections 4.2.3

Environmental Conditions

Reference: All sub sections with a Test allocation defined in the RVTM of this document.

Question: Additional requirements have been added to environmental testing. Does the government have test assets and software available to conduct the required testing?

Proposed Change: Please clarify.

The Government will provide GFE and GFF test equipment as documented in Attachment 12. These testers do not provide environmental conditions as required in the contract but can be used for monitoring and performing functional testing while the units are being environmentally conditioned.

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63 C / 3.3.3.5

Para. States …develop Contractor's Configuration Management Plan IAW CDRL A015. In Exhibit A, page 1, CDRL A015 is defined as Proposed Critical Manufacturing Process Description

(PCMPD).

Clarify CDRL A015.

CDRL A015 was titled incorrectly on page 1 of Exhibit A. CDRL A015 is the Contractor's Configuration Plan, Exhibit A page 1 has been updated.

MK 48 CBASS Re-Compete Program Guidance and Control

(G&C) Section Acceptance Document (V6)

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3.3.7.2 Electromagnetic

Interference (EMI)3.3.8 Self-Generated Noise

Reference: FIRS and G&C Assembly have the same performance requirements. Compliant FIRS when integrated into the G&C Assembly could cause the G&C Assembly to exceed the performance specifications. Question: It is the intent that the contractor changes the FIR level specifications to include design margin?

Proposed Change: Please clarify.

No, it is not the Government's intent for the contractor to flow the requirement from the section to the FIR level to provide additional design margin. All EMI and Self Generated Noise requirements in the FIR level specifications are tested at the G&C Section level per the VCRIs, therefore the contractor does not have to modify the FIR specification to include design margin.

11 Competition Library (Technical Data Package)

Various Various The following documents/drawings are missing from the Competition Library/Technical Data Package:

Please provide the requested documents/drawings.

11.1 G&C Technical Manual for Assembly, Test, and Turnaround

Procedures, Torpedo MK48 MODS 6 & 7, Intermediate Maintenance Activity

View Attachment 3, Item 6 which are the necessary exerpts from the SW513-EO-PRO-40, -50, and -60

11.2 G&C Technical Manual for Assembly, Test, and Turnaround

Procedures, Torpedo MK48 MODS 6 & 7, Intermediate Maintenance Activity

View Attachment 3, Item 6 which are the necessary exerpts from the SW513-EO-PRO-40, -50, and -60

11.3 G&C Technical Manual for Assembly, Test, and Turnaround

Procedures, Torpedo MK48 MODS 6 & 7, Intermediate Maintenance Activity

View Attachment 3, Item 6 which are the necessary exerpts from the SW513-EO-PRO-40, -50, and -60

11.4 G&C Automated Test Equipment (ATE) MK660 Mod 2 Combined

Baseline Drawing

Document should reference the MK660 Mod 1 (5854720).

Document will be updated.

11.5 G&C Interface Control Drawing, ATE – ADCAP Added to competition library as well as referenced drawing numbers 5729351 - 5729359. Referenced drawing number 5729360 was delivered with original Disk.

11.6 8595317 Broadband Sonar Analog Receiver (BSAR) Mechanical Interface Control Drawing (ICD)

Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.7 8595317 NAVSEA Instruction - Naval Lithium Battery Safety Program This document is available on public websites.

11.8 8595314 Pressure Test (C) Drawing has been added to competition library CLASSIFIED Disk.

11.9 8595314 Interface Control Drawing, Depth Sensor Assembly Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.1 8595314 G&C Nose Shell Extender Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.11 8595314 Critical Product Function Specification Type (C2-a) for the Depth Sensor Assembly (DSA)

Drawing has been added to competition library CLASSIFIED Disk.

11.12 8595311 ACOT Guidance Control Box Mechanical, ICD Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.13 8595311 CBASS GCB SP Middleware Software Interface Specification Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.14 8595311 Torpedo MK48 ADCAP FSED Torpedo/Fire Control System Interface

This document is not necessary for this procurement. The GCB CIPS adequatly spcifies the requirements.

11.15 8595311 Design Requirements Specification (DRS) for the Torpedo MK48 ADCAP HUCS Processor Core

Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.16 8595311 Torpedo Software System Safety Requirements This document will be removed from GCB CIPS.

11.17 8595311 NAVSEA Instruction - Naval Lithium Battery Safety Program This document is available on public websites.

11.18 8595311 Fire Control System IDS This document is not necessary for this procurement. The GCB CIPS adequatly spcifies the requirements.

11.19 8595311 MK48 Torpedo Download System (TDS) Software Requirements Specification (SRS)

Comment incorrectly referenced 8555257, and should have referenced 8595257. Document will be provided at contract award.

11.2 8595311 MK48 Torpedo Download System (TDS) Interface Requirements Specification (IRS)

Comment incorrectly referenced 8555256, and should have referenced 8595256. Document will be provided at contract award.

11.21 8595311 AIC HAL SRS-IRS-IDD Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.22 8475548 NAVSEA Instruction - Naval Lithium Battery Safety Program This document is available on public websites.

11.23 8595312 Critical Item Product Function Specification for Wirelink Interface Assembly (Type C-2a)

Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.24 8595319 (Supplement) Critical Item Production Fabrication Specification (Type C2b) Analog Transmitter Assembly

Drawing has been added to competition library CLASSIFIED Disk.

11.25 8595318 Preamplifier Mechanical ICD Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.26 8595318 Chassis, Sonar Preamplifier Drawing has been added to competition library.

11.27 8595318 NAVSEA Instruction - Naval Lithium Battery Safety Program This document is available on public websites.

11.28 NUWC-NPT, "ACOT-GCB and BSAR EMI Test Report", dated 2

February 2007

This document is replaced with CBASS-TPRC-12-2006 (EMI Test Procedure) and CBASS-RPT-13-2551 (EMI Test Report). These documents were added to the competition library.

11.29 NUWC-NPT “Torpedo Mk 48 Mod 6 ACOT Structureborne and

Airborne Noise Test Results”, and dated 23 March 2004

This document is replaced with CBASS-TPRC-12-2005 (Noise Test Procedure) and CBASS-RPT-13-2660 (Noise Test Report).

These documents were added to the competition library.

11.3 BSAR LICENSE, VIRTUOSO, FWD SPP, IC, DSP - DRAWING NOT

DELIVERED

SW Licenses are not provided

11.31 BSAR MK48 DECLASS PLAN This document is not able to be provided.

11.32 BSAR WIRE LIST, A1W8 The A1W8 part number is 8553636. Please provide drawing number that referenced this drawing.

11.33 BSAR CTC TIN WISK MIT PLN This document is not able to be provided.

11.34 G+C Analog TORPEDO MK48 ADCAP CRITICAL ITEM PERFORMANCE

SPECIFICATION FOR THE MOD 7 CBASS PREAMPLIFIER

This document is superceded by the Preamplifier CIPS 8595318

11.35 G+C Analog TORPEDO MK48 ADCAP CRITICAL ITEM PERFORMANCE

SPECIFICATION FOR THE MOD 7 CBASS BSAR

This document is superceded by the BSAR CIPS 8595317

12 G&C Various Various There are various embedded files throughout the Competition Library that appear to be missing.

Please clarify if these files are corrupted and should be able to opened.

Multiple nested files in the TDP were found to be left off the Competition Library due to corrupted formatting issues. The Government has performed a scrub of the nested TDP files and has fixed this issue. In order to remedy this, the updated Competition Library will be sent as a new disk. (Rev 1 dated 22 April 2015)

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1 Section A. Block 9

RFP Section A (SF-33, Schedule / Contract Form), Item 9, states “Sealed offers in original and 10 copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in See Section L, Paragraph 1.2, until 12:00 PM local time 27 May 2015.” Request that the response date for proposals be extended to allow sufficient time for review of documents and requirements and for development of complete and accurate proposal.

Revise RFP Section A, Item 9 to state: “Sealed offers in original and 10 copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in See Section L, Paragraph 1.2, until 12:00 PM local time 26 June 2015.”

The proposal submittal deadline has been extended until 12:00 PM local time 11 June 2015. This extension is due to the need to redistribute of the Competition Library to update the missing documents specified in Questions 11 and 12.

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