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L.1.4.7.1 Shipping Address

Commander Naval Sea Systems Command Attn: Shawn Fu, SEA 02232 1333 Isaac Hull Ave SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20376 IAW the DoD 5220.22M National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), Chapter 5.406 and 5.406.a. we are not allowed to add an individual’s name unto the outer package. Please advise as to which department or office symbol would be utilized?

NISPOM Reference Text:

Chapter 5-406. Addressing Classified Material. Mail or shipments containing classified material shall be addressed to the Commander or approved classified mailing address of a Federal activity or to a cleared contractor using the name and classified mailing address of the facility. An individual's name shall not appear on the outer cover. This does not prevent the use of office code letters, numbers, or phrases in an attention line to aid in internal routing.

Technical Proposal providing consent …"

"Offerors shall organize the Price Proposal as shown below with section dividers and legible labels for ease of identification.

Cover Letter

M.5.5 Total Evaluated Price The Cost Plus Fixed Fee LOE CLINS have been removed from the Total Evaluated Price evaluation. The LOE CLINs are not competitively priced. These CLINs will ultimately contain significant Program costs; costs that will be incurred by the Navy. Failure to evaluate the expected costs as part of the TEP means that significant costs that could differentiate the Offerors will not be evaluated.Furthermore, these CLINs are no longer idividually priced based on expected manhours (a plug number is used). Therefore, the Government cannot evaluate the difference in costs.

Will the Navy revise Section B and L to require Offerors price these CLINs?

Will the Navy revise Section M to include priced LOE CLINs in the Total Evaluated Price? No, per Section B Note E and the instructions in Section L, the Government intends to negotiate pricing for CPFF LOE line items on a sole source basis following contract award. For the purposes of proposal evaluation, only fixed price line items will be considered as part of each offeror's Total Evaluated Price. Further, the Government disagrees that the CPFF LOE line items will not be priced based on the quantity of hours required. Section B Note E identifies the anticipated number of hours per line item that will be negotiated following contract award. The solicitation does not specify a plug value for any CPFF LOE line item. Additionally, the Government notes that the RFP reference provided in the question points to instructions for the cost-only material line items, not the CPFF LOE line items.

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2) L.4.2.5.3 FPIF CLINs Page 292 2nd bullet 1.) L.4.2 Offerors shall ensure that all pricing spreadsheets are properly linked and summarized, and capable of being searched, reproduced, and manipulated. All cells containing derived data shall be presented together with the formulas used to derive the data present and functional. Further, all spreadsheets submitted shall be linked to allow for adjustments during cost analysis. Simple, hard-coding of numbers is not acceptable. Spreadsheet cells may not be linked to cells in other workbooks (i.e., separate files). Failure to comply with this requirement may render the proposal unacceptable. 2.) L.4.2.5.3 • BASE: For highlighted cells under the “BASE” columns, Offerors shall fill in the proposed labor hour, material, and/or cost bases for each “ELEMENT.” Offerors shall show the calculation used to derive each proposed base. For CLINs where the Government has specified the required number of hours under Section B, the sum of the hours in the cost summary table must equal the required number of hours Is it the Government's intent for Contractors to develop a sophisticated tool that includes all basis of estimate derived data (i.e. Learning curves, Bill of Material dollars by Part) that is included within the Attachment L-3 MS Excel Worksheet? No, that level of capability is not required by the Government in the Attachment L-3 worksheets. However, per Section L.4.2, simple, hard-coding of numbers in spreadsheet cells is not acceptable for any derived values; offerors must retain all formulas in the worksheets (such as sums).

The following language will be removed from Section L.4.2, in a forthcoming amendment to the solicitation: "Further, all spreadsheets submitted shall be linked to allow for adjustments during cost analysis."

The Government notes that the existence of adverse infromation does not automatically neccessitate the removal/replacement of equipment. If the risk exposure associated with the adverse information is adequately mitigated through other countermeasures or protections, then the equipment may not need to be replaced. The assessment of the risk exposure should be included as part of the Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Summary Report (CSCRMSR) (CDRL E015).

P0021 RFP page 117 of 319, para C.2.13.10 Technical Manuals "The contractor shall deliver technical manuals for CFE systems and subsystems/equipment installed on the ship in ASD/S1000D, Version 4.1 Format. All CFE Manuals shall generate and display procedures directly from the Logistics Product Data, including analysis data and three-dimensional computer aided design models

The Contractor shall deliver final data modules both in XML format file and in a format that is compatible with a current supported version of Microsoft Excel." Does the Government expect the contractor to deliver Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) COTS Manuals in vendor format and subsequently convert each of the COTS OEM manuals to XML format? OEM COTS manuals are commercially developed and are generally delivered by vendors/OEMs in PDF format.

The requirement for the contractor to convert OEM form/format manuals to S1000D deliverables adds cost to the contract. Or, the requirement for the OEM/vendor to deliver S1000D deliverables will drive the cost of procurement from the supply chain.

It is requested that the use of historical bid rates and the low 6% fee be removed from Note J. These should be determined based on the scope of work, Forward Pricing Rate Agreements, contract type used and a structured fee approach with future orders.

A negotiated agreement to establish the maximum rates that may be used for forward pricing purposes does not in of itself violate CAS or cost and pricing data requirements. Proposals for each PIO may identify the relevant cost or pricing data to support the proposed pricing. The Section B Note J requirement merely reflects an agreement between the parties that the negotiated price of each PIO will be subject to a set of maximum rates to be identified in Attachment J-38. Note J does not violate CAS, as it only affects the pricing negotiation, and does not require a contractor to deviate from its approved cost accounting practices during execution of each PIO.

A forthcoming solicitation amendment will update the Note J provisions for maximum PIO fee and profit rates.

System Specification and FFG(X) System Specification

(1) Until such time as physical progress in the performance of work on a vessel is fifty percent (50%) complete, the Government, upon submission by the Contractor of invoices certified by the Contractor as hereinafter provided, will promptly make payments, on account of the total contract price(s), at ninety percent (90%) of the amount determined by multiplying the allocated total contract price of such vessel by the percentage of physical progress in the performance of work on such vessel as certified by the Contractor subject to the approval of the Supervisor; provided, that no such payment shall be made in an amount which when added to the total of all payments previously made with respect to such vessel under paragraph (a) of this requirement exceeds one hundred percent (100%) of the allowable costs certified by the Contractor on the related invoice to have been incurred in the performance of work on such vessel.

(2) After the percentage of physical progress in the performance of work on a vessel has reached fifty percent (50%), the Government, upon submission by the Contractor of invoices certified by the Contractor as hereinafter provided, will promptly make payments, on account of the total contract price(s), of one hundred percent (100%) of the amount determined by: (i) multiplying the allocated total contract price of such vessel by the percentage of physical progress in the performance of work on such vessel as certified by the Contractor subject to the approval of the Supervisor, and (ii) subtracting from that product five percent (5%) of the allocated total contract price of such vessel; provided, that no such payment shall be made in an amount which when added to the total of all payments made previously with respect to such vessel under paragraph (a) of this requirement exceeds one hundred five percent (105%) of the allowable costs certified by the Contractor on the related invoice to have been incurred in the performance of work on such vessel; provided, further, that the Contractor furnishes data on actual cumulative costs and estimated future costs acceptable to the Supervisor which demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Supervisor that the Contractor will make a profit of at least five percent (5%) on completion of the contract, and the Contractor provides updated information on a quarterly basis. If updated data indicate the Contractor will not make a profit of at least five percent (5%) on completion of the contract, the progress payments shall be adjusted retroactively so that the total of all payments made with respect to the vessel under paragraph (a) of this requirement shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the allowable costs certified by the Contractor on the related invoice to have been incurred in the performance of work on such vessel.

Page 271, L.2.5.2.2 The Offeror shall ensure that schedule references throughout the proposal are consistent with and supported by the IMS. The IMS will be excluded from the overall page count

The Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) shall be submitted in the Offeror’s native electronic file format in addition to PDF. The offeror is required to submit an IMS in L.4.1.3.1 Schedule Approach which also states “The IMS will be excluded from the overall page count” within Volume I. The IMS submittal is required to be submitted in Offeror’s native electronic file format by L.2.5.2.2 Integrated Master Schedule. Will the Navy add the statement “The Offeror shall provide the following associated products in the Design Appendix or Classified Design Appendix: a) Integrated Master Schedule” to L.4.1.3.1? The Government appreciates the recommendation, but does not concur. The IMS must be submitted electronically as part of Volume I.

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The Offeror shall provide the following associated products in the Classified Design Appendix:

The Contractor shall outfit the ship in accordance with the FFG(X) System Specification. At delivery, the ship shall be fully outfitted with all equipment, technical manuals, drawings, and supply support materials as prescribed by the Government developed Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List (COSAL). Supply support material includes spares and repair parts, equipage, special tools, support and test equipment, on board data, and consumables, including lubricants. Ammunition, small arms, cryptographic equipment, and pyrotechnics are excluded.

In support of outfitting, the Contractor shall develop an Outfitting Operation Plan (OOP) (CDRL F018) and Shipboard Outfitting Materials Status Report (CDRL F019). The solicitation states that "the ship shall be fully outfitted with all equipment, technical manuals, drawings, and supply support materials as prescribed by the Government developed Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List (COSAL)."

-SCG ID# 05-055.1, Ship Silencing Data, Confidential Attachment J-1 “DD 254 Contract Security Classification Specification (11 Jun 2019)” of the official RFP includes a reference to “SCG ID# 05-055.1, Ship Silencing Data, Confidential”. The 055 represents the enclosure and the .1 represents the revision. The current revision is .2 as was noted in the draft RFP and also as provided in the classified data provided with the RFP.