Amendment 0003 Responses to Attachment L-03 - Questions Comments and Data Request Form.xlsx
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This document contains questions submitted in response to a solicitation for production, engineering, and other services to support Battle Force Tactical Training and Advanced Training Domain systems. The solicitation is a total small business set-aside issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command. Key details include a request for clarification on first article and classified storage requirements, as well as a two-week extension to the proposal submission date which is now September 29, 2022. Questions cover topics such as data item descriptions, contract line item numbers, past performance evaluations, and supply chain risk.
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| Amendment 0001 - Questions Below | ||||||
| Question | Document Description | Page # | Section/ Paragraph | Question/Comment | Proposed Action/Change | Government Response |
| 1 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 41 | Section C.3.3.8 | CDRLs B010 and C001 are listed as a deliverable, but are not mention in the Statement of Work and B010 is not listed on Exhibits A/B/C provided. | Request clarification if CDRLs B010 and C001 will be required. | CDRLs B010 and C001 are referenced as deliverables. CDRL B010 and C001 are listed under Section C.3.1. The CDRL B010 attachment will be posted as part of Amendment 01. |
| 2 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 39 | Section C.3.3.5 | Table C-1 does not list the quantities of each item | Request clarification on the quantities required for each item on Table C-1 | Table C-1 within pg. 39 is simply a list of the specific drawings contained in Attachment J-03 T52A TDP package, as detailed in Section C.3.3.5, that pertain to the SCS production unit. Please send in a request for the Attachment J-03 T52A TDP package and the Goverment will send via FedEx. |
| 3 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 43 | Section C.3.5.2 | Requirements d. and g. are duplicates | Request correction of requirements | Correct, requirements are duplicates. The section g. duplicate is deleted and changed on Amendment 01. |
| 4 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 13 | Exhibit B | CDRL A006 Block 5 calls out C.3.4.1 which does not exist in the RFP. | Request clarification | Reference applies to C.3.4. The change within the Exhibit A, B, C will be changed on Amendment 01. |
| 5 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 1 | Section A | The time listed for the delivery deadline is 12:00AM local time on 15 September 2022. The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. (from Latin ante meridiem, translating to "before midday") and p.m. (from Latin post meridiem, translating to "after midday"). By using 12:00 AM the delivery dead line would effectively be 14 September 2022. Further, does this mean someone will be available to accept delivery of the proposal on the night of the 14th? | Request the clarification of the delivery hour and date. | The RFP is amended to be 12:00PM local time on 15 September 2022. |
| 6 | N00024-22-R-5107 | DD 1423 | The DD 1423 lists all CDRLs under CLIN 0007 which is NSP. The RFP lists all CDRLs under FFP CLINs and CLINs 0004 and 0011 discusses performing work that would require CDRLs to be provided | Request the Government's clarification on which CDRLs are expected to be provide under FFP CLIN 0007 (not separately priced) and which CDRLs are to be provided under CLINs 0004 as Level of effort. | The acronym NSP means 'Not Seperately Priced'. Translated, it means that even though the Offeror is required to complete Boxes 17 & 18 on the CDRL itself (for tracking purposes), the costs of delivering the CDRL defined requirements will not be fixed to Box 17 & 18 but instead will be charged to LOE (Level Of Effort). | |
| 7 | N00024-22-R-5107 | Will the Government consider making this contract "D" type contract Vs a "C" contract? A "D" type contract benefits the government as well as the contractor for ease of reconciliation of the contract. Each Delivery Order (DO) works as a smaller contract and when the DO is completed it can be closed out rather than waiting for the 5 year contract to end to closeout and reconcile the contract as well. | Request the Government consider changing the contract type from a "C" contract to a "D" DO Contract. | No, the contract type will remain a "C" type contract. | ||
| 8 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 115 | Section L.2.5 | The proposal calls for CD/DVDs to be mailed | Can the proposal be submitted electronically via DoD Safe vice CD/DVDs mailed? | No, the proposal cannot be submitted electronically via DoD Safe. |
| 9 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 38 | Paragraph C.3.2, C.3.2.1 | First Article Units describes the requirements for First Article Units and pricing for same is included in Attachment L-01 Cost and Price Sheet. Removing this requirement for the incumbent contractor would result in schedule acceleration and cost savings. | Is the incumbent contractor required to produce and price the FAU units? | All CLINs including Option CLINs shall include pricing, except CLINs X005 and X006. |
| Amendment 0002 - Questions Below | ||||||
| Question | Document Description | Page # | Section/ Paragraph | Question/Comment | Proposed Action/Change | Government Response |
| 10 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 117 | Section L.3.1.1.7.c | Section L.3.1.1.7 calls out specific DFARS clauses starting with DFARS 246.870-3 DFARS References. In this clause it is specifically stated IRT DFARS 252.246-7007, "(a)(2) Do not use the clause in solicitations and contracts that are set aside for small business." | Recommend the deletion of DFARS 252.246-7007. | The DFARS clause 252.246-7007 is referenced within Section C.3.1.(m) and Section L.3.1.1.7.(c) for oferrors to "describe" its counterfeit parts detection and avoidance process and how it relates to the DFARS clauses. The DFARS clauses itemized are not being imposed on the Offeror. |
The Government is simply looking for a description of how the offerors current process for component/parts procurement relates to the requirements identified within the DFARS clauses.
If the offeror does not have any process for detecting or mitigating the risk of counterfeit parts incursion or introduction into US Navy systems, please simply state so.
| 11 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 115 | Section 3.1.1 | Section 3.1.1 requires providing a Manufacturing Plan and Work Flow chart. With a 35 page limit in Technical Volume offerors will not be able to adequately address these requirements. | Request the solicitation be amended to allow the Manufacturing Plan and Work Flow Chart to be provided as an Appendix to Technical Volume II which does not count against the 35 page count limitation. | Concur with amending the RFP to include the manufacturing plan and work flowchart to be part of the attachments within Section L.3.1.1.1. Change is included under Amendment 0002. |
| 12 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 115 | Section 3.1.1 | Section 3.1.1 requires identification, evaluation and mitigation of risks. With a 35 page limit in Technical Volume offerors will not be able to adequately address this requirements. | Request the solicitation be amended to allow the Risk Register to be provided as an Appendix to Technical Volume II which does not count against the 35 page count limitation. | Concur, please include this risk identification and mitigation requirement in the attachment identified above. |
| 13 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 89 | Section I – Contract Clauses | There is no method within the existing RFP to address any supply chain concerns re extreme price increases and extreme delivery date extensions, or even the ability to obtain certain commodities due to the global supply chain issues. | Due to any resulting contract awarded being firm fixed price and these ongoing and increasing concerns within the supply chain due to extreme pricing increases and delivery dates for materials/products from vendors that the awarded contractor (a Small Business concern) will face over a multi-year contract – it is requested that the following clause(s) be added as well as language within the appropriate Section to address these increasing concerns. Request addition of FAR 52.214-6 with the ability for the Contracting Officer to waive the cap on increased material costs of 10% as currently shown and/or any other EPA clauses allowing for economic price adjustments. Including a EPA clause may enable a contractor to accept a fixed-price contract without having to develop pricing based on worst case projections to cover the cost risk attributable to unstable market conditions because of the EPA clause’s built-in mechanism to mitigate such risk. | The Government believes the discussion Question meant to reference FAR 52.216-4, Economic Price Adjustment – Labor and Material, and not FAR 52.214-6, Explanation to Prospective Bidders. |
The Government has carefully considered FAR clause 52.216-4 and determined it is not appropriate for this effort and the clause will not be incorporated into this competitive solicitation.
| 14 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 126/130 | 2.4 , Factor 3, Par. 2 | ||||
| / 3.2.2, Table M-4 | We note there is little technical specificity to acceptable or unacceptable Past Performance Rating, other than the statement: “taking into consideration the recency and relevancy of the past performance data.” and the Acceptability Ratings Table M-4: “Government has a reasonable expectation that the Offeror will successfully perform the required effort,…” | Would the Government consider using defined adjectival ratings and definitions to provide granularity for Past Performance evaluation with scored as Outstanding, Good, Acceptable, Marginal, or Unacceptable? | No, the Government will not consider changing the adjectival ratings nor definitions for Factor 3. | ||||
| 15 | N00024-22-R-5107 | Multiple | Section C - 3.1, 3.3.7, 3.3, 3.5.1, 3.5.2 | IRT the Governments response to Question 1 on Amendment 0001 Responses to Questions, the Offeror agrees that CDRLS B010 and C001 are listed in multiple SOW sections. However, there is no mention of them in the requirements content of the section. Therefore, while the CDRL is listed as a requirement there is no guidance or direction related to performance of the requirement. This leaves the Offeror without an understanding of the effort required to execute development and delivery of these CDRLS. As an example, the Offeror has no idea if the development and delivery of technical manuals will be required for all or some of the equipment listed, will these be "from scratch" or the revision of existing manuals, will the manuals be in Microsoft Word, S1000D, Framemaker or .pdf, and so forth. | Please advise if these CDRLs must be discussed in the contractor response and if they must be priced. If pricing is required, please provide the scope of the possible tasking and CLIN asscoiated. | No, these CDRLs do not need to be discussed within the offerors response. As stated previously, the labor (LOE) required for development of deliverable CDRLs will be charged to CLINs X004 and X011. Identification of which, how many, and when, CDRLs are required will be contained in the Technical Instruction(s) to be provided. | |
| 16 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 41-43 | Section C - 3.5.1, 3.5.2 | IRT the Governments response to Question 6, the Offeror understands the meaning of NSP and the use of Box 17 & 18 on the DD 1423. The intent of our question was to understand if the cost of developing CDRLS listed in Section C.3.5.1 (CLIN 0004) and C.3.5.2 (CLIN 0011) should be reported under CLINs 0004 & 0011. | Request the Government clarify if all CDRLS are expected to be developed and delivered under CLIN 0007 or if the CDRLS delineated in Section C which are linked to CLINS 0004 and 0011 will be developed as LOE. | CLIN 0007 is Not Seperately Priced, therefore there is no cost associated with this CLIN. Box 17 & 18 are only for data collection purposes. Those costs will not be evaluated as part of the cost/price analysis. Any costs associated with the deliverables will be wrapped up and charged within the costs for CLINs X004 & X011. | |
| Amendment 0003 - Questions Below | |||||||
| 17 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 3 | Section B/CLIN0002 | We note the reference to DFARS 252.211-7003 on each of the production CLINs. Is it the Government's intention to continue the current UID format and numbering scheme? | Recommend the Government provide format and numbering schema to reduce or prevent confusion. | The Government will provide format and numbering schema at contract award. | |
| 18 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 37 | Section C.3.2.1 | Will the Government require first article testing to include shock and vibration testing to ensure the FAU meets requriements? This will impact the cost of FAU if environmental qualifications are required. | Request Government include shock and vibration testing into the requirements. | The Government will assess/inspect the FAU to determine if environmental testing is warranted. If shock and vibration testing is deemed necessary, the Government will request the testing to be conducted under a separate CLIN. | |
| 19 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 44 | Section C.3.8 | Will the Government require storage of returned materials that have been classified through either connection into a classified system such as switches and routers that contain non-volatile memory? | Request the Government include classified storage requirements. | All stored materials will be declassified by the Government. | |
| 20 | N00024-22-R-5107 | 1 | Solicitation, SF 33 Block 9 | Request proposal submission date extension of 3 weeks to develop cost esimates related to potential FAU environmental qualification testing and classified storage requirements. | Request the Government extend the proposal submission date by 3 weeks. | The Government grants a two week proposal submission extension. The change is included under Amendment 0003 and reflects a revised proposal submission date from 15 September 2022 to 29 September 2022. |
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