Amendment_0003.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICIATION NO.

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11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a)By completing items 8 and 15, and returning copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment your desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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Solicitation Number: N00173-15-R-SE05 Amendment 0003

The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions received from potential offerors.

Question 1: The Governments response to Question 5 in the recent Amendment 0002 states: Answer:

Section L-11(b)1.(a) under PAST PERFORMANCE of the RFP is revised to read “A list of the most recent, up to five (5) contracts or subcontracts completed by the offeror or predecessor companies and its major subcontractors during the past five (5) years for services similar in nature to this requirement.

Include in a second list any current contracts or subcontracts for similar services that were awarded one year prior to the date of this solicitation.”

Limiting relevant past performance as stated in Amendment 0002 could eliminate very relevant past performance outside the specified time window and not allow offerors to cite all of their most important past performance contracts or allow the Government to realize those past performance efforts. Can the Government eliminate the time window on citing relevant past performance especially if such past performance is directly relevant to the SPECSS Program and mission.

Answer: The time window for past performance in section L-11 will not be revised; however, all offers will be considered.

Question 2: Cost or Pricing Data – With the deletion of L-4, 52.215-20 in Amendment 1, and the affirmative statement in Amendment 2 that Cost or Pricing Data (CoPD) will be not be required, shouldn’t the remaining attendant FAR Part 15 and DFARS Part 215 CoPD clauses, and any references to them, also be deleted (52.215-15, 52.215-18, 52.215-19, 252.215-7002 and 252.215-7009)?

Answer: It is anticipated that adequate price competition will exist; therefore, FAR 52.215-15, 52.215-18, 52.215-19, 252.215-7002 and 252.215-7009 are hereby deleted from the RFP.

Question 3: Please refer to the SOW (page 7 of 10, 1st paragraph, last sentence) which states “…provide consulting support to the government team responsible for integration of this product with the SPECSS hardware.” Please provide guidance on the level of effort, number of months and anticipated man hours, required for integration support to NRL. In the absence of scope details, would an acceptable proposal response be that such integration support will be executed under a separate Time and Materials contract?

Answer: No. For solicitation purposes, vendors shall use 60 man hours of mid-level engineering labor for support of the NRL integration efforts.

Question 4: In the CESARS MEIRCAT Solicitation N00173-15-R-SE04 Amendment 0002 Question 19, it was stated that “The SPECSS sensor is planned to be mounted independently from the MEIRCAT sensing and countermeasure hardware. Electronics and processing hardware is expected to be located below ship deck.” Will you please confirm that the SPECSS Processing Hardware will be below ship deck and that the contractor should adjust the environmental, mechanical, and electrical requirements accordingly?

Answer: Yes the SPECSS processing hardware will be located below deck in a controlled environment.

Question 5: Amendment 2 cover page says that the due date has been extended to 8/21/15, however the response to Question 3 still indicates the 8/7 due date. Can we assume the coverpage is the correct due date?

Answer: The response date for this solicitation is 8/21/2015 at 3:30 PM CDT.

Naval Research Laboratory - SSC Department of the Navy Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-5004

The purpose of Amendment 0003 is to answer questions submitted by potential offerors

(See Page 2).