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Questions and Answers From NRL Industry Day 5/12/2017 Q1. Does the Government anticipate any changes in the security clearance requirements?

No we do not anticipate any changes in the security clearance requirements Q2. The Industry Day mentioned that personnel must have/be able to obtain a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI). Will a TS or TS/SCI clearance eventually be required?

At this time the SSBI must be initiated and a TS is NOT required.

Q3. Is the Government open to cloud storage possibilities for Disaster Recovery proceedings and off-site storage?

Cloud storage has not been approved for the requirement.

Q4. Can the Government please clarify if there is a lifecycle management requirement?

There is no lifecycle management requirement.

Q5. Does the Government have any systems documentation that potential Contractors can use for reference?

This is not allowed and will not be provided.

Q6. Will the Government release a draft L section prior to the final RFP, allowing Contractors to view the anticipated proposal structure/page count/etc.?

The government will not post a draft Section L.

Q7. In our research into the contract awarded to Stacked Systems, LLC (N0017313D2004), we have found that the ultimate expiration was listed as 03/31/2016. Has Stacked Systems been awarded a bridge to the present day, or has there been a lapse in services?

Stacked Systems was awarded contract N00173-16-C-2040 with a period of performance of one year on 9/30/2016.

Q8. Can you provide the current Level of Effort information including the amount of the previous award?

The award amount was $918,160.00. The government cannot provide details of the proposal submitted by Stacked Systems.

Q9. What is the name of the current incumbent and are they participating in the bidding process?

The incumbent contractor is Stacked Systems.

Q10. Are there any key performance metrics that have been used to evaluate the current incumbent, if so, what are those metrics?

There are no performance metrics beyond what is outline in the QASP.

Q11. Are there any preferred contracting vehicles that will be used?

This is to be determined based on market research, including reviewing capability statements received from companies who attended the Industry Day.

Q12. With regards to the COGNOS business intelligence portion, should this be included in the final PWS we would be interested in the following…

The COGNOS portion will not be included in the final PWS.

Q13. With respect to the SharePoint recruitment effort, should this be included in the final PWS we would be interested in the following:

-Nature of the functional effort such as tracking applicants and onboarding new hires.

The recruitment site will be used to collect resumes and make them available to managers for review for possible selection.

-Technical requirements such as SharePoint version, purpose such as document management, workflow.

Sharepoint 2013 document repository for resumes

What is the Single Sign-on (SSO) currently implemented?

Net Saml based Single Sign-on system (home grown)

Is NRL looking for a new SSO to work with their current Microsoft AD solution?

No

How many interfaces (APIs) need to be develop and/or managed by the winning contractor?

None

How is privileged access management and/or insider threat requirements being met with the current system?

Privileged users must sign a Privileged Access Authorization (PAA) annually based on DOD and SECNAV requirements.

List of businesses attending the Industry Day:

FEDITC

Ventech Solutions

5 Star Consulting Group

Strateratech

Buchanan and Edwards

Decision Point Corporation

Agile Defense

Enlightened

Praxis Inc.

Zenetex

IT Infra

RCF Information Systems

TTW Solutions

Net World Technology

Tech on Time

Reyna ITS

Primescape Solutions

ValidaTek

CA Technologies

SAIC

GDIT

ValidaTek

A-TEK

Integration Innovation, Inc.

SC3

DSFederal

Martin Loyd, Inc.

UCS

Afilon

UCS

InquisIT LLC

Palantir Technologies

Adnet Systems

Stacked Systems LLC