N00173-21-R-NA03 QA 7.22.2021.pdf

Question

Name of Document Affected

Affected Section, Page, and Paragraph

Question Answer

10 RFP &

Attachment J-3

L-6 VOLUME IV -

COST

PROPOSAL

Table 4 - LCATs, Skill Mix and Labor Hours, page 79 para 3, and Attachment J-

3 "Personnal Qualifications"

Para 3 states "If the Offeror uses labor category terminology different than those included below and as defined in Attachment J-3, Personnel Qualifications, the Offeror must provide a matrix clearly relating their proposed labor categories to those included in Attachment J-3. All Offeror proposed labor categories differing from those below must meet the personnel qualifications outlined in Attachment J- 3." The following labor categories identified in Table 4 are not identified and explained in Attachment J-3:

Engineer, Hardware; Senior Project Anaylst; Junior Research Physicist; Junior Engineering Technician;

Senior Technical Writer; Off-Site Financial Management.

Q: Will the Government provide the additional labor categories in an updated Attachment J-3, and align labor category decriptions where there are discrepancies between Table 4 and Attachment J-3, such as between "Mechanical Engineer, General Design Support" (Table 4) and " Mechanical Engineering Technician, General Design Support" (J- 3)?

Both Attachment J-3, Personnel Qualifications, and Table 4 - LCATS, Skill Mix, and Labor Hours, have been revised. Please see Att. J-3, Personnel Qualifications (Revised) and Amendment 0002.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, JULY 22, 2021

N00173-21-R-NA03

RFP

Attachment J-3 - Personnel

Qualifications

Section L-6 (1), Pages 78 and 79, "Table 4 -

LCATS, Skill Mix and Labor Hours"

"Attachment J-3 - Personnel

Qualifications"

Table 4 - LCATS, Skill Mix and Labor Hours provides the required labor categories and numbers of hours to be proposed by labor category for each year of the contract. Attachment J-3 provides the Personnel Qualifications for each required labor category.

Q: The labor categories in Table 4 of Section L-6 differ from the labor categories provided in Attachment J-3- Personnel Qualifications. Table 4 includes categories not on J-3, and vice versa. Can the Government please provide clarification on the labor categories and personnel qualifications required for this effort, and provide an updated Table 4 and/or Attachement J- 3, if appropriate?

Table 4 reflects "Engineer, Parts Procurement (Key), whereas Attachment J-3 reflects "Senior Engineer, Parts Procurement (Key)"; Table 4 reflects "Mechanical Engineer General Design", whereas Attachment J-3 reflects "Mechanical Engineering Technician, General Design Support".

Table 4 includes the following categories that are not on Attachment J-3: Engineer, Hardware; Senior Project Analyst; Junior Research Physicist; Junior Engineering Technician; Senior Technical Writer; and Off-Site Financial Management.

Attachment J-3 includes the following categories that are not on Table 4: Senior Systems Engineer; and Project Assistant.

See answer above.

12 RFP

Section L-2, "Proposal Organization" and Page 72 "Subfactor 2:

Personnel Qualifications"

Subfactor 2: Personnel Qualifications on Page 72 states, "The Offeror shall provide all key personnel in accordance with Attachment J-3, Personnel Qualifications. The Offeror's proposal shall document the following, specifically: 1) The experience of all proposed key personnell...4) The proposed key personnel's ability to span the entire duration of the requirement (60 months)."

Q: Per Subfactor 2, the above documentation regarding personnel qualifications for key personnel is required in Volume I - Technical Proposal. However, the Proposal Organization table on Page 68 of the RFP does not include Subfactor 2: Personnel Qualifications in the organization of the Technical Proposal, nor does it provide a page limit for the Personnel Qualifications section. Could the Government please specify where in the Technical Volume Subfactor 2 should be addressed, and the page limit for this documentation?

The Proposal Organization table has been updated. See Amendment 0002.

Subfactor 1, Technical Understanding, has a 10 page limit. Subfactor 2, Personnel Qualifications, also has a 10 page limit, however, please note the particulars within the Page Count paragraph (2) of Section L.