Questions and Answers 1-10.pdf

Question

Name of Document Affected

Affected Section, Page, and Paragraph

Question Response

1 RFP

M-1

EVALUATION

FACTORS

Given that Technical Understanding is the most important subfactor within Technical Capabilities, which is the most important factor, will the Government increase the page count from 10 pages to 30 pages for Technical Understanding?

The Government will change the page limit requirement to 50 pages total for the combined technical proposal, which includes the technical understanding, personnel qualifications, and management capability factors. The individual page counts per technical factors have been removed. See Amendment 0001. Please note that there are no subfactors. The technical proposal consists of three factors: technical understanding, personnel qualifications, and management capability.

2 RFP

FACTOR 2:

PERSONNEL

QUALIFICATI

ONS

Given the criticality of the Senior Contamination Engineer and Contract Manager and that these positions were formerly addressed as a keys positions, will the Government confirm that both were intentionally not listed as Key Positions on

SSEIP 3?

The key positions are only as stated. Senior Contamination Engineer and Contract Manager were intentionally not listed.

Exhibit A - CDRLs and J-1

SOW

J-1 SOW

Where is CDRL A006 as referred to in section 3 Technical Requirements in the SOW page 8?

Please see the revised PDF Portfolio containing

CDRLS A001-A006.

4 RFP

L-7 VOLUME

V – COST

PROPOSAL –

FACTOR 7

(1) VOLUME

ORGANIZATI

ON

The RFP indicates that a "Glossary" be provided for Volume V-Cost.

QUESTION: Can you confirm that the Glossary as required by L-7 is only intended to cover the cost narrative?

Correct. If necessary, a separate glossary should be used for the cost proposal, as specified in the

RFP.

NRL RESPONSES

N00173-22-R-SD01

5 RFP

L.2 (1) PAGE

SIZE AND

FORMAT

The RFP states that: "Pages shall be numbered sequentially by volume." It also mentions that:

"Each page shall be counted except for the following: cover pages, table of contents, cross reference tables, tabs, glossaries, acronym lists, subcontractor/teaming agreements, past performance questionnaires, CPARS reports, 52.219-8 and 52.219-9 compliances (see L-4), transmittal letters, staffing plans, transition plans, resumes, and letter of commitments."

QUESTION: Should the page numbering convention for sections excluded from page count use roman numerals?

Roman numerals may be used, but pages excluded from the page count (as specified in the RFP) should be numbered distinctly from counted pages.

6 RFP

L.2 (1) PAGE

SIZE AND

FORMAT

The RFP states: "Except for the reproduced sections of the solicitation document, the text size shall be no less than 12 point font."

Question: Is Times New Roman acceptable?

The font type shall be Times New Roman and no less than 12 point (please note some sections are exempt from font/spacing requirements, as specified in Section L). Please see Amendment

0001.

7 RFP

L.2 (1) PAGE

SIZE AND

FORMAT

The RFP states: "Legible tables, charts graphs and figures shall be used wherever practical to depict organizations, systems and layout, implementation schedules, plans, etc."

QUESTION: Will the Government allow the use of

Please see the response above and Amendment 0001.

8 RFP

L.3 (1)

VOLUME

ORGANIZATI

ON

The RFP indicates that a "List of Tables and Drawings" be provided for Volume I.

QUESTION: Will the Government allow us to refer to all Tables, charts, graphs and figures as

“Exhibits” for ease of evaluation?

Yes.

9 RFP

L.2 (3) File Naming

Convention

There is language about filing in folders that appears unapplicable to an electronic submission.

Since the instructions are to submit electronically, can the Government confirm that this language is no longer applicable?

When submitting proposals, if emailing items like folders (zipped, for instance), the file naming conventions as specified in the RFP should be used.

10 RFP

L-1, 1.4, page

Request a 3 week extension in the proposal due date, to September 30, 2022. Given the recent shift in acquisition strategy from SeaPort-NxG to a full-and-open solicitation through SAM.gov and as there was no draft RFP released, this additional time will allow potential offerors to assemble the strongest teams possible, ensuring both adequate competition and providing that the successful team is able to successfully support the customer's mission.

The Government is not extending the solicitation due date at this time.