SeaPort-NxG_Questions_and_Answers_27_FEB_2018.pdf

SeaPort-NxG Q&A, 2.27.18

SeaPort-NxG Questions and Answers 27 February 2018

Q34. Can a company bid on and win a contract in either Engineering Support Services or Program Management Support Services, without bidding on both areas?

A34. Yes.

Q35. Our company’s wholly-owned subsidiary performed work which qualifies it for a SeaPort- NxG award. Would the wholly-owned subsidiary’s work also qualify our parent company for an award? The subsidiary has a different CAGE code and DUNS, but we are part of the same corporate entity and we are fully responsible for its work.

A35. Because the parent company and the subsidiary are part of the same corporate entity, the subsidiary’s experience would transfer to the parent company and would qualify the parent company for a MAC. However, since there can be only one MAC per corporate entity, either the parent company or the subsidiary may be a MAC holder – not both. Please also refer to A15.

Q36. Are all labor categories in SeaPort-NxG expected to be professional (and therefore exempt from the Department of Labor Service Contract Act Wage Determinations), or will there be a mix of professional and non-professional labor categories?

A36. There will be a mix of professional and non-professional labor categories. Department of Labor Service Contract Act Wage Determinations may be incorporated on individual Task Orders, as applicable.

Q37. A18 states, “…offerors should identify their proposed team members so that they and their team members can receive access to the SeaPort-NxG portal once award is made.”

What information will offerors need to provide in order to port existing SeaPort-e team members to the new contract? And what information will be needed to add additional team members as part of an offeror’s proposal?

A37. Offerors will be required to submit the Team Member’s Name (as registered in SAM), the DUNs Number, and Cage Code. The SeaPort-NxG RFP will include instructions on how and when to submit proposed teammate(s) registration information. Since SeaPort-e and SeaPort- NxG are standalone contracts, a teammate added to SeaPort-e will not automatically be added to a SeaPort-NxG’s MAC, or vice versa.

Q38. A16 states that “…proposals submitted by joint ventures will not be considered for award.” A9 states (among other requirements) that past experience will only qualify a company for an award if it was performed by a single company, not a joint venture. How do these statements apply to SBA-approved participants in its 8(a) BD Mentor-Protégé Program?

A38. No work will be performed at the SeaPort-NxG MAC level. Therefore a Joint Venture, including SBA-approved participants in the mentor-protégé program, cannot be formed to win work under NxG. While a JV cannot be formed to win work under NxG, if a partner in a JV can cite experience in direct support to “The Department of the Navy”, it would therefore be eligible for award of an NxG MAC as a single entity.

Q39. Since the United States Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy, will work performed for the Marine Corps qualify as work “in direct support of the Navy?” What about work performed for the Marine Corps Technical Service Support Activity (MCTSSA)?

A39. The Marine Corps (including its activities, such as the MCTSSA) is considered to be part of “The Department of the Navy.” Therefore, assuming the work met all other qualification requirements, work performed in direct support of the Marine Corps and/ or its activities would qualify as work performed in direct support of the Department of the Navy. This response clarifies the responses in Answers A7 and A9. The references in A7 and A9 to “The Navy” should be revised to “The Department of the Navy.”

Q40. What if a company has experience contracting with TRICARE (a DoD health care program)? Does this qualify as experience which is “in direct support of the Navy?” The experience otherwise meets all requirements.

A40. No. For purposes of qualifying for a SeaPort-NxG award, TRICARE contracts are not considered to be directly supporting The Department of the Navy. Please also refer to Answer A9.

Q41. Where can an Offeror find information on the 23 functional areas that are contained within the SeaPort-NxG MAC’s scope of work?

A41. The 23 functional areas are listed below:

Engineering Services:

Service areas that are included under the Engineering Services discipline include but, are not limited to the following examples:

1. Engineering, System Engineering, and Safety and Process Engineering Support

2. Software Engineering, Development, Programming, and Network Support

3. In-Service Engineering, Fleet Introduction, Installation and Checkout and Provisioning Support

4. Measurement Facilities, Range, and Instrumentation Support

5. Interoperability, Test and Evaluation, Trials Support

6. Research and Development Support

7. Modeling, Simulation, Stimulation, and Analysis Support

8. Prototyping, Pre-Production, Model-Making, and Fabrication Support

9. System Design Documentation and Technical Data Support

10. Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RM&A) Support

11. Inactivation and Disposal Support

12. Biochemical Engineering Support

Program Management Service areas that are included under the Program Management Services discipline include but, are not limited to the following examples:

1. Financial Analysis and Budget Support

2. Quality Assurance (QA) Support

3. Functional and Direct Programmatic Administrative Support

4. Professional Development and Training Support

5. Analytical and Organizational Assessment Support

6. Database Administrators

7. Public Affairs and Multimedia Support

8. Logistics Support

9. Configuration Management (CM) Support

10. Information System (IS) Development, Information Assurance (IA), and Information Technology (IT) Support

11. Computer Systems Analysts

Q42. Will the Navy conduct an onramp after award of the initial set of SeaPort-NxG MACs in 2019 to allow for vendors that receive SeaPort-e task orders awards in 2019 to be eligible for SeaPort-NxG work?

A42. No, not in 2019. Please also refer to A29.

Q43. I’ve seen briefs that show NAVSUP as a participant in NXG and others that state NAVSUP is not participating in NxG. Also in the latest bank of Q & A, question #22 stated the only DoN activity not participating was NAVAIR. Will you please confirm if NAVSUP will or will not participate in NxG.

A43. NAVSUP is participating in SeaPort-NxG.

Q44. Must Offerors propose on all subcategories in a functional area?

A44. No, in order to qualify for a SeaPort-NxG MAC, an offerors’ proposal must demonstrate experience in direct support to the Department of the Navy related to one of the twenty-three functional areas covered by SeaPort-NxG. Please also see A7.

Q45. Within the CDCA Updates on Seaport Brief, on slide 14, there is an experience requirement that all US Navy experience must be from the prime proposal and must be verifiable via CPARS or government endorsement. What qualifies as a government endorsement?

A45. Since CDCA, the Government has refined the experience requirement. Direct Department of the Navy experience can be as a prime or as a subcontractor. For prime experience, providing a contract number will be sufficient. The Government will look up the contract in EDA to verify that the scope of work is applicable to one of the 23 functional areas of SeaPort-NxG and was in direct support of the Department of the Navy. For subcontractor experience, a copy of the subcontracting agreement which demonstrates a scope of work applicable to one of the 23 functional areas of SeaPort-NxG and in direct support of the Department of the Navy will be sufficient to qualify an offeror for a SeaPort-NxG MAC. The Government will not check CPARS or do any other type of quality assessment.

Q46. We understand that in order to “qualify” for an award, a vendor must be able to show experience in direct support of the Navy. However, will the RFP also allow for vendors to include other DoD or non DoD type experience to demonstrate capability in the 23 functional areas?

A46. Offerors must show direct support to “The Department of the Navy” in one or more of the 23 functional areas listed in Question 41. If the experience was in one of the 23 functional areas but was experience supporting DoD or non-DoD, that will not qualify an offeror for award of a SeaPort-NxG MAC.

Q47. Is the SeaPort Next Generation contract’s an IDIQ tool that existing Navy and other DOD agencies can utilize to acquire Engineering Support Services?

A47. SeaPort-NxG will be a set of multiple award IDIQ contracts (MACs) for use by the Department of the Navy (but see A22 regarding NAVAIR and its field activities) to acquire services in the 23 functional areas covered by SeaPort-NxG (Also see A41 for a list of the 23 functional areas).

Q48. Is the SeaPort Next Generation contract’s Scope of Work inclusive of Surveillance Systems to protect the Homeland? Is the SeaPort Next Generation contract’s Scope of Work inclusive of Physical Access Control Systems to protect the Homeland? Is the SeaPort Next Generation contract’s Scope of Work inclusive of Border Protection with the use of Electronic Security System? Is the SeaPort Next Generation contract’s Scope of Work inclusive of Drone Detection and Gun Shoot Detection? Is the SeaPort Next Generation contract’s Scope of Work inclusive of Intrusion Detection and Perimeter Protection to protect the Navy’s Facilities? Is the SeaPort Next Generation contract’s Scope of Work centric only to Information Systems?

A48. Offerors must show direct support to “The Department of the Navy” in one or more of the 23 functional areas listed in Question 41.

[END OF 27 February 2018 Q&A]