Berthing and Messing Program Services Questions and Answers.pdf
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This is a Questions and Answers document for federal contract solicitation N0018926RL013 for Berthing and Messing Program Services.
The document addresses 11 questions submitted by offerors regarding proposal submission requirements, security clearances, labor allocation, and contract scope. Key clarifications include: offerors must possess an active Facilities Security Clearance at the Secret Level at time of proposal submission; this is a new requirement with no incumbent; the solicitation deadline was extended from May 12, 2026 to May 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET via Amendment 0001. The cover page does not count toward page limits, though offerors may submit one page each for cover sheet, list of tables, list of figures, compliance matrix, table of contents, tabs, and dividers without page counting. The 15-page limit for Volume IV (Cost/Price) applies to additional supporting documentation. An updated Performance Work Statement in Amendment 0002 specifies labor hours for each work location across Hampton Roads, Virginia (Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth), Maine (Kittery), and Connecticut (New London and Groton). Proposals shall be submitted electronically via email to designated government representatives with no required subject line, though using the solicitation number is recommended; offerors may send multiple emails if submission exceeds 25 megabytes. The updated Section L in Amendment 0002 removed blank rows from the Level of Effort spreadsheet to prevent confusion regarding additional labor categories and clarified personnel retention mitigation requirements.
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Berthing and Messing Program Services
N0018926RL013
Questions and Answers
Q1: Will an offeror be accepted without an approved FCL during submittal while being in process under sponsorship?
A: No, Section L of the solicitation states that, “the offeror shall provide verification that it possesses an active Facilities Security Clearance (FCL) at the Secret Level at the time of proposal submission as identified in the PWS.”
Q2: is there any incumbent/recompete or this is a brand-new project? If yes, could you please provide us with their award number or even if the customer bought similar services in the past?
A: This is a new requirement.
Q3: In Section L, Page 33 of the RFP, it states that questions are due on 06 May 2026. Given that offeror proposals are due on May 12th (6 days later), respectfully request the government provide a 2-week extension so the government can answer questions and allow the offeror to respond in a timely manner.
A: Amendment 0001 to Solicitation N0018926RL013 extends the solicitation response from 12 May 2026 at 12:00PM ET to 19 May 2026 at 12:00PM ET.
Q4: The proposal page limitations do not specify the page limit for the Cover Page. Please specify if there is a page limit and clarify whether it belongs with a specific volume or is to be its own attachment.
A: The cover page does not count towards the page limit. However, the offeror is permitted to submit no more than one page for each of the following, which will not be included in the page count: a cover sheet, list of tables, list of figures, compliance matrix, table of contents, tabs, and dividers.
Q5: Volume IV – Factor IV: Cost/Price is page limited to 15 pages. Does this page limit only applies towards the additional documentation provided to substantiate the cost?
A: Please see Amendment 0002.
Q6: Could the Government specify which WD applies towards what labor category positions? Or are offerors determining the locations of each labor category position?
A: Updated PWS contains Labor hours for each location. Please see Amendment 0002.
Q7: Section 5.0 states that “Accomplishment of the results contained in this PWS requires work in the Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth) Virginia, Maine (Kittery), Connecticut (New London and Groton) AOR.” The solicitation does not provide a WD for Connecticut as an attachment. Please clarify whether the CT WD is applicable for this contract?
A: Updated in Amendment 002
Q8: For Submission of Offers, Section L states that “proposals shall be submitted electronically no later than the due date of the solicitation via email to Samantha Ballance at samantha.a.ballance.civ@us.navy.mil and Zackery Bowman at Zackery.l.bowman.civ@us.navy.mil.” Could the Government clarify the subject line to be used for the proposal email submission, and how to handle submission if the email exceeds 25 MBs?
A: There is no required subject line, however it is recommended to use the Solicitation number in the response.
Offerors may send multiple emails to alleviate exceeding 25 MBs.
Q9: The Level of Effort spreadsheet has extra blank rows after the Government provided Labor Categories. Are offerors allowed to propose additional labor categories and hours for this effort?
A: Those rows were removed to alleviate any confusion. See updated Section L in Amendment 0002.
Q10: Section L requests that offerors “identify a comprehensive and feasible mitigation for the retention of personnel in the event of non-consecutive task orders so as to not delay continuation of services.” It was our understanding that this contract is a task order, not a MAC. Please clarify.
A: See Amendment 0002
Q11: Each year’s tab has 42 FTEs allocated but does not specify where each position is located. Are the 42 FTEs to be allocated to one work location, or are they to be split across the three locations (ME, CT, VA)?
A: See answer to Question #6.
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