N0024426R3107 QandA v1.docx

1. Per RFP page 39, para 2.0. For Volume II Technical, it states: 12) pages, excluding letters of intent, acronym list, cover page, resume, letters of intent, and table of contents (Management Plan can be provided as a separate enclosure). Would the government please confirm if the Management Plan (Sub-Factor 3) counts against the 12 pages for Volume II or if it is exclusive of the 12 pages?

Confirming that Management Plan does not count against 12 Page limit.

1. Per RFP page 41, 4.2 Subfactor 2 - Technical Approach. The 2nd sentence states: "The Technical Approach shall demonstrate their ability to support Patrol Boat Training and Technical Support Services by addressing all of the task requirements in the PWS." We assume, but will the government please clarify this is intended to read as "Force Generation Professional Support Services" vice "Patrol Boat Training and Technical Support Services?"

Confirming this is intended to read as "Force Generation Professional Support Services" vice "Patrol Boat Training and Technical Support Services"

1. Per RFP Section J, Attachment 6. Will the government please confirm that the Staffing Plan Excel sheet does not count against the 12-page limit for Volume II?

Confirming that Staffing Plan Excel does not count against 12 Page limit.

1. The Solicitation (Section L: Paragraph 2.0, pg. 39 of 48) allows the option for offerors to provide their Management Plan as a separate enclosure to the Volume II – Technical Proposal. If submitted as a separate enclosure, does the Management Plan count against the 12-page limit for the Technical Proposal Volume?

Confirming that Management Plan does not count against 12 Page limit.

1. Section M, paragraph 6.0 states the Government will evaluate the six-month Option to Extend Services by including 50 percent of the Offeror's proposed Option Year 4 price. Section B contains no separate CLIN for this six-month extension (the schedule ends at the OY4 line items). Request the Government confirm that the Option to Extend is evaluated as a computed amount (50 percent of OY4) and does not require a separately priced CLIN in the offeror's Section B pricing. If a separate CLIN entry is required, request the Government identify where it is to be entered.

Confirming that the Option to Extend will be evaluated as a computed amount (50 percent of OY4) and does not require a separately priced CLIN in the offeror's Section B pricing.

1. Section B identifies the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) line items as Firm-Fixed-Price, 1 Lot, but provides no further pricing guidance. Request the Government clarify how it wants offerors to price these CDRL CLINs. Specifically, should the CDRL line items be Not Separately Priced (NSP), with the cost of data deliverables included in the labor CLINs (5000 series), or does the Government require a separately stated firm-fixed price for the CDRL line items?

CDRL line items should be Not Separately Priced (NSP), with the cost of data deliverables included in the labor CLINs (5000 series).

1. Section L, paragraph 6.0 requires offerors to provide an unburdened labor rate for each labor category/title in the Unburdened Rate Summary for fair-and-reasonable price determination purposes, and the summary format includes a subcontractor column. Because a subcontractor's unburdened labor rates are proprietary to the subcontractor, request the Government clarify whether it wants the subcontractor to submit its unburdened labor rates directly to the Contracting Officer (separate from the prime's price volume) to protect that proprietary data, or whether the prime is to include the subcontractor's unburdened rates within its consolidated price proposal.

Subcontractor should submit rates directly to Contracting Officer.

1. Given the level of detail of the technical requirements Offerors must address according to Section L of this requirement, will the government extend the page limit of the Technical Volume to 20 pages?

Page limit will not change since multiple items are excluded from limit.

1. Will the government confirm that the management plan, since it is submitted as a "separate enclosure"

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