N00253-13-R-0013-0005.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Amendment 0005 is issued to provide Government response to contractor-submitted questions.

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

BY 13-Sep-2013

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA15C. DATE SIGNED15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of Contracting Officer)(Signature of person authorized to sign)

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State and Zip Code) X N00253-13-R-0013

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

19-Aug-2013

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer is extended, X is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN

REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE

CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(B).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

10A. MOD. OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO.(If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

13-Sep-2013

CODE

NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER

ATTN: KATIE HARRIGAN

KATHLEEN.HARRIGAN@NAVY.MIL

610 DOWELL STREET, BLDG 206

KEYPORT WA 98345

N00253 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than item 6)

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

CODE

See Item 6

FACILITY CODECODE

EMAIL:TEL:

N00253-13-R-0013

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following have been added by full text:

AMENDMENT 0005 Q&A

1. The following questions and responses are provided:

No. RFP

Section

Sub-

Section

Page Title Requirements

Description

Comment/

Question

Government

Response

RFP

Change

1 Section

L

2.3 105 1st paragraph on page

Duplicated information within a given factor may be included in full once and by reference thereafter, as long as there is a clear reference to the duplicated information. If the duplicated information is for different evaluation factors, it must be included in full text individually under each factor.

Since an IMS is required by requirements of Section L, Volume I, Section 1.0

Sample Task

1, 2, 3, and 4

(FACTOR 1,

SUB

FACTOR 1)

and Volume I

Section 2.0

Management and Control

(FACTOR 2,

SUB

FACTOR 2),

does the IMS have to be duplicated and be included in full text individually under each factor?

FACTOR 2,

SUB FACTOR 2

does not require an IMS.

FACTOR 2,

SUB FACTOR 2

requires a CWBS tied to the IMS, but not the IMS itself. The offeror shall provide one IMS for FACTOR 1.

No

2 Section

L

2.3 110 Table 2, Item 3

Offeror shall provide an

Integrated

Master

Schedule that includes the following items:

a. proposed design reviews, testing, deliveries of hardware, Although not one of the TIH

16/18 referenced documents, the

Department of

Defense

Integrated

Master Plan and Integrated

Master

Schedule

Preparation

The IMS is excluded from the Technical

Volume page count.

Yes; see below.

Sub-

Section

Page Title Requirements

Description

Comment/

Question

Government

Response

RFP

Change testing software, and documentation in accordance with SOW;

b. identification of the most critical schedule risk items, critical and key events for each

Sample Task;

c. identification of the “critical path” as determined by the Offeror;

d. identification of all assumptions and supporting information;

and

e. identification of resources required for tasks.

and Use Guide

(http://www.ac q.osd.mil/se/do cs/IMP_IMS_

Guide_v9.pdf ) states in part

“The initial

IMS will typically have four levels of indenture:

events, accomplishme nts, criteria, and tasks.” It also warns that requesting hardcopy formats as part of the proposal

“can easily drive page size and page count to an unwieldy level.” With the complexity of all five TIH

Sample Tasks, the IMS becomes rather large. Would the

Government consider having the

IMS as an attachment and not included in the Technical

Volume page count?

3 Section

L

2.3 109 Sample

Task 4

Tasking to support the production effort includes, but is not limited to, program and contract management, program reviews, participation on

The Statement of Work also details the scope of these efforts and others. Can the

Government provide further details and definition concerning

Please see

Section 1.3 of the SOW for the delineation of which CLINS are associated with each activity.

No http://www.acq.osd.mil/se/docs/IMP_IMS_Guide_v9.pdf http://www.acq.osd.mil/se/docs/IMP_IMS_Guide_v9.pdf http://www.acq.osd.mil/se/docs/IMP_IMS_Guide_v9.pdf http://www.acq.osd.mil/se/docs/IMP_IMS_Guide_v9.pdf

Sub-

Section

Page Title Requirements

Description

Comment/

Question

Government

Response

RFP

Change

Integrated

Product Teams, production planning, resolution of production problems, configuration control, change management, and quality assurance.”

these support activities by indicating which paragraphs in the SOW should be proposed FPI and which will become CPIF?

4 Section

L

2.1.1 105 Paper

Format nd paragraph th sentence

“Text within tables, diagrams, pictorial charts, or graphic material may use Times New

Roman 8-point font.”

To provide for clearer representation of details within the proposal, would the

Government consider allowing Arial

6-point font for tables, diagrams, pictorial charts, and graphic material?

The minimum font size for text within tables, diagrams, pictorial charts, or graphic material remains at Times New

Roman 8-point.

No

5 Section

B

21 HQ B-2-

Limitation of Cost or

Limitation of Funds

Language

The end of the clause has

“Error!

Bookmark not defined”.

Please confirm if the clause in its entirety is shown on page

21.

The error is a function of the contract writing software, and does not impact the content of the clause. HQ B-2-

0007 is shown in its entirety on page 21.

No

6 Section

J

75 HQ J-2-

Contract

Language for

Section J

The end of the clause has

“Error!

Bookmark not defined”.

Please confirm if the clause in its entirety is shown on page

75.

Clause HQ J-2-

0002 should read

"The following document(s), exhibit(s), and other attachment(s) form a part of this contract:"

before the table.

Yes, see below.

7 Section

L

2.2 (a) 107 Solicitatio n Package

Proposal

The offer shall consist of and must include

In which

Volume and section should

SF 33, RFP

Section K, and

RFP shall be

Sub-

Section

Page Title Requirements

Description

Comment/

Question

Government

Response

RFP

Change

Content the following:

- Standard

Form 33, “Solicitati on, Offer and Award

- RFP

Section K, “Represent ation, Certificati ons and

Other

Statements of Offerors

- RFP: The

Offeror must fill in all areas of the RFP listed as

Offeror fill-ins and provide any other informatio n or data required by the solicitation the Standard

Form 33, RFP

Section K, and

RFP fill-ins should be provided?

Does the

Government desire a stand-alone Contract volume to include the

Standard Form

33, Sections B

–J with all fill-ins completed, and RFP

Section K?

provided in the quantities listed on page 107 separately from

Volumes I through V.

8 Section

L

2.1.2

Electron ic Files

105 Electronic

Files

Electronic files shall only consist of the following extensions:

….doc for

Microsoft®

Word 2010™ files, ….xls for

Microsoft®

Excel 2010™ files

….ppt for

Microsoft®

PowerPoint

2010™ files

Microsoft

Office Suite

2010 uses

.docx extension; do we need to save files with a .doc extension to be read in

Microsoft

2003 or earlier versions?

As an example, when

Microsoft®

Word 2010™ files are saved with a .doc extension

(option says

Offerors may provide the files in 2010 .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx formats.

Yes, see below.

Sub-

Section

Page Title Requirements

Description

Comment/

Question

Government

Response

RFP

Change

"Save a copy of the document that is fully compatible with Word 97-

2003"), we experienced objects moving to a different position on the page, this may indicate other issues from

Word 2010 may surface when we save in compatibility mode.

9 Section

2.3 108 2 paragraph, th bullet and sub-bullets

SAMPLE

TASK 1,

sentence

The assumptions state in part:

“For the purpose of these sample tasks, the only critical milestones are:

award August

25th, 2014.

-16 overarching design process kickoff October

1st, 2014”

“Description shall include the necessary hours, and mix of personnel required for the first three (3) months of effort.”

There seems to be a discrepancy between the assumption provided and the requirement.

When would

Sample Task 1 start, at contract award or October 1 st

2014? If

Sample Task 1 starts on contract award, does the

Government also want all of the contract start up activities included in this Task, such as Post Award

Conference, Program

Reviews, Status reports, Assume that

Sample Task 1 starts at contract award. Note that

TI-16

overarching design process kickoff will still occur on October

1st, 2014.

The government cannot prescribe in the solicitation what other specific activities or reviews shall be addressed in the offeror’s response. This information speaks to the offeror’s approach and understanding of the solicitation requirements and is part of the

Government’s technical evaluation of the

Sub-

Section

Page Title Requirements

Description

Comment/

Question

Government

Response

RFP

Change etc.?

Does the

Government have any additional milestones

(SFR,PDR,

etc.) or assumptions that should be included as critical milestones?

offeror’s response.

10 Section

J

2.3

Attach ment

12-A

110 Table 2, Item 3

Cost

Summary per

Contract

Year

“The Offeror shall provide a

Basis of

Estimate (BOE) for labor associated with each sample task reflecting level of effort and the basis for the estimates.”

Only refers to

Labor and not any other categories of costs, such as material.

If direct costs other than labor (travel, material, etc.)

are anticipated by the Offeror for any of the

Sample Tasks, where should those cost estimates be identified?

A BOE is only required for labor associated with the Sample

Tasks.

To address direct costs other than labor when responding to the

Sample Tasks, the offeror may add lines for those costs to

Attachments

12A and 12B, as necessary, and discuss rationale for those costs within its cost proposal.

No

11 Section

J

Attach ment 8

2.3

Combat

Control and Sonar

Sample

Task Rack

Stack

Ups.pdf

Sample

Task 5

“For the purposes of this sample task, the

Government will order the units in 2 lots of

50 each

ECDWS kits, 50 each SECD units, . . . . “

This attachment identifies two(2) configurations of ECDWS and two(2) configurations for the SECD.

The Sample

Task description doesn’t delineate which of these configurations are going to be ordered or if a

For purposes of the Sample Task, 100% of the

TI10 ECDWS

V11 units/kits required will be upgraded to TIH

ECDWS Vxx and 100% of the

TI10 SECD

Sonar 1 units/kits required will be upgraded to TIH

SECD Sonar 1.

Offerors may disregard the

TIH ECDWS

Vyy configuration

Sub-

Section

Page Title Requirements

Description

Comment/

Question

Government

Response

RFP

Change portion of the order will be split between the two(2) configurations.

Can the

Government please clarify their intentions?

shown on slide 3 and the TIH

SECD Sonar 2 configuration shown on slide 4.

2. Section L, Section 2.2.1, final paragraph is revised from:

The page count shall include all material with printed matter and figures except (i) title pages, (ii) table of contents,

(iii) lists of figures, (iv) list of tables, (v) list of appendices, (vi) glossary of abbreviations and acronyms, (vii) lists of

Government Furnished Information/Property/Material provided in Attachments 4/5/6, (viii) Offeror’s cross-referenced matrix to Annex I, and (ix) index pages and tabs. Pages excluded from the page count must contain only material pertinent to the page heading or be blank and marked "Intentionally Left Blank." Index pages and Tabs are required and shall be cross-referenced to the TOC. Every page, except those marked as blank, will be numbered.

Pages exceeding the page count shall be removed from the end of the volume that exceeds the page count and will not be evaluated.

To:

The page count shall include all material with printed matter and figures except (i) title pages, (ii) table of contents,

(iii) lists of figures, (iv) list of tables, (v) list of appendices, (vi) glossary of abbreviations and acronyms, (vii) lists of

Government Furnished Information/Property/Material provided in Attachments 4/5/6, (viii) Offeror’s cross-referenced matrix to Annex I, (ix) Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), and (x) index pages and tabs. Pages excluded from the page count must contain only material pertinent to the page heading or be blank and marked "Intentionally

Left Blank." Index pages and Tabs are required and shall be cross-referenced to the TOC. Every page, except those marked as blank, will be numbered. Pages exceeding the page count shall be removed from the end of the volume that exceeds the page count and will not be evaluated.

3. Section L, Section 2.1.2, electronic file extensions are revised as follows:

….doc and/or ….docx for Microsoft® Word 2010™ files, ….xls and/or ….xlsx for Microsoft® Excel 2010™ files

….ppt and/or ….pptx for Microsoft® PowerPoint 2010™ files

….mpp for Microsoft® Project 2007™ files

4. Clause HQ J-2-0002, the following statement is inserted prior to the table: The following document(s), exhibit(s), and other attachment(s) form a part of this contract:

(End of Summary of Changes)