Questions_and_Answers_for_N00421-15-R-0036.docx

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Will the Government please provide an amendment to reflect the corrected due date?

Due date for proposal submission is:

15 June 2017 no later than 2:30pm Eastern Standard Time or 1430 military time.

Will the government please confirm that a size 8 point font would be acceptable for graphics?

The acceptable font size for graphics is no smaller than 10 point font.

Attachment P3 that was released by the Government on 12 May 2017 is titled “Past Performance Questionnaire Package for Services” and the content requested within this attachment seems more consistent with the CPAQ than the PPIF, including completion of a performance evaluation survey.

(1) Will the Government please confirm that the Attachment P3 released on 12 May 2017 is the correct PPIF for the Volume 2 – Past Performance submission?

(2) Will the Government please confirm that the Attachment P4 provided with the initial Solicitation release is the correct CPAQ Form to be submitted to Government Program Managers for past performance references, as needed?

The P3 and P4 attachments will be reposted with the correct documents that are required for this Solicitation.

To avoid potential under-estimation of contract ceiling associated with these costs; will the Government instead require that all Offerors propose the ODC values provided in this section as Not-to-Exceed unburdened values?

No changes will be made to the ODCs in Section L 3.7.1.

“The values provided above are for informational purposes only. The Offeror should propose costs/prices for the ODC CLINs that it determines reasonable and appropriate. If it is the Offeror’s accounting practice to apply (and invoice for) burdens with regards to ODCs, then the Offeror shall propose the ODC amount plus the addition of the applicable burdens. If the Offeror chooses not to burden ODCs, then the Offeror shall propose an H-clause to identify this special term and condition. (NO FEE SHALL BE APPLIED TO ODCs).”

Will the Government please consider identifying one of the Key Engineer/Scientist labor categories as requiring specific experience in NCTR equipment, systems and subsystems?

There will be no changes made to Section 12.4.1.2 labor qualifications in the SOW.

To avoid challenges associated with evaluating labor estimates that will vary significantly in Total CPFF as a result of varying assumptions being made by Offerors relevant to requirements and tasking for the IDIQ Contract, will the Government require that hours identified by labor category, ordering period and CLIN as identified in the referenced RFP section be proposed by all Offerors to develop the evaluation cost estimates to ensure a level playing field?

There will be no changes to Section L 3.7.2 in regards to the Labor Hours provided.

“The estimated hours below are based on Government historical data inclusive of options for the entire work effort. It is expected that the Offeror will propose a mix of labor categories based on its understanding of the work being requested. A work-year is defined as 1920 hours exclusive of holidays and leave, and shall be utilized for proposal purposes.”

Will the Government please confirm that the total hours is 469,440?

The correct estimated total Labor hour is: 469,440.

The sentence in Section L 3.7.2 will be corrected to state:

The Government estimate is 469,440 hours for the entire performance based work effort.

To allow Offerors to adequately respond to the Sample Task Requirements, will the Government please add a separate page limit of 10 pages for the Sample Task in addition to the 40-page limit for Understanding of the Work?

There will be no added pages for the Sample Task this is part of the Understanding of the Work.

“Understanding of the Work - 40 pages

Workforce – Key Personnel (2 pages per resume)

Management Plan - 20 pages”