PSMI MAC Industry Day QA Part 2.pdf
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This document contains answers to questions from an industry day held for the Naval Air Systems Command's Product Support Management/Integration Multiple Award Contract solicitation. The solicitation does not require offerors to have a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, as classified work up to the Top Secret level can be conducted in compliant off-base facilities. Costs for setting up new secure facilities would not be reimbursed under the contract. Subcontracting arrangements can be proposed at the task order level, with the multiple award contract awarded based on prime contractors' capabilities as stated in their proposals.
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Date: 26 April 2021
Product Support Management Integration (PSMI) MAC
Industry Day Questions and Answers
Part 2
Q1 Providing off-base classified services / spaces is a new requirement for many small businesses. It is unclear what specifically is required to setup a “certified secure facility”. If this requirement includes a Sensitive
Compartmented Information Facility with SIPRNet access this would prove to be cost prohibitive to the small business without ongoing funded requirements and use in execution. Depending on the specifics of this requirement, it could potentially create an unfair advantage by arbitrarily limiting competition among the very few companies that meet the requirements.
Can the government provide more details with regards to the meaning/definition of certified secure facility?
A1 It is not necessary to define a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), nor Sensitive
Compartmented Information (SCI), as neither are required by the Multi-Award Contract (MAC) Statement of
Work (SOW). The Government stated in the MAC SOW that “Contractor personnel shall require access to classified information in performance of this contract up to and including TOP SECRET, with a safeguarding level defined in DODM 5200.01 and DODI 5230.09”. Contractors do not need a SCIF if there is no requirement for SCI in the SOW. Therefore, A SCIF and SCI are not a consideration for this MAC effort.
Applicable security criteria are included in the MAC SOW.
Q2 Would the cost of setting up these facilities be reimbursed by the government?
A2 No. This MAC does not allow direct billing for costs associated with the construction of SCIF facilities.
Q3 Many of the weapons PMAs are planning expansion of their SIPR capabilities in the wake of COVID and telework environment. The PMAs realize that suitable spaces and that SIPR access is the one thing that is difficult to “farm out” in the telework environment. Largely the only reason that folks “need” to work on-site is to access classified information / email. That’s why many PMA’s are planning reorganization / reutilization of their spaces to include additional SIPR spaces, using the remainder of the spaces as shared or communal work areas.
Has this been factored into this specific requirement?
A3 Yes, this has been factored into this specific requirement.
Q4 Will the IDIQ MAC itself be looking for input from subcontractors, or will the subcontracting arrangements be allowed to form based on the requirements of the individual Task Orders, with the MAC itself awarded based on the capabilities of just the prime IDIQ MAC Offeror?
A4 The IDIQ MAC will be awarded based on the Prime Contractors capabilities to meet the contractual requirements. Subcontracting arrangements are allowed to form at the Individual Task Order level.
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