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IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

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CAUTION - LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and

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11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

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REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND

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L INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

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is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

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SOLICITATION

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.5. DATE ISSUED

01 Aug 2023

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID (IFB)

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3. SOLICITATION NO.

N0042123R0007

Section SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

AMENDMENT 0001

The required response date/time has changed from 18-Sep-2023 02:00 PM to 02-Oct-2023 02:00 PM.

- Section C, Statement of Work, Paragraph 3.2.2;

- Section J, Attachments J3, L1, L3, L4, L5, L7

- Section K, FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations;

- Section L-1, Proposal Instructions;

- Section L, 5252.209-9513, Organizational Conflict of Interest Instructions (Services);

- Section M-1, Evaluation Factors for Award.

INDUSTRY QUESTIONS (Q) & GOVERNMENT ANSWERS (A)

Q1: Can the Government please verify the business system of record for the Final RFP documents? Different documents were posted on the PIEE and SAM.gov sites relating to this solicitation.

A1: PIEE is the official site related to the solicitation. The SAM posting included the responses to questions associated with the Draft RFP.

Q2: Will the Government please confirm that "Suggested Page Count" of 30 pages for the Technical Volume -exclusive of resumes for Key Personnel means that if submittals exceed 30 pages, they will be rendered as non-compliant and will not be evaluated?

A2: Please see the updates to Section L, Table 1. The page count is a maximum. Any Technical Volume exceeding the 30-page count will not be deemed non-compliant; however, any pages submitted beyond 30 will be excluded from the evaluation.

Q3: In order for an Offeror to respond to the Solicitation appropriately, will the Government please provide the associated due dates and timelines for the CDRL deliveries?

A3: Please see the CDRLs posted with Amendment 0001.

Q4: The DRFP Q&A Response Document Items 32 and 37 provided by the Government are truncated and cannot be viewed. Will the Government please provide the complete responses for these two items?

A4: The responses have been reposted in SAM.gov.

Q5: Under the "Complexity" category, the definition for "Somewhat Relevant" does not have a qualifying statement regarding the sub bullets. With reference to the sub bullets, the most recent DRFP included a qualifier stating "at least one of the following". Will the Government please clarify that qualifier from the DRFP remains in effect and that the RFP will be amended accordingly?

A5: Please see updates in Amendment 0001.

Q6: Section L, Paragraph 4 of Part A states the following: "The submission date for all Volumes shall be no later than the date and time specified in Block 9 of the SF 33 of the RFP. Offerors are responsible for submitting proposals, and any modifications or revisions, to reach the Government office designated in this solicitation by the date and time specified. Offerors are encouraged to submit documents early. Any submission, modification, or revision received at the Government office after the exact date and time specified is “late” and will not be evaluated or considered for award; see paragraph 3.2 for the only exception. The Government encourages Offerors to submit, via email, Past Performance information 14 calendar days prior to the submission date specified in Block 9 of the SF 33 of the RFP. Early information may be submitted via email to the Contract Specialists referenced in Section A, Point of Contact. The early Past Performance information requested includes submission of: Attachment L1, Tables CA-1 (Workshare Summary); Attachment L1, Table CA-3 (Relevant Contract Summary); and Attachment L3 (Past Performance/Corporate Experience Data)."

Respectfully request the Government eliminate the requirement to provide the information 14 days in advance of the formal proposal submission date. It would seem that this requirement is no longer of benefit to the Government, as the verification of data will now be accomplished by the appropriate Government TPOCs signature. This language has been maintained verbatim from the Draft RFP, but does not address the new requirement in the Final RFP that requires offerors to have the data resident in Attachment L3 “reviewed and signed by at least one Government Technical POC who can verify the information. This new requirement infers a disadvantage in evolution to Offerors who may not be able to meet the "encourages" early deliver timeframe.

A6: The submission of the early past performance data is not a requirement, rather a recommendation. Please see updates in Amendment 0001. Offerors shall submit the signed write-up in Annex C.

Q7: Section A, General Information and Section K, 52.219-1 lists the NAICS code for this procurement as 541715.

However Section K, 52.204-8 lists the NAICS code as 541330. Will the Government confirm the correct NAICS for this procurement is 541715 with size standard 1500?

A7: The Government confirms the correct NAICS for this procurement is 541715 with size standard 1500.

Q8: To aid the relief of needing a Government POC to sign off on the planned CE 3.1-3.6 write-ups, (Section L, L1, Part B, 3. Volume 3) the Attachment L3 instructions for Line 19 POCs includes the opportunity to have EITHER the PM OR a Government POC to "validate" the corporate experience” – would ask for the Contractor PM be recognized as a suitable signee for the CE supporting documentation write-ups in our 3.1-3.6 responses (to avoid time/approval issues) and because there is similar access to the Government on validation via CPARs and program references: (From Att L3: Further, provide at least one POC that can validate corporate experience, this may be the PM or other Technical Government POC.)

A8: The person validating the corporate experience must be a Government POC.

Q9: Subsection 1.4 defines a "Principal Entities" as entities "that are proposed to perform at least 20% of the proposed total cost". However, in the Q&A provided for Draft_RFP_Q&As, item #13 the reference is to 15% without a note indicating the RFP was updated to reflect an updated %. Would the Government please confirm that a principle entity is one that provides 20% of the proposed total cost? Would the Government consider updating this % to include the proposed total LABOR cost?

A9: Please see updates in Amendment 0001. The correct percentage is 15%.

Q10: Section L.1, Part B, Volume 5 of the Solicitation states “subcontractors shall provide the same information required for the prime contractor...”. However, subcontractors being proposed on a Time and Material (T&M) basis do not provide the same type of information. Will the Government please confirm that a T&M subcontractor is only required to submit an Att L5 and not a cost narrative?

A10: Please see updates to Section L, Volume 5 within Amendment 0001.

Q11: Currently the solicitation shows 541330 is the aforementioned section, with the head count of 1500 for 541715. Will the Government please revise the NAICS to 541715 to match Section A?

A11: Please see updates in Amendment 0001.

Q12: Will the Government please provide the Level of Effort chart in an Excel format?

A12: Please see Attachment L7.

Q13: Column E of this tab has specific areas that look to be the BLS areas for the locations in Column D; however, the rates used in column G (that are used to calculate column H) and that correspond to the percentiles in column F are pulled from May 2022 National BLS and not the specified location in column E. Therefore, how can a company Prime or Sub provide justification for contingent or TBD positions if the minimum rates are too low for the corresponding locations in Column E? For example, Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialist Senior for California_Lexington Park, MD at the 75th percentile is $90.74, but the minimum in Att L5 reflect $74.80, a $15.94 difference between them. This would be problematic from a realism perspective when trying to hire these positions at Pax and being held to the composite rates in Section B-1 "Negotiated Rates." Will the Government consider amending the minimum rates to match the expected "Area" for each category? This impacts three (3) or four (4) LCat groups at Pax.

A13: Please see updates to Attachment L5.