N3943019R2126-0004.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

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1) Provide Response to Offeror's Questions.

2) Revised proposal due date to July 22, 2019 by 5:00 pm PST.

See page tw o, summary of changes, for more details.

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16C. DATE SIGNED

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

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, County, State and Zip Code) X N3943019R2126

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

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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 X is extended, 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 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.

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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:

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

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

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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 4

Amendment 4

a) Provide Government answers to the following contractor’s questions:

Q1: Pages 72 and 73 of 80, Section L.7 (4) Factor 4, Past Performance of the Solicitation:

does not seem to give instructions for a Past Performance Narrative.

How do you want me to tell you the three contracts that we feel are indicative of our performance and would like to use the CPARs from these three contracts?

In our case we intend to use three past performance cites that have CPARS.

Should I provide a short narrative and then include the CPARS as attachments?

Or, would you like a short narrative and then the you obtain the CPARs through the system?

A1: Please refer back to solicitation: “IF A COMPLETED CPARS EVALUATION IS

AVAILABLE, IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE PROPOSAL. IF THERE IS NOT A

COMPLETED CPARS EVALUATION, the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) included in the solicitation (Attachment J-2) is provided for the offeror or its team members to submit to the client for each project/contract the offeror includes in its proposal. AN OFFEROR

SHALL NOT SUBMIT A PPQ WHEN A COMPLETED CPARS IS AVAILABLE.”

A narrative is not necessary.

Q2: Page 38 of 40, Section L.7 (3) Factor 3, Safety of Amendment 0001: Requires submittal of Safety Data Sheet/Safety Narrative for EMR, DART and TRC Rates. OSHA exempts NAICS 5415 from Safety reporting requirements and considers 5415 as a low-hazard industry.

As this is an IT related procurement, it is requested that this requirement be removed in its entirety due to its non-applicability under this assigned NAICS code.

A2: The Government will not remove the Safety requirement.

Q3: Page 35, Section L.1 Introduction, Amendment 0001: Each mentor-protégé joint venture (JV) is a unique entity with a unique managing member and unique CAGE code/DUNS number. Teaming with other companies is a common practice. While usually the teaming is exclusive, on occasions the teaming is non-exclusive.

Will the Government penalize JVs (by rejecting their bids) if the two JVs have overlapping subcontractors or teaming partners or member companies?

Will two separate offers from two distinct JVs be rejected if the two distinct JVs have one common company who is the non-managing/partner member in both JVs?

A3: The Government will amend the RFP to add FAR 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination, to Section I as a clause to be incorporated by reference. This clause will apply not only to this source selection, but also to every Multiple Award task order source selection. Sharing any pricing information or discussing whether or not to submit a proposal between multiple award contractors (“prime offerors”) would be inconsistent with the requirements of this provision.

There is no legal restriction on engaging a joint venture competitor's minority JV member to act as a subcontractor, but it is likely to generate a conversation on the issue of responsibility for either party to the arrangement on how the arrangement would work and not violate the Certificate of Independent Price Determination.

It is difficult to answer such questions in general terms because there are too many possible variations; in all instances, however, all parties to such an inter-locking arrangement have to be able to make that certification in good faith.

Please contact Mr. Christopher Wolf regarding a specific arrangement being proposed, and the agency will work with the offeror to develop a position and a response before the time for receipt of proposals.

Q4: Page 72, Section L.7 (3) Factor 3, Para “c.”, Solicitation: The RFP states that Factor 3, Safety of Volume I is limited to two pages of narrative.

Is this inclusive of data and trend charts or are these two pages for the description of the safety assurance process?

A4: Two pages Max.

Q5: Two references imply the need of eligibility for and maintenance of Secret Clearances:

Page 21, Section C4.1.1: “All contractor and subcontractor employees providing service and support on this contract are required to be U.S. citizens and must be able to obtain and maintain Secret clearance eligibility"; and

Page 23, Section C.4.1.3: "Per SECNAV M-5510.30, CACs will not be issued to any contractor/sub-contractor supporting this contract, until they have the appropriate favorably adjudicated T3 or equivalent or higher background investigation as required by this PWS with a minimum of Secret eligibility."

Can the Government confirm that the 8(a) Offeror must have a minimum facility clearance level of Secret at the time of proposal submission – in order to receive a Prime award and to support task orders?

If a facility clearance at the Secret or above level is not required at proposal submission, can the Government explain how an awardee without a facility clearance can effectively support task orders under the Multiple-Award IDIQ, if the awardee cannot process its own personnel clearance?

A5: This is an unclassified contract so a facility clearance level is not required. Only the individual employees are required to have a clearance eligibility (background check).

Clearance requests will be submitted to the government security office for processing.

Q6: Pages 72 - 73, Section L.7 (4) Factor 4, Past Performance: To ensure that the Government receives offers from qualified 8(a) Offerors, would the Government consider incorporating the following requirements for Offerors with teaming agreements:

(1) A majority of past performance references must come from the Prime (since the Prime is required to perform the majority of the work); and

(2) When averaging/accounting for all three aspects of the past performance evaluation - more weight will be applied to the Prime past performance references than those coming from the Subcontractor.

(3) When averaging/accounting for all three aspects of the past performance evaluation - more weight will be applied to having multiple applicable prime past performance references (with a maximum of three) - e.g. three qualifying past performance will be rated more favorably than one or two qualifying past performances?

RESERVED. WILL BE ANSWERED IN AMENDMENT 5.

Q7: Pages 72 – 73, Section L.7 (4) Factor 4, Past Performance: Are Offerors required or encouraged to summarize relevant past performances anywhere in Vol. I – Technical Proposal OTHER THAN Block 4 of Att. J-2 PPQ?

A7: Must stick to the instructions and page maximums.

Q8: Page 70, Section L.1 states: "the Government intends to award up to five contracts resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offerors whole proposals represent the best value ..."; and Page 75, Section M.1.4 states: "…all technical factors and the performance confidence assessment (past performance) rating, when combined are approximately equal to price."

When all non-price factors (technical and past performance) combined are of equal importance to price, it seems to indicate price is the most important evaluation factor, much like an LPTA type of evaluation. Given that some of the work is complex such as cloud and the associated modernization efforts, it seems that best value is particularly important. Can the Government confirm that the evaluation will be conducted on a best value trade off basis?

And if so, would the Government consider providing equal weighting to technical, past performance and pricing factors in the evaluation?

A8: The Government confirms that the evaluation will be conducted on a Best Value Trade Off basis. The Government will not provide equal weighting to Technical, Past Performance, and Pricing factors. The weighting of the evaluation factors will remain as stated on Page 75 of 80, Section M.1 Basis of Award of the Solicitation.

Q9: Page 75, Section M.1.1. provides the Government the authority to determine the number of proposals to consider within the competitive range, and to negotiate with offerors in the competitive range. Even with adequate price competition (under FAR 15.403-1), the four price analysis techniques listed in the referenced on Page 80, M.4 (5) Factor 5 Price appear to invite a broad range of bids making it difficult for the Government to discern legitimate offerors capable of providing qualified staff at the bid price.

If price remains the most important evaluation factor will the Government consider publishing the competitive range?

A9: The Government will not publish the competitive range, each offeror who is or is not in the competitive range will be notified. Competitive range is determined on the basis of the ratings of each proposal against all evaluation factors. The contracting officer might limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.

Q10: Page 75, Section M.1.1. provides the Government the authority to negotiate with offerors in the competitive range and also to determine the number of proposals to consider within that range; and (Page 80, M.4 (5) Factor 5 Price) discusses techniques to ensure a fair and reasonable price.

Can the Government confirm that, if the Contractor Officer determines that the number of proposals received exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, then a competitive range will be established prior to non-price factors (technical and past performance) being evaluated?

A10: Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 15.305(a).

Q11: Page 73, Section L.7 (5) Factor 5, Price, Paragraph “c”, (i) Schedule of prices requires offerors to “submit completed schedule of price (Attachment J-1 of RFP)...This attachment requires the offeror to propose hourly rates for the labor category indicated.” The labor categories listed in Attachment J-1 appear to be titles only with no supporting definition of labor category requirements.

Can the Government please provide the following:

(1) An LCAT breakdown between contractor and Government sites (as the SOW requires work at both the contractor and on-site/Government facilities, it will be helpful to have an idea of what percentage is preferred to be onsite);

(2) An LCAT breakdown between cleared and non-cleared positions; and

(3) An LCAT breakdown between Senior, Mid and Junior levels for each LCAT?

A11:

1) No, Offerors are requested to provide proposal-using LCATS they think are best.

2) All Key Personnel need to meet clearance level.

3) No breakdown between Senior/Mid/Junior is requested.

Q12: Pages 72 and 73, Section L.7 (4) Factor 4, Past Performance: We have a relevant past performance reference currently supporting NITC ECITS requirements.

Would the Government accept a PPQ (Attachment J-2) for this reference that has less than 12 months of performance against it?

A12: Yes, It is at the discretion of the Offeror to submit a reference that has less than 12 months of performance against it, but the Period of Performance could impact the relevancy score.

Q13: We are trying to reconcile the apparent conflict associated with the Government's requirement for contractors to work in Japan per Original Solicitation, Page 5, OCONUS locations and Page 49, FAR 252.225-7976 Contractor Personnel Performing in Japan (DEVIATION 2018-O0019) and the inclusion on Page 40 Section H.8 NO SOFA SPONSOR.

We have never seen this before on prior contracts requiring work in Japan and we are concerned about how it will impact contract performance. Per Section H.8 the requirement for the contractor to "inform itself regarding the requirements to legally work in the applicable country and take all steps required to comply with local law" seems to put an undue burden on small businesses.

Would the government confirm its reasoning and intent for requiring contractors to work in Japan, but not sponsor them?

A13: Page 3 of 9, Summary of Changes, Question 5 of Amendment 0002 states: “Section H.8 No SOFA Sponsor on Page 40 of 80 was removed from the Solicitation. DFARS Contractor Personnel Performing in Japan (DEVIATION 2018-O0019) (AUG 2018) should be used for contractor personnel performing in Japan.”

Q14: In the past on NAVFAC EXWC, NAVFAC Atlantic, and NAVFAC Pacific IDIQ Information Technology (IT) competitions, NAVFAC has established a precedent such that a firm who is a minority partner of an SBA 8(a) Mentor/Protégé Agreement (MPA) Joint Venture (JV) has been allowed to team as an IT subcontractor to another Prime Offeror. The Prime Offeror would have no common ownership or affiliation with said MPA JV minority partner serving who would serve as a team subcontractor under a submitted Teaming Agreement and Subcontracting Agreement.

Please confirm our understanding such a Teaming Arrangement is acceptable given the result would create a binding relationship between the Prime Offeror and the Subcontractor who have no common ownership or affiliation. Such a Teaming Arrangement would also result in increased competition, which is always in the best interest of the Government and taxpayer.

A14: The Government will amend the RFP to add FAR 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination, to Section I as a clause to be incorporated by reference. This clause will apply not only to this source selection, but also to every Multiple Award task order source selection. Sharing any pricing information or discussing whether or not to submit a proposal between multiple award contractors (“prime offerors”) would be inconsistent with the requirements of this provision.

There is no legal restriction on engaging a joint venture competitor's minority JV member to act as a subcontractor, but it is likely to generate a conversation on the issue of responsibility for either party to the arrangement on how the arrangement would work and not violate the Certificate of Independent Price Determination.

It is difficult to answer such questions in general terms because there are too many possible variations; in all instances, however, all parties to such an inter-locking arrangement have to be able to make that certification in good faith.

Please contact Mr. Christopher Wolf regarding a specific arrangement being proposed, and the agency will work with the offeror to develop a position and a response before the time for receipt of proposals.

Q15: For this proposal, would it be possible to send in our proposal as a Prime, and also be a sub on another submission?

A15: Yes

Q16: Can you provide the labor category descriptions for solicitation N3943019R2126?

A16: See Attachment provided within Amendment 04.

Q17: Regional labor rates can significantly impact a price model, should contractors price labor categories for a specific location from the statement of work?

A17: It is at the Contractor’s discretion to price labor categories for a specific location from the statement of work.

Q18: As CPARS generally provides only a brief summary of the SOW, would the government consider/review/accept any supplementary information beyond CPARS (project description, compliance matrix)?

A18: Yes, the Government would consider/review/accept supplementary information beyond

CPARS.

Q19: In the past, NAVFAC has requested digital delivery in addition to physical originals + copies. Is any such digital delivery requested?

A19: Digital delivery is not requested. Page 4 of 6, Section L.6 Submission of Offers, Paragraph 2, of Amendment 0003 states: “Submit one (1) original and one (1) copy of your price proposal and (1) original and (4) copies of your technical proposal to the cited address below no later than 8 July 2019 at 5:00 PM PST.”

Q20: Page 37, Section L.7 (1) Factor 1, Technical Approach, Paragraph 2, Amendment 0001:

Can the Government confirm that if the offeror is describing its equivalent model-based process maturity but has not obtained an official certification, the offer will be accepted as compliant?

A20: They offeror may receive credit for such a process during the evaluation depending on the merits of the proposal.

Q21: Page 37, Section L.5, Paragraph “d.”, Amendment 0001: The technical page limit of 44 pages seems to be insufficient to communicate the depth of technical approach/expertise needed. This particular $150M dollar RFP, which bundles/consolidates the current EBS (40+ page technical page limit in previous RFP), EHS (25+ page technical page limit in previous RFP), and EOS (38 page technical page limit in previous RFP) contracts, demands a response to a very broad scope of work and simply cannot be adequately responded to in 44 pages, unless of course the goal is to award based on lowest price technically acceptable with the generic technical solution being required by overly simplifying the technical approach.

Recommend allowing bidders to expand Volume I to at least 100 pages (aggregation of EBS, EHS, and EOS).

A21: The Government will not allow bidders to expand Volume I to 100 pages. At this time 55 page increase is allowable.

Q22: Page 4, Section C.1.3 Scope, Paragraph 2, Amendment 0001: Is the Government's intent to evaluate the proposed offeror across all the credentials listed at the IDIQ level or only at the task order level? Extremely few independent 8(a) companies (if any) will possess all the certifications and partnerships identified in the RFP. We tremendously appreciate the Government's intent to have this opportunity set aside for 8(a); however, in order to avoid limiting competition, we request that the Government clarify that the contractor evaluation criteria will be demonstrating best value to the Government based on any of the certifications/partnerships outlined, and that it is not necessary for the contractor to have all certifications/partnerships identified.

A22: Not all credentials listed on Page 4 of 40, Section C.1.3 Scope, Paragraph 2, Amendment 0001 are required. Certifications and other examples of process maturity will be used during the evaluation to help rate proposals.

Q23: Pages 4 and 5, Section C.2.3.1 Contract Management, Amendment 0001: Is the Government's intent to evaluate the proposed offeror on locations/employees in each of the locations identified? If yes, then the Government has opted to effectively set aside this procurement for either (a) A very large Native Hawaiian Organization, Alaska Native Corporation, or Native Indian Tribe Owned Company or (b) a mentor-protégé joint venture between a very large company and an 8(a) company. We tremendously appreciate the Government's intent to have this opportunity set aside for 8(a); however, in order to avoid limiting competition, we request that the Government clarify that the contractor evaluation criteria will be demonstrating best value to the Government based on contractor's proven ability to hire in one or more of the geographic areas outlined, and that it is not necessary for the contractor to have demonstrated experience in recruiting across all geographic areas.

A23: Offerors are not required to demonstrate the ability to recruit at all locations listed on Pages 4 and 5, Section C.2.3.1 Contract Management, Amendment 0001.

Q24: Is there a specific length of time for which offerors should mark their proposal as valid?

A24: 60 - 90 days

Q25: Page 4, Section C.1.3 Scope, Paragraph 1, Amendment 0001: Bullets 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 in this list correspond to the five functional areas in the PWS. Is the offeror expected to respond to bullets 5 and 6 as part of their Technical Approach, given they are not distinctly broken out as sections in the PWS?

A25: Corrected. Each item is now broken out.

Q26: Page 37, Section L.7 (1) Factor 1, Technical Approach, Paragraph 2, Amendment 0001:

If the offeror is a JV, the JV inherits the capabilities and past performance of the two (or more) JV members.

Would the Government consider the JV to possess the CMMI certification if it is held by a single JV partner, or must each and every JV partner hold the certification?

If the former, must that JV partner who holds the certification be the managing member, or can it simply be a partner member with a significant workshare greater than 40%?

A26: Offerors should present whatever certifications they possess. There are no specific requirements for certification; The government will use certifications to evaluate offerors’ process maturity.

Q27: Page 4, Section C.1.3 Scope, Paragraph 2, Amendment 0001: If the contractor requirement for credentials such as CMMI is at the task order level only and moreover is a potential requirement but not a firm requirement, we respectfully recommend that the Government remove the evaluation of CMMI appraisal as part of the Section L and M criteria at the IDIQ level and evaluate this credential at the task order level only.

A27: CMMI is used for evaluation, it is not a firm requirement.

Q28: Can you please confirm the response due date for the ECITS opportunity?

A28: On Page 70, Section L.2 Inquires by Offerors, the Solicitation states “Inquiries should be submitted before 01 July 2019 at 5:00 pm Pacific.”

Q29: Will you please point me in the right direction to find the incumbents list and other past supporting contract information on this solicitation?

A29: Page 2 of 9, Amendment 0002, Section SF 30 – Block 14 Continuation Page, Question 1, Amendment 0002 states:

The current incumbents and their contact information are as follows:

VSolvit C.J. SETO SUPPORT SERVICES, LLC 4171 Market Street, Suite 2, 2300 Knoll Drive Unit G Ventura, CA 93003 Ventura, CA 93003 Inquiries: info@vsolvit.com Phone: 805.644.1214 Phone: 805.277.4705 Fax: 805.654.9421 Fax: 805.409.4757

Q30: Pages 5, 6, 23, 24, 28, Amendment 0001, Sections C.2.3.2.1, C.2.3.2.2, C.2.3.2.4, C.4.1.7, C.4.1.8.1, C.4.1.8.2, C.4.3.1: Are these attachments available for reference?

-CDRL 0001 Contractor Personnel Security Status Report (p. 5) -CDRL 0002 Monthly Contract Status Report (p. 6) -CDRL 0003 Contract Corrective Action Plan (p. 6) -CDRL 0004 Cyber Security Workforce Report (p. 23) -CDRL 0005 Systems Security Plan (p. 24) -CDRL 0006 Cyber Incidents Report (p. 24) -CDRL 0007 Government Furnished Property Inventory and Tracking List (p. 28)

A30: Attached to amendment.

Q31: Attachment J-1 - Schedule of IDIQ Price of the Solicitation: Do we need to have separate levels for each labor category ? (Master/Senior...etc) Do we have to show the rates for contractor site or government site separately?

A31: 15% in Port Hueneme 5 % in East Coast, contractor to determine where they would place them per labor rates.

Q32: Page 70 of 80, Section L.2: "Can you please confirm the ECITS response due date?

Questions: 7/1/19 5 PM PST Response: 7/8/19 5 PM PST

A32: On Page 70, Section L.2 Inquires by Offerors, the Solicitation states “Inquiries should be submitted before 01 July 2019 at 5:00 pm Pacific.”

Q33: Section L2 seems to be referring to the submission of questions/inquiries--7/1/19 due date. What you have replied with does not coincide with the 7/8/19 due date (Quote to be received by) listed in NECO. Can you please confirm the final response date to submit proposals?

A33: The correct date is 8 July 2019 and has been further addressed on page 4 of 6, Section L.6 of Amendment 0003.

Q34: Can you consider extending the deadline by at least 2 weeks? This will tremendously help to sharpen our solutions/Teaming effort?

A34: Yes, the new due date of the proposal will be July 22, 2019.

Q35: The print header in Attachment J-1, Schedule of IDIQ Price, (all tabs) states “Solicitation N39430-17-R-1953 Advanced Ocean Technology Program”. Can you please confirm this is the correct Attachment J-1 for the N3943019R2126 Solicitation and, if so, should the print header be changed to reflect the correct solicitation references for this RFP?

A35: Attachment J-1 was update to reflect the correct Solicitation Title and Number for this Solicitation. Please use updated Attachment J-1.

Q36: Attachment J-1: Will the Government provide labor category descriptions for the labor categories listed in this attachment?

A36: Yes/ see attached

Q37: Page 78 of 80, Section M.4 (4) Factor 4 Past Performance: Concerning the relevancy of projects used for Past Performance the government defines “magnitude” as projects/contracts “within a range of $3.5 to $4 million”. Will projects/contracts exceeding $4 million be deemed relevant?

A37: Yes, Projects exceeding $4 million will be relevant.

Q38: Page 71, Section L.5 – Content of Proposal, Paragraph “d” of the Solicitation: Will the government allow the use of a smaller font size and up to 11x17 inch paper for tables and charts?

A38: Page 2 of 9, Section SF 30 – Block 14 Continuation Page, A2, Amendment 0002 states:

“The Government will allow the Offerors to use 10-point font for tables and 8-point font for graphics.”

Q39: Please confirm that the Cover Sheet asked for in L.5.a is also not considered a page for purposes of the page limit.

A39: It is confirmed that the Cover Sheet is not considered a page for purposes of the page limit, as stated on Page 37 of 40, Section L.5, Para “d”, Amendment 0001: “The Cover Letter, blank pages, tables of contents, and indexes are not considered a "page" for purposes of the above page limit.”

b) Portions of this Solicitation were altered as follows:

1. FAR Clause 52.203-2 – Certificate of Independent Price Determination, was added to Section I of the Solicitation.

2. Attachment J-1 was update to reflect the correct Solicitation Title and Number.

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 08-Jul-2019 05:00 PM to 22-Jul-2019 05:00 PM.

SECTION C - DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS

The following have been modified:

STATEMENT OF WORK

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

ENTERPRISE COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (ECITS)

1. INTRODUCTION

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Command Information Officer (CIO) is procuring information technology services including Systems Development Lifecycle support, Cyber Security support, Business Systems Operations and Support, IT Operations Management, and Enterprise Analysis and Management Services in support of all NAVFAC personnel, stakeholders and users throughout the world. The NAVFAC Information Technology Center (NITC) serves as NAVFAC primary Information Technology service provider offering a wide variety of technical solutions and support to the NAVFAC organization.

1.1. Mission

NITC is NAVFAC center of excellence for delivery of Enterprise Business Systems and applications.

NITC is focused on IT service delivery and support of Enterprise business applications that enable Navy business processes. NITC is responsible for the complete system life cycle (design, development, implementation, operations/maintenance, enhancement), Enterprise Operations support, system cyber security, Information Technology (IT), Cloud Systems Operations and Development, as well as supporting NAVFAC business systems, applications, hardware and software. NITC is the Central Design Agency (CDA) for NAVFAC business systems and provides/manages the hosting infrastructure for non-mainframe business systems. NITC is the CDA for mainframe systems that are unique to NAVFAC (e.g. FIS).

1.2. Background

NAVFAC Command Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for the oversight and management of Information Technology tools and capabilities to NAVFAC personnel, stakeholders and users throughout the world. NITC reports to the CIO office. The NITC organization provides the expertise, management discipline, and specialized technical skills necessary to ensure that best value Information Technology is acquired and managed in a manner consistent with law, and DoD and DoN policies and procedures. NITC delivers a range of services including: CDA responsible for software configuration and sustainment of Navy facilities systems;

production system support for all NAVFAC enterprise systems; command-wide management of Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI) / Next Generation (NGEN) and Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-NET) services; IT/IM acquisition and portfolio management; telecommunications support, NAVFAC Cloud Brokerage; and Cyber Security and Cyber Security compliance for systems, devices and networks.

1.3. Scope

NOTE: Complete list of acronyms applicable to this Performance Work Statement (PWS) are explained in Appendix B.

The scope of this effort is to acquire IT services and solutions through the performance of broad ranges of services across multiple functional areas, including but are not limited to:

- Systems Development Lifecycle Support

- Cyber Security Support

- Business Systems Operations and Support

- IT Operations Management and Enterprise

- Cloud Operations

- Cloud Migration

- Cloud System Development

- Secure DevOps Infrastructure

- Analysis and Management Services.

The contractor may be required to possess one or more of the following credentials at the individual task order level:

• ISO 9001:2000

• ISO 9001:2008

• CMMI Level III (or higher) – DEV

• CMMI Level III (or higher) – SVC

• Oracle Certified Gold Partner

• Microsoft Certified Partner

• ISO/IEC 20000

• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (current version)

• PARTNER PROGRAM

2. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Non-Personal Services

The Government shall neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to manage its employees and to guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services. If the contractor believes that any actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services, it shall be the contractor's responsibility to notify the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) immediately.

2.2 Business Relations

The contractor shall successfully integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute the requirement.

The contractor shall manage the timeliness, completeness, and quality of problem identification. The contractor shall provide corrective action plans, proposal submittals, timely identification of issues, and effective management of subcontractors. The contractor shall seek to ensure customer satisfaction and professional and ethical behavior of all contractor personnel.

2.3 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for contract, management, and personnel administration.

2.3.1 Contract Management

The contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to the requirement. The contractor must maintain continuity between the support operations at various locations and the contractor's corporate offices. Localities requiring support may include, but not limited to:

1. Port Hueneme, CA

2. San Diego, CA

3. Washington DC

4. Pearl Harbor, HI

5. Norfolk, VA

6. Yokosuka, Japan

7. Kansas City, MO

8. Bremerton, WA

Specific place of performance will be addressed at the task order level.

2.3.2 Contract Administration

The contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement. The contractor shall respond to Government requests for contractual actions in a timely fashion. The contractor shall have a single point of contact between the Government and Contractor personnel assigned to support contracts or task orders. The contractor shall assign work effort and maintaining proper and accurate time keeping records of personnel assigned to work on the requirement.

2.3.2.1 Contractor Personnel Security Status Report. The purpose of this report is to maintain current and accurate records of the hiring and related clearance status of all contractor and subcontractor personnel. Information contained is considered Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and must be protected and transmitted as such. Verification of U.S. citizenship and background investigation results for all personnel will be conducted by the government Security Management Office.

The report shall contain, at minimum:

a. Full name, with middle name, as applicable, with social security number;

b. Citizenship status with date and place of birth;

c. Proof of the individual’s favorably adjudicated background investigation at the applicable level

(as required by each functional area of the PWS), consisting of identification of the type of investigation performed, date of the favorable adjudication, name of the agency that made the favorable adjudication, and name of the agency that performed the investigation. If personnel shall be performing across multiple functional areas with different required IT levels, the personnel shall demonstrate performance at the highest required IT level;

d. Company name, address, phone and fax numbers with email address;

e. Location of on-site workstation or phone number if off-site;

f. Delivery order or contract number and expiration date; and name of the Contracting Officer;

g. Contract labor category

h. Date request letter sent to Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

i. Date of Common Access Card (CAC) issuance and expiration;

j. Comments (if applicable)

The Contractor Personnel Security Status Report shall be delivered within 10 business days of award. The Contractor is required to provide and keep current the information for each individual.

Should any contractor or subcontractor personnel information or status change, or if contractor/subcontractor employees are added or removed from employment on this contract, the Contractor shall provide an updated information list within 3 business days of the change. See CDRL 0001- Contractor Personnel Security Status Report.

2.3.2.2 Monthly Contract Status Report. Each Prime contractor shall create and maintain a contract summary monthly status report which reports on high level metrics, performance, cost (including Earned Value Management metrics when applicable)/price and schedule elements for all active awards within the reporting time period. Strategic planning, staffing/training and certification status, risk management, problem and issue identification/resolution and action plans shall be included. See CDRL 0002- Monthly Contract Status Report.

2.3.2.3 Monthly Contract Status Report Meeting. Each Prime contractor shall participate in a contract summary monthly status meeting with government personnel such as the contracting officer and CORs. The prime shall ensure participation from their designated staff. The contract summary monthly status report shall be reviewed and discussed.

2.3.2.4 Contract Corrective Action Plan. A corrective action plan is a step by step plan of action that is developed to achieve targeted outcomes for resolution of identified problems or issues. The government may request that the contractor submit a corrective action plan for contract administration and management issues (including safety, training, security, clearance and cybersecurity workforce issues) if determined necessary. To be submitted ad hoc in accordance with CDRL- 0003 Contract Corrective Action Plan upon request.

2.3.3 Personnel Administration

The contractor shall provide management and support as required. The contractor shall provide for their employees during designated Government non-work days or other periods where Government offices are closed due to weather or security conditions. The contractor shall maintain the good standing of their employees by providing initial and refresher training as required to meet the performance work statement (PWS) and basic contract requirements. The contractor shall make necessary travel arrangements for employees. The contractor shall provide necessary infrastructure to support contract tasks for on-site and off-site support on a task order basis. The contractor shall provide administrative support to employees in a timely fashion (time keeping, leave processing, pay, emergency needs).

2.3.3.1 Contractor Training Requirements. All active contractor personnel working under this contract, including all subcontractor personnel, shall successfully complete the current applicable version of the DoD Cyber Awareness Challenge on an annual basis. The current version is Cyber Awareness Challenge 2019;

it is available in TWMS for resources with TWMS access or via DISA website (URL will be provided or KIOSK located in EXWC Buildings made available). All active contractor personnel, including subcontractors, are required to successfully complete an online OPSEC training course on an annual basis.

All contractor personnel, including subcontractor personnel, requiring a NMCI email account or system access shall successfully pass the required annual training to maintain the account and/or access. See section 4.1.3 for access requirements.

Additionally, all contractor personnel (including subcontractor personnel) located at a Government facility (such as Naval Base Ventura County) shall successfully complete and keep current any safety and security training required by that on-site location. Training may include, but is not limited to:

1. Active Shooter training

2. Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS)

3. Records Management

4. Privacy and PII Awareness Training

The contractor shall maintain and keep up-to-date their employee Cyber certification and base safety/security and access training, and shall pay for all labor, training, training travel, study time, exam and certification/re-certification. The government may request proof of completion at any time.

2.4 Subcontract Management

The contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary to integrate work performed on this requirement and shall be responsible and accountable for subcontractor performance on this requirement. The prime contractor will manage work distribution to ensure there are no Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) considerations.

2.5 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

The contractor shall accomplish the assigned work by employing and utilizing qualified personnel. The contractor shall match personnel skills to the work or task with a minimum of under/over employment of resources. All resources assigned shall meet all personnel requirements, including clearance standing and cybersecurity workforce standing, at time of task order award.

Contractor and subcontractor personnel may be required to hold professional certifications, as noted within individual task orders. See Appendix C – Professional Certifications for further information regarding professional certifications. See PWS section 4.1.7 for Cyber Security Workforce requirements.

The Contractor shall provide the necessary resources and infrastructure to manage, perform, and administer the contract.

2.5.1 Contractor Identification

All Contractor employees shall ensure that when participating in meetings with Government and/or other Contractor employees, that their personnel properly identify themselves as Contractor employees so that their actions will not be construed as acts of Government officials.

As per DFARS 211.106, “Contractor employees shall identify themselves as contractor personnel by introducing themselves or being introduced as contractor personnel and displaying distinguishing badges or other visible identification for meetings with Government personnel. All contractor employees shall appropriately identify themselves as contractor employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal written correspondence.”

Contractor shall ensure that external correspondence signed by Contractor employees is on company letterhead. Internal correspondence, including e-mail and memoranda, must include the name of the company in the signature line or in another clearly identifiable location. In all contact with the public and Government officials, contractor personnel shall identify themselves as contractor employees working under contract to NAVFAC.

Contractor shall ensure that their onsite personnel, when receiving or placing telephone calls, identify their employer, in addition to whatever other appropriate greeting are used.

All Contractor staff working on-site at any of the client installations during task order performance shall wear at all times a DoD or Contractor furnished Identification. Additionally, contractor workspaces will be clearly marked “contractor” and their company name and their name.

The Contractor must comply with the implementation of Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication Number 201, Personal Identify Verification of Federal Employees, and Contractors.

2.6 Location and Hours of Work

Accomplishment of the results contained in this PWS requires work at contractor facilities, on-site at government facilities, locations during travel in support of designated activities. Remote work may be authorized as described within individual task orders.

The exact locations of individual efforts will be designated on each individual task order as described in section 2.3.1.

Hours of work shall vary based on the task being performed, but will generally conform to the NAVFAC standard business hours of 0600-1800. Certain tasks may require work and travel after normal business hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. NITC is a 24/7/365 facility. Some task orders will require support 24/7/365 and/or on-call support after standard business hours.

Actual hours of work will be included within individual task orders.

Normal workdays are Monday through Friday except US Federal Holidays. Workers typically work eight

(8) hours per day, 40 hours per week. Flextime workers start not earlier than 0600 and not later than 0900.

All employees are expected to be available during core hours (0900 to 1500).

2.7 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

Travel locations include both CONUS and OCONUS and will be specified at the task order level.

Anticipated locations include but are not limited to:

1. Port Hueneme, CA

2. San Diego, CA

3. Washington DC

4. Pearl Harbor, HI

5. Norfolk, VA

6. Yokosuka, Japan

7. Kansas City, MO

8. Bremerton, WA

9. Charleston, SC

10. Naples, Italy

11. Rota, Spain

12. Marianas, Guam

3. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Basic Requirements

Contractor support is required to assist NITC in achieving their goals and objectives. Primary areas of consideration are Systems Development Lifecycle, Cyber Security, Production Systems, IT Operations Support, Operations Support, and Enterprise Analysis and Project Management. This PWS specifies the tasks to be performed, deliverables to be provided and performance objectives to be met in support of NAVFAC business systems.

The Contractor shall furnish all work, management, supervision, labor and materials necessary to ensure the effective and efficient performance of functions identified throughout this PWS which make up this requirement.

The Contractor must be capable of providing flexible, responsive, and high quality services and support. The Contractor will conduct travel and reviews that are necessary to ensure the effective and efficient performance of functions identified throughout this PWS which make up this requirement.

NOTE: Any proposed use of open source technology must be pre-approved by the Government at its discretion.

Approval is not guaranteed. Any code developed under this contract is the property of the government and any portion of the code must be submitted to the government upon request.

It should be understood that delivery of requirements includes meeting setup, attendance, phone calls or any other support activity. Further requirements relating to these support activities will be noted in individual task orders.

NITC requires the usage of work induction, tracking and monitoring tools such as HP Service Manager (HPSM), HP Quality Center (HPQC) and Service Ticketing System (STS) for assigned deliverables/tasking. Specific usage requirements will be noted in individual task orders.

NITC requires all custom software developed by the government or its contractors furnished or maintained to be committed to the NITC managed/maintained Source Control Management (SCM) System prior to deployment into any NITC functional environment (on premise or cloud based).

NITC reserves the right to require all require all custom software developed by the government or its contractors to be built/compiled/deployed from NITC SCM System, through NITC managed/maintained delivery and integration toolchains, and not received via offsite or localized deployment or build processes. Custom software developed by the government or its contractors may be required to pass functional and operational analysis tasks prior to allowing deployment possibly including, but not limited to: unit/integration testing, static code analysis, UI/GUI testing, dynamic system analysis, included library security and licensing validation.

NITC reserves the right to require all require all custom software developed by the government or its contractors and Commercial-Off-the Shelf (COTS) systems be deployed from NITC managed/maintained artifact repositories.

NITC reserves the right to require all require all custom software developed by the government or its contractors to be developed in NITC specified architectures, languages, and/or frameworks. Specific requirements will be noted in individual task orders.

3.2 Performance Requirements

The Contractor shall perform the following tasks in accomplishing the requirements of this contract. The Contractor shall provide the necessary timely support to meet emergent requirements as requested by the program manager, technical point of contact, or other properly designated authority.

3.2.1 Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Designated IT-2. See background investigation and clearance requirements for all personnel.

NAVFAC develops and maintains software solutions to Navy business requirements. Solutions may be COTS products, COTS that have been modified and configured for the specific needs of the government, or custom software developed by the government or its contractors.

NITC has the requirement to support and execute the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of NAVFAC’s business systems. The effort will cover all activities and documentation of SDLC including: Requirements Analysis, Planning, Implementation, Testing, Documentation, Deployment, Maintenance, and Information Security, (NIST 800-64 R2). The process model employed to achieve SDLC should be based on the nature of the individual business system and its constraints. The contractor shall have the ability to implement different process models within its existing project management framework.