Bidders Questions 20200413.pdf

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1 Would the Navy consider making the

September 2020 ship check the first ship check required under the solicitation?

The May ship check is still scheduled.

2 RFP Section C.7 Will AutoCAD source files be provided for repeat alterations as stated in 7.17 and is the contractor permitted to roll over source files from previously developed SIDs?

Paragraph 7.17 also states that AutoCad go-by drawings source files, for repeat alterations, will be made available upon request.

Paragraph 7 states that all SID development (excluding revisions) shall assume suse of zero rollover of source files from previously developed SIDs.

3 3, 10, 12 RFP Section B, Item 3000; RFP

Sections C.7.3 and

C.7.22

LHD 7 requirements What LHD 7 efforts will be included in this contract?

There may be Technical Instructions issued under this contract for SID development to support LHD-7 SID efforts. This contract does not include LHD-7 shipcheck efforts.

4 66 RFP Section L.4.1 Offerors shall propose the labor hours required to perform the requirements of the PWS for the period of performance specified in Section

F.

Government Furnished Information was not identified in the draft RFP. What information is the Navy going to provide to develop the basis of estimate for the labor hours? Or, is it the Navy's intent to provide the LOE hours to propose on each CLIN?

LOE man-hours were added to Section B.

5 7, 22, 61 RFP Section C.6.1, Section F, Section

L 1.2

Period of Performance for the first pre-ship check is 27 April 2020. Period of Performance to begin 24 April 2020.

Period of Performance for the first pre-ship check is 27 April 2020.

What is the Navy's anticipated timeline for submittal of the proposal in order to meet the start of the PoPs identified in the Draft RFP?

Proposal submittals are required by 1000 on April 15, 2020.

6 17 C-215-H002

Contract Proposal

(NAVSEA)(OCT

2018)

Paragraphs (a) and (b) What is the Navy's intent for incorporating this clause into the contract?

The technical volume(s) of the awarded Contractor's proposal will be incorporated by reference as stated in this clause.

7 81 L-215-H004

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR PRICING OF

CONTRACT

DATA

REQUIREMENTS

LIST (NAVSEA)

Clause This clause is rarely used anymore because it does not result in CDRL pricing that is meaningful and CDRL costs are not separately evaluated. This pricing would usually only include the cost to deliver the data item to the Government. The costs to develop the data item are included elsewhere in the labor portion of the proposal. For the same reason, Data CLINs are Not Separately

Priced (NSP). Will the Government delete this requirement from the RFP?

Clause is required and included in the RFP.

8 Will the final solicitation contain a "Payment of Fees" Clause?

Added B-232-H004 PAYMENTS OF FEE(S) (LEVEL OF

EFFORT)--BASIC (NAVSEA) (OCT 2018).

9 Will the final solicitation contain a "Level of

Effort" Clause?

Added H-216-H001 LEVEL OF EFFORT--BASIC

(NAVSEA) (OCT 2018).

10 91 Section M 3.2.2 Large business offerors will not be eligible for award if they fail to submit an acceptable Small

Business Subcontracting Plan where small business subcontracting possibilities exist.

With the SOW that is provided within the draft RFP, there are not specific engineering/design discipline level requirements (i.e. Ship Alt identification with supporting GFI). As such, the ability to identify and thoroughly evaluate small businesses that are qualified to perform the intended work scope is limited. Furthermore, a less specific SOW does not support the selection or competitive pricing of small business subcontractors. With the near-term ship check schedule of 11 May 2020, it is anticipated that the proposal submittal response will be short and not fully support a detailed, analyzed small business selection. It is recommended that the small business plan/requirement be eliminated or restated as an execution goal.

Specific verbiage was removed from Section M. Clause L-219-

H001 SUBMISSION OF SMALL BUSINESS

SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (NAVSEA) (JAN 2019) is still invoked in the RFP.

11 While our expertise does extend to creating technical drawings, we do not usually provide

Engineering solutions. Do you believe this would be an issue for us if we were to try to become the prime on this contract?

Offerors may submit a proposal if they can meet the requirements specified in the solicitation.

12 Because of what I may perceive as shortcomings when it comes to the

Engineering solution side of this RFP, I believe we may be a better match as a subcontractor to the eventual prime contractor awardee. Have you had any applicants mention a desire to partner with a subcontractor that I might be able to reach out?

Information regarding other bidders may not be disclosed.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO LHD PLATFORM SID SOLICITATION #N42158-20-R-N001

- In the event of a conflict between the RFP and the Government responses to the RFP questions, the RFP will govern.

13 81 Clauses

Incorporated by

Reference

52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for

Professional Employees (Feb 1993)

In FAR 22.1103 the requirement is to include this provision in negotiated contracts. The solicitation is identified as full and open. Can this provision be removed from the RFP?

FAR 22.1103 states that the Contracting Officer shall insert the provision at 52.222-46 , Evaluation of Compensation for

Professional Employees, in solicitations for negotiated contracts when the contract amount is expected to exceed

$700,000 and services are to be provided which will require meaningful numbers of professional employees. FAR 15.002 defines 2 types of negotiated acquisition: sole source acquisitions and competitive acquisitions. This solictation is for a competitive acquisition. Based on the above rationale, the clause will not be removed.

14 89 L-215-H004

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR PRICING OF

CONTRACT

DATA

REQUIREMENTS

LIST (NAVSEA)

(a) The Offeror shall comple the "Price Group"

(Block 17) and "Estimated Total Price"

(Block 18) of each data item on the Contract

Data Requirements List (CDRL) of this solicitation using the following instructions.

Exhibit A, released with the Final RFP, on the CDRL 1423, there is not a Block 17

(Price Group) or Block 18 (Estimated Total

Price) to fill in as per the instructions. Can the requirement for pricing the CDRLs in accordance with L-215-H004 be removed from the RFP?

Exhibit A has been updated to include Block 17 and Block 18.

15 51, 15 Section J, Contract

Data Requirement

Lists (CDRLs)-

Exhibit A, CDRL

A021 - Section C, paragraph 7.7.1.1

Title of A021 is Priced Bill of Material

(BOM). Subtitle Extracted Bill of Materials -

Extracted Bill of Material (BOM) (CDRL

A021)

Is it the Navy's intent to receive Priced Bills of Material with CDRL A021 or only extract the BOM in accordance with 7.7.1.1?

It is the Navy's intent to receive extracted BOM only.

16 95 Section M, paragraph 3.2.2

Factor II: Manning

Capability (

Volume II)

DOD Statutory Small Business Goals shall be enforced and are as follows: Small Business

22%; Small Disadvantaged Business 5%;

Women Owned Business 5%: HUBZone 3%.

Can the Government elaborate on the mechanism of enforcement that will be used to enforce the statutory small business goals?

17 51 Section J, Contract

Security

Classification

Specification, DD

254 Form 254-

Attachment 1

Contractor would require access to NNPI and

UNNPI information on site at the performing facility, thereby requiring the necessary protections for that level of data. All of the scope of work contemplated under this RFP are centered on LHA 2 and LHA 7 SIDs, to which these requirements do not apply.

Current requirements for the type of work contemplated under this RFP require authority for NISP information and its associated regulations.

Can the Government re-evaluate the listing of

NNPI and UNNPI information and its associated requirements found on the DD

254?

Yes. DD 254 will be updated to remove NNPI/UNNPI and only require access to CONFIDENTIAL.