Bidders Questions 20200424.pdf

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67 RFP Section L.1.2.a LHD-2 Shipcheck #1 (11 May 2020 – 29 May 2020) 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. Update 4/24/2020 - The May ship check has been removed from the solicitation.

14 RFP Section C.7 AutoCAD go-by drawings source files, for repeat alterations, will be made available upon request.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

7 RFP Section B

N/A 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).

41 RFP Section H

N/A Will the final solicitation contain a "Level of Effort"

Clause?

Added H-216-H001 LEVEL OF EFFORT--BASIC (NAVSEA) (OCT 2018).

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 N/A N/A N/A

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 N/A N/A N/A

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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?

Section M has been updated to state: "For informational purposes, DOD

Statutory Small Business Goals are as follows: Small Business 22%; Small

Disadvantaged Business 5%; Women Owned Business 5%; HUBZone 3%."

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.

67 RFP Section L.1.2.a LHD-2 Shipcheck #1 (11 May 2020 – 29 May 2020) Does the Navy still require the performance of the May ship-check, given that the proposals are not due until 11

May?

The May ship check has been removed from the solicitation.

67 RFP Section L.1.2.a-c LHD-2 Shipcheck #1 (11 May 2020 – 29 May 2020);

LHD-2 Shipcheck #2 (7 September 2020 – 25

September 2020); LHD-2 Shipcheck #3 (7 December

2020 – 24 December 2020)

Is there any change to any of the ship-check dates? The May ship check has been removed from the solicitation. There is no change to the other ship check dates.

74; 2 4.3.1. Staffing Plan without Cost; Section

B; Att. 3 and 4

The Offeror is cautioned that staffing plans for individuals and all proposed tasks must propose the same mix and amount of hours as that of the Cost/Price

Proposal, which shall be in accordance with the

Government estimated Level of Effort (LOE); CLINs

1000, 2000; Attachments 3 and 4 of the RFP (Staffing

Plan without Cost and Staffing Plan with cost) provide three columns for proposed labor hours: “SHIPCHECK

1 PLUS COMPLETED DRAWINGS”, “SHIPCHECK

2 PLUS COMPLETED DRAWINGS”, “SHIPCHECK

3 PLUS COMPLETED DRAWINGS”

Will the Government please consider updating

Attachments 3 and 4 to include a fourth Labor Hours column for the 31,200 hours included in CLIN 3000

LHD 7 SIDs to enable Offerors to provide staffing plans that corelate with the proposed cost volume proposal?

Page 95 Sec. M, 3.2.2 Factor II:

Manning Capability

(Volume II)

The RFP states the “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%.”

Would the Government confirm this goal is a percentage of subcontracted dollars in accordance with

FAR 52.219-9?

Page 74 Section L.4.2.1 Small

Business Participation

The Government states “The extent participation of small business concerns in terms of the value of the total acquisition. Within this section the SBCs (prime offerors and small business subcontractors) proposed quantitative participation, which should be expressed in terms of whole dollars and percentages based on the total acquisition (total contract value).” This statement directly contradicts instructions in Section L.3.2 where the Government states that “Offerors are to ensure that all Technical Capabilities and Experience are contained within VOLUME I and that no cost/price information is included in this volume.”

Will the Government remove this requirement since a

Small Business Subcontracting Plan is being provided in Volume V?

26 Section F. Deliveries of Performance

PoP for all CLINs start 24 April 2020 Is there an updated PoP start and end date? See Section F in the updated solicitation (posted 24 April 2020) for PoP information.

12; 67 Section C paragraph

6.4 and Section L paragraph 1.2

LHD 2 Shipcheck windows Are there updated shipcheck dates? See the updated solicitation posted 24 April 2020.

13 Section C paragraph

6.11

SID review schedules Is there an updated drawing delivery schedule? See the updated solicitation posted 24 April 2020.

38; 39 Section H table 1 Incentives Key Event Dates Are there updated Due Dates for the Special Incentive

Key Events and Milestones Due Dates?

See the updated solicitation posted 24 April 2020.

N/A SAM Notification of updates and changes Recent updates and notifications were not posted on original SAM location as the draft of the RFP and intial

RFP release. What is the location that will be used in

SAM to provide future updates? Will the PCO provide email notifications of any updates?

Offerors are advised to refer to Notice ID: N4215820RN001 with the "Type" categorized as "Updated Solicitation".

67 Section L paragraph

1.1

All questions shall be submitted with 72 hours. With the extension of the proposal submitted to 11 May

2020, how long will the availability to submit Bidder's

Questions be?

See Section L 1.1.

N/A N/A N/A When will the Government issue an Amendment to the

RFP?

The updated solicitiation has been posted 24 April 2020.

N/A N/A N/A When does the Government intend to execute a contract?

The Government intends to award a contract NLT 30 May 2020.

16; 96 Section C paragraphs

7.22 and 7.23

LHD 7 dates Will the dates for LHD 7 be updated? The removal of the May ship check date is the only change to the subject solicitation.

69; 71 Section L.2.3.1.j;

L.2.3.9

Compression tools are limited to PKZip or WinZip;

Page Limitations

Is there a size limitation for submission and are you able to receive zipped files?

71; 77 Section L.2.3.8;

L.4.2.2

Proposal Volume Cross-Reference Table. Past

Performance Questionnaires, included in page limit, ‘Y’.; Past Performance Questionnaire. CPARS reports may be submitted in lieu of Past Performance

Questionnaires.

Will the Government please clarify if CPARs submitted in lieu of Past Performance Questionnaires are included in the page limit for Volume III?