N4523A18R0826_Bidders_Question-Responses-14Mar2018.pdf

N4523A18R0826 Bidder's Question Responses (14 Mar 2018)

# RFP Document Reference Detailed (Paragraph) Reference

Contractor Question Recommended Revision Government Response

1 J-3 Pricing Sheet & J-2 Notional Statement of Work

Para 5.0 pricing for GFM IAW with the J3 Pricing Sheet, Offer is to provide cost for Para 5.0 GFM per th J2 Notional Statement of work. There is no GFM listed in the Notional Statement of work to base pricing on. Please clarify what the government is looking for the offer to input on Para 5.0 for the GFM on the Notional ricing Sheet.

Correct, there is no GFM provided in attachment J-2. The contractor should propose the amount of material that company thinks it would take to accomplish the work of the notional package.

2 Solicitation Section L Para 5.0 Proposal Content, Volume II, Factor 2 Past Performance

Offer is tasked to prove at least 2 but no more than 5 previos contracts completed with CPARS. CPARS are only given to the Prime contractor and not he subcontractor.

Require CPRS to be submitted for Prime Contract past performances only and not Major Subcontracts.

The government ackowledges that subcontractors do not recevie CPARS. The requirements in section L para. 5 Vol II Factor 2 allows the flexability for offerors to submit relevent/recent past performance data from either prime contracts or contracts on which they performed as a major subcontractor. The Government will not be revising the past performace requirements in the solicitation.

3 N4523A18R0826 Attch J-3 Price Breakdown The Attach J-3 Price Breakdown is a Pricing Spreadsheet. On the pricing spreadsheet, PWS Work Paragraph, 1.0 General Requirements (GR), Total ST Labor Hours is identified and listed. Pages 3 through 15 of the 32 page SOW the government identifies and lists General Requirements (GR)1.0 through 1.21.3. How does the government want the contractor to base the cost for her/his total labor hours for GR 1.0 listed on J-3 price breakdown? How do I quantify labor hours to accomplish all the identified and outlined requirements of 1.0-1.21-3? This also pertains to the Total ST Labor Hours for 3.2 Hull Repairs, 3.4 Tanks/Voids, 3.5 Main deck Repairs, 3.13 Preservation. How do I quantify the amount of work for each of these listed items?

Offerors should provide pricing based on the effort by the company in any area/paragraph of the SOW. Pricing is wholly dependent on the level of effort an offeror believes neccesary for a given paragraph.

4 N4523A18R0826 Section L 5.0 Proposal Content Technical. The offeror shall submit documentation illustrating their approach to satisfying the requirements.

In the contractors 50 Page technical response, does the government want the contractor to address how we will accomplish each of the outlined General Requirements 1.1-1.21, Hull Repairs 3.2.1-3.2.6.2 Tanks/Voids 3.4.1- 3.4.2.4 , Main Deck Repairs 3.5.1-3.5.3.3 and 4.0 Data Submission?

Yes.

5 N4523A18R0826 Identification and contact information of all contractors participating in this teleconference

I am a QP-1, WOSB/HUBZone certified small business who self performs marine preservation for the Navy, USCG, MARAD and MSL. I would like the opportunity to contact those larger prime contractors looking for certified HUBZone or WOSB to meet their small business subcontracting goals. A list of all those participating in this pre-construction teleconference would be helpful for small businesses like myself who would like to bid as a prime and also subcontract to those large businesses.

Pre-proposal teleconference attendees will be made available via FedBizOpps portal.

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H:3.3 PARA 2 What is the criteria that determines work of a highly complex nature? This is a determination made at the discretion PCO. The requirements of solicitation section H-3.3 are not applicable to the award of the on-ramping IDIQs.

These requirements would only apply to delivery orders place after the on-ramping IDIQs have been awarded.

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H:3.3 PARA 2 What Percentage of the delivery orders are projected to be of a non-complex nature?

There is not a predetermined percentage, this determination is made on an individual basis for each delivery order.

8 Section C Section L

C.3.1.1 L.5.0.VOLUME I.Factor 1-- Technical Capability

Statement of work 3.1.1 list the duties and qualifications of the Contractor Designated Principal or the assign one lead employee. One requirement include maintaining a, "...QP-1 certification in compliance with the requirements of the Systems and Specfications, SSPC Painting Manual, Volume 2, Current Version.

In addition, Section L, Proposal Content, Factor 1--Technical Capability, requires Offerors to, "Provide certification in accordance with QP-1 SSPC Systems and Specifications, Painting Manual, Volume 2."

Question: We fulfill the requirements of our contractor "lead employee" holding SSPC certifications, our selected Safety and Health Manager possesses the certifications required by Section C, our subcontractors are SSPC-QP1 & QP2 certified (SSPC-QP1 is required), and we adhear to a certified ISO 9001:2015 management system, approved by NAVSEA 4XQ, to tie processess together.

May the Government approve the submission of our Subcontractor's SSPC-QP1 Contractor certification to satisfy 1 of the 3 requirements within Factor 1--Technical Capability?

This is a depot level preservation IDIQ contract, the QP1 qualification for the prime contractor is essential to accomplishing the work that will occur under this contract vehicle. Only those companies that can provide QP1 certification or provide documentation showing that QP1 certification will be aproved prior to IDIQ award will be rated Acceptable.

9 Section B CLIN #: 0001 Attachment J-2 Attachment J-3

L.5.0.VOLUME III (d.)

Completed Section B Attachment J-2 Attachment J-3

VOLUME III, Price Proposal requires a Complete Section B. Section B CLIN #:

0001 states that the Period of Performance is four years from date of award.

However, VOLUME III, Pricing Proposal in Section L states that, "...the price proposal shall demonstrate a complete understanding of the effort necessary to perform and accomplish the identified notional package (attachment J-2)."

Attachment J-2 has a Period of Performnance of: May 18, 2017 TO July 15, 2017.

Question: Please advise how we should complete Attachment J-3- Notional_Price_Breakdown_Form and Section B if we are to use Attachment J-2 and still be compliant with the requirements of Section B CLIN #: 0001.

Section B period of performance (POP) refers to the 4 year ordering period of the base IDIQ contract as delineated in section F clause RMC F-1-0001, Effective Date of the Contract.

Section J Attch J-2 POP references are notional dates only, and should not be outside the context of the notional attachments.

10 General General We currently hold a MAC contract under #N4523A18D1051. Do we need to submit another proposal for On-Ramping onto N4523A18R0826 or are we covered under the existing MAC contract we currently hold

Yes, you are required to submit a new proposal in accordance with solicitation N4523A18R0826.