Amendment 0001.pdf

N62470-24-R-9065 Amendment 0001 The following pertains to this Amendment:

QUESTION AND ANSWER

QUESTION 1 - (Page 11 of 135) There are 14 labor categories listed in Attachment JL.1 - JL.1A and JL.3 - JL.4, but Section C.3, Specific Personnel Requirements, lists 13 labor categories. The list is in numerical order, however, items 13 and 14 are omitted. The attachments have 14 labor categories including “Clerical/Administrative.” However, “Clerical/Administrative” is omitted from Section C.3. If the “Clerical/Administrative” position is required, please provide the position requirements.

ANSWER 1 - Clerical/Administrative Assistant - Responsibilities include setting up and maintaining files, answering phone calls and referring to appropriate staff, arranging meetings and conferences;

scheduling appointments; making travel arrangements, reviewing drafts and finished documents for appropriate grammatical usage, distribute incoming correspondence such as mail, faxes, and email; create and modify documents such as invoices, reports, memos, letters and financial statements using Microsoft Office, QuickBooks or other programs. A qualified individual for this position shall have a high school diploma and three years’ experience.

QUESTION 2 - (Page 78 of 135, Section J) Please confirm that Attachment JL.5, as provided with the Solicitation, is incorrect. A Past Performance Questionnaire was provided in error (duplicating Attachment E). Please provide the Historical Small Business Utilization form.

ANSWER 2 - 1) Please use Attachment E instead of Attachment JL.5

2) Attachment G- Historical Small Business Utilization has been added

QUESTION 3 - (Page 78 of 135, Section J) There is no reference to “Attachment JL.6, Small Business Subcontracting Plan” in Sections L or M. Please provide instructions for where to include this information in the Non-Price Volume

ANSWER 3 - The Subcontracting Plan, Attachment JL.6, should be submitted with the proposal.

QUESTION 4 - (Page 78 of 135, Section J) There is no reference to “Attachment B, Certificate of Non- Disclosure and Conflict of Interest Statement” in Sections L or M. Please provide instructions for where to include this information in our response.

ANSWER 4 - 252.215-7015 PROGRAM SHOULD-COST REVIEW (NOV 2019), included, references the non-disclosure agreement. Attachment B is provided to have in the event needed.

QUESTION 5 - (Sections L and M, All Non-Price Factors) The submission requirements section for the Non-prime Volume seems to be missing. Please confirm that this information will be provided in an

Amendment. This section typically provides information such as font requirements, page size requirements, page limits (by Factor and for the entire Volume), a list of the required document that does not count against the page count, a list of required introductory sheets, coversheet requirements, required organization of the volume, requirements for the Small Business Subcontracting Plan, etc.

ANSWER 5 - This submission is electronic.

Solicitation Submittal Requirements:

Non Price - Electronically submit font size 12 in PDF format. Tables and charts can be in landscape format, font size 12. Offerors may submit a one-page organizational chart as required under Factor 1 in, font size 10. This will count as one (1) page. The document should be submitted as an Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf). (Note: Cover page, JV agreements, and past performance questionnaires may be submitted in Adobe only). Non-price proposal submission is limited to 75 pages. Note that Joint Venture agreements, organizational conflicts of interest statements, resumes, or past performance questionnaires are not applied against the overall page limit. Additionally, under Factor 3—Small Business Utilization, – Small Business Past Performance,–Small Business Subcontracting Plan, Small Business Offeror Small Business Participation Breakdown, SF1420/DD2626/or equivalent, and SF294s/ISRs will not be applied against the overall page limit. Further, blank pages, introductory sheets (e.g. Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Acronyms, and Cross-Reference Sheet), and the listings of team member’s corporate names and point of contact information are not applied against the overall page limit. There is no page limitation for the introductory sheets. Any pages in excess of the maximum limits stated herein shall be removed and not evaluated.

QUESTION 6 - (Page 127 of 135, Section M, Factor 1, Management Structure & Key Personnel) States “Curriculum Vitae (3-page maximum, submitted on Attachment JL.11- Resume Submittal) for the Program Manager (1 individual) and Technical Project Managers (up to 6 individuals).” Please confirm that the reference to “Attachment JL.11” is an error and “Attachment D” as provided with the Solicitation is the appropriate reference.

ANSWER 6 - Resume of Key Personnel, which is named Attachment D, should be used to submit Personnel Resumes.

QUESTION 7 - (Page 129 of 135, Section M, Factor 2, Corporate Experience) states “The attached Experience Project Data Sheet (Attachment JL.10) is mandatory and should be used to submit information for both Element A Examples and Element B Examples.” Please confirm that the reference to “Attachment JL.10” is an error and “Attachment C” as provided with the Solicitation is the appropriate reference.

ANSWER 7 - Correct - Attachment C is the appropriate Reference

QUESTION 8 - (Page 130 of 135, Section M, Factor 2, Corporate Experience, in reference to JL.10, Block 10) states “Proposals are still limited to a total of two (2) Element A Examples and five (5) Element

B Examples combined.”; previously (Page 128 of 135, b) “Element B Examples”) requests a maximum of six (6). Please clarify if the AE is required to submit fix (5) or six (6) projects.

ANSWER 8 - Please submit six (6) Element B Examples

QUESTION 9 - (Page 130 of 135, Section M, Factor 3, Small Business Utilization) states “All Offerors (large, non-profits, AND small businesses) shall use Attachment D (Historical Small Business Utilization) to demonstrate their historical utilization of SBs.” Please confirm that reference to “Attachment D” is an error and “Attachment JL.5” is the appropriate reference.

ANSWER 9 - Please use Attachment G instead

QUESTION 10 - (Page 130 of 135, Section M, Factor 3, Small Business Utilization) Please confirm that Individual Subcontracting Reports (ISRs) should not be submitted along with the Historical Small Business Utilization Form (Attachment JL.5).

ANSWER 10 - Individual Subcontracting Reports are not required.

QUESTION 11 - (Page 131 of 135, Section M, Factor 3, Small Business Utilization) states “2. All Offerors (large, non-profits, AND small businesses) shall use Attachment E (Small Business Participation Commitment Document (SBPCD) to submit the following required information for evaluation of this factor:” Please note that the Attachment E and Attachment JL.5 provided with the Solicitation are the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ). Please confirm that reference to “Attachment E” is an error and “Attachment JL.7” is the appropriate reference.

ANSWER 11 - Attachment JL.7” is the appropriate reference

QUESTION 12 - (Page 131 of 135, Section M, Factor 3, Small Business Utilization) states “If firm written commitments with SBs are not in place, offerors shall provide an explanation and rationale on the ability to achieve the proposed participation. (See Attachment Y, paragraph 5)” Please confirm that reference to “Attachment Y” is an error and “Attachment JL.7” is the appropriate reference.

ANSWER 12 - “Attachment JL.7” is the appropriate reference

QUESTION 13 - (Page 134 of 135, Section M, Factor 5, Past Performance) states “If the offeror is unable to obtain a completed PPQ from a client for an Example before the response date set forth in this notice, the offeror should complete and submit with their response the first page of the PPQ (Attachment J.L.12), which will provide contract and client information for the respective Example(s).” Please confirm that the reference to “Attachment J.L.12” is an error and “Attachment E” is the appropriate reference.

ANSWER 13 - “Attachment E” is the appropriate reference

QUESTION 14 - (Page 129 of 135, Section M, Factor 2, Corporate Experience) states “The attached Experience Project Data Sheet (Attachment JL.10) is mandatory and should be used to submit information for both Element A Examples and Element B Examples.” Assuming “Attachment C” as provided with the Solicitation is the appropriate reference, the instructions provided on Pages 129 and 130 do not match with the format of the attachment. For example, Attachment C, Block 1 does not require “UEID under which the example submitted was performed” and Block 10 does not require “a listing of any personnel proposed under Factor 1 of this solicitation who worked on the example and their role at the time.” Please confirm that the forthcoming Amendment will include the correct “Attachment C.”

ANSWER 14- Attachment C has been corrected to include the UEID number.

Please use Block 10 to include a listing of any personnel proposed under Factor 1 of this solicitation who worked on the example and their role at the time.

QUESTION 15 - (Page 124 of 135, Section M, Price Volume, instructions for Attachment JL.1 – Chart 2) states “(1) Other Direct Costs Multiplier(s) Ceilings – Offerors shall provide Other Direct Cost Multiplier(s) ceilings (e.g. handling fees, G&A, FCCOM, etc.) and profit, which will be applied as mark-ups to Other Direct Costs (materials, equipment, travel, etc.) and subcontractors under task orders.” However, Section B.2 Indefinite Quantity (Page 2 of 135,) states “No overhead will be applied to ODCs or subcontractors. No overhead or profit will be applied to travel.” In addition, in Section B.3.2, Negotiated Labor Rates (Page 3 of 135), G&A is referenced under Direct Labor, but not under “ODCs and Subcontractor Costs” or “Travel.” The allocation of G&A costs is supported by CAS 410 and the FAR (2.101, 15.404-4, 31.203(d), etc.) and is fair and reasonable. Please confirm that the instructions provided for Attachment JL.1 – Chart 2 are correct, and the forthcoming Amendment will amend the language in Section B.

ANSWER 15 - Attachment JL.1 Chart 2 is correct.

This amendment removes the language in B.2 ‘which states –‘No overhead will be applied to ODCs or subcontractors. No overhead or profit will be applied to travel.” Section B.3.2, G& A applies to ODCs, Subcontractor Costs and Travel.

QUESTION 16 - (Page 134 of 135, Section M, Factor 5, Past Performance) states “IF A

COMPLETED CPARS EVALUATION IS AVAILABLE, IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE

PROPOSAL FOR EACH OF THE EXAMPLES LISTED UNDER FACTOR 2, CORPORATE

EXPERIENCE…IF THERE IS NOT A COMPLETED CPARS EVALUATION, the Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) included in the solicitation is provided for the offeror or its team member(s) to submit to the client for each Example the offeror includes in its proposal for Factor 2, Corporate Experience.” CPARS are provided at the task order level, which is appropriate for Factor 2, Element B.

Please confirm that proof of past performance is also required for Factor 2, Element A. CPARS are not readily available for large-scale “programs” that are made up of numerous task orders.

ANSWER 16 – If there is no a completed CPARS evaluation, the PPQ is acceptable.

QUESTION 17 - I am writing to seek clarification regarding solicitation N6247024R0065.

Specifically, I would like to confirm that the required small business participation percentage for this opportunity is 20%.

ANSWER 17 - The required small business participation percentage for this opportunity is 40% and is corrected in this amendment.

Corrections:

To demonstrate maximum practicable participation of small businesses, identify (in terms of dollar value and percentage of the total contract value) the offeror’s proposed small business participation. The minimum required small business participation (i.e. work to be performed by small business as the prime contractor and/or work to be performed by small business subcontractors) is 40% (this amount will be modified based on market research).

Offerors who are not able to meet the minimum total small business participation requirement of 40% (of the total contract value) shall provide a detailed explanation why the minimum total small business participation requirement cannot be achieved.

The minimum small business participation requirement, through work performed by the small business prime and/or subcontracting with small businesses, shall meet or exceed 40% of the total contract value, unless the offeror provides a reasonable and well-documented explanation for why the minimum 40% small business participation requirement cannot be achieved.

• Offerors that demonstrate a commitment to providing maximum practical opportunity to small businesses may be rated higher.

• Proposing less than 40% total small business participation requirement may result in a deficiency.

• Offerors that do not demonstrate commitment to providing maximum practical opportunity to small businesses may result in a deficiency.

QUESTION 18 - Additionally, could you please confirm whether this participation percentage can be achieved by engaging multiple small business entities?

ANSWER 18 - Yes, the participation percentage can be achieved by engaging multiple small business entities.

ADDITIONAL AMMENDMENT INFORMATION:

Final Data Appendices A- D have been added as an attachment The proposal submittal date has been extended to 11 March 2025 at 2:00PM EST Updated DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS TABLE OF

COMMENTS

DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

TABLE OF COMMENTS

ATTACHMENT

NUMBER

ATTACHMENT TITLE

Attachment JL.1 –

JL.1A

Fully Burdened Direct Labor Hourly Ceiling Rates and Other Direct Costs Multiplier(s) Ceiling(s)/Direct Charges to Labor Base - Fully Burdened Direct Labor Hourly Ceiling Rates Build-up Form

Attachment JL.2 Proposed Distribution of Work Attachment JL.3 - Attachment JL.4

Price Model Worksheet - Price Model Worksheet

Attachment JL.5 Past Performance for Small Business Attachment JL.6 Small Business Subcontracting Plan Attachment JL.7 Small Business Offeror Participation Breakdown Attachment 1 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan Attachment B Certificate of Non-Disclosure and Conflict of Interest Statement Attachment C Experience Project Data Sheet (corrected) Attachment D Resume Submittal Attachment E Past Performance Questionnaire Attachment G Historical Small Business Utilization