N6852020R0124 RFP Draft Questions Answers-7.6.2020.pdf

Draft Solicitation N6852020R0124 Question & Answer: Part I

# Question Answer

1 Is a Facility Clearance (FCL) required to be in place for bid submission?

A FCL is not required for a proposal (bid) submission.

2 Will the Government issue the DD254 at award for

FCL sponsorship?

A DD254 will be issued at contract award.

If the successful offeror does not have FCL clearance, more information is available at:

https://www.dcsa.mil/mc/ctp/fc/.

3 At a minimum, we recommend the Management

Analyst, Senior, labor category also be designated as a Key Personnel labor category due to the level of specific experience that is required (Page 64 of 140).

The RFP has been updated.

4 There is no requirement for a Management Plan within the Technical Proposal. A Management Plan requirement within the Technical Proposal would assist the Government in evaluating the infrastructure and management experience of small business offerors and would better enable the Government to judge those offerors' ability to manage such a large effort (Page 115 of 140). Adding such a requirement might also necessitate an increase in the page limit for the Technical Proposal, which in the draft solicitation is currently set at 50 pages.

Management Plans in technical proposals will not be evaluated.

5 We recommend that the requirement governing the location of the Contractor Facility be reduced from

50 to 30 miles.

The RFP has been updated.

6 The labor category Management Analyst, Junior on page 127 for both Government and Contractor Site should be updated to reflect Management Analyst, Journeyman. There is no labor category description for Management Analyst, Junior within the current draft RFP.

The RFP has been updated.

https://www.dcsa.mil/mc/ctp/fc/

7 DD Form 254 of May 2019 (Page 2 of 4) should include an X in Item 10 (a) to include

Communications Security (COMSEC) Information.

The RFP references COMSEC Information in the

PWS and the current contract N00421-17-D-0019 requires access to COMSEC facilities.

The Attachment DD254 has been updated to include COMSEC.

8 The current contract N00421-17-D-0019 DD254 requires a top secret Facility Security Clearance

(FCL). The draft RFP is requiring only a secret FCL.

Is that correct, and consistent with the Government's needs?

The draft RFP is correct and consistent with the Government’s needs that only a Secret

FCL is required.

9 The draft RFP identifies the requirement for 300,000 annual man years as the basis for determining relevancy of magnitude in assessing prior efforts and in evaluating past performance (Page 135 of 140).

This relevancy threshold comports with the bona fide needs of the program, since a successful small business offeror must be capable of addressing major surges in human resource requirements, often on short notice.

Please rephrase as a question.

10 Paragraph 3.3.1.1.1 - Is MIL-HDBK-502A used as a reference document for TA-STD-0017 compliance and MIL-HDBK-1390 used as a reference document for SAE AS 1390?

Yes, MIL-HDBK-502A handbook offers guidance on TA-STD-0017.

Yes, MIL-HDBK-1390 provides guidance for the framework and descriptions governing the performance of LORAs during a product’s life cycle as defined by SAE

AS1390.

11 Paragraph 3.3.1.1.3 - What is the cost model used to perform the economic LORA?

This information will be provided to the successful offeror.

12 Paragraph 3.3.1.1.3 - Are there existing policies that any item costing less than a predetermined price level will be discarded and replaced rather than be repaired?

Yes, each program has existing policies to identify their process for determining buy versus repair.

13 Paragraph 3.3.1.1.5 – Is there an established

“program’s maintenance concept”?

Yes, each program has an established maintenance concept.

14 Paragraph 3.3.1.2.3 - Which Government owned databases are utilized?

This information will be provided to the successful offeror, as required.

15 Paragraph 3.3.1.2.7 - Has a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) baseline been established as the most cost-effective option among different competing alternatives?

It will depend on the program that may employ this task.

16 Paragraph 3.3.1.2.24 - Is there a robust Continuous

Process Improvement (CPI) program already established?

Yes, there is robust CPI program already in place.

17 Paragraph 3.3.1.6.2 – Is there an established Depot capability?

It will depend on the program that may employ this task.

18 Paragraph 3.3.1.9.2 – Is there currently an established Obsolescence Program as a requirement of the OEM/Prime?

Yes, each program has obsolescence plans established by either the OEM or the program office.

19 Paragraph 3.3.2.1.1 - Is MIL-HDBK-502A used as a reference document for TA-STD-0017 compliance and MIL-HDBK-1390 used as a reference document for SAE AS 1390?

See question 10

20 Paragraph 3.3.2.1.4 - What is the cost model used to perform the economic LORA?

See question 11

21 Paragraph 3.3.2.1.7 - Is there an established

“program’s maintenance concept”?

See question 13

22 Paragraph 3.3.2.2.7 - Has a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) baseline been established as the most cost-effective option among different competing alternatives?

See question 15

23 Paragraph 3.3.2.3.1 - Is MIL-HDBK-502A used as a reference document for TA-STD-0017?

See question 10

24 Paragraph 3.3.2.9.2 - Is there currently an established

Obsolescence Program as a requirement of the

OEM/Prime?

See question 18

25 Paragraph 3.3.3.3.1 - Paragraph 3.3.1.1.1 - Is MIL-

HDBK-502A used as a reference document for TA-

STD-0017 compliance and MIL-HDBK-1390 used as a reference document for SAE AS 1390?

See question 10

26 Paragraph 3.3.3.1.4 - What is the cost model used to perform the economic LORA?

See question 11

27 Paragraph 3.3.3.1.5 - Is there an established

“program’s maintenance concept”?

See question 13

28 Paragraph 3.3.3.2.7 - Has a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) baseline been established as the most cost-effective option among different competing alternatives?

See question 15

29 Paragraph 3.3.3.3.1 - Is MIL-HDBK-502A used as a reference document for TA-STD-0017?

See question 10

30 Is the contract with the OEM/Prime Performance

Based and if so, what are the metrics?

The answer to this question is program-dependent, at the task order level.

31 Can the Fleet Support Team (FST) Site Logistics

Department support the adaptive acquisition framework?

The answer to this question is program-dependent; if/when, AAF is employed.

32 Are the supply chain management tenants tactical, operational, and strategic planning support utilized in conjunction with the Better Buying Power

Initiatives?

The answer to this question is program-dependent.

33 Has a business case analysis already been developed to identify the best course of action for the desired support strategy?

No comment.

34 Is the Product Support Managers (PSM) Guidebook

(December 2019) a model for the support structure?

Yes, the PSM Guidebook (December 2019) is a model for the support structure.

35 Does the Fleet Support Team (FST) Site Logistics

Department utilize public/private partnerships?

No, the FST Site Logistics Department does not utilize public/private partnerships.

36 Is the 10 U.S. Code § 2466 - Limitations on the performance of depot-level maintenance of materiel applicable to this contract?

This is not a depot-level maintenance requirement.

37 Are the integrated product support elements utilized on the current product support strategy?

Yes, product support elements are utilized in the product support strategies.

38 Has a life cycle sustainment plan been developed? The answer to this question is program-dependent, at the task order level.

39 Has the Fleet Support Team (FST) Site Logistics

Department aligned their funding appropriations with support requirements?

a. Has a product support arrangement with the

Warfighter that states the objectives of the product support strategy been developed?

No Comment.

40 Does the Fleet Support Team (FST) Site Logistics

Department utilize a product support provider and/or a product support integrator? If so, has a performance-based agreement been established?

No comment.

41 Has a budget projection been developed for inclusion into the planning, programming, budget, and execution process to account for a change in support strategy, maintenance concept, obsolescence, etc.

No comment.