18-R-0005_Solicitation_Amendment.doc

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SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

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Q&A 8/3/2018 Questions and Answers for Solicitation N68936-18-R0005

1. How many companies does the Government plan on making Awards to on this IDIQ/MAC?

Please see Section M, 52.212-2(d)

2. In the SOW, section 4.2.3, where it states “purchase request or delivery order should include full factory certifications”; is it acceptable to supply the authorized distributor certificate of conformance in lieu of “full factory certifications”? The authorized distributor c of c does meet the requirement to provide “complete supply chain traceability”.

Certificate of Conformance is acceptable.

3. In the SOW, section 4.2.4, where it states “electronic components being procured under this purchase request shall be packaged in tape/reel format unless otherwise indicated”. The spreadsheet “18R0005_Sample_buy.xlsx” does not have packaging requirements specified. Since you are going to use this as the “first buy”, do you want all parts to be supplied on tape and reel where available or applicable for that component?

If at all possible/available, tape and reel or cut tape is preferred. Future solicitations may specify required packaging as necessary.

4. We are interested in providing a proposal for this solicitation but I cannot find the schedule referenced a few times in the other documents.

Schedule will be addressed in awarded delivery orders.

5. In the Statement of Work, section 4.2.7. states that: “Contractors are responsible for compliance to all stated quality clauses identified in accordance with IFTS-QMS-001- Integrated Flight Test Solutions Quality Manual.” Would you please advise where I can find a copy of the IFTS-QMS-001, so that we can ensure compliance with our offer?

The IFTS-QSM-001 will be provided as an attachment on the FEDBIZOPS website.

6. Line 31 # C3225Y5V1H106Z Item was discontinued. Is there an approved alt, such as C3225X5R1H106M250AB?

C1210C106M5RACTU - this is the preferred ALT. Other ALTS that meet the following are acceptable upon review by IFTS Engineering - 10uF, X7R dielectric, 50V, 1210 footprint, -55-125 degree C operating temperature, and 20% or better tolerance, maximum height is 0.110" +/- 50%, as well as other contractual requirements.

7. Line 41 # ERJ-3AEB513V Could we get a full parameter description, Part # is being rejected as invalid.

Correct part number: ERA-3AEB512V

8. Line 99 : # ISD2353 Item was discontinued (we sold you the last available stock out of distribution last year) is there an approved alt?

No alternate has been approved. We were unaware that no more stock was available. Provide a price in the sample order if the item is in your inventory. If the item is not in your inventory do not provide pricing for the item in the sample order.

9. Can the latest version of the IFTS-QMS-001 Integrated Flight Test Solutions Quality Manual be provided

The IFTS-QSM-001 will be provided as an attachment on the FEDBIZOPS website.

10. The SOW states that material “will be separately ordered and priced on each individual DO to include shipping & handling at the time each DO is placed”. Thus, it is our understanding and we request confirmation that the Firm Fixed Price (FFP) designation on procured products applies once each new quote is submitted in response to an RFQ and does not apply to the life of the contract (5 years).

Yes.

11. What is the approximate periodicity of RFQ and subsequent DO issuance?

Periodicity will vary, but 1-4 RFQ/DO per month is an estimate.

12. Will any DX rated orders be placed?

No.

13. To follow, if pricing does not have to remain firm for the 5 year life of the contract, can additional clarification be provided as to the initial evaluation of awardees?

Pricing provided for the sample order will be used for the first order (they are one in the same). Subsequent solicitations will be evaluated as they are issued.

14. We are working on our response to the above shown solicitation and cannot find where paragraph (b) is located in the solicitation. On the top of page 11 of 38 on the solicitation it says that” if you are registered in SAM the offeror will only fill in paragraph (b)”. I have searched and the next letter in this order is (c). I don’t want to confuse the situation and have you think that we are not registered in SAM so can you please advise as to whether the numbering is incorrect or if the (b) was intentionally left out of this document.

Please see Section I, 52.212-3(b)(2). There was an error in the formatting of the solicitation. The clause can be found on page 14 of the solicitation, it is also shown below for easy viewing.

(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website accessed through http://www.acquisition.gov. After reviewing the SAM database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs [_________].[Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (u) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted electronically on SAM.

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