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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

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11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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Robbin M. Kessler, Contracting Officer

The purpose of this amendment is to respond to questions received and make changes to the solicitation. The changes to the RFP are based upon corrections and clarifications to the RFP.

The proposal due date has not been extended.

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1. Responses to questions received regarding the solicitation are as follows:

Q1:

When will NASA provide (1) high and low sped wind tunnel data, (2) program risks

(concept strengths and weaknesses) identified during the course of the program and presented at PDR and (3) interim PD Phase Design Data Review Packages (NASA/USG customer RIDs from program reviews and Lockheed Martin responses)?

A1:

LBFD Data Release 4 was issued on July 27, 2017, which contained the PD data deliverable set and a crosswalk chart highlighting the changes from the April data release

LBFD Data Release 1). The PDR charts included wind tunnel test data beyond that included in the LBFD Data Release 1. RFAs were released through LBFD Data Release 5 on August 7, 2017. If your firm has not received these data releases, please contact the

Contracting Officer for tracking information or reissuance of those documents. As RFAs are closed, that information will be shared with the firms on the Responsible Vendor’s

List.

Q2:

Will NASA accept offerors submitting an alternate Target Fee of 10% and if not, is

NASA open to changing the fee structure so that the stated Target Fee is 10% in the

RFP?

A2:

Yes, in accordance with FAR Provision 52.215-1(c)(9), Offerors may submit proposals that depart from stated fee structure requirements. Such proposals shall clearly identify why the acceptance of the proposal would be advantageous to the Government. Any deviations from the terms and conditions of the solicitation, as well as the comparative advantage to the Government, shall be clearly identified and explicitly defined. The

Government reserves the right to amend the solicitation to allow all offerors an opportunity to submit revised proposals based on the revised requirements.

Q3:

RFP section L.11(c) states the “Cost section…is to be strictly limited to cost and price information.” We expect to submit other contracts and business operations related information to meet RFP requirements (e.g. EVMS documentation, property management, GFP, Reps and Certs, contractor PWS, etc.). We believe this type of data also appropriately belongs in the Cost Volume and therefore the RFP definition of “cost and price information” should be broadly interpreted to include such information for proposal purposes. Please confirm.

A3:

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Section L.11(c) will be amended to add that documents related to business operations and required to meet the provisions and clauses of the RFP (and not specified to be included in other volumes) shall be included in Volume II – Cost. This change will not impact the evaluation criteria under Section M.2 for Cost as a basis for selection and contract award.

As stated in provision L.11(c), information included in the Cost Volume that can be construed as belonging in either the Mission Suitability Volume or Past Performance

Volume will be so construed and counted against that section's page limitation.

Q4:

The GFI CD provided with the release of the FINAL RFP does not appear to contain updates for the GFI documents listed below that were previously released in DRAFT form:

a. GFI PM-01 LBFD-01-001-PMP, Project Management Plan

b. GFI PM-03 LBFD-02-007-SRD, System Requirements Document

c. GFI PM-04 LBFD-02-003-ARC, Airworthiness Requirements and Criteria

d. GFI PM-08 LBFD-02-001-SEMP, Systems Engineering Management Plan

e. GFI PM-09 LBFD-01-013-SAP, System Acceptance Plan

Can NASA confirm when the final versions of these documents will be made available?

A4:

The Data Release 5 CD (GFI provided with the final RFP) and Data Release 5.1 email contain all the updated documents, however some may still be marked as DRAFT since they are planned to be baselined at a future date. The documents in question released with the final RFP have updated revision dates relative to the versions released with the draft

RFP. Here are the revision dates of the documents for the final RFP, please verify that you received these versions:

GFI PM-01 LBFD-01-001-PMP – Revision date is August 1, 2017

GFI PM-03 LBFD-02-007-SRD – Revision is baseline, date is July 25, 2017

GFI PM-04 LBFD-02-003-ARC – Revision A, July 20, 2017

GFI PM-08 LBFD-02-001-SEMP – Revision date is July 17, 2017

GFI PM-09 LBFD-01-013-SAP – Revision date is July 13, 2017

Q5:

The GFI list in the PWS indicates the documents below would be available with the final

RFP but have not yet been provided:

a. GFI AD-05 LBFD-02-005-SMP, Software Management Plan

b. GFI AD-06 LBFD-02-009-ACP, Airworthiness Certification Plan

c. GFI AD-01 LBFD-04-006-NFSCM, Baseline Nearfield Signature Calculation Method

Can NASA confirm when these documents will be made available?

A5:

The documents referenced above were included on the Data Release 5 CD that was distributed on August 1, 2017. If your firm has not received this data release, please

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contact the Contracting Officer for tracking information and/or reissuing this data to your firm.

Q6:

Section L.13(A)(1)(b)(i) of the RFP indicates that the font size for any Offeror-added information on Government provided forms shall be the same font as the associated element of the form. Our interpretation is NASA’s response to DRAFT RFP comment

#35 (i.e. font size for Cost spreadsheets may be reduced to 8-point for printing purposes) supersedes the above requirement for applicable spreadsheets. Please confirm.

A6:

Section L.13(A)(1)(b)(i) of the RFP will be revised to include the 12-point font exception for the Cost Volume spreadsheets for printing purposes.

2. Section L.11(c) of the solicitation is modified to read as follows:

(c) Identify any exclusions to the page limits that are excluded from the page counts specified in paragraph (a) of this provision (e.g. title pages, table of contents) as follows: title page, table of contents. In addition, the Cost section of your proposal is not page limited. However, this section is to be strictly limited to cost and price information and documentation related to business operations or RFP requirements not specified otherwise (i.e. documents or information required to meet the provisions and clauses of the RFP and not required for the Mission Suitability or Past Performance Volumes). Information that can be construed as belonging in one of the other sections of the proposal will be so construed and counted against that section's page limitation.

3. Section L.13(A)(1)(b)(ii) of the solicitation is modified to read as follows

(ii) The only exception to the font requirements is the Offeror’s company logo, the the labels on the drawings and/or block diagrams requested under Factor 1, Mission Suitability, Subfactor A, Technical Approach, #2, and the Cost Volume spreadsheets for printing purposes.

4. As a result of this amendment, the solicitation due date is not extended.

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