Attachement_5_-_Questions_and_Answers.pdf

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

RFQ: NTSBQ170001 – Amendment 0001 Questions & Responses

1. Question: Will NTSB please provide clarification on the end-user office(s) and division(s) included under this RFP?

NTSB Response: Individuals throughout the agency utilize this service.

2. Question: Advanced Public Records Access (Attachment 1, Section C, pages 1 – 3). Are the users who require access to advanced public records (Section 2.4) distinct from the users who require access to the other materials (Sections 2.1 – 2.3)? Or do some or all of those five users also require access to the other materials? Please advise.

NTSB Response: Yes, the five (5) users that require access to advanced public records specified in section 2.4 are distinct from the 100 users who require access in Section 2.1 – 2.3. The five users will not require access to the items specified in Sections 2.1 – 2.3.

3. Question: Required Information Clarification (Attachment 1, Section C, 2.1.5, page 2).

Will NTSB please provide more information about the requirement for Practicing Law Institute

Materials and the kinds of materials that it is seeking?

NTSB Response: The SOW has been revised. The requirement for Practicing Law Institute

Materials has been deleted due to limited or no availability.

4. Question: NTSB is seeking incarceration and arrest records. It has been this offeror’s experience that investigative professionals who utilize incarceration records benefit from alerts, which notify users in real-time when a witness, person of interest, or criminal subject is arrested.

Is NTSB interested in receiving quotes that include pricing for these alerts? If yes, approximately how many alerts does NTSB anticipate needing with its investigative research subscription?

NTSB Response: The NTSB does not require alerts at this time.

5. Question: Will NTSB please indicate whether it is seeking access to Web Analytics for all users or just those users who require access to advanced public records (section 2.4)?

NTSB Response: Web Analytics is only required for the five (5) users who will have access to advanced public records.

6. Question: The RFP states that “alternate/conditional proposals may result in a proposal being rejected as non-responsive.” May offerors provide you with more than one option if it is in the best interests of NTSB to do so (e.g., more content available at a more favorable rate)?

NTSB Response: Yes, multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions or commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation are encouraged.

7. Question: We appreciate that no offeror will be penalized in the evaluation rating for the failure of references to complete and submit the Past Performance Questionnaires. In light of the holiday schedule and to provide our references sufficient time to respond, we respectfully request an extension to the submission deadline for past performance questionnaires. Will NTSB accept

Past Performance Questionnaires within five (5) business days following the deadline for proposals (currently set for 12/2)?

NTSB Response: To clarify, there is no deadline for submission of past performance questionnaires, only that we need the information to complete a timely evaluation. We will consider the information contained in completed questionnaires received past the RFP due date and time. The submission date for proposal has been extended to December 6, 2016 5:00 p.m.

8. Question: It is unclear whether offerors are being asked to provide pricing within Section B –

Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs. Please advise whether this section should be completed and submitted with offerors’ proposals.

NTSB Response: Offerors should provide pricing within Section B.

9. Question: Under Section C Statement of Work, subsection 2.1.5 Miscellaneous Materials, there are two item listed that are proprietary titles. As it was done in Section 2.1.4 for Treatises and Practice Guides we request that the SOW be revised to add the words “or Equivalent” next to Uniform Laws Annotated and Regulations Plus.

NTSB Response: The SOW has been revised.