EIS_RFP_QTA0015THA3003_-_SF30_-_Amend_11.docx

OMB Approval 2700-0042

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)

CODE

General Services Administration/FAS/ITS Office of Acquisition Operations 1800 F Street, NW, 4th Floor Washington DC 20405

QTA0015THA3003

1710 H. Street, NW, 7th Floor

10/16/2015

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

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

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 1 copy of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram 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 DATA 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 telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and data specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

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

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor _ is not, _ is required to sign this document and return 1 copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

SEE ADDITIONAL PAGES

Except at 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.

Timothy Horan Contracting Officer

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

RFP # QTA0015THA3003

Amendment #11

Questions, Answers and Clarifications to the EIS RFP

Listed below are the following:

· Questions received from potential offerors regarding the RFP. The list includes all of the questions received thus far.

· Answers to the questions listed.

The RFP questions, answers and clarifications contained herein do not include any changes to the RFP. This document is being issued using an SF30 and amendment number for tracking purposes only; however, the RFP is not being amended as a result of any of the questions, answers or clarifications contained herein.

Given the late date of this amendment, offerors are NOT required to acknowledge it in their offers.

Question:

We ran an error checker run on Table B.2.10.2.1 4 weeks ago and received 0 error results. We have not changed the table since that time. This weekend we ran the error checker and it is giving errors under the energy compliance column, alleging that we have entered "t" when in fact the entries are "f", which would be compliant. We believe that this is a false positive. We have advised the Noblis Help Desk of the situation; please advise if there is any further action that we must take so that our submission is deemed to be compliant and error-free.

Answer:

The EIS Helpdesk has confirmed that the errors reported by the contractor were false positives. The error message was indicating that the contractor needed to populate the Energy Efficiency Standards and Ratings column of table B.2.10.2.1, which is a requirement whenever the Rated for Energy Efficiency Compliance column is set to "y" or "t". However, the contractor's table showed that the Rated for Energy Efficiency Compliance column was populated with "f". Therefore, the errors are false positives and the contractor's submission of table B.2.10.2.1 is compliant.

The government will revise error checker rule 61 to eliminate these false positives in the future.

Question:

GSA Answer to Question 979 indicated that we did not have to populate Auto Sold table. In our last error checker run, we received an error message that this must be completed. We believe that this is a false positive. Please confirm and advise if there is anything that we have to do in our submission so that our submission is judged to be compliant.

Answer:

The government affirms that, as stated in the answer to question #979, the Auto-sold table is not required to be populated by the contractor. The contractor may safely disregard error checker messages to the contrary as false positives.

Question:

Answers to questions 547 and 974 indicated that offerors do not have to submit the J.19 Submission Matrix file if they input directly to the Acquserve prompts. However, L.29.2.4 was never amended, and it shows that the file must be submitted for the Technical Volume. When inputting data into Acquserve for the Technical Volume, it requires an answer to L.29.2.4, requiring file name, section and page number. In order to "fool" the system, we have referenced the Technical Proposal file (which in fact compliantly does not contain the J.19 matrix) and "NA" for Section and Page. Does GSA agree with this approach?

Answer:

GSA agrees with the offeror's approach.

Question:

The original SF33 that was issued with the RFP was a pdf file. We cannot convert this to a Word file and sign it digitally without encountering format issues. Will the Government accept the signed SF33 as a pdf file?

Answer:

Yes.