QandA solicitation 83310122R0007 EXIM-wide Legal Services 2022-11-17.xlsx

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Attached to: EXIM-wide Legal Services
Solicitation number: RFP_83310122R0007
Issued by: Export Import Bank of the US

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CI solicitation 83310122R0007 EXIM-wide Legal Services 2022-11-17.pdf	PDF	Nov 17, 2022
Attachment 1 - Cost and Price Matrix 2022-11-17.xlsx	XLSX spreadsheet	Nov 17, 2022
83310122R0007 SF1449__2022-11-17.pdf	PDF	Nov 17, 2022
Potential IDIQ Contract Holders Self-Assessment Checklist 2022-11-17.docx	DOCX document	Nov 17, 2022
Generic SUBCONTRACTING PLAN TEMPLATE 2022-11-17.docx	DOCX document	Nov 17, 2022
83310122R0007 A0004 amendment.pdf	PDF	Nov 17, 2022
Attachment 2 - International Transaction Description Form 2022-11-17.docx	DOCX document	Nov 17, 2022
83310122R0007 A00004 (really A00001) amendment.pdf	PDF	Nov 17, 2022
83310122R0007 A0003 amendment.pdf	PDF	Oct 19, 2022
83310122R0007 A0002 amendment.pdf	PDF	Oct 18, 2022
Attachment 2 - International Transaction Description Form.docx	DOCX document	Oct 18, 2022
QandA solicitation 83310122R0007 EXIM-wide Legal Services 2022-10-18 1853.xlsx	XLSX spreadsheet	Oct 18, 2022
Potential IDIQ Contract Holders Self-Assessment Checklist 2022-10-18 1850.docx	DOCX document	Oct 18, 2022
QandA solicitation 83310122R0007 EXIM-wide Legal Services 2022-10-04.xlsx	XLSX spreadsheet	Oct 4, 2022
83310122R0007 A00004 amendment.pdf	PDF	Oct 4, 2022
CI solicitation 83310122R0007 EXIM-wide Legal Services 2022-10-04.pdf	PDF	Oct 4, 2022
Commercial Subcontracting Plan TEMPLATE and Instructions.docx	DOCX document	Oct 4, 2022
CI solicitation 83310122R0007 EXIM-wide Legal Services.pdf	PDF	Sep 19, 2022
Commercial Subcontracting Plan TEMPLATE and Instructions.doc	DOC document	Sep 19, 2022
83310122R0007 SF1449.pdf	PDF	Sep 19, 2022
QandA solicitation 83310122Q0066 EXIM-wide Legal Services.xlsx	XLSX spreadsheet	Sep 19, 2022
Potential IDIQ Contract Holders Self-Assessment Checklist.docx	DOCX document	Sep 19, 2022

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QandA solicitation 83310122R0007 EXIM-wide Legal Services * Solicitation has been updated with an amendment to address answers and inquiries from the Registered Interested Parties Session for EXIM-wide Legal Services held on October 26, 2022. *
#	Q&A posted	RFP Section, Pg	Topic	Question(s)	Answer(s)
1.1	2022-10-04	Section A, page 5	SAM.gov Interested Parties	Is registering on SAM.gov a requirement for responding to the RFP?	No, registering as an interested party on SAM.gov is not a requirement for responding to the RFP
2.1	2022-10-04	Section A, page 5	SAM.gov Interested Parties	Is registering on SAM.gov or attending the Registered Interested Parties Session a requirement to submit questions regarding the RFP?	No, you can submit questions via email only and they will be posted as an amendment to the solicitation. An open facilitated conversation is valuable and recommended and is why EXIM is having a Registered Interested Parties Session.
3.1	2022-10-04	Email notice	Competitition and number of offer submission(s)	Please clarify email notice language “A prospective offeror may compete for an award in more than one service category without limit; however, there will be only one IDIQ contract award per successful offeror.”	1. Each firm may compete to work in one or more categories.

2. There are a maximum of 25 category slots (divided up as set out in the RFP).

3. If every firm competed for 1 category only then we’d have 25 contracts.

4. If firms competed for work on more than 1 category then we’d end up with less than 25 contracts, the total number being based on how many firms are awarded contracts and how many categories each contact covered.

4.1 2022-10-04 Section B, page 14 B.1 General and Legal Service Categories How many awards is EXIM looking to make? It is the Government's desire to award between 20 and 25 IDIQ base master contracts in response to this RFP, with a desire to make awards broken-down by legal service category to qualifying firms to perform services for, IDV Category ID 1: five (5) awardees, IDV Category ID 2: three (3) awardees, IDV Category ID 3: two (2) awardees, and IDV Category IDs 4 – 7: ten (10) to fifteen (15) awardees.

Note, this is subject to change and the government reserves the right to increase or decrease the awardees for any category which may alter the number of aggregate awards.

5.1 2022-10-18 54 CI Solicitation, Volume I – Administrative, Section 1 SBA small business and socioeconomic designations What is required to complete “FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program designations (if applicable)”? "52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations." is determined by the definitions per 13 CFR, FAR 19, and this FAR clause, definitions. With the exceptions of SBA certification, the socioeconomic designations are self-certified by the company(ies) based on definitions per mentioned regulations.

13 CFR 121: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/chapter-I/part-121 FAR 19: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-19 FAR 52.219-1: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.219-1 SBA Table of Size Standards: https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards

6.1 2022-10-18 page 54 CI Solicitation, Volume I – Administrative, Section 3 solicitation amendments What is required to complete “Signed Amendments: SF1449, page 1 of any amendments to the RFP”? 1. Name and Title in SF30, Block 15A,

2. Signature in SF30, Block 15B,

3. Date in SF30, Block 15C, and

4. Returned signed and dated SF30 with proposal.

7.1 2022-10-18 page 54 CI Solicitation, Volume I – Administrative, Section 4 legal practicing license Q 7.1, (1) Do you require that the Offeror is qualified to issue legal opinions in the state of New York at firm-wide or individual level? This qualification may be needed at the level of the firm's team. For each task order where a NY law opinion may be needed, the proposed team must have at least one attorney qualified to deliver NY law opinions which respect to the matters worked on and authorized by the firm to do so. As a result, each offeror must have this capacity with respect to it's proposed team.

We specified the NY opinion qualification only for categories 1, 2, 3 this is in solicition ___VOLUME I – ADMINISTRATIVE

While qualification to issue New York law opinions is required, not every task order will require a NY law opinion. In the context of issuance of individual task orders it will be required that any proposed team have the capacity to issue such law opinions if the relevant matter involves documentation governed by New York law or issues under such law.

7.2 2022-10-18 page 54 CI Solicitation, Volume I – Administrative, Section 4 definitions Q 7.2, (2) How do you define “prime contractor”? Per the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) definition of Prime Contracting found at, https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-guide/prime-subcontracting#section-header-0

"Prime contractors work directly with the government. They manage any subcontractors and are responsible for ensuring that the work is completed as defined in the contract. To become a prime contractor, you must first register your business with the System for Award Management (SAM). []"

8.1	2022-11-17	page 55 CI Solicitation, Volume II – Past Performance, Section 1	general	International Transaction List: If submitting for all 7 Legal Service Categories, the number of transactions would total between 21-35?	Your conclusion is partially correct. If an offeror submits a proposal for each of the 7 Service Categories, it must submit 3-5 distinct Transactions for each of Service Categories 1, 2, and 3, using Attachment 2. It would also be required to identify 3 matters on which it worked in each of the remaining Service Categories 4-7. Each transaction and each matter must be tied to a contract. Attachment 2 must be used to identify the transaction or matter, identify and provide metrics regarding the contract under which the transaction or matter was performed, and a narrative describing the scope of work/nature of work of each transaction or matter on which the offeror worked under the identified contract.
9.1	2022-10-18	page 55 CI Solicitation, Volume II – Past Performance, Section 2	general	International Transaction Descriptions: If submitting for all 7 Legal Service Categories, the number of transactions would total between 14-21?	Incorrect. As per the answer to 8.1, 21-35 descriptions are required such that one (1) description is submitted for each transaction / matter listed.
10.1	2022-10-18	page 55 CI Solicitation, Volume II – Past Performance, Section 2	typo	International Transaction Descriptions: Where can we find “Attachment 4: Transaction Description Form”?	Attachment 2 - International Transaction Description Form (previously referred as Attachment 4 in solicitation until next amendment) .
11.1	2022-10-18	solicitation, general	general	Confirm if resumes of key personnel for each relevant Legal Service Category is required for Phase 1? If so, please confirm where and how this information should be provided?	Key resumes are required at the Phase II level per Key Personnel throughout the solicitation.
12.1	2022-10-18	solicitation, general	general	Confirm if you require hourly rates for levels of seniority for each relevant Legal Service Category? If so, please confirm where and how this information should be provided?	Hourly rates are to be proposed in Pricing volume
13.1	2022-10-18	solicitation, general	general	Top of page 54 of the CI Solicitation - there is a “Note” stating that “Offerors are not required to propose all four categories but shall quote a minimum of two unless they propose to perform Category 4. Offerors proposing only Category 4; Political Risk Insurance may submit a proposal”. Please could you confirm if this statement is relevant to this RFP? If so: (1) please clarify which “four” categories you are referring to (as there are 7 Legal Services Categories)? And (2) please provide details of Category 4 “Political Risk Insurance”.	This is a typo and is deleted from the solicitation.
14.1	2022-10-18	solicitation, general	general	Clarify how you define Insurance Finance within Category 3?	Insurance Finance within Category 3, are transactions under EXIM’s short and medium term insurance program, and any reinsurance and risk sharing programs, and issues relating to the same.	Roger: transactions under EXIM’s short and medium term insurance program, and any reinsurance and risk sharing programs, and issues relating to the same

Nicole: include reinsurance and risk sharing programs Roger: transactions under EXIM’s short and medium term insurance program, and any reinsurance and risk sharing programs, and issues relating to the same

Nicole: include reinsurance and risk sharing programs Roger: transactions under EXIM’s short and…

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