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SAQMMA10R0005QA3 – 05.29.10

SECTION B - Supplies or services and prices/costs

Static Guard Additional and Emergency (A & E) Positions X100 Complex/Site Manager (US) X101 Guard Supervisor X102 Armed Guard X103 Unarmed Guard X104 Security Screener X105 Armed Driver X106 Unarmed Driver X107 Guard/Driver

X108-X114 RESERVED

Surveillance Detection (SD) Positions X115 Surveillance HOWEVER, Exhibit C states: Complex / Site Supervisor

Will the USG please confirm that the Complex/Site Manager is the same position with identical responsibilities as the Complex/Site Supervisor, and clarify which position title is correct – Complex/Site Manager OR Complex/Site Supervisor?

ANSWER: These positions are the same. DOS will correct this inconsistency in the forthcoming amendment.

Will the Government provide a revised excel pricing template correcting CLIN discrepancies?

ANSWER: DOS expects to correct this inconsistency in the forthcoming amendment.

Will the Government amend the task order pricing template to add an ODC CLIN for Allowances and Bonuses on each task order or direct the contract provider’s on how these costs should be bid?

ANSWER: An ODC CLIN for “Other Incentive Compensation” will be added in the forthcoming amendment.

At the pre-proposal conference it was stated that the government would not require these positions for this program.

Does the government intend to issue an Amendment to this solicitation removing the requirements for this position and the requirement to provide pricing for this position?

ANSWER: DOS requires these positions to be priced.

Section B of the RFP states that there are six (6) types of training which will be required under the Base Contract: 1. Personal Security Specialist Course, 2. Support Personnel, 3. Basic Field Firearms Officer Course, 4. Designated Defensive Marksman Course, 5. Static Guard Course, and 6. Emergency Response Team Member Course. However, Pricing Tables 7 and 8 request a Firm Fixed Price per student for “Guard Force Training” and “Guard Force Supervisory Training”. Exhibit E does not address specific requirements for conducting a “Guard Force Supervisory Training” course nor does Exhibit C identify any personnel who will require this training.

Please specify the different requirements of the Guard Force Supervisory Training vice the Guard Force Training as notated in the Solicitation (Section B, Exhibit E, Exhibit C and Pricing Tables 1 – 10).

ANSWER: All contractor guard personnel serving in labor categories above the Senior Guard in the guard hierarchy shall successfully complete a 40-hour Supervisory Training Course. See Exhibit E.28

Section B of the RFP states that there are six (6) types of training which will be required under the Base Contract: 1. Personal Security Specialist Course, 2. Support Personnel, 3. Basic Field Firearms Officer Course, 4. Designated Defensive Marksman Course, 5. Static Guard Course, and 6. Emergency Response Team Member Course. Exhibit C identifies two different BFFOC courses, one is identified as a “Basic Field Firearms Officers Course” and another as “Basic Field Firearms Operators Course.”

Please clarify if there is a difference between the “Basic Field Firearms Officers Course” and the “Basic Field Firearms Operators Course.”

ANSWER: There is no difference. BFFOC is the Basic Field Firearms Officer Course.

Section B of the RFP states that there are six (6) types of training which will be required under the Base Contract: 1. Personal Security Specialist Course, 2. Support Personnel, 3. Basic Field Firearms Officer Course, 4. Designated Defensive Marksman Course, 5. Static Guard Course, and 6. Emergency Response Team Member Course. Exhibit C has no labor categories that require Emergency Response Team Member Training. Attachments 9 and 13 both list Emergency Response Team Members in Section 8.0 Chain of Command.

1) Please provide an updated Exhibit C which identifies each Labor Category requiring Emergency Response Team Member training.

2) Please identify which personnel will require ERT Training in each TORFP.

ANSWER: The Task Order will specify which positions require PSS ERT add-on training. See task order price proposal. All ERT members must be PSS qualified and pass the ERT add-on module.

ANSWER: Yes, DOS expects to include a provision to the effect of the text below in the forthcoming amendment:

If paying overseas allowances (e.g., Danger Pay and Post Hardship Differential Pay) is part of the Contractor’s established compensation plan or policy or employer/employee agreement, and if such payment is otherwise consistent with FAR Part 31, the Contractor may be paid for or recover such costs, but only if such payment/recovery is:

1) at percentages that do not exceed the percentages (effective at the time of performance) listed in the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR) (if the Contractor applies percentages to calculate its overseas allowances);

2) at dollar amounts that do not exceed the dollar amounts paid to eligible United States Government civilians after multiplying the DSSR percentages (effective at the time of performance) by the eligible individual’s basic compensation (if the Contractor pays overseas allowances based on a fixed dollar amount);

3) based on the number of actual hours worked rather than based on compensation (if the Contractor’s established compensation plan or policy or employer/employee agreement is based on the number of actual hours worked); and

4) for Contractor employees whose country of citizenship is not in the country of performance.

Section B of the RFP states that there are six (6) types of training which will be required under the Base Contract: 1. Personal Security Specialist Course, 2. Support Personnel, 3. Basic Field Firearms Officer Course, 4. Designated Defensive Marksman Course, 5. Static Guard Course, and 6. Emergency Response Team Member Course. However, Pricing Tables 7 and 8 request a Firm Fixed Price per student for “Guard Force Training” and “Guard Force Supervisory Training”. Exhibit E does not address specific requirements for conducting a “Guard Force Supervisory Training” course nor does Exhibit C identify any personnel who will require this training.

Please specify the different requirements of the Guard Force Supervisory Training vice the Guard Force Training as notated in the Solicitation (Section B, Exhibit E, Exhibit C and Pricing Tables 1 – 10).

ANSWER: All contractor guard personnel serving in labor categories above the Senior Guard in the guard hierarchy shall successfully complete a 40-hour Supervisory Training Course. See Exhibit E.28

Section B of the RFP states that there are six (6) types of training which will be required under the Base Contract: 1. Personal Security Specialist Course, 2. Support Personnel, 3. Basic Field Firearms Officer Course, 4. Designated Defensive Marksman Course, 5. Static Guard Course, and 6. Emergency Response Team Member Course. Exhibit C identifies two different BFFOC courses, one is identified as a “Basic Field Firearms Officers Course” and another as “Basic Field Firearms Operators Course.”

Please clarify if there is a difference between the “Basic Field Firearms Officers Course” and the “Basic Field Firearms Operators Course.”

ANSWER: There is no difference. BFFOC is the Basic Field Firearms Officer Course.

Section B of the RFP states that there are six (6) types of training which will be required under the Base Contract: 1. Personal Security Specialist Course, 2. Support Personnel, 3. Basic Field Firearms Officer Course, 4. Designated Defensive Marksman Course, 5. Static Guard Course, and 6. Emergency Response Team Member Course. Exhibit C has no labor categories that require Emergency Response Team Member Training. Attachments 9 and 13 both list Emergency Response Team Members in Section 8.0 Chain of Command.

1) Please provide an updated Exhibit C which identifies each Labor Category requiring Emergency Response Team Member training.

2) Please identify which personnel will require ERT Training in each TORFP.

ANSWER: The Task Order will specify which positions require PSS ERT add-on training. See task order price proposal. All ERT members must be PSS qualified and pass the ERT add-on module.

SECTION C - Description/specifications/statement of work

a) Please provide clarification as to whether the license fees charged by the Government of Iraq are directly reimbursable by the USG?

b) If so, will the USG create a CLIN for these expenses?

ANSWER: Yes. DOS will establish a CLIN for licensing fees.

Will the USG be providing the CCTV training cited in C. 4.3.7.1?

ANSWER: The Government shall provide, on a one-time basis, training on the CCTV monitoring equipment. The Contractor shall provide all subsequent training on the equipment. See Exhibit E.26

· Provide explosive detection dog (EDD) and Handler services.

· Provide a replacement EDD on all occasions when the present K-9 and or handler is not able to perform the duties described in this contract and/or Task Orders.

· Provide management, supervision, equipment, and veterinarian services, including kennels, grooming, food and other related equipment. At a minimum, the Contractor shall ensure that K-9s receive the standard of care regarding Health, Care, Feeding, and Housing (Kennel Construction, Quality, and Maintenance) as specified is Department of Defense Pamphlet 190-12 Military Working Dog Program (DOD PAM 190-12).

· Maintain the cleanliness of the kennel and assigned K-9 areas per DOD PAM 190-12.

· Ensure that EDD meets qualification standards in Exhibits A and D.

The USG currently provides kennels for canines on the KESF and BESF contract.

a) Will the USG please confirm that USG will not provide kennel spaces and that the contract provider has responsibility to provide kennels for all canines?

b) If the contract provider is to provide kennels will the USG provide the potable water required for cleaning kennels, and if not, will the USG waive the requirement for potable water for cleaning kennels?

ANSWER: DOS will provide kennels and potable water for kennel cleaning for the KESF and BESF Task Orders.

Will the USG please provide clarification as to whether:

a) The incumbent contract provider is to directly transfer equipment and weapons to transitioning contract provider or;

b) The incumbent contract provider is to turn in all equipment and weapons to the USG for subsequent reissue to the transitioning contract provider?

ANSWER: The incumbent Contractor will transfer equipment and weapons to DOS for reissue to the transitioning Contractor. DOS personnel will provide instructions for the transfer of equipment.

The Contractor shall provide all logistical support required to successfully complete the assigned tasks. The Contractor may be required to procure armored vehicles for OCONUS. In those instances, the vehicles shall meet DS armored vehicle standards and shall be identified in the Task Orders.

Logistical support for Contractor provided protective services personnel, shall incorporate everything necessary to subsist and perform protection duties in the region of the world specified in Task Orders, including, but not is limited to: …Water.

Will the USG please confirm that bottled water for each post and/or USG provided housing areas will be provided by the USG as part of the “dining” provided as per section 7.0 of Attachment 9?

ANSWER: DOS anticipates providing bottled water as appropriate.

examples of generic Post Orders. Once Post Orders are drafted; the Contractor shall submit the Post Orders to the RSO and COR/GTM for approval (Section F). However, Attachment 13, Section 13.2 GENERAL ORDERS AND POST ORDERS General Orders and Post Orders are included as Exhibit B. The Post Orders in Exhibit B are generic examples of the orders that will be issued after contract award. As such, they list the specific duties required. Once the contract is awarded, the Government shall tailor the Post Orders to each guard post on Exhibit A.

Will the USG please provide clarification as to whether the Contractor or the Government shall develop Post Orders?

ANSWER: The Contractor shall provide tailored Post Orders as necessary, based upon generic post or existing post orders provided by the Government, for each guard post following Task Order award. The Government will then review and approve or tailor the post orders as necessary. The Contractor shall then develop appropriate translations of the approved Post Orders for issuance.

ANSWER: DOS requires that all Guards receive at least three fifteen minute breaks and one 30 minute meal break per twelve hour shift.

The Government has not indicated whether or not a site visit will take place at each of the Task Order Sites prior to the proposal submittal date.

If site visits do not occur, it would be impossible for the offeror to make a valid determination of how much additional storage would be required and price it accordingly.

Therefore, will the Government consider providing a description including area dimensions and storage shelf configurations in each of the storage spaces that will be made available for the offeror’s use at each Task Order Site?

ANSWER: DOS anticipates providing the Contractor with sufficient storage space for the BESF and KESF Task Orders for storing appropriate supplies and/or equipment needed to perform the work. DOS may require that the Contractor obtain additional space, storage or otherwise, depending on program needs. The Task Order request will specify the extent to which DOS will provide storage space and other logistics support. For the Jerusalem Task Order, the Contractor shall provide all storage space necessary beyond the specified Government facilities. DOS will amend the solicitation to clarify this area.

ANSWER: As stated in Section C.4.3.2.1, all armed personnel must re-qualify on all required firearms on a quarterly basis.

ANSWER: The Contractor is responsible for the selection of training sites. DOS expects to review and determine whether or not the Contractor’s facilities meet contract requirements prior to Contract / Task Order award.

ANSWER: For pricing purposes, the Offeror shall assume that all government provided kennels for BESF and KESF meet the WPS kennel standards.

It appears it is the Government’s intent to require the contractor to develop overhead rates for the provision of relief guards. If this is the case, the Govt. should be aware that it is very difficult to develop a consistent overhead rate that can be used in the development of the ceiling rates because of the following:

1. The Contractor does not know how many sites there are and how many posts there are at each site.

2. If there are a number of remote locations with a small number of posts the contractor may have to provide 1 full person to provide relief for at these posts.

Would the Government consider pricing Relief Guards as a separate labor category at Task Order level?

Or, would the Government consider allowing guards to self break at sites with a small number of posts?

ANSWER: Relief Guards will be directly billable as guard positions. DOS will provide revised maximum acceptable staffing levels to include relief guards in the forthcoming amendment.

Are the specific Security Assessments provided by DoS and when are they provided to the contractors?

ANSWER: DOS will provide the security assessments through the Post (U.S. Mission) staff at the relevant place of performance.

Based on the statement in C.4.3.1.1, it is assumed that the Contractor is only required to forward resumes of Key personnel to DS HTPOPS for pre-screening approval. However, the statement in C.4.3.1.2 requires the contractor to “obtain approval from the Program Office for all bio/resumes prior to submitting the SF-85P and SF-85PS or related forms to DS/IS/IND. The bio/resume approval notification made by the program office to the contractor shall be made part of the package submitted to DS/IS/IND;” “ensure that all required personnel complete the SF-85P/PS and all related forms necessary to process the public trust certification.” as set forth in Exhibit A, Article IV.

One statement only requires pre-screening approval for Key Personnel while the other requires pre-screening approval for all personnel requiring public trust certification.

Will the government identify all personnel required to have a public trust certification before they can be hired to perform work on any Task Order?

The ability of a contractor to establish, implement, and maintain an efficient and effective recruiting, screening, and hiring process for staffing Task Order requirements and maintaining the appropriate staffing levels at the Task Order site is very dependent upon a controlled time-phased process. The controlled time-phased process has allotted timeframes for each phase to be accomplished i.e., recruiting, pre-screening, training, etc.

Is the Contractor required to obtain pre-screening approval from the government for all personnel prior to continuing with the process for hiring?

If so, will the government provide a maximum time the approving authority will require to adjudicate the pre-screening documentation and provide a favorable or unfavorable response to the contractor?

When a Secret or Top Secret clearance is required, will the Government allow the Contractor to use personnel granted an interim clearance while awaiting a full clearance to be granted?

In addition, what is the current average waiting period for DSS to perform their investigations and grant an Interim clearance and a full clearance for a Secret and Top Secret clearance respectively (assuming all paperwork was properly executed)?

ANSWER: DOS will not provide a maximum time frame. The Contractor should describe their approach to managing the components that they control. (i.e.: up to approval and post approval).

The Contractor shall be authorized to deploy personnel with an interim clearance. However, should an interim clearance be rescinded or a final not be granted, the Contractor shall bear the cost associated with repatriation and replacement.

DOS will not provide average clearance certificate waiting / processing times. The Contractor should describe their approach to managing the components that they control. (i.e.: up to approval and post approval).

ANSWER: DOS will clarify this requirement in the forthcoming amendment.

SECTION H - Special contract requirements

Most third country nations do not issue nor do they mandate drivers licenses, those countries that do issue licenses typically do not have the records keeping infrastructure to allow for the vetting the USG is requiring in Section H.16. In that situation, what standard of vetting will be acceptable to the USG, or may the contract provider conduct its own driver training and certification?

ANSWER: DOS expects that candidates proposed as drivers will have both the necessary skills to serve as drivers and the required license(s) to support their abilities to operate the specified vehicles under the WPS program.

Question:

As the Aviation services have been eliminated from the project, does the government intend to remove the requirement for Aircraft Public and Passenger Liability insurance?

ANSWER: DOS will remove this requirement from the solicitation in the forthcoming amendment.

Is this policy included in page count and where in the proposal would the Government like it presented? Subs providing which services must provide this policy for inclusion in the proposal?

ANSWER: Offerors should include this information in Volume 6, Business/Socioeconomic Information. This volume has no page limitation.

Is this policy included in page count and where in the proposal would the Government like it presented? Subs providing which services must provide this policy for inclusion in the proposal?

ANSWER: Offerors shall include this information in Volume 6, Business/Socioeconomic Information. This volume has no page limitation. All subcontractors that will have employees outside the U.S., whether permanently or temporarily, should submit their policies or draft policies.

· Will a deduction (i.e., liquidated damages) be assessed under Clause H.24.1 when staffing falls below “the minimum allowable” even if the contractor’s existing staffing level is sufficient to otherwise meet the contract requirement and all deployments are “made on time” during the period of the shortage in staffing? In other words, will a deduction occur even if the contractor has adequate staff to run the required daily RSO assignments?

· If a contractor falls below the minimum allowable staffing under Clause H.24.1, but has sufficient staff to meet the RSO’s requirements during the shortage, how has the DoS been damaged? Under this scenario, the contractor does not charge DoS for the “short” positions, DoS did not “fill” those positions with a government-provided security officer, and the required daily assignments were performed to the satisfaction of the RSO.

ANSWER: Yes. The deductions are liquidated damages based on the estimated value of comprehensive damage to the government and not simply the potential cost of replacing personnel or for arranging other make-shift security solutions to compensate for the Contractor’s failure to provide full staffing. The deductions account for the added level of risk assumed by DOS due to the Contractor’s failure as well as other associated costs that are difficult to predict and quantify accurately.

ANSWER: If the Contractor maintains personnel at the task order location in excess of the number the Government states it will support, those personnel will not have access to the same government support and facilities as the contractor’s “active” personnel in the contractor’s Muster Report.

ANSWER: Yes, a deduction will be assessed. The deductions are liquidated damages based on the estimated value of comprehensive damage to the government when the Contractor fails to perform adequately. The deductions are not linked to precise actions taken by the Government as a result of the Contractor’s failure to perform.

ANSWER: The deductions are liquidated damages based on the estimated value of comprehensive damage to the government and not simply the potential cost of replacing personnel or for arranging other make-shift security solutions to compensate for the Contractor’s failure to provide full staffing. The deductions account for the added level of risk assumed by DOS due to the Contractor’s failure as well as other associated costs that are difficult to predict and quantify accurately.

Will DOS allow these Media Relations policies to be included as appendices and excluded from the Volume 1 page count limitation?

ANSWER: Include this information in Volume 6, Business/Socioeconomic Information. This volume has no page limitation.

Will DOS allow these Death/Serious Injury Notification policies to be included as appendices and excluded from the Volume 1 page count limitation?

ANSWER: Include this information in Volume 6, Business/Socioeconomic Information. This volume has no page limitation.

Will DOS allow the foldout for the Preliminary Transition Plan bar chart or diagram to be included as an appendix and excluded from the Volume 1 page count limitation?

ANSWER: Foldouts will be included in the page count. The Preliminary Transition Plan is an integral part of the Technical Proposal and should be included in Volume 1, Base Contract Technical Proposal. See Section L.12.1.1., Risk Management and Mitigation, paragraph f.

SECTION J - List of attachments

ANSWER: Contractors shall comply with the Controlled Substances Act. The Contractor’s Medical Officer shall be responsible for all determinations regarding the impact of any medication on the performance of contractor personnel. The Contractor’s Medical Officer shall be responsible for certifying that any medication used by contractor personnel will not impair the performance of their WPS duties.

ANSWER: The required labor category is for the Complex / Site Supervisor listed in Exhibit C. DOS will resolve this inconsistency in the forthcoming amendment.

Does this single-sided paper requirement apply to the Cost/Price Proposal or is the Offeror to submit the Cost/Price Proposal double-sided?

ANSWER: The Offeror shall use both sides of the page for narrative sections of price proposal and one side of the page for spreadsheets.

What is the R&R rotation (days/weeks on and days/week on off (R&R)?

The offeror assumes that once a position is considered staffed with a DoS approved person, that position is billable 6 days a week regardless of whether the person filling that position is in approved present for duty, transition, rotation, or R&R status. Is this correct?

ANSWER: This is incorrect. DOS considers the position staffed when the individual is available (day rate) or present (hourly rate) for work at the Task Order performance location.

If all 7 live fire ranges on the contractors facility are within 200 yards of one another (from the closest point measured), is the contractor expected to close its firearms facility – regardless of berm height – to all other paying customers when WPS courses are conducting live fire training?

Comment: if true, this could lead to excessive costs to the contractor if required to buy-out entire range facilities on the dates of WPS live fire training.

ANSWER: The contractor will be required to screen the ranges where WPS training is being conducted from view of other ranges or bystanders. DOS expects to modify this requirement in the forthcoming amendment.

What is the training value of having 6 independent unimproved road surfaces varying in length? Is it acceptable for the contractor’s facility to have 1 single unimproved road course – that is at least 3 miles in length – that is equipped with varying routes of travel for training?

Comment: The amount of land required for 6 independent courses – 3 of which must have 50 mph straightaways – could be in excess of 250 acres; and when you take a single 35-man WPS class and divide it by two for the vehicular training, it equals roughly 18 students. Divide that by three – as indicated in the student to driving instructor ratio (3:1) – and that equals 6 vehicles. That would be an unprecedented “one” vehicle per unimproved road course.

ANSWER: This requirement will be revised in the forthcoming amendment to require, at a minimum, an unimproved course of at least 1 ½ miles in length.

Will Chevrolet Tahoes or Toyota Land Cruisers be an acceptable vehicle for this requirement?

ANSWER: DOS requires Chevy Suburban or GMC equivalent ¾ ton chassis vehicles for this requirement.

Comment: Paragraph E.8.4 Armored Vehicle Driving Familiarization & Vehicle Dynamics states “… requires 3 fully armored Suburbans.”

Is the contractor required by the Government to have 3, 5 or 8 total Fully Armored Suburbans at its disposal for use during WPS training events?

ANSWER: The Contractor shall provide a minimum of 3 FAV Suburban vehicles. DOS will address this ambiguity in the forthcoming amendment.

Does the WPS contract require on-site EMS support throughout the training course – each day; or does the contract require on-site EMS support only for higher risk training events (driving, firearms, etc)?

ANSWER: DOS requires on-site EMS each day of the training course.

Which model ACOG is required?

ANSWER: ACOG requirements are identified in Exhibit J.

Which model of EOTech is required?

ANSWER: EOTECH requirements are identified in Exhibit J.

Will contractor provided M-4s with 16 inch barrels be approved for training on the WPS contract?

Comment: Any rifle barrel less than 16 inches in length is considered a “short barreled rifle” and (NFA) National Firearms Act rules will apply: each gun will require a $200 (SOT) Special Occupational Tax stamp at contractor’s expense.

ANSWER: DOS requires 14.5 and 10.5 barrels for training under WPS. The Contractor shall be responsible for all charges associated with providing weapons for training.

Which make/model of Night Vision Goggle is approved / authorized for WPS training?

ANSWER: For training purposes any Gen III PVS-14 models are acceptable.

Is the training requirement for live air (helicopter support); or is use of mock helicopters authorized for use during WPS training?

ANSWER: Contractors shall provide a mock training platform of the same dimensions of an 8-10 (excluding crew) passenger medium lift helicopter.

Which make/model GPS device is authorized/approved for WPS training?

ANSWER: Any commercially available GPS models suited for on-foot and vehicle land navigation that contain the necessary maps and is suited for exercises described in the lesson plans provided with the forthcoming amendment.

SECTION L - Instructions, conditions, and notices to offerors or respondents

There are no elements listed below this sentence. Will the government provide the elements that need to be addressed?

ANSWER: Offerors shall use the Task Order Management Plan (TOMP) format Referenced in Section C.4.3.11 (further described in Exhibit A) as the format for Task Order technical proposals. DOS will amend the solicitation to clarify the requirement.

Will DoS expand the page limitation to five pages per resume to account for the addition of information into the DoS three page outline/format?

ANSWER: Resumes shall be included as an attachment to Volume 2 proposals and shall not be considered in the page limitations. See Section L in the forthcoming amendment.

Attachment 1, 3, 8, and 12 state: “Contractor shall list three past performance references that are recent (within six months)….

Does the government intend for the criteria for the Task Order past performance to differ from the criteria for the Base Contract past performance?

ANSWER: Yes, the base contract past performance submission differs from the Task Order past performance submissions. Offerors may submit past performance information for contracts performed within the last three years for the base contract proposals and for contracts performed within the last six months for the Task Order proposals.

ANSWER: Yes, the solicitation will be amended to conform the volume numbers recited in Section L.12 to the subsequent sections.

· A training plan that addresses all elements of Exhibit E –Contractor Furnished Training;

· A comprehensive logistics management plan as specified in C.4.3.8 of the SOW;

· An augmentation plan that demonstrates the proposers ability to respond to workload fluctuation in a timely manner; and

· A summary of the proposed “Quality Control Plan,” i.e., the quality processes (practices, resources, and activities) and minimum controls that will be used to ensure full compliance with all performance objectives and standards.

The total page count required to provide an appropriate written response to each of the plans identified by the Government can easily exceed the 75 page limit for Volume I. In fact, the requirement to provide a comprehensive Logistics Management Plan could easily exceed the 75-page limit by itself. This would result in no remaining page count for the offeror to respond to the other Section L and Section M criteria.

Will the Government consider removing the aforementioned plans from the Volume I, 75-page limit and allow the offeror to provide them as non-page counted attachments to Volume I?

ANSWER: The Offeror is responsible for determining how it will succinctly describe its approach to each requirement in its proposal within the established page limitation.

Please clarify if the following examples will be included in the page count limit for each of the particular/applicable volumes:

- Resumes for Task Order proposals

- Proposal front matter (Table of Contents, Acronym listing, Compliance matrix, etc.)

- TOMPs from Subcontractors

- Additional documents required by Section H clauses

ANSWER: Resumes shall be included as an attachment to Volume 2 proposals and shall not be considered in the page limitations. See Section L as amended.

Proposal front matter, i.e., information that is not necessary for proposal evaluation but is provided for the convenience of the evaluators, is excluded from the page count limit.

TOMPs from subcontractors are included in the page count limit since they are included in Volume 2 and will be evaluated.

Offerors may include any information required by Section H in the Business / Socioeconomic proposal, other than information explicitly specified for inclusion in the technical proposals.

ANSWER: Tabs when used as section dividers are not considered pages for the purpose of page limitations. Within those sections for which double sided printing is required, blank sides will count as one page.

Please provide a listing of possible Government Furnished Resources.

ANSWER: DOS will provide a list of available Government furnished resources with each Task Order, as applicable. See forthcoming amendment Section L.12.1.

Section L of the RFP requests that “offerors will submit a total compensation plan setting forth salaries and fringe benefits proposed for the professional employees who will work under the contract” and further states that “Offerors shall provide, a crosswalk from each RFP-Specified Labor Category to the internal labor category.” Based upon the Labor categories and CLINs provided in Pricing Tables 1-10, Exhibit C does not identify the qualifications, skill sets or training required for all positions. In order to sufficiently address FAR Requirement 52.222-46 the Offeror will need to have an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of all positions identified in Pricing Tables 1-10.

Please provide an updated Exhibit C to include all labor categories identified in Pricing Tables 1-10 (e.g. Facility Engineer, General Vehicle Technician, PSS Guard, Non-PSS Guard, Guard Supervisor, and Guard Driver).

ANSWER: All of the above mentioned labor categories will be removed from the pricing table by amendment. However, compensation plan requirements have been updated in Section L (FAR 52.222-46 will be deleted and replaced) and evaluation criteria will be added in Section M.

The government states that “Offerors shall not add labor categories or other cost elements in Tables 1 through 10.” The CLIN Structures provided in Tables 6-10 are inconsistent (i.e. only the Jerusalem Task Order lists DBA, Post and Danger). In addition, only the Jerusalem Task Order lists an “Other” ODC CLIN.

Please provide updated Pricing tables 6-10 with a uniform CLIN Structure for all Sample Task Orders to include DBA, Post, Danger and Other ODC CLINs.

ANSWER: The Government will provide a uniform CLIN structure for ODC CLINs in the forthcoming amendment.

Are offerors required to submit resumes for Key Personnel in the format provided in Exhibit G, or can Contractors develop a resume format for the proposal? Please clarify if the page restriction for resumes is 2 or 3 (as shown in Exhibit G).

ANSWER: Resumes shall be included as an attachment to Volume 2 proposals and shall not be considered in the page limitations. See Section L in the forthcoming amendment.

Section L.11.1.(a) will be amended to reference Exhibit G instead of Exhibit I.

Resumes for Key Personnel shall be submitted in the format provided in Exhibit G.

What equipment and software is the Government referring to in this statement? Does this equipment refer to all of the contractor acquired property specified in Section J, Exhibit I Standard Equipment? Likewise, does this software include any software proposed by offerors as their Management Information System (MIS)? Finally, where in the solicitation does the Government specify that equipment and software “be capable of a demonstration as specified in this solicitation?”

ANSWER: DOS will remove…