SF30 Continuation Page A006.docx

SF30 Continuation Page

S-AQMMA-11-R-0186 A006

Supply Chain Management U.S. Department of State

A. Solicitation Changes

1. Page 88, Section J, entitled "List of Documents, Exhibits and Other Attachments" has been updated to reflected the last version (i.e., file name and amendment number) of each document. Unless the file name is indicated with an amendment nomenclature (i.e., A001 to A006) the appendix or exhibit is as originally posted with change.

2. Page 39, Section C, Paragraph C.4.9, 3rd paragraph starting with the phrase "In coordination with TDB.." is correctly deleted in its entirely as indicated in Amendment 004.

3. Page 48, Section F, Paragraph F.4, C.4.8 the contents under the column entitled "Due Date" have been deleted in its entirety and the following has been substituted in lieu thereof, " The Contractor shall provide the ordering activity with the airway bill or other transportation documents, and copies of the original purchase order" as indicated in Amendment 004.

4. Page 13, Paragraph B.12. The paragraph was deleted in entirety and three new Paragraphs a), b) and c) are hereby substituted in lieu thereof.

5. Page 3, Paragraph B.2(e). The paragraph was deleted in entirety and a new Paragraph B.2(e) is hereby substituted in lieu thereof:

B. Clarifications:

1. Pursuant to Section B.12 (Overtime), the requirement for Contracting Officer authorization applies to all situations, under the non-firm-fixed-price and non-firm-fixed-unit-price CLINs, where the Contractor contemplates an employee working and being paid for the number of hours beyond those in the normal workweek. The Government has established this requirement as a performance risk measure and cost control measure. The Government’s requirement is consistent with the FAR requirement that compensated and uncompensated overtime should generally be avoided [see FAR 22.103-2 (Overtime – Policy) and FAR 37.115-2(a) (Uncompensated Overtime – General Policy)]. However, the Government will pay for overtime (for FLSA/SCA-exempt and non-exempt employees) when the Contracting Officer determines overtime to be necessary. If the Contractor has an uncompensated overtime policy that precludes an FLSA/SCA-exempt employee on this contract from being paid for overtime, the Contractor shall not request overtime payment for that employee. See amendment to page 13 for more information.

2. Compliance Checklist tab, section L.16.2 (41), please clarify whether the Government is looking for indirect rate and profit percentages for Table 5, Firm-fixed-unit-prices. If this information is requested, would the Government consider providing a format to break this information out in?

To Clarify: The Government requested a breakdown, including identifying proposed indirect cost rate(s) and profit percentage, of each proposed firm-fixed-unit-price in Detail Pricing Table (for Pricing Table 5). See Section L.16.2 (42) and Pricing Table 1 (42).

3. Due to possible price fluctuations concerning commodities, and unknown quantity requirements for materials in CLIN X003, would the government consider incorporating an economic price adjustment and trigger point for CLIN X003 in the RFP for all years?

To Clarify: No. The Government considers the requirement under CLIN X003 sufficiently defined and predictable whereby offerors can propose reasonable firm-fixed-unit-prices.

4. A number of items have been deemed as very limited availability, yet still may be required. Would it be acceptable to fulfill those item requirements with ‘like-type’ items?

Clarification Key:

Good - Product is available.

Delete - Product was deleted in the attached document titled, "Pricing Tables

A006."

Replace - The Product can be replaced subject to TDB review and approval.

5. Will the Dept of State be designating the Contractor to receive any state or other tax exemptions or applicable immunity related to the procurement requirements?

To Clarify: Yes, this will be handled at the time of contract award.

6. The government added the requirement to include Exhibits B and C in Volume 4 in amendment 002. This will add greatly to the page count, exceeding it for Volume 4. Would the Government consider removing Exhibits B and C from the Volume 4 page restrictions?

To Clarify: Reference Amendment 4, SF30 Continuation Page Response to Question 23.

C. Amendment Instructions

1. Delete the document titled "Solicitation Supply Chain Management A004" in its entirety and substitute the attached document titled, "Solicitation Supply Chain Management A006" in lieu thereof.

2. Delete the document titled "Exhibit A Pricing Tables A004" in its entirety and substitute the attached document titled, "Solicitation Exhibit A Pricing Tables A006" in lieu thereof.