SF30 Continuation Pages - A002.docx

The changes addressed in Section A are incorporated into the solicitation document and are a result from vendor questions and Government needs. Vendor questions and responses follow in Section B below. Section C provides the instructions to Offerors for incorporating the changes resulting from Amendment 002.

A. SOLICITATION CHANGES

Section H, Paragraph H.5.1 titled “Facilities” has been amended to state: “The Government shall provide space at a designated Government facility for all direct charge contractor personnel.”

Section H, Paragraph H.6 titled “Contractor-Furnished Property and Services” has been amended to state: “The Government will provide space for all direct charge contractor personnel; however, the Government reserves the right to task the Contractor to provide additional office space or facilities that would allow for classified or unclassified (SBU) functions mandated by the contract.”

Section H, Paragraph H.8.5 titled “Personnel Qualifications/Requirements” has been revised to add three additional labor categories/position descriptions to cover the STAC requirement.

Section L, Paragraph L.16 titled “Proposal Instructions” has been amended in part to state the following: “Offerors shall submit proposals under the assumption that all contractor personnel whose costs would be allocated directly to this contract would perform work at Government-furnished property."

Section L, Paragraph L.16.2(11) and Exhibit B-Pricing Tables, Pricing Table 1, L.16.2(11) have been amended to state the following: "In Pricing Table 2, each row will apply to a different Contractor Fiscal Year Period, which offerors shall identify with month, day, and year in the right-most column. Offerors shall propose a Contractor Fiscal Year Period for each of its fiscal years through the life of the contract. Offerors shall assume that the life of the contract is April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2017."

Section L, Paragraph L.16.2(15) and Exhibit B-Pricing Tables, Pricing Table 1, L.16.2(15) have been amended to state the following: "In Pricing Table 3, each row will apply to a different Contractor Fiscal Year Period, which offerors shall identify with month, day, and year in the right-most column. Offerors shall propose a Contractor Fiscal Year Period for each of its fiscal years through the life of the contract. Offerors shall assume that the life of the contract is April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2017."

Section L, Paragraph L.16.2(18) and Exhibit B-Pricing Tables, Pricing Table 1, L.16.2(18) have been amended to state the following: "In Pricing Tables 4 and 5, offerors shall use for pricing purposes the following period of performance:

Exhibit B-Pricing Tables, Pricing Tables 2 and 3. The "Contractor Fiscal Year" column in each table used for illustration purposes has been amended to reflect the amended period of performance of April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2017.

B. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. Section L, Paragraph L.18.2, Technical Proficiency and Section C, Paragraph C.5.9.1. Two new proficiencies were added by Mod 1:

“Knowledge and experience in providing technical assistance and troubleshooting services at the TIER 1 level on a 24/7/365 basis” and “Knowledge and experience in collecting and entering detailed information into a call tracking system for service requests; tracking the number of calls by response time, resolution time, and other relevant performance metrics”

Please provide historical and forecasted workload for:

• Customer calls received by the STAC

• OpenNet emails received by the STAC

• ClassNet emails received by the STAC

• Problems reported via the 24-Hour Duty Log

• Call received from the SCC (Security Control Center)

• Call received from ST- supported service provider personnel

• Requests received via the STAC web page

• CMMS service requests received •Customer emails to CMMS

Answer: See Appendix J-22 – STAC Overview and Appendix J-1 – Projected Workload Table – A002.

2. Section H, Paragraph H.8.5, Personnel Qualifications/Requirements. No labor categories are provided that clearly align to the STAC workforce. Please advise which LCATs are envisioned for the STAC, or provide STAC-specific LCATs.

Answer: Section H, Paragraph H.8.5 titled “Personnel Qualifications/Requirements” has been revised to add three additional labor categories/position descriptions to cover the STAC requirement (H.8.5.25 through H.8.5.27).

3. Section C, Paragraph C.5.9. Within this section there is no identification of supporting SMSe. We believe under the present organizational structure that the STAC supports SMSe.

Answer: SMSe is supported through the 19 categories mentioned in Section C, Paragraph C.5.9. The Office of Security Technology does not consider SMSe to be separate from the TSS categories listed.

4. Section L, Paragraph L.16. Section L.16 states that “Offerors shall submit proposals under the assumption that all contractor personnel must perform work at contractor furnished property.” Does this change with the addition of C.5.9 STAC requirements?

Answer: Section L, Paragraph L.16 titled “Proposal Instructions” has been amended in part to state the following: “Offerors shall submit proposals under the assumption that all contractor personnel whose costs would be allocated directly to this contract would perform work at Government-furnished property."

5. The RFP does not indicate Davis Bacon wage rates. Will this be a requirement? Can you clarify this?

Answer: The Government has designated this contemplated contract as one predominantly for “services.” Because the Davis-Bacon Act applies to “construction” contracts, it does not apply to this contract.

6. Section L, Paragraph L.18.3.2. Regarding personnel who will be on our leadership team for the project, we will include their resumes with our response. Do we have to share with you their names?

Answer: Yes, the first bullet of Section L, Paragraph L.18.3.2 requires resumes to have the proposed personnel name included.

7. Section L, Paragraph L.17.2. The government states that “If two or more parties have formed a partnership or joint venture (see FAR Subpart 9.6) for the purposes of submitting a proposal under this solicitation and, if selected, would perform the contract as a single entity, they must submit the Corporate Charter, By-Laws, or Joint Venture or Partnership Agreement…”

Does the term “Partnership” apply to firms submitting a bid as a Small Business Prime with subcontracting teaming partners? The subcontracting teaming partners will act as subcontractors to the proposed Prime. As a team, they are not forming a Joint Venture. Please clarify.

Answer: No. The Government’s requirement in Section L.17.2 is directed, as defined in FAR 9.601(1), to “two or more companies (that) form a partnership or joint venture to act as a potential prime contractor.” Although a potential prime contractor-subcontractor relationship is a type of “contractor team arrangement,” as defined in FAR 9.601(2), it does not act as a potential prime contractor/single entity.

8. Section C, Paragraph C.5.9. Where will the STAC be located? What are the labor categories and descriptions that will support the STAC? Will the STAC personnel remain on customer site or contractor site?

Answer: See answer to questions #2 and #4.

9. Section L, Paragraph L.18.4. Past Performance Questionnaire – One of our proposed subcontractors for the Domestic Security Installation Services bid is also a subcontractor for the Dept of State’s Overseas Security Installation Services bid. Our subcontractor used a Dept of State contract as one of their references and a Past Performance Questionnaire was completed and submitted to Mr. Lloyd in response to the Overseas bid.

Will the Dept of State contracting office allow us to refer to the Past Performance Questionnaire already on file with the Overseas bid? We ask this question because we do not want to inconvenience the Dept of State representative by having them to complete another PPQ for the same work.

Answer: Yes. The offeror(s) must notify Andrew J. Lloyd via email at LloydAJ@state.gov which Past Performance Questionnaires submitted for the Overseas Security Installation Services solicitation (SAQMMA11R0188) they would like to use for this requirement. This email must be received by the time of proposal submission.

C. AMENDMENT INSTRUCTIONS

1. Delete the document titled, "DME Solicitation Document – A001" and substitute the attached document titled, "DME Solicitation Document – A002" in lieu thereof.

2. Delete the document titled, “Exhibit B – Pricing Tables – A001” and substitute the attached document titled, “Exhibit B – Pricing Tables – A002” in lieu thereof.

3. Insert Appendix J-22 titled “STAC Overview.”

4. Delete the document titled, “Appendix J-1 – Projected Workload Table – A001” and substitute the attached document titled, “Appendix J-1 – Projected Workload Table – A002” in lieu thereof.