SAQMMA17R0168_Industry_Day_Q&As_Final.pdf

Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain Program Industry Day Briefing Material

Questions and Answers

1. Q: Given the PMO's role in managing performance, maintaining business rules, and internal control oversight, would the government consider a staggered acquisition timeline to procure the PMO contract prior to operational contract?

A: It is the Department’s intent to award the associated Program Management Office (PMO) contract prior to the award of the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) services contract.

2. Q: During the Industry Day presentation of the PMO's responsibilities, the term "invoice audit" was used. There was also discussion around working with the DS Auditor. Is it the government [sic] expectation that the [PMO] contractor will perform financial management analysis and reporting, rather than performing an invoice audit? While the terms are often used interchangeably, clarifying will allow the contractor community to develop an approach and team that meets the government's requirements. An audit provides the highest level of assurance on an organization’s financial statements and would require special skills that would not be necessary for a financial review.

A: It is the Department’s intent that this aspect of the Program Management Office’s (PMO) responsibilities will entail the selection of invoices for review by means of statistical sampling methods, testing selected transactions by examining the supporting documentation, completing a physical inspection and/or observation, as needed, and taking into consideration and evaluating the internal control system of the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) Contractor.

3. Q: Will the STOS Administration and IT (AdminIT) support contract be consolidated into the GSE&SC operational or PMO contracts? Or will it continue to operate in parallel?

A: No. At this time, the Department does not intend to consolidate the STOS Administration and IT

(AdminIT) support contract into the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) or

Program Management Office (PMO) contracts.

4. Q: As part of its market research, will the government consider meeting with industry partners one-on-one to continue the exchange of ideas after the Draft RFP is released?

A: The Department’s market research has been on-going, beginning in the summer of 2016. This notwithstanding, the material presented at the April 3rd, 2017 Industry Day briefing depicted how only the most competitive approaches will participate in the complete proposal evaluation and contract award process. A salient aspect of this process will involve robust discussions. These discussions will take place between the government and offeror teams for offerors whose approach the Department evaluates as most competitive. They will be conducted on a one-on-one basis. The primary purpose of the discussions will be to expose any incorrect assumptions, conditions, expectations, etc. upon which each competitor team has relied in formulating their unique and innovative approach. The Department’s feedback will be received in time for its potential incorporation into the final version of the offerors’ approach.

5. Q: If equipment to be provided for contingency operations support is not government furnished, does the government intent [sic] to provide as [sic] DX rating for urgent procurements at the contract level?

A: As a civilian agency, the Department does not have the authority to issue DX-rated orders.

However, the Department does have DPAS DO-rating authority from the Department of Commerce.

The new solicitation will contain the following provision and clauses:

• Section A contract form will indicate DO-H8 and/or DO-N5 rating in the appropriate box (e.g.

SF26 Box 1).

• Section L Provision:

o 52.211-14 Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense, Emergency Preparedness, and Energy Program Use (Apr 2008)

Any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation will be □ DX rated order; [X] DO rated order certified for national defense, emergency preparedness, and energy program use under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) (15 CFR 700), and the Contractor will be required to follow all of the requirements of this regulation.

• Section I Clause:

o 52.211-15 Defense Priority and Allocation Requirement (Apr 2008)

This is a rated order certified for national defense, emergency preparedness, and energy program use, and the Contractor shall follow all the requirements of the Defense

Priorities and Allocations System regulation (15 CFR 700).

6. Q: Based on history and the amount of space required to store both contractor acquired and government furnished property, is the 169K sq. ft. of warehouse space a reasonable reflection of the enduring requirement?

A: A significant portion of the current 169K sq. ft. of warehouse space is used either for storing

Government Owned-Contractor Managed equipment or for hosting other Department programs that are served by the current SCM contract. These requirements will be specifically spelled out in the forthcoming solicitation associated with the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain

(GSE&SC). The remainder of the space is directly associated with the incumbent contractor’s approach to fulfilling Department requirements and, as such, is available to be changed with award of the new contract.

7. Q: The multi-incentive (CPIF) program is a [sic] very innovative [sic] and will drive the three critical program management fundamentals: cost, schedule, and quality. Are these three components anticipated to be equally weighted in the CPIF determination?

A: The Department intends to publish details relative to the Incentive Fee and Award Term arrangements with the Draft Request for Proposal.

8. Q: What is the threshold that earns the additional 5 year [sic] award term?

A: The Department intends to publish details relative to the Incentive Fee and Award Term arrangements with the Draft Request for Proposal.

9. Q: What score is used “scored annually” [sic] to determine the award term decision?

A: The Department intends to publish details relative to the Incentive Fee and Award Term arrangements with the Draft Request for Proposal.

10. Q: Will ODC’s [sic] under the GSE opportunity be included again as part of the supply chain IDIQ or will ODCs (equipment) be separate from the supply chain IDIQ.

A: The material presented at the April 3rd, 2017 Industry Day included information relative to the scope of the forthcoming award for global security engineering and supply chain services. More specifically, the Department mentioned how, with the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain

(GSE&SC) contract, the Department will acquire functions versus tasks. Consequently, the

Department will receive the deliverables and/or services that are produced from the successful execution of the particular function(s).

11. Q: Will the new GSE PMO Contract [sic] be responsible for the sourcing of equipment or any other

ODCs?

A: The Department does not intend for the planned Program Management Office (PMO) to be involved in the execution of the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract.

12. Q: Can the government share the current and historical spend on the current contract by year and the cost breakdown between labor and other direct costs?

A: The acquisition and contract administration strategy associated with the current Supply Chain

Management (SCM) contract varies greatly from that associated with the forthcoming award of the

Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract. In soliciting proposals relative to the

GSE&SC contract, the Department is seeking true performance-based approaches for fulfilling its requirements. Namely, the Department intends to publish detailed historical workflow statistics with the associated request for proposal. The Department expects offerors to rely on these data in formulating and proposing a unique and innovative approach for addressing the Department’s requirements.

13. Q: There was a lot of discussion regarding being able to support equipment at the various locations around the world. Do you for see [sic] a lot of [sic] need to develop technical manuals, parts provisioning, cataloging, etc. to support the equipment or document the installation & maintenance procedures for [sic]? Examples could be supporting a forklift or installing & maintaining surveillance equipment.

A: Yes. To promote independent installation, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance by

Department on-site technical personnel, a significant amount of technical documentation is expected to be produced, updated, and maintained under the Global Security Engineering & Supply

Chain (GSE&SC) contract. In addition, document repositories and work flow/collaboration websites are expected to be regularly maintained and updated. For example, the Technology Development

Branch (TDB) of the Office of Security Technology produces and maintains detailed deployment documents that clearly describe the design, installation and maintenance procedures for the technical security equipment it supports. TDB supplements these documents with video in certain cases where visual presentation better conveys the information.

14. Q: Is there a defined spec or standard that the Department of State requires technical manuals to adhere to? The military has MIL-SPEC [sic] does the Department of State have anything similar?

A: Yes. The standards for technical manuals are established by the specific programs that the documentation supports. For example, the Technical Development Branch (TDB) of the Office of

Security Technology (DS/ST) has standard templates for technical security equipment documentation, such as deployment documents and technology assessments.

15. Q: Is the contractor purchasing the material and then invoicing the government and if so, what is the point of sale?

A: For transactions involving the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) Contractor’s procurement of material, equipment, or other items, the point of sale will be at the delivery destination, upon acceptance by the Department’s representative.

16. Q: Why are there significantly fewer numbers of units ordered in the months of July, August and

September as compared to the other months of the year?

A: Summer months tend have fewer orders due to the timing of Foreign Service transfers and reassignments and the budget restraints typical as the end of the fiscal year approaches.

17. Q: Will you make the Supply Catalog available to potential bidders?

A: Yes. The Department intends to publish the Supply Catalog with the request for proposal associated with the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract.

18. Q: Will you host an Industry Day site visit to the current warehouse?

A: The material presented at the April 3rd, 2017 Industry Day briefing depicted how only the most competitive approaches will participate in the complete proposal evaluation and contract award process. Included within this process, the Department intends to invite the companies/teams that remain in the competitive range to a site visit at the Department’s Regional Engineering Services

Center located in Frankfurt, Germany. This visit will be conducted to expose the companies/teams to the conditions under which customers of the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain

(GSE&SC) contract’s services operate.

19. Q: Can you provide the current labor level of effort?

A: The current labor level of effort reflects both the Department’s previous acquisition strategy and the incumbent contractor’s specific approach to meeting its requirements. In soliciting proposals relative to the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract, the Department is seeking true performance-based approaches for fulfilling its requirements. Namely, the Department intends to publish detailed historical workflow statistics with the associated request for proposal.

The Department expects offerors to rely on these data in formulating and proposing a unique and innovative approach for addressing the Department’s requirements.

20. Q: Can you provide the demand history for the past two years?

A:

OY2 OY3

Number of POs 11,295 13,581

Number of Lines Ordered 64,686 74,671

Total Value of POs $173,838,990 $198,570,253

Number of Units Ordered 1,909,382 1,850,307

21. Q: Can you provide a list of the life-cycle end items (equipment that is repaired)?

A: The Department intends to publish detailed list of life-cycle end items with the associated request for proposal. With that said, examples include: Cinch Encrypted Receiver with Power Supply; SD-5

Panasonic Fixed Camera; Panasonic WV-CW594 PTZ Camera; Panasonic Matrix Switcher.

22. Q: What are your current security posture gaps to which you need security engineering?

A: The Department is currently investigating solutions in areas such as transition from analog cameras to digital cameras and video management systems - including the computer systems and network infrastructure required to support them; more robust options for power infrastructure;

public address systems; and, access control and locking/keying hardware.

23. Q: In addition to evaluating, is designing and developing technical security systems a task under this solicitation?

A: Yes. Development of technical security solutions will be a task under the Global Security

Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) forthcoming solicitation. Typically, this development involves

COTS integration rather than basic engineering at the circuit board level.

24. Q: During the Industry Day for GSE&SC you mentioned that there would be a separate PMO contract. We have done similar work for another client of equal magnitude. Has any documentation been released from the government on the PMO effort?

A: Other than the information that was published at the April 3rd, 2017 Industry Day briefing, there has been no documentation released to-date relative to the planned Program Management Office

(PMO) contract.

25. Q: Can a service provider bid on both Supply Chain Management and PMO procurements?

A: The Department will not prevent the same company from participating as a team member under both the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) acquisition and the associated

Program Management Office (PMO) acquisition. If a company, individually or as a team member, pursues both the GSE&SC and PMO contract awards, the applicable proposals will be evaluated to determine the offeror’s plans for mitigating any potential conflict of interest involving the company.

An unsatisfactory mitigation strategy will result in the particular approach being evaluated as posing an unacceptable risk to the government.

26. Q: Is there an incumbent for the PMO contract and if so, who is the contractor?

A: There is no incumbent for the planned Program Management Office (PMO) contract. The incumbent under the current Supply Chain Management (SCM) contract is General Dynamics

Information Technology. The SCM contract number is SAQMMA12C0130 and this contract is available for release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The contact information for the

Department’s office regarding FOIA requests is at https://foia.state.gov. However, the acquisition and contract administration strategy related to the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain

(GSE&SC) contract varies so greatly from the current SCM contract that the Department considers that most of the information that could be garnered from the current SCM contract would contribute little to formulating a unique and innovative approach to fulfilling the Department’s requirements over the next decade.

27. Q: The Government indicated that they seek a strategic partnership between the Government and contractor under this procurement where there [sic] both parties have “skin” in the game. What has been the primary driver behind a shift [sic] the acquisition strategy?

A: The Department’s market research has evidenced that programs of similar complexity have a greater probability for success when they include the creation and maintenance of a mutually beneficial relationship between the parties. The Department’s contribution to establishing such a relationship relative to the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract includes a

5-year base period-of-performance, with the potential for an additional 5-year Award Term, and reward for performance that is over-and-above the minimum targets (i.e., the Incentive Fee arrangement). For this, the Department expects the successful offeror to undertake the capital investment needed to aggressively pursue considerable cost avoidance/cost savings that, while not degrading the quality of services in any way, can be passed-along to the Department. By succeeding in the above, the Department will experience a more effective and efficient employment of appropriated monies, while the Contractor experiences a stable source of revenue, as well as financial recognition for exceptional performance.

28. Q: How does the Government intend to ensure that the there is a level competitive playing field wherein the incumbent does not have an advantage in terms of facilities, equipment, transition costs, inventory etc.?

A: In comparison, the acquisition and contract administration strategies related to the Global

Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract vary greatly from the current SCM contract.

Under the forthcoming GSE&SC contract, the clients that are supported and the equipment and other items provided will be expanded. In addition, the Performance Work Statement forwarded with the GSE&SC request for proposal will reflect a true performance-based acquisition; the

Department will forward its Performance Objectives, Performance Outcomes, and related

Performance Standards. Offerors will be asked to develop an approach that will yield the outcomes, while complying with a limited number of standards, as well as its plans to ensure that the outcomes are achieved. It is therefore expected that, drawing upon their vast experience and in-depth expertise, each offeror’s approach will reflect the most effective and efficient manner by which the offeror will fulfill the Department’s requirements. In addition, included in the Request for Proposal will be historical workflow data associated with the operations of the current SCM contract. This information will greatly aid each offeror in estimating the scope and complexity of the forthcoming contract. Finally, the material presented at the April 3rd, 2017 Industry Day briefing depicted how offerors presenting the most competitive approaches will participate in the complete proposal evaluation and contract award process. A salient aspect of this process of successive competitive range determinations will involve robust discussions. These discussions will take place between each offeror’s representatives and the government’s evaluation team on a one-on-one basis. The primary purpose will be for the government to expose any incorrect assumptions, conditions, expectations, etc. each offeror has relied upon and/or incorporated into its unique and innovative approach. The government’s feedback will be received in time for any changes it may generate to the offeror’s approach to be incorporated into the final version of the offeror’s proposal.

29. Q: What is the scope of activities the “Go Team” must be able to support during contingency operations?

A: The Department is seeking a strategic partner with the flexibility and global reach to rapidly support the Countermeasure response to evolving world events. Examples of the support activities typically required during contingency operations include but are not limited to: emergency procurements; fast track packaging and staging; chartering aircraft for worldwide operations, including war zones; and, provision of specialized subject matter expertise and project management.

30. Q: Could you elaborate on the evaluation components included in your determination of who may be technically qualified to enter the discussion phase of the acquisition?

A: The Department intends to publish details relative to the source selection strategy with the draft

Request for Proposal.

31. Q: During the presentations on 3 April, several comments were offered on flexibility, innovation and adaptability. However, other portions of the presentations focused on process and operating principles that may impact the opportunity to offer flexibility, innovation and adaptability. Could you elaborate on how the Government intends to perform the risk trade-off between innovative approaches versus the existing approaches?

A: The Performance Work Statement forwarded with Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain’s

(GSE&SC) request for proposal will forward the Department’s Performance Objectives, Performance

Outcomes, and related Performance Standards (i.e., the directives to which all performance under the resulting contract must subscribe). Offerors will be asked to produce an approach that will yield the outcomes, while complying with a limited number of standards, as well as their plans for ensuring that the outcomes are achieved. The offeror’s approach will reflect the capabilities of the offeror’s team to produce the Performance Outcomes in the most effective and efficient manner possible. Along these lines, the Department recognizes the restrictions placed upon the offerors’ ability to be innovative, while complying with each Performance Standard. Consequently, the

Department has worked diligently to minimize these standards. Similarly, the Department has attempted to capture the associated Business Rules (i.e., the guidelines for performing under the

GSE&SC contract’s scope) in such a way as to minimize performance ineffectiveness and inefficiencies. Therefore, a higher risk will be assigned to an approach, if the proposal is unclear as to the description of how the particular Performance Outcome will be achieved and how this achievement will be ensured. A higher risk will also be assigned to a proposal that is unclear as to which and how the applicable Performance Standard(s) and Business Rule(s) will be complied with.

32. Q: During the Senior Contracting Officer’s presentation a comment “get rid of bureaucracy” was made. Could you elaborate on the intent of this comment and/or describe the aspects of bureaucracy requiring modification?

A: Please note the Department’s response to Question No. 31.

33. Q: The nature of TSU support puts contractors in high risk situations beyond their control (e.g., equipment held up in customs, unscheduled, and unprogrammed [sic] requirements) [sic] in Cost plus contract type [sic] although risk is shared, the contractors [sic] performance is evaluation [sic] is largely based on timely delivery, reduced order ship time, etc.). Will the government consider placing [sic] minimum floor on the Incentive Fee portion of the CPIF to [sic] risk the contractor has no control over?

A: A presented at the April 3rd, 2017 Industry Day briefing, the Department plans a Cost Plus

Incentive Fee pricing arrangement, with a potential Award Term. Please note Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) Subpart 16.405-1, Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee Contracts, where at paragraph (a) is stated;

“The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for the initially negotiated fee to be adjusted later by a formula based on the relationship of total allowable costs to total target costs. This contract type specifies a target cost, a target fee, minimum and maximum fees, and a fee adjustment formula. After contract performance, the fee payable to the contractor is determined in accordance with the formula. The formula provides, within limits, for increases in fee above target fee when total allowable costs are less than target costs, and decreases in fee below target fee when total allowable costs exceed target costs. This increase or decrease is intended to provide an incentive for the contractor to manage the contract effectively. When total allowable cost is greater than or less than the range of costs within which the fee-adjustment formula operates, the contractor is paid total allowable costs, plus the minimum or maximum fee.”

34. Q: Over the course of the current contract (STOS) there were significant unscheduled and unprogrammed [sic] requirements (i.e., Special Projects and CLIN 0004 Non catalog items) that created significant volatility and disruption in the supply chain. This represents significant risk to the contractor; will the government consider constructing the CPIF profile for these requirements that will not penalize contractors?

A: The Department intends to publish details relative to the Incentive Fee and Award Term arrangements with the Draft Request for Proposal.

35. Q: The government has asked for innovation; however, the use of the Diplomatic Pouch systems, which represents the greatest percentage of shipping, limits the contractor's ability to provide the innovation the government seeks. Is it the government's intent to continue to use the Pouch systems at its current utilization rate?

A: Please note the Department’s response to Question No. 31.

36. Q: The BOM is developed by PME and DME, which may impact the SCM contractor's order ship time

[sic], how will the government work to mitigate delays that are out of the control of the SCM contractor?

A: Please note the Department’s response to Question No. 31. The Department expects that offerors will employ their in-depth knowledge and experience in performing the requisite services to identify dependencies upon which their unique approach is based, as well as, with or without the

Department’s participation, how any risks associated with their approach will be mitigated. For example, an offeror may refer to an industry standard(s) and/or practice(s) it has experienced success with in the past to clearly substantiate its strategy for the identification and mitigation of risks produced by circumstances that are technically outside of its contractual obligations.

37. Q: The government has asked for innovations in the form of analytics, will the government permit commercial tools to be integrated into the DOS' DMZ?

A: Yes, on case-by-case basis. Commercial tools will need to be vetted by the appropriate departments.

38. Q: The government stated this will be a performance based contract with performance objectives and performance outcomes. Will the government require the contractor to provide SLAs and

Acceptable Quality Levels metrics?

A: Please note the Department’s response to Question No. 31.

39. Q: Is it the government's intent to provide incentive metrics aligned to the fee portion of the CPIF contract?

A: The Department intends to publish details relative to the Incentive Fee and Award Term arrangement with the Draft Request for Proposal.

40. Q: Will the government provide performance metrics for Order Ship Time?

A: Included in the Request for Proposal applicable to the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain

(GSE&SC) services contract will be historical workflow data relative to the operations of the current

Supply Chain Management (SCM) contract. In addition, the Performance Work Statement forwarded with the GSE&SC request for proposal will forward the Department’s Performance

Objectives, Performance Outcomes, and related Performance Standards. Offerors will be asked to produce an approach that will yield the outcomes, while complying with a limited number of standards, as well as its plans for ensuring that the outcomes are achieved. The Department expects the offerors’ approach to reflect the capabilities of the offeror’s team to produce the

Performance Outcomes in the most effective and efficient manner possible.

41. Q: Is it the government's intent to provide a Phase In/Phase Out period to affect a smooth transition?

A: Yes.

42. Q: What will be the length of time for transition?

A: The transition will be defined in each offeror’s proposal and taken into consideration during the proposal evaluation and negotiation process.

43. Q: The government stated there will be no plug numbers for ODCs; will the government provide

CLIN structure to price Transition?

A: The Department intends to publish details relative to the contract administration strategy with the Draft Request for Proposal. This notwithstanding, the Department does not intend to segregate the costs associated with transitioning to the forthcoming Global Security Engineering & Supply

Chain (GSE&SC) contract in the resulting contract’s Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) structure.

44. Q: The incumbent contractor is in possession of government owned equipment; will the government facilities accommodate the smooth transition and transfer of GFE and GFI?

A: Yes.

45. Q: Will the government provide the security requirements for secured storage facilities?

A: Yes. The Department intends to publish details relative to security requirements with the Draft

Request for Proposal.

46.

a) Q: Are there any contractor owned facilities that are being used on the current contract?

A: No. The incumbent for the current Supply Chain Management (SCM) contract leases space, which is reimbursed in accordance with the associated contract’s terms and conditions. This notwithstanding, performance under the current SCM contract is also conducted in government-owned facilities.

b) Q: What are the specifications for contractor-furnished office space required for classified work?

A: The Department intends to publish specifications for contractor-furnished office space with the Draft Request for Proposal.

c) Q: What are the current proximity requirements to DoS facilities/offices?

A: The current SCM contract’s proximity requirement is within forty (40) miles of State Annex

SA-24 located at 5800 Barclay Drive, Alexandria, VA 22315. However, the Department intends to publish specific proximity requirements with the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain

(GSE&SC) contract’s associated Draft Request for Proposal. At this time, the Department foresees limiting the amount of space that is subject to any proximity requirements to that involved with supporting the Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) program’s

Associate Contractors and the Will-Call Pick-up Point for DME First Responders.

d) Q: Will the program management offices for GSE & SC [sic] and PMO be located in vicinity of each other?

A: The Department does not have a preference regarding the location of the Global Security

Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) and/or Program Management Office (PMO) operations.

e) Q: Is this government provided space?

A: The Department intends to publish details relative to its requirements and any support, facilities, equipment, material, etc. to be provided by/available from the government with the

Draft Request for Proposal.

47.

a) Q: Is the existing inventory government or contractor owned?

A: The current contractor provided facilities store both Government Owned-Contractor

Managed equipment and contractor owned inventory. The amount of contractor owned inventory is specific to the incumbent’s approach. Therefore, the Department does not consider this data relevant to the formulation of a unique and innovative approach to fulfilling the

Department’s requirements under the forthcoming Global Security Engineering & Supply Chain

(GSE&SC) contract award.

b) Q: Will an inventory listing of current equipment be provided?

A: Yes. An inventory of Government Owned-Contractor Managed equipment will be provided.

c) Q: If existing inventory is incumbent contractor owned will the new contractor be required to purchase existing inventory

A: No.

48. Q: Is it the government's intent to provide bidders with copies of the equipment Catalogue?

A: Yes. The Department intends to publish copies of the equipment Catalogue with the Draft

Request for Proposal.

49.

a) Q: Will a list of currently approved vendors/suppliers be provided?

A: No. The current vendors/suppliers are specific to the incumbent contractor’s approach.

b) Q: Will a historical procurement list of incidental materials and services be provided?

A: No. Incidental materials are expected to be approach-specific. Packaging requirements for

Pouch shipments will be provided in the solicitation.

c) Q: Upon award of the new contract, will a listing of equipment that is caught up in customs around the world be provided?

A: No.

50. Could you please clarify if the awards will be made under two separate solicitations [sic].

a) Q: If yes, will the procurement milestones for PMO be the same as the milestones for SCM

(provided in the briefing document)?

A: The material presented at the April 3rd, 2017 Industry Day briefing described how the

Program Management Office (PMO) contract would be a stand-alone contract with an industry partner. The Department intends to award the PMO contract prior to the Global

Security Engineering & Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract.

b) Q: Will PMO also be procured through FBO?

A: Yes.

c) Q: And is there a separate incumbent contract for the PMO requirement or were the services for these two efforts previously part of one acquisition?

A: The services received via the planned Program Management Office (PMO) have not been acquired separately or in concert with the previous Supply Chain Management contracts awarded by the Department. Therefore, an incumbent contractor does not exist.

d) Q: Also, I was wondering if you could confirm that one (1) contract will be awarded under each requirement – SCM and PMO.

A: Yes. There will be one-each contracts awarded to fulfill the Global Security Engineering &

Supply Chain (GSE&SC) contract requirements and Program Management Office (PMO) contract requirements.