Amendment_002-_Questions_ _Answers-_SB1341-16-RQ-0122.pdf

Amendment 002 Solicitation SB1341-16-RQ-0122

The purposes of this amendment are as follows:

1. To respond to questions posed by potential Offerors regarding the solicitation. The official responses to these questions are detailed below;

2. To amend the Attachment II- Statement of Work as a result of a question posed by a potential Offeror; and

3. To extend the response deadline of the solicitation to Friday, January 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.

Questions & Answers:

1. Please provide the IBM Passport ID and Customer Numbers for the software requiring support in this solicitation.

Answer: Please see the revised Table 2 in the attached “Amendment 002 Attachment II- Statement of Work” for the applicable Customer Numbers, Agreement Numbers, and Site ID numbers for each of CLINs 0001 through 0009. The attached “Amendment 002 Attachment II- Statement of Work” shall officially replace the original Attachment II- Statement of Work document. All other aspects of the requirements in this solicitation remain unchanged.

2. It is clear that this is an existing contract and you probably have a vendor that you have been working with. Are you looking for a different contractor to work with? If you are, what is the reason why you decided to work with someone else? Who is the vendor that has been working with you on this? For the maintenance and support are you looking for an hourly quote? We understand you want on-site support. How many employees of the vendor need to be regularly present on site 8-5 Monday-Friday?

Answer: NIST requires this support each year, and the requirement has been continually competed and awarded, just as it is being competed this year. The existing contract for these services is expiring and NIST has used several different contractors for these support services over the years. NIST has a bona fide need for these services, and the requirement is being competed so as not to avoid a lapse in service.

NIST requires a firm-fixed price quotation in accordance with the instructions in the Attachment I- Combined Synopsis Solicitation document. With regards to the support requirements, all applicable requirements are detailed in the Amendment 002 Attachment II- Statement of Work.