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Q&A for SP4703-18-Q-0059

In the RFQ, it says that the “award will be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror that meets the requirement stated in the PWS and the solicitation.”

1. What criteria will be used to evaluate technical acceptability (to be certain a contractor can meet all requirements)?

Answer: The program manager will ensure the proposal demonstrates that the contractor can meet each of the required tasks outlined in the description. The contractor must be capable of meeting all tasks.

The RFQ says “the contract will contain the Option to add additional users. The Contractor shall provide pricing for optional additional users.”

2. Will the cost of adding additional users be a factor in evaluating LPTA and (if so) how?

Answer: The cost of the additional users will not be evaluated.

For CLIN 0001, the following requirement is listed: Timely online legislative and congressional information on a real-time, daily basis.

3. Does the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) require complete legislative and congressional archives for the past 20 years at a minimum?

Answer: Please refer to the revised Purchase Description advising of the minimum timeframe for archives.

For CLIN 0001, the following requirement is listed: Appropriation and Authorization bills, reports, markups, and status/tracking information.

4. Does DCAA require a daily budget and appropriation newsletter delivered by 7:00 am EST?

Answer: No; per the Purchase Description this is not requirement.

5. Does DCAA require the ability to track appropriation and authorization bills prior to introduction (in draft stages)?

Answer: Yes

For CLIN 0001, the following requirement is listed: Comprehensive news and analysis.

6. Does DCAA require congressional news archives for the past 20 years at a minimum?

Answer: Please refer to the revised Purchase Description advising of the minimum timeframe for archives.

For CLIN 0001, the following requirement is listed: Timely and comprehensive information on all Defense committees, House and Senate Small Business Committees, House Government Reform Committee hearing transcripts, bills, markups, etc.

7. Does DCAA require committee hearing, committee transcripts, bills and markup archives for the past 20 years at a minimum?

Answer: Please refer to the revised Purchase Description advising of the minimum timeframe for archives.

For CLIN 0001, the following requirement is listed: Real-time alerts/updates of Capitol Hill issues and bill activity.

8. Does DCAA require that bill tracking be set up or tagged by Congress number, keyword, Words in Bill Title, Bill numbers, Sponsor, Cosponsor, Committees, Chamber, Date bill introduced, Action/event date, Stage in Legislative Process, Public Law Number and Date items added?

Answer: Yes

9. We assume that Boolean search capabilities are required for searching and custom e-mail alerts to better match DCAA employees specific search criteria. Please confirm.

Answer: Yes

10. Does DCAA require the ability to combine separate alerts into a single e-mail alert to be delivered daily at the times of their choosing (5am, 7am, 9am, 11 am, 1pm, 3 pm, 5pm, 7pm, 9pm and 11 pm)?

Answer: Yes

For CLIN 0001, the following requirement is listed: To ensure consistency of agency responses from congress to congress, it is imperative that we have a service that enables us to access past congressional documents to the maximum extent possible.

11. Does DCAA require a minimum of 20 years of archives for the following types of content? Bill Text, Committee Reports, Congressional Record, CRS Reports, Committee Amendments, Congressional Transcripts, committee markup summaries and roll call vote breakdowns, Conference Reports, summaries of Defense Authorization and Defense Appropriations bills and conference reports.

Answer: Please refer to the revised Purchase Description advising of the minimum timeframe for archives.