Questions - Answers SP4703-22-R-0009 6-14-22.pdf

Questions / Answers – 6/14/2022

SP4703-22-R-0009

ASL Interpreter Service for DLA Aviation

Source Selection Information -- See FAR 2.101 and 3.104 Page 1

Q1. Whether companies from Outside USA can apply for this? (like, from India or Canada) A1. Outside companies are permitted to apply.

Q2. Whether we need to come over there for meetings?

A2. Per the PWS Section 11 Place of Performance, “The primary place of performance will be at

Defense Supply Center Richmond located in Richmond, Virginia and DLA Aviation forward presence locations in Huntsville, Alabama, and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.”

Q3. Can we perform the tasks (related to RFP) outside USA? (like, from India or Canada) A3. Per the PWS Section 11 Place of Performance, “The primary place of performance will be at

Defense Supply Center Richmond located in Richmond, Virginia and DLA Aviation forward presence locations in Huntsville, Alabama, and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.”

Q4. Can we submit the proposals via email?

A4. Per the solicitation, all proposals must be emailed to Allison.Douglewicz@dla.mil by closing date stated in this notice.

Q5. Are the assignments under this project Monday through Friday?

A5. Per the PWS Section 9 Hours of Performance, “DLA operates under a flextime schedule, 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except on government holidays. The hours of performance for this requirement will normally fall between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a 30-minute lunch break. However, the Contractor shall make every effort to alter service hours to accommodate government schedules as requested.”

Q6. Are the assignments under this contract held on a fixed schedule every day or does the schedule usually varies?

A6. The schedule will vary. PWS Section 5.2 outlines the Standard and Emergency Request procedures.

Q7. How many hours of interpretation services per week are you expecting under this project in each location?

A7. The estimated hours by location are identified in the Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM).

Q8. Can you share the rates charged by the existing vendor?

A8. The current contract/order for this requirement is Parliament SP4703-19-D-0002 / SP4703-

21-F-0087.

Q9. What are the challenges faced by the existing vendor in the past under this contract?

A9. No challenges have been communicated by the incumbent.

Q10. Is this RFP only for on-site services or do you also accept Video remote interpretation services?

A10. There is a mixture of on-site and video services, see PWS for details.

Source Selection Information -- See FAR 2.101 and 3.104 Page 2

Q11. The government states within the PWS the Period of Performance (PoP) begins 1 Oct 2022.

However, within the combined solicitation and synopsis, the government states the PoP begins 1 October 2023. Please confirm the correct Period of Performance as either 1 Oct 2022 or 1 Oct 2023.

A11. The correct estimated start date is October 1, 2022. This information has been corrected on the combined synopsis/solicitation.

Q12. The government states in the Proposal Instructions that offerors are to submit a cover letter, capabilities statement, and ROM Pricing. The government does not specify what information should be within the offeror's capability statement. Please confirm offerors may submit a general capability statement that is not necessarily aligned to the Performance Work Statement requirements. If the government would instead prefer offerors to align its responses to the PWS, please provide detailed instructions as to how offerors should structure their capabilities statement response, the page limits, margin and font requirements, etc.

A12. A general capability statement is acceptable. The solicitation has been updated to reflect this specification.

Q13. Within the ROM excel sheet, the instructions state there are 4 locations; however within the

PWS and the ROM itself, only 3 locations/Places of Performance are given. Please confirm the number and names of locations for this requirement.

A13. There are three (3) locations, the verbiage in the ROM has been updated.

Q14. Please provide the incumbent name.

A14. The current contract/order for this requirement is Parliament SP4703-19-D-0002 / SP4703-

21-F-0087.

Q15. Please provide the incumbent contract number.

A15. The current contract/order for this requirement is Parliament SP4703-19-D-0002 / SP4703-

21-F-0087.

Q16. In the PWS Section 13.2, the government states: "No classified work will be required."

However, in Section 14.2, the government states: "Rates and Schedules: The contractor shall bill the agency using the rates established and agreed upon in the Rate Schedule. The contractor will also include a separate hourly rate for interpreters requested needing a clearance to perform the duties of the job request." Please confirm no classified work will be performed on this requirement. If classified work will in fact be required, please edit the ROM pricing worksheet accordingly so offerors may provide cleared rates.

A16. No classified work will be required, the additional verbiage in PWS Section 14.2 has been removed.

Q17. In Section 13.4, the government states: "No Contractor personnel performing sensitive duties will be allowed to commence work on this effort until his or her trustworthiness has been favorably adjudicated." Please confirm there is no classified work to be performed on

Source Selection Information -- See FAR 2.101 and 3.104 Page 3 this requirement. If classified work will in fact be performed, please advise how Contractor personnel trustworthiness will be determined.

A17. Per PWS Section 13.2 Security Investigation Requirement, “No classified work will be required. However, the Contractor will be working with sensitive information which is covered by the Privacy Act.” The “trustworthiness” verbiage has been removed from the

PWS.