Posted_RFP_Questions.pdf

Water Purification Successor

SPE7MX-15-R-0003

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SF1449 Box 10 1 Can the government please confirm if the NAICS code provided in the solicitation—333314 (Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing)—is accurate? If so, can you confirm that the size standard is 500 (there is no revenue threshold)?

Answered per Amendment 1: NAICS is now 333318, size standard 1,000.

Answered by Amendment 0001 table DLAD 52.209- 9002 32-33

It is our understanding that, per the DLAD above, offerors who do not submit offers based on QTSL compliance [52.209-9002 (a)] may still submit offers from approved sources provided they meet one of the criteria in 52.209-9002 (b) (1), (2), (3), or (4).

Is this accurate?

Correct

General Could the Government please provide annual demand frequency (ADF) and requisition history for the past year?

Waiting on this data from our analyst and will send as soon as possible.

Section L

Tab F- Corporate Experience and Part 1-

Past Performance

68-71

Can the government please clarify the difference in requirements for Volume II, Tab F – Corporate Experience and Volume III, Past Performance?

Corporate experience evaluation is distinct from the evaluation of an offeror's past performance, as experience focuses on the degree to which an offeror has actually performed similar work, whereas past performance focuses on the quality of the work performed under the contracts

Section L Part 1- Past Performance 69-71 Can the government confirm that contracts referenced for Past Performance are limited to those performed within the last three (3) years but experience providing surge and sustainment support is required for the past ten (10) years?

Past Performance are limited to those performed within the last three (3) years. I am not seeing where you found 10 years for surge & sustainment. Volume IV is submitted via WICAP and a hard copy submitted with offer.

Section L 64-65

Proposal Table &

Paragraph 3 and 5

Can the government please confirm whether one total Executive Summary is required (per the Proposal Table and 5.0) or a separate Executive Summary is required for each volume (per Page 65, Paragraph 3)?

There is to be an Executive Summary as a separate document that covers the entire proposal and has a five page limit. 4.4. Each proposal volume shall begin with an executive summary, which is not considered a part of the page limitation.

General

I am just checking to find out if a PID in excel format exists for the subject RFP. The RFP seems to indicate that there should be a manufacturer PID worksheet on the Section B spreadsheet, however there is none to be found. Knowing which manufacturer CAGE codes and part numbers are acceptable for each NSN are much easier to manage in a spreadsheet rather than in a text listing. Please let me know.

the Pids are in TXT file

General I found an issue on the TXT PID Document. There is no NSN information on the following: NSN:014668935

Apparently it is no longer produced and we've decided to cancel the NSN with no replacement. So this NSN will be removed from the project. Brandy will issue the amendment when she returns from vacation next week

General

The interim response to questions indicates that the offeror should contact personnel outside the Contracting Office for response/clarification, Will the government please affirm or clarify this instruction as we believe doing so violates RFP instruction and possibly source selection protocol

Please see responses below. All questions related to this RFP should be sent directly to the buyer Brandy Warner or Contracting Officer Lori Archibald.

C 3 18

Subject RFP does not include provisions for vendor managed government inventory.

Does the Government anticipate the use of EDI transactions 944,945,947,846,214 and 997 for vendor managed inventory of DLA stock? If not, will the government remove these transaction requirements from the RFP? These items will be removed via Amendment.

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C 4 18-19

Because Origin Inspections are not in an offeror's control, it potentially impacts the ability of an offeror to comply with TDD requirements. Please clarify what provisions the Government has in place to accommodate delays in delivery due to potential government inspection schduling/delay?

There are 84 CORE NSNs that require Origin I/A. As discussed in the RFP, it is the intention that Alternate Release Procedures would ultimately negate the need for actual inspection on these orders. That being said, we are doing some additional investigation into this question and will provide additional guidance or amendment to the RFP upon final confirmation.

L 6 65

Project is "all or none". What is the process when an OEM will not quote? (RFP requires the contract have the ability to manage OEMs) See # 16

If there are NSNs that fall in this category, I urge you to identify them to the buyer so that they can be evaluated to determine if they make sense for inclusion on the project.

B 8 5 Para Cites 903 of 2639 NSNs: Pg. 10, FAR 52.215-10 citation cites 916 core NSNs; 903 is correct

C 1.2.1 14 Will the government supply DLA on-hand quantities for CLIN 0001 items for purposes of response to this RFP? Yes

C 1.3 14 Please clarify which spreadsheet is to be priced for proposal submission? There are 903 parts on PID0003 and 912 on PID0001. 903 is correct. PID0001 will be corrected via Amendment.

RFP Document

Surge and Sustainment

Section K and

Under Surge and Sustainment, the offeror is required to adhere to the "specific clause/provisions" incorporated as reference under Section K Page 40 of 77 where FAR 52.217-9009 Surge and Sustainment (S&S) Pricing (NOV2011) DLAD is cited.

This clause requires the offeror to price the surge items presented in Attachement 2 to the RFP. Several of those items are non-core and pricing such is in direct conflict with pricing instructions where only market basket CLIN 0001 Core Items are to be priced. Please claify if the offeror is to price Surge and Sustainment NSNs within

The surge pricing is priced as a percentage of increase or decrease that will be applied to the unit price of the item if surge is invoked. The contractor shall submit their surge percentage. The actual unit price for non-Core items will not be submitted as this time.

A: GENERAL INFO. 8 12

If fast payment is not authorized for origin shipments what are the terms on these orders?

Payments will be made via WAWF and will be made in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C. 3903).

Offerors should indicate any discount terms on their proposal. Reference 52.212-04 starting on pg. 22 of the RFP. You can also reference 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer. DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (JUN 2012).

REQUIREMENTS 2.5.1-2.5.3.1 17 What system will the government use to track On Time Delivery (OTD)? Internal Govt Tracking data.

Section L 3 65 of 77

Regarding the Executive Summary, is it the Government's desire to see one Executive Summary limited to five pages as a separate document before Volume 1 that covers the entire proposal and an Executive Summary included with and at the beginning of each of the volumes that addresses the specific content of that volume?

There is to be an Executive Summary as a separate document that covers the entire proposal and has a five page limit. 4.4. Each proposal volume shall begin with an executive summary, which is not considered a part of the page limitation.

Part Number spreadsheets

Please clarify which spreadsheet is to be priced for proposal submission? There are 903 parts on PID0003 and 912 on PID0001.

The 903 items are to be priced on the Section B Spreadsheet (listed as PID0003). The Section I Spreadsheet only provides information and does not request pricing.

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Section L / Pricing spreadsheet

65 of 77 & supplied excel price sheets

For CLIN 0001 core items that are keyed to the primary water maker weapon system, but represent parts that are bulldozer specific, will the government provide a plug number for evaluation purposes, or remove the part from the overall evaluated price?

Small business in the water maker line of business, normally does not have vendor/reseller relationships with large bulldozer OEMs i.e. Caterpillar. Small business often cannot get other than standard retail price (if even available), and to obtain competitive reseller pricing requires establishing a reseller relationship that A plug number will not be provided.

Section L Proposal Format 64 of 77

It is inferred that delivery of offeror's proposal may only be delivered by US Mail. Will the government allow Prime Contractor hand delivery of its proposal response if proper arrangements for access and escort are made in advance of the delivery date? If not, because the offeror does not have control of US MAIL delivery times, will the government extend the due date by one week to allow sufficient time for potential variability in US Mail and Base mail distribution to ensure offerors have the

Currently the RFP only authorizes mailed proposals. An amendment will be issued to allow for hand delivery.

Part 12 Provisions 52.212-03 46 RFP references contractor representations and certifications are to be in ORCA. This has been replaced by the SAMS system. Will the Government Amend the RFP to Clause will be replaced with a later version via amendment.

Section L Volume II Tab E Financial 68 of 77

Tab E Financial, last sentence requires: "The offeror shall also provide a copy of the most recent audited financial statements." Please amend the RFP to state that the provided audited financial statements are outside of the page count as these can in-and-of-themselves be 80 or more pages. Under the current language an offeror would be outside the RFP alloted pages by including the autdited financial This will be updated via Amendment.

Technical Library Technical Drawings N/A

To-date, Solicitation identified technical drawings have not been made available to offerors. Please advise industry when the drawings will be made available and will the government provide an amendment to extend the RFP closing date (proposal submission date) two weeks from date of posting of the technical drawings to allow offerors sufficient time to review the drawings and seek clarification if necessary as these may have a material impact on offeror's proposals

Only items with an AMSC of G will have drawings available.

All other items are to be quoted in accordance with an approved CAGE and Part Number cited in the PID. Items with an AMSC of T are to be quoted in accordance with the approved QPL source. Please identify what CLIN/NSN does not have technical drawings available. When you go to look for the solicitation number in cFolders you will need to search as SPE7MX150003* because there were so many NSNs they had to parse it out into 4 lists.

Section L 3 65 of 77

Please clarify Interim response to Question 14 above. Section L states: "Each proposal volume shall begin with an executive summary, which is not considered a part of the page limitation." The interim response indicates that doing so will go against page count for each of the Volumes. The offeror was seeking clarification as to the Government's intent for the Executive Summary. Was it to be the same Executive Summary placed in front of each volume as indicated in the Section L requirement cited above, or does the Offeror have the lattitude to incorporate a

There is to be an Executive Summary as a separate document that covers the entire proposal and has a five page limit. 4.4. Each proposal volume shall begin with an executive summary, which is not considered a part of the page limitation.

General Normally the PID is also put out in excel spreadsheet in addition to the txt document on multiple NSN RFP's. Few contractors use the txt document as it is not able to be manipulated for our use. Is it possible to get these in XLS format?

We do not have the PIDs in Excel format. You may copy and paste the PID information into an Excel spreadsheet for your use

General Is it possible to obtain an XLS version of the PID for the Core items? The TXT document is very difficult to work with considering the number of NSN's involved.

The PIDs are only in Txt Format to avoid discrepancies between multiple formats.

General Clarification as to why many of the surge items are in the "non-core" list?

Surge items are identified by a database and are not specific to the H20 solicitation format (i.e. CORE vs. NON-

CORE

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General How should a contractor handle manufacturers which refuse to sell to them? This is an "all or nothing" contract based on the Core Items thus all must be quoted.

If there are NSNs that fall in this category, you can identify these items to me so that they can be evaluated to determine if they make sense for inclusion on the project.

L 2 65 of 77

Last sentence: The Government specifies "In addition to the specific requirements for each proposed part, the offeror shall provide whatever other narrative or supporting materials (matrix, charts, or graphics) considered necessary for the Government to fully understand the proposal." Please confirm that this additional material that provides necessary clarity for Government understanding is outside the

Any addtional information is to be within the cited page limits.

7.1 - Tab A Implementati 5 66 of 77

The offeror assumes that full identification/listing of dates the offeror is fully able to meet all requirements of the contract on an NSN by NSN basis, can be provided as an attachment to Tab A or Volume II and is outside of the page restrictions for Volume II as this listing currently in Attachment #1 Section B Spreadsheet (core items only), occupies 12 and 1/2 pages. Please amend the RFP to indicate that the listing is an attachment to Volume II and is outside the page restriction -OR- allow the offeror to insert a column at the right end of Attachment #1 Section B Spreadsheet to

You can either submit as an attachment to Volume II or insert a column on the section b spreadsheet. Either way is acceptable.

eral - DIBBS Solicitation m Tech/Data Wind 1

Please advise offerors when the technical data (drawings) will be made available in a readable format. The offeror can not open the drawings from the Cfolder and the contents of the drawings have a material affect on the offeror's pricing. From the date of full availability of the drawings, the offeror requests a two week extension to allow the offeror to review and clarify any items that may come up resulting from the review of the technical data.

The drawing department has confirmed the drawings are available. The majority should be in PDF format, but if not in this format, contractors can go to this website and download a viewer: https://g6msd.redstone.army.mil.

Information on document viewers can also be found on the DIBBs website by clicking on FAQ/Help and then clicking on Document Viewers. At this time, the Contracting Officer has determined it is not in the Government or Warfighter's best interest to grant an extension.