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| Question Number | Question Source (RFP, attachment #, GFI title, etc.) | Page number and paragraph header from source | Question | FAA Response |
| 1 | Schedule B Pricing Template | | In the Schedule B Pricing Template that prospective contractors (Enterprise Consulting, in my case) have been asked to fill out, there are hours and FTEs listed on the spreadsheet. Are these FTE and annual hours an accurate estimate of what will be required from the selected contractor? I am curious as this will play a factor in the Program Manager Annual Fixed Price amount that will be submit. | Yes, the estimated hours and FTE counts are accurate. Of course, as an IDIQ, the actual number of FTEs or hours ordered could fluctuate. |
| 2 | Tab 16 6973GH-22-R-00030.pdf | Page 58, L.3, Proposal Preparation and Submital of Offers and Page 61, L.7, 3.2.2.3-20 (a) Offers and (d) | Page 58 states “The Contracting Specialist (CS) for this acquisition, Josh Frisch, is the sole point of contact. All written questions, correspondence, and submittals must be sent to the CS at the address specified on Page 1, Item 8 of the Cover Page (Solicitation, Offer and Award) or via email to Joshua.m.frisch@faa.gov.” | |
Page 61 (a), states “The offeror (you) must submit responses to this SIR by the following electronic means Nicholas.risi@faa.gov.”
Page 61 (d), states “Send your offer to Nicholas.risi@faa.gov”
| Please confirm the electronic proposal should be submitted to Nicholas Risi, CO, and Josh Frisch, CS. | Offers should be submitted to both Josh Frisch, CS, and Nick Risi, CO. | | | |
| 3 | Tab 16 6973GH-22-R-00030.pdf | Page 58, L.3, Proposal Preparation and Submital of Offers and | Page58, L.3.1, states “The Contracting Specialist (CS) for this acquisition, Josh Frisch, is the sole point of contact. All written questions, correspondence, and submittals must be sent to the CS at the address specified on Page 1, Item 8 of the Cover Page (Solicitation, Offer and Award) or via email to Joshua.m.frisch@faa.gov.” |
Page58, L.3.3, states “Offers are requested in electronic format only, delivered to the CS at the email address above, no later than 5:00 PM Central Time on January 31st, 2022.”
| Please confirm Offerors submit written questions, correspondence, and submittals only by electronic means rather than mailing responses to the address specified on Page 1, Item 8 of the Cover Page Solicitation, Offer and Award). | Correct, electroinic submission is required. Offerors should not mail anything as we are not working in the office. | | | |
| 4 | Tab 16 6973GH-22-R-00030.pdf | Page 58, L.4.1, Information and Considerations Affecting Offerors Proposal Submitals | 4.1. states, "Offerors must submit Volume I– Technical Proposal in response to the criteria listed for of the source selection. Volume II – Price and Volume III – Past Performance must be submitted with, Volume I." |
| Please clarify that Volume I – Technical Proposal, Volume II – Price, and Volume III – Past Performance are submitted as separate volumes. | Correct, these should be submitted as separate volumes. | | | |
| 5 | Tab 16 6973GH-22-R-00030.pdf | Page 58 and 59, L.5.1.c, General | Page 58, L.5.5.c, states, “Offerors shall print proposals on standard 8 ½ x 11 paper, with a minimum of 1-inch margins, left, right, top, and bottom, and text font size no less than 12pt, including graphics, labels, and table descriptions. Printing may be single-sided or double-sided (front/back). Double-sided printing shall count as two (2) pages for each sheet.” |
| Please confirm Offerors submit responses to this SIR by electronic means, and therefore printing is unnecessary. | Correct, responses must be submitted electronically and printing is not necessary. However, the limitations stated above must still be observed. | | | |
| 6 | Tab 16 6973GH-22-R-00030.pdf | Page 59, L.5.1.d, General | Page 59, d. states, “Offerors shall provide proposal responses for each evaluation factor in a separate section, and shall tab/divide each section for ease of reference." |
| Please confirm Offerors submit responses to this SIR by electronic means, and therefore tabs/dividers are not necessary. | Correct, physical tabs/dividers are not required. However, the volume should still be clearly marked for each evaluation factor. | | | |
| 7 | Tab 16 6973GH-22-R-00030.pdf | Page 59, L.5.1, General, c | Page 59, states “text font size no less than 12 points including graphics, labels, and table descriptions.” |
| Will the Government consider reducing the text font size to no less than 10 points for graphics and table descriptions?” | No, the original requirements stands. | | | |
| 8 | Tab 16 6973GH-22-R-00030.pdf | Page 59, L.5.2.c | Page 59, L.5.2.c, states, “The Government anticipates that pricing of this action will be based on adequate price competition, therefore, offerors are not required to submit with their offer certified pricing data or information to support the proposed price, man-hours, material costs and any other recurring or non-recurring costs.” |
In L-7, AC0110, states, “Offeror shall provide cost and pricing data.”
| Please clarify that supporting pricing data or information to support the proposed price, man-hours, material costs, and any other recurring or non-recurring costs are not required by Offerors. | Correct, cost and price data is not requested. AC0110 has been removed. | | | |
| 9 | Tab 16 6973GH-22-R-00030.pdf | Page 61, In L-7, 3.2.4.-1 | Page 61, In L-7, 3.2.4.-1, states, “The FAA contemplates award of a Time-And-Materials/Labor Hour type contract with Not-To-Exceed line items contract resulting from this Screening Information Request. |
Page 12, The clause in Section E, 3.10.4-4-Inspection of Services includes, "Both Fixed Prices and Cost Reimbursement."
| Please confirm that Section E, 3.10.4-4-Inspection of Services clause is not applicable. | Both clauases are applicable as there are fixed-price (program management), cost reimburseable (travel), and Labor Hour CLINs. | | |
| 10 | Tab 03g SOW SCTS.pdf | Page 21, Section C-4, Personnel, states “For minimum qualifications on labor categories specified in this contract, the Government and Contractor will utilize the labor qualifications as defined by the “Labor Category Requirements” (Reference Section J - Attachment 3.)” |
| Will the Government provide Section J – Attachment 3 specifying the required labor categories and work experience and qualifications? | This document is attachment 2 in Section J. It was inadvertently left off the pre-solicitation notice and is included with the solicitation positing. | | | |
| 11 | Tab 03g SOW SCTS.pdf | Page 27, C.5 Period of Performance | Page 25, C.5 states, "The period of performance for these services is one 12-month base period with one1-year option period to be exercised at the discretion of the Government." |
Section B, states, “Period of Performance: 04/01/2022 to 04/01/2027.”
| Please confirm the Period of Performance is one 12 month base period with four one-year option periods. | Confirmed, the period of performance will be one 12-month base period with four, one-year options. The POP in section B is the total potential period of performance, not including a possible 6-month extension of services. | | | |
| 12 | Tab 03g SOW SCTS.pdf | Page 28, Section C.10, Observance of Legal Holidays. | Page 28, Section C.10, Observance of Legal Holidays. |
| Will the Government consider adding the Juneteenth holiday to the list? | Yes, this will be added to the list. | | |
| 13 | Is there an incumbent on this contract? If so, please provide the incumbent name, current contract number, duration, historical level of effort and value of the contract? | |
| The current contract is 6973GH-20-D-00064 awarded to ChangeIS. The period of performance, including options, is 10/1/2020 through 3/31/2022. The historical level of effort is similar to the estimated level of effort provided in this SIR. The contract value will not be provided. | | |
| 14 | If new then please provide the estimated level of efforts ? | See above answer. |