TMR RFI Attach 4 Questions to Industry.docx

ATTACHMENT 5, QUESTIONS TO INDUSTRY

1.0 Background

This is your opportunity to influence the MIOES acquisition strategy. Because we are still in the market research phase, the MDA has not yet made any acquisition strategy decisions. The acquisition team requests a response to any or all of the following questions. The team appreciates the resources necessary to provide a comprehensive review of and response to the RFI package and understands if you choose to respond to only a subset of the questions. Interested industry parties will not be the Government team’s only source for this information, but you are one of several significant and valuable sources of information the team will leverage.

The responses are for the Government acquisition team’s internal use only, and will support its market research efforts in preparation for development of the acquisition strategy. The responses may be cited in the market research report, incorporated into the acquisition strategy, or incorporated into any request(s) for proposal issued; your response will not be published in SAM.gov or shared with other industry parties interested in MIOES acquisition. The acquisition team will not provide any feedback on your response, although a member of the acquisition team may contact you if the MDA has questions regarding your response.

Although the frame of reference for many of the questions may be the current IRES contract, that frame of reference is not intended to reflect or indicate the preferred acquisition strategy for the MIOES contract.

2.0 Instructions

Submit responses to the questions using this document. Do not substitute your own document or modify the format of this document with the exception of expanding row heights. Complete the fourth column by typing “Yes” or “No” in response to the question, “Is your response proprietary?” “No” is assumed if the field is blank.

You may add proprietary markings as necessary, insert attachments, and insert links to public websites in the response block. There is no page limit on the response to these questions and the Government acquisition team encourages you to provide as much detail in response to each question as possible—to include all assumptions made and the rationale for all responses and recommendations. You are not required to answer all questions and can choose which ones you want to answer.

Please submit your response to this attachment no later than September 9, 2022. Please review RFI Attachment 3, Submission Forum and Information Protection, for the transmittal options.

Date:

Company Name (including sector and/or division):

DUNS Number:

CAGE Code:

Business Size & Socioeconomic Category

Point of Contact Name:

Point of Contact Phone Number:

Point of Contact Email:

Please identify commercial and Government solicitations and contracts that may have characteristics (e.g., diversity of requirements, performance dependencies, etc.) similar to the MIOES acquisition.

Please tell us what you think are the most significant positive or negative aspects on the solicitations and contracts you identified as they may apply to the MIOES acquisition.

Contract #1: Enterprise Communications and Information Technology (IT) and facility operations.

Contract #2: Mission Operations, mission unique communications and IT, Research and Development (MDS Testing support) In 1999, these contracts were re-combined after that strategy became “problematic” during contract performance. The justification for that action included the following explanation: Virtually all activities under the research and development contract require corresponding activities under the operations and maintenance contract. Because of this, the Government had become a prime integrator between the two efforts with too much Government and contractor labor and other resources devoted to administration of details between the two contracts rather than to the true business of mission performance.

Question: If the MDA awards multiple contracts for the MIOES acquisition, how would you suggest the MDA structure a systems engineering, mission assurance and program integration construct that would enable the necessary integration between the contracts?

Question: Over and above associate contractor agreements, how do you suggest the MDA define the MIOES integration requirements and incentivize multiple contractors to work closely together to meet the MDA mission needs?

What is your recommendation for packaging of the MIOES requirements—all requirements on one contract as they are today under the IRES contract or allocation of the capabilities to separate contracts?

Note: Consider the following in your response: How can the MDA obtain best-in-breed capability/service providers if all of the MIOES capabilities remain on one contract? If you recommend separate contracts, provide a recommendation for the scope of each contract. Describe incentives, contract type and fee structure that would encourage this type of leveraging and collaboration under the MIOES contract.

Question: Describe your experience in establishing cost reporting structures, internal cost controls and management controls, cost reporting and development of cost estimates.

Question: Provide specific examples of your experience in planning, developing, and reporting schedule data, metrics, and variance analysis against an integrated master schedule, the critical path. In the examples of planning and developing a schedule, provide examples of identifying and integrating external dependencies into the schedule and reporting.

Question: Provide examples of your experience in demonstrating 1) integration of, 2) reporting from, and 3) use of business systems to manage cost, schedule, and performance.

· Include the approximate number of personnel involved in the transition

· Include any lessons learned from the transition

· Include any government direction you would want to see included in the IRES to MIOES transition

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