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SwiSS Q&A
| Category | Comment/Question | Government Comment Resolution | Column1 |
| General Contract | Is there a minimum work scope generated as part of the multi-award? | Yes, the minimum guarantee for each award is now clarified in the revised Section L&M, Deliver Order, and Sample Task Order. | |
| General Contract | Does the Government plan to pay for Task Order Proposals after initial award? | The Government will not be paying for proposal. |
| General Contract | What is the anticipated IDIQ ceiling? | $249M |
| General Contract | Is it the Government's intent to award task orders based on priced proposals for the sample tasks? | Clarified in the revised Section L&M, Delivery Order 001, and Sample Task Order. The Government intends to issue Deliver Order 001 for each contract awarded. |
| General Contract | Will the IDIQ contract award winners be given responsibility for developing specifications for future Task Orders for a specific Waveform / Network services? If so, will that particular awardee be precluded from bidding on that specific future task orders? | IDIQ awadees may be asked to develop or provide suggestions to specific waveform specifications in future task orders. It is the Government's intention to not preclude that vendor from bidding on any future task orders related to that waveform. |
| General Contract | This describes a lot of development activities where a cost-plus contract (CPFF, CPIF) would be appropriate. Would all Task orders be issued as cost-plus tasks? | Task Orders can be CPFF, CPIF, FFP, or a combination. |
| General Contract | How are orders bid and awarded on the contract? Does the Government foresee that each waveform will be awarded under a specific task order and re-competed annually? | Task Orders are competed within the pool of SwISS MA/IDIQ awardees per the terms established in the contract. |
| General Contract | Are these documents (PWS 3.2) required to be delivered when your company is not actively working a task order? | No, this is clarified in the revised RFP package. |
| General Contract | Is MITRE, Booz Allen and CSRA goal to be completing any work within the scope of this contract? | No, these are SETA support SMEs to the Government |
General Contract What is the typical duration of a Task Order? Typically between 3 months and 18 months, potentially longer depending on the Government requirement
| General Contract | Will there be multiple opportunities to compete for orders on each specific waveform? |
| Yes, this is the Government’s intent. |
| General Contract | what is the warranty period? | PWS has been clarified to address this. | |
| General Contract | Several discrepencies exist between the DD-254 and the Draft PWS (1) Non-SCI Intelligence Materials, (2) over seas Travel, (3) Tempest. | These documents have been clarified to address this comment. | |
| Section L & M | Please clarify if the Direct Labor Rates on the “2. Labor” tab should be burdened rates, so as to provide a manner to cross reference Task Order Submissions submitted under L002 | Clarified in the revised Section L&M and attachments. | |
| Section L & M | RFP states: "Sample pricing format and supporting material are provided in Attachment L002 Sample Task Order Pricing Example and L004 Labor Categories Description Example. " | ||
| Question: Are cost proposals required to use the labor categories in L002 and L004, or can the submission instead reflect actual contractor labor categories established with DCMA? | Clarified in the revised Section L&M and attachments. | ||
| Section L & M | The RFP states: "The Government reserves the right to evaluate no more than one cost element, however the Government may evaluate more than one cost element in order to determine if the proposed costs are fair, reasonable, and realistic" | ||
| Will the cost element(s) evaluated be consistent across all offerors? | Yes, clarified in the revised Section L&M and attachments. | ||
| Section L & M | minor grammar error - replace "producted indicate" with "product indicated" | accepted | |
| Section L & M | Believe references to L.2.1, L.2.1.2, L.2.1.3, and L.2.1.4 should be L.2.2, L.2.2.2, L.2.2.3, and L.2.2.4. | accepted | |
| Section L & M | Table M-3 says that if the offeror's performance record is unknown, then that is an acceptable rating while the referenced note at end of section says an offeror without a record is considered to have a neutral rating and a neutral rating is considered unacceptable - Conflict | Clarified in the revised Section L&M. | |
| Section L & M | Offeror are to submit copies of the Proposal Access Agreements with their proposal. |
- where do these agreements go in the proposal (e.g. which volume?)
- does it count against the page count? Volume I No – does not count against page count.
Clarified in the revised Section L&M and attachments.
| Section L & M | Volume II - Factor 1 Technical/Management, Subfactor 1: Waveform Porting Capability. Are gov't or vendor assessments weighed equally? | |
| yes, Govt and Vendor assessments are weighted equally. | ||
| Section L & M | Does the RFP require the vendor to propose their capability for performing PWS required waveforms and network services beyond the those four listed in table L-2 and the sample task 0002? | No |
| Section L & M | What is meant by signed assessment reports? | |
| Signed by Government organization (e.g. JITC, SSC LANT/WRIL, CERDEC/SRIL, etc.) for Government test/assessment, or signed by senior Vendor representative for Vendor self-test/assessment. | ||
| Section L & M | Recommends that the government use precise wording to assess porting experience with all waveform components. | Section L has been clarified to address this. |
| Section L & M | The language decribing the pricing in Sample Task Order 4.2.2 is unclear. | Clarified in the revised Section L&M and attachments. |
| Section L & M | Will the L005 Price Template Example be provided in a manner which allows for offerors to input their data in a flexible manner specific to Multiple Overhead rates, Cost of Money calculations, Escalation rates, etc. In addition? | Clarified in the revised Section L&M and attachments. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Please clarify Task "Network Test Suite Training" requirement which is not in the PWS? | Resolved in the latest Sample Task Order. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Second level WBS numbers are shifted down one cell starting at Program Management | Resolved in the latest Sample Task Order. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Please clarify Task "Network Test Suite Training" requirement which is not in the PWS? | Resolved in the latest Sample Task Order. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Should Task "Security Verification Test (SVT) " Section 3.2.2.7 be Section 6.5.15 in PWS? | Resolved in the latest Sample Task Order. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Should Task "Security Verification Test (SVT) " in Section 3.2.2.7 in PWS be in Section 6.5.15? | Resolved in the latest Sample Task Order. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Should it be "Engineering Data" to Match the description in PWS? | Resolved in the latest Sample Task Order. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | What use of Government lab (SSC Lant) and engineering can be assumed? What level of support will the vendor be required to provide SSC LANT? | None. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Does SINCGARS 2.0 include the RBCI, UNSA, and RBSA components identified in the diagram or do these components need to be added under the sample task order? | These features are not part of SINCGARS 2.0 and are not part of the Sample Task Order. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | The RFP states "No classified information shall be submitted by the offer in response to this solicitation". This could restrict details in the technical response for SINCGARS sample task. | Responses should be in accordance with the latest Sample Task Order and use the SINCGARS Security Classification Guide to ensure no classified information is included in the response. The technical details in the SINCGARS CMI effort that are classified are not required for this response. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Will the sample task order be the first TO to be awarded under this MA-IDIQ? | No. This is clarified in the revised Section L&M and attachments. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | If the new crypto-mod (CT2) is to be implemented on a surrogate CSS board to the JSR (i.e. the Abaco CT12) how will it be tested with other ported implementations of SINCGARS 3.0? | The enhanced WTE with SINCGARS 3.0 is designed for RF Interoperability Testing in a secure lab using channel emulators and standards i/o test equiptment. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Will source code be made available for the purposes of responding to the sample task order on this proposal? | |
| No source code will be made available for the purposes of responding to the sample task order on this proposal. |
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | "The contractor shall price this task based on 5000 new SLOC and 1000 modified SLOC" Will value offsets be added/subtracted for SLOC estimates under/over the stated nominal SLOC targets? | No. | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Is the specified CSS Hardware module to be provided GFE as part of the JSR, or is the contractor to purchase and deliver this hardware under the sample task? Is the specified software development kit to be provided GFE with the JSR, or is the contractor to purchase and deliver this kit under the sample task? | yes, CSS HW modules and SDK will be provided as GFE along with the JSRs and all supporting software and training. Clarified in the latest Sample Task Order. | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | The Draft RFP included a CDRL for Training, but section 6 of the Attachment L001 does not identify any requirements for PWS 6.6 training for either the CSS or Waveform tasks. Question: Please clarify what, if any, training is required in the sample task? | Clarified in the updated Section L&M and latest Sample Task Order. Training is not required. | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | The draft RFP indicates a FAT is required for the CSS task. | |||
| Question: Is the FAT limited to the CSS module or does it encompass the entire enhanced JSR? | Clarified in the latest Sample Task Order. FAT includes the entire enhanced JSR. | |||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Will JSR operating environment and support services software be provided? | yes, the JSRs and all supporting software and training will be provided as GFE | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Assuming the WTE is the JSR with CSS, does the Government plan to perform the OTA test in test ranges using the JSR with CSS, thus the vendor needs to estimate the cost for supporting the tests as well? | No – the Surrogate CSS is not NSA certified so cannot leave a secure laboratory T&E environment. | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | What OS and language (C/C++/Python/etc) was the TSVCIS reference software from the DOD IR was developed on? | Linux CentOS 6.7, C/C++/Python | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | The Sample Task Order references a JSR Assembly and Configuration Manual document, will this document be made available as part of the RFP? If not, please advise how industry can obtain this document. | yes, it is available in the IR SwISS RFP folder | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | This section references a CT12 High Performance Dual Core 6U CPCI Single Board Computer manufactured by Abaco systems (CT12AUH2K0EA). Is this the same as the JSR referenced earlier? | No, it’s a newer card. | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Is the current JSR capable of interfacing and operating with JENM? Can the existing JSR Platform OE source code be compiled and run on a PC based OS, as well as the target HW & OS? If not, does it mean the vendor must add this functionality? | The Sample Task Order has been clarified to address this. | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Please confirm whether three (3) or five (5) JSRs will be provided as GFE. | Five (5). The Sample Task Order has been clarified to address this. | ||
| Section L & M - Sample Task Order | Section 5.1 states "No black side software will be modified." However, within the SINCGARS WF, there exists the corresponding “Black_Security_Adapter” software component. Won't this “Black_Security_Adapter” also need to be modified? | The Sample Task Order has been clarified to address this. | ||
| PWS | Will the CDRLs required for tasks orders be defined on a task order basis? | Yes | ||
| PWS | What is the target assumed in the "Port the waveform" task? Is the government going to fund the port of waveforms to a target vendor's hardware? | Depends on the specific Task Order requirements. | ||
| PWS | What "product development" is anticipated as part of this contract? | Product Development will be specified at the task order level. For example a new WDE, a new waveform, or new mode to a waveform. | ||
| PWS | WBS level 1 structure contains WDE, SRW, WNW, eOTAM, SINCGARS. This is only part of the software products described in section 1.2 (lines 93-104). What is WBS level for the additional waveforms "Narrowband WF, Very/Ultra High Frequency (V/UHF) Line of Sight (LOS), UHF Satellite Communications (SATCOM), etc. | WBS structure will be modified if a secondary waveform is required. | ||
| PWS | Soft INC supports Mil-Std-188-220 packet mode used by Army INC while TDC supports Mil-Std-118-220 serial mode which is used by the other services | PWS has been clarified to address this. | ||
| PWS | Delivery of source code should exclude readily available commercial software components | Agreed in general, but task order depedent. | ||
| PWS | Is there documented commitment from JTNC JTEL for duration required to perform SCA and API compliance testing? This duration has potential to be unknown and thus be a risk. | No, specified by the task order dependent only if deemed necessary by the government. | ||
| PWS | Will FQT be required for all TOs? Only major software updates? All patches? | No, task order dependent. FQT, if deemed necessary by the government will be specified at the task order level. | No, FQT, if deemed necessary by the government will be specified at the task order level. | |
| PWS | By “secondary”, does this impley that supporting of these WFs is optional? | Task orders for secondary Waveforms and Network Services will only be considered in the future if a requirement and funding emerges. They are not part of the source selection processes at this time. | ||
| PWS | How is the WDE ecosystem going to be provided? If one vendor develops the WDE ecosystem will it be GFE to all vendors on the contractor? | Current thought is for the Government to GFE the WDE Ecosystem to the winning Task Order vendor. All WDE Ecosystem Design and Source Code will be offered to all vendors through the IR. |
| PWS | Is each vendor responsible for there own WTE? Or is there a single WTE that is developed and GFE to others? | The Government intends to migrate towards a single WDE Ecosystem. The Government intends to GFE the WDE for future orders. All WDE Ecosystem Design and Source Code will be offered to all vendors. |
| PWS | Is each vendor responsible for there own Software-Based Emulator? Or is there a single Software-Based Emulator that is developed and GFE to others? | The Government intends to migrate towards a single WDE Ecosystem (including the Software-based Emulator). The Government intends to GFE the WDE for future orders. |
| PWS | Is it the Government's intent to award individual task orders for the WDE and each waveform or service in the PWS; or does the Government intend to break up the requirements for the WDE and each waveform or service into multiple task orders for each? | |
| To be determined at the Task Order Level. Government intends to migrate to a single, common WDE. The Government will maintain configuration management of any single, common WDE it adopts through its Configuration Control Board (CCB). |
PWS Will the contract award winners maintain and update WDE ecosystems at their own expense, or will that be funded under the program?
Will contract award winners be allowed to develop off their own WDE?
Is Government's intent to continue to enhance the JSR for each waveform?
| To be determined at the Task Order Level. Government intends to migrate to a single, common WDE. The Government will maintain configuration management of any single, common WDE it adopts through its Configuration Control Board (CCB). | ||
| PWS | Since most of the primary WFs under consideration are networked WFs, does the WTE include a networking test environment, i.e., a testbed connecting multiple radios to form a network? | Yes, special test support tools are covered in PWS section 4.4.2. |
| PWS | Please confirm this emulator software runs on a PC environment and works together with the WDE to support WF development. | yes, covered in PWS section 4.4.3. |
| PWS | Is there any intention to partially reuse any of the existing WDE(s) and make improvements (e.g., the WDE being used for SRW), or is it expected that the WDE(s) are completely new? | To be determined at the Task Order Level. Government intends to migrate to a single, common WDE. The Government will maintain configuration management of any single, common WDE it adopts through its Configuration Control Board (CCB). |
| PWS | Would the Government be willing to consider a model where an existing GPR solution WDE was modified to meet all WDE requirements? | Yes |
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