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ACCENT Questions Submitted USG Answers

I have read section L. Two factors will be scored. Factor 1 seems to be yes/no. 100% of scoring of technical response seems to be factor 2. Is the cutoff for award merely a technically acceptable response?

Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA) will be executed based upon meeting all requirements listed in Section M. No scoring will be compiled.

No cost criteria are explicit. This implies cost might only be considered on TOs. However that contradicts the Hub Zone instructions. Is there a notion of cost cutoff to be applied to the award of the BOA?

Price/Cost will not be evaluated for the BOA evaluation. Price will be considered at Task Order level. Small Business will also be considered for set asides as well as other SB evaluation factors when awarding

Task orders. See section H of the RFP.

Attachment 1 #10 (Teaming Agreements/Organizational Structures)

CSPs have partner program's which require a level of commitment for both parties to include certifications. Several Prime Contractors

(Including System Integrators) have fully-executed these legal agreements. Will submitting "copies" of CSP/System Integrator partner agreement(s) meet this requirement?

(Note: I reviewed the previous Q&As in the Draft RFP--it was not addressed)

The US Government (USG) is not requiring full Teaming agreement documents. Any document that outlines the team structure is sufficient information to meet this requirement. Teaming agreements are one method of providing the outline of teaming structure. An organizational chart showing how teams will interact is sufficient or just a narrative explanation. A formal teaming agreement is not required.

The proposal guidelines state to include SF-33 in Section 1. Are we supposed to include the entire 62 pages with the various check boxes filled out, or just include the first main page?

Offeror shall provide the entire RFP with boxes filled out. If boxes to be checked in the solicitation are clauses or statements included in the offeror's certifications and representations, both are to be filled out consistently.

If an offeror is Impact level V certified, can they submit a task order proposal on lesser Impact levels? For instance on Impact Level IV? If level V certified, it would seem that the offeror has more rigorous requirements in place for the Level IV requirements.

Please review the SRG document provided as Attachment 0003.

Under Paragraph 3.2 it states "Note that a higher level can process data from a lower level." Offerors certified at a higher Impact level satisfies the requirements for a lower level impact classification.

Question: We understand that the Army is asking for a range of Cloud

Services including: Transition Services, Cloud Hosting (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Off Premise solutions, On Premise solutions, and Mobile solutions. However evaluation criteria only calls out transition services.

How does the Army plan to evaluate services in the other areas?

The intent of the Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) is to set a minimum baseline of capabilities. The DoD-PA certification indicates at least a minimum level of expertise in areas other than transition and modernization. Since DoD-PA certification does not assess transition and modernization, it is called out separately in the BOA evaluation for a minimum baseline capability evaluation.

At the task order level, offerors may be more intensely evaluated for all of the listed capabilities, dependent upon the specific requirement.