Attachment 0009 - Industry Questions and U.S. Government Answers.pdf

Attachment 0009 – Industry Questions and U.S. Government Answers

Question 1: A.2 states “If an offeror intends to submit proposals for more than one CLIN Group, the offeror shall submit a separate proposal for each CLIN Group to include all evaluation factors (Technical, Past Performance, Small Business and Price).

Each proposal received will be evaluated separately.” Please verify that is an Offeror is proposing on 3 CLIN groups, that Offeror should provide 3 separate complete proposals, 1 for each CLIN Group.

Answer 1: Yes, a separate proposal is due for each CLIN Group the offeror is proposing on. Since each CLIN Group evaluation is done separately a separate proposal is required for each CLIN Group.

Question 2: L.2.2.a.1. states “maximum 25 PowerPoint Slides per CLIN” and “* The offeror shall include a separate technical approach for EACH CLIN for which they are providing a proposal. If any of the remaining sub- factors/volumes differ between CLINs the offeror shall make a very clear notation as to which CLIN it applies.” L.1.6.b. states “Offeror's will be allotted up to 1 hour for the oral presentation per CLIN Group. Within each CLIN Group, the first CLIN shall be presented entirely. The offeror has the option of presenting the remaining CLINs in its entirety or highlighting the differences.” Can the Government please clarify if the requirement is 25 slides per CLIN or 25 slides per CLIN

GROUP?

Answer 2: The maximum allowance of slides for the Technical Approach sub-factor is 25 slides PER CLIN. For example, CLIN Group 6 consist of five CLINs (0603, 0604, 0605, 0606, and 0607). Therefore the total allowance of slides for the Technical Approach sub-factor for CLIN Group 6 is 125 slides. However, each CLIN should be no more than 25 slides.

Question 3: C.4.1 states “The contractor shall implement and maintain the QMS submitted with its proposal and in use at the time of contract award.”

a. Can the Government please confirm that the QMS information is only required in the Technical Approach Oral presentation?

b. Does the Government want Offerors to provide the QMS documentation as an attachment to the technical volume provided on 10 Feb?

Answer 3: Yes, in accordance with L.3.3.b.4, the QMS requirements shall be addressed in the Technical Approach Sub-factor oral presentation. As stated in L.3.3.b.4, certification is required if the offeror plans to use an ISO certified QMS.

Question 4: If Offerors are bidding on more than one CLIN Group but are using the same past performance references for each proposal, does the Government want PPQ Respondents to complete the PPQ Form multiple times (1 time for each proposal)?

Answer 4: Yes, since the evaluations are being done separately PPQs will need to be submitted under each proposal.

Question 5: Is the 12 point font requirement applicable to the MS Project IMS required in Sub-factor 5?

Answer 5: In accordance with L.2.5.a., “The font used shall not be less than 12 point.

(Font smaller than 12 point is ONLY acceptable in graphics, sketches, tables, charts, price matrix, etc. but must be readable without magnification).” Therefore the font in the IMS may be small than 12 point font, however, it must be readable without magnification.

Question 6: Does the IMS count toward the 10 page limit of Sub-factor 5?

c. If so, do the 11x17 pages count as 1 or 2 pages?

d. If so, would the Government please consider significantly expanding the page count for Sub-factor 5 to ensure Offerors can thoroughly address this and the other Sub-factor 5 requirements?

Answer 6: Yes, the IMS does count towards the 10 page limit for Sub-factor 5, Program Mangement.

Question 7: L.1.6.f states “The names of presenters shall be listed on the Title Slide for each Technical Sub-factor.” Can the Government please clarify if Offeror’s should identify presenters:

e. On the briefing Title Slide

f. On the briefing sub-section slides

g. Both

Answer 7: The U.S. Government’s requirement is to have the presenters identified on the Title Slides. From there it is

Question 8: L.3.3.b.1 states “The offeror shall identify in Attachment 0003, GFM Asset List, the place of performance for each CLIN.”

h. Does Attachment 0003 count in the 25 slide count?

i. Does the Government want Attachment 0003 provided as an attachment to the technical volume provided on 10 Feb?

Answer 8: Attachment 0003 does not count towards the 25 slide count. As part of the oral presentation the offeror needs to include where place of performance will be completed. The attachement its self is not required to be included in the slides.