Attachment 0006 Request for Proposal Questions Answered.pdf

RFP SECTION PARAGRAPH(S) PAGE(S) QUESTION GOVT ANSWER

1 0006 HSIF Phase-Out 8 and 9 Who is the incumbent for this work? Allen Corporation of America, W52P1J-17-C-0014

2 0003

Multiple locations throughout PWS, mostly in 3.2

Performance

Multiple pages throughout PWS

What specific Warehouse Management System (WMS) does the Government use for this work? The base application is HighJump and is customized for the HSIF.

3 0003

L.7. Content

Requirements - A.

VOLUME I –

TECHNICAL FACTOR 6 and 7

Instructions make multiple references to Contractor minimum experience. Example: "The Contractor must show a minimum of three years’ experience with Kitting."

Does "Contractor" in this context mean only the Prime

Contractor or can this requirement be met through a major subcontractor? Prime contractor and subcontractors that are parternering on proposal

4 SF33 6 2 OF 51

Surrogate amount is $500,000 per year. Attachment 0008, Pricing Matrix and Section L, both indicate the surrogate number is $50,000 per year. Can the Government please clarify? The Surrogate amount should be $50,000 per year. It has been corrected on the solicitation.

5 SF33 Section B 4, 5 and 6 OF 51

CLIN structure in Section B does not reflect CLIN structure in Attachment 0008, Pricing Matrix and Section L. Can the

Government please update the appropriate reference? The CLIN structure has been updated to reflect Section B in the Pricing Matrix and Section L

PWS 5.0

ANTITERRORISM /

OPERATIONS SECURITY

5.9(13) 24

Will Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP) training be required in person or via Army Learning

Management System (ALMS) once a CAC is issued?

Due to COVID 19, TARP training is completed online through ALMS.

7 PWS and Section L

3.1.6 Personnel

Qualifications, Appendix-A, and

Section L PWS Pg 9

The PWS indicates that Key Personnel are required. There is no requirement for identifying Key Personnel in Section

L. Will the government specify where we are to present resumes and LOIs for Key Personnel?

You do not have to identify who and provide resumes. You must show within the Technical Volume that you can provide the required Key Personnel to include the required education, technical skills, required certifications, and experience.

Is there an incumbent? Will the Goverment provide

Incumbent name and Contract Number? See Q1

Attachment 0001

Appendix A

Will the Government provide historical information on this contract e.g., FTEs, Contract Value? Appendix A list 8 Total? Historical information will not be provided.

10 Attachent 0001 5.8(9) 25

Will the Government clarify what is the minimum IA/IT certification required to support this contract, per 8570.01-

M

It is DoD Directive 8570.01-M Information Assurance (IA) for IT certifications and cybersecurity training.

This will have to be done thru the Governments IA Manager and they will determine the training that will need to be taken. Usually done via computer training after the contract is awarded.

Attachment 0006

Request for Proposal Questions for W52P1J-20-R-0108

Questions Due: 2pm Central Time, Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Solicitation and

Attachment 0003

Section L

L-19 (Solicitation) and

L.7.C.5 (Attachment

0003)

49 (Solicitation) and 9

(Attachment 0003)

L-19, FAR 52.215-20 requires offerors to provide a written request for an exception to certified cost and pricing data.

L.7.C.5, Attachment 0003 indicates anticipates other than certified cost or pricing data. Given the instruction in

L.7.C.5, are offerors expected to provied the written request for waiver, and if so, is the expectation of adequate competition (i.e. market pricing) sufficient as the basis for the request?

Offerors are not expected to provide a written request for waiver at this time. As stated in L.7.C.5, the

Government reserves the right to request data other than certified cost or pricing data, after receipt of proposals, to determine price reasonableness if competition is not adequate for the purpose. IF required, data other than certified cost or pricing data must be submitted IAW the instructions specified at FAR

15.403-5.

Attachment 0003, Section L L.7.A Pages 6-7

Each of the Technical Factor Areas (kitting, integration services, first article tests, IT support and Backup and

Disaster Recovery Services) include a requirement for offerors to show a minimum experience level. Please confirm this experience information is to be included within the Technical Volume, and not solely within the Past

Performance Volume. This information must be included within the Technical Volume.

Attachment 0003, Section L L.7.B. Page 7

We respectfully request the Government revise the recency period to 5 years. This expanded recency period will allow offerors to include past performance citations that align with the experience requirements identified within the Technical Factor Areas. This will remain at 3 years.

Attachment 0003, Section L L.7.B. Page 7

We respectfully request the Government allow past performance citations for classified contracts as long as the offerors are able to provide CPARS and/or Past

Performance Questionnaires where performance can be demonstrated via releasable information. Such CPARS information would be limited to work where offerors operated in a Prime Contractor role. As stated in Section L.7.B, classified contracts will not be evaluated.

Solicitation, Attachment

0003, Section L, and

Attachment 0008, Pricing Matrix

Section A

(Solicitation), L.7.C.4.b

(Attachment 0003) and ODC CLINS, All

Tabs

2 (Solicitation); 8

(Attachment 0003) and all tabs (Attachment

0008)

Both Attachments 0003 and 0008 indicate an ODC evaluated price of $50,000 per contract period, but Section

A of the solicitation indicates a value of $500,000 per period. Would the Government please clarify whether

$50,000 or $500,000 is the level of support anticipated? See Q4

Solicitation, Attachment

0001, PWS

K.8 (Solicitation), 3.1.6

(PWS)

40 (Solicitation); 10

(PWS)

According to page 10 of the PWS, this opportunity is subject to the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act

(SCA). We do not see the applicable Wage Determination.

As indicated within K.8, FAR 52.212-3, we respectfully request the Government provide the applicable WD.

beta.SAM.gov is now the authoritative and single location for obtaining appropriate Service Contract Act

(SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations for each official contract action. The capibility to search when a WD number is not known is provided on the web site.

17 Attachment 0001, PWS Section 3.1.1 5, 6

Would the Government provide an estimated average purchase requirement (i.e. the average amount offerors will need to procure in a single transaction)?

Average cost per "transaction" is not available. Approximate average transactions per "month" will be

$4,166 ($50K/12 mos).

18 Attachment 0001 PWS Section 3.1.1 6

The PWS states "The Contractor shall purchase any equipment, equipment maintenance, materials and/or supplies required in the performance of work under this contract"

Is this an ODC cost? Will the contractor be required to get

3 quotes? Yes this is an ODC cost and yes, at least 3 quotes are required.

19 Attachment 0001 PWS Section 3.2.10.3 22

Does the government require a Draft Quality Assurance

Plan with the proposal submission? The Government does not require a draft QASP with the proposal.

20 Attachment 0001 PWS Section 3.2.3.1 14

In the PWS table (KEY PERSONNEL CHANGE REPORT), section 4.0 Deliverables, it shows the reference to be 3.1.2

/ 3.1.6 - The CDRL C003 states it can be found at 3.2.3.1.

Would the Government provide clarity to this? PWS 3.1.6, the CDRL will be updated prior to award.

21 PWS 3.1.6 10

Please provide the current DOL Wage Determination (or

SCA WD #) as part of the solicitation to ensure all offerors use the correct Wage Determination. See Q16

22 PWS Annex A 27

Please provide the WD labor category correlation to the applicable Labor Categories provided in the PWS. See Q16

Is the HSIF Intranet hosted or managed by a permission-based commercial off-the-shelf application? Is it a closed loop network? If not, does it reside on the commercial internet backbone or a .mil backbone?

Comcast at the HSIF current commercial network provider. It is not closed loop. As stated, it is a commercial network and not .mil.

How does the WMS receive service/fulfillment requests from external customers? Is it a manual process or an automated process?

Via email with a Hardware/Software Order Form attached. The order is entered into WMS by HSIF personnel.

Is the WMS used at the HSIF a Government system of record with an approved Certificate of Networthiness and

Authority To Operate?

WMS is a customized Commercial-off-the Shelf application operated on a commercail network by the HSIF contractor. No CON or ATO.

Is HighJump the current Government owned WMS? Has it been customized to perform the HSIF functions?

Yes HighJump is the base application that was customized for the HSIF

Are manual property book procedures being performed

IAW DA Pam 710-2-2, AR 710-2, AR 725-50 and AR 735-5?

Yes.

How are issues between WMS and manual property accounting procedures being adjudicated. Causative research is conducted and documented.

29 How are the HSIF financials being performed? We will not provide how financials are to be performed. That would be up to each vendor.

What is a “first article test”? What is an example of a “test plan and procedures” for the First Article Tests performed on imaged equipment? The HSIF contractor will determine how they will perform a first article test and document the results.

31 Amendment 0001

We see Amendment 0001 in the SAM site. We do not see

Standard Form 30 (SF30). Are you planning to provide to us?

Any Amendments issued in SAM will be placed in SAM and can be pulled from there. As stated in beta.SAM

Amendment 0001, the only changes were made to Attachments 0006 and 0008 to unlock specific cells. The

SF30 is still located in beta.SAM and no changes were made to that document.