A.09.03_Presolicitation_Questions_-_Government_Responses_062017.pdf

Document Page Paragraph Question Government Response

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For the FFP CLINs, will contractors be allowed to invoice in equal monthly increments based on the total number of months in the period of performance?

Yes.

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On page 1 of the Draft RFP, it states that the

NAICS code is 611430. Pages 32 and 154 state that the NAICS code is 611519. Please advise which NAICS code applies to the resultant contract.

Will be corrected to 611430 in

Solicitation.

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CLIN 0001 is the Transition CLIN. Will the

Government consider providing a plug number for pricing/evaluation purposes to ensure a level playing field between all offerors?

The transition price is a offeror's business decision and approach.

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In the document it states, "Each RTS-MED site is expected to provide support for major culminating collective training exercises

(subject to change)." During previous meetings (Industry Day, Site Visit) the government has inferred that the final RFP will change the focus of these three site where one may be primarily focused on instruction and two on exercise support. Is this still the intent and will this be outlined in the final

RFP?

The Government is not moving forward with that concept at this time.

Offerors should be focused on what is in the PWS, not future requirements.

The Government is not looking for offerors to address how they'll handle the future requirements.

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7. Exhibits and

Attachments

Attachment 6 is named "Student Throughput" but is the Small Business Participation Plan.

Please advise.

Will be corrected in Solicitation.

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Attachment 6 -

Small Business

Participation

Plan

Per the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 58, dated Thursday, March 26, 2015, DoD adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove language based on a statute that provided the underlying authority for DoD’s

Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) program including the establishment of a specific goal within the overall 5 percent SDB goal for the award of prime contracts and subcontracts to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority institutions (MIs). Because of the expiration of this authority, all DFARS sections based on this authority were deleted by the interim rule. This action was necessary because the statute had expired. The effective date of this change was March 26, 2015.

• Will the government remove reference to

HBCU/MI inclusion in small business participation since they can no longer be counted toward small business goals?

Yes.

para 1, l - Page

Limitations. Last sentence reads:

"Also, page limits are not applicable to legible tables, charts, graphs and figures used wherever practical to depict organizations, implementation schedules, plans, etc."

a). Does this exclusion for pages containing tables, graphs, figures, etc. from the page limitation constraint apply to only a table, graph, figure, etc. that occupies an entire page of the volume's proposal, or may such a page include narrative text that will also be discounted as part of that page's exclusion, if such a table, graph, figure, etc. occupies only a portion of a page? b). Would the government confirm that when calculating page limits, they intend to manage fractions of pages that may contain both narrative text and accompanying tables, graphs, figures, etc., and subtract that sum from the total page count?

a) As stated in solicitation, page limits are not applicable to legible tables, charts, graphs and figures used wherever practical to depict organizations, implementation schedules, plans, etc. Offerors are cautioned to only use tables, charts, graphs, and figures to depict organizations, schedules or plans not as a replacement of narrative text.

b) The government will not manage fractions of pages; however, the

Government will determine if offeror has failed to follow solicitation instructions regarding intent of tables, charts, graphs, and figures.

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Volume I -

Administrative

Will the Government reconsider the 10 page limit for the Administrative Volume and change it to "unlimited" to ensure all provisions and necessary documentation are able to be included in the Volume?

Page limitations for Administrative

Volume are exclusive of acknowledged/signed amendments and completed provisions.

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Volume I -

Administrative

RFP states, "Offerors shall include completed provisions". Please advise which specific

"provisions" the Government is referring to.

The following provisions in FAR

52.212-1 are required for submission:

52.209-2; 52.209-7; and 52.209-11.

The following provision is required for submission in FAR 52.212-2:

52.212-3.

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Volume I -

Administrative

The RFP states that (1) offerors shall include a completed SF 1449 with an original signature; however, this volume is required to be submitted on a CD-R. Will the

Government accept an electronic signature for this volume?

No, an original signature is required on the CD-R.

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On 3/27/17, President Trump signed a

Congressional Review Act resolution rolling back the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule.

The signing makes permanent a preliminary injunction blocking the government from enforcing the rule’s new reporting requirements on federal contractors and subcontractors. Based on this the following

FAR clauses should be removed from the

RFP:

o 52.222-59 o 52.227-57

Will be removed in Solicitation.

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Volume I -

Administrative

In the RFP under (5) Responsibility

Determination, the Offeror shall explain how they plan to have or obtain adequate financial resources to support any awarded contract.

Offeror shall provide evidence of availability and maximum lines of credit that may be available. Will the Government accept a copy of the latest fiscal year balance sheet as evidence that the offeror has adequate financial resources to support the awarded contract?

Yes.

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xhibit_B_-

_Course_Descrip tions For courses with a duration of "Customized", how are course durations planned and what factors influence course duration for any single course? Are course durations determined by the government or the offeror?

A customized course is negotiated with the requesting unit commander and training officer/NCO, depending on the CTOs or other objectives.

These customized courses are not usually offered across multiple units, they are specifically for the requesting unit. Course durations are determined in partnership with the requesting unit, the Government staff, and contractor.

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

For courses with "MTT" indicated as location, does this mean the instructors travelled from the listed main RTS-MED site?

Yes, they travel from their RTS-MED site to the unit location. Estimate that any MTT has a full travel day on either end.

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Is contractor required to provide training when the unit cannot provide the minimum number of students to attend training?

Yes, the contractor will still provide training. If student level is lower than anticipated and RTS-MED finds out before they depart for the MTT, then the course can be rescheduled. If the instructors are already on-site, they will still conduct the training. The contractor also has the option to send unneeded instructors back to RTS-

MED early.

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

Course durations appear to be a combination of hours and days, but is unclear in

Attachment 8. For each course in Attachment

8, please clarify the unit of measurement for course duration.

Duration of courses is always in hours.

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

Many course durations listed in Attachment 8 appear to be less than the corresponding number of hours listed in Exhibit B Course

Descriptions. Please clarify the reason for course durations below the required minimum.

If the course is customized to unit needs.

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

Is "New Equipment/New Organizational

Training" (tab 2016, lines 376 and 378) the same as "Executive New Equipment Training

(EXNET)" from Exhibit B? If not, what is the correct corresponding course from Exhibit B?

NET/NOT is for the Soliders, EXNET is for unit leadership (an overview, which is significantly shorter in duration).

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

Is "CLS Training" (tab 2016, lines 27, 50, 61,

195) the same as "Advanced Cardio-pulmonary Life Support (ACLS)" from

Exhibit B? If not, what is the correct corresponding course from Exhibit B?

No. RTS-MED no longer instructs

Combat Life Saver (CLS).

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

For "Communications Training" (tab 2016, lines 84, 329, 491), what is the correct corresponding course from Exhibit B?

Requirement removed from new

PWS.

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

For "68M" (tab 2016, lines 164, 321, 374, 389), what is the correct corresponding course from Exhibit B? There are three separate

Army Medical Field Feeding System

(AMFFS) courses in Exhibit B.

Under Review

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

For "Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)"

(tab 2016, line 437, 474), what is the correct corresponding course from Exhibit B?

Requirement removed from new

PWS.

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tch_8_Student_T hroughput

For "Clinical Training - PHTLS" (tab 2016, line 425), what is the correct corresponding course from Exhibit B?

Requirement removed from new

PWS.