Final_RFP_QandA_14JAN2016.pdf

W900KK-16-R-0003 RFP Questions 14 January 2016

1. In the December 24 government response to question #19, the government stated that “DO 0001 will have a base period no greater than 18 months; offerors will define the base period for LRIP within their proposal submissions. Subsequent options for the DO will be in sequential one year increments – with the exception on Option 4 -from the proposed delivery date for LRIP items. Based on the proposed base period, Option 4 may be less than one year. The dates will be incorporated at award.” Additionally, in the 17 December government response to questions, the government stated that “LRIP units are First Article Units”.

Question: Based on the responses to these questions, is it the government’s intention that the DO 0001 base period of 18 months (or less) is completed with the completion of First Article Test of LRIP units IAW DO 0001 SOW paragraphs 3.3.1 and LRIP IAW SOW paragraph 3.1.6.1? If not, what is the testing and/or delivery milestone that results in completion of the DO 0001 base period?

Answer: Yes

Relates to: SOW DO 0001 Section 3.1.1 and SOW LRIP Section 3.1.6.1

2. In the 17 December government response to questions, the government stated that the Independent Government Test described in DO 0001 SOW paragraph 3.3.7.1 is expected to occur after SVT but before GAT. Both GAT and SVT are currently included in the Year 1 pricing work book and B-tables. However, the DO 0001 B-tables indicate that the Independent Government Test described in DO 0001 SOW paragraph 3.3.7.1 is to be included in the NRE CLINs 1002 through 4002.

Question: Will the government please clarify?

Answer: The Independent Government Test described in DO 0001 SOW paragraph

3.3.7.1 will be conducted by the Army. The Contractor shall provide assistance as needed with the installation, operations and collection of data during component testing. The Offeror shall price the cost of "assistance" in the CLIN 0002.

Relates to: SOW DO 0001 Section 3.3.7.1

3. Question: Will the government please clarify if the Independent Government Component Validation is part of the Independent Government Testing (DO 0001 SOW paragraph 3.3.7.1)? If not, will the government please specify when and where this test is to be conducted?

Answer: No, Commensurate with CDRL A015, block 16, bullet 4: "Second Submission (Draft to support 3rd part hardware validation), due 30 days in advance of Hardware/Software component testing."

Relates to: DO 0001 Section 3.3.7.3

4. Question: On the DO 0001 Tab, Cells E49, E51, and E52 contain hardcoded values of $0.00 instead of formulas. As the cells are protected the contractor cannot fix these. Please update the workbook to calculate the Subtotals.

Answer: Attachment 13, cells E49, E51, and E52 now calculate correctly.

Attachment 13, is updated and will be provided to W900KK-16-R-0003 Amendment 0001.

Relates to: Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook 8 Section DO 0001 Tab, Cell E49, E51, and E52

5. Question: Will the government please provide a number of base kits that the contractor will use for each option to provide an accurate PIO spares price for CLINS 1004 through 4004.

Answer: 568 base kits will be priced for the PIO spares in CLIN 0010. For evaluation purposes the following shall be priced:

2440 for CLIN 1004 5000 For CLIN 2004 498 for CLIN 3004 498 for CLIN 4004

Relates to: Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook 8 Section DO 0001 Tab

6. Question: Will the government please provide a number of base kits that the contractor will use for each option to provide an accurate price for STTE CLINs 1005 through 4005.

Answer: 568 base kits will be priced for the PIO spares in CLIN 0011. For evaluation purposes the following shall be priced:

2440 for CLIN 1005 5000 For CLIN 2005 498 for CLIN 3005 498 for CLIN 4005

Relates to: Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook 8 Section DO 0001 Tab

7. Requirement is: I-MILES VTESS shall provide a test kit with the capability to perform a functionality check of the I-MILES VTESS system without being installed or interfaced with a vehicle.

Questions: What should a test kit consist of? Should the test kit functionally test individual components? Where is this test kit to be priced? How many test kits should be priced? Where is this test kit to be delivered?

Answer: The test kit will depend on the offeror’s solution, but should contain everything necessary to perform the complete functionality of the I-MILES VTESS system without a vehicle. Yes, the test kit should test individual components. The test kit should be priced in the STTE CLINs 0011, 1005, 2005, 3005, and 4005. The priced test kits should be 4 for CLIN 0011, 8 for CLIN 1005, 16 for CLIN 2005, 4 for CLIN 3005, and 4 for CLIN 4005. Delivery will be Government Bill of Lading.

Relates to: Performance Specification Section 3.1

8. In Laser Pairing Analysis Field, Attachment 15, Appendix 4.0, Form D-2 in the Horizontal NM (Near Miss) profile test, the government included an Expected Result for the Horizontal NM of "Minimum of 10% and a Maximum of 25% larger in all directions than the HIT profile". This requirement exceeds the fielded IWS-2 M240 SAT NM requirement of "larger than the HIT profile".

Question: Will the government change the Expected result to match the current

IWS-2 M240 SAT requirement of "Larger than the HIT profile"?

Answer: No, the current requirement is as specified.

Relates to: ATTACHMENT_15 Laser Pairing Analysis Field SECTION Appendix 4.0

Form D-2

9. VTESS DO1 SOW Para 3.5.6 states “The Contractor shall conduct the ILT training courses developed for field maintenance personnel and users/operators function and operational capabilities.”

Questions: What are the locations of the training?

How many courses per location? How many students per course?

Is the “maintainer” course the same as the “course developed for field maintenance personnel”?

When do you intend for the courses to be conducted?

Does the Government envision the users/operators and maintainers attend one field-level O and M course?

Answer: The maintenance personnel training will be at Louisville with a single course for approximately 12 students. Yes, the maintainer course is the same as the “course developed for field maintenance personnel”. The course will be conducted after verification and validation of the training package. Users/operators will be conducted at offeror’s facilities and provided to Government. Maintainers will attend one field level course in Louisville.

Relates to: DO 0001 SOW Section 3.5.6

10. RFP L.13.0 states "The Offeror shall populate the Cost/Price workbook, provided as Attachment 13, with prices proposed for each CLIN. Only those cells which are modifiable are to be populated by the Offeror." Section M.7.0 states "The total evaluated price for this solicitation will be the summation of all priced CLINs of DO 0001 as delineated in the pricing workbook, Attachment 13."

Question: Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook tab "DO 0001" calculates the TEP based on prices entered by the Offeror. For Option 3, CLINs 3002, 3004, and 3005, the Subtotal is hardcoded as "0" rather than calculating the quantity times the price as is done with all other Options, thereby excluding these 3 CLINs from the TEP.

Will the Government modify the TEP calculations to include CLINs 3002, 3004, and 3005?

Answer: Attachment 13, cells E49, E51, and E52 now calculate correctly.

Attachment 13, is updated and will be provided to W900KK-16-R-0003 Amendment 0001.

Relates to: W900KK-16-R-0003 Final RFP 1-4-2016 Final RFP Section L.13.0, Section M.7.0, and Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook

11. Use vibration profile data in MIL-STD-810G Change 1, Procedure I (General Vibration -- Category 20 Ground Vehicles). Vibration profiles are stated in TABLE 5 below."

The vibration profiles in TABLE 5 reference MIL-STD-810E (not MIL-STD-810G Change 1).

Question: Please clarify which standard should be used.

Answer: The processes and procedures should run IAW 810G Change 1. The raw vibration data comes from Table 5 in 810E. Only the vibration data from 810E is used, not the procedures.

Relates to: W900KK-16-R-0003 Final RFP PRF-PT-00647 - Environmental, Construction, Safety, and E3 Requirements Specification, Version 1.0

12. Page 162, RFP Section B.2 states "The Offeror shall complete the range price workbook in Attachment 13." and is followed by an "IMILES VTESS BASE KITS

Firm Fixed Range Pricing Table showing Unit Pricing for Years 1 through 7. The

Attachment 13 worksheet titled "Range Pricing" includes range pricing only for Years

2 through 5.

Question: Is it the Government's intent to delete Years 6 and 7 from the IMILES VTESS Base Kits Firm Fixed Range Pricing Table, or adjust Attachment 13 range table to include all contract years?

If the Government intends to adjust Attachment 13 range table to include all contract years, please identify which SOW elements from Attachment 1 Basic SOW are to be included in the Range Pricing.

Answer: The Price Workbook has been amended to reflect all contract years within the range pricing.

Relates to: W900KK-16-R-0003 Final RFP 1-4-2016 Final RFP Section L.13.0 and

Final RFP Section B.2 and Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook tab "Range Pricing"

13. Attachment 4 DO 0001 CLIN 0004 states: "First Article Test, 22 Base Kits, 2

Abrams, 2 Bradley, 2 MGS and 2 ATGM kits in accordance with Delivery Order 0001

Statement of Work paragraph 3.3.1 and DO 0001 Performance Specification for

IMILES VTESS."

Attachment 5 Delivery Order 0001 Statement of Work paragraph 3.3.1 states" The Contractor shall use Government designated LRIP assets..."

Question: Is it the Government's intent to use units produced in CLIN 0001 for First Article Testing or to produce additional units under CLIN 0004.

Answer: It is the Government’s intent to use the units produced in CLIN 0001 for First Article Testing.

Relates to: W900KK-16-R-0003 Final RFP 1-4-2016 Attachment 4 DO 0001 and

Attachment 5 Delivery Order 0001 SOW

14. Final RFP Attachment 4.

Question: Will there be a DPAS rating for DO 0001?

Answer: Yes, the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating will be

DO C9.

Relates to: Attachment 4 DO 0001

15. Final RFP, Attachment 7 DO 0001 CDRLS

Question: Several CDRL deliveries (i.e., A010, A011, A013, A014, & A015) are tied to the declaration of Initial Operating Capability (IOC). For pricing and scheduling purposes, what date or contract year will IOC occur?

Answer: CDRLs will be updated to align delivery with GAT in lieu of IOC.

Relates to: W900KK-16-R-0003 Final RFP 1-4-2016 Final RFP, Attachment 7 DO

0001 CDRLS

16. Final RFP, Section L.10.0 Factor 2 – Management (Volume III), page 155 - Subfactor 2.2 - LT2 Work Planning and Schedule, the solicitation states “Offerors shall prepare and submit a Requirements Traceability and Verification Matrix (RTVM) that aligns with Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the DO 0001 performance specification and shall include one additional Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) level of derived requirements to include the requirements derived from all supporting reference documents.” and “The initial’s IMP and IMS shall be to the same level WBS as is required to for the RTVM.”

Question: To avoid confusion with the WBS, would the Government clarify that the RTVM is to be based on the paragraph structure of DO 0001 Performance Specification and not the structure of the WBS (defined as the SOW paragraph numbering).

The source of the confusion is the Government's answer to Question 60 from 24 December 2015.

Answer: The RTVM is to be based on the paragraph structure of DO 0001 Performance Specification.

Relates to: W900KK-16-R-0003 Final RFP 1-4-2016 Final RFP, Section L.10.0

Factor 2 – Management (Volume III)

17. Final RFP, Delivery Order 0001 Attachment 4 Pages 7-8 and Final RFP Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook tab "DO 0001". - Attachment 4 Section B includes identification of CLIN 1006 for 1 Each Operator New Equipment Training as well as identification of CLIN 1007 for 3 Each Maintenance New Equipment Training.

Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook does not include CLINs 1006 and 1007 in the calculation of Total Evaluated Price for Delivery Order 0001.

Question: Are CLINs 1006 and 1007 part of the DO 0001 tasking to be included in the Total Evaluated Price in Attachment 13?

Answer: NET is part of DO 0001 paragraph 3.5.6 which should be priced as part of CLIN 0001. CLIN 1006 and 1007 will be removed.

Relates to: W900KK-16-R-0003 Final RFP 1-4-2016 Delivery Order 0001

Attachment 4 Pages 7-8 and Final RFP Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook tab

"DO 0001

18. Section M.4.0 Factor 2 – Management (Volume III), on page 167, for Subfactor 2.2

– LT2 Work Planning and Schedule the solicitation states, “The Government will evaluate the differences between the solution used during the Laser Pairing Analysis solution and the solution described in the Offeror’s proposal to meet the IMILES VTESS requirements.”

Question: Does the Government want the differences described for SATs and all base kit components or only those components used for the Laser Pairing Analysis?

Answer: The Government wants a description of the differences for the components used for the Laser Pairing Analysis.

Relates to: W900KK-16-R-0003 Final RFP 1-4-2016 Final RFP, Section M.4.0

Factor 2 – Management (Volume III)

19. Question: Under Section 3.5.1 Pairing Probabilities, there are three broken reference links. We assume two of them are meant for Figure 3 and Equation 1, but the third is unclear. Please correct.

Answer: There was a problem with the PDF conversion of the MS word document.

While the Government goes through the signature routing process, it will provide the non-signed ms word copy. The RFP will be amended.

Relates to: Attachment 6 DO 0001 IMILES VTESS Performance Spec Para 3.5.1, page 25.

20. Question: The recent updates to Table 10 to include the Minimum and Maximum

Profiles is helpful. However, for vehicle targets, the side profile for the M2 and M240

SATs should be much larger than 1.5 meters. Suggest making the Maximum Profile for M2 and M240 the same as for all other transmitters listed in Table 10.

Answer: The requirement aligns with both TVS and CV-TESS performance specifications. The requirement will not be changed for this solicitation.

Relates to: Attachment 6 DO 0001 IMILES VTESS Performance Spec

Table 10

21. Question: Cells E51, E52 are hard coded at zero and have no formulas, will the

Government please update?

Answer: Attachment 13, cells E49, E51, and E52 now calculate correctly.

Attachment 13, is updated and will be provided to W900KK-16-R-0003 Amendment 0001.

Relates to: Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook

22. Question: The Test Procedure for the M2 Beam Profile is inconsistent with the procedure used for the M240, and measures the beam horizontal profile twice while not measuring the vertical profile. Suggest following the same procedure as for the

M240 by moving the target up and down to measure the vertical profile.

Answer: Paragraph 2.1.1.6 in attachment 15 has been updated to remove what “were” steps 10 and 11 requiring to re-establish the “vertical profile”.

Relates to: Attachment 15 Laser Pairing Analysis Para 2.1.1.6

23. Question: The worksheet is protected and Offerors are unable to add Spares and

STTE into the final price.

Answer: Attachment 13, now calculate correctly. Attachment 13, is updated and will be provided to W900KK-16-R-0003 Amendment 0001.

Relates to: Attachment 13 Cost Price Workbook

24. Question: Please confirm that offeror may bring two representatives to PHC for the

Laser Safety Assessment.

Answer: Yes, an offeror may bring two representatives.

Relates to: RFP Section L Para 9.3 Item 3

25. Question: Section L.7.1 limits the Technical volume to 60 pages excluding the

Laser Safety Certificate. However, the revised Para L.9 for Subfactor 1.3 has added the requirement to “include a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) SCAMPI

A appraisal document” which of itself could be more than 50 pages. Please confirm that CMMI Appraisal documents are excluded from the 60-page limit for Volume II.

Answer: The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) SCAMPI A appraisal document does not count against the page count.

Relates to: RFP Section L, Para L.7 and Para L.9