W91151-12-R-0037_Amendment_0002.doc

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

The following items are applicable to this modification:

W91151-12-R-0037 AMENDMENT0002

The purpose of this amendment is as follows:

1. DELETE from Section L, TAB D, Section 2(d) Skilled Workforce, the following phrase , “including if applicable, the use of the award fee in an employee incentive program.”

2. CHANGE Section L, Oral Presentation Procedures, (c) Sequence Changes, from “ Volume IV” to “Volume II”

3. CHANGE clause 52.222-49, Service Contract Act attachment reference from “Attachment 14” to “Technical Exhibit P”

4. The solicitation closing date remains unchanged.

5. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

6. The below are the questions from Industry and the Government answers.

1) The Synopsis for RFP W9115112R0037 Operational Test Support for the U.S.

Army Operational Test Command, Fort Hood, Texas, 24 Sep 2012 states that information to be submitted for consideration of an OCI opinion "shall be provided not later than 12 October 2012". Section L - Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Bidders; C. Proposal Preparation Instructions;1(a) Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) RFP W9115112R0037 ( page 95 0f 119) states "Offerors shall submit their Phase One (inserted OCI) proposals electronically by emailing them to the Contract Specialist at worner.o.heath.civ@mail.mil", and that "Electronic versions shall be received not later than November 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm CST."

Pls confirm that the date and time information is required for consideration of an OCI advisory Opinion (Phase 1) is November 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm CST in lieu of 12 October 2012.

Answer – This question was answered in the amendment to the DRFP issued 15 October 2012, which states, “Respondents who have submitted OCI proposals prior to October 30, 2012 have the opportunity to update and resubmit their OCI information prior to the OCI submission deadline. The deadline for OCI submissions is November 9, 2012, 3:00pm CST.”

2) Both the synopsis and dRFP for Solicitation W9115112R0037 Operational Test Support for the U.S. Army Operational Test Command, Fort Hood, require that offerors shall submit copy(ies) of Performance Work Statement(s) to include list of deliverables for all DoD systems in which the Offeror is involved with development. The synopsis and dRFP also require electronic copies of an Offeror's Annual Report " since this document discusses the company's involvement in various programs". Finally both the Synopsis and the RFP require "file(s) shall be submitted (electronically) in a format compatible with Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Office (2007 or earlier) and is limited to no more than ten (10) pages in length."

Pls confirm that neither the Performance Work Statement nor the Annual Report to Stockholders are included in the 10 page limit.

Answer – The ten (10) page count limitation to OCI is inclusive of the relevant sections of the performance work statement and annual report.

Pls confirm that due to the anticipated size of the files containing Performance Work Statement and/or Annual Reports to Stockholders may be submitted by CD/DVD to arrive NLT November 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm CST.

Answer – The deadline for submission of OCI is November 9, 2012. Submission should be by e-mail to worner.o.heath.civ@mail.mil. No CD or DVDs will be accepted.

3) Presently, we are bidding a test support effort at Aberdeen Test Center and have had to submit our formal OCI Volume which is currently under evaluation in response to exactly the same requirement in this draft, i.e., “The respondents shall describe their involvement in the development of any DoD System with details including contract numbers, dates, programs supported, a copy of Scope of Work or the Performance Work Statement to include list of deliverables, as well as contact information for Program Manager points of contact and contracting office points of contact. Respondents shall discuss any competitions for developmental work in which the company is involved regardless of the stage of the acquisition. … This includes participation in contracts that provide engineering or technical support to sponsors or program offices responsible for developing such systems. Included shall be an electronic copy of your company's latest annual report to stockholders since this document discusses the company's involvement in various programs.” This submission was several hundred pages in length, covering only DOD contracts. In some cases the SOW alone runs more than 10 pages.

Given this experience in answering exactly the same requirement for another proposal, can the government specify what it expects to be presented in the 10 page limit specified in the draft RFP? Providing all required information will result in an extensive response possibly of over a hundred pages.

Answer – Disclose all information that will aid the Government in identifying possible Organizational Conflicts of Interest thus allowing the Government to advise each respondent in writing either that it will be invited to participate in the resultant acquisition or based on the information submitted, it is unlikely to be a viable competitor. Notwithstanding, the advise provided by the Government, each respondent may participate in the resultant acquisition. There is a ten (10) page count limit to OCI.

4) Many smaller companies are solely owned and do not have an annual report to stockholders. For such companies, can this requirement be deleted?

Answer – If a company does not have one of the requested items (i.e. annual report) that item does not have to be submitted for an OCI advisory review.

9) As stated in the synopsis for the U.S. Army Operational Test Support Contract, the Government is asking each potential bidder to prepare an OCI response. The response is limited to 10 pages. This page limit does not appear to be sufficient to allow the submission of all required data. Please consider the following four questions:

Synopsis Requirement: The respondents shall describe their involvement in the development of any DoD System with details including contract numbers, dates, programs supported, a copy of Scope of Work of the Performance Work Statement to include list of deliverables, as well as contact information for Program Manager points of contact and contracting office points of contact.

Question: Is the Government expecting the bidders to provide a listing of all current DoD contracts or just those DoD contracts that are specifically involved in systems development or SETA support to the PM/PMO offices? Are you expecting the bidders to make their own independent “self-assessment” or will the Contracting Officer review all active DoD contracts of each bidder to ensure there is no tie contractually or financially to system development/SETA work as defined in the synopsis, ATEC OCI policy, and Army Regulation 73-1, 10 USC 2399 (d).

Answer – Disclose all information that will aid the Government in identifying possible Organizational Conflicts of Interest thus allowing the Government to advise you in accordance with FAR 15.202. Offerors shall make their own independent self-assessment by consulting with their legal.

10) Synopsis Requirement: Respondents shall discuss any competitions for developmental work in which the company is involved regardless of the stage of the acquisition. The respondent shall present its rationale for why the cited development work does not create an OCI. Supporting information for the assertion that there is no OCI is vital to facilitate the Government's evaluation of an OCI. In the context of OCI, involvement is defined as any participation or connection to a project, contract, program, or product which may create actual or perceived OCI. This includes participation in contracts that provide engineering or technical support to sponsors or program offices responsible for developing such systems.

Question: Is the Government expecting the bidders to provide a listing of all current DoD contracts or just those DoD contracts that are specifically involved in systems development or SETA support to the PM/PMO offices? Are you expecting the bidders to make their own independent “self-assessment” or will the Contracting Officer review all active DoD contracts of each bidder to ensure there is no tie contractually or financially to system development/SETA work as defined in the synopsis and ATEC OCI policy.

Answer – The same as Question 9 above.

11) Synopsis Requirement: Included shall be an electronic copy of your company's latest annual report to stockholders since this document discusses the company's involvement in various programs.

Question: Is the electronic copy of the Annual Report excluded from the page count and a separate attachment to the response? Are you expecting to receive the full report or simply a financial statement? As an example, a report for one company is 8 pages long. Teams with multiple bidders could have 15-30 pages just associated with the Annual Reports?

Answer –The submission is limited to ten (10) pages.

12) Synopsis Requirement: Subcontractor OCI is equivalent to a prime contractor OCI. Failure to provide the required information will be deemed non-responsive; incomplete submissions will not be considered and no opinion will be provided.

Question: Will the Government consider a separate OCI submission for each subcontractor? The same issues on page count will apply to teams with multiple subcontractors to meet required small business categories. Current ATEC subcontracting goals typically require participation by Small, Woman-Owned, Small Disadvantaged, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, HubZone, etc. companies. Are you expecting the same level of response for each small business team members, i.e. consider a team with 5 companies involved?

Answer –The ten (10) page count limitation to OCI applies to each subcontractor and Prime OCI submission.

13) Ref. Page 97, Sec L Paragraph 3 (C) Proposal Format: The Draft RFP specifies that Volume II - Mission Capability (Technical) is limited to 200 pages. Question: Does this page count include the slides/printouts associated with the Element III Sample Task Authorization Request Oral Presentation? Is there a separate page limit or slide count to be specified for the two separate oral presentations?

Answer – The two hundred (200) page count limit for Mission Capability (Technical) is not inclusive of Element III Sample Task Authorization Request Oral Presentation.

14) Ref. Pages 100 and 101, Sec. L Paragraph 4 (b) Section 3 – Element III Sample Task Authorization Request Oral Presentation: The draft RFP specifies that 4 hours are allowed for the total oral presentation, with 2 hours allowed for each portion of the oral presentation with a 15 min. break between the two periods. Question: Is the bidder required to split the 4 hours equally between the two Sample Task Authorization Requests (Base Operations and Test Task Multi Requirement) or may the bidders use their own discretion in allocating the time used for each sample TARs?

Answer – The offeror will be required to present two (2) oral presentations. Each oral presentation will be no longer than two (2) hours in duration exclusive of the one (1) 15-minute break per presentation. Each presentation is independent of the other presentation. The combined allotted presentation time is four (4) hours.

15) Ref. Page 105, Section L Paragraph (d) Volume IV - Small Business Participation Proposal and Page 116, Section M Paragraph 4 Small Business Participation: In Section L Paragraph D.5, the extent of participation of small business firms of this acquisition is in terms of the value of the total acquisition. In Section M Paragraph C.4.e, the small business participation is in terms of the total contract value. Question. Please clarify the basis for computing small business participation.

Answer – In both places, Section L, page 105, (d)(5), and in Section M, page 116, 4.e, the extent of participation of small business firms is expressed in terms of value of the “total acquisition.”

16) Page 100, Section L, Volume II-Mission Capability (Technical), paragraph (d),Skilled Workforce, line 1 says:

“The offeror shall provide complete job descriptions for each skill classification/category anticipated to be hired under this contract whether core or test support. Each job description must identify whether the job category is considered to be exempt or non-exempt.”

Question: Will these job descriptions count against the 200 page limit of Volume II? 50 to 100 job descriptions at 1 page each is a significant impact on page count.

Answer – The job descriptions can be provided as attachments and will not count against the 200 page limit.

17) Page 15, Section C, Paragraph C. 1.14. states that “The Quality Control Plan shall be included as a part of the proposal” Question: Is the Quality Control Plan counted as part of the 200 page limit for Vol II?

Answer – The Quality Control Plan will not count toward the 200 page limit for Volume II Mission Capability.

18) Attachment 8, Sample TAR Multi-Requirement Test. Question. Is the Government going to develop the databases and forms? For example, on page 8, Paragraph d. Milestones/Deliverables, it shows on 21 June that databases and forms will be provided to TSC by the Govt Test Team, and then below, on 8 July, it shows that databases are due from TSC. Who is developing the databases?

Answer. No deliverable of databases or form are required for this oral presentation of the sample TARS. Attachments 7 & 8 are obsolete and have been replaced with Attachments 15 & 16.

19) On Page 7 Paragraph 2.2.c.16, the contractor is required to fill out training activity records and enter into MANPRINT database daily. The TAR specifies that training starts on 1 Feb and ends on 30 June. Later on page 8, the TAR states that the Contractor is required to attend NET from 1 Feb - 27 May. Question. When will the MANPRINT database be available so the Contractor is in compliance with Paragraph 2.2.c.16

Answer – This question references a “Sample Task Order.” Sample Task Orders (TARs) are for the facilitation of oral presentations. There is no requirement to complete activity record and enter MANPRINT database daily. Also, see Question 18 above.

20) D-RFP, Section L, Page, 97, Paragraph 3(c) states, “Printing shall be easily readable (12-pitch type or 10 point proportional spacing.) Please clarify, what font and point size are required? Do you want font size 10 or 12?

Answer - Printing shall be easily readable (12-point minimum font size tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size no less than 10-point and may be landscape). This guidance is reflected in the final RFP.

21) Are contractors typically part of FOA teams, or is that restricted to government personnel?

Answer – The deployment of the FOA team is restricted to Government personnel. The Contractor provides remote support from Fort Hood.

22) In paragraph C.1.22, key personnel are identified as PM, Security Manager, and Logistics Manager, but in paragraph L.4.b.2.b an Engineering Manager position was added to the list of key personnel. Attachment 6 also calls out a Test Support Lead, while TE_F_DID_A005 lists key personnel as "Program Manager, Test Task Leads, and key leaders of the major sections". Please indicate the number and type of key personnel identified by USAOTC for the purpose of this proposal.

Answer – Key personnel are the Program Manager, Security Manager and Logistics Manager. For the purpose of Emergency Contact the list of “key personnel” also includes the Test Task Leads and key leaders of the major sections and or divisions. Attachment 6 titled Positions Requiring Security Clearances does not identify key personnel positions.

23) Ref: C.1.4.1. - If incumbent personnel who may be family members of current ATEC employees have already been cleared to work on the current contract, do we still have to go through the process of submitting them for approval to work on this contract?

Answer – Yes. This will be a new contract and no current family members have been approved to work on this contract.

24) Ref: C.1.22 - Are the Program Manager and Contract Manager identified in this paragraph intended to be the same person? If not, please clarify the intended roles of each position.

Answer – Paragraph C.1.22 should read, “Program Manager.” The position of “Contract Manager” is in error and was corrected in the final RFP.

25) Ref:C.4.9.3. - Is the government really looking for a replacement to TIMS, or would they prefer that we propose to keep using TIMS?

Answer – No, the Government is not looking for a replacement to TIMS. The contractor has the option of using Government provided software (TIMS) or software equal or better in capability in accordance with the terms and condition of the contract.

26) Please provide a complete list of all vehicles, equipment, and buildings that will be required to be maintained.

Answer – A complete listing of all vehicles and equipment to be maintained can be found in attachment 3a “Government Furnished Property.” A complete listing of all buildings to be maintained can be found in attachment 2 “Government Furnished Facilities.”

27) Will additional questions be accepted after release of the final RFP? If so, when will they be due?

Answer – The cutoff date for all questions was November 19, 2012 at 4:00 central standard time. Additional questions will not be accepted.

28) Timeline for proposal development prior to submission (est. at 30 Nov 2012) overlaps submission of OCI concerns by offerors (9 Nov 2012) and allows only a week for response (est. at 16 Nov. per Industry Day Briefing). Are offerors expected to concurrently execute proposal development for bid submission prior to responses from the government regarding OCI concerns? If yes, is there any way to mitigate that overlap?

Answer – The deadline for OCI submissions is November 9, 2012 by 3:00pm CST and the Government Advisory opinion was issued not later than November 16, 2012.

29) Will OCI submissions turned in prior to 9 Nov be evaluated before to 16 Nov?

Answer – All advisory opinions were provided on November 16, 2012.

30) Ref: DRFP Section H, OCI, B.3. - Does the future OCI Future Efforts statement pertain only to systems or components analyzed for USAOTC during the performance of this contract?

Answer – Section H, Special Contract Requirements, OCI, B3 pertains to both systems and components of those systems.

31) Ref: DRFP Section H, OCI, B.3. - Dees the future OCI Future Efforts statement include all DoD or is it limited to only U.S. Army?

Answer – the OCI future effort statement includes all DoD efforts.

32) Ref: DRFP Section H, OCI, B.3. - Does the future OCI Future Efforts statement pertain to performance as a prime, subcontractor, or both for systems and components analyzed on behalf of USAOTC?

Answer – the OCI future effort statement applies to performance as a prime and subcontractor equally both to systems and components of those systems.

33) Reference (e) VOLUME V – COST/PRICE. Page 107: (4) The specific direct labor rates utilized to price the proposal must be identified in the cost and pricing proposal only. The proposal shall set forth a complete breakdown of the direct and indirect rates by category and the rationale thereof. Provisions for overtime and shift differential charges shall be clearly addressed on a per- hour basis. Bid codes (applicable codes used to identify a labor category in the offerors accounting system), employee names and/or other documentation (such as assigned letter of commitment for key personnel not currently employed by the offeror) to support the rates proposed shall be provided. Letters of commitment shall clearly identify the prospective employees‟ agreed-to salary/hourly rate and other pertinent conditions of employment. The same detailed support data shall be furnished for all major subcontractors

Does this imply that all employees must have a letter of commitment or just key employees?

Answer – No, this applies only to key personnel.

34) Attachment 5 is unclear as to the Historical and Projected Workload. There is no indication of FTE data required for the historical PoP or the new PoP. Explanation of the data presented pertains to average number of OTC tests for the last PoP with GFP & Facility data and the anticipated average number of OTC tests for the new PoP with GFP & Facility data. The data does not address the variations in scope and complexity of the tests or the allocation of the effort to PWS elements or labor categories. Will more detailed historical and/or anticipated labor data be furnished to help determine labor requirements for the new PoP?

Answer – No more detailed historical labor data will be furnished.

35) Reference Page 12 - C.1.4.3.4. Personnel Security Clearance, Page 99 - (b) Key Personnel, Attachment 6, and Attachment 8 Page 12 - C.1.4.3.4. Personnel Security Clearance. The PM and the PM’s Security Manager shall possess a Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance. In addition, the contractor shall provide personnel with Secret clearances and who possess the ability to obtain Top Secret clearances, if required during contract performance. Other selected contractor personnel, as designated in the technical requirement, shall be required to have Secret clearances (see Attachment 6). At a minimum, interim clearances shall be required at contract start date for key personnel and for those personnel required to support tests. It is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure prior to performance that appropriate security clearances have been obtained. Contractor personnel who have not received required security clearances shall not be granted access to classified information nor be allowed to perform classified work. A request for clearance shall be made within five (5) working days after hiring and shall contain a request for an interim clearance. Compliance by the contractor’s personnel with AR 25-2 and AR 380-5 is required. The contractor shall also comply with the Industrial Security Program In Accordance With (IAW) DOD 5220.22-M. The approved DD Form 254 will be incorporated as part of this contract.

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(b) Key Personnel: USAOTC has identified four multi-functional key positions (Program Manager (PM); Security Maintenance (SM), Engineering Manager (EM) and Logistics Manager (LM) in the contractor work force (PWS paragraph 1.22). However, offerors should identify what they consider to be key positions within their proposed organizational structure, and summarize the duties and responsibilities of those positions. The Program Manager (PM), Security Manager, Engineering Manager, and Logistics Manager shall have or shall be able to obtain a Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance. ….

The referenced Attachment 6 file content appears to be titled Attachment 8 and the referenced paragraphs do not agree as to the actual required security levels or the Engineering Manager. Will the Government please clarify?

Answer – Attachment 6, Positions Requiring Security Clearance, is mis-titled as attachment 8 on the document. This was corrected on the final RFP. The positions of Program Manager (PM) and Security Manager shall have a Top Secret – Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance. The position of Engineer Lead and Test Support Lead shall have Top Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a Top Secret – Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance.

36) Reference Page 109 – Section L – (1) TARs & PWS Para: The offeror shall provide cost/price data to all of sample Task Authorization Requests (TARs) and the PWS. In order to evaluate completeness, all TARs and PWS shall be addressed. If multiple PWS paragraphs and TARs are being performed by cross-utilized employees and the employees are being priced under just one of the PWS paragraphs, ensure that the non-priced PWS paragraphs are identified by simply cross-referencing the priced PWS paragraph.

Is the offeror to provide a Technical Approach for each sample TAR along with cost/price data in accordance with the CDRL/DID (003) instructions for the Technical Implementation Plan(TIP), or just the subset of Cost/Price for the TIP?

Answer – For the purposes of developing volume V cost/ price the offeror is not required to provide a technical approach for each of the sample TARs. The offeror is only required to propose technical approaches to two (2) sample TARs (Base Operations and Test Task Multi Requirement).

37) Reference paragraph C.1.4.3.7. Identification and Badges. The contractor shall provide all employees working on this contract with identification badges. As a minimum, badges shall include contractor name, contract number, employee photograph, employee's name, and appropriate code for security clearance access.

Our current company identification badges provide Company Name, Employee Photo, Employee Name, Employee Number and US Citizenship. For OPSEC concerns, we have not included information regarding clearance level or contract. Will the Government please confirm the information in the referenced paragraph is required?

Answer –Contractor identification badges shall include contractor name, contract number, employee photograph, employee's name, and appropriate code for security clearance access as stated in the PWS.

38) Reference Presolicitation Conference slides 7-10 in the Organizational Conflict of Interest presentation. The Government will evaluate responses to determine an offeror’s viability but a negative determination will not prevent an offeror submitting a proposal. How will the Government use the OCI evaluations in rating the offerors’ proposals and making a contract award?

Answer –OCI will not be rated nor evaluated. The Government will only render an OCI advisory opinion.

39) What is the Government’s desired validity period for the offerors’ proposals?

Answer – See Item 12 on the Standard Form 33. The standard is 60 calendar days unless the offeror insert a different period.

40) Ref: Section B, p.5 CLIN DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CLIN ORDER VALUE -What Quantity is being requested? Hours, LOT? What is the unit of measure for determining Minumum and Maximum?

Answer –No minimum and no maximum have been established at the task order level. This section was removed from the final RFP.

41) REF: Section G - Contract Administration Data, NEGOTIATED CEILING RATES, pg 47 of 119-NEGOTIATED CEILING RATES - Is the cost proposal to include direct burdened labor rates or will these be requested after contract award?

If burdened rates are to be included, are rates for all locations proposed to be included?

Answer –The cost proposal should include both burdended and un-burdended labor rates which will be incorporated into the contract. The negotiated contract rates and negotiated ceiling rates shall be established prior to contract award.

42) Ref: Section K.52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (MAY 2012), p 88 of 119-The small business size standard is stated as $27M. Will this be changed to $35.5M to reflect the current standard for NAICS 541330?

Answer – $27M is an error. This was changed to reflect $35.5M in the final RFP.

43) Ref: a) Attachments 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 Para 2. SPECIFIC TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

TABLE -a) "Costs shall be separately identified by each month and segregated by fiscal year." Is "fiscal year" defined as Governement Fiscal Year?

Answer – Fiscal year is defined as Government fiscal year starting October 1st and ending September 30th.

44) Ref: b) Draft RFP Page 109 of 119, Tab B, DIRECT LABOR- b) Table indicates that costs are to be presented by TAR & PWS Para (1)

Do these costs need to be further broken out by month and fiscal year?

Will the Government provide cost templates for offerors to utilize so that we may present cost/price information in a standardized format?

Answer – Cost proposals need not be broken out by months. Cost proposals shall be broken out by year. The Government will not provide a cost template.

45) Ref: Section H, Page 65 of 119, General and Administrative Expenses-"Not withstanding. Fee will not be applied to General and Administraive expense."

Is the intent that the offeror will not be allowed to calculate fee on all G&A Expense or only on increased amounts due to a provisional rate adjustment?

Answer – No fixed fee shall be applied to G&A expenses.

46) Ref: Attachment 8, pg. 1, para 1.1.b-Dates specified do not include year(s)

Please provide years for support. For example, is this a one time test event that only occurs in the first contract period?

Answer – Attachment 8, Sample TAR Multi-Requirement Test, is obsolete. See Attachment 15.

47) Ref: Attachment 9, pg. 1, para 1.1.b-Dates specified do not include year(s)

Please provide years that require this support.

Answer – Attachment 9, Limited Requirements Test, is a typical requirement you might encounter during the course of test support. It is not year specific.

48) Ref: Attachment 10, pg 1, Para 1.5-Please provide "other locations" and Period of Performance (including years)

Answer – Attachment 10, TECHNOLOGY BASE SUPPORT, is a typical requirement you might encounter during the course of test support. It is not year specific. “other locations” is a phrase typically used when test locations have not been identified at the time the requirement is issued to the test support contractor.

49) Ref. Page 98, Sec L Paragraph 4 (b) (1) (a) Volume II – Mission Capability (Technical): The Draft RFP requires the offerors in Element I to demonstrate an understanding of the processes and procedures required to perform operational test services to include the functions of the performance-based work statement (PWS). Question: Are the offerors required to address in Volume II every major paragraph of the PWS or only those major technical functions as described in PWS Section 5 SPECIFIC TASKS? Question: If every element of the PWS must be addressed, would the Government consider adding significantly more pages to Volume II to provide an adequate response?

Answer – Offerors should respond to Sections 4 and 5 of the PWS.

50) Page 25, Section 4, Contractor Furnished Items and Service, Paragraph C.4.2., Secret Facility Clearance, says: “The contractor shall possess and maintain a SECRET facility clearance from the Defense Security Service. The contractor’s employees, performing work in support of this contract shall have been granted a SECRET security clearance from the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office as required in accordance with the DD Form 254 (see Exhibit N), Contract Security Classification Specification. The contractor is periodically required to handle information classified at a higher level. When this occurs, the Government will provide an appropriately cleared facility.” Page 11, Section C, Performance Work Statement, Paragraph C.1.4.3.2., Facility Clearance, says: “The contractor shall possess, or obtain prior to contract start date, a facility clearance at the classification level of TOP SECRET. The contractor is periodically required to handle information classified at a higher level. When this occurs, the Government will provide an appropriately cleared facility.” Question: The facility clearance level needs to be clarified.

Answer – Paragraphs C.4.2 and C.1.4.3.2 classification level was changed to Top Secret.

51) Ref: Page 11 & 25 / C.1.4.3.2 & C.4.2 -There is a discrepancy between the requirement for a "TOP SECRET" facility clearance (C.1.4.3.2) and "SECRET" facility clearance (C.4.2). Please indicate which of the specifications is required.

Answer – Same response as above. The facility clearance level is Top Secret.

52) Ref: Page 22 & 11 / C.3.1.2 & C.1.4.3.2 - If work will be preformed in Government-provided facilities (C.3.1.2), why is a Top Secret facility clearance required (C.1.4.3.2)?

Answer – See above two responses.

53) Ref: Page 9 / C.1.2.5.1 - Are contractors required to maintain and pay for enhancements to instrumentation systems? Are there SLAs?

Answer – Contractors maintain current instrumentation systems; no enhancements are planned. Should enhancements be required, the government will task the contractor and fund the effort in advance. If SLAs means Software License Agreements, there are currently 11. The government reimburses the contractor for required SLAs.

54) How many tests are scheduled to occur in 2013 and beyond?

Answer – FY 2013 (5), FY 2014 (6).

55) What systems are currently scheduled to be tested in 2013 and beyond?

Answer – Grey Eagle, Apache Block III, CAMEL, MFS, and CBRN-DRS-KO are scheduled for FY 13.

56) How many FOA teams deployed in 2011 and how many do you anticipate in 2013 and beyond?

Answer – We deploy one Government only FOA team at a time for a six month rotation. No contractor’s personnel deploys with the FOA team.

57) C.1.18 on page 17 - "The contractor shall implement and maintain a Physical Security Plan." - Is the Physical Security Plan a deliverable? If so, when is it required to be delivered?

Answer – The Physical Security Plans is a deliverable that shall be submitted at 30 calendars after contract award.

58) Ref: Page 12 & 97 / C.1.4.3.4 & L.4.b.2.b & Attch 6 - There is a discrepancy with the requirement in paragraph C.1.4.3.4 for only the PM and Security Manager to have a TS-SCI security clearance; the requirement in paragraph L.4.b.2.b for all four key personnel (PM, SM, Engineering Manager and Logistics Manager) to have or be able to obtain a TS-SCI security clearance; and the information in Attch_6 that requires the PM and Security lead to have TS-SCI, the Engineering Lead and Test Support Lead to have a TS, and the IT Manager to have a Secret. Please indicate which of the statements identifies the requirement.

Answer – Only the PM and Security Manager require TS-SCI clearances. There are only THREE (not four) key positions listed for this contract – PM, Security Mgr, and Logistics Mgr. Attachment 6 is correct as stated.

59) Can the government provide an estimated headcount (per recent reductions highlighted during Industry Day) of all "permanent party contractors / full-time equivalents" and "temporary contractors" required during testing and daily operations?

Answer – Base Operations personnel (those required to maintain assets whether or not there are current tests) currently stands at approximately 40, however, there is no “required” number. Quantity of Base Operations personnel may fluctuate depending upon each individual offeror’s technical approach. Test support personnel can fluctuate from 5 to 500+ depending on the specific effort.

60) Please provide an estimate of the amount of data managed by the current contractor expressed as a TB, GB or MB of digital media.

Answer – This question is not clear. Data managed in a typical test or administrative data? This will depend upon the individual test requirements. The amount of data contract administrative documents over the life of a contract would be between 30 and 35GB. For individual test events, it depends on the type of data/instrumentation; manual data averages 3 GB, data with pictures averages 12 GB. Video data can average 40 GB or more. Other instrumented data collected can range into the TB’s. The servers, hard drives and software for storing this data are provided by the government.

61) The requirements for Software Development, Data Visualization, and Instrumentation Development in the OTC Test Support Services contract W91151-12-R-0037 appear to duplicate similar requirements in the SOW for the OTC Test Technology contract W91151-12R-0018? Will the Government please explain how the requirements below differ?

C.1.2.5.5. Provide instrumentation, interfaces, platform installation kits, data reduction tools, data visualization tools, and test support tools. Write software and firmware. Operate Government provided instrumentation.

C.5.1.2.1.5.9.2.

Provide data visualization tools to better manage and understand the collected data. Use data visualization tools provided by the Government to better manage and understand the collected data.

C.5.1.2.1.5.12. Computer programming and application development. Develop software and hardware to collect, merge, process, inspect, order, format, visualize, and deliver test data.

C.5.3.3.1. Provide software development and documentation for new and existing instrumentation systems, data processing systems, data visualization systems, communication systems, network systems, data collection systems, and engineering support systems.

C.5.3.3.4. Provide software to merge data, assure data quality, reduce data, and produce data products. Data products shall be in formats required by customers. Data visualization, selection, and manipulation tools shall be developed and used to help the customer better use the data.

From Test Technology Contract SOW – W91151-12-R-0018

3.2.1 Systems Engineering and Integration. The contractor shall provide software development, systems engineering services and integration support for instrumentation, modeling, simulation, data collection, data reduction, data analysis, and technology tool enhancement. Existing technology capabilities and infrastructure include the Test Technology Execution Center (TTEC), Intelligence and Modeling and Simulation for Evaluation (IMASE) Simulation and Scoring Sub-System (ISSS), Battle Command and Network Integration Simulation (BCNIS), Common Data Link (CDL), Data Collection Tools, Data Reduction Tools, Common Data Link, Data Visualization Tools, Simulations, Stimulations, and instrumentation monitoring systems.

3.2.3 System Software Development and Maintenance. The contractor shall provide support system verification and validation (V&V) and fielding, to include software development and maintenance…

Answer – The purpose is to clarify any questions with the Test Support Contract only, not to address the draft Test Technology Support Contract.

62) Reference Page 34 - C.5.3.2.5.: Provide drafting services and design modeling using CAD/CAM. Systems design documentation products shall be used to support in-house or outsourced production.

The only reference to design modeling software CAD/CAM provided in the DRFP attachment 3-b is AutoCAD. Is this the software tool used for design modeling & CAD/CAM requirements? Does the contractor still use Pro/ENGINEER solid modeling software tools – even though it is not listed?

Answer –Pro-E is still used.

63) Reference paragraph C.1.2.4. The contractor will be provided Government Furnished Facilities (GFF) at West Fort Hood, Texas and at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Contracting Officer has determined that providing GFF is in the best interest of the Government and in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 45. In part, this determination is based upon the extensive on-site maintenance, storage, and operation of GFP requirements and responsibilities of this acquisition. Over 29,000 lines of test instrumentation and test support supplies and equipment with an approximate value of $49 million shall be the responsibility of the contractor.

How many items of test equipment are at Fort Bragg and how many at Fort Hood?

Answer – Refer to Attachment 3a. Inventory fluctuates as equipment is upgraded or disposed of. As of 16 Oct 12, the Fort Bragg inventory consists of 472 line items valued at approximately $3.5M; The Fort Hood inventory consists of 28,829 line items valued at approximately $41M. GFF are not included in these totals.

64) Reference paragraph C.1.4.2.4. Uniform Requirements. Contractor personnel, other than professionals in an office environment, shall wear Government-provided uniforms when directed by the Government. When performing field services, contractor personnel shall wear Government-provided uniforms in accordance with USAOTC SOP G4-3 (see Exhibit S). The Areas of Operation (AO) of the test shall be identified in the Task Order. The contractor shall establish and maintain clothing records to account for all Government provided clothing and uniforms.

How many uniforms will be provided for storage and issue in any given year?

Answer – There are currently 3,356 uniform shirts (some for the TSC; some for government personnel), 59 TSC caps, 64 Govt caps, 341 overshoes in various sizes, 1,173 parkas, and 75 ponchos provided as GFE. The TSC is charged with obtaining replacements as required by wear and tear. Amount issued fluctuates with test requirements.

65) Reference paragraph C.1.4.2.6. Head protection (Kevlar helmet or Combat Vehicle Crewman Helmet as appropriate) shall be worn by all personnel operating or riding as a passenger in Army tactical vehicles whenever they are outside the motor maintenance facility. This head protection requirement applies to all Army units, regardless of their installation of assignment or deployed status.

How many of these helmets will be provided for issue?

Answer - There are currently 340 Kevlar helmets provided as GFE to be issued to meet requirements.

66) Page 35-28, Section C.5.4 Logistics, Paragraphs C.5.4.1 through C.5.4.10 identify the requirements for maintenance, calibration and fabrication services, test support and services, facility management, supplies and materials in support of the mission of the Operational Test Command (OTC).These types of facility management services and test support provide a wide variety of work with technical complexity that is ideally suited for a Small Business Set-Aside procurement. Indicate whether the referenced requirements in Section C.5.4 will be satisfied as a separate Small Business Set-Aside.

Answer – No, this requirement will not be a separate small business set-aside.

67)

a. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 2.2.1.c. “Note: Government MILES will be used to provide Real Time Casualty Assessment (RTCA) and Position Location (PL) of the test players during scenarios.”

b. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 2.2.3.c. (2). “Install, operate and maintain Government provided MILES for up to 28 vehicles and 72 dismounted troops during pilot and record test phases.”

Question: Is the contractor required to download and reduce the MILES and PL data?

Answer – Attachments 7 & 8 are obsolete per Amendment 0001. Attachments 7 & 8 are replaced with attachments 15 & 16. Attachments 15 & 16 have additional information that answers this question.

68) Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 2.2.2.c. “*Note: New Equipment Training events listed at paragraph c.2.c. (16) of this document will require minimal support. Anticipate full time requirements to commence not earlier than 23 May.”

Question: Please provide an estimate of the number of classes during NET event. Please define “minimal support.”

Answer – Same as answer 67. Attachments 7 & 8 are obsolete per Amendment 0001. Attachments 7 & 8 are replaced with attachments 15 & 16. Attachments 15 & 16 have additional information that answers this question.

69)

a. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 2.2.2.c. (16). “Attend New Equipment Training (NET) at Fort Hood, Texas, and fill out the training activity record form provided by the Government ORSA. Enter data from this form into the MANPRINT database and email the database to the ORSA daily. Anticipate training to be at Ft Hood. Draft training schedule is as follows:

• Field Level Training – 1 Feb – 3 Mar

• Hand Off – 17 Mar

• OPNET Training – 18 Mar – 27 May

• DTT – 3 – 25 June

• TADSS (virtual crew trainer) training/Issue – 28 – 30 June

This set of milestones indicates NET events occur from 1 Feb – 30 Jun.

b. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 2.2.2.d. “1 Feb -27 May, Attend NET (Fort Hood) TSC.”

This NET event occurs from 1 Feb – 27 May

Question: Please clarify the end date of the NET events.

Answer – Same as answer 67. Attachments 7 & 8 are obsolete per Amendment 0001. Attachments 7 & 8 are replaced with attachments 15 & 16. Attachments 15 & 16 have additional information that answers this question.

70)

a. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 2.2.2.c. (13). “Data reduction to Level III data shall be completed within 24 hours after data collection. After data entry and final quality control check, all data shall be made available on automated systems to allow the Test Analyst and other personnel to perform essential data review. Test Analyst will review, approve and release data to the Data Authentication Group (DAG) members for review and inquiry.”

b. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 2.1.c (1) [a-j] paragraphs addressing video collection.

Question: Please clarify data reduction requirement for all data types, including all videos.

Answer – Same as answer 67. Attachments 7 & 8 are obsolete per Amendment 0001. Attachments 7 & 8 are replaced with attachments 15 & 16. Attachments 15 & 16 have additional information that answers this question.

71)

a. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 1.1.b. “Test Location/Dates: Pilot Test: 17-22 August; Record Test: 25 August-22 September”

b. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 1.2.SCOPE. “The IOT will consist of four 96-hour scenarios conducted over a 28-day period IAW selected portions of the OMS/MP. Conduct of the 96-hour scenarios will include 24-hour per day operations. Weekend scenarios are not anticipated.”

c. Reference Attachment 8, Paragraph 2.2.2.d. Milestones/Deliverables. “22 June OTRR 2 Govt TT/TSC” and “24 Aug OTRR 3 Govt TT/TSC)

Question: Please clarify if contractor support is required over weekends to support the Pilot Test, Record Test, OTRR 2 and OTRR3. Please provide confirm test dates.

Answer – Same as answer 67. Attachments 7 & 8 are obsolete per Amendment 0001. Attachments 7 & 8 are replaced with attachments 15 & 16. Attachments 15 & 16 have additional information that answers this question.

72) L.D.3.b.2.d On page 109 of the RFP, there is a requirement for offerors to include "complete job descriptions for each skill classification/category anticipated to be hired under this contract…". Since there are dozens of classifications/categories, would it be possible to include the job descriptions as an attachment so they would not count against the page limitations of Volume II?

Answer – Job descriptions can be provided as an attachment and will not count against the 200 page limit.

73) L.D.3.b.3 and L.D.3.b.3.b.1.c.a 110 and 111 The RFP states on page 110 "Offerors shall submit slides supporting its oral presentation with its proposal submission as part of Volume II, Section 3." And on page 111, the requirement is "...the basis of the presentation is defined by the presentation charts submitted as part of Volume IV." Should this be Volume II (Mission Capability) instead of Volume IV (Small Business Participation)?

Answer – It should read Volume II – Mission Capability. The volume reference was changed in this amendment.

74) L.D.3.b.3 The RFP states on page 110 "Offerors shall submit slides supporting its oral presentation with its proposal submission as part of Volume II, Section 3." The RFP does not specify the format for the slides as included in Volume II, Section 3. Are they to be printed and included in Section 3? If so, will they count against the page limitation of Volume II? If so, would it permissible to print multiple slides on a single page for submission?

Answer – The slides do not count against the 200 page limit.

75) C.1.14 On page 15, is a requirement that "The Quality Control Plan (QCP) shall be provided as a part of the proposal." Would it be possible to include the QCP as an attachment to Volume II that does not count against the page limitations?

Answer – QCP is considered part of the “General” volume of the proposal submission. The general volume does not have a page count limit.

76) L.D.3.b.2.d On Page 109 of the RFP is the statement "The offeror shall describe employee retention and benefits programs to minimize employee turnover, including, if applicable, the use of the award fee in an employee incentive program." Since this is not an award fee contract, we recommend the government delete this requirement.

Answer – The Government state if applicable and it is not applicable. The offeror is still required to describe their employee retention and benefits programs to minimize employee turnover.

77) The RFP does not provide how many days or until what date the proposal should be valid through. Can you please confirm the validity period?

Answer – See Item 12 on the Standard Form 33. The standard is 60 calendar days unless the offeror insert a different period.

78) Is there a cutoff date for questions?

Answer – The cut-off date for questions was November 19, 2012 at 4:00pm CST.

79) Section B, p.5 CLIN DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CLIN ORDER VALUE - What Quantity is being requested? Hours, LOT? What is the unit of measure for determining Minumum and Maximum?

Answer – The CLIN Delivery Minimum/ Maximum reference in section B on page 5 is an erroneous entry that was removed in the final RFP.

80) Section G - Contract Administration Data, NEGOTIATED CEILING RATES, pg 47 of 119 - NEGOTIATED CEILING RATES - Is the cost proposal to include direct burdened labor rates or will these be requested after contract award?

Answer – See Section L, Volume V-Cost/Price

81) If burdened rates are to be included, are rates for all locations proposed to be included?

Answer – See Section L, Volume V-Cost/Price

82)

a) Attachments 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 Para 2. SPECIFIC TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

b) Draft RFP Page 109 of 119, Tab B, DIRECT LABOR TABLE - a) "Costs shall be separately identified by each month and segregated by fiscal year." Is "fiscal year" defined as Governement Fiscal Year?

Answer – Yes, Government fiscal year.

83) C.1.15 on page 16 - "The Government will monitor the contractor's performance under this contract using Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)." - When will the Government provide the QASP?

Answer – The QASP will be provided as a Technical Exhibit.

84) D-RFP Section H, Page 69, Insurance Requirements - The DRFP states “the contractor shall submit a group insurance plan for the Contracting Officer’s approval before buying a plan.” Our experience shows that health insurance providers do not supply the…