Attachment 6 - Questions and Answers - Senior Engineering Technical Services.pdf

Questions and Answers – Senior Engineering Services

Q1. Is there any incumbent/recompete or this is a brand-new project? If yes, could you please provide us with their award number or even if the customer bought similar services in the past.

A1. Yes, there is an incumbent for this requirement. The previous contract number is

W911QY21C0111.

Q2. The solicitation provides a pricing worksheet with multiple labor categories; however, the SOW primarily describes requirements associated with a Senior Mechanical Engineer.

For proposal and pricing purposes, can the Government provide clarification regarding the anticipated level of effort, including estimated labor hours or full-time equivalent support expected during the base period? Additionally, should offerors assume the requirement is intended to support a single full-time senior engineer, or may offerors propose an alternative staffing approach and/or multiple labor categories if they can satisfy all SOW requirements?

A2. The requirement is for one full-time Sr. Mechanical Engineer to support DEVCOM Soldier Center for approx. 1820 labor hours per year during the base period. An alternate staffing approach is not anticipated.

Q3. The SOW requires the use of SolidWorks modeling software and identifies testing and evaluation activities requiring laboratory equipment, instrumentation, and engineering resources. Can the Government clarify which software, testing equipment, instrumentation, and technical resources will be Government-furnished versus contractor-provided? Specifically, will the Government provide SolidWorks access, or should offerors include software licensing costs in their proposed pricing? If contractor-furnished SolidWorks is required, will commercially licensed software be permitted on the Government-furnished laptop?

A3. The contractor will not need to provide any software, test equipment, or instrumentation. Software, test equipment and instrumentation such as thermocouples, watt meters, power meters, energy analyzers, are all common test items. There may be some slight variations, depending on the items being tested. All software, equipment and instrumentation items will be furnished by the Government as necessary to execute the proposed test efforts. Yes, the Government will provide access to and the licensing to access SolidWorks and the offeror does not include those costs in their pricing structure.

Q4. Will the Government-furnished computer environment include access to Government-approved artificial intelligence tools that may be utilized in accordance with applicable requirements for handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)?

A4. Yes.