Question and Answers.pdf

Q&A

W911S7‐21‐R‐0022

Strategic Sustainability Support

1. How much of the effort is expected to be performed in‐person as opposed to virtual?

Answer: Per C.3.4 & C.3.5, meetings are at Fort Leonard Wood, All functions relating to the contractor's duties will be perform at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO

2. Will the Government provide remote access to the Idea Platform (ref C.8 of PWS) or will this be on‐site access to the platform?

Answer: Access to the Idea Database will be provide in the form of a database file compatible with Microsoft Excel, Access, etc.

3. Is the contractor expected to facilitate/run the kick‐off meeting (ref C.3.1 of PWS) or will this be primarily facilitated by the Government at the benefit of the contractor?

Answer: Government will facilitate Kick off Meeting

4. (Ref C.3.4) For the quarterly ISSIP IPR LOE team meetings, it states that the contractor will

“identify potential speakers,” is there an expectation for the contractor to schedule, sign, or pay these speakers to present at the IPR meetings?

Answer: If the contractor schedules a speaker, the contractor would be responsible for all requirements and/or costs associated

5. (Ref C.3.5) What is the requirement for the contractor to facilitate the presentations and briefings that are to take place during the Mid‐Quarter ISSP Project Meetings? Are all presenters and briefers to be teams and personnel internal to the government and the project?

Answer: Per C.3.5, the contractor will facilitate the presentations and briefings that are to take place during the Mid‐Quarter ISSP Project Meetings and not all stakeholders are internal to the government

6. (Ref C.3.6) Will the contractor complete the research summaries on strategic sustainability/resiliency planning efforts in industry and at other military installations? What access to information and POCs will be provided for this research?

Answer: Per C.3.6, the will contractor complete the research summaries on strategic sustainability/resiliency planning efforts in industry and at other military installations. Contractor will primarily use publically available platforms for POCs and information.

7. Is there an incumbent contractor for this opportunity?

Answer: Yes, there is no restriction on the on prospective contractors from knowing if there is an incumbent.

8. Is there a budget range that can be shared?

Answer: There is no established budget for this effort, the government will evaluate all

Proposals received and select all that meet the evaluation factors, once complete, the lowest price technically acceptable will be considered for award.

9. Has an evaluation of the previous ISSP been conducted?

Answer: Per C.3.3, the Government will provide the existing ISSP to the Contractor.

10. How many ideas are typically submitted via the Ideas Database each month?

Answer: This can vary, but approximately ~10‐15 per quarter.

11. What is the anticipated number of personnel and work hours for this effort? Please provide this information as follows: • Number of full‐time equivalent (FTE) personnel and/or • Total number of work hours including on‐site and off‐site work?

Answer: Contractor is responsible to identify the level of effort required to complete the tasks associated with the requirement as identified in the PWS.

12. What are the anticipated job categories or descriptions for this work effort?

Answer: Work effort and expertise for this contract is per the PWS.

13. As the logistics of this project, meaning on‐site or virtual meetings or some combination thereof, is unknown at present, and this directly affects the firm fixed price of our offer, will you consider allowing permissible travel and living expenses to be addressed separately, such as a second CLIN with a TBD or NTE amount provided? Or can you tell us what proportion of T&L costs can be allocated to on‐site versus virtual meetings?

Answer: Per the PWS meetings are “at Fort Leonard Wood” and no modifications will be made to CLIN.

14. Section C.3.6 ISSP Program and Project Planning, Assistance, Development, Execution, and Tracking section of the PWS. Please explain what you mean by Contractor‐executed projects?

Are you asking the Contractor to actually work on these projects or just provide a Project Management Plan (PMP) and ensure that it is executed by the Fort? For example, for a solar project are you looking for the Contractor to install solar panels or just develop the implementation plan, PMP for the project, and help with its execution such as selecting the vendor, ensuring that project timeline is followed, and milestones are met, etc.?

Answer: Contractor will not be required to physically construct or buy equipment directly as part any Contractor‐Executed Project. The term "projects" for the contract typically means a study, research, analysis, evaluation, comparison, survey, etc. but NOT physically constructing or installing equipment.

15. Section C.3.6 ISSP Program and Project Planning, Assistance, Development, Execution, and Tracking section of the PWS. Can you provide us with the following? A sample PMP A sample Project Completion Report.

Answer: Per C.3.6, a Project Management Plan (PMP) track progress. PMPs will include all relevant information required to track progress (Project Title, ISSP Reference, Tasks, Deliverables, Stakeholders, Reference Documents, Research Documents, etc.). Project Completion Reports will include all information associated with the project (executive summary, narrative, findings, data, analysis, courses of action, recommendations, conclusions, references, etc.).

16. How many attendees are expected to participate in these meetings each day?

Answer: Daily attendance averages 50 people.

17. What type of equipment is the Offeror required to provide in support of these meetings?

Answer: Most meeting locations have IT projection capabilities, but the Contractor is required to provide all necessary equipment to "facilitate and coordinate" and "prepare materials for" meetings for their own personnel. (laptop, iPad, hotspot, scanner, printer, etc.).