TI_BOA_Questions_6_Aug.pdf

**Note: Below are Q&A received prior to 7 Aug 2018

Question 1

Comment Classification Unclassified\\For Official Use Only (U\\FOUO)

Design Discipline General

Spec Section

Drawing Sheet/Detail Section L.6 and SOW Section 2.2

Inquiry Text There appears to be discrepancies between Section L.6 and section 2.2 of the SOW. Please clarify which section we should respond to. Below are examples of the discrepancies:

Section 2.2: tightly integrated interconnect with 100Gbps bandwidth

Section L.6: tightly integrated interconnect with 200Gbps injection bandwidth

Section 2.2: ability to mount /work1, /work2, /work3, /home and /app

Section L.6: ability to mount /work1, /work2, /home and /app

Section 2.2: container-based solutions (e.g. Docker, Shifter, Singularity)

Section L.6: container-based solutions (e.g. Docker, Shifter)

Section 2.2: high performance applications ... over processor ranges from 8,192 to 65,536 cores

Section L.6: high performance application ... over processor ranges from 1,024 to 65,536 cores, plus TENSORFLOW

Section 2.2: no mention of system-wide interrupts

Section L.6: month number system-wide interrupts does not exceed maximum

Government Response Sections 2.2 and L.6 have been revised to resolve this question.

Changes have been highlighted for ease of use.

Question 2

Comment Classification Unclassified\\For Official Use Only (U\\FOUO)

Design Discipline General

Spec Section

Drawing Sheet/Detail Section L.6 and SOW Section 2.2

Inquiry Text Executive Summary – A.6 Fill-in Clauses. Clauses currently included by full text will be populated at the order level.

252-212-7001 is currently listed as "Reserved" in the DFARs.

Is this clause listed in error?

Government Response Clause removed.

Question 3

Design Discipline Contracting

Spec Section

Drawing Sheet/Detail Clauses incorporated by Reference

Inquiry Text Clauses incorporated by Reference

This Vendor requests deletion of DFAR 252.225-7036, Buy

American – Free Trade Agreements – Balance of Payments

Program – Basic (DEC 2017). This clause is not applicable under this solicitation (see DFAR 225.1101(10)(ii)(B) as this opportunity requires COTS Information Technology products and/or services.

Government Response Clause removed.

Question 4

Design Discipline General

Spec Section

Drawing Sheet/Detail L.6 Proposal Content. VOLUME II – FACTOR 2–PAST

Inquiry Text L.6 Proposal Content. VOLUME II – FACTOR 2–PAST

PERFORMANCE. The offeror is encouraged to provide questionnaires to customers with first-hand experience of any relevant work the offeror performed. The questionnaires shall be completed by the customer, returned to the offeror, and included in Volume II of the proposal.

It does not appear that a Past Performance questionnaire template is included with the RFP. To allow our customers to have enough time to respond to the questionnaire, we leveraged the attached template from a previous TI task order. Is this questionnaire template acceptable for the PPQ references?

Government Response Amendment 2 contains the PPQ template

Question 5

Design Discipline General

Spec Section

Drawing Sheet/Detail Section L.3.a Communications Concerning the Solicitation and

Section L.3.c

Inquiry Text Section L.3.a Communications Concerning the Solicitation:

Questions and/or comments relative to these documents shall be submitted by 10 August 2018 4:00 pm Central Time...

Section L.3.c: The Bidder Inquiry System will be unavailable for new inquiries twelve calendar days before proposal due date...

Section L.3.a and L.3.c appear to have conflicting dates. What is the last date that questions will be accepted for the BOA?

Government Response Section L.3.c has been updated. Changes are highlighted in yellow.

Question 6

Design Discipline General

Spec Section

Drawing Sheet/Detail Section L.5.1.e Contents and Limitations for Each Volume

Inquiry Text Section L.5.1.e Contents and Limitations for Each Volume:

Past Performance Questionnaires has a limit of 3 questionnaires.

Section L.5.2 Page Limitation: Volume II: Past Performance –

3PPQs

Section L.5.2 Page Limitation: Volume II: Past Performance –

Three Client Complete PPQ's

Section L.6 Proposal Content, Volume II – Factor 2-Past

Performance: The Government shall accept no more than five questionnaire responses per offeror.

Amendment 001 of the BOA RFP has conflicting Past

Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) requirements on the maximum number of PPQs (Either 3 or 5) that can be submitted. Please clarify the maximum number of PPQs that can be provided for the BOA response.

Government Response All sections now reflect a 5 PPQ limit.

Question 7

Design Discipline Contracting

Spec Section General Requirements

Drawing Sheet/Detail Page 52

Inquiry Text In L.4, General Requirements (Page 45 of 56), item a. states that proposals are requested to address the requirements in the

SOW entitled "Technology Insertion BOA 2018". Do the bulleted requirements in Element 2 – Technical Capability on

Page 48 of 56 need to be responded to?

Government Response This was addressed in the pre-proposal conference group session and breakout sessions. Technical responses to the BOA

RFP need to include sufficient detail so that the Government can evaluate capabilities of each proposal against all technical aspects of the RFP. Future orders may/may not include all aspects of the RFP per order, but the RFP does capture examples of requirements anticipated over the life of the BOA contracting instrument.

Question 8

Design Discipline Contracting

Spec Section PPQ

Drawing Sheet/Detail Page 46

Inquiry Text In L.5.1, Proposal Submission (Page 46 of 56), item e. states that Volume 2, Past Performance – 3 questionnaires maximum, but L.5.2, Proposal Format states Volume II: Past Performance

– 5 PPQs. What is the correct number of PPQs required?

Government Response All sections now reflect a 5 PPQ limit.

**Note: Question 9 is a duplicate to the PPQ questions already present.