Questions and Answers 20210505.pdf

Questions and Answers #1

W912J2-21-R-0003

MRT Instructor/Facilitator II

Q1. Is this an 8(a) set aside or total small business set aside?

A1. This is set aside for 8(a) concerns only.

Q2. Are these services currently being performed under contract? If so under what contract number?

A2. Yes, the current contract is W912J2-16-C-0002 P0010. There are currently Eight (8) FTE Instructor/Facilitator II personnel at GS 12 equivalent for Monroe County (Rest of United States) Successfully performing this requirement.

Q3. Section 1.6 references three volumes: past performance, management capability, and price. Section

5.0 references a fourth volume: business. Will the Government please confirm that offerors are to submit four-proposal volume?

A3. Volume 4 has been removed.

Q4. FAR Clause 52.222-46 is not included in the solicitation. Will the Government please clarify the reference to FAR Clause 52.222-46 in Section 4.0?

A4. FAR Clause 52.222-46 is now deleted from the solicitation section 4.0, please disregard

Q5. Does the Government intend to provide a price worksheet for offerors to complete

A5. No, The Government will not provide a price worksheet.

Q6. Given the page limitations, can offerors use 8-10 point Times New Roman font for tables and graphics included in the proposal volumes?

A6. No changes to the authorized font.

Q7. Will the Government please clarify what representative offerors are supposed to list in Part I.B?

A7. The offeror's POC that worked on the contract…To be filled out by the Contracting Representative completing the questionnaire

Q8. Will the Government please clarify the criteria for evaluating cost/price? We would expect to see things like realism and reasonableness included in the evaluation.

A7. Price will be evaluated for reasonableness based on a comparison to other offers received and the independent government estimate.

Q9. Is there a steady state number of instructors based on the historic workloads?

A9. See Question 2. There has been 8 FTE.

Q10. Based on Estimated Workload, Students trained seems to have increased from year to year. Is the Government anticipated increases to the number of student trained in 2021? By what percentage? .

A10. The Government does not have the ability to predict the percentage of year-to-year increase.

Any significant changes would be considered prior to exercising the option year at the Government’s discretion.

Q11. Are there any unique qualifications or requirements to teach any of the other courses identified within the Performance Work Statement? Requirements listed in PWS 5.5.3 appear to be specific to the Master Resilience Trainer and Training class.

A11. Refer to the PWS 5.5.3

Q12 Is the scope of work for this effort the same as the prior or current contract performed by Task Source, Inc.?

A.12 Scope of Work is similar to W912J2-16-C-0002 P0010

Q13. In Section 3.3, the Organizational Instructions state that the Offeror shall submit a breakdown of their organizational structure to include personnel who will be identified to work on this contract if awarded. Include Name, Title, and Email Address. Could the Government please provide the rationale?

Being required to identify every person supporting the contract could provide an unfair advantage to whichever company has the incumbent on their team.

A13. List the Key POC’s of the Offerors full time staff that will be managing the FTE’s. Rationale is to aide in evaluating Management Capability. The Government is not asking for incumbent or new hire information.

Q14. In Section 2.1 Past Performance Factor 1 – Can current CPARS be used in place of questionnaires?

A14. Refer to 2.1.2 Quality of the 52.212-1 Addendum

Q15. Please confirm a Title Page and Table of Contents are excluded from the Page limitations.

A15, They are excluded.