B08_Questions_W91CRB19R0007_TAMIS.xlsx
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| B08_Solicitation_W91CRB19R0007_TAMIS.pdf | ||
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| A03_DD254_TAMIS_Feb_2019.docx | DOCX document | |
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W91CRB19R0007
| On behalf of the Headquarters Department of the Army G-3/5/7, ACC-APG thanks you for your questions. Q&A’s included in this document are not considered part of the RFP. Offerors shall abide by the instructions and terms of the RFP. This document does not alter the terms of the RFP. | |||||
| All answers to prior Q&A’s are superseded. | Reference | Page Number | Description of Question, Comment | Column1 | |
| 1 | Question | Solicitation | NA | Please provide the closing date for questions related to this solicitation. | 10-Jun-19 |
| 2 | Question | PWS | What is the Period of Performance for this contract? CLIN schedule is only for the Base Year? | The period of performance for this contract is 7 July 2019 - 6 July 2020. | |
| 3 | Questions | Solicitation | Section L&M, Attachment 0005 | What is the Period of Performance for the Base Year. Is it twelve months. | See response to question 2 above |
| 4 | Questions | Solicitation | Section L&M, Attachment 0005 | Should the Phase in period be priced as part of the base year or will the government consider adding a phase-in CLIN. | Yes the phase in period should be prices as part of the base year. |
| 5 | Clarification | Estimated Award Date | NA | Please specify the Government's estimated award date and start date. | Start is NLT 7 July 2019 |
| 6 | Clarification | Current Incumbent Contract | NA | Is there an incumbent? If so, please provide contractor name and current contract number. | HP Enterprises / W91CRB-14-F-0015 |
| 7 | Clarification | Current Level of Effort | NA | Is the level of effort provided in B08_Cost_Model_TAMIS.XLSX the same as the current contract? If no, please clarify. | Yes, for 1 year |
| 8 | Confirmation | PWS 1.3 Cloud/Application Hosting | 5 | Is the awarded contractor required to host the TAMIS cloud environment or just to maintain the licenses with the host provider? | Currently, TAMIS is hosted in Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud/GDCS. The awarded contractor shall ensure that the TAMIS system is deployed using a Secure System Architecture in a highly available, scalable configuration in the cloud, using an Army ‘Approved’ cloud service provider. |
| 9 | Request | PWS 2.5: T-02-02 | 10 | Please provide historical cost/data for Software Review by Veracode. | The Veracode Software as a Service is a part of the B08_Cost_Model_TAMIS.XLSX. |
| 10 | Confirmation | PWS 2.7 (last paragraph of section) | 24 | Please Confirm if the Government will reimburse the contractor for required CRC expenses, sponsorship, visas, and other OCONUS expenses for Korea and Kuwait. | Government will cover: LQA, Differentials, Danger and sponsorship fees IAW the government rates (which are included in the B08_Cost_Model_TAMIS.XLSX Lines 51-61) |
| 11 | Request | PWS 4.2: Non-Key Personnel | 29 | Request the Government broaden the Degree field for Technical Writers to Bachelor's Degree in English or other related fields such as Business or Management Information Systems, and IT. | The Government has no issue with broaden the Technical Writer degree requirement to ' Bachelor's Degree in English or other related fields such as Business or Management Information Systems, and IT'. |
| 12 | Clarification | PWS 5 Transition Planning | 29 | The Government states the awarded contractor to, "…fully assume this contract by 14 June 2019." However, the proposal due date is 30 June 2019. Please clarify. | The Solicitation was amended to correct the proposol due date to 13 June 2019 |
| 13 | Confirmation | PWS 5 Transition Planning | 29 | Please confirm the Government will cover expenses for relocation of GFE upon contract award | No, the Governmenr will not cover expenses for relocation of GFE |
| 14 | Request | Instructions to Offerors - General Content of Proposals (Item #1) | 57 | Request the Government allow 10 point font for tables, graphs, and charts. | That is the minimum font size per the "Instruction to Offerors" section of the Solicitation |
| 15 | Request | Instructions to Offerors - General Content of Proposals (Item #1) | 58 | The Government states, "[contingent letters of offer] shall include a fully burdened labor rate"; request the Government reword this to state, "annual salary". The fully burdened rate is not the rate provided to the employee since it includes items such as G&A, Fee, and additional costs of providing the skilled labor. | The government requests that the vendor proivdes the fully burdened rates in the Cost Model |
| 16 | Clarification | PWS 4, 4.1 | 25, 26 | The Government states, "All personnel must have the appropriate baseline security certification and Computing Environment (CE) certification at time of proposal submission."; Yet, the Government also states, "If not certified at time of award, personnel have 15 days after award to achieve certifications." Please clarify these discrepancies. | There are two separate items: 1. All personnel will have appropriate baseline security certification and Computing Environment (CE) certification. 2. The "If not certified at time of award, personnel have 15 days after award to achieve certifications." Is in reference to the DoD baseline certifications identified in DOD 8570.01-M |
| 17 | Clarification | PWS 4.1 | 26 | Please clarify which two positions are considered "privileged users" mentioned in PWS 4.1 on page 26. | The PWS refers to "privileged users" as being those with administrative user rights to government production servers (requiring two people to have that right) |
| 18 | Clarification | PWS 4.1 | 26 | Please clarify what the government classifies as CISSP Level I and Level II? Is the Level II a specialist for example CISSP-ISSAP? | The CISSP covers eight domains of cybersecurity issues ranging from security and risk management, asset security, security engineering, communication and network security, identity and access management, security assessment and testing, security operations to software development security. According to the DoD 8570 Level I include SSCP, A+CE, CCNA-Security, and Network+CE. Level II includes SSCP, CCNA-Security, GSEC, and Security +CE. |
| 19 | Clarification | Contract Clauses | 34 | The Government has incorporated "52.232-7 PAYMENTS UNDER TIME AND MATERIALS AND LABOR HOUR CONTRACTS (AUG 2012)"' however, the CLIN schedule states "Firm Fixed Price". Please clarify | CLIN 0005 - Travel/Other Direct Costs will be T&M with a Not To Exceed (NTE) amount of $100,000 |
| 20 | Clarification | B08 Cost Model | NA | Please clarify that items on lines 52 through 60 should be priced with the exception of lines 58 and 59 for Europe. | See response to question 10 above |
| 21 | Clarification | B08 Cost Model | NA | Please clarify the pricing spreadsheet's Training Specialist (1 FTE) covering 3500 hours | The Training Specialist will be required to travel. The 3500 hours include hours that cover travel time. |
| 22 | Clarification | Section L | Page 60 | The solicitation state that "the contractor shall identify the contract or schedule used to prepare the price proposal. This effort is not under a schedule or IDIQ. Please clarify. | This will be removed from the Solicitation since the GSA Alliant II vehicle for Small Business was rescinded |
| 23 | Clarification | B08 Cost Model | NA | Line 48 references ODC items that are unknown for example munitions conferences. Would the government consider providing a "plug" number for other items or historical cost data. | The offerors shall propose the normalzied amount of $100,000.00 |
| 24 | Question | B08 Cost Model | NA | Because there are differences between the pricing cost model (B08 -Cost_Model_TAMIS) and the actual number of people currently working to deliver TAMIS, is the pricing cost model just a suggested format? Can we add lines to the model as we see fit so our bid can accurately reflect current Government requirements and expenditures (ODCs) for TAMIS operations? | The government has no issue with adjusting the labor categories as the vendor sees fit to fulfill the requirement. However, the Key personal and the contract total labor hours cannot be adjusted or changed. |
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