Amendment 001 to SB1341‐17‐RP‐0007 Cybersecurity Research Development Implementation Support Services # Section of RFP RFP Page Referenced Paragraph Section of Page 1 Sec J 1 74 Item #3 2 Sec L 2 Pages 93 96 Page 96 3 Sec C 30 Page 2 4 Sec C 31 5 Sec F 38 6 IDIQ Contract Information 41 Response to Questions Description of Question Response There is no Attachment #3 Required Labor Categories on FBO Will the Government please provide the attachment In review of RFP we found that the Proposal Volume Requirements table states 150 page limit for II Technical Approach 2 0 TECHNICAL APPROACH REQUIREMENTS VOLUME II on Page 96 states limit is 75 pages Please clarify page limit for the Technical Approach volume Reference RFP Section B 1 of the RFP for the List of Requird Labor Categories Section J 1 has been updated in Amendment 001 to remove the mention of Attachment #3 Page limit for Technical Approach Requirements Volume II is 150 Reference Amendment 001 attachment for changes Can FTE’s be cross functionally utilized a crossed multiple TO’s I E Can the PM support multiple TO’s Yes so long as each FTE is not stretched too thin to do competent work on a given TO Also a given person could charge some of their time as a technical labor category LCAT and another portion of their time as a PM Page 3 Will all tools used for automated testing and validation be furnished by the government Yes Page 1 Will there be a defined transition period of at least 30 days from previous offer performing The transition phase will be at least 60 days and no more than 90 days from contract work currently with the incumbent award date to performance start date Page 2 Section B With respect to the statement “Contracting Officer intends on awarding IDIQ contracts to more than one offeror to the extent that the is approach is in the best interest of the governments based on the evaluation factors” Each TO will be awarded all or nothing to a single offeror Is there potential for offers to share work by TO Or will TO's be awarded all or nothing to offeror of choice 7 Pricing 104 3 8 Sec M 1 111 not given Under TO8 Is the travel CLIN fund of 20K annual or max for the life of the contract The ceiling of $20k for travel would be for the optional task of workshop support which would only occur once during the life of this TO Will the Government accept and evaluate “specialized experience” in the Past Performance Under the Specialized Experience evaluation subfactor Factor A Subfactor 4 the Government will consider Questionnaire if the “work performed was within the last five years per section 4 Page work completed or substantially completed within the last 5 years Under the Past Performance evaluation 111 ” or for “work completed or substantially completed within the last three 3 years” factor the Government will only consider work completed or substantially completed within the last 3 years per section 4 0 Page 100 In response to RFP Section L 2 2 0 ‐ Technical Approach Sub‐factor 4 for Specialized Experience detailed instructions are provide as guidance 9 Sec J 1 74 Item #2 10 Sec L 2 Sec M 2 97‐98 111 Page 97 Section 2 4 Page 111 Section 4 11 Sec J 1 74 Item #3 12 Sec L 2 Pages 93 96 13 Sec L 2 Pages 100‐101 Can the Government please confirm if an offeror can use “specialized experience” as past Separate instructions are provided as guidance when responding to RFP Section L 2 4 0 ‐ Past Performance performance via the questionnaire template Offerors must follow the instructions given in each respective section of the RFP There may be overlap in the previous efforts cited for Specialized Experience and Past Performance however the offeror must follow the instructions in each respective section and the Government will evaluate in accordance with each respective evaluation factor subfactor Are we allowed to submit the past performance of our individual members from their past Yes Past performance of individual members from their past employers is acceptable employers to satisfy this past performance of this RFP requirement Regarding Format for submitting questions and required Labor Categories listed as Reference RFP Section B 1 of the RFP for the List of Requird Labor Categories Section J 1 has been updated in separate attachments We did not find these two items in the download on FBO Are these Amendment 001 to remove the mention of Attachment #3 available separately Proposal Vol Page limitations in the table on page 93 allows 150 pages for the technical volumes The Page limit for Technical Approach Requirements Volume II is 150 Requirements P93 and header for Volume 2 on page 96 limits the page count to 75 pages Please clarify Reference Amendment 001 attachment for changes Section 2 0 P96 Page 100 Section 5 0 Is there missing content after “and” There is not a 5th bullet There is no missing content after the 5th bullet Section 2 4 contains a highlighted sentence that says “To the extent possible any identified prime offeror or major subcontractor team member corporate experience performed within the past five years should be traceable to the information provided in Volume IV Past Performance ” 14 Sec L M Pages 97‐98 100 L 2 4 L 4 0 and Sec M Factor C Section 4 0 states The offeror shall then submit the questionnaires completed by their referneces as attachments to the proposal Offerors are directed to provide completed Past Performance Questionnaires on no more than eight 8 of the offeror’s most recently completed Federal Government or Commercial contracts for services similar in scope to those of this requirement for work completed or substantially completed within the last three 3 years Section L Factor C limits past performance to 3 years We recommend the requirement be modified such that cited contracts be active within the past 5 years with a minimum of 6 months performance Eight completed cybersecurity projects is quite a reach for all small business vendors The periods of past performance and specialized experience that the Government will consider will remain unchanged However please note that Offerors are not required to submit eight 8 past perfornance questionnaires The RFP states that Offerors are directed to provide completed Past Performance Questionnaires on no more than eight 8 of the Offeror's most recently completed Therefore it is not a minimum requirement for Offerors to submit eight 8 questionnaires Amendment 001 to SB1341‐17‐RP‐0007 Cybersecurity Research Development Implementation Support Services Response to Questions This section states “The transition should be no less than 60 days and no more than 90 days for startup from contract award date to performance start date ” 15 Sec L Page 99 The transition is expected to begin when the Base Period of the IDIQ begins L 3 3 Is the transition included in the Base Period e g Transisiton is to commence Sept 30 2017 16 17 18 Sec L Sec L Sec L 2 Page 100 Page 100 Page 93 For the sake of consistency we ask that Offerors use the Questionnaire template provided in the RFP However Offerors may submit completed CPARS reports in the place of the questionnaire provided in the RFP if needed The Government also always reserves the right to obtain past performance information from other sources L 4 0 Will the Government allow offerors to provide completed CPARs instead of completed PPQs Many of our clients prefer we use CPARs as references L 4 0 This section requires the offeror to submit completed questionnaires completed by their references as attachments to the proposal We have clients who will complete the questionnaire but insist on submitting the completed questionnaire directly to the This requirement will remain unchanged Government We request the Government change the requirement to enable customers to send completed questionnaires directly to the Government Proposal Volume Requirements This section states “The proposal shall be accompanied by a cover letter letter of transmittal prepared on the company’s letterhead stationery The cover letter letter of transmittal shall identify all enclosures being transmitted and shall be used only to transmit the proposal and shall include no other information The first or title page shall be in Yes the Cover Letter Letter of Transmittal shall include the information required by FAR 52 215‐1 accordance with FAR 52 215‐1 paragraph c 2 ” paragraph c 2 Please confirm the information required by FAR 52 215‐1 paragraph c 2 is to be included in the cover letter letter of transmittal 19 Sec L 2 Page 101 L 5 0 The section states “Volume V of Offeror’s proposal shall be divided into two separate sections A and B …” Offers shall include Sections A and B in Volume V of Offeror's proposal Please clarify – Are offerors to include these sections in a single volume or as separate files 20 Sec L 2 Pages 97‐98 L 2 2 and L 2 4 Section L 2 2 requires “Offerors shall further indicate whether each subcontractor team member is considered “major” and whether the subcontractor team member will serve either in a “lead” or “support” role Identify the planned level of support that each member will provide in total and for each functional area requirement of the specified task order Section L 2 2 refers to the instructions for Factor A Subfactor 2 Technical Approach for Task Orders 1‐8 PWS Therefore in this specific subfactor the language quoted in your question is requesting that Offerors identify that information regardingsubcontractors team members as it pertains to each individual task order in Task L 2 4 requires “Offerors shall further indicate whether each subcontractor team member is Orders 1‐8 Section L 2 4 refers to the instructions for Factor A Subfactor 4 Specialized Experience This considered “major” and whether the subcontractor team member will serve either in a subfactor requests the Offeror to identifiy its proposed team and discuss the roles each member will have in “lead” or “support” role accomplishing the requirements of the IDIQ PWS Therefore the information the Offerors provide in its technical approach for each individual task order may be different than the information provided in the These requirements seem redundant and out‐of‐place in L 2 4 We recommend offerors Specialized Experience section The instructions remain unchanged address the requirement in response to L 2 2 and that the sentence in L 2 4 be removed Also ‐ Please define “Major ” Can it be defined as doing a given amount of work on a given task order 21 Sec L 2 Page 93 114 not given 22 not given not given not given On page 93 it calls for 150 pages but on page 114 it mentions 75 pages which one is correct For the subject Solicitation can a company bid JUST what areas they specialize in or must ALL Tasks be bid Page limit for Technical Approach Requirements Volume II is 150 Reference Amendment 001 attachment for changes Offerors shall submit a complete response for each of the eight 8 task orders Proposal will be evaluated on each of the eight 8 task orders in accordance with the evaluation factors in the RFP
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