MODIFICATION
R -- Sweden COMSEC
- Notice Date
- 11/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- AFSAC/PKT Area C, Building 210 1822 Van Patton Drive WPAFB, OH
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- FA8630-07-R-5030
- Response Due
- 12/30/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Department of the Air Force, AFSAC ? Air Force Security Assistance Center, 1822 Van Patton Drive, Wright-Patterson AFB, Oh 45433-5337 The Air Force Security Assistance Center (AFSAC) is issuing the attached Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide Communication Security (COMSEC) Support for the Kingdom of Sweden. Performance will be in Sweden at a yet to be named facility. The anticipated contract will be firm-fixed price and the period of performance will be for three (3) years ? a one (1) year basis and two (2) one-year options starting approximately 22 Dec 2006. The solicitation is available by emailing Charlotte A. Puthoff at charlotte.puthoff@wpafb.af.mil. No telephone, handwritten, or fax requests for the solicitation will be accepted. Any questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to Charlotte A. Puthoff, Contract Negotiator, AFSAC/PKT, Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio via email: charlotte.puthoff@wpafb.af.mil. Charlotte A. Puthoff, Contract Negotiator, Phone 937-257-6636, ext. 4094. Email: charlotte.puthoff@wpafb.af.mil Q&A For Sweden COMSEC Effort Q. Can you please let me know if there have been any changes or Q&As regarding the solicitation? A. I plan to post all the Q&A I have so far on PIXS/FedBuzOpps, by COB today (22 Nov 06). Q. Section G. ? Does G002 Program Manager refer to the Government program manager, or does G002 refer to the Contractor?s program manager?? If G002 refers to a Government employee, will that position be approximately equivalent to a Contracting Officer?s Technical Representative (?COTRT?) and, if so, will that individual be located in Sweden or at Wright Patterson Air Force Base?? A. The G002 PM is the Government PM who is located at WP. The COTRT will be located in Sweden and that person is yet to be determined. Q F 33 - Does item number 9 on the Standard Form 33 contain the correct due date for receipt of proposals as 1 December 2006, or is the Original Response Date on the Synopsis to the Solicitation and the Response Date on the PIXS of November 30, 2006 the correct due date?? Which is the correct due date? If this is not cleared up, doesnt it leave the potential for confusion for any of the bidders participating? A. The correct date is 1 Dec 2006. I have corrected the date on PIXS. Thanks, for catching that. Q. Amendments 01 and 02 - The amendments are listed at the FedBizOpps but the link does not reveal the actual documents. Will the Air Force post these two (2) amendments to the FedBizOpps? A. The only changes in Amendments 01 & 02 were administrative wording in the bottom text area. Q. Amendments 01 and 02 - Will the Air Force issue the actual amendments using Standard Form 30 with attachments as applicable A. No Q. Questions and Answers - Will the Air Force post the questions from offerors and the Government?s answer to those questions on the FedBizOpps for all offerors to read pursuant to FAR 15.201(f) and the Comptroller General Decision number B-246301, 92-1? A. I plan to post all the Q&A I have so far in the test area of PIXS by COB today, 22 Nov 06. Q. SF 33/Section L - What does the sentence ?Electronic copies are acceptable? mean? Does the Air Force want to receive proposal by e-mail only? Or, does the Air Force want the proposals on a CD? Does the Air Force want the original proposal in hard copy with electronic copies on a CD? A. Electronic Copy is any electronic form be it CD, or email, as long as it is provided to us by COB 1 Dec 06. Hard copies are also acceptable. Q. Section B CLIN 0001 - Is the Unit Price and Total Item Amount strictly limited to the fully burdened price for the personnel labor to the exclusion of any other type of cost? A. Section B, CLIN 0001 is not limited to labor. It should include anything you need to complete this effort, be it labor, material, etc. but excluding effort covered in CLIN 0002. Q. Section B - CLIN 0002 - What is the definition of "Mobilization and Demobilization Support" including what actions are required to be completed by the contractor? A. CLIN 0002 is what we have in the descriptive data. It includes the cost of getting personnel over to Sweden and back at the end of the contract as well as the possibility of having to replace personnel and the NSA training. Q. Section E 004 - Is the DD Form 250 applicable to CLIN 002? A. E004 does not apply to CLIN 0002. Q. Section F.1 - What CLIN is applicable to FAR 52.247-29 and FAR 52.247-34 respectively? A. I will be changing all of CLIN 0003 to FOB Destination. Q. Section G002 - Is the Program Manager a Key Person? A. Yes. Q. Section I - Since Section L046 (a) states that offerors are not required to submit cost or pricing data, will the Air Force delete FAR 52.215-10 and FAR 52.215-12 since these clauses are not invoked? A. I will remove FAR 52.215-10 and 52.215-12 from the contract when it is awarded. Q. Section L.II.B.3.1 - What is the definition of a "separate form" for the submission of technical and cost proposals? Are they separate binders? Or, are the separate tabs within a binder? Or, are they separate portions of an Air Force form? A.Separate forms simply means we need to be able to separate the cost portion from the technical portion. It can be separate binders if you choose. Q. Part of Para 4.15 states Sweden will provide private access to long distance phone lines (note 1). Does this mean Sweden will be paying for all long distance telephone calls or will the fees be charged to the task. How about telephones? A. The Swedish government (i.e. Forsvarets Materielverk - FMV) will provide telephones in the U.S. COMSEC Vault for the U.S. custodians to conduct official business, as well as access to long distance phone lines for official business purposes. It is anticipated that the U.S. custodians will use e-mail for most communications to U.S. or European agencies; and therefore, the need to conduct long distance phone calls should be minimal. HQ USEUCOM / J-9 will be providing Secure Telephone Equipment (STE) devices for the U.S. COMSEC Vault, so the U.S. Custodians may conduct secure voice communications with NSA offices or HQ USEUCOM / J-9, as may be required. Q.. Should computers, printers, pc supplies, internet connection and ISP provider and office consumables be part of the Firm Fixed Price bid? A. Desk top computers, printers, computer supplies, NSA/GSA approved shredder, internet connection, ISP provider service, and normal office consumable items (paper, pencils, etc) will be provided buy the Swedish government (i.e. FMV), as may be required. Q. We don?t see where it states Sweden will provide a proper (note 2) CMS vault. A CMS vault is where all of the CMS material is stored. It must be large enough to allow our two custodians to work in it on a regular basis. Will Sweden be providing the CMS vault or is it to be part of the Firm Fixed Price bid? A. The U.S. COMSEC Vault facility is located within the FMV complex (in Stockholm) and has been inspected by the USAFE Information Assurance Branch and approved / certified for classified operations and storage of classified COMSEC material up to ?Secret Releasable to Sweden.? The facility meets the standards outlined in NAG-14, Safeguarding COMSEC Material and Facilities; EKMS 1, EKMS Policy and Procedures; EKMS 3A, Inspection Guide Manual, and Annex E, Inspection Guide for Fixed COMSEC Facilities. (Re HQ USAFE / A6NI letter dated 28 July 2006). The vault has a large office working area, a new outer door and combination lock meeting NSA/GSA required standards, and an inner vault for storage of CCIs and COMSEC key-mat material. The vault is completely ready for activation. Q. We are under the impression that the packing/shipping/unpacking of employee household goods and the shipping of their POVs would be charged to item 0002 Noun: MOBILIGATION AND DEMOBILIZATIONOF SUPPORT. Will their cola and housing allowance also be charged to this item? A. The vendor will pay for all costs associated with the packing / shipping / unpacking of employee household goods, as well as the shipment of any employee POVs. Cost of Living Allowance and housing allowance will be negotiated between the vendor and its employees (i.e. the Custodian personnel). The costs for vehicles used for official business by the U.S COMSEC Custodians will not be provided by FMV. The vendors will need to include the vehicle cost in their Proposals. They should consider the cost of a small vehicle, gas consumption on a monthly basis, and vehicle maintenance. We do not anticipate that the US COMSEC Custodians will need to be doing a lot of driving on a monthly basis in the performance of their official duties. In addition, the custodians could always take a train from Stockholm, if they need to travel to a distant location within Sweden. Q. Would you be able to provide the city whereas the work is going to be performed? A The work will be performed in the city of Stockholm. The COMSEC vault is located at the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) facility complex. Q. Do you have any documentation, such as MOA/LOI that states this work is in compliance with US export and import regulation? If so, could you please provide a copy? A. No. We are not exporting or importing materials. We are contracting services. The work is to be accomplished in compliance with the EUCOM/NATO requirements. Q. Section M. II.2.0(a) - Sub-section L.II.B.3.7(h) requires offerors to furnish past performance information with their technical proposals. Will the Air Force revise the evaluation criteria in Section M.II.2.0 to include Past Performance as Sub-factor 2 so that only offerors with actual COMSEC experience are deemed technically acceptable A. No ? The past performance requested in Sec L.II.B.3.7(h) is for the technical evaluator?s information. It will not be a determining factor in the final decision. Q. Section M. II.2.0(e) - The RFP states that an "offeror's price will be evaluated to ensure that proposed costs are reasonable and realistic" will the Air Force actually perform a price analysis on CLIN 001, pursuant to FAR 15.404-1(b) on CLIN 0001, and a cost realism analysis, pursuant to FAR 15.404-1(d) on CLIN 002? A. Yes Q. Section B CLIN 0002 - Does this cost element include the cost of housing (including miscellaneous household living items) for the personnel in Sweden, car rental, shipping, local transportation as well as travel expenses for the personnel? A. It includes travel over and back as well as approved change in personnel and NSA training. All other costs are to be in CLIN 0001 Q. Regarding the SOW. Does a US COMSEC account already exist or will it need to be established? Will the primary and/or alternate COMSE Managers participate in establishing a new COMSEC account? If so, what will this entail and if not, who will carry out all of the "one time" tasks/duties required to establish a new US COMSEC account? A. The US COMSEC Account has not been established because the COMSEC Custodians have not been named yet. The vault issue has been addressed in question # 3 and has been approved by NSA. Once the COMSEC Custodians are named, NSA will establish a COMSEC account number. After the COMSEC Custodians arrive into Sweden, they will receive the COMSEC Custodian training at Stockholm that will be provided to them from NSA Europe (NCEUR). (The travel funding for this training will be provided by USAF ESC/KLI.) For more information on "Sweden COMSEC", please refer to: https://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixs_solicitation.asp?id=5070
- Web Link
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Sweden COMSEC
(https://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixs_solicitation.asp?id=5070)
- Record
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