MODIFICATION
99 -- Q&A 2/6/2018 - Amendment 1
- Notice Date
- 2/6/2018
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - RI (W52P1J), 3055 Rodman Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois, 61299-8000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 61299-8000
- Solicitation Number
- W52P1J-18-T-L004
- Archive Date
- 2/28/2018
- Point of Contact
- Angel J. Traman, Phone: 3097828161
- E-Mail Address
-
angel.j.traman.civ@mail.mil
(angel.j.traman.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Attachment 0001 - PWS ECBC-RI ISO Audit Revision 1 Attachment 0001 - PWS ECBC-RI ISO Audit has be revised to include answers to questions 9 and 10. Changes include addition of 2.3 per question 9 as well as changes to 5.1.3 per question 10. Previous ISO Registration Certificate is available upon request. 1. If any shift work occurs (e.g. 7AM-3PM, 3PM-11PM, etc.), this information should be stated in the SOWs. ANSWER: All ECBC-RI employees are first shift. 2. Provide the total number of FTE, PTE, and contracted personnel working within the scope of the QMS. ANSWER: ECBC-RI currently has 97 government employees and 17 contracted personnel. 3. State what exclusions, if any, have applied to the current ISO 9001:2008 QMS under Section 7. ANSWER: No exclusions apply. 4. Clearly state whether RDECOM is currently certified and provide a copy in the SOW/PWS of the current ISO 9001 Certificates of Conformance. These Certificates are not classified and not subject to FOIA. They are public documents. All accredited Certification Bodies (CB) must verify at the time of bidding that the current Certificates have not been suspended or revoked and are free from the threat of suspension and revocation. ANSWER: ECBC-RI has maintained a continuous certification since December 9th, 2005. Copies of ECBC-RI Certifications will be provided once solicitation has been awarded. 5. Provide a statement indicating the initial date of certification for RDECOM and clearly state whether this certification has been continuous and without interruption since that initial certification date. ANSWER: ECBC-RI has maintained a continuous successful certification since December 9th, 2005 without any interruption since initial certification date. 6. Provide a statement indicating that RDECOM has in their possession the previous 3 years of audit reports, nonconformances, if any, issued by the current CB, and all corrective actions accepted by the current CB. ANSWER: ECBC-RI has maintained copies of all previous years audit reports and all applicable information pertaining to all audits. ECBC-RI has not been issued any nonconformances, ever. 7. Provide a statement indicating whether RDECOM has in their possession all previously issued Certificates of Conformance to ISO 9001. ANSWER: ECBC-RI has copies of all previously issued Certificates of Conformance to ISO 9001. 8. Clearly state in both SOWs whether RDECOM has been issued a MAJOR nonconformance in the previous three (3) years. ANSWER: ECBC-RI did not receive any MAJOR nonconformances in the previous three (3) years. 9. There is no requirement stated in the draft SOWs for auditors. All auditors should be certified by Exemplar Global, IRCA, or BEAC for ISO 9001:2015. Without this requirement, RDECOM may not receive competent and qualified auditors. ANSWER: Changes to PWS have been made to include requirement. 10. Section 5.1.3 of the PWS states, "All audits shall be in accordance with ISO and ANAB guidance for the purpose of ISO 9001:2015 registration. As part of the audits, the contractor shall conduct reviews of objective evidence to verify conformance to ISO standard. The contractor shall also conduct interviews and other data gathering activities to obtain any additional information as required during the audit." This requirement should be modified to read that "all audits shall be conducted in accordance with ISO 19011 and Accreditation Body requirements." The use of ANAB only is overly restrictive and limits competition. ISO 19011 governs audits and ANAB. Any reference to ANAB in the SOW must also include the equivalent to ANAB such as IAS. ANSWER: Changes to PWS to incorporate suggested line have been made.
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