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Questions and AnswersSolicitation AVT00091006/19/09Question 1

: In Section 4.4.4 Price, there is no CLIN(s) identified for the Con-tract Access Fee (CAF) that is required as part of the Alliant Prime Contract.Section B.5 of the Alliant Contract states that “on all orders, regardless of Order type, contractors must estimate CAF in their proposals and OCOs must includeCAF under a separate CLIN.How are the Industry Partners supposed to price in the CAF? Will additionalCLINs be added for this or should these costs be included in the price for eachCLIN.

Answer 1

: The latest version of section B.5 states, “On all Orders, regardlessof Order type, Contractors must estimate CAF in their proposals and OCOs mayfund CAF as a separate Contract Line Item Number (CLIN).”For this procurement, contractors are to include the CAF within their prices andNOT list it as a separate CLIN.

Question 2

: In reference to the above solicitation, is there an incumbent cur-rently working on the website? If so, could you let us know who it is? If no in-cumbent, who originally designed and set up the current website and is perform-ing the work that is listed in the TORFP?

Answer 2

: The procurement for the Recovery.gov 1.0 version was awarded toREI Systems.

Question 3a

: Scope of RFP - The 2.0 Requirements section of the RFP talks toa broad set of requirements around data capture, metadata, business intelligenceand reporting, data warehousing, in addition to Web design. The "Technical Ap-proach" section 4.4, however, talks narrowly to Web site design and delivery only.Will the Transparency board evaluate a complete solution, from backend datamanagement and report creation to front end delivery and visualization?

Answer 3a

: Yes. In fact, we are asking for a complete solution.

Question 3b

: Can you clarify the scope of this RFP?

Answer 3b

: The scope of the RFP is to deliver a total solution in order toprovide the Recovery.gov website with the operational and functional capabilitiesrequired in the SOO.

Further Information:The capture of recipient reporting data will be collected, managed, andmaintained by another Government entity (Information Capture 2.3.1).The recipient reporting database will be replicated to a Governmentprovided database infrastructure.The Offeror is required to generate reports off of this replicated database.Once the database is replicated the Offeror shall provide and leverageBusiness Intelligence (BI) software to store in an Offeror provided datawarehouse.The Offorer shall generate pre-defined reports and provide the capabilityto generate ad hoc reports to meet the needs of various stakeholders.The Recovery.gov Offorer developed solution shall provide several enter-prise portal capabilities such as public facing presence, role based man-agement, visualization of data, and content management.Meta Data is a critical element required to successfully deliver enterpriseclass “Content Management” (2.3.5 Web Content Management System(WCMS).The extent of the Offerors solution is all inclusive (i.e. backend data man-agement to public facing portal) based on the requirements listed in theSOO. Collection of recipient reporting data from recipients “is not” a re-quirement of this SOO. A new recipient reporting solution “will not” beevaluated as a part of this SOO.

Question 4

: HostingThroughout the RFP the RATB RFP indicates leveraging existing hosting ser-vices, however in Section 2.5.1, the document delineates requirements for host-ing services provided by the offeror. Can you clarify?

Answer 4

: This SOO references two classes of Hosted Services. The Produc-tion Environment will be hosted by a Government Hosting Service Provider. TheTest and Development Environment can either exist on the Government Environ-ment or Offeror provided environment. The Offeror shall provide operations sup-port for both environments based on the terms and conditions of the SOO.

Question 5

: HardwareIt's unclear from the RFP, the hardware platform you have or intend for the con-tractor to provide a hardware recommendation? If you have hardware, what isthe environment?

Answer 5

: Offerors are expected to propose and provide the hardware platformnecessary to implement their total solution for this requirement. Offerors are notlimited to any particular environment in the selection of the hardware platform tobe provided for this requirement. Hardware includes but is not limited to Server Racks, Server Hardware, Network Routers, Network Switches, Firewall, IntrusionDetection System (IDS), etc. It is expected the Offeror shall size the hardwareconfiguration to meet the expected performance requirements of the Test Devel-opment and Production solution.

Question 6a

: SubmissionPer Section 4.3 Submission Instructions on Page 38… Please clarify "Proposalsare due no later than Friday, June 26, 2009 by 2:00pm EST". Is this submissiondeadline via ITSS or hardcopy delivery via mail?

Answer 6a

: BOTH.

Question 6b

: Also, Instead of mailing the hard copies to the address onPennsylvania Ave, can offerers hand deliver hard copy proposal responses tothis address? This would allow this offerer additional days to compile a morecomprehensive proposal response.

Answer 6b

: YES.

Question 7

: Reference SOO 4.4: The Offeror’s proposal shall also include thefollowing as Attachments 1 and 2: (1 -Service Level Agreements, 2 – Warranty In-formation)Question: Which volume does the Government prefer these attachments to be in-cluded (Vol I, II, III, IV)?

Answer 7

: Volume II

Question 8

: Can the Government please confirm that these attachments are notheld against the volume page count limit?

Answer 8

: These attachments are exempt from page limitations.

Question 9

: Can the Government please provide the Government agency thehard copies will be sent to, if other than the Recovery Accountability and Trans-parency Board (RATB)?

Answer 9

: Offers shall be sent to the RATB via the address identified in the soli-citation

Question 10

: Can the Government please clarify the number of hard copies re-quired, as the referenced SOO sections appear to be in conflict (5 vs 4 copies)?