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General Information

  • Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)
  • Original Published Date: Jul 01, 2022 01:54 pm EDT
  • Original Response Date: Jul 01, 2022 04:30 pm EDT
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Original Inactive Date: Jul 01, 2022
  • Initiative:
    • None

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Description

Interested Offerors:

Questions & Answers (Q&A) resulting from Notice ID FAA_SatellitePhoneServices Screening Information Request (SIR) Number 693KA9-22-R-00009 posted in SAM.gov on May 26, 2022

Question 1- Related SIR Requirement C.2, C.4.1: For the fixed terminals, do you need docking stations for each phone on location?

Answer 1: Yes.

Question 2- Related SIR Requirement C.4.2, C.4.3: Please describe the Fixed SATCOM installation and training requirements.

Answer 2:  Airtime/usage for our existing MSAT-G2 equipment and no training is required.

Question 3; Related SIR Requirement L.2: The Contract Opportunity page in SAM.gov states that the NAICS is 517410, but Section L.2, AMS 3.6.1-17, says that the NAICS is 334220. Please change the L.2 reference to 517410.

Answer 3: Both NAICs are applicable to this requirement.

Question 4; Related SIR Requirement B.3-B.8, L.15.2.3: Should the offeror's prices include taxes and fees?

Answer 4: Taxes will not be charged to the Government.  Fees are to be identified in accordance with the columns titled SIM/Activation Other Fees in Section B.3 - B.7 of the SIR.

Question 5; Related SIR Requirement B.8, C.4.2, L.15.2.3: Should the offeror multiply the per-unit annual costs from the pricing tables in B.3-B.7 by the unit quantities in C.4.2 to get the Contract Estimated Value for each year? Please provide an instructions paragraph for B.8.

Answer 5:  You do not have to multiply by the unit quantities"

Question 6; Related SIR Requirement C.5: How soon after contract award is the winning offeror expected to deliver the devices, given the ongoing global supply chain issues?

Answer 6:   A seamless conversion, month by month as existing airtime services expire naturally at the end of their annual periods is anticipated.

Question 7; Related SIR Requirement RFQ: In order to allow offerors a reasonable amount of time to incorporate the Government response to questions, please provide offerors 10 business days after the release of answers to deliver quality proposals.

Answer 7: The due date for proposals remains unchanged.

Contact Information

Contracting Office Address

  • AAQ-400, FOB-10A, RM 400W 800 INDEPENDENCE AVE, SW
  • WASHINGTON , DC 20591
  • USA

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History

  • Jul 01, 2022 11:55 pm EDTSources Sought (Original)