MODIFICATION
R -- Occupational Safety and Health Support Services
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Headquarters TSA, 601 S. 12th Street TSA-25, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA, 22202
- ZIP Code
- 22202
- Solicitation Number
- HSTS03-06-R-CAO092
- Response Due
- 6/22/2006
- Point of Contact
- Robyn King, Contract Specialist, Phone 571-227-2447, Fax 571-227-2913, - Marvin Grubbs, Contracting Officer, Phone 571-227-1581, Fax 571-227-2913,
- E-Mail Address
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Robyn.King@dhs.gov, Marvin.Grubbs@dhs.gov
- Description
- This hereby constitutes issuance of Amendment 03 to RFP HSTS03-06-R-CAO092. 27. SF 1449. Section L (Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors, under L.9 (3.2.2.5-1) Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items) states that, “Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation.” The solicitation does not appear to have been issued with this cover sheet. Will TSA provide a SF 1449 for the solicitation? Please refer to question 17. 28. Currency of Past Performance for Small Business. Section L (Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors, under L.2 (6.) Past Performance) states that the past performance should have been performed during the past three years. Can this requirement be extended to five years for Small Businesses, given that SBs often do not perform the volume of project work of larger firms? No, the requirement for past performance can not be extended to five years for Small Businesses. 29. Proposal Page Limit. Section L (Proposal Preparation Instructions) states that the Offeror’s technical proposal will contain eight sections and will be limited to 30 pages. The instructions exclude five sections from the 30-page limit (i.e., Quality Assurance and Control Plan—10 pages, Resumes—20 pages, Mitigation Plan—2 pages, Sample Final Report—20 pages, and Draft Award Fee Plan—15 pages). Are the cover page, cover letter, table of contents excluded from this page limitation? Please refer to question 22. 30. Font Size for Proposal. Section L (Proposal Preparation Instructions) states that the proposal will be submitted “with a font size no smaller than 12 points.” Does this font size apply to tables, charts, graphics, and images too? Please refer to question 4. 31. Program Manager vs. Project Manager. Section C (Statement of Work) defines requirement for the Program Manager position. Section F (Deliveries or Performance) refers to ‘the contractor’s designated Project Manager” (e.g., Clause G.1, Page 23 of 76). Are the Program Manager and Project Manager one in the same? The title Program Manager, as stated in the SOW, and the contractor’s designated Project Manager, as stated in Section F, are interchangeable. As stated at Industry Day, TSA would like to reiterate that this is a program and not a project. 32. Since the AMS encourages use of the GSA Federal Supply Schedules, will the TSA entertain proposal of GSA Professional Engineering Schedule or MOBIS fixed unit rate pricing in lieu of a firm fixed price contract? This requirement has been solicited as a full and open competition and therefore TSA will not be utilizing any GSA schedule to award the contract. 33. There is some ambiguity in the RFP in that Section H2 states that the award fee performance plan shall be unilaterally developed by the Government, yet a draft performance evaluation plan needs to be submitted with the proposal (Section M, Paragraph 9)? Please clarify. The statements in this question are not correct. Section H2 of the RFP states that a Performance Evaluation Plan shall be unilaterally established by the Government. Section M, Paragraph 9 of the RFP states that the offeror shall provide a Draft Award Fee Plan within the technical proposal. 34. Will the TSA consider an individual who is a Certified Health Physicist (CHP) as a lead? In our business (Department of Energy facility operations), our CHPs perform duties similar to CSP and CIH personnel. Please refer to the Section C Paragraph 2.2.2 Staffing of the RFP and question 9. A CHP may be considered provided the individual meets the requirements as outlined. 35. What does the TSA consider as Other Direct Costs (ODCs)? ODCs can include purchase of testing equipment, copying and printing, and lab analysis. Please refer to question 18, 19, and 25. 36. We typically use our customer’s QA program in lieu of our own so that there is no additional work o Therefore, it is expected that personnel will uphold a professional standard at all times. 11. Are there individual Safety Action Teams (SATs) located at each airport? Can you give an estimate of the number of SATs TSA has in place? There are approximately 130 SATs active across the country. SATs are an important aspect of the OSHE office functioning as a bridge between the workforce and leadership. Some SATs are dynamic and integrated while some exist in name only. SATs are critical to the success of the OSH program. The contractor must be able to provide leadership, regardless of how much hand holding the individual offices need. On the other hand, management support in the field is easy to find. The security of our aviation program is pretty well in place and therefore it is time for the field management to examine safety and other employee issues. In this aspect management has been very responsive. 12. Last year a contract was awarded for safety ergonomics, what is the relationship between that contract and this one? The contract that was awarded was for job hazard analysis, which included an aspect of ergonomics, but was not specifically focused on safety ergonomics. As stated in the presentation, that contract provides support to visit each airport once to perform a hazard inspection and analysis and establish a baseline. A repeat hazard analysis would only be necessary if the operations were significantly changed. 13. Information Given: An attachment in Section J describes the different categories of airports and the requirements of each category. Originally mandated by Congress to see if using Federal screeners or private screeners are better, the current SPP program allows airports to opt out and use private contractors that have been vetted by TSA. Airports submit proposals on how they would provide better security screeners for approval by TSA. Currently there are six airports that participate in the SPP program. Also, some of the smaller airports have not been federalized yet; meaning they do not have TSA screeners or may only operate on a seasonal basis. Because of the options for airports, the number of airports listed on the given attachment is an estimate and may change over the life of this contract. 14. Does this contract cover the privatized airports? No, we provide oversight but TSA does not control the workforce, therefore we are not responsible for implementing or managing their programs. They are responsible for managing the program themselves. This contract provides support on OSH issues related to space occupied by the FSD and the FSD staff. 15. Are the airports broken down by regions or sizes? The airports are distributed among three regions; East, Central and Western. Airports are also classified by category, as listed in the provided attachment. Note: In the past TSA hubs and spokes crossed state boundaries, but they have been reorganized to follow state and regional lines. 16. Are TSA’s regions the same as FAA’s? No, FAA uses different distinctions. TSA previously had 5 airport regions but has recently been reorganized to 3 areas. 17. Information Given: OMB initiative has found that only about 58 airports are creating 80% of the injury claims reported by DOL. Categories III and IVs have their own unique problems, but the large Category X airports are the focus at this point in time. New technology that is initiated in the larger airports is usually pushed out into the smaller airports with time. Smaller airports don’t have the needed technology and therefore many of the Transportation Security Officers are physically handling baggage. Technology doesn’t necessarily solve all safety issues though, because any bag that causes an alarm still is required to be picked up and inspected. Also we need to emphasize the importance of face to face training when possible since there are some things that just aren’t learned through online training. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (30-MAY-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 01-SEP-2006, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Nationwide
- Record
- SN01133306-F 20060903/060901230022 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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