In review of the FAR, it is assumed the requirement under 2.32 is based on 48 CFR 52.215-23 Limitations on Charges. Under 48 CFR 15.408 – Solicitation provisions and contract clauses, the limitation on Pass Through Charges clause is incorporated into contracts where both the total estimated contract exceeds simplified acquisition threshold and the expected contract type is a cost reimbursement type contract. As this is to be a Firm Fixed Price contract there does not appear to be a need for this clause. Please clarify the basis for this additional clause. Exhibit 3. Cost Accounting Standards Notices and Certification. Under Exhibit 3 WRPS has requested “Offerors shall examine each part and provide the requested information in order to determine Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) requirements applicable to any resultant contract.” The proposal team in coordination with our accounting department has examined the exhibit along with the Firm Fixed Price contract type proposed under Solicitation No: 307550. Specific clauses we believe are pertinent to the discussion are listed below. Through our examination we believe this contract is exempt from CAS due to 48 CFR 9903.201-1 (b) (15) which The purpose for including the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Exhibit was to obtain information on the Offeror’s Disclosure Statement and an assigned Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO). The subsequent subcontract will be a significant award and a clear understanding of the Offeror’s business systems and status are being reviewed. The Exhibit will need to address at a minimum: 1. Statement if your company has submitted a CAS Disclosure Statement. 2. Provide the status of the CAS Disclosure Statement (e.g. date of the compliance determination). 3. Provide Offeror’s point of contact for the CAS Disclosure Statement. 4. Provide the contact information for the Offeror’s cognizant Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO). WRPS understands that the award may not be subject to CAS based on the evaluation criteria being based on competition and the contract type being Firm Fixed Price (FFP).
mitigation for its own affiliate/parent companies. The offeror requests that an independent legal review and approval be required. As stated in the previous question, mitigation plans shall be reviewed by WRPS Legal with input from DOE. RPP-SPEC-61910 does not provide the level of detail required to confidently propose an alternative media that will receive approval by WRPS. Please provide detailed specifications and requirements that must be met to receive approval of alternative media. The performance requirements are defined in RPP-SPEC-61910. For example: non-elutable resin, affinity for cesium, performance in high pH radioactive waste. If an ion-exchange resin other than CST is proposed, submit objective evidence that the proposed ion-exchange column and resin design will comply with the requirements of this specification. The Offeror may consider proposing CST as the primary resin, and include an alternate resin as an option. The offeror requests a 7-calendar day extension for the question submittal period (i.e., February 8, 2018). We also request the ability to submit clarification questions once WRPS releases answers to questions (e.g., 3 days after WRPS releases answers to questions). We will extend the question submittal period to February 8th and allow clarification questions to the answers provided up to 3 days after answers are released. Specification Section 3.2.2.4 a) 3) requires the spent ion-exchange column be to maintain an outside dose rate less than 5 mrem/h at contact. Please confirm if the limit is on contact or at 30 cm or provide the limit at 30 cm. 5 mrem/h at contact. Please identify any specific Non-Code of Record Document (Section 2.3) requirements inferred or implied that the Offeror has to meet with their fixed bid. Documents listed in Table 2.3 are included in the contract. Please confirm that the TSCR fixed price contract shall be to provide a system to treat 170K gallons of tank waste and remove up to 100K of cesium. The performance objective is to treat a minimum of 170,000 gallons of waste as defined in RPP-SPEC-61910, Section 3.2.1. b) “The TSCR system shall treat a minimum of 170,000 gallons of waste from Tank AP107 during the first phase of the demonstration project. This corresponds to at least 100,000 Ci