Draft Request for Proposals Questions and Responses

NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4) Questions and Responses to DRFP
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Attachment 1 Statement of
Work DRFP

Requirement/
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Multi

Multi

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Government Response

Standard reorder points are 25-30% full.
This contract does not limit the
Request NASA indicate locations requiring
Government's ability to execute
higher reorder points than 25-30% and what
orders based on a standard or nonthose reorder points are. Filling tanks at reorder standard reorder point. The points above 30% results in inefficiencies of
Government will maintain its
distribution costs that suppliers must be allowed ability to order tank fills at its to account. More fills require additional tankers, discretion in accordance with the drivers, trips, and inefficient use of tank loads
Terms and Conditions of the
impacting all supplier operations in that area.
Request for Proposal (RFP) and
Statement of Work (SOW).

NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4) Questions and Responses to DRFP
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Attachment 3
Economic
Price
Adjustment
Clause

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(b)

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Government Response

Request that the EPA formula be modified so
The EPA formula in Attachment 3
that the original offer price provided shall not be remains unchanged. All CLINS are adjusted any lower than the original unit price
10%. The primary purpose of
quoted. Recommend the increase cap be set at a incorporating an EPA formula into minimum of 20% rather than 10% which is
this fixed price contract is to
insufficient to cover potential energy, material,
incentivize competition while
regulatory, distribution, and labor costs. Indices simultaneously protecting both the don't typically reflect market conditions such as Contractor (during periods of cost fluctuating supply/demand ratios. NASA's
inflation related to electricity, fuel,
current increase cap is 40% and pricing has not and driver labor) and the achieved true coverage of increasing costs.
Government (during cost
Furthermore, the condition of no limit on pricing deflation). During the current decreases is an unacceptable term. We
inflationary period, the EPA
recommend restrict pricing decreases to be no
formula as established will almost
lower than the starting contract price of each
certainly benefit the Contractor.
annual term. There is no reasonable or realistic Nonetheless, the Government will