Looking for some advice here... I'm a Contract Specialist with a pending competitive action under GSA FSS IT Schedule 70 for IT services. We have two incumbents in place under four separate orders, and all will expire soon. We are in the process of re-competing a single new order for the continued services. The RFQ has been posted to eBuy as a SB set-aside and we are currently accepting questions. We have also included 52.222-17 non-displacement of qualified workers in the solicitation. Of course, as a result, we are getting a lot of questions asking for details about the incumbent(s) and their previously provided effort, including details about their employees. My question is, where do I draw the line? What is acceptable to share, and what incumbent information should be protected? Both of the incumbents are also eligible to compete for the new order.
The particulars that may be important in this scenario is that the new order is more all inclusive of services that had previously been provided under four smaller orders. The previous orders had mostly been issued as Labor Hour contracts (but not all). We have written the new requirements in a performance work statement format as FFP contract type with separately identified tasks. So far, we have released the previous award numbers, incumbent company's names, the period of performance for each order, and the total awarded amount of each order. Within the PWS for the new order we also included historical information such as "historically this task has been performed by 2 contractor FTE", etc. But many of the questions we are getting are asking for far greater detail such as: "Are you satisfied with the incumbent workers (meaning the incumbent contractor's employees)? and if so, can you provide their POC detail and name so we can gain an understanding of what their desired compensation would be? Can you provide detail as to how long they have been supporting in this capacity?" They have also asked for historical level of effort (in hours).
I'm trying to determine how much information we need to provide, how much should we provide, and how do we make or keep the playing field fair? What is typical? What is not ok to reveal? We are truly open to all interested parties, whether they be an incumbent or a new vendor, and I want to be sure to maintain the integrity of the competition. What is your advice?
Thanks!