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1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR

OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted , such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Herndon VA 20170

DBC

Suite 2000A 381 Elden Street Acquisition Services Directorate Interior Business Center, AQD

03/08/20240001

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended , by one of the following methods: (a) By completing

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

FACILITY CODE CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)CODE 6. ISSUED BY

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4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.3. EFFECTIVE DATE2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

03/01/2024

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

This amendment is issued to provide answers to questions and update the SF1449. There are no changes to the due date or time for quote submission.

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Joseph Fusari

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Previous edition unusable

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9 A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect .

Attachment 2 – Solicitation # 140D0424Q0352

Questions Template

Item Page No. Paragraph

Ref/Sentence Question/Comment Government Response Solicitation

Change 1 N/A N/A Is there an incumbent in place? If so, please provide the incumbent’s name, contract number and award number.

See page 29 of the solicitation. NA

2 N/A Statement of Work

Can you confirm the number of contractors that are required to execute the daily duties outlined in the Statement of Work?

The contractor shall determine the number of employees necessary to complete the required tasks in the SOW for the estimated quantities listed on Attachment 1 Contract Price Excel Spreadsheet.

NA

3 N/A Statement of Work

How many hours per week are required per contractor? Is there a set schedule/set hours in which the contractor will have to be available on a daily basis?

The contractor shall determine the number of employees necessary to complete the required tasks in the SOW for the estimated quantities listed on Attachment 1 Contract Price Excel Spreadsheet.

NA

4 N/A Statement of Work

Does the contractor(s) have to be onsite to perform the duties? If so, what is the exact location the contractor will be reporting to?

See pages 11-12 of the SOW regarding facilities.

NA

5 N/A Statement of Work

Will remote work opportunities be available to the contractor(s)?

See pages 11-12 of the SOW regarding facilities.

NA

6 N/A Statement of Work

Is there a wage determination tied to this solicitation?

See page 34 of solicitation. NA

7 N/A N/A Does the government have a preference on the contractor being compensated under 1099 or W-2?

The contractor shall determine the number and type of employees necessary to complete the required tasks in the SOW and the estimated quantities listed on Attachment 1 Contract Price Excel Spreadsheet.

NA

Ref/Sentence

Question/Comment Government Response Solicitation Change

General General Is FedRAMP required? FedRamp is required for Cloud Hosted Systems.

NA

9 General General Is FISMA required? Vendor must be FISMA compliant. NA 10 General General How many Unemployment Claims did you have in the past 12 months?

7,733. However, see Attachment 1 Contract Price Excel Spreadsheet for estimated quantities.

NA

11 General General How many of those claims did you protest? 2,752 protested. See page 9 of the SOW and Attachment A for information regarding protest/appeals.

NA

12 General General From those that you protested, what was your winning percentage?

88% success rate. See page 9 of the SOW and Attachment A for information regarding protest/appeals.

NA

13 General General How many Hearings did you have in the past 12 months?

184 hearing last year. See page 9 of the SOW and Attachment A for information regarding hearings.

NA

14 General General From those hearings, what was your winning percentage?

See page 9 of the SOW and Attachment A for information regarding hearings.

NA

15 5 Statement of Work pg. 5

1.4 Scope of

Work

Can you provide a list of the current agencies that will be part of this service outside of the DOI and its subagencies?

50 + U.S. states and territories agencies which may include unemployment agencies, lender and credit agencies, mortgage companies.

NA

16 General General Number of SUI (State Unemployment Insurance) accounts?

50 + U.S. states and territories. NA

17 General General Are there particular types of verifications that you have to manually complete?

None as of this time. Currently information and transaction will be done electronically. There is always a possibility of an exception and may have to be done manually.

Question/Comment Government Response Solicitation Change

18 General General Would it be possible to get an extension to the March 12, 2024, at 3:00 PM EST due date?

No extensions will be granted at this time.

NA

19 1-3 Standard Form 1449

Please clarify if the SF1449 title page (required signature) needs to be returned with our proposal response.

You will only be required to sign the SF1449 title page if you receive the award.

NA

20 2 Standard Form 1449

Upon review, can you update the PoP for

CLIN 00100?

Corrected 2/20/2024 to 3/20/2024. Yes

21 29 General Instructions

We are requesting an extension due date no earlier than Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

No extensions will be granted at this time.

NA

22 30 Assumptions and

Conditions

This paragraph states that Assumptions and Conditions are to be "Clearly Marked” and to submit with the Pricing Proposal.

However, in the very next paragraph, it states 'Exceptions" are due BEFORE the proposal. Can you confirm the difference between Assumptions/Conditions and Exceptions? If Exceptions are submitted, what is that date?

Exceptions refer to tasks or terms in the contract that the Vendor cannot or will not be able to perform or comply with.

Exceptions are only due before the proposal. This allows the Government time to review the issue, and does not by mere submission, grant approval of the exception.

23 RFP

pp. 33, 34 of

Section G, Sub Item 3 -

Price

Bidders are instructed to provide “additional information described in PRICE PROPOSAL” which is in addition to completing Attachment 1. However, upon a search of the full RFP document, there does not appear to be a section titled PRICE PROPOSAL? Later in the paragraph, it appears the government is requiring a cover sheet for the Price Volume with certain data to be included per “described above” but there is no detail that can be found regarding a cover sheet

Please follow the instructions on pages 31-34 of the solicitation.

Question/Comment Government Response Solicitation Change for this volume. The only data requirements for a cover sheet is for the overall proposal coversheet – is the required data for the Price cover sheet one and the same?

24 RFP p.

31 of

Section G, Sub Item 1 –

Technical Volume

The government makes no mention of any required LCATs or specific key personnel required, not even a program manager. Just confirming that nomination of any key personnel and/or LCATs is at the discretion of the bidder? Likewise, because there is no mention about LCAT/key personnel nominations in the proposal, are there any required formats/data fields to include in any resume of a person should key personnel do need to be nominated as a part of the proposal?

See pages 31 and 34 of the solicitation. NA

25 RFP p.

30 of

Section D, Bullet 7

Confirming that for Volume III – Price, bidders can complete the template Excel spreadsheet and keep it in .xls file format even though Bullet 7 of D. General Instructions requires all submission files to be in Adobe PDF?

See General Instructions on pages 29-30 of the solicitation.

NA

26 SOW

p. 25 of

Section D1 4th paragraph

Is it possible to provide a price template that indicates what the previous awardee charged for these contracted services?

Contract award information was posted to Federal Business Opportunities website.

NA

27 SOW

p. 5 of

Section 2.1 What specific type of employee information will be provided to the contractor that will be housed in the contractor database?

Reference 2.1, SOW, Storing of Payroll and Separation Data

Question/Comment Government Response Solicitation Change

28 SOW

p.10 of 25

Section 2.8/2nd sentence

For employment verification, can it be confirmed that the only requests the contractor will be responsible for receiving will be in writing from the requestor?

Reference section 2.8 SOW, requests will come from a departments, agencies, credit institutions, mortgage companies and lender institutions.

NA

29 SOW

p. 11 of

Section 2.8 8th paragraph

Will employment verification requests come to the contractor directly from the requestor or will an agency POC send the requests to the contractor as they come?

Reference section 2.8 SOW, requests will come from a departments, agencies, credit institutions, mortgage companies and lender institutions.

30 RFQ

p.20 of 60

Section 2.6 4th paragraph

Will there be any weekly or monthly meeting cadences required with the agency or POC for purposes of this contract?

Yes. Reference section 2.6 Training and section 2.6 quarterly Program Reviews

NA

31 SOW

p. 9 of

Section 2.6 1st paragraph

Would there be any instances where an on-site presence from the Contractor will be required or can all of the contract deliverables be executed remotely?

Yes, reference section 2.6 Training SOW, training will be provided semi-annually at the government agency headquarters.

NA

32 SOW

p.13 of 25

Section 4.0.1 2nd paragraph

Will a government-issued ID/PIV card be issued to the Program Manager or other key personnel for purposes of executing this contract?

You (vendors/contractors) will not have access to HRD/Personnel Operations Division systems so you will not need a PIV card. You will need access to the Department Of Labor and the states systems; their requirements will vary. It will be the vendor’s responsibility to get the access information.

NA

33 SOW

p.8 of 25

Section 2.4 1st paragraph

Will each agency that the Contractor processes unemployment claims for have its own unemployment account or is there one Federal account already set up per state/district?

See section 2.2 Claims Processing referencing the Federal Interstate Connection Network (ICON).

Question/Comment Government Response Solicitation Change

34 SOW

p.8 of 25

Section 2.4 1st paragraph

Are the unemployment responses required by the Contractor coming from multiple states? If so, please indicate which states/districts?

Yes, unemployment responses will come from the 50 + States and the U.S.

Territories.

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p.22 of 60

C.5 third paragraph

Is it permissible to bring on 1099 subcontractors as part of the clerical staff to execute the transactional aspects of the contract? (provided that the 1099 subcontractors are vetted through the federal background check process and have been adjudicated)

The contractor shall determine the number and type of employees necessary to complete the required tasks in the SOW and the estimated quantities listed on Attachment 1 Contract Price Excel Spreadsheet.