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3 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram 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 telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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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

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

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

The above referenced Request for Proposal (RFP) is amended to clarify the Solicitation requirements by responding to questions submitted under the Solicitation. Unless specifically noted, all specifications remain unchanged.

Accordingly, Question 1: In Amendment 05 Responses to Questions, the response to Question No. 7 states:

7. Section L.2.A. - If the Offeror is responding to both Technical Area #1 and #2, should the Offeror submit two business proposals or one combined business proposal? If the latter, should the Offeror include separate Labor Rate Category tables and therefore separate files

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for Attachment J.3: Pricing Scenario.

Response: The Offeror should submit one combined business proposal.

However, the response to Question No. 31, states:

31. Section L.2.A. - If the Offeror is responding to both Technical Area #1 and #2, should the

Offeror submit two business proposals or one combined business proposal? If the latter, should the Offeror include separate Labor Rate Category tables and therefore separate files for

Attachment J.3: Pricing Scenario.

Response: Response: If the Offeror is responding to both Technical Area #1 and #2, the Offeror should submit two business proposals.

Please confirm that if offerors are responding to both Technical Area #1 and Technical Area #2, that they should submit only one business proposal.

Answer 1: Offerors shall submit one combined business proposal inclusive of both Technical areas, if applicable. The business proposal shall include two Sections B's, two pricing scenarios and two small business goals if applying to both

Technical areas.

Question 2: In addition, the response to Question

No. 6 states offerors shall submit, "(6) business

CDs per technical area in hard copy" whereas the

RFP states "3 CD/DVDs with the business proposal" shall be submitted. Could the Government please confirm only (3) CD/DVDs of the business proposal are required for submission?

Answer 2: 6 copies (3 with the technical proposal and past performance references + 3 with the business proposal) of the proposal are only required. If submitting to both technical areas the offeror shall submit 3 additional technical proposal and past performance references CDs.

Question 3: There appears to be a discrepancy in the responses to the question of how many business proposals are required for Offerors who are bidding on both Technical Areas (see questions 7, 12, 24, and 31.) Can you please clarify how many business proposals are required

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for Offerors submitting proposals for both

Technical Areas?

Answer 3: Please see question 1 above pertaining to questions 7, 12, and 31 of Amendment 000005.

In response to the above mentioned question 24 from Amendment 000005, Offerors only need to submit one copy of documents specified in Section

K and J (excluding J.2 Past Performance and J.3

Pricing Scenario).

Question 4: Past Performance: The response to question 41 indicates that past performances references are only for the prime. This appears to contradict the instruction in the RFP (page

112Performance references can be for the offeror, predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience and/or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirements when such information is relevant to the acquisition.") Per the RFP instruction we had requested past performance references from subcontractors and we would like to clarify whether the instruction in the RFP or the instruction in the question response should be followed prior to making additional requests.

Answer 4: Offeror's shall submit a maximum of five (5) performance references shall be submitted for contracts within the past three years. Past performance references can be for the offeror, predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience and/or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to the acquisition.

Question 5: Q/A No. 39. For Technical Area 1

(page 112 of the RFP), it is noted that "a maximum of five past performance references shall be submitted for contracts within the past three years." Is this for projects completed within the past three years? Or does it include projects awarded in the past three years which are ongoing? Please clarify.

Response: This is for projects completed within the past three years (past performance).

Q/A No. 41. For Technical Area 1, past

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performance information is limited to five (5) references. Is this for the prime contractor only? Are subcontractors allowed to provide past performance references, and if so, how many?

Please advise.

Response: Past performance references are for the prime contractor only.

(a) We respectfully request that the Government reconsider limiting Past Performance

Questionnaires to the prime bidder given that the

RFP appears to encourage teaming:

"ASPE/DALTCP anticipates that no single organization will employ staff with sufficient breadth of analytical expertise and experience pertinent to all of the areas of interest to

DALTCP. Therefore, Offerors are encouraged to engage other organizations as partners or subcontractors in this work, as well as to propose the use of consultants in highly specialized areas (e.g., personnel with experience working with specific data or who have unique analytical capabilities, personnel or organizations with expertise in mental health or substance abuse programs, financing, treatment, and policy issues)." (RFP page 109-110)

Answer 5(a): See the answer to question 4 above.

(b) We also respectfully request that the

Government reconsider limiting Past Performance

Questionnaires to completed projects (within the past three years). Most of our Firm's most relevant work deals with current issues (changing

ACA regulations or the Balancing Incentive

Program, for example) and is being conducted under active contracts. As such, Navigant respectfully requests that the Government reconsider this limitation and open Past

Performance References to more current, relevant, ongoing project work.

Answer 5(b): Active contracts would be considered work performed within the past three years.

(c) If the Government does not grant the request to permit Past Performance Questionnaires from subcontractors and for current/ongoing work, then please clarify the process you will use to handle

Past Performance Questionnaires from

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subcontractors (or for the prime bidder's on-going work) that have already been submitted to HHS prior to the release of the Q/A and the due date extension. In other words, how will the

Government determine which Past Performance

Questionnaires are the appropriate ones to use given the new requirements?

Answer 5(c): See the answer to question 4 above.

(d) If the Government does not grant the request to permit Past Performance Questionnaires from subcontractors and for current/ongoing work, then, for the purposes of Past Performance examples: in cases where a bidder has multi-year engagements for which the contract encompasses a base year plus option years, will you consider the base year to be "completed" if option years are exercised and where the bidder has an ongoing operational role or where a bidder supports the agency in a series of projects under a single contract?

Note: Time is of the essence on this response, because we will need to obtain Past Performance

Questionnaires from different clients or request and obtain revised Past Performance

Questionnaires from clients who have already submitted their Questionnaires to you.

Answer 5(d): See the answer to question 4 above.

Question 6: Please clarify the Government's differing responses to the multiple questions regarding whether one or two business proposals are required for firms responding to both

Technical Area #1 and #2 (restated below, our emphasis highlighting he discrepancy between the two answers):

Question 7. Section L.2.A. - If the Offeror is responding to both Technical Area #1 and #2, should the Offeror submit two business proposals or one combined business proposal? If the latter, should the Offeror include separate Labor Rate

Category tables and therefore separate files for

Attachment J.3: Pricing Scenario.

Response: The Offeror should submit one combined business proposal.

Question 31. Section L.2.A. - If the Offeror is

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responding to both Technical Area #1 and #2, should the Offeror submit two business proposals or one combined business proposal? If the latter, should the Offeror include separate Labor Rate

Category tables and therefore separate files for

Attachment J.3: Pricing Scenario.

Response: If the Offeror is responding to both

Technical Area #1 and #2, the Offeror should submit two business proposals.

Answer 6: See the answer to questions 1 above.

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