1605JE-23-R-00008-0003.pdf

(x)

1605JE-23-R-00008

x x

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 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.

x

Washington DC 20210

JCAS

N-4643 200 Constitution Ave, NW Job Corps Acquisition Services US Department of Labor

05/22/20230003

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.

CODE

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

PAGE OF PAGES

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

04/17/2023

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 date, 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.)

Amendment 0003 to the Request for Proposals for the Operation of the Penobscot Job Corps

Center with Outreach and Admissions and Career Transition Services. The purpose of this

Amendment is to provide clarification to Lines 11 and 20 on the OJC tab of the RFP Q&A

Spreadsheet.

1) The due date is extended to May 25, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

2) Line 11, Section 13, C.2:

Question: The “advanced marine pipefitting” trade is listed as 24 slots in the RFP but 12 slots in the most recent CTT-10 report. Please confirm which is correct.

Corrected Answer: Advanced Marine Pipefitting is 24 full-time training slots.

3) Line 20, Section 13, C.2.D:

Question: Please clarify which CTT offering are represented as full-time slots and which

Continued ...

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)

Diane E. McKenzie

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

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 .

TEL: EMAIL: 617-624-6794 MCKENZIE.DIANE.E@DOL.GOV

ITEM NO. SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

2 2

CONTINUATION SHEET

REFERENCE NO. OF DOCUMENT BEING CONTINUED PAGE OF

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)

1605JE-23-R-00008/0003

are part-time slots.

Corrected Answer: Advanced Marine Pipefitting is

24 full-time training slots. Advanced Pastry is

15 full-time training slots. Culinary Arts, CNA, Clinical Medical Assistant, Carpentry and Welding are part-time training slots.

4) Offerors must acknowledge all amendments, including Amendment 0003.

End of amendment.

NSN 7540-01-152-8067 OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)

Sponsored by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.110

JCAS

Page/Section (if cited by contractor) Question(s) Answer(s)

63 The instructions in J-4 indicate “For positions not needed on the contractor's staffing chart, the contractor shall eliminate the row for that position. Where more than one of the same position is needed, the contractor shall insert a new row.” In prior solicitations, offerors were advised not to remove rows. Please confirm preference. Please follow the instructions in J-4 for this solicitation, which specifically notes that the contractor shall eliminate the rows for positions not needed.

66 Please clarify the application of “(i) 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination. Is it correct this provision applies to solicitations when a firm-fixed-price contract or fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment is contemplated” in section K? FAR 52.203-2 is a required provision of the subject RFP.

80 Please clarify the page limitation of the Technical Approach. Recent RFPs have shifted to a 43 page limit in consideration for the fonts desired. The table in Section L.6, paragraph H Page Limitation for the Technical Approach is hereby changed from 40 pages to 43 pages.

n/a Are offerors required to bid SCA wages for every position they propose in their organizational chart? If not all, then which positions must comply? In accordance with Section H.6 of the RFP, SCA is applicable. It is up to the offeror to determine which position(s) SCA is applicable to.

n/a Since offerors are not required to provide individual salaries in their bid, how would the Government know if an offeror is not complying with SGA wages and benefit requirements? Will there be a post award salary audit to verify compliance? 41 U.S.C. chapter 67, Service Contract Labor Standards (also known as the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act or SCA), the regulations at 29 CFR part 4, FAR subpart 22.10, FAR Clause 52.222-41, and all other applicable SCA FAR clauses, are applicable to contracts for the operation and management of Job Corps Centers with Outreach and Admissions and/or Career Transition Services. Any complaints or suspected violations of the laws will be thoroughly investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor. The SCA(s) and DBA(s) must be posted on the work site in a public area where employees can easily access the information.

n/a If there is a post award salary and benefit audit, who conducts the audit, what is the audit protocol, and what types of information must the awardee be prepared to provide the Government to demonstrate compliance? Any audit will be conducted by the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor.

J-8 Attachment Please confirm that attachment J-8 is not required to be submitted as the information would not be determinable at the time of the proposal. This form is required to identify any subcontractors included in an offeror's proposal.

20, F.5 Will the government please provide the Wage Determinations for all the counties identified in the NEAP for the Penobscot JCC. Additional SCAs for all counties identified in the NEAP are attached as J-16s with Amendment 0002. In addition, please note that the SCA attached to the original RFP is also updated and is attached.

n/a Will DOL please confirm that SCA wages and H&W rate should increase by a minimum of 3% every year of the proposal? Escalation of pricing between the base and option periods of 3% is a recommendation from DOL. However, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division sets the SCA Wages and Health and Welfare rates in the applicable Wage Determinations.

36, H.5 Please confirm if the CLIN reference in this paragraph should be to CLIN xx08? Yes, this is in reference to CLIN XX08 for Special Projects/Initiatives as directed by the Government.

36, H.6 From reading, Reg. 29 CFR 4.173., for vacation accrual purposes, contractors are required to recognize previous hire dates for work performed on the contract regardless of which contractor operated the center. In addition, the WD states 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor. Is this regulation applicable to this implementation and should the hire/vacation accrual date be when the employee originally was hired on the contract (regardless of which contractor operated the center) or should the hire/vacation accrual date be when the employee was hired with the current contractor? Vacation pay is determined based on the total length of time an employee has been in the employer’s service (commercial work and federal contract)AND the total length of time the employee has been employed in any capacity in the continuous service of any predecessor contractor who carried out similar contract functions at the same facility. The sum of these two conditions = total service time which is what should be used to determine the numebr of paid vacation weeks an employee is entitled to. 29 CFR 4.173(a)

63, J-4 To be consistent with Attachment J-4 staffing chart can unused positions be deleted from Attachment J-28? Yes, the J-28 can be made consistent with the J-4 by removing unused positions.

n/a There is uncertainty about future costs to FFP contracts, especially in the current environment where inflation or CPI is 8.5%. Contractors try to include risk premiums in their bids to ensure viability through these unprecedented circumstances, causing overall higher bid prices. In accordance with FAR 16.203-1, will the government consider adding an Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) or Price Adjustment Clause to the contract? By minimizing long term unknown inflationary risks factors from the contractor, the need for inflationary risk contingency costs is eliminated, resulting in a more realistic and competitive overall bid price. The government is not including 52.216-4 at this time.

80, H.b Restricting the type of font to Times New Roman or Arial significantly reduces the proposal response space (up to 3 pages depending on font type). -Would DOL consider accepting “Garamond” type font for this proposal? The table in Section L.6, paragraph H Page Limitation for the Technical Approach is hereby changed from 40 pages to 43 pages.

C.2.I Failure to maintain staffing levels states damages will begin on the first month of operations. Will the Government consider revising this language to state “Beginning the fourth month of operations” which is similar to other FFP contracts awarded? In accordance with the Statement of Work, C.2.I. Failure to Maintain Staffing Levels: Beginning the first month of center operations, if the contractor’s vacancy rate exceeds 4% (as reported in the monthly Wage Comparability Tool submitted during the following month), the contractor shall reduce its invoiced price by an amount equal to the sum of the monthly salary(ies) for all vacant positions over the permitted 4%.

G.9 The Executive Order and SCA requirement has significantly increased wages. The OBS payback calculation assumes 15% of the contract value is a group of select non-personnel lines. There has been no consideration for increases in personnel expenses and the dilution of non-personnel expenses. Will the Government consider a CLIN structure that breaks out personnel, nonpersonnel and non-personnel expenses subject to the 15% OBS price adjustment? Offerors shall propose in accordance with the J-1 and Schedule B CLINs.

J-28 The first step of the J-4 Staffing Chart Instructions includes “For positions not needed on the contractor's staffing chart, the contractor shall eliminate the row for that position.” Will the Government allow offerors to remove any unused rows/positions, to align with the instructions of the J-4 Staffing Chart? Yes, the J-28 can be made consistent with the J-4 by removing unused positions.

n/a The previous RFP ( 2018 ) required prevailing wages be paid to the following positions. Should offerors consider these wages for personnel cost development? The previous RFP does not apply to the current RFP for the Penobscot Job Corps Center. It is the operator’s responsibility to be familiar with the local labor market and the prevailing wages and benefits in the area, to include SCA prevailing wages.

&"Times New Roman,Bold"&14RFP 1630J5-19-R-0001 Detroit Questions for Clarification (OCM)

OJC

Page/Section (if cited by contractor) Questions Answer(s)

12 Please clarify if the Penobscot OA is expected to send 110 arrivals to the Loring JCC and the Loring JCC will be sending 110 to the Penobscot JCC. Penobscot OA is required to arrive 110 students to the Loring JCC. However, the Loring JCC is expected to arrive 220 students annually to the Penobscot JCC.

12 Please clarify if both Penobscot and Loring are both located in NEAP Zone (MERZ01) but Penobscot will only recruit from MERZ02. Will Loring OA staff be assigned to the Penobscot JCC for recruitment from Penobscot County within (MERZ01)? Loring staff are located on the Penobscot center recruiting for Loring and Penbscot. The staff's location is based on the current agreement between the centers and Operator. Penobscot only recruits in MERZ02 (Southern Maine)

46, Section H.25 Section H.25 – Are there any lease agreements in place for support of the Penobscot JCC or OA/CTS operations? (e.g., Portland, Augusta, Lewiston, Loring OA). The Penobscot Job Corps Center is a government owned facility. Lease Offices are located in Portland, Lewiston and Augusta, ME. OA Manager is located on Penobscot center.

63 The J-12 only includes Utility Costs. Can DOL provide the usage levels (e.g., kWh, CCF, kgal) for utilities in order to better determine current and future costs? Please see the attached utility supplement report with Amendment 0002.

63 The J-10 does not show any rented property nor any washing machines or dryers. Please clarify if the center rents/leases washers/dryers and/or copiers or whether those items are maintained on a separate inventory. The J-26 indicates the center owns its washers/dryers. Can offerors be provided with an inventory or the same? 27 Washers and 21 Dryers are Job Corps Center owned. The Center has 7 leased copiers. These items are on a separate inventory outside EPMS.

C.2 Section C2 states that the operator is responsible for 330 annual arrivals to Penobscot and 110 arrivals TO Loring. Section F5 states that the operator is responsible for 330 annual arrivals into Penobscot and will receive 110 arrivals FROM Loring. Please, provide clarity on the Loring 110 arrivals. Statement of Work section C2b of the RFP is revised to state 220 arrival goals will be received from Loring. Section F5 of the RFP is correct.

n/a Does Advanced Training (Marine Pipefitting and Culinary-Pastry) occur at the Penobscot Job Corps Center or a college? The Advanced Marine Pipefitting and Culinary-Pastry CTTs take place on-center.

12, C.2 The RFP states the recruitment zone is “MERZ02 Central, Western and Coastal Counties.” Please confirm that this includes all counties in the Central, Western and Coastal LWDAs. Correct, MERZ02 includes Central, Western, and Coastal counties.

13, C.2 Is the center certified nurse assistant program state-approved? Yes, the Certified Nurse Assistant Program is state-approved.

13, C.2 The “advanced marine pipefitting” trade is listed as 24 slots in the RFP but 12 slots in the most recent CTT-10 report. Please confirm which is correct. Advanced Marine Pipefitting is 24 full-time training slots.

13, C.2 The “certified nurse assistant”” trade is listed as 30 slots in the RFP but 60 slots in the most recent CTT-10 report. Please confirm which is correct. The correct number is 30 slots.

13, C.2 Is the Penobscot center a state-certified driver’s education provider? Yes, the Penobscot Job Corps Center is a state-certified driver's education provider.

J-9 Attachment, p. 34-45, Deficiency Text The Facility Survey lists 20 deficiencies for the dormitory buildings; have these deficiencies made any sections/rooms unusable? No sections or rooms are unusable.

n/a Is the Penobscot center currently accredited by a regional accrediting body? Yes, it is accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

n/a Is the Penobscot center on a bus route? Yes, but there are not a lot of runs, it is not very convenient.

12, C.2 The RFP lists the Recruitment Zone MERZ02 Central, Western and Coastal counties. However, Penobscot JCC is located in MERZ01. Please clarify that the recruitment zone is MERZ02. The recruitment zone is MERZ02

13, C.2.D The RFP shows a total of 227 CTT slots. However, the most recent CTT-10 report shows 245 total slots. Can DOL please confirm that 227 CTT slots is accurate for the upcoming contract? The RFP states 239 CTT slots which is the correct number.

J-9 File, Page 10, Section 3.5 2019 water costs from the J-9 are more than double that of the following years' totals shown in the J-12. Was sewer included in that 2019 figure? - Is there a separate breakout that provides sewer costs over the last few years? There is no separate cost for sewer.

13, C.2.D Please clarify which CTT offering are represented as full-time slots and which are part-time slots. Advanced Marine Pipefitting is 24 full-time training slots. Advanced Pastry is 15 full-time training slots. Culinary Arts , CNA, Clinical Medical Assistant, Carpentry and Welding are part-time training slots.

n/a According to the NEAP, Penobscot receives 220 arrivals from Loring OA. Page 12 of the RFP says Penobscot will receive 110 arrivals from Loring OA. Please clarify the number of expected arrivals from Loring OA. Correct, Penobscot receives 220 arrivals from Loring. The RFP, C2b is revised from 110 to 220 arrivals from Loring to Penobscot.

J-9 Please provide the status of the funded Projects 120317, 120224, 127974, 137387, 103379 and 137503 listed in the 2020 Facility Survey. 103379- completed and verified on 11/02/2020 137503- completed and verified on 8/19/21 120317- unfunded and not completed 120224 – unfunded and not completed 127974 – unfunded and not completed 137387- unfunded and not completed n/a Does the Center have direct Sewage Utility costs, it is not listed or available on the J-12 attachment? No, the center does not have direct Sewage Utility costs.

J-4 Attachment Should the offeror omit NTC’s from the J-4? No There is one NTC trade in the RFP image1.emf