Amendment Number Two - 26Q00012-.pdf

ATTACHMENT A

Amendment No.0002 to RFQ 19JM3726Q0012

The above solicitation is hereby amended to revise the pricing schedule, instruction to quoters and evaluation criteria.

1. Revised PART 1- THE SCHEDULE - PRICES AND PERFORMANCE PERIOD

The National Quantitative Survey is established as the Base Requirement.

The qualitative focus-group requirement is established as separately priced Option CLINs, consisting of increments of two (2) focus groups, up to a maximum cumulative quantity of eight

(8) focus groups.

The Government may exercise one or more option increments at the time of initial award, subject to available funding. Any option increment not exercised at initial award may remain available for subsequent exercise during the option exercise period specified in the resulting contract.

Quoters shall provide a firm-fixed price for the Base Requirement and a separate firm-fixed price for each Option CLIN. Quoters shall submit revised pricing in accordance with this amendment.

CLIN Description Qty Unit of

Measure

Estimated

Price per unit

Total

BASE REQUIREMENT - NATIONAL QUANTITATIVE SURVEY

Project Management & Technical

Consultation: Kickoff, work planning, coordination with DOS, staffing, scheduling, risk management, technical consultation, progress reporting, and overall contract management for the national quantitative survey.

1 project

Sampling Design, Survey Programming &

Pretest: Development/documentation of the probability-based sampling plan; technical review and programming of the DOS-provided questionnaire; platform testing;

pretest; and fieldwork-readiness activities.

1000 respondents

Nationwide Quantitative Survey

Implementation & Final Data Handover:

Enumerator recruitment, training, and supervision; implementation of a nationally representative survey of 1,000 Jamaican adults at a 95% confidence level and approximately 3.1% margin of error;

nationwide travel/transportation; field supervision; callbacks; monitoring; quality-control procedures; and associated operational costs. Includes final handover to

DOS of the collected survey data, methodological and fieldwork completed surveys documentation, completed survey records, and all supporting files necessary for DOS to conduct its own data analysis and reporting.

Survey QA/QC, Data Processing &

Dataset Preparation: Back-checks, fraud detection, data validation, cleaning, coding, weighting, interim datasets, final dataset, codebook, processing documentation, and marginal frequencies.

1 project

BASE SURVEY TOTAL USD

OPTIONAL QUALITATIVE FOCUS GROUPS REQUIREMENT

The Government may exercise the options individually or in combination, either at initial contract award or during the option period exercised, provided that the cumulative number of focus groups ordered does not exceed eight (8).

Each focus group shall include participant recruitment and screening; moderator(s); venue/secure platform, as applicable; participant incentives/show-up payments; refreshments and transportation support, where required; recording/streaming; field coordination; and post-session debriefs. The contractor shall ensure appropriate quality-control procedures throughout recruitment and data collection and shall provide

DOS with a complete, organized research package, including participant profiles, attendance records, moderator notes, recordings, verbatim transcripts, fieldwork documentation, and other supporting materials necessary for DOS to conduct its own qualitative analysis and integrate the findings with the quantitative survey data with groups distributed across eastern and western Jamaica as directed by the DOS.

CLIN Optional Focus Group Configuration Qty Unit Est. Price

/ Group

Option

Total

0006A Two (2) qualitative focus groups 2 groups

0006B Four (4) qualitative focus groups 4 groups

0006C Six (6) qualitative focus groups 6 groups

0006D Eight (8) qualitative focus groups 8 groups

PRICING SUMMARY

IGCE - BASE SURVEY ONLY

IGCE - BASE + 2 FOCUS GROUPS

IGCE - BASE + 4 FOCUS GROUPS

IGCE - BASE + 6 FOCUS GROUPS

IGCE - BASE + 8 FOCUS GROUPS

TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE

2. Revised SECTION 3 – SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

A.2.9 The offeror's technical approach and methodology to accomplish the requirements of the Performance Work Statement. The technical approach shall address the Base

Requirement and the Optional Focus Group Requirements, as applicable, and shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Understanding of the Requirement – The quoter's understanding of the research objectives, target population, research questions, required outputs, and major implementation considerations.

(b) Base Quantitative Survey Design – The proposed approach for accomplishing the national quantitative survey as a complete and independently usable requirement, including survey planning, implementation, data processing, quality assurance, and final data handover.

(c) Sampling and Participant Selection – The proposed sampling strategy and methodology for achieving the required nationally representative sample of 1,000 Jamaican adults, including participant selection/recruitment methodology and measures to promote appropriate representation and reduce selection bias.

(d) Quantitative Data Collection – The proposed methodology for survey programming, testing, administration, fieldwork, validation, monitoring, and quality control.

(e) Quantitative Data Processing and Final Handover – The proposed methodology for data validation, cleaning, coding, weighting, quality review, dataset preparation, codebook and methodological documentation, and delivery of the final quantitative survey data and supporting files.

(f) Optional Qualitative Focus Groups – The proposed methodology and capability for conducting the optional qualitative focus groups, including participant recruitment and screening, facilitation, logistics, recording and documentation, transcription, coding, qualitative data processing, quality control, and delivery of required qualitative research files.

The quoter may provide one common technical approach for the Optional Focus Group CLINs where the methodology will remain substantially the same regardless of the number of groups exercised.

(g) Data Quality and Research Integrity – Procedures for assuring data quality, accuracy, completeness, consistency, confidentiality, security, and methodological integrity.

(h) Management and Work Plan – The proposed approach to staffing, scheduling, fieldwork management, coordination, risk management, quality control, and timely completion of the Base Requirement and any Optional Requirements exercised by the Government.

A.3. Revised Pricing

The quoter shall submit revised pricing in accordance with the amended pricing schedule in

Section 1 (see above):

The quoter shall provide:

1. A complete firm-fixed price for the Base National Quantitative Survey; and

2. Separate firm-fixed pricing for each Optional Focus Group CLIN identified in Section 1.

The Base Requirement shall constitute a complete and independently usable quantitative survey requirement and shall not depend upon the exercise of an Optional Focus Group CLIN.

Each Optional Focus Group CLIN shall include all costs necessary to perform the applicable focus-group increment, including recruitment and screening, facilitation, participant support, logistics, recording, transcription, coding, data processing, quality control, and required deliverables.

The Government may exercise one or more Optional Focus Group CLINs at the time of initial award.

Any Optional Focus Group CLIN not exercised at initial award may remain available for subsequent exercise during the option exercise period specified in the resulting contract.

The cumulative number of focus groups ordered under the contract shall not exceed eight (8).

Evaluation of an Optional CLIN does not obligate the Government to exercise that option.

Optional services shall not be performed unless and until the option is exercised in writing by the Contracting Officer.

3. Revised SECTION 4 – EVALUATION FACTORS

The Government intends to award a contract/purchase order resulting from this solicitation and represents the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The Government reserves the right to reject proposals that are unreasonably low or high in price.

The Government will conduct a streamlined evaluation appropriate for the acquisition of commercial services.

A. TECHNICAL EVALUATION:

Quotations will be evaluated using the following factors:

Base National Quantity Survey

• understanding of the research requirement;

• appropriateness of the quantity research design;

• sampling and participant-selection methodology;

• quantitative data collection approach;

• survey programming, testing, and fieldwork methodology

• data-processing and weighting methodology;

• data-quality and quality-assurance procedures;

• data-security and research-integrity procedures;

• management and work plan;

• qualifications and relevant experience of proposed personnel; and

• ability to accomplish the Base Requirement and required deliverables within the required timeframe.

The Government will evaluate whether the proposed Base National Quantitative Survey represents a complete and independently usable research requirement without dependence upon exercise of the Optional Focus Group CLINs.

Optional Qualitative Focus Groups

The Government will also evaluate the quoter's ability to perform the Optional Focus

Group Requirements, including:

• appropriateness of the proposed qualitative research approach;

• participant recruitment and screening methodology;

• focus-group facilitation methodology;

• qualifications and experience of proposed personnel;

• fieldwork and logistical approach;

• transcription, coding, and qualitative data-processing methodology;

• data-quality and quality-assurance procedures;

• data-security and confidentiality procedures; and

• ability to accomplish the optional deliverables within the required timeframe.

Evaluation of the Optional Focus Group Requirements does not obligate the Government to exercise any option.

B. PRICE EVALUATION

Price will be considered in determining the quotation that represents the best value to the Government. The Government will evaluate the Base Requirement and Optional CLIN pricing in accordance with the pricing and evaluation methodology stated in Section 1.

Evaluation of the Optional CLINs does not obligate the Government to exercise any option.

C. BEST VALUE DETERMINATION

The Government will consider technical capability and price in determining the quotation that represents the best value to the Government. The Government's evaluation will consider the quoter's ability to successfully perform the Base National Quantitative Survey, its capability to perform the Optional Focus Group Requirements, and its evaluated price.

D. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY

The Government will determine contractor responsibility by analyzing whether the apparent successful quoter complies with the applicable requirements of FAR Subpart 9.1.

The Government's determination of responsibility is separate from its comparative evaluation of quotations under the factors stated above. Information obtained during the evaluation of quotations may, however, also be considered by the Contracting Officer in determining responsibility.

4. Responses to this amendment are to be submitted by email no later than Friday, September

25, 2026 at 3pm UTC-05. Send responses to kingstonquotes@state.gov

Except as expressly modified by this amendment, all other terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged.

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