Questions_and_Answers-final.docx

Questions an Answers:

Does the information for the 30 years of legislative history that is readily available and free via a public government site (www.congress.gov) meet the agency’s requirement of legislative histories?

Answer: Information that is publically available, especially from a .gov domain, should not be considered an available service of a provider under this contract. Legislative history available from a provider could also include history of legislative analyses.

How does the agency intend to evaluate a proposal featuring tools and functions not explicitly mentioned in the requirements that will help the agency identify congressional interest, concerns and actions that have a direct impact on the CDC’s operations?

Answer: The basis for award will be lowest price technically acceptable. The Contractor’s proposal will be evaluated, as Acceptable or Unacceptable, on the basis of the ability of the offeror to meet or exceed all of the requirements outlined in the statement of work.

The agency has contracted with a service in the past to meet these requirements. How willing is the agency to switch services and try something new?

Answer: The Government seeks to acquire, at a minimum, all services listed in the solicitation in the most cost-effective manner.

Since the contract is anticipated to cover a large amount of time (total of four years), how will the agency evaluate a service that provides new enhancements and constant improvements to the service, considering the rapid pace of web-development?

Answer: The period of performance for the contract is one year. Option years may be exercised by the Government if it is the most advantageous method of fulfilling the Government’s need, price and other factors considered.

How does the agency evaluate a premium service that may have a higher per-user rate, but delivers more content and features?

Answer: The basis for award will be lowest price technically acceptable. The Contractor’s proposal will be evaluated, as Acceptable or Unacceptable, on the basis of the ability of the offeror to meet or exceed all of the requirements outlined in the statement of work.

How CDC evaluate a proposals that may meet requirements for other existing contracts covering items such as directory information, news aggregation, and homeland security newsletter.

Answer: The Government seeks to acquire, at a minimum, services outlined in this solicitation. Requirements of other existing contracts are not applicable.

Considering the geographical constraint of personally reviewing the document, I request you to provide us the following details before we buy the document:

Answer: There is nothing to purchase to view the solicitation placed online.

1) List of Items, Schedule of Requirements, Scope of Work, Terms of Reference, Bill of Materials required.

Answer: The combined synopsis/solictiation comprises the entirety of this solicitation.

2) Soft Copy of the Tender Document through email.

Answer: There will not be a soft copy of the combined Synopsis/Solicitation in accordance with FAR part 12.

3) Names of countries that will be eligible to participate in this tender.

Answer: All eligible parties must be registered on the System for Award Management (SAM) website www.sam.gov.

4) Information about the Tendering Procedure and Guidelines Answer: The combined synopsis/solicitation comprises the entrirety of this solicitation.

5) Estimated Budget for this Purchase Answer: There is not an estimated budget for the items listed.

6) Any Extension of Bidding Deadline?

Answer: The Governement does not anticipate extending the due date.

7) Any Addendum or Pre Bid meeting Minutes?

Answer: There are no pre-bid meetings.