Medical_Record of Questions_Amendment 0002.pdf

For the Past Performance factor, does VA want complete contract documents for each reference, or will narrative descriptions using the Past Performance Reference Template, supplemented by only the most relevant contract sections or excerpts, be sufficient?

The latter is expected. In accordance with Factor 2 of the TOPR, "The Offeror shall complete and submit the Past Performance References attachment in its entirety." Utilization of the attached documents are expected.

Is the 25 page limit for the Past Performance narrative volume intended to cover all reference narratives combined, or is the 25 page limit applied per individual reference (ie a total of 75 pages)?

In accordance with Table 2 – TOPR Proposal Volume Requirements, the Past Performance page limitations are:

3 PPQs; plus No more than a 3-page narrative for all PPQs.

Will VA allow a CCN Next Gen Medical contractor to serve non contiguous states within a region (for example, through task orders that group states or service areas that are not geographically adjacent), or does VA intend that task orders within a region will generally correspond to contiguous geographic groupings?

The Performance Work Statements (PWS) for Task Order (TO) 0001 (East) and TO 0002 (West) posted to SAM.gov as part of this solicitation list the states included in the current regional alignment (East and West). The VA will identify regional states at the TOPR level. The expectation is that offerors will propose in accordance with the

TOPR.

What specific purposes will a SAM registration and UEI serve under this procurement (e.g., responsibility determination, payment, exclusion checks), given that proposals are submitted by email to the identified contacts? Is this needed now if a plan is only applying to the IDIQ portion of the procurement?

The Government must ensure all Offerors are eligible to submit a proposal. In accordance with FAR

4.1102 (a) Policy, Offerors and quoters are required to be registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements.

What happens if an entity changes between time of IDIQ award and TOPR award later?

Refer to FAR Subpart 42.12 - Novation and Change-of-Name Agreements.

Are the listings of socioeconomic category in priority order? The socioeconomic categories for subcontracting are not listed in any specific order.

Do planned subcontractors and other team members need to have active Unique Entity Identifiers (UEIs) at the time of IDIQ proposal submission, or is it sufficient for only the prime offeror to have an active UEI at submission with subcontractor UEIs provided prior to award?

The prime contractor is the only entity required to have an active UEI at the time of proposal as the Government only has privity of contract with the prime contractor.

Please confirm that there will be no option for Offerors to have additional virtual attendees for the Pre-Proposal Conference.

VA does not intend to have a vitural option available for the pre-proposal conferences. A recording of the pre-proposal conference will be posted on SAM.gov.

Please confirm that the East and/or West Price Schedules (Attachment 3) are the required pricing format for the TOPR proposals and must be proposed simultaneous to the IDIQ prime contracts as noted in the solicitation synopsis and that no instructions to this effect are provided in the solicitation for the IDIQ (SF 1449) itself.

Correct.

For the VA CCN-NG Medical Pre-Proposal Conference that is scheduled for Thursday, 22JAN26, can you please clarify how many attendees a company can send to this conference. The original RFP section about this conference indicates that only 2 are allowed, but the amendment about this conference says, “all attendees.” If we are permitted to send more than 2, then we would like to send 4 attendees. Can you please clarify the number of attendees that a company can send to this conference? Also, for the attestation of citizenship required to attend the Pre-Proposal Conference, do you have a templated attestation letter that you want attendees to complete, sign, and submit? If not, then what details are you looking for in the attestation letter. We want to ensure that we provide you with the appropriate attestation letter.

Lastly, when will you be able to provide the location of the Pre-Proposal Conference?

As stated in the RFP, each interested Offeror is allowed 2 attendees per conference. Refer to Amendment 0001 posted on 12/23 for all pre-proposal conference submission instructions.