S06 S05 Government Responses to Vendor Questions_0002.xlsx
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- 36C10X25R0001
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This document contains questions and answers related to a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Medical Disability Examination (MDE) Office. The RFP is for a multiple award IDIQ contract for MDE services in Regions 1-4. Key details include:
The government has indicated that the Service Contract Act (SCA) clauses (52.222-41, 52.222-43, 52.222-53) should be included in the solicitation, even though the work will be performed primarily by physicians. The RFP also does not currently include the required wage determinations.
Regarding facility inspections, the government has stated there will not be a separate priced line item, as the volume is based on the contractor's network size and all facilities must be inspected. The Quality Assurance Plan is due 30 calendar days after award and annually thereafter.
The government has clarified that if multiple prime vendors use the same IT partner and software product for their Veteran and Contractor portals, this would be considered a conflict even if the instances are separate.
Additionally, the government has indicated that pricing line items related to deliverables in the Performance Work Statement will not be separately priced.
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| Page # | RFP Section Reference | Question | Answer |
| File Name: S02+36C10X25R0001_DRAFT | |||
| 23-24 | FAR 52.212-5 | The boxes for 52.222-41, 52.222-43, and 52.222-53 are checked and request removal as this is a contract to be performed overwhelmingly by physicians, who are not “service employees.” In addition, Wage Determination(s) are not provided with the DRFP. | The currently standing with Department of Labor is that SCA applies to the MDE contracts and as such these clauses are to be included in the solicition. The list of wage determinations by region is included as Attachment AV - Wage Determinations |
| File Name: S02+B.2+MDE+Reg+1-4+PWS | |||
| 37 | Section 2.11 and Attachment T | The facility inspections are an important requirement and the numbers needed are based on the contractor's network size and require a defined effort and travel per location. In order to support this requirement, request a new Facility Inspection priced item be added to the price structure. This would be the same approach as used for the Administrative Site Reviews (PWS Section 4.11.1) and its associated SLIN 0021Q. Alternatively, can SLIN 0021Q also be used to invoice for Facility Inspections? | No, there will not be a seperately priced facility inspection CLIN. Volume is based on how many provider facility the vendor has in their network- all facilities must be inspected. |
| 46 | PWS Paragraph 4.4 | Please provide the due date for the Quality Assurance Plan (QAP). | 30 calendar days after award and annually thereafter, 30 days prior to the end of the FY. |
| PWS, pg 63 | 8.1 Contractor Affiliations | If multiple Prime Vendors are using the same IT partner and the same software product to deliver their respective Veteran and Contactor portals, on different Servers, IT infrastructure, managed code bases and without comingling of VA data, would the government consider these separate instances of the portals, to be using the same IT Network and therefore create a conflict? | Yes, this would be considered a conflict |
| File Name: S02+B.3+Price+Schedule | |||
| N/A | CLIN 0021 | Request revision of SLIN 0021O description to align with the deliverable title in PWS Section 6. | This will not be seperatley priced |
| N/A | CLIN 0021 | Request addition of a SLIN for the item 22 Contractor Call Review in the PWS Section 6. | This will not be seperatley priced |
| File Name: S02+Solicitation+Attachments | |||
| N/A | CLIN 0021 | Request revision of SLIN 0021O description to align with the deliverable title in PWS Section 6. | This will not be seperatley priced |
| N/A | CLIN 0021 | Request addition of a SLIN for the item 22 Contractor Call Review in the PWS Section 6. | This will not be seperatley priced |
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