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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:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

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RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR

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(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer) 03-27-2020 36C248 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) 8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525 Tampa FL 33637 36C248 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) 8875 Hidden River Pkwy Tampa FL 33637 To all Offerors/Bidders

36C24820Q0531 03-24-2020

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See CONTINUATION Page See pages 2 (Questions and Answers), 3 (Price Schedule) and 4 (update to Performance Work Statement).

Paul Jarrett

CONTINUATION PAGE

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR SOLICITATION# 36C24820Q0531

1. How many employees need coverage?

-5,991 employees

2. How many session per issue:

-Only six sessions are authorized. After the sixth session, payment is required.

3. It appears that the EAP contract with the incumbent was extended for six months on 12/31/2019. Is this correct?

-The contract was extended from 10/1/2019 to 3/31/2020. Effective date of the new contract is 4/1/2020.

4. This solicitation appears to be asking for quotes for Financial, Legal and Work life Services only without the traditional EAP counseling. These services are typically a part of an EAP contract.

-EAP counseling is included along with financial, legal and work life services.

With the original contract potentially ending in approximately three months, wouldn’t it be more beneficial to solicit for EAP with full services and a start date when the current contract ends? The current contract will end 3/31/2020 and the effective date of new contract is 4/1/2020.

5. Additionally, the Performance Work Statement, but the Price Sheet appears to state that ESPYR will be supplying all services. Can we get a clear definition of what is required?

- On the Price schedule, “ESPYR EAP” to” is deleted and the sentence will begin with “Provide”. See attached price sheet.

6. Can annual training sessions be made available via webcast, webinar in lieu of live onsite?

· All training and critical incident responses have been provided on-site. Webinars are provided if that is the format specifically requested by the customer. Benefits and other types of fair are on-site to promote the program; those activities cannot be done by webinar or webcast.

7. Will be a short extension for vendors to adapt to answers?

-Effective date of the contract is 4/1/2020.

8. On page 6 of 63 paragraph II., Background, the fifth sentence will include “Legal” as a counseling service.

B.2 PRICE/COST SCHEDULE

ITEM INFORMATION

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Provide additional services to our James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and Clinics, to include New Port Richey, Brooksville, Lakeland and Zephyrhills, Florida. These services with enhance the current ESPRY (EAP) services to provide a work/life program designed to assist employees and family member with balancing their work obligations and personal responsibilities.

Provide additional services to our James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and Clinics, to include New Port Richey, Brooksville, Lakeland and Zephyrhills, Florida. These services with enhance the current ESPRY (EAP) services to provide a work/life program designed to assist employees and family member with balancing their work obligations and personal responsibilities.

Provide additional services to our James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and Clinics, to include New Port Richey, Brooksville, Lakeland and Zephyrhills, Florida. These services with enhance the current ESPRY (EAP) services to provide a work/life program designed to assist employees and family member with balancing their work obligations and personal responsibilities.

Provide additional services to our James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and Clinics, to include New Port Richey, Brooksville, Lakeland and Zephyrhills, Florida. These services with enhance the current ESPRY (EAP) services to provide a work/life program designed to assist employees and family member with balancing their work obligations and personal responsibilities.

Provide additional services to our James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and Clinics, to include New Port Richey, Brooksville, Lakeland and Zephyrhills, Florida. These services with enhance the current ESPRY (EAP) services to provide a work/life program designed to assist employees and family member with balancing their work obligations and personal responsibilities. .

GRAND TOTAL

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B.4 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

Employee Assistance Program I. General: The James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida, has a requirement to provide programs and services by an independent, local counseling service for assessment, referral and limited counseling, with costs paid by the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital. Costs of additional counseling services will be paid by employees or their health insurance providers. Referrals of employees and/or eligible family members may be self-referral or by any supervisor of the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital.

II. **Background: The employee assistance program has been made available for all current James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital employees at no additional cost. This program serves employees who are experiencing personal problems that may be affecting their job performance, attendance, or conduct. EAP counselors provide assessment, referral and short-term counseling services to employees with family or marital difficulties, alcohol or drug dependency, legal, financial, emotional or other problems.

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