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1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE

RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR

OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted , such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Rockville MD 20852 5600 Fishers Lane OMAS Mission Support

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13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

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: (a) By completing

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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CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

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14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The purpose of Amendment 0001 to Solicitation 75N71MN26R00051 is to revise Section M.6.2 and to provide responses to questions received during the solicitation’s open question period.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9 A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect .

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M.6.2 FACTOR 2 - Specialized Legal Recruiting Experience

The Government will evaluate the quoter’s organizational (corporate) experience performing legal recruiting or executive-search services for attorneys in health law, life sciences, healthcare-regulatory, or closely related specialized legal practice areas. This factor measures depth and relevance of the quoter’s demonstrated experience, as distinct from Past Performance, which measures how well prior work was performed.

Evaluation elements:

● The Government will evaluate relevance of the quoter’s experience to the specialized subject-matter areas listed in PWS Section 3.0 Section C.2.1 (e.g., Medicare/Medicaid/CHIP, drug pricing/340B, ACA, fraud and abuse, HIPAA/health information governance, health IT, and complex federal healthcare litigation).

● The Government will evaluate experience recruiting attorneys at the seniority levels described in the PWS (attorney-advisor through associate general counsel and comparable leadership roles).

● The Government will evaluate experience placing candidates possessing active bar membership and specialized legal expertise and experience supporting employers with high qualification bars and hard-to-fill searches.

● The Government will evaluate recency and volume of relevant placements sufficient to demonstrate an established pipeline and market reach in these practice areas.

Standard/basis: The more relevant, recent, and substantial the quoter’s demonstrated specialized legal-recruiting experience, the more favorably it will be evaluated.

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1 Factor 2 Would our life sciences recruiting experience be considered relevant under Factor 2, even though it has not specifically been legal recruiting? If not, could the experience of the two proposed senior recruiters satisfy that requirement?

Factor 2 looks at your company's experience recruiting attorneys in health law, life sciences, healthcare regulatory, or closely related legal practice areas. You may submit your life sciences recruiting experience and we will consider it, but it will be evaluated as less relevant than experience placing attorneys.

The experience of the two proposed senior recruiters is relevant if the experience meets the criteria and the proposed recruiters will perform in those functions for the contract.

2 Are the two required senior recruiters expected to be dedicated full-time to the contract, or can they support the work as needed?

They do not have to be full time. C.6 requires only that at least two senior recruiters assigned to the contract have the five years of experience described, so long as the referral timelines in F.3.1 and the acceptable quality levels in the QASP at C.7 are met.

3 Could you please clarify how the $205,392 minimum guaranteed payment in the base period is intended to work?

The $205,392.00 in M.9 is the Government's guaranteed minimum for the base period only. It does not carry over into the option periods, and option periods are funded only if they are exercised.

Payment runs through the milestone structure in B.4. The minimum guarantee for the base period is the equivalent of two successfully-placed GS-15 positions and one SES position.

4 Factor 2 For purposes of Factor 2, can a small business rely upon the relevant legal recruiting experience of its principal when that experience was gained through a legal search firm previously owned and operated by that principal, and the principal will personally manage and perform the work under this requirement?

If yes, should this experience be presented under Factor

2 as organizational experience, key personnel experience, or both?

Yes. The Government will consider the principal's legal recruiting experience under Factor 2 where that principal will personally manage and perform the work under this requirement.

The proposal should identify the firm where the experience was gained, the principal's role and the type, volume, and recency of the attorney placements involved, and the relationship between that firm and your company.

The experience may be presented under both factors.

5 Section L.8 Section L.8 permits Past Performance references for key personnel with relevant experience. When a proposed key person gained that experience while working for another company, may the client for whom

Yes. L.8 allows past performance references by the client for whom the work was performed. On the questionnaire, enter the company that actually held the contract in the Prime Contractor

Name field, or in the Subcontractor Name field if the work was

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that individual performed the work complete the Past

Performance Questionnaire based upon the key person's performance? If so, how should the Prime

Contractor Name and/or Subcontractor Name fields on the questionnaire be completed?

performed under a subcontract. Identify the proposed key person by name and role in the description portion of the questionnaire.

6 Section F.2 The place of performance is described as "the

Contractor's primary place of performance with virtual coordination" (Section F.2). Will Contractor personnel require access to HHS facilities, sensitive information, or information systems that would trigger the background investigation and ID card process under clause 352.204-73?

No. Under F.2 the work is performed at the Contractor's own place of performance with virtual coordination, and the requirement does not include access to HHS facilities, sensitive information, or HHS information systems.

Clause 352.204-73 applies where agency access is required, and no risk or sensitivity level designations have been assigned to contractor positions under this requirement. Background investigations and HHS identification cards are not anticipated.

7 Is there any U.S. citizenship or U.S.-location requirement applicable to Contractor personnel who do not require HHS facility or system access (e.g., staff performing sourcing/screening remotely)?

No. There is no U.S. citizenship requirement and no requirement that Contractor personnel be located in the United States.

However, the contractor and its employees must still be authorized to work in the U.S. (i.e, meet standard employment eligibility requirements).

8 Is this a new requirement, or is there an incumbent contractor currently performing this or a substantially similar scope for OGC? If there is an incumbent, please identify the contractor, if releasable.

New requirement.

9 Section M.6.2 references "PWS Section 3.0" for the specialized subject-matter areas. Can the Government confirm this refers to the subject-matter list in PWS

Section C.2.1, as no numbered "Section 3.0" appears in the PWS as issued?

Confirmed. The reference to “PWS Section 3.0” in Section M.6.2 is intended to refer to the specialized subject-matter areas identified in PWS Section C.2.1.

10 Block 14 of the SF1449 indicates "Request for

Proposal," while Sections L and M describe RFQ procedures under FAR Part 12.6 (quotation is not an offer; no FAR Part 15 discussions). Can the

Government confirm this acquisition is being conducted as an RFQ under FAR Part 12?

Confirmed. This acquisition is being conducted as a Request for

Quotation (RFQ) under FAR Part 12. The reference to “Request for Proposal” in Block 14 of the SF 1449 is an administrative error. Sections L and M of the solicitation govern the quotation submission and evaluation procedures.