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Solicitation:75A50121Q00004 Question & Answers.

1. Section B – Supplies or Services and Prices/Cost (pg. 3). The period of performance is scheduled to start on 3/15/21. What is the earliest data companies are required to deliver products to the SNS? You note on page five, 8,860 cases may be needed in the first year. What is the delivery schedule for this product over the course of the year. The first delivery must be provided no later than May. The second delivery must be provided no later than June. The final delivery must be provided no later than September.

2. FAR 52.219-8 and FAR 52.219-9 are identified in this section (pg.15): Will small business participation be requirement for this effort? Will offerors that propose to use small businesses be given preference over other offerors that are only large business? There is a small business plan required for all large business responses.

3. FAR 52.225-1 is identified in this section (pg. 17). Will products that meet the Buy American requirements be given preference over foreign made products? This procurement requires that all items meet the Buy American standard.

4. Section L.1.e Multiple Offers (pg. 24). Can you please clarify if a separate proposal must be submitted for each multiple offer or if multiple offers can be defined within a single proposal. Or, can multiple Pricing/Business quote (Volume C) be submitted to represent each alternative? All responses shall have three volumes (A-C). Separate proposals to include volumes A-C shall be submitted by the contractor if there is a need to have multiple offers/responses.

5. Section M.1 Evaluation Factors (pg. 31), and Section L.4 Past Performance (pg. 30) For companies that are startups, there will have no past performance. How will ASPR score past performance if it cannot be provided? We have seen in other solicitations where if past performance cannot be provided it was give an neutral score. Past performance will be a neutral score if it cannot be provided.