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Questions and Answers 75D301-20-R-68044
| No. |
| RFP Section/Reference |
| Comment/Question |
| Answer |
| 1 |
| Per page 1, paragraph 3 of the RFP - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a single source, firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the following requirement, please either fill in the dollar amounts or provide a separate excel spreadsheet containing the same information including a list of line item number(s) and items, quantities, units of measure, and options, if applicable: |
| Can the government confirm this procurement is ‘single source award’ or ‘sole source award’ as noted on page 3 under Project Objective? |
| The procurement is for a SINGLE source IDIQ award. |
| 2 |
| Per page 1, Base Period (09/24/2020 – 09/23/2021) Items |
| Can the government confirm that it only wants the unit cost per item/activity and the extended price for all line item entries? |
| Yes, the Government is asking for the per unit price for each item/activity, and any discounts for bulk orders of units. |
| 3 |
| Per page 1, Pricing – to be determined upon award |
| Can the government define ‘dfday’ ? |
| This is a typo and should ready “one person per day” |
| 4 |
| Per page 1, Pricing - Travel (At task order level). Provide any applicable domestic and international rates. |
| Will GSA Per Diem Rates apply? Is any travel expected to international or non-continental US locations? |
| Yes, GSA Per Diem rates apply. It is a possibility. |
| 5 |
| Per page 2, Government-Furnished Equipment |
| Will this be defined at Task Order level? If not, under which CLIN should we propose these expenses? |
| If government-furnished equipment is required, it will be defined at the task order level. |
| 6 |
| Per page 3, Technical Requirements - All Contractor staff deployed in the C-C19ERT must have certificates of completion for all the following trainings from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before arriving on the site designated in each task order (Attachment F1). |
| Can the government clarify if proposed staff must have certifications in place at time of the proposal submission or at time of performance? |
| For purposes of this proposal, the certificates are not yet required. In future task orders, staff must complete training before arriving onsite. |
| 7 |
| Per page 3, Training |
| Is there additional CoV-2 PPE training required? If yes, does CDC provides training modules? |
| No – the CDC website does have more information on Collecting and Handling Specimens Safely at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/guidelines-clinical-specimens.html#collecting |
| 8 |
| Per page 4, C-C19ERT members should also complete CDC training on How to Complete CDC’s Revised Specimen Submission Form. |
| Can the government define C-C19ERT members? |
| Contractor staff provided by the offeror as a Commercial COVID-19 Emergency Response Team; hence members of the C-C19ERT. |
| 9 |
| Per page 5, The Contractor shall provide a technical and customer service process for all sample collections and test reports. |
| Can the government expand upon the requirement for the contractor to provide a technical and customer service process for all sample collections and test reports? |
| Given the high-priority of this work, the offeror should define how they are equipped to provide prompt, thorough, and quality responses to CDC or CDC-designated parties/partners. |
| 10 |
| Per page 5, The Contractor shall maintain an electronic platform to support the CDC in reviewing the samples collected and/or the test results reported. |
| Can the government provide any agency requirements for the electronic platform needed to support the CDC in reviewing the samples collected and/or the test results reported? Does the government have a preferred platform? |
| At a minimum, the offeror will provide data as Excel and .csv file types. Any greater specificity will be defined at the task order level. |
| 10 |
| Per page 8, PPE |
| Should PPE and other supplies be included in the FFP CLIN or will there be a separate CLIN? |
| PPE and other supplies should be included in the cost of the person in the Pricing table on page 1. Of note, page 3 also specifies that because deployment environments vary, tasks will be planned by the services performed, rather than the volume of supplies or reagents used. |
| 11 |
| Per page 9, Shipping instructions will be defined by the site incident management, lead agency, or at the task order level. |
| Will samples only be shipped to CDC from the testing locations? |
| No, samples may be sent to federal partners, the offeror’s laboratories, or other partner laboratories. |
| 12 |
| Per page 26, Business Proposal Instructions, The Business Proposal shall be separate from the Technical Proposal. The contractor shall include an excel spreadsheet of the fixed price per test for each task and a total summary for the entire contract amount. The proposal shall be comprised of the following elements in addition to the solicitation number: |
A range and total maximum amount per sample under each Task in the PWS.
| Can the government clarify what is required in response to the requirement for a range and total maximum amount per sample under each Task in the PWS? |
| We are asking for the individual pricing range of each test/sample (The maximum/highest price to the lowest price based on any bulk discounts). The Excel spreadsheet should be based on the pricing table on the first page. |
| 13 |
| Per page 27, 5. FAR 52-212-2 (Addenda) Technical Evaluation, Technical Approach, The offeror shall specify if certified in accordance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA). |
| Must offerors have Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) at time of submission? |
| Only one award will be made so the offeror must have CLIA certification at the time of award so that work can begin without delay upon need after award. |
| 14 |
| Per page 27, 5. FAR 52-212-2 (Addenda) Technical Evaluation, Technical Approach, The offeror shall specify if certified in accordance with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA). |
| Can offerors engaged partners who are certified Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA)? |
| The offeror may propose a subcontractor with CLIA certification. |
| 15 |
| N/A |
| Does the government anticipate the need for IRB/OMB? |
| This will depend on each task order requirement and will be cleared individually by CDC before task order award. The offeror must have their own accreditation/certification following federal human subjects protections requirements to interact with participants and have previous experience collecting samples like those described in the sample task orders. |
| 16 |
| Page 1, SAMPLE RFTOP #1 and 2, XII. INSTRUCTIONS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: A.Instructions: Offeror must propose on Tasks 1 and 2 to fulfill this task order |
| Can the government provide requirements for Tasks 1 and 2? |
| Technical Requirements begin on page 3 under Section 4 and run through the top of page 11. |
| 17 |
| Page 2, SAMPLE RFTOP #1 and 2, XII. INSTRUCTIONS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: B.Format:Offeror technical proposal may be up to 10 pages in length and additionally include appendices of relevant protocols or other documents. |
| Are appendices of relevant protocols required as part of the task order proposal submission? What other documents must be included as an appendix? |
| Because these are sample bid task orders, only protocols should be sufficient. |
| 18 |
| Page 3, SAMPLE RFTOP #1 and 2, XII. INSTRUCTIONS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: E - Technical Evaluation, Management Plan - Offerors will provide a 1-2 page proposed marketing plan for communicating with potential laboratory recipients at conferences, meetings, their website, and by email. |
| What are the governments expectations for the marketing plan? Can the government expand on the plans purpose? |
| Any communications the offeror anticipates using in the completion of this work should be included in a 1-2 page marketing plan. This is also a brief section to ensure that all communications outside of the contract discussions with CDC are previously approved by CDC. |