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RFP # 75D30122R72191

“Cost and Cost Effectiveness of TBESC-III LTBI Primary Care Interventions”

Questions and Answers

Question #1: Award amount: Is there a budget ceiling? Is there a ceiling on direct costs? Is there a ceiling on personnel costs? If there is no explicit ceiling, is there a general total cost goal? (M4, p. 55) Answer 1: The offeror shall prepare the cost/price proposal based on the requirements described within the solicitation. The government will not provide the budget ceiling.

Question #2: Clarification needed: Is travel amount for $12,500 only for the investigator? Or does it additionally include travel for personnel to conduct site visits? Is the travel budget intended for travel to CDC or to consortium sites for the purpose of required technical assistance where data collection is occurring? If it is not inclusive of the latter, is there a separate ceiling for site-visit travel? (Section B, p.2) Answer 2: The travel line item is intended to cover all travel related to the statement of work/tasks, potentially including site visits or TBESC consortium-wide meetings. There is not a separate budget line item for site-visit travel.

Question #3: CV - Please advise: Key personnel will submit their CV. Should personnel listed under subcontracts also submit their CVs? (d. Key Personnel/Staffing, p.49) Answer 3: Offerors are only required to submit CVs for their key personnel. Key personnel for this solicitation include principal investigators, as well as anyone who is serving in a project coordinator or manager and/or an economist or analyst role.

Question #4: Task 2.2 (Section 4, p.4) Provide technical assistance to TBESC-III sites. Clarification needed: This is not included in the deliverable/reporting schedule. Is this then required activity and/or should it be referenced in the technical proposal? (Section 6, p.9) Answer 4: Providing technical assistance (TA) to the TBESC-III sites is a required activity. Examples of TA include giving feedback or advice about data collection changes needed, potential substitute data variables/elements, cost data collection methods, etc. See the revised RFP. This task should be included in the technical approach. Any technical assistance that is provided by the contractor shall be reported verbally to CDC during the applicable monthly project management calls (Task 2.1) and documented in the call minutes/summary that the contractor will deliver to the CDC contracting officer representative.

Question #5: Task 5 (Section 4, p.5) Categorize baseline cost data. Clarification needed: This is not included in the deliverable/reporting schedule. Is this then required activity and/or should it be referenced in the technical proposal? (Section 6, p.9) Answer 5: Categorizing baseline cost data is a required activity and shall be described in the technical approach. The efforts of this task shall be reflected in the baseline costs draft and final reports deliverables. See page 10 of the revised RFP.

Question #6: Please confirm: Are there any restrictions on subcontracting to any of the TBESC-III sites?

Answer 6: No; there are no restrictions related to subcontracting to a TBESC-III site.

Question #7: Please confirm: Can the PI of one of the TBESC-III projects serve as a co-PI for this submission?

Answer 7: Yes. The PI of one of the TBESC-III projects can serve as a co-PI for this requirement however, the offeror must explain how they will commit the time needed to both projects. Please refer to the evaluation criteria regarding expertise for the co-PI.

Question #8: Attachment 3, Please advise: Page 51 refers to an “Attachment 3” in Section J. However, Section J lists no attachments. How can we find Attachment 3?

Answer 8: See the revised RFP. Attachment 1 (not 3) was included in the revised RFP.