Questions and Answers.pdf

Solicitation Document, Section Page # RFP Language Question Answer

Line Items (CLIN Sheet) 2 Period of Performance: 09/01/2024 – 08/31/2024 The period of performance on the CLIN sheet shows 09/01/2024 –

08/31/2024, while Part 6, Section 6 Period of Performance shows

September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. Will the Government please confirm the Period of Performance?

Due to the solcitation exension, the POP was changed to

09/10/2024 ‐ 09/09/2025. See

Amendment 00001

Quote Format 4 (f). Quotation submissions shall be submitted electronically via e‐mail to the Contracting Officer at umk8@cdc.gov by

10:00 AM ET on 14 August 2024.

To provide quality responses, will the Government please extend the due date by 14 days?

Yes. See Amendment 00001

Technical Volume Instructions 4 The technical quote shall be submitted in a Microsoft Office format and not exceed the page, limitations of 10 pages front and back.

Will the Government please confirm the ‘front and back’ page count allows for submission of 20 electronic pages?

Yes. See Amendment 00001

Technical Volume Instructions 4 Page formatting can alter for illustrations and tables must be easily readable.

Will the Government please confirm that landscape format is allowed for tables and illustrations?

Yes

Business Volume Instructions 5 Item (b) 2: Signed copy of the solicitation face page and any solicitation amendment face pages

The posted solicitation does not include a face page. Will the

Government please advise if offerors should download an SF 1449 for completion of offeror blocks for submission? Otherwise, will the

Government please provide the required SF for signature?

Removed, see Amendment 00001

Business Volume Instructions 5 Item (b) 3:

Completed section B of the solicitation

Will the Government please confirm this instruction refers to the

Line Items CLIN sheet (page 2 of 59)? Otherwise, will the

Government please provide the required Section B?

Yes. see Amendment 00001

352.239‐78 Information and

Communication Technology

Accessibility Notice

31 d) In order to facilitate the Government's determination whether proposed ICT supplies meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, offerors must submit an Accessibility

Conformance Report, in accordance with its completion instructions and tailored to the requirements in the solicitation.

Will the Government please confirm that the required ACR or other

508 assessment may be included in an offeror’s appendix and will not count against the page limitations of the Technical Proposal?

Required ACR or other 508 assessment will not count against the page limit.

Part 6, SOW Section 4 Tasks to be performed

38 Overall Tasks In the 12‐month period of performance, is it expected that a pilot study would be launched?

yes

Part 6, SOW Section 4 Tasks to be performed, #1

38 Use scientifically sound methods to accurately identify a cohort of adolescents with obesity in the defined study period.

Is it the Government’s intention to have de novo creation of an adolescent cohort or to sample from an existing cohort (e.g NHANES or similar)?

The intension is to use an existing clinical cohort.

Part 6, SOW Section 4 Tasks to be performed, #5

38 Conduct annual assessments of including albuminuria, eGFR, and biomarkers indicative of tubular injury.

Will the Government please clarify the requirement for “annual assessments” given the one‐year period of performance of the contract? Is the expectation that the offeror will retrieve retrospective assessments in records?

Retrospective assessments can be used.

Part 6, SOW Section 7

Deliverables/Reporting

Schedule, Task 4.13

39 Manuscript submission to CDC – One (1) Peer reviewed manuscript – 120 days prior to the end of the contract performance period

Does the manuscript submission to the CDC require the inclusion of preliminary data, or is the manuscript describing pilot methods?

Both