Attachment No. 10A - Questions- Government Response Phase I- revised 9.18.2023.docx added.pdf

Phase I- Question Government Responses Solicitation No: 75F40123R00132

1.

Solicitation Section/Subsection Number:

Phase I Volume I Evaluation Criteria, Page 123, a) Ordering vehicle such as a BPA or Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract award where the award ceiling is at least substantial to 35 million dollars

Question:

Will the government consider Multi-Award IDIQ contract awards (i.e. CMS SPARC, NIH NHLBI, etc.) where the offeror has received at least $35M in contract awards? This is in lieu of a contract ceiling value of $35M and surpasses the requirement for task orders to be of an aggregated value of $10M.

Government Response

CMS SPARC is a multi-award vehicle and not acceptable in this case. The vendor must be awarded an order of $35M or greater under any vehicle individually.

2.

Solicitation Section/Subsection Number: Section 22.0, Administrative Information (required for each reference), Page 123

Question:

Under Type of Contract the government lists the following examples (e.g., BPA/IDIQ/Delivery Order). Can the government clarify the term “Delivery Order” based on the Instructions to use (3) IDIQ/BPA examples? Is it the government’s intent to allow Delivery orders placed on any Agency IDIQ/BPA or GWAC to meeting the aggregated value of $10M?

Government Response if the order was in the amount of $35M or greater with an aggregated amount of $10M or more, then it would be acceptable

3.

Solicitation Section/Subsection Number:

Section 22.0, Phase I Volume I Evaluation Criteria, Complexity, Page

Question:

Can the government confirm when describing the specialized nature of the engagement that Engagement includes (1) varied staffing levels, (2) provision of subject matter experts, (3) more than ten (10) labor categories as compared to the LCATs of the IDIQ SOW, and/or (4) two or more concurrent orders. Therefore, it is assumed any one or more of these criteria can be used to explain the complexity.

Government Response

The offeror shall explain how the referenced contracts is similar in complexity using the listed specialized engagements. You can use one or all, its your decision to explain in detail that will allow the government confidence in evaluating

4.

Solicitation Section/Subsection Number: Section 4.6 Task Management, Page 40

Question:

Can the government confirm or clarify if Processes and Procedures is under Task Area 6: Task Management or if it should be its own Task Area?

Government Response

This should be under 4.6 task management

5.

Solicitation Section/Subsection Number: Section 22.0, Administrative Information (required for each reference), Page 123

Question:

Can the government please clarify what is meant by “concurrent orders” in the Administrative Information section as related to the “Period of Performance (include IDIQ/BPA and all concurrent orders).” Does the government want to see all Task Orders awarded under the IDIQ/BPA or only those cited as relevant experience and included in the aggregated value of

$10M or more? If the government would like to see all task orders awarded would the government consider this information outside of page count for Phase I submission?

Government Response

The government is asking for 3 separate references that’s relevant to the work expected for this contract, awarded at $35M or greater with an aggregated amount of $10M each contract.