75N91024R00001Amend5_FE.pdf

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 11/2016)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

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9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

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15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

16C. DATE SIGNED

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

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8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, county, State and ZIP Code) (X)

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16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER

Alexis Hudak

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The purpose of Amendment 5 is to answer offerors' questions related to RFP # 75N91024R00001.

The hour and date specified for receipt of offers remains unchanged: 03/04/2024 at 3:00 PM Eastern prevailing time.

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

National Cancer Institute Office of Acquisitions 8490 Progress Drive, Suite 400, Frederick, MD 21701-4998

TO ALL POTENTIAL OFFERORS

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2/29/2024

OFFICE OF ACQUISITIONS

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER: 75N91024R00001

Amendment No.: 5

Date of Issuance: 02/29/2024

The above numbered Request For Proposal (RFP) is amended as set forth below. The hour and date specified for receipt of offers remains unchanged: 03/04/2024 at 3:00 PM Eastern prevailing time.

Offerors MUST submit all required documentation and upload proposals via the eCPS website as outlined in Attachment 1 “Packaging and Deliver of Proposals for Use with the NIH electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) Website”. Proposals submitted outside of eCPS will not be considered. eCPS has a place for 1 Technical, 1 Business, and Business Excel(s) per proposal being submitted. Alternate proposals are available to be used for more than one Pool.

Offerors MUST acknowledge receipt of all amendments prior to the hour and the date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by separate letter, telegram, or email which includes a reference to the RFP and Amendment numbers.

FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED

FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERORS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY

RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER.

This Amendment provides responses to questions received under RFP 75N91024R00001:

Note: Please note the submission for offerors to submit their subcontracting plan for this RFP via SBCX has been extended to 03/04/2024 at 3:00 PM (ET), please log into the link provided below. Please reference guidance provided in Amendment 3, under questions 1 and 2 for further details.

https://osdbu.hhs.gov/subcontracting/9872d396-4a64-494c-a2e4-e77c5fdb16ab

Question 1: We seek further clarification on Question 6 [from the previous amendment, #4]:

We understand that there are separate Technical Proposals for the IDIQ and each proposed Pool that a vendor will be bidding on. We also understand that there are separate Business Proposals for the Kick-Off and each Pool being bid. The answer provided speaks to this, but doesn’t address the question posed. When going into eCPS and this requirement for submission, it states that “only a single Technical, Business, and PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials PDF file can be submitted. Multiple Business excel files may be submitted.” How do we as vendors resolve this issue of submitting multiple Technical and Business Proposals as outlined in the government's answer if we are only allowed to submit 1 Technical and 1 Business Proposal (see image below)? I believe the question 6 was referring to this particular concern. As part of the submission, are we to merge all of the individual Technical Proposals (IDIQ Proposal, Pool Proposals) into 1 larger Technical Proposal (with each individual proposal clearly marked), and the same for the Business Proposals? Or will the portal allow us to upload multiple Technical and Business Proposals?

https://osdbu.hhs.gov/subcontracting/9872d396-4a64-494c-a2e4-e77c5fdb16ab

Answer 1: Each Offeror will have the up to 50-pg Base IDIQ, in each proposal they submit, plus the one up to 25-pg Pool specific for each Proposal/Alternate Proposal - all For Technical.

Repeat the Base IDIQ Technical along with the relevant Pool, specific for each Pool/Pools the offeror chooses to propose on. All of the offeror’s Technical Proposal shall be combined into 1 PDF document, with the cover page, table of contents, and the Attachments/Addendum/ Appendices (Resumes/ CVs) clearly identified as such. In addition, offerors may use a standard naming convention, such as “ABC Corp IDIQ Base GCC Technical” and “ABC Corp for Pool 1 (or ‘DNA’ name)” as combined Technical PDF on the top of the cover page (i.e., the first thing the Government will see). The business proposal name can be a naming convention such as “ABC Corp GCC Business Pool 1.” eCPS allows for one Excel file with multiple tabs/sheets, OR multiple Excel files to be uploaded under the Business Excel tab.

Please also reference Attachment 14, which states, “Offerors shall submit one proposal to the Base IDIQ contract SOW. Offerors shall submit proposals to one OR more Sample Task Order Statements of Work. Separate proposals shall be prepared for the different Sample Task Order Pool SOWs.” Please follow the Additional Technical Proposal Instructions in Attachment 14.

The Offeror must adhere to a 50-page limit for Base IDIQ SOW and a 25-page limit per characterization pool task order SOW proposed on.

Please Note: The above clarification pertains to the way proposals should be submitted in eCPS, but if an offeror has already submitted a proposal via eCPS following all instructions in the RFP, all Attachments, and Amendments 1-4, they are not required to re-submit in accordance with the clarification in Amendment 5. However, offerors can make updates/ changes to already submitted proposals up to the closing date/time of this solicitation.

END OF AMENDMENT 5