Amendment 1 75N93024R00017.pdf

Amendment #1 to RFP-NIAID-DAIT-75N93024R00017

Amendment to Solicitation No.:

RFP-NIAID-DAIT-75N93024R00017

Amendment No. 1

Issue Date: September 17, 2024

Effective Date:

Proposal Due Date:

September 17, 2024

November 19, 2024 3:00 pm (Unchanged)

Issued By: Tom Bahrami, MBA Contracting Officer

NIH/NIAID

Office of Acquisitions 5601 Fishers Lane Room 3C20 MSC 9821 Rockville, MD 20852

Point of Contact: Brandon de White, Contract Specialist whitebra@niaid.nih.gov

Name and Address of Offeror: To All Potential Offerors

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth below. The hour and date specified for receipt of proposals remains unchanged. Offerors must acknowledge receipt of this amendment. Failure to receive your acknowledgement of this amendment may result in the rejection of your offer.

SECTION 1- QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES

This section of the amendment provides questions submitted by potential applicants/offerors and the responses provided by NIAID. The responses are offered for information only and do not modify or become part of this solicitation. This Amendment will be updated as needed to add further questions and their related responses. All potential offerors are advised to refer back to all previous amendments for additional questions and clarification.

1. Is there any guidance on the maximum available budget or expected effort for the new contract?

Paragraph d. LEVEL OF EFFORT of SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS, 1. GENERAL INFORMATION is hereby modified to read as follows:

The Government's requirement for the work set forth in the Statement of Work of this solicitation is 20,800 direct labor hours (inclusive of all proposed prime and subcontract hours) for the base and each additional year if exercised through Options 1-4. The Government’s requirement for the work set forth in the Statement of Work of this solicitation is 1,040 direct labor hours (inclusive of all proposed prime and subcontract hours) for each increase in the Level of Effort up to a total of 10,400 in each year of the contract if exercised through Options 5-54. The mix and type of labor hours proposed is at the discretion of the offerors to best represent their proposed technical approach. The labor hours are constituted as specified as follows:

Labor Hours

Base -

YR 1

Opt 1 -

YR 2

Opt 2 -

YR 3

Opt 3 -

YR 4

Opt 4 -

YR 5

Base 20,800 20,800 20,800 20,800 20,800

LOE

Opt 1,040 1,040 1,040 1,040 1,040

LOE

Total 10,400 10,400 10,400 10,400 10,400

Total 31,200 31,200 31,200 31,200 31,200

Amendment #1 to RFP-NIAID-DAIT-75N93024R00017