AMEND_6-1-30-2023_0006.pdf

OMB No.: 0990-0115

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

PAGE

OF PAGES

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

1/30/2023

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE

REQ. NO.

5. PROJECT NO. (if applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 5) CODE

National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Contracts Management Branch 6710B Rockledge Drive

BETHESDA MD 20892

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, city, county, State and ZIP Code)

TO ALL POTENTIAL OFFERORS

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION

NO.

RFP 75N94022R00003

X

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

12/12/2022

10A. MODIFICATION OF

CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

CODE

FACILITY CODE

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 not extended.

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 __1___ copy of the amendment in your business proposal; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram 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 telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (if required)

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

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO FAR 52.243-2. THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B.THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b) and Contract ARTICLE B.4.

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

D.OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor __ is not, X is required to sign this document and return 1 copy in your business proposal to the issuing office.

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

PURPOSE: To amend RFP 75N94022R00003, entitled, “International and Domestic Pediatric and Maternal HIV and Other High Priority Infectious Diseases Data Coordinating Center.” This amendment also answers a question received regarding the RFP.

DUE DATE: February 22, 2023, 4:00 PM Local Time (Eastern Standard Time (EST) (Unchanged).

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.

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

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER

Elizabeth Osinski NICHD Contracts Management Branch, NIH

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

BY ______________________________________________

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY ________________________________________

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C.DATE

SIGNED

RFP-NIH-NICHD-75N94022R00003

AMENDMENT NO.: 006

CONTINUATION PAGE

A. As a result of this amendment, RFP No. 75N94022R00003, is revised as follows:

1. To assist offerors with preparation of their data sharing plan as required by

ARTICLE H.42 – Sharing Research Data, the following information is provided:

For the IMPAACT protocols, (Task Order 2 – IMPAACT 2040) and (Task Order 3 – IMPAACT 2024), data will go from sites to the IMPAACT data management center at Frontier Science Technology Research Foundation, (FSTRF) then to the IMPAACT statistical and data analysis center (SDAC) at Harvard. IMPAACT data are available for reuse (data sharing) through the Data Request (DR), Data Analysis Concept Sheet (DACS), and New Works Concept Sheet (NWCS) mechanisms provided through the IMPAACT network at https://www.impaactnetwork.org/studies/submit-research-proposal. For future task orders that involve non-IMPAACT studies funded primarily by NICHD, data sharing may be accomplished through use of the NICHD Data and Specimen Hub (DASH) at https://dash.nichd.nih.gov/. Therefore, IMPAACT study data are shared through IMPAACT and non-IMPAACT study data (such as a future study not by the IMPAACT Network), are shared through DASH.

2. Section 11.f – Subcontractors, page 143, states that if subcontractors are proposed, the subcontractor must submit a cost proposal in the same format as the offeror’s (prime contractor’s) cost proposal. Section 11.f is replaced and revised to read as follows:

11.f. – A complete cost proposal shall be submitted in the same format as the offeror’s cost proposal except where the subcontractor does not have an approved accounting system or cognizant audit agency or when these are vendor quotes, and the Subcontractor may be proposing a fixed price subcontract. Subcontractors may provide fully loaded Time and Material labor rates to comply with Section 11.f. Vendor quotes are also acceptable for fixed price subcontractors, if the subcontractor is proposing on a fixed price basis. In addition, the clinical site subcontractors for the IMPAACT Protocols 2024 and 2040, do not require a complete cost proposal as offerors should use the uniform assumptions for the total clinical site subcontracting amounts for Task Orders 2 and 3.

B. This Amendment provides answers to questions received regarding this

RFP. Please note that individual questions may have been combined or reworded. The responses are provided for information only as guidance to potential offerors and do not supersede any terms of the RFP, and do not revise or become part of this RFP.

Question: Page 142 Section 11 of the proposal requires subcontractors submit pricing in the same format as the Prime contractor. Many smaller companies do not have an approved accounting system, cognizant audit agency nor NICRA rates. Is it permissible for subcontractors to provide fully loaded, T&M labor rates to comply with Section 11.f?

Answer: Yes, it is permissible for subcontractors to provide fully loaded, Time and Material labor rates to comply with Section 11.f. See revised Section A above.

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