Attachment-Responses to Questions.pdf

Question Response 1 Who is the incumbent? What is the incumbent contract number? BeDay, LLC, 75N95020C00002 2 What is the principal government worksite for this contract? (i.e., location where end-users work) Please see the "Place of Performance" section of the SOW, which states "Contractor's Facility"

How often will the contractor employee be required to visit the government’s worksite each week? Month?

Year?

Please see the "Place of Performance" section of the SOW, which states "Contractor's Facility"

4 What’s the expected annual level of effort? (e.g., 1920, 1900, etc.) Please see the "Level of Effort" section of the SOW, which states "40 Hrs./Week"

5 May personnel telework during inclement weather (presuming normal business operations)?

Please see the "Place of Performance" section of the SOW, which states "Contractor's Facility". If the Contractor allows telework, then this is acceptable to NIA.

Can the offeror’s proposed key personnel start work before the government completes its public trust investigation and renders a positive adjudication? Or can the offeror’s personnel only start work after they receive a positive adjudication?

Personnel are only able to start work after the government completes its public trust investigation and renders a positive adjudication.

Since this contract is Firm Fixed Price (FFP), please confirm that offerors will invoice by dividing the Annual Firm Fixed Price contract value by 12 months?

Correct.

What is the minimum “education” requirement for the contractor employee? Preferred education requirement?

Please see Amendment 1, which includes a minimum of a B.S.

What is the minimum “years of total professional experience” requirement for the contractor employee?

Preferred experience requirement?

A minimum years of total professional experience is not specified.

What is the minimum “years of relevant professional experience” requirement for the contractor employee?

Preferred experience requirement?

Please see Amendment 1, which specifies relevant professional experience

What government furnished equipment (GFE) will be provided to the contractor employee? (e.g., laptop, monitor, etc.)

Please see the "Government Responsibilities" section of the SOW, which states "The government will provide a government-owned secure computer and PIV card so the contractor can securely access the data/website and review the created datasets for quality."

12 What relevant and necessary computer hardware and/or software is the contractor responsible for furnishing? All the computer hardware and software needed for the position will be provided by the government.

Please clarify what volumes you want in the proposal and the contents of each volume. For instance, the solicitation states that “Technical capability and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price,” but there are no instructions on how many past performance citations are requested or if past performance is a stand-alone volume.

Please see Amendment 1, which specifies the past perfomance information that should be submitted.

There are no instructions on what the governments wants in the Technical Proposal and how the proposal will be evaluated. Can the Government please clarify?

Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with FAR clause 52.212-1, Evaluation - Commercial Items.

Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror’s capability of fulfilling the requirement as it relates to the technical evaluation criteria.

15 Are resume/s required for Key Personnel at proposal submission? Yes, resume/s are required for Key Personnel

Regarding the database(s) housing the large in-house datasets you reference in your Statement of Work; can you please provide if they are Oracle or MS SQL?

Data are archived in SAS datasets

17 What is the anticipated date of award and contract execution? Please see the "Period of Performance" section of the SOW, which lists a start date of 2/4/2022.

18 Is this a single award or multiple award contract? This is a single award.