RFP No. 75N98020R00025-Amendment No. 1 - Responses to Soliciation Questions - 110220.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 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 your 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.

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

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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;

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

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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.

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AMENDMENT NO. 1 - RFP No. 75N98020R00025

COMMON FUND BUDGET MANAGEMENT

RESPONSES TO SOLICITATION QUESTIONS

1. Is this a new opportunity? If not, is there an incumbent vendor and is the vendor planning to respond to this opportunity? Please provide the contract number.

Response: This a recompete. The incumbent is George H. Bramhall. The contract number is HHSN263201500016C. It is the incumbent’s decision as to whether or not they will respond to this opportunity.

2. Looking at the RFP, I cannot find actual proposal instructions (i.e. page limitations for technical volume, etc.). Can you assist?

Response: The RFP did not include page limitations. Please refer to Item 2. Authorized Official and Submission of Proposal, page 48. In addition, please also refer to the Table of Contents for the pages for Technical and Business Instructions.

3. SOW 5.1.2 identifies two (2) online budget tracking tools (C-Fund$ and SID Databases).

Can you provide descriptions and specifics of each?

Response: C-Fund$ and SID are budget databases that accommodate budget changes for Common Fund programs. Award obligations are captured in SID and are connected to eRA.

4. Are these tools web-based or cloud-based with any unique infrastructure requirements?

Response: The tools will be moving to the cloud during the contract period, and do not have unique infrastructure requirements.

5. Would the contractor have admin authority and access to the servers and database?

Response: The contractor would have admin authority for the budget databases.

6. Is there an Enterprise Ops Team in place to do normal backups and maintenance on the infrastructure?

Response: Yes; a separate contractor develops and maintains the tools.

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