91990023R0002 Amendment 002.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

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 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

FACILITY CODE

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)

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.

15C. DATE SIGNED

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

16C. DATE SIGNED

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

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

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6. ISSUED BY CODE

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

CODE

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

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The purpose of this Solicitation Amendment 0002 is to provide responses to additional clarification questions. The offeror response remains November 14, 2022 at 1:00PM EST.

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Table of Contents

SECTION C DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

C.1 Questions and Answers

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SECTION C

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

C.1 Questions and Answers

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WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOU SE TM :

Tools , Onlin e Assi s ta n c e , Stan dard s , and Trainin g (WWC-

TOAST)

Addit ion a l Ques t i o n s and Answers

Please note: These Questions and Answers were accidently omit ted from the version posted on October 20, 2022. No changes to the PWS or RFP were made as result of these quest ions .

Quest io n: What is the contrac t type for Task 3 – Procedu r e s and Standa rd s Developme n t? It is CPFF on page 19 of the RFP and FFP on page 33.

Answer: It is Cost Plus Fixed Fee.

Quest io n: The Inst ruc t ions to Offerors for the Past Performa nc e volume notes that "Offerors should submit brief summaries of such work and include the names, curren t affiliations, and curren t telephone numbe r s of the customer . All similar federal contrac t s should be included." Can ED clarify the meaning of the last sentence "All similar federal contact s should be included?"

Answer: The instruc t ions say “Offerors shall submit narra t ive information about a selection of up to 5 of the offeror’s most recen t contrac t s (State , Federa l , or private indust ry), grants, or other compara ble project completed in the last three years or curren t ly in process but beyond the first year of performa nc e , which are of similar size, scope, complexity or, in any way, are relevan t to the effort required by this solicitation”. Of the 5 past performa nc e examples submit ted , all relevant federal experience should be submit t ed . But, if there are fewer than 5 relevant federal examples , then state or private projects may be included as examples .

Quest io n: The PWS, Task Order 2, Task 2.2 Build Tools to Track Workflow notes that in the OSRG, "There shall be functionali ty for the reviewer to reques t a new interven t ion name or to add a publica tion that is not already in ERIC." Can ED clarify how this added functionality differs from curren t functionali ty that allows review teams to ente r new interven t ion names and add non- ERIC publica tions to the OSRG?

Answer: The purpose of this task is to build a new tool that will track and repor t all studies under review to ensure that there are not duplicat e studies reviewed by differen t teams. Due to the complexity about how the WWC defines a study, the curren t functionali ty is not sufficient to reduce duplica tion. Because multiple manuscrip t s can contribu te to the same study, there have been multiple review teams

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reviewing differen t manusc rip t s of the same study. Subtask 2.7 will address the multiple manusc rip t functionality and subtask 2.3 will provide repor ting for WWC contrac to r s and staff to ensure there is not duplica tion. There are also significan t data quality concerns about the way reviewer s enter citations that are not in ERIC.

The WWC is in the process of standa r dizing interven t ion names and ensuring that reviewer s do not use non- standa r dized names in order to improve data quality. After the interven tion name cleaning is finalized then individual reviewers will not be able to add their own interven t ion names without a review by TOAST.

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