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State of South Carolina

AMENDMENT 1

Solicitation:

Date Issued:

Procurement Officer:

Phone:

E-Mail Address:

Mailing Address:

5400029035 12/09/2025

JON BAYSDEN

803-896-5304 jbaysden@mmo.sc.gov SFAA, Div. of Procurement Services, 1333 Main Street, Suite 700 Columbia SC 29201

DESCRIPTION: Veteran Treatment Court Needs Assessment and a Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment

USING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT: South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs

SUBMIT YOUR OFFER ON-LINE AT THE FOLLOWING URL: http://www.procurement.sc.gov

SUBMIT OFFER BY (Opening Date/Time): 01/14/2026 11:00 AM ET (See "Deadline For Submission Of Offer" provision)

QUESTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY: 12/04/2025 12:00 PM ET EXPIRED

(See "Questions From Offerors" provision)

NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: Two (2) Online submissions – One (1) Original and One (1) Redacted Copy Initial here if NO redacted copy is necessary___________ See Section II A “Submitting Confidential Information” clause, and Section IV “Submitting Redacted Offers” clause

CONFERENCE TYPE: Non-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference DATE & TIME: 12/03/2025 10:00 AM ET (Virtual) EXPIRED

(As appropriate, see "Conferences - Pre-Bid/Proposal" & "Site Visit" provisions)

LOCATION:

Virtual MSTEAMS Link – Email jbaysden@mmo.sc.gov if link needed.

(See Section IIB “Conference – Pre-Bid/Proposal” clause)

You must submit a signed copy of this form with Your Offer. By signing, You agree to be bound by the terms of the Solicitation. You agree to hold Your Offer open for a minimum of ninety (90) calendar days after the Opening Date.

(See "Signing Your Offer" provision.)

NAME OF OFFEROR

(full legal name of business submitting the offer) Any award issued will be issued to, and the contract will be formed with, the entity identified as the Offeror. The entity named as the offeror must be a single and distinct legal entity. Do not use the name of a branch office or a division of a larger entity if the branch or division is not a separate legal entity, i.e., a separate corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, etc.

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

(Person must be authorized to submit binding offer to contract on behalf of Offeror.)

DATE SIGNED

TITLE

(business title of person signing above)

STATE VENDOR NO.

(Register to Obtain S.C. Vendor No. at www.procurement.sc.gov)

PRINTED NAME

(printed name of person signing above)

STATE OF INCORPORATION

(If you are a corporation, identify the state of incorporation.)

OFFEROR'S TYPE OF ENTITY: (Check one) (See "Signing Your Offer" provision.)

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___ Corporate entity (not tax-exempt) ___ Corporation (tax-exempt) ___ Government entity (federal, state, or local)

COVER PAGE - ON-LINE ONLY (MAR. 2015)

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NOTICE ADDRESS (Address to which all procurement and contract related notices should be sent.) (See "Notice" clause)

_________________________________________________ Area Code - Number - Extension Facsimile

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PAYMENT ADDRESS (Address to which payments will be sent.) (See "Payment" clause)

____Payment Address same as Home Office Address ____Payment Address same as Notice Address (check only one) ORDER ADDRESS (Address to which purchase orders will be sent) (See "Purchase Orders and "Contract Documents" clauses)

____Order Address same as Home Office Address ____Order Address same as Notice Address (check only one)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

Offerors acknowledges receipt of amendments by indicating amendment number and its date of issue. (See "Amendments to Solicitation" Provision)

DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

(See "Discount for Prompt Payment" clause)

PREFERENCES - A NOTICE TO VENDORS (SEP. 2009):

Preferences do NOT apply to Requests for Proposals per SC Consolidated Procurement Code §11-35-1524(E)(5)

PREFERENCES - ADDRESS AND PHONE OF IN-STATE OFFICE:

Preferences do NOT apply to Requests for Proposals per SC Consolidated Procurement Code §11-35-1524(E)(5)

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Veteran Treatment Court Needs Assessment and a Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment

SOLICITATION 5400029035

AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION (JAN 2004)

(a) The Solicitation may be amended at any time prior to opening. All actual and prospective Offerors should monitor the following web site for the issuance of Amendments: www.procurement.sc.gov (b) Offerors shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment to this solicitation (1) by signing and returning the amendment, (2) by identifying the amendment number and date in the space provided for this purpose on Page Two, (3) by letter, or (4) by submitting a bid that indicates in some way that the bidder received the amendment. (c) If this solicitation is amended, then all terms and conditions which are not modified remain unchanged. [02-2A005-1]

QUESTIONS FROM OFFERORS - AMENDMENT (JUN 2017)

The Solicitation is amended as provided herein. Information or changes resulting from questions will be shown in a question-and-answer format. All questions received have been reprinted below. The “State’s Response” should be read without reference to the questions. The questions are included solely to provide a cross-reference to the potential offeror that submitted the question. Questions do not form a part of the contract; the “State’s Response” does. Any restatement of part or all of an existing provision of the solicitation in an answer does not modify the original provision except as follows: underlined text is added to the original provision. Stricken text is deleted. [02-2A097-1]

The following questions were received pursuant to the original date and time specified on the front of the solicitation:

1. Pages 15 - 18: Are the Lot 1 efforts and deliverables completely separate from the Lot 2 efforts and deliverables, or is Lot 1 part of Lot 2 efforts?

State’s Response: Yes, Lot 1 efforts and deliverables are completely separate from the Lot 2 efforts and deliverables. Offerors may offer on one or both Lots. Offerors are not required to offer on both Lots. Lots are organized by Needs Assessment. Lots will be awarded separately.

1. Pages 15 - 16: Under Lot 1, section 3 Deliverables, Deliverable 3a is to be completed one year after start which would be around March 2027. Deliverable 3b is to be completed in September 2026 which are the findings and recommendations and is only about halfway through the project.

1. Is September 2026 the correct deliverable date for 3b, and if so, is the presentation deliverable an early draft of whatever the findings and recommendations are at that point in time of the project?

State’s Response: Dates can be adjusted based on award date, not to exceed 12 months from the award date.

1. Also, Deliverable 3c is conducting a workshop by end of September 2026. Should the results of this workshop should be included in Deliverable 3b?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. General: Will all of the county VA offices have representatives involved in the project?

State’s Response: We will invite all County Veteran Affairs Officers to participate in the Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment. The actual number of County Veteran Affairs Officers will depend on who agrees to participate.

1. Page 16: How many service providers are currently delivering services to veterans in South Carolina?

State’s Response: There are 180-500 service providers delivering services to veterans in South Carolina.

1. General: Since the court diversion programs in South Carolina are run by the 16 solicitor offices, will all of the solicitor offices be involved in this project?

State’s Response: We will invite all solicitors to participate in the Veteran Treatment court needs assessment.

1. Page 16: Lot 2 Objective 4 is actionable recommendations for state and local agencies. Please identify the specific state and local agencies for which actionable recommendations are to be made.

State’s Response: Federal agencies are the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Labor, HUD. State agencies are SC DEW, SC Competes, SC Chamber of Commerce, Department of Revenue, SC DMV, SCDVA, State colleges to include technical colleges.

1. Page 16: Lot 2 Scope of Work Phase I, 1a refers to stakeholders. How many stakeholders are there or will there be for this project?

State’s Response: There will be between 20-30 stakeholders.

1. Page 17: Section 5a, does SC VA have contact information and demographic data available for distributing surveys to Veterans?

State’s Response: SCDVA has some Veteran contact information available to share for survey distribution.

1. Page 17: Section 5a, are there any restrictions or preferences on data collection methods (e.g., survey platforms, focus group sizes)?

State’s Response: No.

1. Page 17: Section 5 Methodology, c. Secondary Data Review: Are all of the reports, data, services, and tools that are identified and required to be used going to be provided by SC VA? If not, are there any existing datasets or reports that the contractor is expected to use?

State’s Response: SCDVA will provide reports and data that is allowable. There are open-source data reports available from United States Department of Veterans Affairs, SC DEW, HUD.

1. Page 18: Communications Plan, 3. Appointment of a Contract Monitor. Will the Contract Monitor be a SC VA staff member or an outside IV&V company?

State’s Response: SCDVA will provide the contract monitor.

1. General: Is there flexibility in the proposed timelines if additional stakeholder engagement is required?

State’s Response: Yes, if it does not exceed 12 months from award date.

1. General: Is there an estimated budget ceiling for each Lot?

State’s Response: That information is not available.

1. Service Provider Security Assessment: Will the contractor have access to confidential Veteran information, and what data security measures are required?

State’s Response: No.

1. Can the State provide a target or maximum budget range for this work to ensure proposals are aligned with available resources?

State’s Response: That information is not available.

1. Is there an incumbent or other contractor performing similar work currently? If so, who?

State’s Response: No.

1. Are hyperlinks allowed in the document?

State’s Response: Procurement laws require the documents constituting your offer be complete and unmodifiable at the time of submission; accordingly, your offer must not rely on any information not appearing directly in the documents you submit to us as part of your offer (hereinafter “external content). By way of example, but without limitation, external content includes information incorporated by reference or links to a website or other internet-accessible location. Reference to external content may result in rejection of your offer as nonresponsive.

1. Where do we provide information on the proposed personnel? Bios? Can we submit resumes?

State’s Response: Offerors should provide personnel information in its Technical Proposal under experience and qualifications #3.

1. The RFP requests point by point response to "requirements" in Section III - but section III is the scope. Should we be responding to some other list of requirements? If not, what is the difference between this and the following approach sections?

State’s Response: Please respond point by point to Lot 1 Scope of work if submitting Lot 1 proposal and Please respond point by point to Lot 2 Scope of Work if submitting Lot 2 proposal.

1. Are we supposed to fill out the Minority Participation piece (page 20-21)?

State’s Response: If applicable, the Minority Participation should be completed and included with the technical proposal.

1. Please clarify the kind of annotated bibliographies you are seeking (pg. 19). For example, is this where we provide descriptions of relevant past products and provide copies of any evaluation reports that were developed for funders? If past performance information is not desired here, where would you like to see that content?

State’s Response: The Offeror should provide an annotated bibliography of any publications for services of similar size and scope authored by key staff that will participate in the resulting contract. This is separate and different from the Experience and Qualifications (past performance) information required in the proposal.

1. Can we attach the sample deliverables as an appendix at the end of technical narrative, as opposed to right in the middle?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. Can we use the same products and/or references for both Lots?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. Are there existing datasets that the state maintains that the selected Contractor will be able to access to identify veterans so we may develop a stratified sampling plan for the surveys?

State’s Response: The Department will share approved data sets it has with the Contractor during the resulting contract.

1. Please clarify whether the requirements in Section V of the RFP on p.22 are required to be included in our response, or if they will be requested during the pre-award/negotiation phase. If we are to include them in the proposal, please clarify what type of financial data you would like to see in response to the Qualifications of Offerors section.

State’s Response: In Section V. QUALIFICATIONS under QUALIFICATIONS – REQUIRED INFORMATION (MODIFIED), please note “If requested by the Procurement Officer”. In addition, see entire clause below.

QUALIFICATIONS -- REQUIRED INFORMATION (MODIFIED)

If requested by the Procurement Officer, submit the following information or documentation for you and for any subcontractor (at any tier level) that you identify pursuant to the clause titled Subcontractor - Identification. Err on the side of inclusion. You represent that the information provided is complete.

(a) The general history and experience of the business in providing work of similar size and scope.

(b) Information reflecting the current financial position. Include the most current financial statement and financial statements for the last two fiscal years. If the financial statements have been audited in accordance with the following requirements, provide the audited version of those statements. [Reference Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 5 (FASB, December 1984), as amended.]

(c) A detailed, narrative statement listing the three most recent, comparable contracts (including contact information) which have been performed. For each contract, describe how the supplies or services provided are similar to those requested by this solicitation, and how they differ.

(d) A list of every business for which supplies or services substantially similar to those sought with this solicitation have been provided, at any time during the past three years.

(e) A list of every South Carolina public body for which supplies or services have been provided at any time during the past three years, if any.

(f) List of failed projects, suspensions, debarments, and significant litigation.

1. I plan on submitting a proposal for both Lot 1 and Lot 2. Should I attach a separate signed cover sheet for both?

State’s Response: Yes, attach a separate signed cover sheet for both Lot 1 and Lot 2.

1. Within the budget, should the "Line Number" correlate with the lines in the Scope of Work?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. Will you please explain again what an "Extended Price" is?

State’s Response: Extended Price is the total cost of the line item (unit price multiplied by quantity).

1. I see one of the Produce Category examples states "96258 - Professional Services (Not Otherwise Classified)". Will you please tell me where I can go to find a list of Category Codes and Descriptions that are allowable in the contracts?

State’s Response: Product Category 96258 – Professional Services (Not Otherwise Classified) is for internal purposes only; therefore, the requested information is not required for the purposes of bidding on this contract.

1. The RFP references Veterans Treatment Courts across South Carolina. For planning purposes, can the State confirm the number of currently active VTCs and whether any courts anticipate launching or pausing operations during the contract period?

State’s Response: There are 13 Veteran Treatment Courts and there are no indications of any courts pausing. There may be 1-3 new Veteran Treatment Courts implemented during the assessment period.

1. Will the contractor have access to teams across all VTCs, including coordinators, judges, mentors, and treatment providers, through State facilitation, or will outreach need to be conducted independently at each site?

State’s Response: Participation with each Veteran Treatment Court will vary but we expect existing and potential Veteran Treatment Courts to participate.

1. Does the State have target expectations for minimum numbers of stakeholders to be interviewed across circuits, or should the contractor propose a sampling strategy?

State’s Response: Contractor should propose a sampling strategy. Each court has at least two stakeholders, the South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Will statewide or circuit-level program data (e.g., participant counts, discharges, mentor utilization) be made available to the contractor, and if so, what systems or formats should we anticipate?

State’s Response: Circuit-level program data will be available, and formatting should be provided to the courts for standardization.

1. The RFP requests assessment of strengths, challenges, and resource needs. Does the State expect formal fidelity benchmarking to NADCP Best Practice Standards, or should the contractor propose evaluation standards?

State’s Response: Contractor should consider All Rise (former NADCP) 10 best practices for courts, but each court is unique. Assessments should be based on each courts program guides.

1. General: Does the application review process award additional points or give preferential consideration to companies that are based in South Carolina?

State’s Response: See Section VI. AWARD CRITERIA under EVALUATION FACTOR – PROPOSALS (JAN 2006)

1. General: Will contractor or subcontractor staff be required to obtain a PIV card to access VA data and reports, or will all necessary information be provided directly by the COR or designated project point of contact?

State’s Response: No.

1. General: Are there any page limits or formatting constraints that apply to the proposal submission?

State’s Response: No, there are no page limits. Technical Proposal(s) shall be separate from the Price Proposal(s). File format shall be compatible with Microsoft Office (version 2003 or later), or Adobe Acrobat or equivalent Portable Document Format (.pdf) viewer. The Procurement Officer must be able to view, search, copy and print electronic documents without a password or formatting constraints that apply to the proposal submission. All proposals should include stated requirements in Section IV.

CONTENTS OF OFFER (RFP) (FEB 2015)

(a) Offers should be complete and carefully worded and should convey all of the information requested.

(b) Offers should be prepared simply and economically, providing a straightforward, concise description of offeror's capabilities to satisfy the requirements of the RFP. Emphasis should be on completeness and clarity of content.

(c) The contents of your offer must be divided into two parts, the technical proposal and the business proposal.

(d) If your offer includes any comment over and above the specific information requested in the solicitation, you are to include this information as a separate appendix to your offer. Offers which include either modifications to any of the solicitation's contractual requirements or an offeror's standard terms and conditions may be deemed non-responsive and not considered for award.

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1. Survey Development and Deployment: Will the contractor be required to use a survey platform approved for use within the South Carolina VA system, or may the contractor administer the survey using its own platform?

State’s Response: Contractor’s platform is acceptable. Contractor will provide working and final copies of all survey results to the state.

1. Survey Development and Deployment: Are there preferred software platforms for survey development and qualitative/quantitative analysis, or any restrictions – such as requirements to work within a secure remote desktop – that may limit the tools the contractor can use?

State’s Response: No.

1. Meetings and Engagements: Will the contractor be required to hold any in-person meetings or engagements with stakeholders or the advisory committee?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. Meetings and Engagements: Are there defined minimum requirements for the contractor’s engagement with stakeholders?

State’s Response: Minimum is within the first 30 days of each assessment, 180 days, and a final engagement before the contract ends.

1. Lot 1 SOW: Need Assessment Activities: Coordinator Survey: What is the total number of Veteran Treatment Court Coordinators in South Carolina? Will the state require a representative sampling of all coordinators or another sampling method based upon client preference?

State’s Response: 13 Veteran Treatment Coordinators. All current and potential coordinators are required.

1. Lot 1 SOW: Need Assessment Activities: Policy Review: Are all program materials available in electronic formats or will paper copies need to be collected as well? What languages are program materials currently available in?

State’s Response: Program materials are available digitally and paper copies.

1. Lot 1 SOW: Stakeholder Interviews: What level of human subjects review will all survey and stakeholder interview materials need to undergo? Will items be reviewed through VA-affiliated IRBs or contracted IRBs (i.e., SMART IRB, etc.)?

State’s Response: Survey questions should be specific, and sensitive topics or vulnerable populations questions should be anonymous. survey responses should collect demographic data, to include periods of service, but not collect PII. No other review boards will be used.

1. Lot 1 SOW: Stakeholder Interviews: To what extent will the state support, coordinate and provide access to justice-involved individuals and veterans as a potential stakeholder group to interview?

State’s Response: Participation from graduates will vary by court, all participants will be encouraged to participate.

1. Lot 1 SOW: Strategic Planning Workshop: What overlap, if any, in stakeholders would there be for the in-person Strategic Planning workshop as compared to the Needs Assessment presentation to South Carolina Association of Treatment Court Professionals, 2026 Governor’s Summit, and other avenues?

State’s Response: Some overlap is possible.

1. Lot 1 SOW: Strategic Planning Workshop: Given the in-person requirement for the workshop & fixed price budget, are travel costs for contractors included within the fixed price budget or an additional expense to add to our proposed budget?

State’s Response: All costs including travel shall be included in the Offerors price proposal. The Price proposal must include all costs for materials, labor, and services within the Offeror’s proposal.

1. Lot 2 SOW: Can the state share a list of stakeholders (organizations, VA facilities, community partners, etc.) who will be involved with the kickoff meeting?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. Lot 2 SOW: As part of the secondary data analysis, will the contractor have access to VA collected individual-level data focused on patient-reported outcomes? For instance, VA patient data on chronic disease, mental health, and social risk (i.e. PHQ-9 data for depression, AUDIT/DAST for alcohol/drug use, unmet social needs for housing insecurity, food insecurity, etc.)?

State’s Response: Open source data provided by the federal VA will be available.

1. By what date do you anticipate answers being posted?

State’s Response: Questions submitted by Offerors’ will be answered by an Amendment. See Section II. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS – A. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS under AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION (JAN 2004)

1. The RFP states insurance requirements of $1M Worker's Compensation per accident for bodily injury or disease and $1M Automobile Liability per accident for bodily injury and property damage. We have $1M combined single limit for Automobile, and $100K each for Worker’s Compensation, but also have a $2M umbrella policy. Is our umbrella coverage sufficient to meet this requirement?

State’s Response: Contractor must have coverage in accordance with CONTRACTOR'S LIABILITY INSURANCE - GENERAL (FEB 2015) and CONTRACTOR’S LIABILITY INSURANCE – INFORMATION SECURITY AND PRIVACY (FEB 2015). It is the responsibility of the Contractor to determine if their policies meet the requirements stated in these two clauses.

1. (How) do the responses to the minority participation questions factor into the evaluation/scoring of proposals?

State’s Response: See Section VI. AWARD CRITERIA under EVALUATION FACTOR – PROPOSALS (JAN 2006)

1. Have there been any prior assessments or evaluations conducted for the Veteran Treatment Courts or statewide population of Veterans? If yes, can these be provided for review?

State’s Response: No.

1. Is it the assumption that both assessments (Lots 1 and 2) would be run simultaneously?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. Will there be any preference given to having a single qualified vendor versus multiple vendors for carrying out both assessments?

State’s Response: See Section VI. AWARD CRITERIA under EVALUATION FACTOR – PROPOSALS (JAN 2006)

1. Lot 1 specific question: How many Veteran Treatment Courts are currently operating in the state? About how many individuals are actively enrolled/participating in these courts on an annual basis?

State’s Response: State’s Response: 13 and the number of participants varies from 3-14 per court.

1. Lot 1 specific question: Is it desired or expected for any secondary data, or review of existing data systems used to track court participants, to be included in the assessment?

State’s Response: Yes, for recidivism.

1. Lot 1 specific question: What is the number and nature (i.e., role/affiliation) of stakeholders that are expected or desired to participate in the strategic planning meeting?

State’s Response: Solicitors Office, VTC staff, SC Association of Treatment Courts, Mentors, federal VA, community partners total of 50-60 people.

1. Lot 2 specific question: The RFP describes the population of interest to include “transitioning service members, Veterans, and their families.” Does the state intend to encompass the full population of Veterans in this assessment? Or are there certain parameters that can be applied, for example, only including Veterans who have transitioned within a certain number of years and/or Veterans who have or are currently receiving services from the VA?

State’s Response: A full population of Veterans is needed for the assessment. For transitioning service members, if they separated from the military between 2020 to 2025.

1. Lot 2 specific question: Can you describe the role that the state and service providers will play in facilitating access to and recruitment of Veterans for participation in the assessment (i.e., survey and interviews/focus groups)?

State’s Response: The state will provide approved access to data and contact information to Veterans.

1. Lot 2 specific question: The RFP mentions stratified sampling. Does the state have, and will it facilitate access to, information or data that will allow us to define the population and draw a representative sample? Will this data include contact information that can be used to recruit participants?

State’s Response: The state can provide aggregate data, contractor will need to develop other ways to recruit participants.

1. Lot 2 specific question: Is it anticipated that incentives be used/allowed to encourage participation in the assessment? Should this be included in our budgets? How will the state evaluate pricing for proposals that do vs. don’t include sufficient incentives?

State’s Response: Incentives should not be used to encourage participation.

1. Is there a not-to-exceed amount for the budget?

State’s Response: That information is not available.

1. Will out-of-state vendors be considered?

State’s Response: See Section VI. AWARD CRITERIA under EVALUATION FACTOR – PROPOSALS (JAN 2006)

1. To what extent is in-person engagement (vs. virtual) desired from the project team?

State’s Response: in-person is the preferred choice. Virtual or hybrid is acceptable with approval from state.

1. What, if any, connection is there between this project and the recent solicitation 5400028685, “Feasibility Study & Master Plan”? There do appear to be some common elements between the scope of that RFP and “Lot 2” of this one. Do you anticipate collaboration between the awardees of these two solicitations?

State’s Response: There is not a connection between the two solicitations. There will not be collaboration between Contractor awardees of the contracts.

1. During the conference, it was noted that this solicitation was released because of new requirements. Can you share any additional information about these requirements? Are they legislative requirements?

State’s Response: All available information related to this solicitation is provided in the solicitation.

1. Can you share a budget range for each lot?

State’s Response: That information is not available.

1. How does the survey proposed in Lot 2 differ from the 2025 Veteran and Family Needs Assessment Survey that is currently underway?

State’s Response: The current survey is generic questions for the Veteran population.

1. Will the results of the 2025 Veteran and Family Needs Assessment Survey be made available to the successful bidder?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. For how many veterans does SCDVA have contact information (such as email or mailing addresses)? Will that information be shared with the successful bidder if needed for outreach?

State’s Response: 85,000 and the state may send an email to the contacts on behalf of the contractor.

1. For Section 3a, item 5 of the Technical Proposal, should the sample items be completed examples of prior work, or templates / outlines of the documents we anticipate developing for this project?

State’s Response: The Offeror shall submit a sample of any preliminary and/or final products/documents used by the Offeror that demonstrate the deliverables that are routinely produced during services required.

1. For Lot 1, can you share approximately how many Veteran Treatment Courts will be under review?

State’s Response: 13.

1. Page 16 states that there will be a 2-day in-person planning workshop. Is the contractor expected to manage the logistics for this meeting, including identifying the venue and coordinating with participants? Is the selected contractor expected to pay for the venue out of the contract?

State’s Response: Yes.

1. Page 16 states that the selected vendor will present findings to stakeholders. For budget planning purposes, how many presentations are expected?

State’s Response: 2.

1. Pages 20-21 describe the required elements of the technical proposal. Is there a page limit or formatting (font size and spacing) guidance for the length of the proposal response?

State’s Response: State’s Response: No, there are no page limits. Technical Proposal(s) shall be separate from the Price Proposal(s). File format shall be compatible with Microsoft Office (version 2003 or later), or Adobe Acrobat or equivalent Portable Document Format (.pdf) viewer. The Procurement Officer must be able to view, search, copy and print electronic documents without a password or formatting constraints that apply to the proposal submission. All proposals should include stated requirements in Section IV.

CONTENTS OF OFFER (RFP) (FEB 2015)

(a) Offers should be complete and carefully worded and should convey all of the information requested.

(b) Offers should be prepared simply and economically, providing a straightforward, concise description of offeror's capabilities to satisfy the requirements of the RFP. Emphasis should be on completeness and clarity of content.

(c) The contents of your offer must be divided into two parts, the technical proposal and the business proposal.

(d) If your offer includes any comment over and above the specific information requested in the solicitation, you are to include this information as a separate appendix to your offer. Offers which include either modifications to any of the solicitation's contractual requirements or an offeror's standard terms and conditions may be deemed non-responsive and not considered for award.

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1. Can any guidance about the anticipated level of effort (e.g., total budget, estimated number of hours) be provided?

State’s Response: No.

1. Is there an expected budget or value for each of the two lots?

State’s Response: That information is not available.

1. Approximately how many VTCs are there in South Carolina?

State’s Response: 13.

1. Will the State except S/MWBE certification from a federal source? Is there a mandatory percentage of S/MWBE participation?

State’s Response: No.

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