Amendment 0001.docx

Amendment 0001

I. Section L.4. is hereby amended to include the following sentence in bold:

Phase II: Technical and Business Submissions

1. Technical Approach/Design and Implementation Plan

“The offeror shall make a clear and concise presentation of the technical approach chosen for this contract, including a discussion of elements such as population diversity, demographic variation and settings (e.g., rural, urban…etc).”

II. Section M.1 is hereby amended to include the following sentence in bold:

M.1 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY

“…between technical/management features and cost/price to the Government. In determining overall best value in ranking the proposals, the Government will also consider factors such as geographic diversity, demographics of population being served, and settings (i.e. rural versus urban settings). This list is not all inclusive, but factors such as these will be considered by the Contracting Officer in making a final best value decision.”

“Upon completion of the identification of strengths, significant weaknesses and deficiencies and after assessment of past performance and price, the proposals will be ranked in terms of those which represent the highest potential for success to those which represent risks so great that success is not achievable based upon consideration of all the factors being evaluated, including diversity, demographic variation, and settings.”

Delete:

“The Government intends to award to those offerors whose proposal represents the best value and highest chance for success.”

III. Section J, Attachments J-2-Partnership for Patient Contract SOWS