Attachment 7 - Additional Business Proposal Instructions.pdf

ATTACHMENT 7: ADDITIONAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

AND UNIFORM COST ASSUMPTIONS

Interventional Agents Chemistry Services (IACS)

75N93024R00002

In addition to the format requirements for the Business Proposal that are contained in Section L of the solicitation, the information presented in this section of the RFP is intended to provide uniform cost assumptions and business clarifications.

Offerors are advised to give careful consideration to the Statement of Work, all reference material provided as attachments, the Technical Evaluation Criteria, and, the RFP as a whole, in the development of your proposal. The information requested in these instructions should be used as a guide for the development and formatting of your Business Proposal. Offerors should consider and include the information requested here, as well as any other information which will benefit the proposal.

Business Proposal - Table of Contents

Note: Offerors are not required to propose to all Task Areas but may respond to a combination of two or more Task Areas. Offerors must propose to Task Area A and at least one of Task Areas B and C. The offerors shall submit one business proposal for each proposed Task Area. A separate excel spreadsheet shall be submitted for each proposed Task Area. Please ensure proper labeling of proposals.

Task Area A will only be evaluated for cost and past performance and will not be peer reviewed. Task Area A will be awarded at the time of the parent contract award.

Section 1 – Proposal Cover Sheet

Use form NIH 2043 identified in Section J of the solicitation.

Section 2 – Cost or Price Support

Section L of the RFP specifies the minimum documentation requirements for cost data and all cost related support. All related documentation should be included in a clearly marked section of the proposal.

Section 3 – Uniform Cost Assumptions

Task orders awarded in Task Areas B and C may be Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Level-of-Effort (LOE), or Cost Reimbursement (CR) type task orders. The type of award will be specified in the RTOP at the time of task order solicitation and will reflect the nature of the task order requirement.

NIAID anticipates most awards under the IACS IDIQ will be FFP.

Sample Task Orders

Task Order A – Contract Kick-Off Meeting -Period of Performance – Exact dates TBD. Anticipated to occur within 1 month after parent contract award.

-Assume 1 teleconference.

-No travel anticipated.

-Plan for the PI, business representative and relevant members of the technical team to attend.

-Bill hours for individuals assuming a 4 hour meeting.

All other cost assumptions are included in the Sample Task Order RTOPs (Attachmen 6).

Special Shipping and Packaging

As appropriate, shipping requirements are included above in Sample Task Order Technical Cost Assumptions.

Storage

There are no long term storage requirements outside normal performance as directed in the Sample Task Orders.

Government Furnished Property

Government Furnished Property is offered for this acquisition.

No Government Furnished Property is offered for this acquisition.

The purchase of Government Furnished Property will not be authorized as a direct charge under the resultant Task Order.

Travel

N/A

Section 4 – Table of Contents for Documentation Required Under Section L of the Solicitation Refer to Section L of the solicitation for documentation requirements. All relevant documentation should be included in a clearly marked section of the proposal.