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| 140D0423R0055 |
| HHS ACL IDIQ |
| Attachment 2 - Q&A Responses |
| Q# | Document | Page | Section | Question | Government Response |
| Draft Solicitation | 48 | Basis for Contract Award | States the Government anticipates awarding 3 IDIQ contracts per FA, but reserves the right to award up to five. That means there could be upto 15-25 awardees, on an IDIQ with a ceiling of $75M over 8 years, considering TOs can run 3 years after IDIQ expiration. The potential is less then $10M/year across 15-25 companies/teams. Would the government consider going single-award otherwise there may be limited companies interested in responding to the RFP. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 3 | Basic IDIQ Information | States the ceiling value is $75M, are there projects or funding designated for this IDIQ? It looks like the spend in 2021 and 2022 has been around $3M/year for ACL. Has the increase in funding/projects already been budgeted? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | Is this a new procurement or a renewal? Is there an incumbent on this contract? If so, will the government provide the incumbent name, current contract number, duration, historical level of effort, and value of the contract. Also, is the incumbent eligible to bid on this project? | This is a new requirement and does not have an incumbent. | |||
| Draft Solicatation | 45 | Volume III – Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan | To confirm, Offerors other than small business, shall submit both a Small Business Subcontracting Plan and Small Business Participation Plan at the IDIQ stage. | That is correct. | |
| Draft Solicatation | 45 | Volume III – Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan | Concerning the Small Business Participation Plan, beyond the listed requirements on Page 45 (1-3), is there a suggested format? | No required format, must mee the requirements of FAR 52.219-9. | |
| Draft Solicatation | 45 | Volume IV – IDIQ Price | Should this Volume be submitted in two parts, one containing the Summary Statement in PDF, and one containing the pricing sheet in excel, as noted on page 40, instructional information? | A pricing summary tab has been added to the IDIQ Pricing sheet to allow for a Summary Statement to be included and the verbiage within the solicitation instructions has been revised. | |
| Draft Solicatation | Will the government accept and evaluate past performance(s) from commercial clients? | ||||
| Draft Solicitation | 7 | Section 1.14 IDIQ Contract Manager | Does the IDIQ Contract Manager have to be part of the key personnel? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | After contract award, is the prime allowed to submit changes to the subcontractors used for task orders? | ||||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | 1.1 Solicitation Response Instructions and C0nditions | Are both the Small Business Participation Plan and the Small Business Subcontracting Plan to be included within the 10-page limit for Volume III? | That is correct. | |
| Draft Solicitation | 46-47 | Volume III – Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan | Regarding the Small Business Participation Plan: We assume that the specific small businesses that would be engaged as subcontractors would be dependent upon the nature of specific Task Orders (TOs) to be released. Will ACL will hold awardees to their Small Business Participation Plan, or is an understanding that the specific small business an awardee may engage may change dependent on the needs of specific TOs? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 4-5 | Place of Performance | In the event that a corporation has a formal telework policy in place, and it is documented in the TORFP submission, will the government consider a waiver of obtaining COR and Project Management consent? Also in light of the fact that today's global workforce is standard practice for most corporations the associated labor rates may already include cost reductions that are passed on to the government. We request that the government consider discount for work that may be performed by teleworkers in lieu of a government site bill rate. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 7 | Maximum Contract Value | Will the government be providing hours and labor categories? | Possible labor categories were provided within the IDIQ Pricing Sheet (Attachment 3), however offerors may provide additional labor categories they anticipate may be required. | |
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | 1.1 Solicitation Response Instructions and Conditions | Given that Past Performance is integrated into the Technical volume, is the government willing to expand the page limit for Volume II from 16 pages to 20 pages? The additional pages will allow offerors to provide greater specificity and details which would eliminate the need for further clarifications from the offeror, saving time and resources that could be dedicated to the government's evaluation process. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | 1.1 Solicitation Response Instructions and Conditions | Given that the Small Business Participation Plan and Small Business Subcontracting Plan have been combined into a single Volume, and it includes all Small Business subcontractors across all functional areas, will the government extend the page limit to 20 pages for the full Volume III? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | 1.1 Solicitation Response Instructions and Conditions | The draft solicitation notes that "each page shall be 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of paper except for Volume II - Pricing completed in Microsoft Excel. Can the government please confirm that this should read "Volume IV-Price" and Volumes 1-3 should be in Microsoft Word or PDF? | You are correct. The solicitation has been revised to reflect Volume IV as Price. | |
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | The draft solicitation asks bidders to identify 3-5 previous or current examples of past performance "within the last three (3) years." Can the government please confirm that this list can include projects which were completed at any time in 2020? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 45-46 | Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | Can the government please confirm that CPARS or PPQs should be attached in an Appendix for each Volume II Functional Area application submitted? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 45-46 | Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | Will the government allow an appendix of resumes that will not count against the page limit for each Volume II Functional Area? The resume appendix will allow offerors to provide greater details about technical expertise which would eliminate the need for further clarifications from the offeror, saving time and resources that could be dedicated to the government's evaluation process. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | If the vendor establishes a Prime /Subcontrator relationship - would the prime be able to use Past performance from the subcontractor? | ||||
| Draft Solicitation | 3 | Pricing: Does the government expect the pricing to include 3 rates per labor category? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 3 | Basic IDIQ Information | Does the government plan to issue a sample task order (TO) for one or more functional areas in the final RFP? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | Proposal Preparation Instructions, 1.1 Solicitation Response Instructions and Conditions | Are resumes excluded from the page limit for Volume II? Should resumes be included in the Appendix of Volume II? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 35 | 1.28 Documents, Exhibits, and attachments | Can the government please provide Attachment 3 with the question responses (prior to release of the final RFP)? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 35 | 1.28 Documents, Exhibits, and attachments | Will the government provide labor category descriptions in Attachment 3? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 54 | 1.2 EVALUATION CRITERIA, Volume IV | Can the government share what the percentage rate outside of the minimum/maximum acceptable rate that will be deemed reasonable? | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 44 | Volume I - Introductory, Section 1.3 Submission Details, Item "f" | The government states " Assumptions, Conditions and Exceptions. The Offeror shall submit a separate statement that states all (if any) assumptions, conditions, or exceptions with any of the contractual, technical, and/or cost/price terms and conditions of this RFP. If no assumptions, conditions, or exceptions exist, then a statement should be made stating this." |
Question: Should the offeror include Pricing Assumptions in both Volume I/Introductory and in Volume IV/Pricing? If so, is it acceptable to provide specific pricing references in Volume I/Assumptions?
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | Volume II - Technical Experience/Past Performance | Does the government require a Technical Approach presented in Volume II in addition to the Past Performance submissions? | There is no technical submission requirement at the IDIQ level. |
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | Volume II - Technical Experience/Past Performance | If a Technical Approach is required, will the government provide an outline and Evaluation Criteria for this additional section? | There is no technical submission requirement at the IDIQ level. |
| Draft Solicitation | 50 | 1.2 Evaluation Criteria, Volume II - Technical Experience/Past Performance | The government states, "The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s demonstrated capabilities and experience to successfully perform the scope of work in the IDIQ based on the recent/relevant project submissions." |
Question: Can the government confirm that the Evaluation criteria presented for Volume II refer only to experience/capabilities included in "recent/relevant project submissions?"
Draft Solicitation 51 1.2 Evaluation Criteria, Volume II - Technical Experience/Past Performance The Government states, "The Government will review the information to evaluate the extent and relevance of the offeror’s experience in order to determine how well they demonstrate the Offeror’s capability to successfully perform the requirements included in the solicitation for the FA to which the proposal applies, inclusive of the subject matter areas of focus for the Administration for Community Living. The Government will evaluate how well the Offeror demonstrates company experience providing services similar to those necessary to complete TOs issued under the IDIQ."
Question: Could the government confirm that "subject matter areas of focus" refers to the Administrations, Centers, and Offices listed in Section 1 of the draft SOW (B08_SOL_-_Attachment_1_-_IDIQ_SOW_Draft_1)?
Draft Solicitation 7 General Contract Terms and Conditions, Section 1.14 The government identifies the IDIQ Contract Manager as a "key person" and refers to an alternate that "shall have full authority to act for the contractor…" Question: Does the government require both an IDIQ Contract Manager and an Assistant IDIQ Contract Manager proposed as Key Personnel?
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | 1.1 Solicitation Response Instructions and Conditions | Since there is no page limit for Volume I, please confirm if vendors are able to include additional content besides what is required within the Draft Solicitation. | Unsure of what other content would be included, however the Government will only evaluate the requirements set forth within the solicitation. The remaining "content" will not be evaluated. |
| Draft Solicitation | 44 | Volume I. Introductory | Please confirm that contractors who have completed their reps and certs in sam.gov must only submit a completed Section B to be compliant with Section H Volume I | |
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | Volume II. Technical Experience / Past Performance | Please confirm if contractors can submit a past performance that has at least one year completed but is in progress | |
| Draft Solicitation | 46 | Volume III Small Business Participation Plan and Subcontracting Plan | if you are a certified small business do you need to validate that within Volume III? | |
| Draft Solicitation | 7 | 1.14 IDIQ Contract Manager | In what Volume shall the contractor detail their authorized IDIQ Contract Manager? | The IDIQ Contract Manager information is not required until 15 days after receipt of award. The solicitation has been updated to reflect. |
| Draft Solicitation | 7 | 1.13 Personnel Requirments | Please confirm that contractors are not expected to submit resumes/CVs, staffing bios, or any information to validate the staff being bid for each FA | |
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS, Section 1.1: Solicitation Response Instructions and Conditions | The proposoal instructions seem to indicate that proposals should only inlcude an explanation of relevant past experience and NOT a "technical approach" response to particular tasks and activities described in the SOW (as is typical for many of these kinds of proposals). Can the government confirm that this understanding is correct? | Past performance is the only factor being evaluated for this requirement. |
| Draft Solicitation | 43 | PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS, Section 1.3: Submission Details | Would a small business be able to be on two different teams for the same functional area? | |
| Draft Solicitation | 43 | PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS, Section 1.3: Submission Details | Would a small business be able to prepare two different proposals, one as a prime and another as a sub? | |
| Draft Solicitation | 43 | PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS, Section 1.3: Submission Details | Would the Government be okay with the following: For FA1, Company X primes and Company Y subs in a joint proposal; For FA2, Company Y primes and Company X subs in a joint proposal. And if this is acceptable, should these be two completely separate proposals (i.e., two of each for Volume I, II, III, and IV) or should we submit two Volume IIs and just one of each for Volumes I, III, and IV? | |
| Draft Solicitation | 1 | Basic IDIQ Information | Can you please confirm that the government plans to awards contracts with only three organizations per functional area? | That is the intent, however the Government reserves the right to award more than three at their discretion. |
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | Instructions to Offerers - Volume III | Does ACL expect the offeror to include resumes/CVs for the named staff who will work on task orders under the IDIQ? And if so, should we assume that those CVs do not count against the 16-page limit for each FA? | No resumes are required at the IDIQ level, however they may be reuqired within the TO solicitation requirements. |
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | Instructions to Offerers - Volume III | Does ACL expect the offer to include short biographies of the named staff who work on task orders under the IDIQ? And if so, would those count against the 16-page limt? | No resumes are required at the IDIQ level, however they may be reuqired within the TO solicitation requirements. |
| Draft Solicitation | 46 | Instructions to Offerers - Volume III | Can you please confirm that small businesses self-certified in SAM.gov should not submit a Volume III at all? | Per the solicitation, Small business offerors self-certified in sam.gov do not need to submit any documentation supporting this evaluation factor. |
| Draft Solicitation | 47 | Instructions to Offerers - Volume IV | The draft solicitation refers to a "provided IDIQ pricing sheet (Attachment 3)." Can you please provide this sheet? | It will be provided with the solicitation. |
| Draft Solicitation | 47 | Instructions to Offerers - Volume IV | Can you please clarify if the fully burdened rates in the Pricing Sheet should specify an annual escalation rate over the five year IDIQ ordering period, or if we should provide one set of hourly rates for the entire period? | The spreasheet allows for yearly escalation rates over a total of eight (8) years. |
| Draft Solicitation | Does the Government anticipate releasing sample Task Orders as a part of the final solicitation? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | Assuming letters of commitment do not count against the page limit, would the Government prefer to have them within the technical volume or in a separate appendix? | The Government does not require letters of commitment to be submitted. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | In light of the varying potential task order types, which not every contractor may be prepared to pursue, can the Government please confirm that proposal requirements at the IDIQ level will not restrict competition and require every offeror to be able to pursue all potential task order types (e.g., any T&M-related requirements shall only apply at the task order level to T&M task orders)? | Task Order Request For Proposals (TORFP) will only be submitted for compeition among the offerors awarded a contract within the specific functional area, regardless of task order type. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 53 | Volume IV - Price | Is there a daily rate cap for consultant fees? | |
| Draft Solicitation | Is this Solicitation replacing the previous AoA IDIQ RFI? (https://sam.gov/opp/e2aad7ad6803424da091acfe7927b568/view) | Yes, this solicitation is based on the origianl RFI. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | Would the listing of key personnel and resumes be included in technical narrative, Volume II? | Key personnel/resumes are not required at the IDIQ level. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | Volume I - Introductory: g. Assumptions, Conditions, and Exceptions | Does the GSA schedule/labor rate support go into Volume I as an assumption? | |
| Draft Solicitation | 36 | I.29 | Section AQD Evaluations Options Provision, states that "the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic award.... The agency’s price evaluation will mathematically document the calculation of adding the six months of services for the option to extend services to the total contract price in the award summary." In order to ensure all offerors are consistently evaluated, can the government provide the baseline hours and/or LCATs they will use to conduct the mathematical calculation for the agency’s price evaluation? | |
| Draft Solicitation | 40 | I.29 E | Section "HSAR provision 352.239-73, Electronic and Information technology Accessibility Notice |
(Dec 2015)" states, "In order to facilitate the Government's determination whether proposed EIT supplies meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, offerors must submit an HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template, in accordance with its completion instructions." Can the government confirm that a 508 PAT is required and that it may be submitted as a separate appendix?
| Draft Solicitation | 43 | 1.3 Submission Details | Can the government clarify in the instructions if a business narrative can be submitted with the pricing excel file and if so, provide the requirements for the business narrative? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 43 | 1.3 Submission Details | Can the government confirm that contractors should submit only one IDIQ pricing sheet/Business Volume regardless of how many technical responses they submit. | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 47 | Volume IV - IDIQ Price | Can the government confirm that offerors may utilize their GSA schedule rates for pricing | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 47 | Volume IV - IDIQ Price | The IDIQ Pricing Sheet (Attachment 3) was not included in the solicitation documents. Can the government provide the Attachment? confirm that | Upon release of the solicitation, the pricing attachment will be included. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 47 | Volume IV - IDIQ Price | In order to provide for consistent assessment across offerors, could the government include expected IDIQ labor category (LCAT) descriptions as part of the IDIQ Pricing Sheet (Attachment 3). | |||
| Draft Solicitation | Once awards are made for the IDIQ, are awardees allowed to team with other subcontractors or consultants not part of the IDIQ bid on task orders that are released under functional areas? | |||||
| Draft Solicitation | Does the Government plan to set aside awards for small businesses on the functional areas that are full and open? | Only the initial set-aside for the referenced functional areas will be conudcted. Once the functional areas awardees are selected, all TORFP will be issued against all functional area awarded offeros without additional set-asides being conducted. | ||||
| Draft Solicitation | 26 | 1.27: FAR 52.216-19 | This section states that the contractor is not obligated to honor any order for a single item in excess of $5M. Does that mean that ACL will not fund any task orders over $5M under this IDIQ? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 52 | Vol III Evaluation Criteria | The evaluation criteria for small business participation states: "For the purpose of this evaluation, total contract value shall be $10 Million." However, the only cost information required in the submission is IDIQ labor rates. How would the offeror demonstrate that $10M will go to small businesses on the IDIQ team with no cost budget requirements? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 7 | 1.14 IDIQ Contract Manager | The draft solicitation states that the contractor's IDIQ Manager shall be designated as a key person. Where in the response should this person be named, since Vol. II does not include a personnel section? | The IDIQ Contract Manager information is not required until 15 days after receipt of award. The solicitation has been updated to reflect. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | 1.1 Solicitation Response Instructions | The table on page 42 states that the page limit for Volume II - Technical Experience/Past Performance excludes PPQs and CPARS documents. Should these documents be put in an appendix? | They can be included in the submission but will not count towards the maximum allotted page value. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | 1.1 Solicitation Response Instructions | Resumes are not listed anywhere in the instructions. Is the government interested in reviewing resumes for proposed staff with relevant expertise and if so, is it acceptable to include an appendix to Volume II for resumes? | No resumes are required at the IDIQ level, however they may be reuqired within the TO solicitation requirements. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | 1.3 Submission Details, Volume II | Instructions for Volume II state that Offerors should provide a Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) or CPAR, in conjunction with the technical experience submission. Can the government confirm that just one PPQ or CPAR is required per Functional Area? | A PPQ or CPARS is required for every past performance submission (3-5 toal submissions) for each functional areas submitted. If an offeror does not have a CPARS, a PPQ is required for that past performance submission. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | 1.3 Submission Details, Volume II | The draft solicitation requests three (3) to five (5) previous or current contracts or grants/cooperative agreements (within the last three (3) years). To enable us to better demonstrate the breadth of our capabilities, can we include contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements that are current or ended within the last five (5) years? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 41 | PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS | Will there be any sample or funded task orders to bid on as part of the IDIQ solicitation? | There will not be any sample or seed task orders issued with the solicitation. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 42 | PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS | Will the page limit depend on the number of functional areas we apply for? | The page limits are for each submission. If you are submitting against two functional areas, you are afforded 16 pages for your first functional areas submission and 16 pages for your second functional area submission. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 47 | EVALUATION FACTOR FOR AWARD | Will small businesses automatically receive the highest possible rating on small business participation criteria? Or will small businesses benefit from engaging additional small business partners? | Small Business Subcontrcting Plans and Participation Plans are evaluated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis. Small business offerors self-certified in sam.gov do not need to submit any documentation supporting this evaluation factor. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | 1.3 Submission Details. | ||||
| Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | Can offerors use Past Performance References (PPRs)/PPQs from partners/subcontractors? | Per the solicitation: Offeror shall identify three (3) to five (5) previous or current contracts or grants/cooperative agreements (within the last three (3) years) that best demonstrate the offeror’s past performance on projects similar to the tasks in the SOW that relate to the FA. At least two (2) of the previous contracts or grants/cooperative agreements must be for projects completed by the offeror. The offeror may utilize past performance for subcontractors for the remaining one (1) to three (3) contracts/grants/cooperative agreements provided the offeror or other affiliated company will have involvement in the acquisition and the involvement is meaningful. The offeror must describe the involvement such company will have on/in the acquisition. The past performance submission should clearly indicate how the resources of the subcontractor or other affiliate company – its workforce, management, facilities, or other resources – will be provided or relied upon for contract performance. The relevant portion of the rating included in the past performance evaluation will include an evaluation of this relationship. | ||||
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | 1.3 Submission Details. | ||||
| Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | Will the government consider favorably PPR submissions that highlight strong FA-relevant work performed by our existing staff prior to joining our firm? |
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | 1.3 Submission Details. | ||
| Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | The solicitation notes that PPRs/PPQs may be provided for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements. May PPRs/PPQs be provided for non-federal projects performed for commercial or non-profit clients (assuming a PPQ would be available)? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | 1.3 Submission Details. | ||
| Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | Will the government consider Past Performance References/PPQs from non-profit entities for directly relevant FA work performed as part of its operating mission (e.g., logistics to coordinate and host a national conference for its internal members and volunteers as opposed to performing those logistics functions for donors or funding clients)? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | 1.3 Submission Details. | ||
| Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | In addition to the 3-5 PPRs/PPQs allowed under the instructions, may offerors include brief, high-level information on other relevant expertise and experience of our staff and/or intended partners'/subcontractors' in our introduction to Volume II? If so, can this include relevant work outside the 3 year recency time limit? | |||
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | 1.3 Submission Details. | ||
| Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | If one PPR is being used for multiple Functional Areas, should offerors request a separate PPQ from the COR for each Functional Area? In some cases, this may mean that one COR/evaluator is providing 5 separate PPQs for the same project. | A single PPQ for a specific reference is acceptable, however it should be included in each FA submission since there will be multiple evaluation teams. | ||
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | 1.3 Submission Details. | ||
| Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | While the draft solicitation says that "Completed PPQ forms should be submitted with your proposal. The PPQ does not have to be sent directly from the client." (page 45) and that completed questionnaires may be sent directly to Stephanie Gibbs and Stephanie McCullough at the client's request (page 46), the draft PPQ form itself indicates that they should be submitted directly to Stephanie McCullough via email (presumably by the COR/evaluator). |
Can you please clarify whether the government prefers to have PPQs submitted directly from the client or included as part of Volume II?
| Please note that the option for the offeror to collect PPQs directly from evaluators and submit them with the proposal also seems to contradict the statement on page 46 that "At no time during this process... will the names of individuals providing reference information about an offeror’s past performance be revealed to the offerors or to any other party." | There is not a preference. They can be sent with your submission or directly to the Government. It is at the PPQ respondent's discretion their preference | |||||
| Draft Solicitation | 46 | 1.3 Submission Details. | ||||
| Volume II – Technical Experience/Past Performance | The solicitation notes that, when CPARS assessments are available, "[o]fferors may include a copy of the official performance assessment; however this is not mandatory." Does the government have a preference for the inclusion or exclusion of copies of the CPARS assessments? | |||||
| Draft Solicitation | 45 | Volume IV-IDIQ (2) Pricing Sheet | The solicitation notes that "All hourly rates shall be fully burdened rates and shall include the maximum rate that will be charged per labor category for the duration of the five (5) year IDIQ ordering period plus the possible TO options for a total of eight (8) years." Can the government please confirm we are expected to use the same fully burdened rate for all 5 years and possibly 8 years for any TO options or will the contractor be able to add escalation each year in the pricing worksheet? | The pricing sheet requests fully burdened labor rates to be filled in thorughout the total of eight (8) years which allows for escalation. | ||
| Draft Solicitation, IDIQ SOW Draft | 3, 18 | Functional Area 2 title | Can the government please clarify whether the name of Functional Area 2 is "Statistical Projects" (as identified in the Draft Solicitation) or "Data Analysis and Statistical Projects" (as listed in the IDIQ SOW Draft)? | This has been revised within the solicitation/SOW. | ||
| Draft Solicitation, IDIQ SOW Draft | 3, 24 | Functional Area 5 title | Can the government please clarify whether the name of Functional Area 5 is "Planning, Implementation, and Report Support Projects" (as identified in the Draft Solicitation) or "Logistical Support Projects" (as listed in the IDIQ SOW Draft)? | This has been revised within the solicitation/SOW. | ||
| Draft Solicitation, IDIQ SOW Draft | Page 1 of the letter and multiple pages throughout Attachment 1 IDIQ SOW Draft | The pre-solicitation notice letter shows Functional Area (FA) 2 as "Statistical Projects" but Attachment 1 the IDIQ SOW Draft shows FA 2 as "Data Analysis and Statistical Projects." Can ACL please clarify the title and focus of FA 2? | This has been revised within the solicitation/SOW. | |||
| Draft Solicitation, IDIQ SOW Draft | Page 1 of the letter and multiple pages throughout Attachment 1 IDIQ SOW Draft | The pre-solicitation notice letter shows Functional Area (FA) 5 as "Planning, Implementation, and Report Support Projects" but Attachment 1 the IDIQ SOW Draft shows FA 5 as "Logistical Support Projects." Can ACL please clarify the title and focus of FA 5? | This has been revised within the solicitation/SOW. | |||
| IDIQ Pricing Sheet (Attachment 3) | IDIQ Pricing Sheet (Attachment 3), part of Volume IV – IDIQ Price, appears to be missing from the pre-solicitation materials yet is referenced in the Volume IV instructions. Can this be shared with offerers? | This will be shared with the solicitation. | ||||
| PPQ | 1 | N/A | Can past performance be examples from those other than the Prime? | |||
| PPQ | n/a | n/a | Can the government provide an alternative past performance questionnaire appropriate for projects funded as cooperative agreements? | |||
| PPQ | n/a | n/a | The PPQ is formatted in a way that suggests that the government anticipates that evaluators will complete it on paper and scan the completed form for submission. Would the government consider reformatting the document to allow electronic completion (including, potentially, the insertion of a digital signature)? If not, would the government consider allowing offerors to reformat the document for electronic completion and signature to streamline the process for CORs/evaluators? | |||
| SOW | 28 | Section 3 - Minimum Qualifications | Can LCATs be added to the rate card in subsequent years based on task order scope? | |||
| SOW | 28 | Section 3 - Minimum Qualifications | Can the contractor create their own LCAT names/descriptions so long as the levels and education/experience requirements meet Section 3 of the SOW? | |||
| SOW | 28 | Section 3 - Minimum Qualifications | Can we provide representative resumes? | |||
| SOW | 3, 26 | Functional Area 5 Tasks | Can the government please confirm that the Task under Functional Area 5 for "Meeting Materials and Reports" should be Task 4 and "Follow-Up" should be Task 5? | |||
| SOW | 24 | Functional Area 4 | Is there a list of specific learning management systems (LMSs) that are approved for use by ACL, or can the contractor choose to use a LMS of their choice? | |||
| SOW | 25 | Functional Area 5 | Will in-person meetings primarily take place in the Washington, DC area, or will they be in locations throughout the US? | |||
| SOW | 25 | Functional Area 5 | Will any in-person meetings take place in outside the contiguous US locations? | |||
| SOW | 28 | Section 3 | Are the three levels (senior, mid, junior) the only three labor rates that should be bid on this project? | |||
| SOW | 28 | Section 3 | In addition to the three levels of personnel in the table (senior, mid, junior), may contractors propose other labor categories? | |||
| SOW | Throughout | Throughout | The government refers specifically to AoA throughout the SOW. |
Question: Should the scope be understood as specific to AoA or more broadly across ACL?
| SOW | 14-27 | Section 2 | Does the government expect that Task Orders will correspond to all of the tasks within a Functional Area, or will they correspond to one or more of the tasks? |
| SOW | 7 | 1 | In the SOO, AOA described five subject matter areas. These areas are not specifically delineated in the SOW draft. Should we continue to focus on those areas or is the focus of the IDIQ now expanded to include all of ACL? |
| SOW | 19 | 2 | For Task 2 of Functional Area 2, the SOW states that "The Contractor should have capacity to conduct large scale data collections (e.g., 10,000 community‐based organizations or 35,000 clients or respondents)." What survey modes would the government consider acceptable for these projects? Do contractors need to demonstrate capabilities in all commonly used survey modes (i.e., telephone, mail-in, address-based, and online) or would it be acceptable to demonstrate strong capabilities in just one or two modes (e.g., online and mail-in)? |
| SOW | 22 | Functional Area 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PROJECTS | Functional Area 4 specifically references Aging and AOA. Will these be the primary areas of TTA services? Or will TTA services also support the other ACL offices listed on page 4 of the SOW? |
| SOW | 19 | Functional Area 2, Task 2 | Can the government confirm that the contractor will not be responsible to purchase data from identified sources on behalf of the government for Functional Area 2 (Data Analysis and Statistical Projects). |
| SOW | 22 | Functional Area 4 | Can the government confirm that the Administration on Aging is the only ACL organization that will issue task orders for Functional Area 4 (Technical Assistance and Training Projects)? |
| SOW | 28 | Section 3 – Minimum Qualifications | The first footnote for the Minimum Qualifications table indicates that the "[h]ighest degree obtained will be related to work being performed." Can the government please confirm that, for example, if a senior manager's MA is in an unrelated subject, instead of 10 years of relevant experience to be assigned a Senior (Level 1) rate, that manager would need 22 years of relevant experience to overcome the lack of relevancy of their degree? |
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