BAA 21R00019_ AMENDMENT 4.pdf

Amendment No. 4 to NIH-BAA-75N93021R00019

Amendment to Solicitation No.:

NIH-BAA-75N93021R00019

Amendment No.

Issue Date: April 11, 2022

Effective Date:

Proposal Due Date:

April 11, 2022

April 15, 2022 at 3:00 pm ET (UNCHANGED)

Issued By:

Liem T. Nguyen

Contracting Officer

NIH/NIAID

Office of Acquisitions

5601 Fishers Lane

Room 3C11 MSC 9821

Rockville, MD 20852

Point of Contact:

Second Point of Contact:

Name and Address of Offerors:

Anuj Patel, Contract Specialist

Anuj.patel@nih.gov

Liem Nguyen, Contracting Officer

Liem.nguyen@nih.gov

To All Potential Offerors

The cut-off date for questions for this solicitation is set at 3:00 pm ET 04/01/2022.

Offerors MUST acknowledge receipt of the amendment by Amendment number(s) and date of the amendment(s). Failure to receive your acknowledgment of this amendment may result in the rejection of your proposal.

PURPOSE OF SOLICITATION AMENDMENT

The purpose of this amendment is to provide additional answers to questions received regarding the solicitation.

The answers are offered for information only and do not modify or become part of this solicitation. Additional amendments may be provided as needed to address further questions and their related answers. All potential offerors are advised to refer to all previous amendments for additional questions and clarification.

The Government’s answers to questions received regarding this solicitation are as follows:

This amendment is to delete attachment 13 – HHS Section 508 Product Assessment in its entirety.

mailto:Anuj.patel@nih.gov mailto:Liem.nguyen@nih.gov

Question 1: The solicitation states: “NIAID estimates an average annual cost of up to $2M (direct and indirect costs combined) per contract year for the non-severable base period (1 year) and each option period (1 year per option up to 2 years in total). The division into 3 consecutive period of (more or less) identical size is challenging. We would like to know whether the division is an absolute requirement.

Answer 1: Please refer to page 80 of the Solicitation, last paragraph of Attachment 3 – Broad Agency

Announcement, for funding information. Please be advised that $2 million is an average annual total cost (direct and indirect costs combined) and the award will be for one Base Year plus two one-year option periods. NIAID anticipates that the total cost for the award(s) may vary depending upon the scope of the project and the technical objectives of the award(s).

Question 2: Please confirm if we can submit a proposal with a shorter period of performance, less than 3 years.

Also, is there any restrictions on the percentage between the prime contractor and subcontractor?

Answer 2: Offerors can submit a proposal with a shorter period of performance than stated in the solicitation, depending on their proposed technical approach. For this solicitation, there is no restriction on the percentage between the Prime contractor and Subcontractor.

Question 3: Section K of the Solicitation indicates that the certifications are included as an Attachment in Section

J, but no such attachment is listed or linked. If there is no attachment, should we interpret this to mean that only the SAM Representations are necessary?

Answer 3: Please refer to page 36, item 3. FAR Clause 52.204-19 where the offeror can incorporate their

Reps and Certs by reference via SAM.gov.

Question 4: Can we submit subcontract budget quote separately in the EXCEL upload section?

Answer 4: Offeror can submit subcontract budget quote separately in the Excel upload section and clearly naming the subcontract budget.

Question 5: The business plan requests an "annual report". As a small business we have not issued annual reports. Would a tax return be the appropriate substitute for this?

Answer 5: An income statement from the previous year or tax return is acceptable to be submitted as a substitute.