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A. Amendments to the Solicitation

1.Section I .1 Notice Listing Contract Clauses Incorporated by Reference

The following clause is deleted:

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TITLE

DATE

52.222.41 Service Contract Act of 1965 as amended

JUL 2005

The following clauses are incorporated by reference:

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TITLE

DATE

52.230-1 Cost Accounting Standards Notices and Certification

OCT 2008

52.230-7 Proposal Disclosure – Cost Accounting

Practice Changes

APR 2005

2. The table in Section L.4, Instructions to the Offerers, is amended as follows:

Part I:

Technical

COPIES

Original and three hard copies

Part II:

Cost/Price

COPIES

Original and one hard copy

Section F

Original and one hard copy

3.

Section L.4, Instructions to the Offerors, PART I – TECHNCIAL PROPOSAL, SECTION A - STAFF EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

1. The Offeror shall describe their process for recruiting, retaining and providing highly skilled qualified personnel.

4. Section L.4, Instructions to the Offerors, PART II – COST/PRICE PROPOSAL, SECTION E – LABOR RATE SCHEDULE, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

1. Offerors shall submit their labor rate schedule in a similar format as provided in Section B.2, LABOR RATE SCHEDULE, of this RFP.

2. Offerors shall submit Cost Accounting Standards Notices and Certifications in accordance with FAR Clauses 52.230-1 and 52.230-7 of this solicitation.

B. Questions and Answers from the Pre-Proposal Conference

1. Question: Is there an incumbent?

Answer: The incumbents are YouthBuild USA and Partners for Community Solutions.

2. Question: How many “grants” are you proposing to allocate under the contract?

Answer: There won’t be any grants awarded and only one contract will be awarded in response to this Request for Proposals (RFP).

3. Question: Do we have access to records or information about the current project?

Answer: You can request this information via a Freedom of Information request; however, there is a chance that you won’t receive the information before the closing date of the RFP.

4. Question: Is the contract for non-profits only? Why do you specify it as “national”?

Answer: Yes the contract is for non-profits only. Public Law 109-281 states that the Technical Assistance must be provided by a national non-profit.

5. Question: What is the definition of a “national” non-profit?

Answer: The definition from Public Law 109-281 is as follows:

(10) Qualified national nonprofit agency.--The term `qualified national nonprofit agency' means a nonprofit agency that—

(A) has significant national experience providing services consisting of training, information, technical assistance, and data management to YouthBuild programs or similar projects; and

(B) has the capacity to provide those services.

6. Question: Will we get any information about grantees?

Answer: For information on grantees a list of Department of Labor (DOL) funded YouthBuild grants can be found at www.doleta.gov/sga/awards/Grants_awarded_08_07.pdf.

7. Question: Who is the incumbent maintaining Community of Practice (COP) and YouthBuild (YB) database?

Answer: The incumbent maintaining the COP and YB database is Partners for Community Solutions.

8. Question: Are private funders allowed as past performance references?

Answer: Yes, private organizations can be used as past performance references.

9. Question: Can private firms partner with national non-profits?

Answer: A private firm can partner with a national non-profit to respond to this RFP.

10. Question: Will multiple people play a role in job categories or just one?

Answer: This is an RFP for an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract; therefore the number of individuals who will be utilized under the established labor categories is currently unknown and will be determined on a task order by task order basis. Offerors shall submit labor rates in accordance with Section L.4 of the RFP. Once the contract is awarded specific task orders will utilize individuals who will bill against the established labor categories.

11. Question: You are asking for a labor rate without specifying a person’s name?

Answer: This is an RFP for an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract; therefore the number of individuals who will be utilized under the established labor categories is currently unknown and will be determined on a task order by task order basis.

12. Question: Will personnel be included in the task order?

Answer: Personnel will be included in a future Task Order

13. Question: What does the Department envision with regard to Technical Assistance (TA) on construction?

Answer: The Department has made no decision regarding technical assistance on construction

14. Question: What is DOL‘s approach to training individuals (construction)?

Answer: The Department has made no decision regarding an approach to training individuals (construction)

15. Question: Are grantees missing the performance outcomes? By how much? How many?

Answer: Yes, grantees are missing their performance outcomes. At this point in time we do not know the rate at which they are missing the outcomes. However, a majority of the grantees are not meeting the performance outcomes expected.

16. Question: On average how many young people are served and how long are they in the program?

Answer: In FY 2009 the YouthBuild Program is expected to serve 6,000 young people The length of the YouthBuild programs vary from 6 months to 2 years.

17. Question: Is the Career One-Stop that is referenced the one-stop affiliated with DOL?

Answer: The Career One-Stop referenced is the One-Stop affiliated with the Department of Labor (DOL)

18. Question: Is this a reimbursable contract?

Answer: No –This RFP is for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract under which time and materials and firm fixed price task orders will be placed.

19. Question: Who are the “other system” partners from Section C?

Answer: The other system partners referred to in Section C include any other workforce system, the juvenile justice system, the K-12 system, higher education institutes and apprenticeship programs.

20. Question: On page 5 of the amendment what information should be in Parts 1 & 2?

Answer: Section L.4, Instructions to Offerors has been amended; see Section A of this amendment.

21. Question: What was the effect of the TA YouthBuild Evaluation?

Answer: The TA YouthBuild Evaluation has not been conducted yet.

22. Question: Will the TA be responsible for case management of youths?

Answer: The TA provider will not be responsible for case management of program participants.

23. Question: Does the TA requirement for safety at the worksite and green energy just require sending out experts?

Answer: The TA requirement for safety at the worksite and green energy does require experts to be sent out to the worksites.

24. Question: Are most of the TA visits off-site?

Answer: Most of the TA visits are off site.

25. Question: Where is the best place to describe potential subcontractors?

Answer: Offerors shall submit a proposal in accordance with section L.4.

26. Question: Do you have anything in the contract around performance matrices?

Answer: The performance matrices for the contract will be in each task order issued. The performance matrices for the grantees are the youth common measures for Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

27. Question: If the grantees will be responsible for helping place young people, what will TA’s role be in the process?

Answer: The TA’s role in regards to helping the grantees place young people will be to help the grantees learn how to place young people.

28. Question: Is the Department contemplating any other TA contracts for YouthBuild?

Answer: The Department is not contemplating any other TA contracts for the YouthBuild program at this time.

29. Question: We wouldn’t be providing the assessment of the grantees – or would we?

Answer: No, assessment of grantee performance is conducted by Federal Project Officers or is based on quarterly performance reports submitted by grantee.

30. Question: How often do we analyze this data or look at it?

Answer: Data from the DOL MIS system will need to be reviewed and analyzed every week.

31. Question: Can the same contractor compete for both the evaluation contract and the TA contract? Is the YB evaluation contract still open to anyone?

Answer: A contractor is not prohibited from submitting a proposal in response to both RFPs. However, a contractor cannot be awarded both the Technical Assistance and the Evaluation contracts. The YB evaluation RFP will be a full and open competition.

32. Question: Are the incumbents allowed to bid on this contract?

Answer: Yes, the incumbents are allowed to submit a proposal in response to this RFP.

C. Requests for Clarification and Answers

1. Question: Can you provide a list of the attendees to the call yesterday?

Answer: We will not be providing a list of attendees.

2. Question: Is the labor rate in Section B.2 Labor Rate Schedule to be presented hourly or as an annual salary? Should fringe be included in the labor rate calculation?

Answer: The labor rate in Section B.2, Labor Rate Schedule should be a loaded hourly rate. This rate should include fringe and any other amounts the offeror deems necessary in their loaded labor rate calculation.

3. Question: What is the estimated price for the Coaching Task Order (J.5)? The solicitation states that each coach should not exceed 520 hours in coaching services per year per grantee. Assuming a load of 10 grantees per coach, that is an average of 4.3 hours per month per grantee in which to do the phone coaching, write monthly report, coordinate with FPO and participate in regional calls.

Answer: There is no estimated price.

· Does DOL anticipate this will be enough time for these tasks?

Answer: DOL does anticipate that this will be enough time as all grantees will not require the same level of effort.

· Is the time for site visits separate from this monthly allotment?

Answer No, the time for site visits is not separate from this monthly allotment

· If not, will there be a separate task order for on-site coaching visits?

Answer: There will not be a separate task order for on-site coaching visits.

· Will there be a separate task order for grantees requiring more intensive support (i.e.- multiple visits)?

Answer: It has not yet been determined if a task order will be let for grantees needing more intensive support.

· Would the coaching task order include administrative support labor costs?

Answer: If the contractor deems that these costs are needed to fulfill the task, the offeror should include the administrative support labor costs

· Where should those costs be listed?

Answer: These costs should be included under CLIN 001 as a separate labor category, Administrative Support, with the associated labor hours and costs.

· Are indirect costs to be factored or calculated on the task order?

Answer: There should be no indirect costs since the labor rates are loaded labor rates.

4. Question: Once the contractor is selected, will the number of hours of labor for the coaching task order be open to negotiation or will the selected contractor be held to the number of hours in the solicitation (we expect the contractor will surely be held to the labor rate that was proposed).

Answer: The contractor will be held to the number of labor hours proposed.

5. Question: Are the certifications on Section K completed after the awarding of the contract?

Answer: The representations and certifications in Section K must be completed prior to proposal submission

6. Question: Where does the Veterans Employment Report go in the proposal package?

Answer: The Veterans Employment Report is not required in the proposal package, it is to be filed annually no later then September 30 if a contractor fits within the “Who must file” category on the instruction sheet.

7. Question: What is Form 33 referenced on the first page of the solicitation?

Answer: It is unclear what this question is asking.

8. Question: Is the offeror required to acknowledge receipt of the amendment with the proposal submission on or before March 5? Or should that be done electronically before then?

Answer: Offerors are not required to acknowledge receipt of the amendment.

9. Question: Section G.2.5 (page G-2) Invoicing: This section states that invoicing will be submitted no more that once a month, however section I-5 (page I-9) states “not more than once every 2 weeks”. Could you please clarify the frequency of invoicing?

Answer: The frequency of invoicing for the purposes of this contact will be on a monthly basis.

10. Question: Section I.5 (d) (page I-10) Final indirect cost rates: The Government anticipates awarding an IDIQ contract with time and material and firm fixed price tasks orders. Will these orders be subject to renegotiation based on the audit determinations’ as addressed in section I.5?

Answer: The orders will not be subject to renegotiation based on the audit determinations’ since the order(s) will be time and material and firm fixed price task orders.

11. Question: Section H.5 (page H-2) Accounting and Audit Services: States ”The contractor shall audit or have audited subcontractor financial records as may be required…” This section goes on to state that the cost of this effort is allowable cost. Is it the Governments intent to issue a Task Order to pay for this requirement?

Answer: A task order to pay for audits will not be issued; this cost should be included in task orders as applicable.

12. Question: Will the successful contractor/contractors be subject to these regulations:

Section I.1 (page I-1) Contract Clauses:

a) FAR 52.222.41 SCA - Question: Will the current applicable wage determination be incorporated in the solicitation prior to proposal submission?

Answer – Please refer to Section A of this amendment.

b) FAR 52.230-2 Cost Accounting Standards Question: Will the successful contractor/contractors be subject to this regulation?

Answer: Offerors will not be subject to FAR 52.230-2 Cost Accounting Standards. However, please see Section A above with regards to CAS requirements.

13.

Question: Regarding the use of past performance questionnaires J1 and J2. For subcontractors, who does the references? Is it another client of the subcontractor to whom the subcontractor, at our behest, sends the questionnaires to?

Answer: Regarding past performance questionnaires for a subcontractor, any client may submit an evaluation (provided that the reference is for work that was completed in the past three years and six-months in duration). However, an offeror cannot provide a past performance evaluation for a firm who the offeror is proposing as a subcontractor in the offeror’s proposal.

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The purpose of this amendment is to (A) amend the solicitation, sections I.1 and L.4, (B) provide a re-cap of the questions raised and the answers provided at the Pre-Proposal Conference and (C) provide clarification to the Requests for Clarification that were submitted in accordance with Section L.7 of the solicitation.

JILLIAN L. MATZ

Contracting Officer