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Solicitation Number: DOL-ETA-17-R-00021
CINCINNATI QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
| 1. |
| Reference |
| General – Center Vehicles |
| 3. |
| Question/Comment |
| Will the government provide a list of center vehicles? |
| 4. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0004 |
| 1. |
| Discussion |
| Cost Submission |
| 2. |
| Question/Comment |
| The Government’s fixed fee for Job Corps Center operations is traditionally 4.8%. The fixed fee for the Cincinnati RFQ identifies a 2.0% fixed fee. This is an inadequate fee to meet the financial obligations of our organization. Will the government increase the fee to 4.8%? |
| 3. |
| Government Response |
| The fee will remain unchanged. |
| 3. |
| Reference |
| Section G.13 |
| 4. |
| Discussion |
| General – Liquidated Damages |
| 5. |
| Question/Comment |
| Nationally, Job Corps Centers are operating at 80% capacity. The short-term nature of IDIQ contracts, particularly for a Center without an Outreach & Admissions (OA) component, makes it nearly impossible for the operator to control On Board Strength. We respectfully request the deletion of G.13 Liquidated Damages for Failure to Maintain On-Board Strength. |
| 6. |
| Government Response |
| Section G.13 will remain unchanged. |
| 7. |
| Reference |
| General – GSA Vehicles |
| 9. |
| Question/Comment |
| What GSA vehicles are assigned to the Center? |
| 10. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0004 |
| 8. |
| Reference |
| General - OBS |
| 7. |
| Question/Comment |
| What is the OBS and breakdown by residential/non-residential and males/female? |
| 8. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 9. |
| Reference |
| General - CTS |
| 5. |
| Question/Comment |
| Is OA and CTS part of this contract? If so, what are the arrival and post center CTS numbers? |
| 6. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 10. |
| Reference |
| General - Trades |
| 12. |
| Question/Comment |
| What trades are offered on Center? |
| 13. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 11. |
| Reference |
| General – OBS and Arrival Goals |
| 15. |
| Question/Comment |
| It is my understanding that there is currently a small outreach/admission portion attached to the center contract. I believe the arrival goals are 12 students per year for the center, but it is my understanding that they usually arrive between 50 and 60 students. With current OBS concerns, will this remain in the contingency contract? |
| 16. |
| Government Response |
| The outreach and admissions requirements are listed in the base solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 12. |
| Reference |
| Proposal Submission Timelines |
| 18. |
| Question/Comment |
| Given the due date for questions and due date for receipt of proposals is the same date, is the due date for receipt of proposals correct? |
| 19. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 13. |
| Reference |
| RFP Omissions |
| 21. |
| Question/Comment |
| The documents received do not include a scope of work for the operation of the Cincinnati Job Corps Center. Does the Government plan to revision the request and include a scope of work? |
| 22. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 14. |
| Reference |
| General - OBS |
| 24. |
| Question/Comment |
| No OBS information is included in this RFQ. Will this information be made available or should we utilize the information provided in the Cincinnati RFP #DOL-ETA-17-R-00021? |
| 25. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 15. |
| Reference |
| General - CTT |
| 27. |
| Question/Comment |
| No CTT information is included in this RFQ. Will this information be made available or should we utilize the information provided in the Cincinnati RFP #DOL-ETA-17-R-00021? |
| 28. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 30. |
| Question/Comment |
| Page 16 states that minimum required wage rates apply but there are no rates stated. Will a schedule of wage rates be supplied? |
| 31. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 17. |
| Reference |
| General - OA |
| 33. |
| Question/Comment |
| Can it be assumed that this contract has OA attached? If so; |
a. What are the arrival goals
b. What is the area of recruitment by
c. Zip codes
| 34. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 18. |
| Reference |
| General - CTS |
| 36. |
| Question/Comment |
| Is CTS attached to this RFQ? If so; |
c. What is the zone of influence by
c. Zip codes
| 37. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 19. |
| Reference |
| Cost Submissions |
| 39. |
| Question/Comment |
| Task Order Type states Cost Reimbursement – Fixed Fee. Section G.15A insinuates that the OA/CTS is Fixed Price as well as the Center Labor. Please clarify what type of contract this is and provide any revisions that are necessary to make it either a Cost Reimbursement – Fixed Fee or Cost Reimbursement – Fixed Price RFQ. |
| 40. |
| Government Response |
| The solicitation is for a Firm Fixed Price , Cost reimbursable type contract. |
| 20. |
| Reference |
| General - OBS |
| 42. |
| Question/Comment |
| No OBS information is included in this RFQ. Will this information be made available? |
| 43. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 21. |
| Reference |
| General - CTT |
| 45. |
| Question/Comment |
| No CTT information is included in this RFQ. Will this information be made available or should we utilize the information provided in the Cincinnati RFP #DOL-ETA-17-R-00021? |
| 46. |
| Government Response |
| Please see solicitation DOL-ETA-17-R-00021 |
| 48. |
| Question/Comment |
| Page 16 states that minimum required wage rates apply but there are no rates stated. Will a schedule of wage rates be supplied? |
| 49. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 50. |
| Discussion |
| One quick question about Cincinnati, does the rescinding of the OBS reduction affect the RFP submission for Cincinnati JCC that is due 12/01/17? Meaning do we bid on an OBS of 130 or 202 now? |
| 51. |
| Question/Comment |
| Do we bid on an OBS of 130 or 202 now? |
| 52. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 53. |
| Discussion |
| The personnel tabs of the spreadsheet request the number of hours for the month for each position and therefore only calculates budgeted costs for a month instead of for the 2YR base period as requested. |
| 55. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 56. |
| Discussion |
| The spreadsheet does not include any column titles for the non-personnel tabs. |
| 57. |
| Question/Comment |
| Can we add titles to the columns if necessary? |
| 58. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 59. |
| Discussion |
| The spreadsheet only allows for submission of costs for the 2 year base period in total for each cost line instead of providing costs for each year of the based period. Please clarify costs for the 2 year base period should not be budgeted separately. |
| 61. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 62. |
| Discussion |
| Formulas to the "total" column of the personnel tabs for option year 3 are not correct and there are errors in some of the "total FTE" formulas. |
| 63. |
| Question/Comment |
| Are we allowed to make corrections to the formulas? |
| 64. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 65. |
| Discussion |
| The original RFP only required narrative cost detail (page 102) for CLINS 0002, 1002, 2002, 3002 and 4002 which was based on the hybrid RFP model. The RFP included with amendment #3 that was issued on 10/23/17 requires on page 106 that narrative cost justification to be provided for each line of the ETA 2110, attachment J-3. This is language found in a cost reimbursable RFP and not a Hybrid RFP. The J-attachments that were posted on FedBizOpps on 10/25/17 did not include the ETA 2110 J-3 schedule. The J-1 schedule includes a new schedule, “Pricing Summary”, that appears to have replaced the ETA 2110 (J-3) schedule. |
| 66. |
| Question/Comment |
| Please advise if a J-3 schedule will be provided to replace the “Pricing Summary” schedule included in the J-1 spreadsheet or will the narrative justification language (on page 106 of the 10/23/17 RFP) be revised to eliminate the reference to the ETA 2110, J-3 schedule. |
| 67. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 68. |
| Discussion |
| Are the multiple schedules included in the J-1 spreadsheet to be |
included in the BMP or only as a file submitted electronically and on thumb drive. Due to the size of the J-1 schedules and how they are formatted in the J-1 spreadsheet it appears that would not be included in the BMP. Please advise.
| 70. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 71. |
| Discussion |
| Second paragraph of section B.2 refers to the FFP parent CLINS which includes personnel and non-personnel other expense lines. The worksheets for the subClIN lines result in monthly totals which are linked by formula to the pricing schedule “total” column. Should the worksheets be totaled for the 24 month period for CLIN 0002 and 12 months for the option years? Or should the link be to the “unit price” column? |
| 73. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 74. |
| Discussion |
| Please clarify the expectation for completing the J-1 worksheets for the cost reimbursement lines. The pricing schedule link is to the CR NTE worksheet. Is the offeror expected to complete that worksheet although the total column is highlighted in yellow and it states at the top the government will provide the amounts at award? |
| 76. |
| Government Response |
| Please see Amendment 0005 |
| 77. |
| Discussion |
| Should the offeror propose amounts for the non-reimbursement lines? If so, should those annual totals be included on the pricing schedule worksheet or on the CR NTE worksheet |
| 79. |
| Government Response |
| The offeror should propose amounts for the non-reimbursement lines. |
| 80. |
| Discussion |
| On page 5 section B.2, offerors are instructed to provide G&A and Fee amounts for the cost reimbursable lines. To provide amounts, clarification is needed on whether the government will provide at award and the G&A and fee amounts will be provided at that time. |
| 82. |
| Government Response |
| The government will fund the cost reimbursable lines and G&A lines at the rates proposed by the contractor at contract award. |
| 83. |
| Discussion |
| The attachment J-1 includes a worksheet for travel and training, which is designed to provide travel only. Please clarify that travel and training is not firm fixed price |
| 85. |
| Government Response |
| Travel and Training are not Firm Fixed Price |
