Amendment 1 Q A.docx

Amendment 1 For Distance Learning, Training, Development, and Course Delivery for the National Highway Institute

DTFH61-10-R-00035

Question: Should the Executive Summary include cost information.

Answer: No, the executive summary should not include detailed cost information. The executive summary should discuss the cost and technical content.

Question: Will task orders under the resulting contract be issued on a cost reimbursement, fixed price, or some other basis?

Answer: Task orders may be issued on a fixed price basis.

Question: Is the “loaded hourly rate for each employee or class of employee intended to be used in pricing Task Orders, or is it meant instead to serve only as the basis for developing and presenting the estimated proposed costs?

Answer: The rates provided in each proposal will be used in evaluating each proposal. Furthermore, the proposed rates on each awarded contract will be used as a baseline for evaluating future costs.

Question: Is there a preference for presenting the labor cost.

Answer: No, there is not a preference. The proposal may reflect an average loaded rate for each class of employee or a loaded hourly rate for individual employees.

Question: Is it possible to add to the list of skills/disciplines that we think should be represented?

Answer: Yes, the offerors may propose labor categories that are not represented in the RFP.

Question: How many proposal copies and originals should be sent?

Answer: Please submit one original proposal and 7 CD’s identical to the original copy.

Question: Will the resulting task order proposal requests be competed amongst the ID/IQ holders.

Answer: Yes, task order proposal requests will be competed amongst the ID/IQ holders.

Question: Does the government intend to award contracts for a subset of the task areas A - K cited in the solicitation?

Answer: Contracts may be awarded to offerors proposing on one, more than one, or all of the task areas.

Question: Are there incumbents for these services now?

Answer: No

Question: What is the total number of pages? Is it 25 pages per task area or 25 pages in total?

Answer: 25 pages total

Question: Section H.7 of RFP DTFH61-10-R-00028 Does this prohibit us from working in any capacity on a future government contract? State DOT's as well?

Answer:. No, it only prohibits contractors from working on subsequent contracts that are a result of efforts that they helped to produce policy for.

Question: What is the correct due date?

Answer: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:30 pm EST.

Question: What is the correct address for delivery of proposals?

Answer:

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Room: E65-101 – Mail Code: HAAM-30 Washington, DC 20590