F623831506_DCFITN2021009ResponsetoQuestionsHQLegalApproved.pdf
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- Community-Based Care Lead Agency for Circuit 13
- Solicitation number
- ITN-00136
- Issued by
- Hillsborough County, Florida
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This document contains vendor questions and answers related to the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) issued by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), Suncoast Region, for a Community-Based Care Lead Agency contract in Circuit 13 (Hillsborough County). The ITN seeks proposals for foster care and related services, including child abuse prevention, adoptions, family preservation, and other child welfare services. The contract start date is January 1, 2022 with a 5-year term. Vendors are permitted to submit electronic proposals only, without hard copies. There are no page limits for response sections, and letters of support are not required. The budget should be broken out by contract year (July-June), with the first year's budget covering a 12-month period in the amount of $87,984,563.
The ITN provides details on the business types and services sought, as well as formatting requirements for the budget exhibits. While funding for years 2-5 is to be determined, vendors should develop budgets based on the first year's $87,984,563 allocation. This procurement will result in one or more contracts to provide the required child welfare services in Hillsborough County, Florida.
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ITN# DCF ITN 2021 009 Vendor Questions and Answers
Vendor
Question # Vendor Section Page # Question DCF Response
1 of 7 Eckerd Connects Section 2.8 Page 8 Is it permissible to ONLY submit an electronic copy of our proposal?
(Hardcopies are not required?)
Yes, Due to health implications and sensitivity to COVID-19, the
Department prefers Replies be sent by electronic means (email).
2 of 7 Eckerd Connects Appendix IV Page 33 Can you please define or give an example of what you are looking for under “Business Type”?
Business Type is an identification of the type of intangible products (products with no physical form) provided by the business. Service type may include professional skills, expertise, advice, and other similar products.
Examples of service businesses are any type of service related to the work of the Community Based Care organization.
3 of 7 Eckerd Connects Section 4.1 Page 12 Are there page limits for any sections? No, there is not a page limit for each section.
4 of 7 Eckerd Connects Section 4.2.4.2 Page 13 Are Letters of Support permissible? Is there a limit?
This section requires only information related to the vendor and the subcontractors the vendor will utilize providing requested information as identified in Sections 4.2.4.2.1 - 4.2.4.2.6.
5 of 7 Eckerd Connects Appendix V and Appendix
VI
Pages 34-36
Can you provide Exhibit VI Budget in Excel and can you provide Exhibit V
Budget Narrative in Word?
The Exhibit V may be created as a Microsoft Word document and the Exhibit VI may be created in a Microsoft Excel document.
However, when the exhibits identified are submitted in response to the ITN, they must be submitted Adobe portable document format (PDF), version 6.0 or higher. The Department must be able to open and view the reply utilizing Adobe Acrobat.
6 of 7 Eckerd Connects Section 4.3.3.1 Page 22-23
Line Item Budget – states “This budget shows proposed total costs for the entire proposed contract period and renewal years with specific breakouts by contract year (June-July)…” Should the breakouts by year be (July-June)?
Yes
7 of 7 Eckerd Connects Section 1.2 Page 4
Term of the Agreement – states that the contract start date is January 1, 2022 with a 5 year duration. In the Supplemental Data, page 24 F-1, the funding $87,984,563, is for 12 months. Is the first year budget for 6-months or 12-months? Since funding for years 2-5 is TBD, are we to develop budgets based on year 1 funding of $87,984,563?
Although the start date identified is January 1, 2022, the period between January 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022 is for planning purposes as the new Five Year Period will begin July 1, 2022. In turn, the first year budget (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) should be for 12 months in the amount identified for Year 1.
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