HHFS Q and A (1).pdf

Holistic Health and Fitness Support

Questions and Answers

1) Training Equipment

The PWS requires the Contractor to conduct functional strength, strength and conditioning, weightlifting form training, and other mission-specific physical training activities. Please confirm whether the Government will provide access at both JBMDL and Travis AFB to the exercise and training equipment necessary to perform these requirements (e.g., weights, racks, barbells, cardio equipment, functional training equipment, and similar equipment). If not, please identify the specific exercise/training equipment the Contractor is responsible for furnishing.

- Yes, the government has weight training facilities.

2) Training Aids

Section 4.1.1 states that the Contractor may be required to “ship training aids” to off-site training locations. Please clarify whether these training aids will be Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE), or whether the Contractor is expected to purchase and furnish such training aids. If Contractor-provided training aids are required, please confirm whether these costs will be treated as pre-approved Other Direct Costs (ODCs) and reimbursed under the applicable ODC CLIN.

- Yes, shipped under CLIN

3) Security and facility clearance

a. PWS Section 3.9 references an attached DD Form 254, but we did not locate it among the solicitation attachments. Will the Government please provide the applicable DD Form 254?

- Not required. Deleted from PWS.

b. Does PWS Section 3.9 require every contractor and subcontractor employee assigned to contract performance to possess a final or interim Secret personnel clearance before beginning work, regardless of whether the individual requires access to classified information or the Government network?

- No SECRET Clearances are required.

c. Does the prime contractor itself need to possess an active Facility Clearance at the Secret level at proposal submission, contract award, or before commencing classified performance?

- No

d. If a Facility Clearance is required, may a small-business prime contractor that does not currently possess the required FCL receive award and be sponsored for its FCL by its appropriately cleared first-tier subcontractor?

- N/A

e. If so, may that cleared first-tier subcontractor employ the cleared personnel and perform the security-restricted work during the prime contractor’s FCL processing period, provided that the prime contractor and its uncleared personnel do not access classified information and the team complies with FAR 52.219-14?

- N/A

f. If this arrangement is permissible, is there a required deadline following award by which the prime contractor must obtain its FCL?

- N/A

4) Staffing and performance

a. Must all personnel possess their required final or interim Secret clearances before participating in the 30-day phase-in period, or only before beginning full contract performance?

- Full contract performance

5) Personnel qualifications and proposal documentation

a. PWS Section 3.12.1 identifies certification as a requirement for the Athletic Trainers, while Section 3.13.1.2 describes Athletic Trainer certification as preferred. Is current Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer certification mandatory? Must each Athletic Trainer also hold an active license in the state where services will be performed?

- Required, preferred verbiage removed from PWS

b. Please clarify the requirement in PWS Section 3.13.2.3 that the Mindfulness Coach possess a bachelor’s or master’s degree in psychology or counseling “with a NBCC accreditation for NCC.” Must the individual hold an active National Certified Counselor credential, have graduated from a CACREP-accredited program, possess a state professional license, or meet another specified requirement?

- Hold an active NBCC accreditation

c. Are offerors required to submit resumes, certifications, licenses, evidence of personnel-clearance eligibility, or letters of commitment for all six personnel with their proposals? If so, please identify the required documentation and any applicable page limitations.

- Not required at time of award

6) Pricing

a. The East Coast and West Coast travel CLINs are identified as firm-fixed-price. Will the Government provide estimated travel quantities, including the anticipated number of trips, travelers, destinations, and trip durations for each contract period? Alternatively, should offerors develop and state their own travel assumptions?

- $10k CAP keep FFP