Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program RFP FA664321R0001 - Q and A Set 3.pdf

Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program RFP FA664321R0001 – Q&A Set 3

Question 1 – Would the government consider extending the response date to September 23rd?

Answer – The Government will extend the response date to 13 Sept 2021.

Question 2 – We respectfully request that the Government reconsider the allowed time for preparation and submission of proposal responses to this solicitation. The short window between RFP release and submission does not allow adequate time for review of the solicitation package (42 documents), response to offeror questions in time to incorporate relevant information into offeror proposals, distribution and submission of past performance questionnaires, and preparation of the five required proposal volumes. The current schedule allows offerors only 9 calendar days and 6 working days to prepare compliant responses to this solicitation. In addition, the Procurement Integrated Enterprise

Environment (PIEE) system is new to many offerors and will require additional time to set up an account and navigate the unfamiliar submission process.

We respectfully suggest that a more reasonable response period allowing the maximum time practicable would be more consistent with FAR 19.202a to promote small business participation and maximize competition to achieve the best value for the Government per FAR 13.106.

Answer 2 – The Government will extend the response date to 13 Sept 2021.

Question 3 – The Solicitation notes the proposals are due at 2PM. However, the general information section on SAM.gov shows a 3PM due date. Can you confirm the correct time? Also, the Solicitation notes the start date of September 7, 2021 (prior to the collection of the proposals) can you confirm the start date?

Answer 3 – The correct response time is 2:00pm. The start date of 7 September 2021 is a placeholder.

The correct start date will be establish at time of award but is anticipated to be 30 September 2021.

Question 4 – When you have a chance can you send me the spec documents for this bid? "Yellow Ribbon

Reintegration Program Event Planning Services"

Answer 4 – Documents have now been posted to SAM.gov.

Question 5 – I wanted to see if you would send over bid documents for the bid for Yellow Ribbon

Reintegration Program Event Planning Services.

Answer – Documents have now been posted to SAM.gov.

Question 6 – This was posted on August 30th with no reference attachments for the event. Is there a way to obtain an actual work statement for this event in PDF or Word format?

Answer – Documents have now been posted to SAM.gov.