Government Responses to Questions Received.pdf

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This document is a Q&A table for a federal solicitation related to a recompete contract (Contract #H9224019D0014) for seminar services. The procurement is being competed as full and open with a Total Small Business Set-Aside, with a maximum contract value of $300,000 over five years, requiring four seminars annually. Key requirements include instructors with Master's degrees in business or related fields like Organizational Leadership, Human Resources Management, or Adult Education, with flexibility for equivalent business experience.

The solicitation includes specific guidance on past performance submissions, instructor qualifications, and small business size standards. Contractors must meet the small business size requirement of $15M or smaller at the time of proposal submission. For past performance, offerors are instructed to submit between one and three past performance questionnaires, with potential acceptance of Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) reports. Instructor resumes are limited to one page each and do not count toward the technical proposal page limit, with instructors required to meet multiple qualifications rather than just one.

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SOLICITATION REFERENCE DISCUSSION QUESTION RESPONSE

Past Performance Questionnaire No prior federal gov't. contract experience. We do not have any federal contracts, how do we handle past performance questionnaire?

See page 34 of Solicitation, Factor 2-Past Performance.

All Past Performance Questionnaires are due on the same day as proposals.

PWS Addendum 52.212-1 Deliverables For the proposal response, are the deliverables: - the completed ELIN table? -A technical response? If so, is there as specific format you would like that response crafted toward? - Anything else you would need us to submit (resumes for instructors)?

No, see page 32 of Solicitation. Require information pertaining to Volume 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Information Is this a new contract or a recompete? Recompete of Contract # H9224019D0014

PWS 4.1.4.3 NAICS size Confirming the small business size is $15M or smaller? What happens if the organization grows beyond that size during the 5 year PoP?

Must meet size requirements at time of proposal submission. Small business size is $15M.

RFQ Page 33, paragraph 1097 Cost of seminiars

Please confirm the maximum value of $300,000.00 over the five year life of the contract is correct, given the requirement for the contractor to provide four (4) seminars per year for a total of 20 seminars, and is responsible for all facility and travel costs.

Yes, confirmed.

PWS 6.2.3 Education Requirement

Regarding the requirement for Facilitators or Instructors to "Possess a Master's degree in a business major", please clarify if Master's degrees in related, highly relevant fields are acceptable, such as Organizational Leadership, Human Resources Management, or Adult Education, especially when paired with equivalent business experience.

Yes, these are acceptable.

RFQ Notice Data How it's being competed The text in the solicitation indicates, "This requirement is being competed as Full and Open", but the public notice data states a Total Small Business Set Aside. Please confirm the correct set-aside status for this procurement.

Full and open with a Total Small Business Set-Aside

RFQ Instruction Past Performance Questionnaire

For the Past Performance submission, the instruction states, "Quoter shall submit a minimum of one and maximum of three past performance questionnaires for performance...". Please clarify whether the "Past Performance Questionnaire" (Attachment 3) is the only acceptable format, or if other reports, such as Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) reports, are acceptable in lieu of or in addition to the questionnaire.

See revised language in solicitation.

PWS 6.1 Identification of Contractors Do instructors need to be identified prior to award and included in the submission?

Resumes do not count towards the five page limit for the technical approach however, each instructor resume is limited to 1 page per person.

PWS 6.2 Qualifications Do instructors need to meet all qualifications or can they just meet one for example, just be a retired military officer or just possess a Master's degree in a business major? They must meet all qualifications.

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