Govt Responses to Questions Received_2.pdf
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- Career Transition Seminar
- Solicitation number
- H9224026QE003
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United States Special Operations Command
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This document is a Questions and Answers (Q&A) matrix for a federal solicitation, likely a recompete of Contract #H92240190D014, focused on providing training seminars. 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, covering four seminars annually (20 total seminars). Key requirements include instructors with master's degrees in business or related fields like Organizational Leadership, who must meet comprehensive qualifications.
The solicitation requires a technical response with specific deliverables, including a completed ELIN table and instructor resumes (limited to one page each). Contractors must provide 5-day courses (3 days of instruction and discussions, 2 days for job interview practice and resume screening), with 8-hour workdays. For past performance, vendors must submit 1-3 performance questionnaires, with flexibility for those lacking federal contract experience. The small business size standard is $15M, and companies must maintain this size requirement throughout the contract's performance period.
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| File | Type | Posted |
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| Attachment 2 - ELIN TABLE AMD.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| RFQ H9224026QE003 AMD 2.pdf | ||
| RFQ H9224026QE003 AMD.pdf | ||
| Attachment 3 - Past Performance Questionnaire AMD.pdf | ||
| Government Responses to Questions Received.pdf | ||
| Attachment 2 - ELIN TABLE.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Attachment 3 - Past Performance Questionnaire.pdf | ||
| RFQ H9224026QE003.pdf | ||
| Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement.pdf.pdf |
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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?
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.
PWS 3.2.1 Hours of courses
Paragraph 3.2.1 of the PWS identifies course length as 5 days total (3 for instruction and "participatory" discussions + 2 for one-on-one job interview practice and resume screening).
Should vendors price interview/resume screening days as 8 hours per day? If not, how many hours shall be allocated to this portion of the course for pricing purposes?
Yes, 8 hours per day. Normal working hours, 0800- 1600.
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