Amendment_1_HE125419Q8041.pdf

SOURCE SELECTION INFORMATION - SEE FAR 2.101 AND 3.104

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY

AMENDMENT 1: COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

Crisis Management Training

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A. The Combined Synopsis has been revised as follows:

1. Under paragraph xii, section 52.216-19(b)(1) should read as, 52.216-19 – Order Limitations (OCT 1995)

(a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than $150100.00, the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract.

(b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor –

(1) Any order for a single item in excess of $1,3002,000,000.00;

(2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of $2,000,000.00; or

(3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 3 days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in paragraph (b) (1) or (2) of this section.

2. The page limitation for past performance under Attachment 1 section 52.212-1(c) has increased from two to five pages.

3. Questions and Answers has been added to the solicitation. See next page.

B. The Performance Work Statement has also been revised, reference page 11 under paragraph 3.2.

(revised document is attached separately).

Offerors must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted.

All terms and conditions remains unchanged.

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DODEA_HE1254-19-Q-8041_Crisis Management Training

Question # Document Page # Section # Text in question / Comment Contractor Question Government response

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1 2.1 General Question Would the Government please advise as to which interpretation is accurate?

1. Vendor already has curriculum developed to use during this effort

2. Vendor will develop custom curriculum to standards outlines in Objective 1

3. A combination of 1 and 2

A combination of 1 and 2.

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2 Task 1;

Bullet 3

Advocacy for program use by at least one or more of the following school-based professional organizations: the American School Counselor Association (ASCA); the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), the National Association of School Superintendents (NASS);

the National Association of School Nurses (NASN); and/or the American Psychological Association - Division 16 (School Psychology).

Would the Government please advise as to which interpretation is accurate?

1. Advocacy must be obtained before proposal deadline

2. Advocacy can be obtained during contract execution?

Advocacy can be obtained during contract execution but before development of materials and execution of training.

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8 2.3; Task 3 Once annually, the contractor shall develop a crisis prevention and preparedness manual and a crisis intervention and recovery manual. The manuals shall be provided to the Contracting Officer’s Representative 30 days prior to training start date.

Is any printing required within this task? An electronic copy can be provided to the COR, however, printed copies will be provided to participants prior to training.

If yes, will the Government provide an estimated number of printed copies for costing evaluation?

An estimate of 35 participants are projected to participate per training

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8 2.3; Task 4 The contractor shall provide printed and digital supplemental educational training guides or pamphlets updates as needed through a revised manual and/or supplemental materials based on lessons learned, abrupt best practices changes, and/or policy and regulation changes.

The contractor shall submit a digital copy of the supplemental material(s) to the COR for review and approval prior to distribution. Once

Will the Government provide an estimated number of printed copies for costing evaluation?

An estimate of 35 participants are projected to participate per training.

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approved, the contractor shall provide the finalized supplemental material via printed and/or digital copy to the COR at least five (5) business days prior to the training start date and to each participant at training.

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11 3.2 The contractor shall provide a fully certified and/or licensed trainer or team in crisis management practices which specifically include prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Will the Government please expand on the certification and/or license required?

The contractor shall ensure that the contractor employees/trainers are trained to conduct a crisis management training by providing resumes and/or appropriate credentials after award but before the task order issuance. (PWS revised)

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11 3.2 The contractor shall also have an active credentialing authority to provide the participants a nationally recognized certificate for the completion of workshop trainings described in paragraph 2.1. and 2.2.

Seeing as this opportunity is an SDVOSB set aside and this requirement is not an inherently contractor task, would the Government please strike this requirement?

This requirement being a SDVOSB does not prohibit a SDVOSB from fulfilling this objective.

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3 52.216- 19(b)(1)

(1) Any order for a single item in excess of $1,300,000.00

Can the government confirm the maximum task order level? Section (ii) on page 1 list a $2,000,000 task order ceiling amount

Task order maximum amount is $2,000,000.00. Combined Synopsis has been revised.

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9 (f) Past Performan ce

The quote must identify three (3) contracts/task orders with the Federal Government and/or commercial customers that demonstrate recent and relevant past performance

With one week to response, would the Government accept CPARS, where available, in lieu of Past Performance narratives?

No. Offerors shall provide details of similar or same services previously or currently performing. The CPARS reports does not provide everything referenced synopsis 52.212-1(f)2.

If no, would the Government please increase the page limitations for Past Performances? Currently the Government provides two pages for three past performances

Yes, the page limitations has been increased from two to five pages.

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8 ITO (a) NO LATER THAN 1:00 PM EST on 12

SEPTEMBER

Would the Government consider an extension until 1000 on Monday September 16th to allow industry and extra weekend to develop a response?

Due to time limitations the government is not extending the date/time for proposal submission.