Amendment_000008_-_Additional_Qs-As_-_RAC.docx

Amendment 000008 Additional Questions and Answers – HHSM-500-2016-RFP-0003

1. The RFP refers to “C&A” but it’s no longer called that, and when we look at the manual citation in the RFP, CMS guidance refers to SA&A (which would be correct).

CMS Answer: The RFP and SOWs have been amended to reflect Security Assessment and Authorization (SA&A)

2. We plan to submit the same technical proposal to all of the regions. We also note that we need to have fully dedicated Key Personnel for each contract. As a contractor can only win 2 regions we were going to submit 2 teams of Key Personnel, a Red Team and a Blue Team with different individuals on each team. Can we submit both Red and Blue teams with each proposal?

CMS Answer: An Offeror that plans to submit the same technical proposal for Regions 1-5 and be considered for two awards, must identify two groups of Key personnel and a preference for each group to be awarded. (i.e., Blue team is preferred over Red team)