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Nursing Mothers/Foreign Gift Program

Solicitation # HQ0034-16-T-0109

Questions and Answers

Questions Answers

1) Is there an incumbent? No.

2) Are there existing preferred staff/people with the specific required Federal Nursing

Mother Programs and Federal Foreign

Gifts Program experience defined in the

RFP?

No.

3) Does the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation under solicitation number

HQ003416T0109 contain requirements similar to a current contract? Or, is this a new requirement for the government?

This is a new requirement.

4) What is the current contract number and amount for these services?

N/A.

5) According to the PWS workload data/deliverable(s), both the Lead Analyst and two project analysts must have

“respectively 5 years or 1 year related experience in the areas of Federal Nursing

Mother Programs and Federal Foreign

Gifts Program". Given the broad scope of the analysis work outlined under the tasks for this RFP and the fact that the government is not requiring any licensing as a Nursing Mother or Lactation

Specialist, would the government consider candidates to be qualified for these roles that can demonstrate an expert level of experience in program management, analysis and data management as qualified for this role, i.e. candidates that do not have a background in the Nursing Mothers

Program.

Please review the PWS in its entirety.

6) Will the government provide an extension to the due date following posting of the

Q&A response?

No.

7) According to the Synopsis Final PWS there is a CLIN 0002 for the period October 11-

25 2016 for Foreign Gift Exchange. What is the purpose of this CLIN i.e. what is this time period not part of the yearly contract period or transition period?

CLIN 0001 and 0002 combined make one month while CLIN 0003 is for 11 months.

Total of 12 months for the first three CLINs.

Nursing Mothers/Foreign Gift Program

Solicitation # HQ0034-16-T-0109

Questions and Answers

8) For Task 5.1 Project Lead Analyst, Management and Analysis Support, does the scope of the support description include other ISD programs, or only to Nursing

Mothers and Foreign Gifts Program?

Only Nursing Mothers and Foreign Gifts

Programs. Please review the PWS in its entirety.

9) In the previous RFI for the Nursing

Mother/Foreign Gifts Program, there was a

Task 5.4 on General Program Management, Analysis and Support. We did not see this task in the final solicitation and want to confirm that this will not be included in

HQ0034-16-T-0109.

Please review the PWS in its entirety.