20140630_HS0021-14-R-0030_Q_and_A.pdf

Q & A as of 06/30/2014

1) If there is could you provide the contractor and contract number associated with it?

A) These classes were previously procured on a BPA. Two of the vendors on the BPA are Carney, Inc. HS0021-11-A-0091, General Dynamic Information Technology HS0021-11-A-0146, and ICF Incorporated, L.L.C HS0021-11-F-0137.

2) Under Page 14 of the RFP under instructions to offerors there are several questions:

Paragraph c. states that the page limit for resumes is 2 pages. Yet paragraph d says that the maximum is 2 pages per resume. But with three courses, that would imply a max of 6 pages. Do we have 2 pages per resume or 6 pages total? Or, do we have to fit all three key personnel resumes within 2 pages?

A) The Key Personnel Resume’s will be updated to reflect 6 pages (two pages per course).

3) Paragraph d. includes a requirement with a page limit for 10 pages for Past Performance.

However, paragraph d.4 that details what goes in the past performance section doesn’t specify any requirement and instead says that the Government will use the information provided in the 10 pages of the Experience section to evaluate Past Performance. As paragraph d.4 doesn’t specify what is to go in the Past Performance section, please clarify the content. Or if the information provided in paragraph d.3 all that is required and there is no additional Past Performance information needed, can you delete the requirement in Paragraph d.4 and the 10 page section? If we are required to submit a Past Performance Section, please clarify the difference between the Experience Section and the Past Performance section?

A) No, we will not delete d4 because those are the other methods we will use to assess your past performance and the information is provided for your situational awareness.

4) SOW for each of the three courses requires provision of a Program Manager with specific requirements such as “The program manager must be familiar with online course instruction as well as instructional systems design.” But in the Proposal instruction it allows only one key resume and that is for the instructor. The only other proposal sections are entitled, “Experience” and “Past Performance”. So are we to address the Program Manager and his/her qualifications in the Experience section even if only by a short description of their background and qualifications and knowledge of DoD and DSS in the Experience section or is that limited to the past performance discussions as implied by the requirements in paragraph d.3?

A) Yes, the PM’s information can be discussed in the Experience session.

5) In the RFP, under instructions to offers, the RFP states “Three (3) copies of the technical proposal and one (1) copy of your price proposal shall be delivered by mail or special delivery and both the price and technical proposal shall be delivered electronically, via email”. Are there specific instructions for the hand delivery of the proposals and are there specific markings on the package and/or wrapping instructions required to ensure proper delivery?

A) The document should state the following: One (1) copy of the technical proposal and one (1) copy of your price proposal shall be delivered by electronically, via email.