TMA_TDEFIC_Solicitation_Questions_2_5-6-13.docx

TRICARE Dual-Eligible Fiscal Intermediary Contract (TDEFIC) HT9402-12-R-0005 TMA TDEFIC Solicitation Questions

(a) Should offerors include severance costs in the Transition-Out CLIN?

(b) If the answer is yes,

(1) How should they be submitted?

(2) Are they part of the total evaluated price?

(a) Severance costs are allowable as defined in FAR 31.205-6(g)(2), but they do not meet the requirements for the Transition Out CLIN definition in the solicitation. The Government encourages offerors to review the Administration CLIN definition, the applicability of FAR 31.205-6(g)(2), and the offeror’s Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) Disclosure Statement and its accounting procedures.

(b) If an offeror includes severance costs in its price proposal,

(1) It shall be in accordance with the solicitation, the offeror’s CASB Disclosure Statement, and its accounting procedures.

(2) Yes, they are part of the total evaluated price when proposed in Section B, Supplies or Services and Price/Costs.

(a) Considering the increased workload incurred with claim adjustments with no reimbursement to the contractor, could the Government please provide the cause for this increase and how the Government reimburses a contractor for these types of increased adjustment volumes?

(b) Does the Government expect to experience such spikes in adjustment claims in the future?

(a) The increased adjustment workload volume during 2011 was the result of changes to Medicare physician fees signed into law requiring retroactive adjustments. In accordance with DFARS 252.243-7002 contractors may submit requests for equitable adjustment if they believe the work performed is outside the normal contract scope.

(b) We do not expect such spikes to occur.

Any task order issued against the TDEFIC contract shall denote the quantity ordered and the associated obligated funding amount.

FY10= 48,944,

FY11=49,475,

FY12=51,695

Workload Volumes

1/11-3/11 = 64 Opened and 60 Closed 4/11-6/11 = 75 Opened and 27 Closed 7/11-9/11 = 32 Opened and 36 Closed 10/11- 12/11 = 69 Opened and 75 Closed 1/12-3/12 = 54 Opened and 51 Closed 4/12-6/12 = 42 Opened and 39 Closed 7/12-9/12 = 61 Opened and 46 Closed 10/12-12/12 = 44 Opened and 39 Closed

Past Performance information will evaluate how well an offeror has performed on recent and relevant work. Section L.6.1.5.3 is indicating, from a past performance standpoint, that information regarding “how well an offeror has done” shall not be addressed in the technical proposal.

Can TMA explain why it has included the following clauses in Section I of the RFP? Our understanding is that all of these clauses are triggered because of the CAS coverage and that the contract would be exempt from all CAS requirements as stated above.

I.35. 52.215-15 PENSION ADJUSTMENTS AND ASSET REVERSIONS (OCT 2010)

I.36. 52.215-18 REVERSION OR ADJUSTMENT OF PLANS FOR POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (PRB) OTHER THAN PENSIONS (JUL 2005)

I.37. 52.215-19 NOTIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES (OCT 1997)

I.38. 52.215-21 REQUIREMENTS FOR COST OR PRICING DATA OR INFORMATION OTHER THAN COST OR PRICING DATA--MODIFICATIONS (OCT 2010)

I.73. 52.230-2 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (MAY 2012)

I.74. 52.230-6 ADMINISTRATION OF COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (JULY 2010)

I.75. 252.231-7000 SUPPLEMENTAL COST PRINCIPLES (DEC 1991)

I.90. 252.242-7005 CONTRACTOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS (FEB 2012)

In whole, the contract to be awarded is not a Firm Fixed-Priced contract. It will be a requirements contract with fixed unit prices and estimated quantities and contains performance guarantees. In addition, these clauses are included in Section I for the coverage of post-award cost determination events in which cost and pricing data are required.