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MACPAC IDIQ Master Contract Solicitation Federal contract opportunity
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Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission

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Customer Name Proposal Title RFP Number

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)

INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT

15-0001 Solicitation 5.28.15

RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS

Question #
Bidder Question
MACPAC Response
1.
In the event an Offeror’s proposal contains proprietary and confidential information, may the Offeror mark those pages that it considers not to be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act?
MACPAC is a legislative branch agency and is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
2.
Will the IDIQ contract and task orders awarded by MACPAC be governed by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)?
MACPAC is not governed by Federal Acquisition Regulations, although is follows governance rules based on the FAR .
3.
What vendors were chosen by MACPAC under the previous IDIQ and which vendors were awarded tasks under the IDIQ?
The list of current vendors is posted under the presolicitation notice in FedBizOpps. Most, but not all, current vendors were awarded tasks. The list of tasks by vendor is not available to the public.
4.
Will the Offerors have an opportunity to negotiate the terms of MACPAC’s Contract Standard Terms and Conditions?

Will MACPAC provide all of the potentially applicable Contract Standard Terms and Conditions in order for Offerors to add exceptions in the proposal?

MACPAC does not negotiate standard terms and conditions for its contracts.

Exceptions to the contract will not be added. Vendors who are offered IDIQ contracts may examine the standard terms and conditions before signing the contract and may choose not to participate in the IDIQ.

5.
Is there a material reason affecting our response why the five hypothetical project areas are broken up under points ii & iii in Section 3.5?

Please confirm that the hypothetical project need only include one of these areas?

There is an unnecessary break between sections ii and iii; they are part of the same bullet.

The hypothetical project only needs to represent one of the five areas.

6.
Will these work product appendices be treated as confidential and proprietary trade secrets, and not subject to public disclosure, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?
MACPAC is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. No part of any proposal submitted under the IDIQ solicitation will be made public.
7.
Please confirm that the Work Samples requested are to be included in the Appendix section of the Technical Proposal and do not count toward the page limits for the Organizational Qualifications and Past Performance section.
As stated, these work samples are to be included in the Appendix and do not count toward the Organizational Qualifications and Past Performance Section. However, some description of past performance should be included in the Organizational Qualifications and Past Performance Section subject to the page limit.
8.
Can an Offeror bid a legal entity that does not have an indirect rate and profit rate structure?

Can an Offeror bid a legal entity that is not Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) compliant?

As stated in the RFQ, subcontractors’ qualifications will not be evaluated as part of the proposal. Organizations do not have to have an indirect and profit rate structure; however, they must fill out the Fully Burdened Labor Rate Schedule and Other Direct Costs for Base and Option Periods described in section 1.3.

9.
Quality control is described in section 2.7.7 of the RFP. Is the reference in Attachment B.3.e incorrect? Section 2.8.4 does not exist in my copy of the RFP. Please confirm.
Yes, this is an error. The quality control section is 2.7.7.
10.
Please confirm that the Quality Control Plan requested can be included in the Appendix section of the Technical Proposal and does not count toward the page limits for the Management Plan section.
No, a quality control plan must be included in the Management Plan Section. The Offeror may include a more detailed quality control plan in an Appendix if they choose to do so.
11.
Given that only the qualifications of the prime bidding organization and its staff will be considered for purposes of this IDIQ, would MACPAC prefer that bidders not include subcontractors in proposals for this IDIQ award? What about for the hypothetical project portion of the proposal?
Qualifications of subcontractors will not be considered for IDIQ award; therefore MACPAC would prefer that the bidders not include them in their proposals. However, subcontractors may be included in the hypothetical project portion of the proposal and their qualifications will be considered.
12.
Should the Quality Control Plan (QCP) be included as an appendix? Is there a page limit?
See response to Question 10.
13.
Should the anticipated availability listed for the principals in Section 3 be identical to the expected time commitment for the principals in Section 4?
No. Section 3 should include staff available for all types of projects. Section 4 includes a staff loading chart for the hypothetical project.
14.
In general, what Medicaid and CHIP data would be made available by MACPAC to support requested analyses (e.g., MSIS)?
MACPAC will make all Medicaid administrative data, including MSIS and MAX data, available to contractors. For datasets for which MACPAC does not have a data use agreement in place, MACPAC will work with the contractor to obtain the data. Arrangements will vary by dataset.
15.
If a bidder is not intending to demonstrate experience in the area of “modeling, actuarial analysis and payment simulations”, does an actuary still need to be included in the proposed list of staff?
No. No particular expertise is required. Staff will be evaluated based on relevant expertise to conduct Medicaid policy analysis as demonstrated in your proposal.

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