N01CN25001-26 - Amendment 2.pdf

OMB No 0990-0115

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT N/A 1 2

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

2 March 27, 2012 N/A

6. ISSUED BY CODE 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE N/A National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Office of Acquisitions Executive Plaza South, Suite 600 6120 Executive Blvd, MSC 7193 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7193

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No. Street, County, State and ZIP: Code) (�) 9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

TO ALL POTENTIAL OFFERORS

N01CN25001-26

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

March 09, 2012

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

CODE FACILITY CODE

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended.

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning one (1) copy of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATA SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and data specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

(�) A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET

FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return 1 copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

PURPOSE: 1)To provide clarification of funding for food, salary rate limitation, minimum on IDIQ, and page limit on RFP N02CN25001-26 “Preclinical In Vitro and In Vivo Agent Development Assays”

Proposal Due Date: April 23, 2012; 3:00pm (EST) (Unchanged)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

Virginia DeSeau Contracting Officer, NCI OA, NIH

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

BY ______________/s/_______________________________ (Signature of Contracting Officer)

03/27/2012

NSN 7540-01-152-8070 30-105 STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

PREVIOUS EDITION UNUSABLE Computer Generated Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Solicitation N01CN25001-26 Amendment #2 – Questions and Responses

Preclinical In Vitro and In Vivo Agent Development Assays

1. Article B. 3 Provisions Applicable to Direct Costs allows for the budgets to include costs associated with conferences & meetings, food for meals, light refreshments & beverages. However, article H.24 and Section L Part 16; disallow funds being used for meals, light refreshments and beverages. Could this be clarified?

The clause in Article B.3 is a standard clause related to the requirement for prior approval to use contract funds for any of the items included in the clause. The H and L clauses are newer and are focused on the conduct of conferences.

No contract funds in the resultant awards from this solicitation will be used for food of any kind. This is in compliance with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) commitment to efficient spending and to act in a fiscally responsible manner by minimizing administrative costs to perform mission critical functions in the most efficient, cost effective way. (For additional information, see HHS Policy for additional information at: http://www.hhs.gov/asfr/ogapa/acquisition/appfundspol_att2.html.

2. Article H.4 and Section L, Part C.5 indicate that the Salary Rate Limitation for this proposal is Executive Level I; we wanted to confirm that this is accurate as the public law referenced in the RFP indicates it should be Executive Level II.

P.L. 112-74, as specified in the RFP (Section H.4 & Section L), mandates that the salary rate limitation is reduced to the Executive Level I (which is currently $179,700).

See http://www.opm.gov/oca/11tables/indexSES.asp

3. It is contemplated that an ID/IQ contract will be issued in response to this proposal, with individual task orders proposals being requested and awarded at a later time. Are proposals expected to include a plan on how the different task orders would work and a resulting contract would be incrementally funded towards the $9.9M cap? In the same vein, is it expected that any awarded contracts will not include any funding? Since funding will only be guaranteed through competition via the individual task orders.

At this time, budgets are being requested for the three sample task orders. Please see

Attachment 15 (Additional Business Proposal Instructions). It is correct that there is only a minimum amount of funds guaranteed for each contract award and that additional funding will be provided through competition via the individual Task Order (Please reference Article B.2. Price/Costs).

4. Is there a page limit to the business proposal?

No page limit to the business proposal