Amendment_3.pdf

Amendment No. 3

NIAID-DAIDS-NIHAI2014011

“Immune-Based Antiviral Products for Suppression/Elimination of HIV-1”

Solicitation Number: NIAID-DAIDS-NIHAI2014011

Amendment Number: Three (3)

Amendment Issue Date: December 4, 2014

Proposal Due Date (Changed): Monday, January 5, 2015, at 4:00 PM, Local Time

Issued By: John R. Manouelian

Contracting Officer

OA/DEA/NIAID/NIH/DHHS

5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3D10, MSC 9821 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9821

Points of Contact: PRIMARY virtsa@niaid.nih.gov Ashley Virts, Contracting Officer Phone: 240-669-5154

SECONDARY

manouelj@mail.nih.gov John R. Manouelian, Contracting Officer Phone: 240-669-5152

The purpose of Amendment 3 is to: 1) extend the due date for proposals; 2) provide information to offerors regarding restrictions on use of federal resources; and 3) delete the requirement for evaluation of the Extent of Small Disadvantaged Business Participation.

Offerors who submitted proposals previously should review the amendment and determine if revisions to their proposals are needed. If revisions are to be submitted, they must be received by the due date and time specified above. If no revisions to a previously submitted proposal will be made, Offerors must indicate this in writing to the Contracting Officer by the due date and time specified above.

Offerors must acknowledge receipt of this Amendment by identifying this amendment number and date of the amendment on each copy of the proposal submitted. Failure to receive your acknowledgement may result in the rejection of your proposal. Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

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NOTIFICATION TO OFFERORS REGARDING USE OF GOVERNMENT

RESOURCES:

Other than those offered in the solicitation or otherwise publicly available, the offeror shall not propose government furnished resources, to include government employees, facilities, intellectual property or biological materials. If you propose government furnished resources other than those offered in the solicitation or otherwise publically available, your proposal will not be considered for award.

Please note that the only government furnished resource being made available in this solicitation is the HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Networks. Please refer to the original BAA solicitation, specifically, Attachment 2, Broad Agency Announcement Description, Attachment 5, Research and Technical Objectives, Attachment 7, Additional Business Proposal Instructions and Uniform Cost Assumptions, and Attachment 8, Additional BAA- Specific Materials).

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

If you will be submitting a proposal for the first time or revising and resubmitting your proposal, you must follow the instructions provided in Attachment 1, Packaging and Delivery of Proposal (attached). The due date for submission of proposals is changed to January 5, 2015 at 4:00pm, local time.

REVISIONS TO THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION:

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS,

paragraph c., Business Proposal Instructions, subparagraph 8, Extent of Small Disadvantaged Business Participation, (page 95) is hereby deleted in its entirety.

SECTION M – EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD, paragraph 1. General, the first paragraph, is hereby revised to delete the reference to Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) participation as an evaluation factor, and shall read as follows:

Proposals will be evaluated against the following evaluation factors in the order of importance: technical and cost. Although technical factors are of paramount consideration in the award of the contract, cost/price are also important to the overall contract award decision. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are significantly more important than cost. The estimated cost of an offer must be reasonable for the tasks to be performed and will be subject to analysis by the Government.

SECTION M – EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD, paragraph 8, Extent of Small Disadvantaged Business Participation, is hereby deleted in its entirety.

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ATTACHMENT 7, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS AND

UNIFORM COST ASSUMPTIONS, Section 3 – Uniform Cost Assumptions, paragraph 3, Additional Documentation Required Under Section L of the Solicitation, is hereby revised to delete subparagraph b, Extent of Small Disadvantaged Business Participation.

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