Amendment_1.pdf

RFP No.: NIAID-NIH-NIHAI201800020 Page 1 of 1 Amendment 1

Amendment #1 to RFP No.: NIAID-NIH-NIHAI201800020

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Amendment to Solicitation No.: RFP No.: NIAID-NIH-NIHAI201800020

Amendment Number: 1

Issue Date: March 26, 2019

Effective Date:

Proposal Due Date:

March 26, 2019

July 19, 2019 3:00 pm (Unchanged)

Issued By: Emily Bannister Contracting Officer

NIH/NIAID

Office of Acquisitions 5601 Fishers Lane Room 3B55 MSC 9821 Rockville, MD 20852

Point of Contact: Emily Bannister, Contracting Officer emily.bannister@nih.gov 240-669-5135

Name and Address of Offeror: To All Potential Offerors

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth below. The hour and date specified for receipt of proposals remains unchanged. Offerors must acknowledge receipt of this amendment. Failure to receive your acknowledgement of this amendment may result in the rejection of your offer.

PURPOSE: This Amendment (1) is to update the attachments in the solicitation document. Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 of the solicitation document are hereby replaced with the updated attachments provided with this Amendment (1). Offerors are to follow the attachments set forth in this Amendment.

NOTE: As a part of this Amendment, we request that all questions pertaining to the RFP be submitted to the Government no later than June 28, 2019, 3:00pm EST.

END OF AMENDMENT NO. 1, NIAID-NIH-NIHAI201800020

ATTACHMENT 1PACKAGING AND DELIVERY OF PROPOSAL

Attachment 1 - Packaging and Delivery of Proposals for Use with the NIH electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) Website

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

eCPS

Proposals must be submitted via the electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) website at https://ecps.nih.gov.

Proposals submitted by facsimile or e-mail will not be accepted.

Follow the “How to Submit an Electronic Proposal” instructions provided on the eCPS website at: https://ecps.nih.gov/home/howto. Please note that creating an account to submit may take up to three (3) business days. Please apply for a new account early to allow enough time for the registration process.

Offerors are solely responsible for submitting proposals and any modifications or revisions so as to reach the Government office designated above by the date and time specified in the solicitation. If your proposal is not received by the date and time specified in the solicitation, it will be considered a “late proposal,” in accordance with FAR Clause 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition

Creating and Naming Files:

Create one PDF file of your Technical Proposal, including all attachments. The Technical Proposal should be created in a PDF format that enables word searches to the maximum extent practicable. Forms and/or documents requiring signature(s) may be scanned, but must be merged into the Technical Proposal PDF file.

Create one PDF file of your Business Proposal, including all attachments:

The Business Proposal should be created in a PDF format that enables word searches to the maximum extent practicable. Forms and/or documents requiring signature(s) may be scanned, but must be merged into the Business Proposal PDF file.

Additionally, the “Breakdown of Proposed Estimated Costs (plus Fee) with Excel Spreadsheet” (http://oamp.od.nih.gov/sites/default/files/DGS/contracting-forms/spshexcl_dec2012.xlsx) must be included in the Business Proposal.

3. Create your Business Document Excel. The Excel file should be the “Breakdown of Proposed Estimated Costs (plus Fee) with Excel Spreadsheet” (http://oamp.od.nih.gov/sites/default/files/DGS/contracting-forms/spshexcl_dec2012.xlsx) included in the Business Proposal in its original Excel format, not PDF. Multiple Excel files may be included, as necessary.

4. Each of the proposals, Technical and Business, must be separate and complete in itself.

Do not reference one proposal in another.

ATTACHMENT 1PACKAGING AND DELIVERY OF PROPOSAL

5. File naming convention: It is requested that the filenames for your Technical Proposal, Business Proposal, and Excel Workbook include the name of the offeror, the solicitation number and the type of proposal (i.e., Technical, Business, or Excel Workbook).

Examples:

Technical Proposal: XYZ Company_NIHAI2012001_Technical.pdf Business Proposal: XYZ Company_NIHAI2012001_Business.pdf Excel Workbook: XYZ Company_NIHAI2012001_Business.xlsx

FORMATTING AND PAGE LIMITATIONS:

Formatting for proposals

Proposals shall not include links to internet web site addresses (URLs) or otherwise direct readers to alternate sources of information.

Font size must be 10 to 12 points.

Spacing should be no more than 15 characters per inch. Within a vertical inch, there must be no more than six lines of text.

Margins must be at least one-inch on all sides.

Failure to adhere to the formatting requirements above may impact whether your proposal is reviewed in its entirety.

Page limitations:

The total page count of the Technical proposal shall not exceed pages.

Total page count does not include: Title and Back Page; Table of Contents; and Section Dividers that do not contain information other than title of Section. CVs shall not exceed pages.

Pages in excess of this limitation will be removed from the proposal and will not be considered.

NIAID-NIH-NIHAI201800020

RNCP-WIDE DOSIMETRY GUIDANCE & MONITORING OF SOURCES AND

IRRADIATION PROTOCOLS (CLINICAL TRIAL NOT ALLOWED)

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