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AMENDMENT #0003

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“PRE-CLINICAL MODELS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES”

Amendment Number: 0003

This Amendment provides a lists questions submitted by interested parties and the responses provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

AMENDMENT THREE (0003)

Issued by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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

Solicitation Number: NIHAI75N93023R00003

Date of Solicitation Issuance: February 15, 2023

Date of Amendment No. 0001 Issuance: March 10, 2023

Date of Amendment No. 0002 Issuance: March 24, 2023

Date of Amendment No. 0003 Issuance: April 05, 2023

Number of Pages: 2 pages

NIAID Point of Contact: PRIMARY:

Ignacio Reyes, Contracting Officer Email: ignacio.reyes@nih.gov Phone: 301-435-7574

SECONDARY:

Charles H. Jackson, Jr. Contracting Officer, Team Lead Email: Charles.Jackson@nih.gov Phone: 240-669-5175

Offerors must acknowledge receipt of the posting of Amendment #0003, on each copy of the proposal submitted. Failure to receive your acknowledgment of this Amendment may result in the rejection of your proposal.

The hour and date specified for receipt of proposals remains unchanged.

mailto:ignacio.reyes@nih.gov

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AMENDMENT #0003

THE FOLLOWING PAGES PROVIDE ANSWERS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING A

NUMBER OF INQUIRIES WE HAVE RECEIVED FOR THE ABOVE CITED SOLICITATION:

Question

No.

Question / Response

1 Question:. [In] Page 88, c.2., below #9 it states, “This cover sheet information is for use by offerors to submit information to the Government when certified cost or pricing data are not required but information to help establish price reasonableness or cost realism is necessary. Such information is not required to be certified in accordance with FAR 15.406-2.”

Does this mean that certified cost or pricing data is not required for this IDIQ proposal and would only be necessary to be submitted by the awarded Contractors for Tasks under this IDIQ should the statutory dollar threshold be met which would require such?

Response: The certified cost or pricing data is not required for these sample tasks (A-D) nor any IDIQ base awards. However, contractors receiving task order awards will need to provide the certified cost or pricing data when the award exceeds the applicable threshold.

2 Question: Page 28, Article H.20. Subcontracting Provisions, a. Small Business Subcontracting Plan, 1. This states “TBD” for the date of the Subcontracting Plan. In addition, Attachment 13 is dated “(Rev. April 2017)” and reflects the 2017 goals. Lastly, on page 95, 7. Small Business Plan, the threshold for the requirement of a Small Business Subcontracting Plan is shown as $700,000 whereas the current threshold is an estimated cost of $750,000 for the entire period of performance.

Please confirm the requirements or please address this with what you deem as appropriate correction.

Response: If you receive a base IDIQ award, offerors need to prepare a subcontracting plan which takes into account all the proposed task areas (A-D) and maximum funds identified in the solicitation.

The subcontracting plan needs to meet the NIH established goals for all small business categories. This plan is reviewed and approved by the small business administration, so the individual task orders (A-D) do not need to go through this process.

3 Question: Would [it] be permissible to 1) utilize non-human primates from our center for studies proposed under this [IDIQ] contract, 2) commercially source the non-human primates, 3) or combination of both (from our own colonies and external purchases)?

Response: Offerors can propose any of the scenarios suggested. Post award, sourcing of NHPs for individual task orders may take a similar combination of approaches.