Attachment 10_Business Proposal Instructions_Revised.pdf

ATTACHMENT 10

BUSINESS PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS

In addition to the requirements for the business proposal provided in Section VI of this solicitation, the information provided in this Attachment is intended to provide to offerors the uniform cost assumptions and business clarifications.

The following uniform cost assumptions shall be used by all offerors in preparation of their cost proposal.

Travel

As the Statement of Work indicates, within the first year the system is collecting data, there may be up to four (4) Contractor sites which may require training on this system. While Contractor sites have not yet been determined and are subject to deviation from those shown below, please use the following locations as estimates when costing your proposal.

Research Triangle Park, NC Columbus, OH Richland, WA Kansas City, MO

Instructions for Options

Offerors shall submit separate and complete budgets for each Option in the Statement of Work. For example, the Options listed in Section IX. Deliverables, page 17 of the Statement of Work.

Each Option budget shall provide a breakdown by line item of cost which shall include direct labor, direct materials, travel, subcontracts, consultants, etc.

These budgets shall be in addition to the budgets for the Base Year of the contract and all additional Option Years (Years 2-10 of the contract) as outlined in Sections II and VI of this solicitation.