RFPAmendment_1_-_04-13-17s.pdf

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No.: 0990-0115

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

PAGE

OF PAGES

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

04/13/2017

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE

REQ. NO.

5. PROJECT NO. (if applicable)

6. ISSUED BY

CODE

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 5) CODE

National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Contracts Management Branch

6710B Rockledge Drive

BETHESDA MD 20892

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, city, county, State and ZIP Code)

TO ALL POTENTIAL OFFERORS

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION

NO.

RFP NIH-NICHD-CRB-2017-04 X

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

04/10/2017

10A. MODIFICATION OF

CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

CODE

FACILITY CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

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.

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 __1___ copy of the amendment in your business proposal; (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 DATE 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 date 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 FAR 52.243-2. 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) and Contract ARTICLE B.4.

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

D.OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor __ is not, X is required to sign this document and return 1 copy in your business proposal to the issuing office.

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

PURPOSE: To amend RFP NIH-NICHD-CRB-2017-04, entitled, “Chemical Synthesis Facility.”

DUE DATE: Until May 25, 2017, 4:00 PM Local Time (Eastern Standard Time (EST) (Unchanged). Questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail by May 18, 2017 (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

Alice Pagán NICHD Contracts Management Branch, NIH

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

BY ______________________________________________

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY ________________________________________

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C.DATE

SIGNED

RFP-NIH-NICHD-CRB-2017-04

AMENDMENT NO.: 001 CONTINUATION PAGE Page 2 of 2

A. As a result of this Amendment 1, the RFP is revised as follows:

1. Section I. Article I.3., (page 23), FAR Clause 52.227-17, Rights in Data—Special Works (December 2007) is hereby removed.

2. Section I. Article I.4, (page 26), FAR Clause 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (March 2000), is hereby modified to read as follows:

FAR Clause 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (March 2000).

a. The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 15 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

b. If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

c. The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years and 6 months.

3. Section L, (page 34), 1.d. Estimate of Effort, is hereby modified to read as follows:

It is expected that a completion type contract will be awarded as a result of this SOLICITATION. To assist you in the preparation of your proposal, the Government considers the effort to be approximately 8,500 labor hours per year for this requirement.

For budget purposes, offerors should assume the following:

1. Synthesize approximately 8 (eight) laboratory scale small molecules with > 95% purity per year

2. Synthesis approximately 4 (four) cGMP lot with > 99% purity during the five (5) years of the contract

This information is furnished for the offeror's information only and is not to be considered restrictive for proposal purposes.