21.006234 Amendment 1 Responses to Questions.pdf

AMENDMENT 1

NINDS-21-006234

Responses to Questions

1. Is this a 2 year contract or 1?

Per Award Date and Number of Awards on Page 3 of the Request for Quotation, the period of performance for this contract is as follows:

Base Period: 05/13/2021 – 01/18/2021

Option Period: 01/19/2022 – 09/16/2022

2. What is the total allowed for each year?

It is anticipated that awards will be issued under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures which has a threshold of $250,000 for the 2-year period.

3. Is there a max award that would be considered?

It is anticipated that awards will be issued under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures which has a threshold of $250,000 for the 2-year period.

4. Are there any other common nonallowables other than food and beverage?

Please refer to FAR Part 31 for allowance of costs. However, the resultant purchase order will be firm fixed price.

5. For past performance, are these contracts only federal contracts?

Per Past Performance Information on Page 3 of Attachment 3, “Contracts listed may include those entered into by the Federal Government, agencies of state and local governments and commercial concerns.”

6. Does the amount of the contract matter?

The Government will consider contracts similar in scope at any amount.

7. And do we also consider current/not completed contracts?

Per Past Performance Information on Page 3 of Attachment 3, “A list of the three (3) contracts completed during the past five years or currently being performed that is relevant to the work within this Statement of Work.

ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.