Questions and Answers Part 1.xlsx
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- Solicitation number
- W81K0421R00020001
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Department of the Army Medical Command
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This document contains answers to questions from offerors regarding solicitation number W81K0421R00020001 from the Department of the Army Medical Command for holistic health and fitness services. The solicitation allows up to three references each for the prime offeror and major subcontractors performing at least 25% of the work. References must demonstrate contracts active within the last three years with at least 24 months of total performance. Individual task orders may be submitted under an IDIQ contract to demonstrate relevant past performance.
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| W81K04-21-R-0002-0001.pdf | ||
| W81K04-21-R-0002-0001-Conformed.pdf |
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| FROM | Document | Pg # | Para # | Question | Answers |
| RFP | 165 | (b) | In section 1b paragraph (b), the Government states that "Offerors shall submit present and past performance information for up to three Government and/or commercial contracts for the prime offeror and each major subcontractor in performance or awarded during the past three years, from the issue date of this RFP..." Can the Government please clarify the total number of references allowed for each member (prime and major subcontractor)? Does the Government mean 3 references total or 3 references each for the Prime and Major Subcontractor? | Up to 3 each for the Prime offeror and up to 3 references for each of the major subcontractors. The total number of references could exceed 6 references. | |
| RFP | 165 | (b) | In paragraph (b) of Factor 1, the Government states that " Performance is defined as at least 24 months of performance within the last three years." Can the Government please clarify whether they are looking for references to have 24 months of performance within the last three years or for the work to have been active within the last three years and have had at least 24 months of total performance? |
In consideration of this question, please note that requiring 24 months of performance in the most recent 3 year period would mean that any contract ending in FY19 or even as recent as the majority of FY20 would be deemed not relevant. While we can agree with the 3-year recency time period and understand the importance to review a PoP length of 24 months to determine performance success level, the combination of the two, pending interpretation, can greatly impede the ability of small businesses to pursue this opportunity since they only have a limited number of contracts to reference. We kindly request that the Government allow references where the contracts have ended within the past three years, but have had at least a 24 month total period of performance across the contract.
| For the work to have been active within the last three years and have had at least 24 months of total performance. An amendment will be posted to clarify this issue. | ||||||
| 52.212-2 Addendum | RFP | 165 | b. | Reference: "The word “contract,” as defined herein, for the purpose of present and past performance submissions under this solicitation, does not include individual delivery orders, task orders, or blanket purchase agreements or basic ordering agreements." | ||
| Question: Will the Government please confirm that offerors may submit an IDIQ, consisting of the awarded task orders under that IDIQ, as a single contract? | Since the current requirement will not be awarded as an IDIQ, but rather a FFP, C Type contract, these are the types of contracts that would be most relevant. However, if you are going to submit an IDIQ as a reference, the applicable task orders issued off that IDIQ must be submitted as well since these are FFP and this will validate how much actual work was performed on that contract. | |||||
| RFP | The solicitation sometimes refers to major subcontractors as those performing “at least 25% of the work” and at other times states that the threshold is “more than 25%”. For example, the Addendum to 52.212-1(B)(2)(a)(2)-(4), (B)(2)(c), as well as Addendum to 52.212-2(A)(5) have different variations. Since the RFP understands that a potential prime may “one or more other companies to have them act as its subcontractors”, we suggest that each of these references should read, “at least 25%” to clarify the ambiguity. | Agreed. The RFP will be amended to read "at least 25%" in all areas identified for consistency. |
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