RFI-19-BARDA-ALT-FLU-IMMUNIZATION-0001_Amendment_2_10112019.pdf

AMENDMENT TO

BIOLOGICAL ADVANCED RESEARCH

AND DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY/INFLUENZA AND

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

DIVISION (BARDA/IEIDD)

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Number: RFI-19-BARDA-ALT-FLU-

IMMUNIZATION-0001

Amendment Number: 0002

A. SUMMARY OF CHANGES

This amendment revise the response date (on page 1 of the notice), Sections 6.0

Submission and address questions submitted to the following:

1) Revise Notice

From:

Response Date:

Oct 11, 2019 11:59 pm Eastern

To:

Response Date:

Oct 18, 2019 11:59 pm Eastern

2) Revise Sections 6.0 Submission:

From:

Electronic responses to this RFI are due no later than:

12:00 PM EDT on Friday, October 11, 2019.

To:

Electronic responses to this RFI are due no later than:

12:00 PM EDT on Friday, October 18, 2019.

3) Questions and Government Response:

Question: One of the administrative questions is “Preferred Contracting Strategy.” Can the government suggest how we should respond?

Response: The government will not direct a vendor on what type of contract vehicle should be proposed however it is always preferred to utilize a FAR base contract. The government finds acceptable other transactions agreement, contracts …. the government is always open to grants and cooperative agreements. The contract vehicle will be determine at a later date.

Question: We are preparing our white paper response to the subject RFI, and we have a question on one of the requirements, 4.3.5 the facility security clearance of the responder (if applicable). Would you kindly please explain a “facility security clearance?”

Response: Facility clearance is asking was the contractor’s facility inspected by USG with regard to the security, but not limited to their facility, also including, materials, IT, personnel etc. The query in the RFI is if the facility had an assessment by HHS/ASPR/BARDA security staff.

[End of Amendment No. 0002]