Amendment_1_07-01-2014.pdf

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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

PAGE

OF PAGES

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

3. EFFECTIVE

DATE

07/01/2014

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 6100 EXECUTIVE BLVD., Suite 7A07, MSC 7510

BETHESDA MD 20892-7510

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-DIPHR-2014-11

X

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

June 9, 2014

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: I. To provide clarification in SECTION II based on inquiries to RFP NIH-NICHD-DIPHR-2014-11.

DUE DATE: July 22, 2:00 PM Local Time (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

Lynn Salo, Contracting Officer NICHD Contracts Management Branch, NIH

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

BY ______________________________________________

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15C. DATE SIGNED

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

/S/

BY

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

16C.DATE

SIGNED

07/01/2014

RFP-NIH-NICHD-DIPHR-2014-11

AMENDMENT NO.: 001

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As a result of this Amendment:

SECTION I. The RFP is amended as follows:

UNCHANGED

SECTION II. This amendment provides clarifications based on inquiries received. The responses are provided for information only as guidance to potential Offerors and do not superseded any terms of the RFP and do not revise or become part of this RFP. Responses are as follows:

1. Item #7 of Attachment 7 indicates that the Offeror should estimate 1-2 new studies per year, each with about 500,000 samples. What is the average duration of the studies, i.e., will 100,000 samples be collected per year over 5 years, or 50,000 per year over 10 years?

ANSWER: For proposal purposes, assume that the study will collect 100,000 per year for 5 years after which there will storage costs for the remaining years.

2. Item #7 of Attachment 6 (Task Order #4) indicates that shipping of “5,500 maternal serum samples and all Paxgene samples” will occur. However, in the provided table, only the 2,200 maternal blood Paxgene tubes are flagged for short-term storage; should the other 1,650 Paxgene samples (cord blood, stool sample, and placenta sample) also be flagged for shipment?

In order to appropriately price the shipping costs for that Task Order, the Offeror needs to know the total number of samples they expect to ship for analysis.

ANSWER: The NICHD is clarifying that all of the 2,200 Paxgene maternal blood samples will be shipped during the 4th year of the Task Order and 5,500 maternal serum samples also will be shipped that same year. All other Paxgene samples will require storage for the remainder of the period of performance of the Task Order.