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Amendment 0001 for RFP Number SB1341-15-RP-0018
| Question Number |
| Section / document |
| Page |
| Paragraph reference |
| Question |
| Response |
| 1 |
| Proposal Preparation/RFP |
| Pg. 94 |
| Section L |
(b) (1)
| The instructions state that the Go/No Go Proposal is limited to 10 pages. Does this limit include a cover page and a table of contents? |
| The cover page and table of contents is excluded from the ten page limit. |
| 2 |
| Proposal Preparation/RFP |
| Pg. 94 |
| Section L |
(b) (1) The instruction for the Go/No Go volume indicate that the “The Offeror must identify the Task Order quotations included in the proposal as required below. Offerors must provide a firm fixed price for at least three (3), and up to six (6) of the Task Orders.”
Can the Gov’t please clarify the following questions regarding which volume(s) the Task Order information should be located:
1- Should the Go/No Go Volume include:
| a) Task Order name and task identifier and b) Task order price quote for each Task Order the Offeror is responding to? |
| No |
| b) Or does all pricing go in the Business Volume, including the FFP quote for each TO response? |
| All pricing shall be provided in the Business Volume |
| 2- Does the Technical Approach and Resumes for each of the Task Orders that the Offeror is responding reside in the Technical Proposal? |
| Yes |
| 3 |
| Proposal Preparation/RFP |
| Pg. 94 |
| (2) Volume II Technical Proposal |
(A) para 5 and (B)
| Are the Cover/title page, table of contents, lists of tables and figures exempted from the page limitations for the Technical Proposal? |
| The cover page and table of contents is excluded from the ten page limit. |
| 4 |
| Proposal Preparation/RFP |
| Pg. 94 |
| (2) Volume II Technical Proposal (A) paragraph 5 |
| The instructions states that “The 30 page limitation is exclusive of resumes and related experience and past performance.” |
Is the “related experience” referring to “Factor B – Experience?”
Yes
| 5 |
| Proposal Preparation/RFP |
| Pg. 95 |
| Factor A – Technical Approach |
| The instructions states that “The Offeror shall include resumes of proposed personnel for each Government-provided labor category” |
To clarify, is the Government seeking representative resumes for each of the labor categories identified in the solicitation?
Yes
| 6 |
| Proposal Preparation/RFP |
| Pg. 95 |
| Factor A – Technical Approach |
| Does the letter of commitment for the Senior Program Manager count against the page limit? |
| No |
| 7 |
| Proposal Preparation/RFP |
| Pg. 106 |
| Factor B – Experience (b) Subfactor 2 |
| The instructions states that “The Government will evaluate the degree of the relevance of experience personnel at Levels IV and V, and the Project Manager possess for the roles for which they are proposed.” |
Is the Project Manager referenced supposed to be the Senior Program Manager (Key Personnel)?
Yes
| Will the government please allow for Table of Contents, List of Tables and Figures and Proposal Cover to be outside of page count? |
| Yes |
| 9 |
| Factor C – Past Performance |
| The current language only allows for projects completed within the past 3 years. Will the government please consider including on-going and completed projects within the past 3 years? |
| Yes |
| 10 |
| Factor B – Experience, Subfactor 2 – Personnel Experience |
| Please confirm that the only Key Personnel required with the proposal is the Sr. Program/Project Manager, and that no additional key personnel are required with the proposal for each Task Order. |
| A key personnel is required for each task order, in addition to the Senior Program/Project Manager |
| 11 |
| Volume III – Business Proposal |
| Will the offeror’s updated registration in SAM.gov suffice for Representations and Certifications, or is the government requiring the offer to include all Representations and Certifications in Volume III? |
| Current information in SAM.gov will suffice |
| 12 |
| Attachment_1-Task_Order_1_-_Lab_Test_Suite_SOW-1 |
· Please provide additional information on the historical/anticipated level of effort by labor category.
· This task order requires one Key Personnel as identified in Section G. Please confirm if the contractor must provide a resume for this Key Personnel with the proposal in addition to the Sr. Program/Project Manager.
Please confirm that no other personnel are required to perform the work other than the Key Personnel identified in the qualification requirements.
The purpose of the task orders are for the Government to evaluate the Offeror’s technical approach, which includes proposed staffing.
Statement is incorrect; key personnel are required for each task order.
| Please confirm that tables and graphics can be provided in 10 point font. |
| Yes |
| Please confirm that an offeror may be awarded more than one of the initial task orders. |
| Yes |
| Please confirm that SCA rates do not apply to this IDIQ. |
| The Service Contract Act (SCA) does not apply. |
| Please confirm that all rates should be bid using on government site rates for the IDIQ Labor Categories. |
| Most task orders will require on-site rates. Off-site rates are also required. |
| Please confirm that the table of contents for the Volume II Technical Approach is excluded from the 30 page limit. |
| Confirmed | |
RFQ pg. 106 Factor C
| Please confirm whether relevance for Past Performance contracts is defined by the past five years or the past three years. |
| Last three (3) years |
| Please confirm how up to date the current artifacts are. Are these manually updated? |
| Current tools are for the 2014 Edition of Meaningful use, they need to be updated to the 2015 Edition requirements, and yes, some is done manually by interpreting the requirements from the specification and generating constraints that are fed into the tooling. |
| Please confirm what is used to store/process the artifacts? |
| Current NIST tooling process the artifacts |
| Please confirm where the development of Laboratory Test Suite is currently being performed. |
| NIST currently develops all laboratory conformance tooling |
| Please confirm if the offeror would be responsible for performing the requirements analysis, and the development work for this entire task “The contractor shall develop, update, improve, and maintain the NIST HL7v2 validation engines (release 1 and 2) in support of the NIST HL7v2 Test Suite and Framework” |
| Confirmed. |
| Please confirm if the HL7v2 validation engine is already in production. What stage in the development lifecycle is HL7v2? |
| The requirement is to support the current validation engine for 2014 which is in production, and the new validation engine for 2015 which is in development. Currently we support HL7V2 versions 2.5.1- 2.8 |
| 24 |
| Attachment_2_-Task_Order_2_-_Modeling_Voting_and_Medical_Devices_SO |
· Please provide additional information on the historical/anticipated level of effort by labor category.
· This task order requires two Key Personnel as identified on page 6. Please confirm if the contractor must provide a resume for both Key Personnel with the proposal in addition to the Sr. Program/Project Manager.
· Please confirm that no other personnel are required to perform the work other than the Key Personnel identified in the qualification requirements.
Please confirm if the “combined” qualifications of the two Key Personnel must cover the bulleted list of qualification requirements, or if each individual must have all the bulleted list of qualifications. As an example, do both personnel each individually need 10 years of experience in UML Modeling, or does the combined experience of each personnel allow this requirement to be met if each personnel proposed has 5 years of individual experience in UML Modeling (equaling a “combined” 10 years of experience between the two personnel).
Historically: 1 Level V Data Scientist ~200 hours, 2 Engineer Level III ~1000 hours each
See responses above.
| 25 |
| Attachment_3_-_Task_Order_3_-_HL7_Validation_Engine_SOW |
· Please provide additional information on the historical/anticipated level of effort by labor category.
· This task order requires one Key Personnel as identified on page 4. Please confirm if the contractor must provide a resume for the Key Personnel with the proposal in addition to the Sr. Program/Project Manager.
Please confirm that no other personnel are required to perform the work other than the Key Personnel identified in the qualification requirements.
Historically: 1 Engineer Level IV ~2000 hours and Program Manager
| 26 |
| Attachment_4_-_Task_Order_4_-_IIS_SME_SOW |
| This task order requires one Key Personnel as identified on page 9. Please confirm if the contractor must provide a resume for the Key Personnel with the proposal in addition to the Sr. Program/Project Manager. |
| See responses above. |
| 27 |
| Attachment_5_-_Task_Order_5_SOW_SRD31Software |
· Please provide additional information on the historical/anticipated level of effort by labor category.
Please confirm if the contractor must provide a resume for the proposed Personnel to accomplish this work with the proposal in addition to the Sr. Program/Project Manager.
See responses above
| 28 |
| Attachment_6_-_Task_Order_6_Statement_of_Work |
| This task order requires one Key Personnel as identified on page 4. Please confirm if the contractor must provide a resume for the Key Personnel with the proposal in addition to the Sr. Program/Project Manager. |
| Key personnel are required for each task order |
| Is the entire proposal submitted on CD/DVD to be in .docx or .pdf format? |
| Either format is acceptable |
| Are copies of Volumes I, II, and III to be submitted in printed hard copy or on separate CD/DVDs? |
| The offeror shall submit one (1) copy of their entire proposal on a compact disc or DVD, five (5) printed hardcopies of Volume I, Go/No Go proposal, and Volume II, Technical Proposal, one (1) printed hardcopy of Volume III, Business Proposal. |
95 and 99
| Are task order technical approaches, management, and staffing plans to go in Volume II or Volume III? |
| Volume II |
| Are the task orders technical approaches, management, and staffing plans part of 30-page limit for Volume II? |
| Yes |
| Does clause 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting apply to the IDIQ as a whole or the individual task orders? |
| This clause applies to the IDIQ as a whole. |
Preparation/RFP Pg.
Section L
(b) (1) paragraph 2 and (2) (A) paragraph 5 The instructions in the 2 referenced paragraphs ask for Times New Roman 12 Point Font.
Will the Government allow Figures to be presented in different fonts and font sizes?
Yes, as long as the font size is 10 or higher
Preparation/RFP Pg.
Section L
(b) (1) paragraph 2 and (2) (A) paragraph 5 The instructions in the 2 referenced paragraphs ask for Times New Roman 12 Point Font.
Will the Government allow Tables to be presented in different font sizes and fonts?
Yes, as long as the font size is 10 or higher
Preparation/RFP Pg.
Section L Factor A paragraph 2 The instructions state “(iv) Recruitment and retention plan for labor categories specified in the statement of work; and (v) Proposed approach to subcontracting and a description of the Offeror’s working relationship with proposed subcontractors; (vi) Commitments of key personnel with other clients/contracts and indicate whether these commitments will or will not interfere with the completion of work and services contemplated under this request for proposal.”
Do these instructions apply to each individual task orders that the Offeror is responding to or for the Statement of Work in Section C of the solicitation?
This applies to the SOW for the IDIQ
Preparation/RFP Pg.
| Section L Factor A paragraph 2 |
| The instructions state “(vi) Commitments of key personnel with other clients/contracts and indicate whether these commitments will or will not interfere |
with the completion of work and services contemplated under this request for proposal.”
Is the Key personnel specified here the Senior Program Manager or key personnel for each task order?
This applies to the key personnel for the IDIQ