QuestionsAnswers_for_Solicitation_SBAHQ18Q010.pdf

Questions/Answers for Solicitation SBAHQ-18-Q-0010

Research on Small Business Topics on Entrepreneur Demographics

1. Can the writing samples provided be from proposed candidates?

• The writing sample can be any research study, literature review, or journal article on the topic or related to the topic authored by key personnel of the proposed research team.

2. Can an offeror use a proposed candidate's experience and references to satisfy the past performance requirements?

• Proposals will be evaluated according to the factors in the solicitation notification instructions to offerors. The Government will evaluate the offeror on past performance.

The qualifications of the offeror’s researcher(s) will be evaluated in the technical approach factor.

3. Are consultants who are key personal required to be registered in SAM?

• Only the offeror is required to be registered in SAM.

4. Prescribed format is listed in the instruction; however, many of the professional sample writings that the teams have varying font sizes. Can the evaluation loosen this for teams provided the page count would remain at 25 pages maximum?

• The 25 page limit does not include the cover page, company credentials, references, and writing samples.

5. Are private date sources permissible?

• Private data is permissible given that it is appropriate for performing the research requirements of the Statement of Work within the anticipated period of performance according to the deliverables schedule, and meets data quality and transparency requirements of the Statement of Work. Offerors must document the proposed process for acquiring access to any data proposed, and include any applicable costs in their price quote.

6. Are overlapping FY (i.e FY19) dataset information allowable for use in final proposal?

• Offerors should only propose using datasets that would meet the research requirements of the Statement of Work within the anticipated period of performance according to the deliverables schedule.

7. What’s the anticipated Award month?

• September 2018.