Questions and Answers 2_W81K00-22-R_0026_PAs_v2.pdf

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS #2

W81K00-22-R-0026

Physician Assistant (PA) Services Department of Emergency Medicine; Brooke Army Medical Center 26 July 2022

# Question Government Reply

1. Attachment 1, Page 3, VOLUME II – PAST PERFORMANCE section, “Offerors shall complete and provide the Past Performance Information (PPI) Sheet (Attachment 2) on three (3) task orders or stand-alone contracts/purchase orders the Offeror will complete or has completed within the past three (3) years from the closing date of this solicitation…”. Would the government consider changing the requirement to the past five (5) years.

This would allow Offerors to provide potentially higher quality past performance to the government that we could not otherwise.

No, the Government will not change the requirement to the past five (5) years of past performance.

2. Attach 1 – Instructions to Offerors:

o Regarding the requirement for the offeror to submit at least 1 recent and relevant past performance as a prime if they are using teaming partner’s past performance: will the Gov’t consider allowing the offeror to submit experience as a subcontractor instead of as a prime to satisfy the criteria above?

Yes, i.e. if the Offeror performed as a subcontractor on the reference project, the PPI shall explain what percentage and type of work that was performed by the Offeror as subcontractor.

3. Are GMEs required to have an affiliation with Baylor University Medical School, whether it be as a graduate, researcher, or other tie?

PWS does not require any affiliation Baylor University Medical School.

4. Ref. Attachment1 Instructions to Offerors Evaluation Criteria, Volume II – Past Performance Question: Will the Government provide further clarification to questions #11 & #12 of the previous Q&A; does the term Teaming Partner include as the JV minority member and mentor?

No. The Joint Venture (JV) is the entity with its own EUI and CAGE number; only the entire JV can be a teaming partner. See more information the JV from the SBA in the Q&A #5 below.

5. Ref. Attachment1 Instructions to Offerors Evaluation Criteria, Volume II – Past Performance

In the case of Joint Venture, the Offeror refers to the JV venture collectively.

As per SBA: “The joint venture must be separately identified with its own name and have both a Unique

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Question: Will the Government provide further clarification to questions #11 & #12 of the previous Q&A; does the term “Offeror” refer to the protégé JV member or can it include JV collectively

Entity Identifier (UEI) and a Commercial And Government Entity (CAGE) code in the federal government's System for Award Management at SAM.gov. In SAM, designate the entity type as a joint venture, with individual partners listed as the immediate owners.”

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/joint-ventures#:~:text=The%20joint%20venture%20must%20 be,Award%20Management%20at%20SAM.gov.

6. Ref. Attachment1 Instructions to Offerors Evaluation Criteria, Volume II – Past Performance Question: In a mentor protégé, can the mentor JV member provide all of the required past performance?

No, the mentor JV cannot provide all the required past performance because Joint Venture is the collective vendor, with its own EUI and CAGE.

7. Core Duties. Performance Work Statement (PWS) Task 1.1.2.3 describes the core duties of the PA-GME (Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Graduate Medical Education). However, this appears incomplete since PWS Task 1.1.1 describes a second type of position PA-RTA (Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants for Rapid Transit). The core duties of the PA- RTA do not appear to be included in the PWS. There is a big difference in the scope of duties between the PA-GME and the PA-RTA. This should be clarified since this impacts the recruiting process. Can the Government specify which section of the PWS lists the “Core Duties” of the PA-RTA?

Or are offerors supposed to use the current PWS 1.1.2.3 language to recruit both PA-GMA and PA-RTE positions? Please clarify.

The core duties of the PA-RTA are listed starting from PWS Para 1.1.2.4.1.

8. Partial Bid. Given the differences between the RA-RTA and PA-GME positions, do offers have to submit offerors on both positions in the bid schedule, i.e., Attachment 4 – Pricing Worksheet? Can offers submit partial bids for PA-RTA only for the base and option years, i.e., CLINs 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, and 4001? As a practical matter, there are many more challenges to recruit the PA-GME position.

Yes, the Attachment 4 – Pricing Worksheet has to be completed entirely. As per Addendum to FAR 52.12-1 Instructions: “ Submissions that do not adhere to format and content requirements may be considered non-complaint”.

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9. Work Hours. For Attachment 5 – Compensation Worksheet, can offers assume the number of annual work hour is 2080? If not, please provide the estimated annual work hours for both the PA-GME and PA-RTA positions.

The annual work hours are 1,920.