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Darin Stevens Stacey Hinnant Hatalom Why is the value of contract higher the previously advertised value? Is it due to the addition of scope? I/ITSEC TSIS slides had value a lot lower. 8 The only change in scope is the addition of the new sties.

Can’t speak to those but we are showing the value range $70M - $100M Funding from TSIS - Estimated to be $11M but that is annually. Frank Stroud Darin Stevens

Damion Bailey Deborah Burgess The SALUS Group Will the contract be awarded as Best Value or LPTA? 18 We are still in Market Research and don’t know yet.

The current contract is LPTA.

99% of service contracts are done at Best Value so this is likely to be Best Value as well. Frank Stroud Darin Stevens Guillermo Santiago-Sosa

For this requirement being a Medically Credentaled Service Contract to instruct and operate the MSTCs, there are several things we know at this point while market research is going on:

Requirements are well defined Objective standards of the Army Medical Department Defense Health Agency are being met currently The risk of unsuccessful performance is minimal Price is a significant factor At this point, because we haven't seen criteria of what we would want from Industry, right now there is no value, need or willingness to pay for higher performance because again, the I/Os are Medically Credentialed IAW The American Red Cross, which decreases the risk of not performing.

Richard Harper

Darin Stevens

Primarily from the TC 8-800. Is there another authority?

No other authority, just the TC 8-800.

Is there an 'as directed by the Contracting Officer' for content to be created?

Yes, but that is only 'as directed by the Contracting Officer' Rachel Polk Darin Stevens Richard Harper

Robert Woolverton Rachel Polk

Phillip Davis Brian Holmes SIMETRI One-on-ones are not part of this Industry Day, but once you get closer to an acquisition strategy, will you entertain either virtual or in person one-on-one sessions, once you define the acquisition strategy? Yes, one-on-one meetings have to be entertained, but as we move from draft PWS that you just saw to draft RFP with finalized, locked in requirements, a lot of this will become clear. I ask that before you request a face-to-face you engage with the POC for this session today, through ACC-O, providing all questions and needs for clarification. Once we lock the requirements it will be very difficult to change stride at that point. Once we enter PALT, we will be very limited in what we can and cannot answer outside of the RFP.

You are encouraged to submit questions and clarifications now and not wait, and we will try to entertain one-on-one meetings, depending upon availability and PALT entrance.

Mr. Guillermo Santiago Sosa is the Contract Specialist at ACC-O for this effort. Darin Stevens

Robert Woolverton

Darin Stevens Brian Holmes SIMETRI For consideration, not necessarily for discussion: Revisions to the use of LPTA codified under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at FAR 15.101-2 (effective on 16 February 2021) greatly restricts the circumstances under which procuring agencies may use the LPTA source selection process. The final FAR rule states that “contracting officers shall avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, using the LPTA source selection process in the case of a procurement that is predominantly for the acquisition of:

1. Information technology services, cybersecurity services, systems engineering and technical assistance services, advanced electronic testing, audit or audit readiness services, healthcare services and records, telecommunications devices and services, or other knowledge-based professional services;

2. Personal protective equipment; or

3. Knowledge-based training or logistics services in contingency operations or other operations outside the United States, including in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Given that this falls into one or more of those categories, can it be LPTA or should it be Best Value? 18 Comment noted. Rachel Polk