Solicitation Questions2_20230203.docx

Solicitation Questions W912JC23Q0002 Credentialing and Medical Record Tech Services February 3, 2023 – Additional Questions Does the government have desired Volumes required to meet these requirements? Are there any page limits, font requirements, etc for these volumes? NO

Is it the government's intent for this award to be a Service Contract Act contract? Yes

Will all positions be SCA? Yes

If it is intended to be an SCA award, does the government have desired mapping within the Wage Determination occupation codes?

Will the government be adding the FAR clause specific to SCA contracts? Included in FAR 52.212-5(c)

1. FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Item” (Oct 2019) The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

· Subparagraphs (b)(1), (b)(4), (b)(8), (b)(9), (b)(16), (b)(22), (b)(23), (b)(25), (b)(27), (b)(28), (b)(29), (b)(30), (b)(31), (b)(32), (b)(33), (b)(34), (b)(42), (b)(49), (b)(55), (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(8), (c)(9), (c)(10)

Due to the short turn-around from when questions are due until the time the proposal is submitted, would the government consider extending the proposal submittal date? Not at this time

Does the government anticipate weekend coverage being staffed at 50%, 75%, 100%, or other?

PWS:

1.4.4.1. Weekend Performance of Services: The contractor may be required to work one weekend per month (Saturday and Sunday). Service hours for these weekend requirements may be from as early as 0600 and as late as 2100. The COR will provide weekend Periodic Health Assessment (PHA) schedule, to include date and location at least 30 days in advance of weekend duty.

The government doesn’t anticipate weekend coverage. However, if mission requires it, we would work with the employees’ company to see about flexing their schedule. The COR will provide weekend Periodic Health Assessment (PHA) schedule, to include date and location at least 30 days in advance of weekend duty.

Will HRO policies be an addendum to the proposal upon submittal date? No PWS: 1.9. Contractor HRO and HR Policies

1.9. Contractor Human Resource Officer and Human Resource Policies: The contractor will provide a copy of the company’s official Human Resource Policies for review by the KO/COR and any other necessary government office as deemed necessary for review by the KO/COR before award of a contract. Any updates, additions or subtractions to the contract companies HR policies will be provided to the KO/COR within 5 business days of the official change. The KO/COR will not distribute, copy or otherwise publicize the contract company’s HR policies. The KO/COR will review the contract company’s HR policies for any governmental vs contract conflicts. The KO will notify the contractor of any conflicts to achieve a resolution in favor of the government. The KO/COR will also review the HR policies for company rules of conduct including items like dress codes, work attendance and accountability (clocking) policies, sick leave and paid time off and basic employment rules, rights and benefits. Where gaps or conflicts exist the KO/COR will ensure that either the governmental policies are supplied to the contract company for adoption by those employees performing services under the specified contract or that polices are created by the contract company and issued to the employee to allow for clear rules which will enable the employee to maintain adequate health, safety, ethical and moral good conduct while performing their contracted services. The contactor shall designate a Human Resources Officer (HRO) and provide the contact information and availability to their contracted employees before newly hired employees start providing contract services. The HRO representative will not be an employee performing services under this specified contract. HRO services will be provided by the contractor to their employees outside of the hours of contract services at no cost to the government. This includes subcontracted employees who will either utilize the contract HRO or be provided a designated subcontract HRO.

What are the specifications for the technical narrative? a) Page limit, b) Margins, c) Font, d) Font size, e) Font size for graphics? None Are there more recent statistics for the work loads noted? All of the information is from 2018. Information from 2018 is appropriate / no changes

Is this a new requirement or a recompete? recompete

If this is a recompete, how many medical records technicians are currently required and filled?

Is the CPARS acceptable for the Past Performance that must be submitted? Yes Should the offeror add additional columns to provide unit price and total price for each CLIN? Attachment 2 Revised_CLIN has the updated information.