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AMENDMENT 3

Question 16) As reference in Amendment 2, Question 13, “The Maine Army National Guard has one (1) fulltime Federal Technician who provides Behavior Health Specialist service to the agency.” Please confirm that the Federal Technician position is a government position and not required position of this solicitation.

Response: Yes, this is a Full-time Federal Technician of the Federal Government and not a contracted employee.

Question 17) Please describe the job duties of the Federal Technician position.

Response: All Federal employees are covered under title 5 of the United States Code and Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R) and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has particular position description (PD) for each classification series. The Federal Technician position duties does not pertain to the current requirement of Medical Readiness Service. Please focus on the details described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and required documentations.

Question 18) Please describe the personnel required to travel to and attend the Medical Readiness Events?

Response: All contract employees under this contract will be required to travel to Medical Readiness Events, which occur one weekend a month during the months of November through March only.

Question 19) Will more than one MRE be scheduled on the same day?

Response: No.

Question 20) Please confirm the requirement for Behavioral Health Service is? Currently being staffed with SCA-compliant personnel?

Response: Yes, 29 C.F.R Part 4 – Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts, and in the FAR 48 C.F.R. § 22.1019.

Question 21) Will be required to be staffed with SCA-compliant personnel for this new effort?

Response: Yes. 29 C.F.R. §4 – McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act.

Question 22) As referenced in the Solicitation, Page 58, 52.222-42 – Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires, Please explain how the wage rage for Licensed Clinical Social Worker was formulated, as the LCSW title is not included in the Wage Determination Document

Response: Federal Grade Equivalency (FGE) – General Schedule (GS) - Social Worker – GS-0185-11.

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