Questions 1-5 RFQ W912L5-24-Q-0001 Occ Health Exams_2024-04-24.docx

W912L524Q0001 Questions # 1 - 5 Acknowledge receipt of Q&A #1-5 via email or with your response to the solicitation.

Question #1: Are there any specific labs and exams requested aside from the actual physical?”

Answer #1: Your attention is invited to sections of Attachment 03 Performance Work Statement, such as Section 5.1 Testing Requirements, Section 5.4 Test Panels, and Section 5.11 Audiograms. Delaware Army National Guard civilian employees will require different examination and testing surveillance respective to their occupational specialties. Provision 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Services on page 11 of the RFQ provides pricing instructions for these various requirements.

Question #2: Please clarify onsite versus mobile services. Will Delaware Army National Guard provide a suitable room at the on-site locations for audiogram testing? What other office space will DE ARNG provide? Do we need to conduct tests or exams in a mobile vehicle, or can we provide services in Government spaces?

Answer #2: Contractor shall provide audiometric hearing booth, calibrated, in its mobile vehicle. Upon Contractor request and with advance notice, Government may make available an office or an area within a large room for the physical component of the exam. In event Contractor needs to provide examinations in Government spaces, Contractor is to provide sufficient privacy screens to afford the needed privacy.

Question #3: Do the three or four site visits need to be on consecutive days? Or can they be on any days during the 15 May – 31 Aug 2024 period of performance?

Answer #3: Contractor will coordinate with Delaware Army National Guard Contracting Officer’s Representative on days, dates, and times to provide onsite service. They do not need to be on consecutive days. Available days are generally Monday – Thursday (no Fridays or Holidays, although Tuesday through Thursday best suits CLIN 0001 Army Aviation Support Facility (with some availability on selected Fridays). Hours for CLINs 0001 through 0004 are generally 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Question #4: Please indicate approximate number of required respiratory fit tests required at the four locations. This would help us estimate how much time or additional time we need to be onsite at each site.

Answer #4: For planning purposes, please see an extension below of the basic table provided in the RFQ provision 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL SERVICES for approximate number of respiratory fit tests, pulmonary function tests, and OSHA Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaires.

Question #5: We have requested and are awaiting our PIEE.eb.mil account to post our NIST SP 800-171 cybersecurity self-assessment pursuant to DFARS clause 252.204-7020. Please advise if you will accept hard copy of the assessment if we do not obtain PIEE SPRS access prior to due date for responses to the RFQ.

Answer #5: Consistent with the spirit and intent of 252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements, we prefer your summary score be posted to the Supplier Performance Risk System in PIEE, but we will accept a full password protected PDF of your self-assessment along with your quotation. Please mark your cybersecurity assessment as proprietary information and arrange to verbally provide the document password separately to the Delaware Army National Guard contracting office concurrent with upload to https://safe.apps.mil/.

As a courtesy we are providing a reference guide on the NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment process as a separate exhibit to this solicitation.

Questions may be directed to Joseph.Scarpa6.CIV@army.mil cc Amy.L.Kline.CIV@army.mil

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