Q_and_A_submitted_on_GYF_Curriculum_Developer_Support.docx

National guard bureau

United states property and fiscal office west virginia national guard 50 aRMORY ROAD

BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA 26201-2052

PROPOSER QUESTIONS

WVARNG RESPONSES

RFP SECTION/PAGE

Who will deliver the training in the high school classrooms? The Contractor’s instructors, current high school teachers, or West Virginia National Guard Soldiers?

Instruction will be delivered by employees of the WVARNG.

Page 48, Price/Cost (Volume III), paragraph 4, states:

For evaluation purposes only, a breakdown of all cost elements shall also be provided for the Guard Your Future Support Services; demonstrating exactly what the loaded labor rates consist of. This labor rate breakout shall include all direct, indirect, general and administrative costs, CMR Reporting, and profit associated with providing the required services.

1. Page 50, Factor 1 Technical under Technical Approach states:

The Government will evaluate the offeror’s technical approach, knowledge and understanding of the Performance Work Statement (PWS): (1) Dental Case Manager Support Services Please confirm that the solicitation language is correct.

Dental Case Manager Support Services was referenced in error. This shall read as Guard Your Future Curriculum Support Services.

Can the Government provide more specifics on the scope of the curriculum instruction per semester? How many instruction hours are estimated for each module? What is the frequency of instruction per semester? Can the Government provide data on:

Time allotted for each period of instruction?

How many hours of recruiter training is required?

Is this group or individualized training?

Class size will range from 5-30 students. Course is designed to be 180 instructional days p/yr at 50 min p/class. However, some schools have 90 minute classes on the block schedule and will complete one year of curriculum in one semester. Minimal recruiter training is required, enough to understand how to utilize tools and resources available from recruiters.

Paragraph 5.3

The Contractor shall ensure that this product is delivered electronically and in hard copy no later than 12 July 2019.

Question: What is the date as July has passed and does preclude the other delivery GYF dates?

1st yr curriculum is nearly complete, 2nd yr must be complete NLT 30 June 2020

Paragraph 5.5

Will the GYF timeline be updated as some of the dates have passed?

Yes

The FBO solicitation states this is a Presolicitation but also states this is a solicitation in the synopsis. Is this a solicitation or a presolicitation?

This is a solicitation with the presolicitation attached. In accordance with the FAR the presolicitation can be attached to the solicitation to avoid a prolonged posting period of 15 days.

Question1: Based on these timelines, are we to work with an existing curriculum that requires updates or is this new content development?

1st yr curriculum will require updates based on student/instructor feedback, 2nd thru 4th year curriculum still needs developed

Question 5: Can you advise of an adjusted date?

Previously addressed

required under this contract at the government locations during the period of 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday thru Friday.”

Question 7: Do all contract team members need to be on the USG work site?

For example: Can a principle of the contractor be onsite and other support personnel, such as the development team, work off site?

Not all are required to be onsite, however collaboration with program managers will be critical.

Question 8: Will the government further define the total number of past performance citations per prime contractor and major subcontractor?

For example, can the prime have 1 PP while the major subcontractor has 2 PP’s?

Prime must submit 2 PPQs and Sub 1 PPQ

Question 1: Will a past performance template be provided?

A past performance template for VOLUME II is not be provided. However a template for the questionnaire is provided as attachment 2. Vendor is to submit their own past performance history accordance with the requirements on page 46 – Factor 2 – of the RFP which will be evaluated for relevancy. Attachment 2 questionnaires will be evaluated to establish the confidence rating of the submitted past performance volume.

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Question 1: Will recruiters require support from the contractors to ‘teach’ the curriculum in the schools?

Question 2: Is the contractor to conduct train-the-trainer with each Recruiter? If yes, how many recruiters are there?

Contractor support will not be required to teach the curriculum

Curriculum produced should not require a train-the-trainer program, it should be stand alone and complete.

5.5 Module and Material Development Timeline

In the RFP the timeline for module development and reproduction indicates occurring in base year.

Question 6: To properly staff and price this effort, can you advise if option years is focused solely on revisions and maintenance and processing of the curriculum?

Once 4 yrs of curriculum is developed, focus will shift to revision and maintenance.

Question 2: Are there any required deliverables associated with these Items or any other part of this solicitation?

Question 3: Will these services provided in these items be based on 1920 hours per year, 1880 hours per year or provided at a different level?

Question 4: Does the government expect the level of effort to remain consistent over the 5-year period of performance?

Question 5: Does the government have NTE value for the total number of hours or dollars that will be funded?

Question 6: Does the government have a specific number of personnel by labor category (L/C), that are expected to perform the services in these items?

Question 7: Does the government have an expected number of personnel associated with the development of each course described in Paragraph 5 of this solicitation?

Question 8: Is there an expected distribution of seniority and experience within these labor categories that are associated with this course-ware development?

Question 9: Will the government provide the Subject Matter Expertise for the development of the course material?

Yes

Curriculum is expected deliverable

Refer to PWS

Yes

FFP Contract

This is considered a professional support service

One full time employee is expected to be able to fulfill the requirements

No

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