Response_to_Questions_Issued_12_Oct_2017.pdf

Response to Questions

Date: October 12, 2017

1. Proposal Organization - Offerors shall organize their response to follow the same order of information found within the solicitation. Offerors shall not deviate from the order specified in the solicitation.

2. Proposal Numbering – Offerors shall use the same numbering scheme used within the solicitation to identify their responses. If a numbering scheme is not provided, Offerors may create their own.

3. Header/Footer Content – Offerors shall comply with the minimum requirements for content. Offerors may add content to the header/footer section(s).

4. Font Size –12 pt is the minimum font size for proposal text, tables, etc. Section headings or titles may be larger and header/footer text may be smaller (no less than 10 pt.)

5. Volume Clarification

a. Volume I – Technical Solution and Past Performance

b. Volume II – Price Proposal

c. Volume III – Required Submittals

6. Page Limits and Counts

a. The technical solution shall not exceed thirty (30) pages and the past performance section shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages.

b. Offerors are permitted up to thirty (30) pages, front and back, to describe, discuss, and explain their approach. The technical solution should focus only on the delivery of services. Supporting or informational documents (e.g. resumes, summary page, tables, matrices, etc.) will not be included in the page count. See

Page Limit section for clarification and revisions.

7. Volume III: Required Submittals –

a. Volume III is for the submission documents that the Offeror must provide with their proposal. This section also serves as a checklist to assists offerors and to prevent omissions that would result in a proposal being considered non-responsive.

b. Offerors shall submit the technical solution and past performance information in

Volume I. Offerors shall not submit the technical solution and past performance information in Volume III. See the Required Submittal section for clarification and revisions.

8. Past Performance – Offerors shall provide information on contracts awarded or performed for the same/similar services within the past three years. See the Past

Performance Section for clarification and revisions.

9. Company Summary Page Information –

a. Summary information may be included in the technical section or may be included as the cover page for each volume. Placement of the information is at the discretion of the Offeror.

b. Summary page information will not be included in the page counts for technical or past performance.

10. Price Proposal Information – all price information (prevailing wage determinations, professional employees’ compensation plans, information to support labor rates, etc.)

must be submitted in Volume II: Price Proposal.

11. 52.217-8 Option Prices – Offerors do not need to provide a separate price for the 52.217-

8 Option to Extend Services. See Section M, Evaluation and Award for clarification and revisions.