Questions_and_Answers.docx

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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3 Family Practice Physicians, BACH, Fort Campbell, KY

Are there any incumbents in place?

No.

The location is considered remote, will the Govt give consideration to adding sign-on bonuses to the contract to attract HCWs.

No.

What challenges does the Government anticipate with performance?

The Government does not anticipate any challenges.

Has there been a challenge in recruiting and staffing Physicians to Fort Campbell in the past? Please provide the average time it has taken other contractors to fill Physician Services on similar contracts.

The Government has had some successes and some difficulty with previous contracts.

The average time to fill the positions was approximately 60-90 days.

Is the compensation plan to be included in the technical or separately identified as Attachment #1; we have noted it is included in Part III Pricing as well?

Please refer to the Solicitation, 52.212-1 and include the Compensation/Retention Plan in each PART that it is requested.

Reference Page 74, paragraph (8) Submission of Offers: According to the instructions offerors are not to include any identifiable references, such as CAGE code, names, etc. Is it the Government's intention to assign an identifier upon receipt of the electronic file? Usually offerors are allowed to use their CAGE code on the cover page or in the header of sanitized versions.

Yes.

Is it acceptable to put the company name or CAGE code in the file name of the sanitized version?

No.

I previously held Secret Clearance Status and am still eligible to receive it. Will this count as Secret Clearance for the company or is there a different process that I need to go through to receive it for the company or, will I just need facility clearance for common access?

Only facility clearance is needed.

If I team with another company for this solicitation will the Sub's Past Performance Count as full Past Performance for the submission? How will it effect the rating if only the Sub has Past Performance?

Yes. The Prime and Sub’s past performance will be taken into account in the Past Performance rating.

If I team with another company is the insurance from the Sub partner sufficient or does the Prime company have to have insurance as well?

The prime will need the insurance, not the sub.

Is there are any incumbents and if all the positions were in place.

There are no incumbents.

Are there incumbent Family Practice (FP) Physicians and if so how many?

No.

Will HCPs have access to computers and Internet to access contractor online time and attendance system to record their time in and out?

Computers/Internet are available for input of their online timesheet.