AFMS Transition Support

Update - 13 September 2018
Question 1
The PWS states " Contractor personnel supporting this contract shall hold a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Healthcare or health-related field..." Would an advanced degree in a non health-related field be an acceptable substitute for the above-stated educational requirement?
Answer 1
As long as the degree touches on the communications requirement for the job, it would be acceptable.
Response Deadline Update
The proposal response date has been extended to Noon (12:00PM Eastern) on Tuesday, 18 September due to the hurricane inbound.
Question 2
Can the government please clarify what is the minimum number of work experience required for the Senior Technical Writer/Communications Specialist to support AFMS?
Answer 2
Per paragraph 3.1 of the PWS, the minimum amount of work experience is 2 years as a technical writer.
Question 3
Can the government please clarify which Wage Determination Labor Category is mapped to the 'Senior Technical Writer/Communications Specialist'?
Answer 3
The Offeror is responsible for mapping the proposed labor category to a Wage Determination labor category OR for providing evidence that the proposed labor category is a professional employee as defined in https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/29/541.300 and thus exempt to the Service Contract Labor Standards..

Update - 13 September 2018
Question 1
The PWS states " Contractor personnel supporting this contract shall hold a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Healthcare or health-related field..." Would an advanced degree in a non health-related field be an acceptable substitute for the above-stated educational requirement?
Answer 1
As long as the degree touches on the communications requirement for the job, it would be acceptable.
Response Deadline Update
The proposal response date has been extended to Noon (12:00PM Eastern) on Tuesday, 18 September due to the hurricane inbound..

Update - 13 September 2018
Question 1
The PWS states " Contractor personnel supporting this contract shall hold a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Healthcare or health-related field..." Would an advanced degree in a non health-related field be an acceptable substitute for the above-stated educational requirement?
Answer 1
As long as the degree touches on the communications requirement for the job, it would be acceptable..

The Combo has been updated.

Specific updates are:

1. Updated the Line Items information to read as follows:

The Line Items are to be broken out as follows:
CLIN 0001 - Labor - 12 months
CLIN 0002 - Travel - 1 each (Time and Materials, not to exceed $24,000.00
CLIN 1001 - Labor (Option under FAR 52.217-8) - 6 months
CLIN 1002 - Travel (Option under FAR 52.217-8) - 1 each (Time and Materials, not to exceed $12,000.00

Note: The Government will apply the same unit price in from CLIN 0001 to CLIN 1001 and the same unit price from CLIN 0002 to CLIN 1002. When submitting the price proposal, offerors MUST reflect $24,000 for CLIN 0002 and $12,000 for CLIN 1002. Payment will only be made for authorized travel that complies with the Joint Travel Regulations (https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/travelreg.cfm) and does not exceed the Lodging and Meals & Incidentals rates listed by GSA (https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates/per-diem-rates-lookup). The Contractor shall submit all receipts for all travel expenses to be reimbursed and submit all other information required to support the price of the invoice as requested by the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer's Representative.

2. Updated the list of clauses to include FAR 52.216-1 by full text and FAR 52.216-31 by reference.

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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation. See the attached document for details..