Human Factors Program On-Site Support Services

This Amendment is to provide additional clarifications to the offerors:
1) Question: The Government shutdown has impacted many of our clients' availability to complete the Past Performance Questionnaire. This not only impacts us directly, but also our subcontractors as well. If the shutdown ends this week, then point would be moot. However, in the event that the shutdown continues into next week, can the bidders simply provide their CPARS and other requested information in lieu of having clients (whom are not available due to shutdown) complete pages 2 of the Questionnaire?

Response: Please keep in mind that per FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv), "In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance." Government can search for the offeror's CPARS/PPIRS information independently.

2) Question: Page 80 of the RFP appears as though the Government is requesting 2 key personnel for the Research Psychologists/Human Factors Specialist category, but Attachment J.2 indicates only one category in the spreadsheet. Which is it? Is FHWA be willing to modify the J.2 template to include lines for 2 Key/1 Non-Key Research Psychologist/HF Specialist? As FHWA has requested 2 Key and 1 Non-Key, we would need 3 discrete labor rates.
Response: Please follow the instructions outlined in Attachment J.2. Please do not include additional categories or change/modify attachment J.2.

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The following changes have been made under amendment 3:

1) This amendment addresses the questions received from the Offerors, see attachment.

2) Revised Pricing Table, Attachment J.2 is attached to this amendment.

3) Revised RFP is attached.

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The following changes have been made under amendment 2:

1) Offerors shall request from customers to complete no more than five past performance questionnaires and submit the form directly to the Government utilizing attachment J.5 Past Performance Questionnaires.

2) The Past Performance Questionnaire, Attachment J.5 is attached.

3) Revised RFP is attached.

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The following changes have been made under amendment 1:

1) The proposal due date has been extended from January 18, 2019 to January 22, 2019.
2) Offerors are not required to submit hard copies of the proposal. Only the electronic, email submission will be accepted on the due date and time.

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This is to issue a solicitation for a Full and Open Competition to procure services for the FHWA Human Factors (HF) Program On-Site Support Services.
The FHWA intends to award a single award IDIQ contract utilizing Time & Material (T & M) and Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) task orders in accordance with FAR subpart 16.505. The period of performance is anticipated to be five-years from date of award (base plus 4 option years)..

Pre-solicitation/synopsis was posted under solicitation number 693JJ318R000025 on November 15, 2018 through November 30, 2018. See the pre-solicitation post below:
https://www.fbo.gov/index.php?tab=ntype

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