National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)

The purpose of this Amendment 00005 is to do the following:

1. Provide answers to ALL questions submitted by offerors. See the Question and Answer attachment in PDF format.

2. Based on the answers to questions, post a revised copy of Solicitation No. 75D301-20-R-68023 and its Attachments J10, J11 and J12. See attached revised documents.

3. As a result of this amendment 00005, the receipt date for proposals is extended.  Proposals are due no later than 2:00PM EST on Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

Offerors are to acknowledge receipt of this Amendment 00005 with proposal submission.  See Block 14 on page 1 of the Solicitation and Block 11 of this Amendment.

!!!!Offerors are advised to read the entire revised Solicitation and review all changes to the solicitation!!!!

For offerors’ convenience the revised solicitation is posted in tracked changes format and as a CLEAN version (with all changes accepted). 

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The reason for Amendment 0004 is to provide the following information in relation to NPIN Solicitation:

The Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with Amendment 0005 on or about December 19, 2019.  The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with Amendment 0005. 

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The reason for Amendment 0003 is to provide the following information in relation to NPIN Solicitation:

The Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with Amendment 0004 on or about December 6, 2019.  The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with Amendment 0004. 

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The reason for Amendment 0002 is to provide the following in relation to the Pre-Proposal Conference held on October 18, 2019 in Atlanta, GA:

1) A list of the companies that registered, attended, and were, subsequently, checked in at the Pre-Proposal Conference.
2) One set of Power Point Slides that were presented at the Pre-Proposal Conference.
3) One set of Adobe Slides that were presented at the Pre-Proposal Conference.

Note that the Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with a future Amendment on or about November 22, 2019. The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with a future Amendment.

1. Total Solutions
2. Peers and Partners, Inc
3. Cadence Group Associates, Inc.
4. McKing Consulting Corp.
5. ICF
6. DLH Corporation
7. The St. John Group
8. Abacus Technology Corp.
9. IBEX IT Experts
10. Penngood, LLC
11. IQ Solutions
12. CATMEDIA
13. Axiom Resource Management
14. EdS FedConsulting, LLC
15. TrevelinKeller
16. John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
17. FHI 360
18. RWD Consulting, LLC.
19. Leidos, Inc.
20. Veritas Management Group, Inc.
21. Magellan Federal
22. The Coleman Group, Inc.
23. The Business Acumen Consulting Group, LLC.
24. Battelle Memorial Institute
25. Westat
26. CW3 Consulting, Inc.
27. Deloitte Services
28. Agility Consulting Group, LLC
29. Rumph and Associates, P.C.
30. Permeate, LLC.
31. Strategic Innovate Solutions, LLC
32. DRT Strategies
33. Sekon
34. Atlas Research
35. Aplus Technologies, Inc.
36. RELI Group, Inc.
37. Social Solutions International, Inc.
38. JHJ Solutions, Inc.
39. VAAS Professionals, LLC.
40. JBS International, Inc.
41. Bixal
42. American Institutes for Research
43. Scope IT Consulting
44. Myriddian, LLC
45. Chickasaw Health Consulting
46. Abt Associates
47. ORAU
48. CGI Federal, Inc.
49. TEK Systems
50. 2M Research
51. Martin Loyd, Inc.
52. Fairfax Public Health Communications, LLC

The reason for Amendment 0004 is to provide the following information in relation to NPIN Solicitation:

The Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with Amendment 0005 on or about December 19, 2019.  The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with Amendment 0005. 

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The reason for Amendment 0003 is to provide the following information in relation to NPIN Solicitation:

The Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with Amendment 0004 on or about December 6, 2019.  The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with Amendment 0004. 

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The reason for Amendment 0002 is to provide the following in relation to the Pre-Proposal Conference held on October 18, 2019 in Atlanta, GA:

1) A list of the companies that registered, attended, and were, subsequently, checked in at the Pre-Proposal Conference.
2) One set of Power Point Slides that were presented at the Pre-Proposal Conference.
3) One set of Adobe Slides that were presented at the Pre-Proposal Conference.

Note that the Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with a future Amendment on or about November 22, 2019. The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with a future Amendment.

1. Total Solutions
2. Peers and Partners, Inc
3. Cadence Group Associates, Inc.
4. McKing Consulting Corp.
5. ICF
6. DLH Corporation
7. The St. John Group
8. Abacus Technology Corp.
9. IBEX IT Experts
10. Penngood, LLC
11. IQ Solutions
12. CATMEDIA
13. Axiom Resource Management
14. EdS FedConsulting, LLC
15. TrevelinKeller
16. John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
17. FHI 360
18. RWD Consulting, LLC.
19. Leidos, Inc.
20. Veritas Management Group, Inc.
21. Magellan Federal
22. The Coleman Group, Inc.
23. The Business Acumen Consulting Group, LLC.
24. Battelle Memorial Institute
25. Westat
26. CW3 Consulting, Inc.
27. Deloitte Services
28. Agility Consulting Group, LLC
29. Rumph and Associates, P.C.
30. Permeate, LLC.
31. Strategic Innovate Solutions, LLC
32. DRT Strategies
33. Sekon
34. Atlas Research
35. Aplus Technologies, Inc.
36. RELI Group, Inc.
37. Social Solutions International, Inc.
38. JHJ Solutions, Inc.
39. VAAS Professionals, LLC.
40. JBS International, Inc.
41. Bixal
42. American Institutes for Research
43. Scope IT Consulting
44. Myriddian, LLC
45. Chickasaw Health Consulting
46. Abt Associates
47. ORAU
48. CGI Federal, Inc.
49. TEK Systems
50. 2M Research
51. Martin Loyd, Inc.
52. Fairfax Public Health Communications, LLC

The reason for Amendment 0003 is to provide the following information in relation to NPIN Solicitation:

The Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with Amendment 0004 on or about December 6, 2019.  The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with Amendment 0004. 

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The reason for Amendment 0002 is to provide the following in relation to the Pre-Proposal Conference held on October 18, 2019 in Atlanta, GA:

1) A list of the companies that registered, attended, and were, subsequently, checked in at the Pre-Proposal Conference.
2) One set of Power Point Slides that were presented at the Pre-Proposal Conference.
3) One set of Adobe Slides that were presented at the Pre-Proposal Conference.

Note that the Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with a future Amendment on or about November 22, 2019. The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with a future Amendment.

1. Total Solutions
2. Peers and Partners, Inc
3. Cadence Group Associates, Inc.
4. McKing Consulting Corp.
5. ICF
6. DLH Corporation
7. The St. John Group
8. Abacus Technology Corp.
9. IBEX IT Experts
10. Penngood, LLC
11. IQ Solutions
12. CATMEDIA
13. Axiom Resource Management
14. EdS FedConsulting, LLC
15. TrevelinKeller
16. John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
17. FHI 360
18. RWD Consulting, LLC.
19. Leidos, Inc.
20. Veritas Management Group, Inc.
21. Magellan Federal
22. The Coleman Group, Inc.
23. The Business Acumen Consulting Group, LLC.
24. Battelle Memorial Institute
25. Westat
26. CW3 Consulting, Inc.
27. Deloitte Services
28. Agility Consulting Group, LLC
29. Rumph and Associates, P.C.
30. Permeate, LLC.
31. Strategic Innovate Solutions, LLC
32. DRT Strategies
33. Sekon
34. Atlas Research
35. Aplus Technologies, Inc.
36. RELI Group, Inc.
37. Social Solutions International, Inc.
38. JHJ Solutions, Inc.
39. VAAS Professionals, LLC.
40. JBS International, Inc.
41. Bixal
42. American Institutes for Research
43. Scope IT Consulting
44. Myriddian, LLC
45. Chickasaw Health Consulting
46. Abt Associates
47. ORAU
48. CGI Federal, Inc.
49. TEK Systems
50. 2M Research
51. Martin Loyd, Inc.
52. Fairfax Public Health Communications, LLC

The reason for Amendment 0002 is to provide the following in relation to the Pre-Proposal Conference held on October 18, 2019 in Atlanta, GA:

1) A list of the companies that registered, attended, and were, subsequently, checked in at the Pre-Proposal Conference.
2) One set of Power Point Slides that were presented at the Pre-Proposal Conference.
3) One set of Adobe Slides that were presented at the Pre-Proposal Conference.

Note that the Government will post the answers to the questions submitted at the Pre-Proposal Conference and during the official Question and Answer period and the revised RFP with a future Amendment on or about November 22, 2019. The Government will extend the proposal submission deadline and will announce the new deadline with a future Amendment.

1. Total Solutions
2. Peers and Partners, Inc
3. Cadence Group Associates, Inc.
4. McKing Consulting Corp.
5. ICF
6. DLH Corporation
7. The St. John Group
8. Abacus Technology Corp.
9. IBEX IT Experts
10. Penngood, LLC
11. IQ Solutions
12. CATMEDIA
13. Axiom Resource Management
14. EdS FedConsulting, LLC
15. TrevelinKeller
16. John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
17. FHI 360
18. RWD Consulting, LLC.
19. Leidos, Inc.
20. Veritas Management Group, Inc.
21. Magellan Federal
22. The Coleman Group, Inc.
23. The Business Acumen Consulting Group, LLC.
24. Battelle Memorial Institute
25. Westat
26. CW3 Consulting, Inc.
27. Deloitte Services
28. Agility Consulting Group, LLC
29. Rumph and Associates, P.C.
30. Permeate, LLC.
31. Strategic Innovate Solutions, LLC
32. DRT Strategies
33. Sekon
34. Atlas Research
35. Aplus Technologies, Inc.
36. RELI Group, Inc.
37. Social Solutions International, Inc.
38. JHJ Solutions, Inc.
39. VAAS Professionals, LLC.
40. JBS International, Inc.
41. Bixal
42. American Institutes for Research
43. Scope IT Consulting
44. Myriddian, LLC
45. Chickasaw Health Consulting
46. Abt Associates
47. ORAU
48. CGI Federal, Inc.
49. TEK Systems
50. 2M Research
51. Martin Loyd, Inc.
52. Fairfax Public Health Communications, LLC

The Solicitation Request for Proposal (RFP) 75D301-20-R-68023 is being added to this announcement and is attached (in MS Word and PDF formats).

The solicitation (RFP) response time will be 50 days. Interested parties must respond to the solicitation RFP in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract.

• Please note that in support of this procurement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a pre-proposal conference for NPIN on October 18, 2019 (more information is available under the Special Notice for RFP 75D301-20-R-68023).

• All questions shall be received no later than 10:00am, EST, Friday, October 25, 2019 in accordance with Section L.8 in the solicitation.

• All proposals should be received no later than 10:00am, EST, Friday, November 22, 2019.

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice for a 100% set-aside for small businesses under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code of 519130 "Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals," with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)) is contemplating an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) multiple award for an information technology partnership network and communication technology project entitled, "National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)." The anticipated period of performance for the contract is sixty months. Place of Performance will be determined on individual task orders. The solicitation Request for Proposal (RFP) will be made available on the Internet at http://www.fbo.gov on or about July 18, 2019. Requests for Proposals in hard copy form will not be available to interested parties. Telephone requests will not be honored. Interested parties are responsible for checking the website regularly for release of the RFP and for other procurement-related documents. The information provided in this pre-solicitation is for information purposes only. If there are any differences in the information provided here and the actual solicitation when released, the information provided in the actual solicitation shall govern.

Background for the Acquisition: The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is one of three national Centers housed within CDC's Office of Infectious Diseases (OID).The National Center for HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) was established in 1994 to bring together most of CDC's HIV prevention activities under a single organizational home with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention and Tuberculosis (TB) Elimination Programs. In 2006, CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) was added, and the Center was renamed the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.

The diseases addressed by NCHHSTP share a number of commonalities. They have similar or overlapping at-risk populations-including racial and ethnic minorities, men who have sex with men (MSM), and injection drug users (IDUs). These diseases also have important interactions. Those who are infected with certain STDs, such as syphilis or gonorrhea, are at greater risk for HIV infection. Likewise, those who are infected with HIV are far more susceptible to TB disease because their immune systems are weakened.

These diseases also share similar social determinants, including poor access to health care, stigma, discrimination, homophobia, and poverty. In the area of prevention and control, effective, science-based interventions exist to reduce the burden of TB, Viral Hepatitis, most STDs, and HIV.

NPIN is congressionally mandated by the Health Omnibus Extension of 1988 which, "Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the CDC, to establish a clearinghouse to make information on AIDS available to Federal agencies, States, public and private entities, and the general public. Allows the clearinghouse to: (1) develop and obtain educational materials, model curricula, and methods regarding reducing the transmission of the etiologic agent; (2) provide instruction and support for individuals who provide instruction regarding prevention of AIDS; and (3) conduct evaluations of such materials, curricula, and methods."

Project Objectives: The purpose of this contract is to procure the necessary services for the NPIN Program to fulfill its congressionally mandated mission.

The purpose of this contract is to provide services that fall within the scope of the work for the project entitled, "National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)" administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of the National Center for HIV/AIDs, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD), and Tuberculosis (TB) Programs - (NCHHSTP).

General Scope of Work:The services to be acquired under this contract provide a mechanism for various information technology, health communication, and health education professional services tasks, studies, and projects to be performed for NCHHSTP. Services to be performed will be non-personal and not inherently governmental services in nature. As an independent organization and not as an agent of the Government, the contractor shall furnish all necessary personnel, facilities, supplies, and equipment, to provide NCHHSTP with required scientific, technical, and operational services, within the general work parameters set forth in this Performance Work Statement. Contractor's performance and all resulting deliverables must adhere to all federal, HHS, and/or CDC IT security policies and procedures. All resource materials produced or maintained under this contract, including databases, all information products, all data, mailing lists, websites, telephone protocols (Intellectual Property), etc., are the property of the Government.

Follow-On Requirement: This requirement is a follow-on contract requirement.