MODIFICATION
B -- Focus Group/Usability Tests and Interim Redesign of FirstGov.gov
- Notice Date
- 12/19/2001
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Office of Government-wide Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, 1800 F Street NW Room 4012, Washington, DC, 20405
- ZIP Code
- 20405
- Solicitation Number
- GS00A02PDR0001
- Response Due
- 12/28/2001
- Archive Date
- 1/12/2002
- Point of Contact
- Michael Jackson, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 208-4949, Fax (202) 501-3161,
- E-Mail Address
-
michael.jackson@gsa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Additional Q&As 1. The subject solicitation stipulates a 10-page limitation on the offeror?s proposal. My question is: is a font size of 10 acceptable, or must it be a font size of 12? Answer: 12 2. Does the electronic version of the proposal need to be limited to 10 pages? Answer: The technical proposal when printed out must not exceed 10 pages. 3. What is the definition of a small business for purposes of this solicitation? Is it a certain amount of receipts per year for the company? If so, what is the amount? There is a mention of a Simplified Acquisition Threshold of $100,000. Is this the threshold of the project award amount, or is it the threshold of the amount of annual receipts of the company that is to be considered a small business for purposes of this solicitation? Answer: The Simplified Acquisition Threshold is $100,000. The Government estimates that the cost of this effort will be under this threshold of $100,000 therefore this procurement has to be reserved for small business. The Government defines a small business for this procurement using the NAICS code 541512 and the size standard of $18 million a year. 4. We need clarification on exactly how many groups and interviews to bid on. And are the ?interviews? also one-on-ones at a facility using a computer, or are they telephone interviews, or some other type of interview? Answer: This deliverable is stated very clearly in the Statement of Work. Please see Deliverable B under Task 2 Interim Redesign. The bidder should determine how best to conduct these interviews and submit this as part of their proposal. 5. Does the administering authority of FirstGov employ a current set of usability metrics, e.g.., accessibility, form use, performance, maintainability, ease of navigation, readability, etc.? Answer: Yes, some. Should the bidder examine and incorporate these measures as protocols for this project? If so, what method may a prospective bidder use to access the current usability metrics? Answer: This should be referenced as a step the bidder will take however it is not necessary that each protocol is addressed specifically in the proposal. 6. What is the purpose of conducting Focus Groups? To establish a graphical direction for your site, or are you thinking you will be able to drive requirements for future redesign from this data? Answer: To establish a graphical direction, improve the information architecture, and to drive future designs. Is an alternative to Focus Group testing acceptable as an alternative in our proposal, as long as it meets the requirement for obtaining needed information about your users? Answer: Yes. 7. Given that the period of performance is now specified as 6 months, do you still expect that the bidder?s ?project leader? will be engaged full-time on this project during that 6 month period of performance? Answer: There should not be more than one project leader assigned to FirstGov. This is important for consistency of project management. There will be some time when the project leader will be working full time with FirstGov but we don?t anticipate that this will be for the duration of the project. There should be one point of contact (the project leader) with the contractor. We understand that other individuals may be assigned to handle certain aspects of the project, however project management tasks should be handled by the project leader.
- Record
- SN20011221/00008728-011220091112 (fbodaily.com)
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