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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 14, 2005 FBO #1357
MODIFICATION

L -- Department of Labor's Workplace Safety, Occupational Health, and Workers? Compensation Programs

Notice Date

8/12/2005
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

NAICS

541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Procurement Services Center, N5416 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210-0001
 

ZIP Code

20210-0001
 

Solicitation Number

DOL059RP20078
 

Response Due

8/18/2005
 

Archive Date

9/2/2005
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
 

Description

Request For Proposal (RFP) Number: DOL059RP20078,Amendment Number 0002 The purpose of this amendment number 0002 to this RFP is to provide a response or clarification as follows: 1. The solicitation (Section I, incorporation of FAR 52.219-17) and accompanying letter (directly under underlined, blue-bold print) both refer to 8a?s ? as this is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set-aside, what is the relevance of the 8a references? Response: The term 8 (a) is DELETED from this RFP in it?s entirety. 2. Regarding the evaluation criteria, which is more important or more heavily weighted? Response: All as stated in this RFP. 3. Submission requirements have verbiage for both electronic and hard copy, but seem to always require some hard copies, is that correct? Response: No response. 4. Is this a Base plus three years or Base plus four years (C.10)? Response: Base with three (3) option years combined. 5. Are the four full-time equivalents referred to in para C.2 and C.1.4.c the same four people? Response: The contact recruits two people for safety and health individuals and two for worker compensation; this would be four FTEs and should be the same four people referred to throughout the RFP. Are these four expected to fill all requirements of this contract? Response: Yes 6. Are the ?on call experts? referred to in C.1.4.c.20 the same four as referred to in C.1.4.c/C.2? In this instance, what is the government?s definition of ?on call?? Response: Additional staff (over and above the four FTEs referenced in the RFP and SOW) that can be called upon for additional support- such serious accident investigations. 7. Please specify which requirements result in this being classified as a ?Major Acquisition?. Response: No response. 8. Paragraph C.18, Definitions, states that ?Major systems as defined below are considered ?major acquisitions?. Major acquisitions are subject to the requirements of OMB Circular A-11, Part 7, Planning, Budgeting, Acquisition and Management of Capital Assets.? There is no accompanying definition of ?Major systems?. Response: No response. To what does this paragraph refer Response: No response. Specifically which Capital Assets are covered under this procurement? Response: No response. 9. Would the government be willing to delete the requirement for an Earned Value Management System? Response: No, because it may involved performance concerning related Information Technology Services to be performed by the contractor. 10. How does the government foresee using Task Orders in this contract? Response: Because the initial contract awarded base on this RFP will be awarded in the amount of $0.00 (Zero) dollars. The Government will be incrementally funding the contract by issuing TASK ORDERS, as necessary. 11. Please define further the OASAM national office work spaces referred to C.1.4.c.9? Response: Office space in OASAM consists of cubicles of approximately 60 square feet that contain a desk space, four or more file cabinets, telephone and computer. 12. Paragraph C.1.4.c.11 refers to pre-occupancy inspections on new or renovated office spaces, etc. How many of these inspections should we anticipate? Will this requirement be limited to the Washington DC area, or is this a nation-wide requirement? Response: This requirement is limited to the Washington DC metro area, and anticipate 3 to 4 per year. 13. Paragraph M.2.1.6 asks us to describe how we will conduct the transition from the incumbent contractor for SHARE goals data. Who is the incumbent? What is their staffing level? Please define the SHARE goals data that this paragraph references. Response: SHARE is a Presidential Initiative that measures the safety and health performance of federal agencies. There are four measures: Total Case Rate, Lost Time Case Rate, Lost Production Days, and Timeliness. The incumbent contractor is not on board yet, so no response. Proposals submission are due by August 18, 2005, 1:30Pm, E.S.T. END !
 

Place of Performance

Address: Washington, DC

Zip Code: 20210

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00869216-W 20050814/050812211939 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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