MODIFICATION
R -- ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE DOD PATIENT SAFETY TRAINING ACTIVITIES
- Notice Date
- 9/4/2007
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Directorate of Contracting, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814-4799, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 20814-4799
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-CHE70013
- Response Due
- 9/10/2007
- Point of Contact
- Christina Johnson, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 295-3069, Fax (301) 295-1716, - Jeff Floyd, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-295-3923, Fax 301-295-1716,
- E-Mail Address
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cjohnson@usuhs.mil, hfloyd@usuhs.mil
- Description
- The purpose of this amendment is to address the following contractor?s questions and/or statements: ? QUESTION: Is there an incumbent? If so, what is the name of the incumbent and the size of the current award? Prior Contract Awardee: Iowa Foundation for Medical Care 6000 Westown Parkway Suite 350E West Des Moines, IA 50266-7771 Estimated Contract Total Amount (base + 2 option years): $326,137.15 Contract Type: Cost 1. QUESTION: Please clarify 1. ii) ??four (4) non-consecutive days during Monday through Friday? ANSWER: Training will be schedule during each one-week period on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Training on Thursday will be on the USUHS campus therefore no hotel facility will be needed on Thursday. 2. QUESTION: On the day that the students are not training, what are they doing? ANSWER: Traveling from the hotel to the USUHS campus for training in the USUHS Learning Resource Center (LRC) where computers are available to support the training. Contractor will provide the transportation. 3. QUESTION: 1. iii.) & 2. v.) Are inconsistent. Which of the following is the correct food & beverage requirement for these training sessions? A. Daily Continental Breakfast & afternoon break. Breaks to include coffee, soda & water. B. Daily Continental Breakfast, mid-morning break & mid-afternoon break. Breaks to include coffee, soda & water. C. Daily mid-morning break & mid-afternoon break. Breaks to include coffee, soda & water. ANSWER: B is the appropriate selection. The SOW is modified to read the contractor shall provide daily continental breakfast, mid-morning break and mid- afternoon break. Breaks to include coffee, soda, and water. Sentence 2.v is deleted from the SOW: provide coffee, soda, and water breaks mid- morning and mid-afternoon on all days of training. 4. QUESTION: 1.iii says we need to provide food/refreshments for each of the days of training at the hotel, while 2.v. says refreshments will need to be provided for all days of training. Please clarify?if one day of training is away from the hotel, will we need to provide refreshments at the other training location? ANSWER: No, the contractor is not require to provide refreshments at the other training location. Sentence 2.v is deleted from the SOW. 5. QUESTION: Will any other food or snacks be required at any of the breaks, or are they beverage service only? ANSWER: Beverage service only. 6. QUESTION: The September session will have at least 20 participants, what is the greatest number of participants we should budget for? ANSWER: The number of participants you should budget for is 20. 7. QUESTION: Does this number include the faculty? ANSWER: Yes, faculty is included. 8. QUESTION: If it does not include the faculty, how many additional faculty members should we plan for? ANSWER: See question 7. 9. QUESTION: The three other sessions will have at least 50 participants, what is the greatest number of participants we should budget for each of the other three sessions (Fall ?07, Winter 07, Spring ?08)? ANSWER: Currently we expect a maximum of 40 participants due to limitations of computer availability at the USUHS LRC. 10. QUESTION: Does this number include the faculty? ANSWER: No, faculty is not included. 11. QUESTION: If it does not include the faculty, how many additional faculty should we plan for? ANSWER: No more than 5 per day. 12. STATEMENT: To help us budget for transporting students between the hotel & the Uniformed Services University, please provide the following information: A. September ?07 Session: i. QUESTION: What percentage of the students will require transportation? ANSWER: None ii. QUESTION: What percentage of the faculty will require transportation? ANSWER: None iii. QUESTION: How many times will the transportation be required during this session? ANSWER: N/A iv. QUESTION: What is the approximate length of time the mode of transportation will be required from pick-up at the hotel until delivery back to the hotel? ANSWER: N/A B. Fall ?07, Winter ?07 & Spring ?08 sessions: i. QUESTION: What percentage of the students will require transportation? ANSWER: 100% ii. QUESTION: What percentage of the faculty will require transportation? ANSWER: None iii. QUESTION: How many round trips between the hotel & the Uniformed Services University will be required during the week-long training? ANSWER: One iv. QUESTION: How many hours will the students be at the Uniformed Services University? ANSWER: Full Day ? training will be scheduled for 8 hours 13. Conference Support QUESTION: Both 2. iv & 2. vii) reference Pre-training support, is one a duplicate? Or should 2. vii) be provide other general post-training support function as required by the Government. ANSWER: Sentence 2.vii is modified to read as: provide other post-training support function as required by the Government. 14. QUESTION: Can the bid be provided in an electronic format? ANSWER: Offers can be submitted electronically. 15. QUESTION: Section 1.iv states, "participants will be traveling at government expense and will pay for their own lodging requirements." We read this to mean that the offeror will have no role in paying for these arrangements--i.e., master billing invoiced to the government. Is this assumption correct? ANSWER: This is correct. 16. QUESTION: We are assuming that the offeror will be required to make the travel and lodging arrangements. Is this assumption correct? ANSWER: Each attending student for the training will be responsible for making his/her own travel arrangements. 17. QUESTION: For budget purposes, can you estimate the number of sessions and trainees for the option years? ANSWER: At minimum it is expected that ongoing years will require this same level of training. 18. QUESTION: What is the estimated attendance for the optional years? ANSWER: Similar student numbers are anticipated. 19. STATEMENT: The place of performance will be at the contractor's headquarters and at the designated locations where the DoD Patient Safety Training is to be provided. a. QUESTION: Does this statement mean that the place will be in Bethesda, MD? ANSWER: The training will be held at the hotel selected by the contractor (4 days) and at the USUHS -LRC (1 day). b. QUESTION: When will the locations be provided?⨪ ANSWER: Contractor will define the location of the hotels here in the Bethesda/Washington, DC area in concert with Center Education and Research in Patient Safety (CERPS). 20. QUESTION: What is the average number of "sleeping" rooms you will need for each session? ANSWER: Majority of students attending will require sleeping rooms. 21. QUESTION: SOW, section 2(i) states contractor shall proved direct support to faculty as requested-what types of tasks does this entail? ANSWER: This support will be minimal as CERPS will provide this support as needed. 22. QUESTION: Travel arrangements? ANSWER: No travel arrangements for faculty will be needed as all faculty members reside in the local area. 23. QUESTION: The description states that the contractor shall provide software to support the CERPS in the Patient Safety Training program-what type of software is required? Microsoft Excel? PowerPoint? ANSWER: No Software will be required of the Contractor. CERPS will furnish appropriate software for the training. All software related training will be conducted in the LRC at USUHS. The requirement to provide software is deleted. 24. QUESTION: What would the standard AV requirements be? Anything additional to the lavaliere microphone and 8 x 8 screen? Would a laptop need to be provided? ANSWER: Standard AV requirements are adequate, such as the lavaliere microphone and 8X8 screen. Faculty members and CERPS will be responsible for laptops, projectors, etc. 25. QUESTION: What is the length of each training session? Are they full-day, half-day, or do they vary? ANSWER: Each training day is scheduled for 8 hours. 26. QUESTION: The RFQ states that participants "will pay for their own lodging requirements." Are there any special personnel or speakers that are excluded from this? ANSWER: No ? All speakers reside locally. 27. QUESTION: 2(ii) in the SOW says, "the length of the other three sessions shall be four non-consecutive days during Monday through Friday." Does this mean there will be a total of 12 meetings for the Fall, Winter, and Spring sessions? ANSWER: Training will be scheduled during each one-week period on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Training on Thursday will be on the USUHS campus therefore no hotel facility will be needed on Thursday There will be 3 scheduled sessions scheduled one in the fall, one in the winter and one in the spring each year FY08. It is anticipated that, at minimum, this will be the same schedule in the ensuing years. OFFERS ARE DUE ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (04-SEP-2007); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: BETHESDA, MD
- Zip Code: 20814
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20814
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