MODIFICATION
Q -- Medical Case Management Connecticut Army National Guard
- Notice Date
- 5/11/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 561330
— Professional Employer Organizations
- Contracting Office
- USPFO for Connecticut, 360 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06105-3795
- ZIP Code
- 06105-3795
- Solicitation Number
- W91ZRS-15-R-0003
- Response Due
- 5/28/2015
- Archive Date
- 7/10/2015
- Point of Contact
- Frank A. Tantillo, 860-524-4873
- E-Mail Address
-
USPFO for Connecticut
(frank.a.tantillo.mil@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- Amendment 0001 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is W91ZRS-15-R-0003-0001 and is issued as a request for proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-81. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. The associated NAICS code is 561330 with small business size standard of $27.5 mil. A list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s), if applicable). 0001 Medical Case Management - Non personal service 0002 Contractor Manpower Reporting 0003 Medical Case Management - Non personal service 0004 Contractor Manpower Reporting 0005 Medical Case Management - Non personal service 0006 Contractor Manpower Reporting 0007 Medical Case Management - Non personal service 0008 Contractor Manpower Reporting Currently the CTARNG has 2 Case Managers and 4 Administrative Support personnel working on this requirement. The period of performance is 1 Base Year and 3 Option Years. Starting on or about 11 June 2015. Place of Performance Address: Camp Niantic, 38 Smith Street Postal Code: Niantic, CT, 06357 Country: UNITED STATES Award shall be made to the offeror whose proposal is the Lowest Price Technically acceptable. The government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria (1) technical capability w/ sub-factors (2) Price. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL EVALUATION There are three subfactors in this evaluation. A rating will be given for each subfactor and the overall technical proposal. Each will be evaluated on an acceptable or unacceptable basis. If rated unacceptable, an offeror will be eliminated from the competition and not further evaluated, unless the Contracting Officer determines discussions are necessary and it is in the Government's interest to place the offeror in the competitive range and allow a proposal revision after discussions. OR the two subfactors are listed in order of importance. Offerors are cautioned that they must respond to all subfactors regardless of importance. Ratings follow the explanation of the technical rating process. Adequacy of Response. The proposal will be evaluated to determine whether the offeror's methods and approach have adequately and completely considered, defined, and satisfied the requirements specified in the solicitation. The proposal will be evaluated to determine the extent to which each requirement of the solicitation has been addressed in the proposal in accordance with the proposal submission section of the solicitation. To be considered effective, the approach will, as a minimum, demonstrate: understanding of the requirements of the RFP. Feasibility of Approach. The proposal will be evaluated to determine whether the offeror's methods and approach to meeting the solicitation requirements provide the Government with an acceptable level of confidence of successful performance of the requirements. An assessment of the degree of confidence provided by the proposed approaches/methods will also be included. Subfactor 1 - Staffing Plan Subfactor 2 - Staffing Certifications/Experience Subfactor 3 - Management/Quality control plan Subfactor 4- Past Performance Please see Proposal instructions for more details. The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition and a statement regarding any addenda to the provision. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation, and the specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of that provision. Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with their offer. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.204-7 System for award management, 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting, 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance, 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations, FAR Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, FAR Post-Award Small Business Program Representation, 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-41 Service contract Labor Standards, 52.222-55 Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658, 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving, 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management, 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations, 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors, 52.233-3 Protest After Award, 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim, 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials, 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials, 252.203-7999 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements, 252.204-7012 Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information, 252.204-7015 Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors, 252.223-7006 Prohibition on Storage and Disposal of Toxic and Hazardous Materials, 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium, 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel, 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports, 252.232-7006 Wide Area Work Flow payment instructions, 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments, 252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items, 52.222-3 Convict Labor, 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities, 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards, 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. 252.203-7998 (DEV) Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that require certain internal Confidentiality agreements-Representations, 252.203-7999 (DEV) Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that require certain internal Confidentiality agreements-Representations, 252.209-7992 (DEV)Representation by Corporations regarding an unpaid delinquent Tax Liability or a felony Conviction under any federal law-Fiscal Year 2015, Appropriations. 52.233-2 Service of Protest, 252.222-7007 Representation regarding combating trafficking in persons, 52.209-7 Information regarding responsibility matters, 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options. 52.222-17 Non-displacement of Qualified Workers. 52.222-42 -- Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires. Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332. This Statement is for Information Only: It is not a Wage Determination Employee Class Monetary Wage -- Fringe Benefits Registered Nurse I, 12311 25.81 Registered Nurse II, 12312 31.58 Licensed Clinical Social Worker TBD Licensed Practical Nurse I, 12071 19.15 Licensed Practical Nurse II, 12072 21.43 Medical Record Clerk, 12160 16.15 (End of Clause) In order to provide timely responses to all questions, no questions/RFIs will be accepted after 14 May 2015. Closing date has been extended to 28 May 2015. INSTRUCTIONS PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS 1. Pre-Bid Meeting. The government does not anticipate a requirement for a pre-bid meeting. 2. Proposal Submittal. Contractors shall submit a firm fixed price proposal as set forth below. All information shall be confined to the appropriate section to facilitate independent evaluation. Proposals submitted failing to include the minimum information requested or not complying with the format specified may be eliminated from further consideration for award. Contractors are solely responsible for ensuring submission of proposals which meet all requirements of this solicitation. 2.1 Each offeror shall submit its proposal in digital format via email to frank.a.tantillo.mil@mail.mil no later than the time and date specified in FedBizOps. In order to accommodate email file sizes, each Volume shall be submitted via separate email. The contractor is responsible for ensuring email is received prior to the closing date and time 2.2 The Government does not expect to engage in discussions or negotiations in association with this solicitation. HARD COPY NOR FACSIMILE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION 1. INTRODUCTION The offeror's proposal shall be submitted in digital format. The offeror's proposal shall consist of four (2) volumes. The Volumes are I - Technical, II-Price Files shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in proposals is prohibited. Offerors are cautioned that quote mark parroting quote mark of the Technical requirements of the PWS with a statement of intent to perform does not reflect an understanding of the requirement or capability to perform. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked. 2. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS a. Each volume shall be submitted via separate email. Changes as a result of proposal revisions shall be identified via track changes, including a vertical line on the left margin of the page and date of change. Digital files shall be in Microsoft Word, Excel (viewable in 2007 version) and/or.pdf only. b. Printing should be single spaced. Each paragraph shall be separated by at least one blank line. A standard, 12-point minimum font size applies. Arial or New Times Roman fonts are required. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font size no less than 8-point and may be landscape. c. The following volumes of material shall be submitted: VOLUME TITLE COPIES PAGES I - Technical 1- 50* II - Cost and Price- NA *NOTE: Pages that exceed the required page limitations will not be evaluated. Additional pages over the maximum allowed will be removed or not read and will not be evaluated by the Government. 3. PROPOSAL FILES a. Format. The submission shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Each volume shall be clearly identified and shall begin at the top of a page. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and RFP number in the header and/or footer. A Table of Contents should be created using the Table of Content feature in MS Word. MS Word (doc) files shall use the following page setup parameters: Margins - Top, Bottom, Left, Right - 1 quote mark Gutter - 0 quote mark From Edge - Header, Footer 0.5 quote mark Page Size, Width - 8.5 quote mark Page Size, Height - 11 quote mark NOTE: 11X17 quote mark pages are acceptable for tables/graphic representations; however, each 11X17 quote mark page counts as two pages. The following additional restrictions apply: b. File Packaging. To aide in the cost/price evaluation, all price breakdown information shall be submitted in Microsoft Office Excel Read/Write format and viewable in Microsoft Excel 2007. c. Content Requirement. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal. Each file of the proposal shall consist of a Table of Contents, Summary Section, and the Narrative discussion. The Summary Section shall contain a brief abstract of the file. Proprietary information shall be clearly marked. The following shall be included in the Narrative discussion: COVER LETTER. The cover letter submitting the offeror's proposal shall be signed by an officer of the offeror's company authorized to commit the company; shall indicate the proposal is valid for 120 calendar days; shall identify by name, title, phone number and email any person authorized to negotiate on the offeror's behalf and should express the extent to the offeror's commitment to achieve the objectives of the solicitation and comply with the terms and conditions of the contract. Any significant deviations to the contract should be indicated, including one's reasons. (i) VOLUME I - Technical. quote mark Technical quote mark should contain sufficient information to clearly convey to the Government the offeror's understanding of the contract requirements. The offeror shall address each requirement identified below in sufficient detail to explain its understanding of the objectives of this solicitation, the work to be performed, and pertinent terms of the contract. Submission of the PWS is not sufficient as a submittal of understanding of scope. The proposal is to address each section individually and succinctly. Section I shall be limited to 50 pages, i.e. 25 double sided sheets and will be organized as follows: Section 1 - Staffing Plan Section 2 - Staffing Certifications/Experience Section 3 - Management/Quality control plan Section 4- Past Performance (1) Section 1 - Subfactor 1. The offeror's proposed Staffing Plan. The offeror should identify all staff proposed to be used to support the contract. The offeror should provide sufficient information to allow the Government to evaluate the effectiveness of the staffing plan to support open cases and meet a minimum overall medical readiness of 75% of service members. This section shall include all worker classifications and the number of personnel per classification proposed to provide required services. (2) Section 2 - Subfactor 2. This subfactor evaluates the offeror's Staffing Certifications/Experience. The offeror shall provide sufficient information to allow the Government to evaluate the proposed staff meets minimum certification and experience requirements necessary to meet the tasks identified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). The offeror shall include resumes of proposed staffing to include required licenses/certifications and experience. The offerors shall address existing background checks, vetting, and security levels for each proposed staff member. If proposed staff member(s) does not have existing background checks, etc. the offeror shall address the plan to meet required access requirements. (3) Section 3 - Subfactor 3. This sub-factor evaluates the offeror's Management. The offeror shall provide sufficient information to allow the Government to evaluate the anticipated effectiveness of the offeror's organization, teaming relationships, key personnel and professional employee compensation. The offeror should discuss its organizational structure and how it will interface with the CTARNG (e.g. KO, COR, etc), roles and responsibilities of key organizations anticipated to support the contract and its subcontracting approach and teaming relationships, if any (identify key subcontractors to be used). Offerors shall provide an outline of how the effort required by the RFP will be assigned for performance within the offeror's corporate entity and among the proposed subcontractors. The information provided for the prime offeror and each proposed major subcontractor must include the entire company name, company address, CAGE Code, DUNS Number and type of work to be performed by citing the applicable Government PWS subparagraph number. This includes all subcontractors who will be providing services for more than 10% of the total proposed cost/price.The offeror should address measures that will be taken to ensure a smooth transition or continuation of services at the beginning and end of the contract term. The offer will provide information to address how customer assistance will be available during the required time periods to include continuity of services in the event of staffing changes and coverage at special events (i.e. PHAs). This section shall identify key personnel offered to support the requirement and include professional employee compensation information as required by FAR Clause 52.222-46. (4) Section 4 - Subfactor 4. Past Performance. This section shall contain past performance information regarding similar contracts. For the purposes of this solicitation, no specific past performance information is required of the contractor as part of the proposal. The Government will evaluate the quality, timeliness, and management of the offeror's past performance considering currency, relevancy, sources, context, and trends on recent (within the last three (3) years) projects performed. Also, evaluations from any Agency available through the Past Performance (PPIRS) System may be used. Acceptability Ratings: To be deemed acceptable : Based on the offeror's recent/relevant performance record, the government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort or No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror's performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned.. To be deemed unacceptable Based on the offeror's recent/relevant performance record, the government has little or no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort. (iii) VOLUME II- Price. All information, required to support proposed monthly prices. (1) The offeror shall provide a monthly unit price. (3) Pricing shall support and reflect the staffing plan proposed in Volume I. Offers shall be received not later than 12:00 pm EST on May 28, 2015. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). Proposals will only be accepted via email, no fax or hard copies will be accepted all proposals will be emailed to Frank A. Tantillo at frank.a.tantillo.mil@mail.mil. Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the contract specialist, Frank A. Tantillo, frank.a.tantillo.mil@mail.mil.
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- Address: USPFO for Connecticut 360 Broad Street Hartford CT
- Zip Code: 06105-3795
- Zip Code: 06105-3795
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