We find it hard to believe that SC would score costing on purely an hourly rate and not take into consideration total cost (level of effort x rate). Response: Section 5.2, Business Proposal, has been revised. Please see the amendments to the Request for Proposal, beginning on page 10 of this Amendment Number Four (4). Section 5.1.2 Subcontracting & Mandatory Minimum Qualification – For clarification is defined as all companies or individuals (including 1099 employees) that “subcontractors” are proposed to provide services for this contract? Response: As stated in Part 1, Instructions to Offerors–A. General Instructions, 1.1 Definitions, Capitalization, and Headings, a Subcontractor means any person you contract with to perform or provide any part of the work. Can subcontractor experience be used to meet the Part 4 Mandatory Minimum Qualifications? Response: No. Can subcontractor firms or employees be defined as Key team members? Response: Yes. Section 5.1.6.d Offeror’s Background, Experience, and Qualifications – In describing the Offeror’s recent experience, is staff” defined as W-2 employees of the Offeror, or the “current Offeror’s subsidiary? Response: Yes. Section 5.2 How where the weightings per labor classifications derived? Effectively PEBA is defining – who they believe is doing the bulk of the work versus allowing the proposer to propose what is best for the delivery of the services. Please address this. Response: Section 5.2, Business Proposal, has been revised. Please see the amendments to the Request for Proposal, beginning on page 10 of this Amendment Number Four (4). Re Section 5.2: Will only the first 4 labor categories be used in scoring? Response: Section 5.2, Business Proposal, has been revised. Please see the amendments to the Request for Proposal, beginning on page 10 of this Amendment Number Four (4). Section 7.8 states price shall be fixed for the duration of this contract…” – “…Contractor's Please define Response: is the Contractor’s hourly rates. Section 7.9, Fixed Pricing Required, states: “Any pricing provided by Contractor shall include all costs for performing the work associated with that price. Except as otherwise provided in this solicitation, Contractor's price shall be fixed for the duration of this
We find it hard to believe that SC would score costing on purely an hourly rate and not take into consideration total cost (level of effort x rate). Response: Section 5.2, Business Proposal, has been revised. Please see the amendments to the Request for Proposal, beginning on page 10 of this Amendment Number Four (4). Section 5.1.2 – Subcontracting & Mandatory Minimum Qualification For clarification is “subcontractors” defined as all companies or individuals (including 1099 employees) that are proposed to provide services for this contract? Response: As stated in Part 1, Instructions to Offerors–A. General Instructions, 1.1 Definitions, Capitalization, and Headings, a Subcontractor means any person you contract with to perform or provide any part of the work. Can subcontractor experience be used to meet the Part 4 Mandatory Minimum Qualifications? Response: No. Can subcontractor firms or employees be defined as Key team members? Response: Yes. Section 5.1.6.d – Offeror’s Background, Experience, and Qualifications In describing the Offeror’s recent experience, is “current staff” defined as W-2 employees of the Offeror, or the Offeror’s subsidiary? Response: Yes. Section 5.2 – How where the weightings per labor classifications derived? Effectively PEBA is defining who they believe is doing the bulk of the work versus allowing the proposer to propose what is best for the delivery of the services. Please address this. Response: Section 5.2, Business Proposal, has been revised. Please see the amendments to the Request for Proposal, beginning on page 10 of this Amendment Number Four (4). Re Section 5.2: Will only the first 4 labor categories be used in scoring? Response: Section 5.2, Business Proposal, has been revised. Please see the amendments to the Request for Proposal, beginning on page 10 of this Amendment Number Four (4). Section 7.8 states – “…Contractor's price shall be fixed for the duration of this contract…” Please define Response: is the Contractor’s hourly rates. Section 7.9, Fixed Pricing Required, states: “Any pricing provided by Contractor shall include all costs for performing the work associated with that price. Except as otherwise provided in this solicitation, Contractor's price shall be fixed for the duration of this