Solicitation No. AHRQ-07-10039 Amendment 0001

This amendment is issued for the following reasons:

1.  To respond to questions received by potential offerors.

2.  To provide an interested vendors/bidders list.

[The date and time set for the receipt of proposals is NOT changed and
remains 12:00 p.m. (Noon) local time on Tuesday, July 17,
2007.]{.underline}

[Questions and Responses:]{.underline}

1.  Attachment 4, Request for Task Order, page 78, specifies the number
    of state Medicaid and SCHIP agencies to be provided with
    face-to-face technical assistance each year, e.g, 5 agencies in Year
    1, 10 in Year 2, and 15 in Year 3. Since a number of states have
    separate Medicaid and SCHIP agencies, does the number refer to the
    number of separate Medicaid or SCHIP agencies or the number of
    states? For example, if one state has separate agencies for Medicaid
    and SCHIP, does that count as two or as one?

> ***The Government intends that the number refers to the number of
> states. If a state has separate agencies for Medicaid and SCHIP, and
> both agencies from that state are included in the face-to-face
> technical assistance - that would count as one.***

2.  AHRQ has a 20% small business participation requirement that
    includes participation by small disadvantaged, women-owned, HUBZone,
    and veteran-owned small businesses. May a single firm satisfy
    participation for more than one of these four categories? For
    example, would a women-owned, small disadvantaged business satisfy
    both of those categories if the minimum participation percentages
    were met?

> ***Yes.***

3.  Will the place of performance be Government site, vendor site or
    both?

***The contractors facility.***

4.  Reference page 5, B.3. Is it acceptable to AHRQ for a vendor to
    propose multiple hourly rates within a Class; or must the vendor
    propose a single rate for each Class?

***The Offeror shall propose unloaded salary rate [ranges]{.underline}
for each class.***

5.  Reference page 42, (f). Will AHRQ make a single award or multiple
    awards?

***The Government intends to make a single award on this procurement.***

6.  Reference Page 57, L.11 and page 78, Task Order Number 1. Will AHRQ
    award the Task Order as submitted with the proposal or will the Task
    Order be used for evaluation purposes only?

> ***AHRQ intends to award the base contract and the first task order
> that was included with the RFP.***

7.  Is the 3 million dollar maximum relevant to the overall contract,
    the first task order or both?

> ***It is relevant to both. The base contract states that the
> anticipated maximum total amount will be \$3,000,000 -- which relates
> directly to the first task order. However this is a task order
> contract so there may be other task orders later in the contract
> period that will increase the maximum total amount.***

8.  Does the 100 page limit refer to only the technical proposal (just
    volume 1) or the technical proposal as well as the RFTO (volumes 1
    and 4)?

> ***This refers only to the technical proposal for the base contract
> (volume 1). The RFTO should be in a separate volume from the technical
> proposal and is not included in the 100 page limit.***

9.  Where should we provide cost information for the RFTO? Does this
    belong in volume 2, volume 4 or a separate volume?

> ***This should be included in the RFTO volume (volume 4). The task
> order proposal will be reviewed by an internal AHRQ panel only who
> will see both the technical and cost so there is no need to separate
> the two. However, the base contract will be reviewed by a peer review
> committee who will only see the technical proposal (volume 1) and
> therefore we request that you separate out the business/cost proposal
> (volume 2).***

10. Should we assume for cost proposal purposes that meeting space for
    Task 11 will be paid for under this contract? If yes, approximately
    how many attendees would the Agency like to target for this Annual
    Meeting?

> ***Meeting space for Task 11 will be paid for under this contract. In
> other words, the contractor is expected to pay for meeting space from
> their contract budget. Offerers should propose the number of attendees
> they would target for the Annual meeting based on their experience
> working with Medicaid and SCHIP agencies. AHRQ preliminarily
> anticipates the annual meeting would be attended by between 200 and
> 250 individuals.***

11. Should we assume for cost proposal purposes that the cost of travel
    and hotel accommodations for attendees of the Annual Meeting (RFTO
    Task 11) would be paid for out of this contract? Will the contractor
    be expected to cover hotel and travel costs for speakers?

> ***The cost of travel and hotel accommodations for attendees of the
> Annual Meeting (RFTO Task 11) would NOT be paid for out of this
> contract. Attendees will be responsible for their own travel and hotel
> accommodations. The contractor will be expected to cover hotel and
> travel costs for speakers.***

[Interested Vendors/Bidders List:]{.underline}

Capitol Technologies Information Services, Inc.

One Research Court

Suite 200

Rockville, MD 20850

POC: Jonathan Alford

DestinationRX, Inc.

3530 Wilshire Blvd.

Suite 1500

Los Angeles, CA 90010

POC: James Yocum

EDS

13600 EDS Drive

Herndon, VA 20171

POC: Andy Seymour

Fox Systems, Inc.

6263 N. Scottsdale Rd

Suite 200

Scottsdale, AZ 85250

POC: Barry DeKemper

Harmony Services, LLC

PO Box 37543

Richmond, VA 23234

POC: Kay Harmon

InfoHealth Management Corp.

111 East Wacker Drive

Suite 1050

Chicago, IL 60601

POC: Janet Gordon Kennedy

IPRO

POC: Theodore O. Will

Masspro

245 Winter Street

Waltham, MA 02451

POC: Jeffery East

Maximus, Inc.

11419 Sunset Hills Road

Reston, VA 20190

POC: John Lau

NORC

1350 Connecticut Ave, NW

Suite 500

Washington, DC 20036

POC: Daniel Gaylin

RTI International

3040 Cornwallis Road

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

POC: David Faucette