Questions and Answers for Solicitation number Pine Ridge Center Mental Health Consultant

Questions and Answers for Solicitation# 12318727Q0015 – Pine Ridge Center Mental Health Consultant – 11/2/2026
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Contract term. The Award Type on page 11 reads "a Firm-Fixed Price Contract … shall not exceed one (5) years." The CLIN schedule shows a base year and four option years through November 11, 2031. Please confirm the contract type and total term, and whether quotes must price all option years. Contract type is Firm-Fixed Price, please price Base Year and all four Option years. Option clauses. FAR 52.217-9 no longer appears in the solicitation, while 52.217-8 is still listed and the price evaluation still refers to options. Please confirm whether 52.217-9 applies. Both 52.217-8 and 52.-217-9 are included in the solicitation and will be posted to SAM.GOV Equivalent federal wage. The 52.222-42 statement on page 3 lists the Center Mental Health Counselor at $32.42. The amended version of 12318727Q0003 listed $26.51. Please confirm which rate applies. 12318727Q0003- has been canceled and no longer applies. Please note: 12318727Q0015 - Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS/SCA) are not applicable to the Center Mental Health Counselor (CMHC) position. Therefore, no wage determination applies, and the wage determination has been removed from the solicitation.
Prior Q&A. No questions-and-answers attachment is posted with 12318727Q0015. Please confirm whether the answers issued under 12318727Q0003 still apply.
N/A - FOLLOW Q&A for solicitation# 12318727Q0015, as solicitation# 12318727Q0003 has been canceled and no longer applies.
Licensure. We request approval of Mandy Price, LIMHP, as the proposed Center Mental Health Consultant, and a waiver under the Labor Categories attachment for the LIMHP license, for Ms. Price and for a backup provider holding the same license.
Waiver no longer applies.
Backup providers. Would it be acceptable for us to supply a list of backup providers that the agency could vet within one week of notification?
Back up providers are acceptable, however; this process can take anywhere between 24 hours and a week. Timeline for acquiring a PIV card can take up to a month. However, it is not a requirement to start work. Is this a follow-on to an existing contract? If so, please share the current contract number and the current hourly rate.
This is new requirement.
Section 7 says DOL must approve key personnel before award. Should the quote include the proposed