Request for Proposals 0002 Attachment 21 BARDA Responses to Contractor Question No's 1-10

Attachment 21

No.

Question

RFP#75A50126R00001

BARDA Responses to Contractor Questions
"Vaccine MCMs for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response" Section

Response

This RFP looks to be specific to the vaccines. Do you anticipate ASPR releasing an RFP to support the

1 diagnostics side of influenza testing?

RFP

General

This RFP is specific to the Vaccine Medical Countermeasures for Pandemic Influenza and Emerging Diseases Preparedness and Response program. Please consult sam.gov, etc. for existing and future solicitations.

Since the Base and potential Option Periods are for 5 years each, can vendors program an escalating price increase to firm fixed unit price (FFUP) CLINs, annually or otherwise, to the Base

2 Period and Option Period pricing?

B.2.E (Pg 4)

No. Pricing for all periods will be fixed at the time of contract award. Price escalation should be priced into offeror's proposal.

J.1. Solicitation
Attachments

Att. 2.pdf - ASPR Security Requirements (signed attestation), Att 3.xlsx (Vendor Production Facilities), Att 8.doc (Summary of Related Activities), Att 12 (Subcontracting Plan Template) must be completed and submitted as part of Offeror(s) Technical Proposal. Att 7.xlsx (Breakdown of Proposed Costs) and Att 10 (SF-LLL, Disclosure Form) must be completed and submitted as part of Offeror(s) Business Proposal.

Given competing contractual priorities and the time required to obtain internal governance approval for a comprehensive proposal, would BARDA consider extending the submission deadline from 4 October 30, 2026, to November 20, 2026, to support robust and fully responsive submissions? RFP

L.1. Instructions to
Offerors

Yes. However, no further extensions will be approved.

Where an offeror has multiple manufacturing platforms, but BARDA has not issued task orders for one platform during the current contract period, may the offeror limit its proposal to the platform(s) utilized under the current contract, rather than to include all available platforms – noting that such 5 an offer would not impact pandemic response?

RFP

General

Offerors must submit a response for all available platforms.

RFP

B.6.2 Off Ramp
Procedures

Language amended to align with FAR 52.216-22 Alternate II (e),(f)

RFP

B.2. and F.1.

No. Limiting optional periods in the IDIQ contract to only one 5year option ensures greater continuity of services for this highy critical requirement while also decreasing unnecessary contractual administration. It should be noted that Task order awards and