RURAL Expansion Responses to Questions 0001

Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal (RURAL) Heart and Lung Study – Expansion Cohort
RFP No. 75N98026R00074 – Responses to Offeror Questions QUESTION #1. Period of Performance – Parent IDIQ and Task Areas A, B, and C Attachment #3 (Statement of Work) and Attachment #6 (Business/Technical Proposal Instructions) appear to contain inconsistent information regarding the periods of performance. Attachment #6, Business Proposal Instructions, items 2 and 3, state that the acquisition/parent IDIQ contract will have a total duration of 4.25 years (51 months). Attachment #3 (SOW) identifies Task Areas A and B as running from June 1, 2027 through August 31, 2031 (51 months) and Task Area C (Study Closeout/Transfer) as running from June 1, 2031 through August 31, 2031 (3 months). Additionally, Attachment #6, Technical Proposal Instructions, page 2, refers to “closeout activities (5 months).”
Please confirm the correct start date, end date, and duration for the parent IDIQ and for Task Areas A, B, and C, including whether Task Area C is intended to be 3 months or 5 months, and whether the Task Area C closeout period is included within the stated 51-month parent IDIQ period or occurs in addition to that period. Please also confirm which periods offerors should use when preparing the Technical and Business Proposals. NHLBI Response: Expected start and end dates are listed in the table below. On page 2 of attachment #6, the “closeout activities” is referring to the Exam Task Area only (Task Area B) and not the IDIQ contract. The timeline for Task Area B (Baseline Exam) consists of a planning phase (16 months), implementation phase (30 months), and exam closeout activities (5 months), such as final QC and database locks for analysis data, for a total period of performance of 51 months for Task Area B. Task Area C is listed separately on page 2 with a 3-month period of performance and is expected to occur within the total 51month contract period.

Task
Area

Task Area Description

Start Date

End date

Duration

A

Core Operations (Base
plus options)

June 1, 2027

August 31, 2031

51 months

B

Cohort Examination

June 1, 2027

August 31, 2031

51 months

-

Planning, MEU
acquisition

June 1, 2027

Approx: September (16 months)
30, 2028

-

Cohort Exam

Approx: October March 31, 2031
1, 2028

(30 Months)

-

Exam Closeout

Approx: April 1,
2031

August 31, 2031

(5 Months)

June 1, 2031

August 31, 2031

3 Months

C

Study Closeout/Transfer

QUESTION #2. Missing Study Objective
Attachment #3 (Statement of Work), page 2, lists the Study Objectives, but appears to omit item