First Amendment to the Iowa Department of Human Services 
Statewide Health Equity Assessment Request for Proposal

This Amendment to RFP Number DSO-24-001 is effective as of September 8, 2023.  The RFP is amended as follows:

Revision 1.  Request for Proposal Section 1.3.1.7 Implementation of Final Recommendations, is deleted and replaced as follows:
At the Agency’s option, the engagement may be extended for technical and project management assistance to support the implementation of recommendations based on the Agency-approved Final Report of Findings and Recommendations. 

If the Agency elects that the Contractor complete work to implement the actionable items brought forward in the Agency approved Final Report of Findings and Recommendations the Agency will select one of the two options for Implementation: 

Option 1. The Contract shall be amended to incorporate a mutually agreed upon scope of work that includes but is not limited to, Contractor deliverables, performance measures, and pricing components which may include milestone payments. 

Option 2. If the Agency opts to only require the Contractor to perform a short period of implementation services, the Agency may elect to pay the Contractor for work performed in the implementation phase using the Table presented in Component #2 Implementation Services Payment Schedule in Amendment #1 Attachment H Cost Proposal. In that case, the Contractor shall Invoice the Agency on a monthly basis, by the 20th of the month, for the preceding month’s completed work.  The Contractor shall track and document, at a minimum; hours work per position, per hour rate, project associated with this work, and date and times.  

Bidder shall complete Amendment #1 Attachment H-Cost Proposal, Component #2 Implementation Services Payment Schedule providing contractor job positions, off-site hourly rates, and on-site hourly rates similar to the example table listed below. 

Example: Implementation Services Payment Schedule	
Position	Off-Site Hourly Rate	On-Site Hourly Rate	
Project Manager	$125.00	$165.00	
Project Lead	$100.00	$140.00	
Assistant Project Lead	$100.00	$140.00	
Business Analyst	$ 75.00	$115.00	
Consultant	$100.00	$140.00	

Revision 2.  Request for Proposal Section 1.3.3 Payment Methodology, first paragraph is deleted and replaced as follows:
The Agency will pay the Contractor on a fixed-fee deliverable basis, an amount not to exceed $500,000 for the Assessment Milestone Deliverables (see also section 3.3).   Payment is dependent upon the successful completion and Agency Acceptance of the following payment milestones. Milestones shall be invoiced upon Agency Acceptance of Key Deliverables as identified in the table below. The Contractor shall not be entitled to any additional reimbursements including, but not limited to, travel for work related to these milestones. Any expected travel costs should be included in the cost for the individual milestone it applies to.  The Agency, at its sole discretion, may request detailed documentation from the Contractor to support expenses that have been invoiced for any given milestone. Contractor shall invoice the Agency on the state approved form within thirty (30) Calendar days of Agency Acceptance of the completed milestone.

Revision 3.  Request for Proposal Section 3.3 Cost Proposal, is deleted and replaced as follows:
Limitation on Funding
The Agency is limiting the funding that is available for the assessment.  Cost Proposals may not exceed $500,000 dollars for the assessment milestone deliverables detailed in the scope of work. Proposals that include a cost proposal that exceed $500,000 for the assessment milestones deliverables (Component 1 of Attachment H-Cost Proposal) will be disqualified.

Revision 4.  Request for Proposal Section 4.3 Proposal Scoring and Evaluation Criteria, sub section Technical Proposal Components paragraph 2-6 is amended as follows:
Total Points Possible for Technical Proposal and Cost Proposals: 960  
•	Technical Proposal (800 Points Possible)
•	Cost Proposal (160 Points Possible)

Scoring of Cost Proposal Pricing.
Total Points Assigned to Pricing: 160

Cost Proposal scoring will be composed of:
•	Component 1 – Pricing for Assessment Milestones (160 Points Possible)

Bidders' Cost Proposals will be scored based on a ratio of the lowest price Cost Proposal received versus the cost of each higher priced Bidders’ Cost Proposal. Under this formula, the lowest price Cost Proposal receives all the points assigned to pricing.  A Cost Proposal component twice as expensive as the lowest Cost Proposal component would earn half of the available points.  

The formula is:
Weighted Cost Score = (price of lowest priced Cost Proposal / price of each higher priced Cost Proposal component) X (points assigned to pricing)

Revision 5.  Attachment H- Cost Proposal is hereby replaced with Amendment 1 – Attachment H - Cost Proposal: 
Please use Amendment 1 – Attachment H – Cost Proposal when submitting your proposal.