Shall the offeror provide subject matter specialists with research experience, or are more junior science writers appropriate?
It is the offeror’s role to propose the types of staffing required to best fulfill the requirements of a particular task area. For example, in the RFP under subtask 7.1, “Responding to Annual OPEC Program Plans,” the fourth paragraph states that “the contractor shall demonstrate a capability to quickly access technical resources to be allocated to these projects depending on project requirements and facilitate and coordinate the effective use of these resources in a schedule-driven and cost-efficient manner.” As further stated, “implementation plans in response to project plans will be subject to review and approval of the NHLBI.” Question: Please provide a recent example of an OPEC initiative or program which meets your criteria of success under this new environment of reinvention and reengineering. Answer: An example of such a program is OPEC’s cost recovery initiative, begun in the fall of 1997. Under cost recovery, OPEC charges fees for most of its publications to help make up for
