RFP 10-223-SOL-00188 Cover Letter.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Rockville MD 20857

July 14, 2010

Reference: Solicitation 10‐223‐SOL‐00188

To: Prospective Offerors

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires support and hosting services for its FDA.gov website. FDA is using the procedures set forth in FAR 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items) to procure the subject services and this notice represents the Government’s combined synopsis and solicitation. The FDA will use a “best‐value” methodology for evaluating proposals.

The order will have a base period of one year, with four one year option periods. FDA anticipates that this order will be a hybrid task order, with both Firm‐Fixed‐Price and Indefinite Delivery‐Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract line items. As this procurement is a total small business set‐aside, proposals are being solicited only from those firms certified as small businesses under NAICS code is 541519 (size standard of $25M revenue).

The following documents are included in this Request for Proposal:

1. SF 1449

2. Request for Proposal Document

3. Statement of Work

4. Supplemental Pricing Spreadsheet

5. Staffing Plan Matrix

6. Labor Category Descriptions

7. Sample Task

8. Web Hosting Service Level Agreement

9. Past Performance Data Sheet

10. Past Performance Questionnaire

11. Form SF‐LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

12. FDA 3398

Questions regarding this RFP should be submitted to the Contract Specialist, only in writing, no later than 12 PM (noon) on July 22, 2010 Eastern Time. FDA will not answer questions asked via telephone or submitted to any FDA official other than the Contract Specialist. Proposals are due to the Contract Specialist no later than 2 PM on August 3, 2010 Eastern Time. This RFP does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation or the submission of proposals.

Offerors shall direct all communications to the attention of:

Patrick Gardner, Contract Specialist U.S. Food and Drug Administration Room 2126 5630 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20857 Telephone: 301‐827‐9355 Email: patrick.gardner@fda.hhs.gov

Sincerely, FDA Contracting Officer