15-258-SOL-00060_COVER_LTR.docx

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration

Office of Acquisition Management and Policy Rockville, MD 20857-5600

You are invited to submit a price quote in accordance with the requirements of Request for Quotation (RFQ) 15-258-SOL-00060 under Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) Part 13. This requirement is for Allentown, Inc. Lab Mouse Caging Sytem for National Hansen’s Disease Programs Lab Research Branch located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The NAICS code for this requirement is 332999 and the PSC code is 6640. A firm fixed-price award is anticipated. This is a small business set-aside.

Questions or issues for which you require clarification or correction by the Government must be furnished electronically to Charisse Whitney at cwhitney@hrsa.gov. In order to allow a reply to be provided to all prospective Offerors before submission of their price quote, your questions must be received no later than 2:00PM, Central Standard Time (CST) on August 21, 2015. Questions received after the due date and time will not be considered. No Exceptions.

Your quote shall be received by the Purchasing Agent as soon as possible, but no later than September 3, 2015 at 2:00PM CST at the following address:

Department of Health and Human Services National Hansen’s Disease Programs Contracts Division

Attn: Charisse Whitney

RFQ #:15-258-SOL-00060

Your RFQ shall be prepared in accordance with Section entitled "Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors". This RFQ does not commit the Government to pay any costs for the preparation and submission of a proposal nor does it commit the Government to make an award.

It is also brought to your attention that the Contracting Officer is the only individual who can legally commit the Government to expenditure of public funds in connection with this proposed acquisition.

Your quote must provide a contact name and number, your company name and complete address, including street, city, county, state, zip code, e-mail address, Tax Identification Number (TIN), and Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS). The TIN must match the name of the vendor to whom the payments will be made. Please note that FAR 52.204-6 Contractor Identification Number Data Universal System (DUNS Number) and 52.204-7 System for Award Management (SAM) requires any prospective awardee to have a DUNS number and be registered in the SAM database prior to award resulting from this solicitation.

If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact Dun and Bradstreet by calling Dun and Bradstreet at 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet at http://www.dnb.com. If you are not register in the SAM you may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the internet at http://www.sam.gov or by calling 1-888-626-8220. Please include this information on the first page of your quotation and on the first page of the Standard Form 1449. If the address is different from the address to which payments are mailed, you must also include the complete payment address.

Requests for additional information concerning this RFQ should be referred to Charisse Whitney at cwhitney@hrsa.gov or (225)756-3785.

Sincerely yours, Purchasing Agent

Attachments:

Attachment A- SF-1449 Attachment B – Line Item #1 Description

INSTRUCTIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS OR QUOTERS

PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS: FORMAT AND CONTENTS

A. General Instructions

1. The quote must be signed by an official authorized to bind your organization. One electronic copy Price Quote shall be submitted to:

____cwhitney@hrsa.gov__________________ Email address

2. The RFQ does not commit the Government to pay any cost for the preparation and submission of a quote. In addition, the Contracting Officer is the only individual who can legally commit the Government to the expenditure of public funds in connection with this proposed acquisition.

B. Price Quote Instructions

The offeror shall submit a Price Quote, fully supported by cost and pricing data, in sufficient detail to allow for cost analysis that will be utilized to establish the reasonableness of the proposed costs.

The Offeror's Price Quote shall consist of the following sections:

1. Standard Form 1449, Request for Quotations

The contractor must complete the following Blocks:

BLOCK 17a. State the name and address of your organization.

BLOCK 20(1.) State the name and phone number of the individual providing the price quote.

BLOCK 20(2.) State the e-mail address of the individual providing the price quote.

BLOCK 20(3.) Enter the organization’s DUNS (Digital Universal Numbering System) number. This information can be obtained from your accounting office; however, if your organization does not have a DUNS number, please call Duns & Bradstreet at 1-800-333-0505 to obtain a DUNS number.

BLOCK 30a. Signature of the person authorized to commit your organization to the contract.

BLOCK 30b. Print or type the name and title of the person authorized to commit your organization to the contract.

BLOCK 30c. Enter the date block 30a. is signed.

C. Award Criteria

1. The Government reserves the right to make a single award, multiple awards, or no award as a result of this RFQ. In addition, the RFQ may be amended if determined to be in the best interest of the Government.

2. The Government reserves the right to make award without further discussions.

3. Award will be made to offeror with lowest acceptable price quote.

ATTACHMENT A – STANDARD FORM (SF) 1449

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ATTACHMENT B – LINE ITEM #1 DESCRIPTION

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