Cover_letter_Austin_TX.pdf

U. S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, D.C. 20534

May 8, 2019

Re: 15BCTS19Q00000032, Austin, TX

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is to provide Mental Health, Substance Use, and Sex Offender Treatment services for male and female offenders held under authority of the United States in Austin, TX. Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work entitled, “Federal Bureau of Prisons, Community Treatment Services, Statement of Work, September 2017.”

The following must be completed and submitted with your Quotation:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items - Please complete blocks 12,17a, 17b, 23, 24, 30a, 30b, and 30c, of the SF-1449 and the continuation sheets.

Please include your telephone number in Block 17a. Original signatures are required.

Quoter Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) - Prospective quoters are required to submit Annual Representations and Certifications at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. By submission of a quote under this solicitation, the quoter acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via SAM and verifies, by the submission of the quote, that the representations and certifications currently posted in SAM were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete and applicable to this solicitation. All quoters must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, Unique Entity Identifier (Oct 2016) and FAR 52.212-4(t), Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, System of Award Management(SAM) (Oct 2018).

Required Documentation Identified at Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items

Government shall award to the lowest price, technically acceptable, responsive and responsible quoter.

Electronic copies of quotations shall be submitted on Compact Disc (CD-ROM) in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Quotes will not be accepted via fax or email. Please include SEPARATE FILE ATTACHMENTS for the following:

Completed SF-1449 Completed Business Quotation Information sheet Completed Technical Quotation Information packet Proof of completed SAM registration (must be Active by time of award) Technical Personnel Staff List

Quotations shall be received by Thursday, May 30, 2019 12:00 PM ET to the following address:

Shuwona Jones Federal Bureau of Prisons

320 First Street (5005), N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20534

The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fedbizopps.gov). Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions. All future information about this solicitation, including solicitation amendments, will be solely distributed through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation.

Please direct any questions to sjones2@bop.gov.

Sincerely, Shuwona Jones Contracting Officer