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This section provides instructions to the contractors on preparing and submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation.

QUESTIONS related to the Request for Proposal must be emailed to @usdoj.gov, no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on August 6, 2021.

SOLICITATION CLOSING DATE AND TIME: ALL OFFERS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) ON: August 13, 2021.

Proposal shall be submitted electronically to the attention of: Terri Long-Miller, Contracting Officer, @usdoj.gov. No offer received after the due date and time will be considered.

General Instructions

Materials Submitted

Contractors are advised that all submissions and related material become the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned.

The technical and price proposals, if accepted by the Government, will form binding parts of the task order that results from this solicitation. Therefore, care must be taken to properly address the requirements set forth in each of the tasks.

Format

All materials shall be in typeface Times New Roman or Arial (no smaller than 11 point), double-spaced on 8½” x 11” white paper with one-inch margins all around. Tables and illustrations may use a reduced font style, but not less than 8 point, and may be single-spaced.

Each page must identify the submitting offeror in the header or footer.

The proposal shall consist of physically separate volumes that are individually titled and numbered on the exterior of the top covers as stated in Table 2 below. DO NOT INCLUDE PRICING IN THE TECHNICAL AND PAST PERFORMANCE VOLUMES: THE OFFEROR IS ADVISED THAT COMBINING TECHNICAL AND PRICING VOLUMES IN THE OFFEROR’S PROPOSAL IS NOT

RESPONSIVE TO THE SOW.

Table 2. Number of each Type of Proposal Volume

Volume Volume Title Copies Format Page Limitations Volume I Technical Approach 1 Electronic Copy PDF (25 pages max) Volume II Price Proposal 1 Electronic Copy MS EXCEL No page limit

Volume III Past Performance/ Past Experience 1 Electronic Copy PDF

2 pages per reference- past experience 10 pages - past performance

Proprietary Data

Each page of the proposal must be reviewed and marked as to proprietary data content, if applicable, in strict compliance with FAR 52.215-1. Also see FAR 3.104-4. A single blanket statement at the front of the proposal is not acceptable. Failure to mark every page may subject the proposal to public release through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

Preparation of Technical Proposal

Offeror’s response shall explain and summarize how the contractor proposes to satisfy all of the requirements of the statement of work (SOW). Offeror’s response must do more than state that Contractor will satisfy the requirements detailed herein. Offeror’s response must explicitly detail how the proposed DMS SaaS meets each and every requirement in Section 2 and summarizing proposed procedures, where applicable. Offeror’s response must also include a VPAT for the DMS SaaS described in section 2.

Technical Proposals are limited to 25 pages in length (not including the VPAT). Each page must be numbered consecutively. Pages that exceed the page number limitation will not be evaluated.