RFP_cover_letter_9_24_15.docx

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration

Office of Acquisition Management and Policy 5600 Fishers Lane, 14W, Rockville, MD 20857-5600

September 25, 2015 You are invited to submit a proposal in accordance with the requirements of FAR Part 15 and the requirements of this Solicitation Number 16-250-SOL-00001. This is a full and open competition to support the efforts of the Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems and its grantees by administering Technical Assistance to our Federal Program. All qualified contractors, including small businesses, are encouraged to submit a proposal in accordance with this Request for Proposal (RFP). For medium/large businesses, subcontracting arrangements with small businesses are important to this requirement and a small business plan is required as stated in this RFP.

The Contractor will be responsible for providing technical assistance services including: developing 56 needs assessments and technical assistance plans; providing 10 technical assistance webinars; 115 one-on-one TA occurrences; 5 webinars for model developers and grantees; 4 monthly communities of practice conference calls; 5 issue briefs, monthly e-newsletters for grantees; and an online collaboration portal.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 541990 with a small business size standard of $15.0 million. The Product Service Code for this requirement is R425. A cost plus fixed fee type contract is anticipated. The period of performance is a base period of twelve (12) months with four (4) 12-month option periods, if exercised.

Questions or issues for which you require clarification or correction by the Government must be furnished electronically to Ms. Anne Stephan, Contract Specialist, at AStephan@hrsa.gov with a copy sent to bmansoury@hrsa.gov . In order to allow a reply to be provided to all prospective Offerors before submission of proposals, your questions must be received no later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on October 8, 2015. Questions received after the due date and time will not be considered. No Exceptions.

Your proposal must be signed by an official authorized to bind your organization and shall be submitted to Anne Stephan, Contract Specialist, by email in PDF format at astephan@hrsa.gov, copy to bmansoury@hrsa.gov, no later than October 26, 2015 at 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Your proposal shall be prepared in accordance with Sections L and M and the "Statement of Work". This RFP 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 proposal must provide a contact name, email address and phone 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). The Contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov. "Registered in the SAM database" means that (1) the Contractor has entered all mandatory information, including the DUNS number or the DUNS+4 number, into the SAM database; and (2) The Government has validated all mandatory data fields and has marked the record "Active".

By submission of an offer, the Offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. If not registered in the SAM database within the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. SAM requires any prospective awardee to have a DUNS number and be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any 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 registered in SAM you may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the internet at http://www.sam.gov or by calling (207) 438-1690.

Requests for additional information concerning this RFP should be referred to Ms. Anne Stephan at AStephan@hrsa.gov, copy bmansoury@hrsa.gov or (301) 443-4581 (backup Bijan Mansoury, 301-443-1846).

Sincerely yours, Dan Matusiewicz Contracting Officer image1.wmf