RFP Cover Letter For 2011-N-13271 PwP.docx

Public Health Service

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

April 7, 2011

Dear Prospective Offeror:

You are invited to submit a proposal in accordance with the requirements of Request for Proposal (RFP) 2011-N-13271, entitled “Implementation and Evaluation of a Comprehensive Prevention with Positives Intervention at HIV Clinics”

Your proposal must be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 10:00 AM, July 6, 2011, addressed as follows:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Procurement and Grants Office Attention: Jerry W. Outley, Contracting Officer 2960 Brandywine Road Stanford Building 1st Floor Security Desk Atlanta, Georgia, 30329-4146 Telephone: 770-488-2831 Fax: 770-488-2868

Your attention is directed to the solicitation provision entitled “Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Proposals (May 1997)” set forth in Section L of the RFP. Please review this provision so that you will be fully aware of the time requirements for submitting your proposal.

Your proposal must be prepared in accordance with the General Instructions, Technical Proposal Instructions, Business Proposal Instructions, and the Statement of Work contained in the RFP.

This request does not commit the Government to pay any cost for the preparation and submission of your proposal. It is also brought to your attention that the Contracting Officer is the only individual who can legally commit the Government to the expenditure of public funds in connection with this proposed procurement.

We encourage Potential Offerors to send a letter or email indicating their intent to respond to this research opportunity. The letter will help HHS/CDC in its planning effort, and is not binding on the institution sending the letter. Please send these letters, emails or faxes to:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Procurement and Grants Office Attention: Jerry W. Outley, Contracting Officer 2960 Brandywine Road Stanford Building Atlanta, Georgia, 30329-4146 Telephone: 770-488-2831 Fax: 770-488-2868

Maximum Size of technical proposal:

Technical Proposal text must be single spaced, single sided, standard 8 ½ x 11 inch pages of normal type size (either Times Roman or Arial, 12 point), with 1 inch margins, and the entire proposal should not exceed a total of 25 pages, excluding title page, executive summary, table of contents, Information Security, references, appendices and resumes of key personnel.

All inquiries concerning the solicitation document must be submitted in writing and must be received by this office by May 3, 2011; please see Paragraph L 7, Inquiries, of this RFP. Be advised that any resulting interpretation or clarification by the Government will be made in writing only to those firms/organizations expressing an intent to submit a proposal. Requests for any information concerning this RFP should be referred only to Jerry W. Outley, telephone 770-488-2831.

Sincerely, //SIGNED//

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