RFP 2011-N-13417 Cover Letter.docx

Public Health Service

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

June 27, 2011

Dear Prospective Offeror:

You are invited to submit a proposal in accordance with the requirements of Request for Proposal (RFP) 2011-N-13417, entitled “Evaluation of Rapid HIV Self-Testing among MSM in High Prevalence Cities”.

Your proposal must be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 2:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time, August 11, 2011, addressed as follows:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Procurement and Grants Office

RFP 2011-N-13417

Attention: Jerry W. Outley, Contracting Officer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2960 Brandywine Rd., Stanford Bldg., Security Desk Atlanta, Georgia 30341

PH: 770-488-2831

Fax: 770-488-2868 Email:jmo4@cdc.gov

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 Objective 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 RFP. The letter well 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:

Maximum Size of technical proposal:

The body of the technical proposal should not exceed 25 single-spaced typewritten pages, font size 12, not including attachments or appendices.

All inquiries concerning the solicitation document must be submitted in writing and must be received by this office by July 11, 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 intent to submit a proposal. Please include an email address in your letter of intent. All questions and corresponding answers will be posted to the RFP website. Requests for any information concerning this RFP should be referred only to Jerry W. Outley, Contracting Officer, telephone 770-488-2831.

Sincerely, //SIGNED//

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