Cover Letter Protestant Chaplain.doc

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

PARKERSBURG, WV 26106-1328

August 22, 2011 Dear Potential Offerors:

Attached is a copy of the Bureau of the Public Debt’s Solicitation Number BPD-AFRW-12-0001 for the Protestant Chaplain requirement for The Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in Washington, DC.

A site visit will be held on August 25th beginning at 1:00 p.m. The itinerary for this site visit will be as follows:

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Site Visit

The location of the site visit is The AFRH, 3700 N. Capitol Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011, for those using a GPS, you will need to enter 140 Rock Creek Church Road NW & Upsher Street NW Washington, DC 20011-8400. Upon arriving at the gate, ask the security personnel to contact Ms. Rebecca Perry at (202) 541-7618.

Offerors planning on attending the site should submit the names of attending personnel to the contracting office at email address PSB1@bpd.treas.gov by 2:00 pm Eastern Time (EST), August 24, 2011. The names will be given to the COTR and AFRH Gate Security in order to coordinate the number of people arriving at the site. You are prohibited from communicating directly with AFRH personnel regarding this procurement action.

In response to this solicitation, please submit your proposal by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (EST) on September 1, 2011. Please note that only an electronic copy of the proposal is required to be a responsive bidder.

The e-mail address for submission of the proposal is PSB1@bpd.treas.gov. The offeror assumes full responsibility for ensuring that the electronically submitted proposal is in accordance with BPD Security Requirements. The following file extensions are not allowable and proposal materials and/or data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered:

. bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, and .cpl

Files may be “zipped”, however, the file must be renamed as .zip extensions or it will be quarantined by BPD Security and we cannot guarantee that they will be delivered by the date and time listed. We appreciate your interest in participating in this procurement and look forward to receiving your proposal.

Sincerely, Sarah Tefft Contracting Officer

Enclosure