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1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT

THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

FACILITY CODE CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)CODE 6. ISSUED BY

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4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.3. EFFECTIVE DATE2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

03/25/2013

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The purpose of this modification is to extend the due date of this Request for Proposal until 4 p.m. ET on April 15, 2013.

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

LAURENT E. PICHET

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Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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Request for Proposals, CFP-13-R-00004 Data Audit, Analysis and Strategic Plan for the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI)

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SECTION FOUR – INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS, CERTIFICATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS

21.0 COMMUNICATIONS AND QUESTIONS.

21.1 Communications. All communications concerning the RFP, including any of a technical nature, shall be made through the Contracting Officer.

21.2 Questions. Specific questions regarding this RFP should be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 3 APRIL 2013 to: Aubrey.Brick@cfpb.gov and Laurent.Pichet@cfpb.gov. Firms shall use the format set forth within Attachment 1 to this RFP, Question Format, when submitting questions.

22.0 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS.

22.1 Time for Submission. Proposals submitted in response to this RFP must be received by Aubrey.Brick@cfpb.gov and Laurent.Pichet@cfpb.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 15

APRIL 2013.

22.2 Address each of the evaluation factors listed in Section 23.0 below. No other information is required.

See the Submission Table for page limits and response times. Firms shall comply with the page limitation(s) identified within the Submission Table. Any pages with additional information provided will not be considered or evaluated.

22.3 Provide a narrative (Section 23.0 (a)(1.1)) that describes a minimum of five (5) years experience performing diversity consulting services and includes a minimum of three (3) recent engagements (within the past five years) that demonstrates the firm’s previous experience including, but not limited to, developing strategic plans, conducting focus groups, developing diversity training plans, and devising methods of analysis of the diversity in the workforce. The engagements must have been performed in the last five years and the firm must indicate the start and end date of performance, the Federal Agency, and describe in detail the diversity consulting work that was performed. In addition, provide technical approaches to address Section 23.0(a)(1.2) and (1.3), to accomplishing the work set out in Section 3.0, Task I, Data Analysis; Task II, Data Audit; and Task III, Strategic Plan, that describes the methodology Offeror will employ to accomplish the tasks required. Offerors will be evaluated on the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach to analyzing data and applications systems, and in their approach to performing the internal data diversity audit and of the firm’s approach in the development of a strategic plan for the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.

22.4 Complete and submit the Firm Fixed Price Table (Section One, Subpart 2.1) in Excel or .pdf format

(or similar) format.

22.5 Proposals shall be submitted electronically. The Government shall not be responsible for any electronic transmission and/or bandwidth issues that may prevent the acceptance, or processing, of any submission to the Government. Electronic files must be in a format that can be read by Microsoft Office and/or Adobe applications. Electronic files submitted will be scanned for viruses; any files mailto:Aubrey.Brick@cfpb.gov mailto:Laurent.Pichet@cfpb.gov mailto:Aubrey.Brick@cfpb.gov mailto:Laurent.Pichet@cfpb.gov

Request for Proposals, CFP-13-R-00004 Data Audit, Analysis and Strategic Plan for the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI)

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containing a virus will be immediately deleted and may disqualify the proposal from further consideration for award. Late proposals will not be accepted or evaluated.

22.6 Page Limits. Firms shall address each of the evaluation factors listed in this Section in their proposals.

See the Submission Table for page limits and response times. Firms shall comply with the page limitation(s) identified. Any additional words or pages provided will not be considered or evaluated.

22.7 Submission Table.

ITEM DUE PAGE

LIMIT

DATE

Questions April 3, 2013

Cover page, and Table of Contents

April 15, 2013

SF1449, signed SF30, Amendments (if any), signed Vendor POC identified Diversity Consulting Experience Narrative 6 Technical Approach Narrative – Data Analysis & Audit (Tasks

I & II)

Technical Approach Narrative – Strategic Plan 4 Firm Fixed Price Table Certs and Reps/ORCA data Resumes

23.0 PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT.

FAR 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (JAN 1999)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and non-price factors considered. In addition to price, the following factors, which are listed in descending order of importance, will be used to evaluate proposals. All non-price evaluation factors, when combined, are significantly more important than the price evaluation factor.

1.0 NON-PRICE EVALUATION.

1.1 Previous Diversity Consulting Experience: Provide a narrative (Section 23.0 (a)(1.1)) that describes a minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing diversity consulting services and includes a minimum of three (3) recent engagements (within the past five years) that demonstrates the firm’s previous experience including, but not limited to, developing strategic plans, conducting focus groups, developing diversity training plans, and devising methods of analysis of the diversity in the workforce. The Key Personnel must have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience or your firm will be rated unacceptable in this evaluation factor. The engagements must have been performed in the last five years and the firm must indicate the start and end date of performance, the Federal Agency or private