Cover Letter CTS in Endinburg TX.pdf

U. S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, D.C. 20534

April 19, 2023

Re: RFQ 15BCTS23Q00000013, Edinburg, Texas

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is to provide Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Sex Offender and Medical Assisted treatment services for male and female inmates residing at local Residential Re-entry Centers and on home confinement, held under authority of the United States in the Edinburg, Texas area. Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work entitled, “Federal Bureau of Prisons, Community Treatment Services, Statement of Work, October 2020.”

All treatment services are to be provided by clinicians who currently hold a professional license to practice independently, without supervision, in the state of Texas. Services are to be provided must be within 1/2 mile access to public transportation and within 3 miles of the Hidalgo County Courthouse building located at 100 E. Cano St.

Edinburg, TX 78539 and within 1/2 mile access of a public transportation bus stop. This requirement will ensure the contractor is located within walking distance of public transportation, inmates are not subject to walking long distances in inclement weather, and inmate accountability is maintained.

The following must be completed and submitted with your Quotation:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items - Please completes blocks 12, 17a, 17b, 23, 24, 30a, 30b, and 30c, of the SF-1449, the continuation sheets and appropriate attachments. Please include your telephone number in Block 17a. Original signatures are required.

Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) Prospective qouters are required to submit Annual Representations and Certifications via the Online Representations and Certifications Application website at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. By submission of a quotation under this solicitation, the qouters acknowledge completion of the annual representations and certifications and verifies, by the submission of the quotation, that the representations and certifications currently posted in SAM.gov were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete and applicable to this solicitation.

All quoters must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2023) Unique entity identifier and FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM) (OCT 2018).

Required Documentation Identified at Addendum to 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors — Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2023)

The Government shall award to the lowest priced, technically acceptable (LPTA), responsive and responsible quoter.

Electronic copies of quotations shall be submitted by email(s) in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format only. Email attachments (PDFs only) cannot total more than 14 MB per email and numbered (1 of 4, etc.).

Please compress PDFs when possible to reduce the file size. We understand you will likely need to send multiple emails.

Please include SEPARATE FILE ATTACHMENTS for the following:

o Completed SF-1449(including the pricing table at Section 2.1) o Completed Business Quotation Information packet o Completed Technical Quotation Information packet o PDF copy of completed SAM registration (must be Active by time of quotation submission) o A copy of your current General Liability Insurance

Quotations shall be emailed by May 10, 2023, 2:00 P.M. ET to p5clark@bop.gov. Please confirm that all numbered emails and attachments were received.

The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s SAM.gov website (SAM.gov). Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions.

All future information about this solicitation, including solicitation amendments, will also be solely distributed through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation.

Please place any questions in writing and send them to my attention by email to p5clark@bop.gov.

Paul G. Clark Contracting Officer mailto:p5clark@bop.gov