Cover Letter.pdf

U. S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, D.C. 20534

December 20, 2022

Re: RFQ 15BCTS23Q00000003, Boston, MA

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is to provide Sex Offender 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 Boston, Massachusetts 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.”

Services are needed within a ten (10) mile distance from Boston City Hall, located at 1 City Hall Ave., Boston, MA 02109 and accessible to public transportation. This requirement will ensure the contractor is located within walking distance of public transportation, offenders 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 acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications and verifies, by the submission of the quotation, that the http://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ 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 (NOV 2021) 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 (NOV 2021)

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 sheet o Completed Technical Quotation Information packet o Proof of completed SAM registration (must be Active by time of quotation submission) o Completed Far 52.209-7 and 52.212-3 o A copy of your current General Liability Insurance

Quotations shall be emailed by January 19, 2023, 12:00 P.M.

(EST) to cmagee@bop.gov. Please confirm that all 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.

mailto:cmagee@bop.gov.

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 cmagee@bop.gov.

Coretta MaGee Contracting Officer mailto:cmagee@bop.gov