Cover Letter North Charleston SC.pdf

U. S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, D.C. 20534

July 7, 2023

Re: 15BCTS23Q00000014, North Charleston, South Carolina

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is to provide Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Sex Offender treatment services for male and female offenders held under authority of the United States in North Charleston, South Carolina. Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work entitled, “Community Treatment Services (CTS), 2022, Statement of Work,”

The following must be completed and submitted with your Quotation:

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

Quoter Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) - Prospective quoters are required to submit Annual Representations and Certifications at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. By submission of a quote under this solicitation, the quoter acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via SAM and verifies, by the submission of the quote, that the representations and certifications currently posted in SAM 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), 52.204-6, Unique Entity Identifier (Oct 2016) and 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM) (Oct 2018).

Required Documentation Identified at FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2023).Government shall award to the lowest price, technically acceptable, responsive and responsible quoter.

Quotes will only be accepted via email at kacannon@bop.gov. Please include SEPARATE FILE ATTACHMENTS for the following:

• Completed SF-1449

• Completed Business Quotation Information packet

• Completed Technical Quotation Information packet http://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

• Proof of completed SAM registration (must be active by time of quotation submission)

• A copy of your current Professional Liability Insurance

• Attachment Quotation Form

Quotations shall be received by Friday July 28, 2023 2:00 P.M. EST to kacannon@bop.gov.

Please confirm that all emails and attachments are received.

The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s www.sam.gov website. 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 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 direct any questions to kacannon@bop.gov.

Sincerely, Kathaleen Cannon Contracting Officer http://www.sam.gov/