Cover Letter Solicitation.pdf
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- Doula Training Program & Services
- Solicitation number
- 15BNAS23Q0000005
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This document is a solicitation for doula training program and services. The Bureau of Prisons seeks to establish doula programs and training within federal correctional facilities to enhance prenatal and postpartum experiences for incarcerated women. The selected contractor will provide doula services including birth, antepartum, and postpartum support, assist with developing birth plans, and create educational materials. Additionally, the contractor will develop and conduct a national doula training program and curriculum for incarcerated women, covering childbirth education, prenatal and postpartum support, birth planning, pain management, and lactation support. The training must provide a minimum of 60 instruction hours and certifications for prenatal and postpartum doulas. Quotes are due by December 14, 2022. The Bureau of Prisons intends to make a firm fixed price single award for these doula services and training.
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U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Washington, DC 20534
November 30, 2022
Re: 15BNAS23Q00000005
All Interested Parties:
The attached Request for Quotation (RFQ) is to provide a Doula Services and Doula Training Services that fulfill the requirements of the attached Statement of Work (Individual SOW for each Requirement). The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Central Office, Reentry Services Division, Washington, DC, intends to make an award to a contractor for doula services for justice-involved women. Doula services includes but are not limited to birth, antepartum and postpartum doulas, assist with developing birth plans, provide emotional, physical, and educational support for women throughout their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery as well as create and provide resource material for prenatal and postpartum care. (SOW Attachment 4) There is also a further requirement to train incarcerated women to become doulas and develop a National Doula Career Training Program and Curriculum within BOP facilities for justice-involved women. (SOW Attachement 6)
The Bureau of Prisons intends to make a Firm Fixed Price Single award however, the BOP reserves the right to make multiple awards if it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government.
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 Items, Unique Entity Identifier (March 2020) and FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management(SAM) (Oct 2018).
Required Documentation Identified at Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items Government shall award on a best value trade-off basis.
Electronic copies of quotations shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer, Brooke Garcia, at bgarcia@bop.gov in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Email attachments cannot exceed 14 MB per email. You will likely need to send multiple emails.
Please confirm with the Contracting Officer that all emails have been received. Quotes will not be accepted via fax or mail.
Please include SEPARATE FILE ATTACHMENTS for the following:
1. Completed SF-1449
2. Completed Technical Proposal
3. Completed Business Quotation Information packet
4. Proof of completed SAM registration (must be Active by time of award)
Quotations shall be received by Wednesday, Demember 14, 2022, 12:00 PM ET.
Questions shall be sent via email to the Contracting Officer noted above. All answers will be posted in writing on beta.sam.gov. Questions will not be answered verbally or individually. Questions received after 12:00 PM ET on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 will not be answered.
The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s Beta SAM.gov website (beta.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 be solely distributed through this website.
Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure they have the mostup-to-date information about this solicitation. Please direct any questions to bgarcia@bop.gov.
mailto:bgarcia@bop.gov
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