Cover Letter Telehealth Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).pdf

U. S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, D.C. 20534

March 12, 2024

Re: 15BCTS24R00000001, Telehealth Medication-Assisted Treatment

(MAT)

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is seeking a contractor to provide Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) by telehealth services (TeleMAT) to Adults in Custody (AICs) in community placement nationwide while residing in Residential Reentry Centers, or on Home Confinement (HC) or Federal Location Monitoring, or reporting to a Day Reporting Center. If the standard of care or current law or regulations require information or treatment that is only obtainable in person, the contractor must provide in-person MAT services. The contractor must also have the ability to administer MAT medication Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work entitled, “Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) Statement of Work, Community Treatment Services, Medication-Assisted Treatment, October 2023.” The following must be completed and submitted with your Proposal:

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.

Offeror Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) - Prospective offeror’s 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 offeror’s acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via SAM and verifies, by the submission of the proposal, 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 offerors must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offeror – Commercial Products and Commercial Services Unique Entity Identifier (Sep 2023), and FAR 52.204-7, System of Award Management (SAM) (Oct 2018).

Required Documentation Identified at Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items

Government shall award to the proposal that represents the best value to the Government.

Electronic copies of proposal shall be submitted in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format only. Please compress PDFs when possible to reduce the file size. Please include SEPARATE FILE ATTACHMENTS for the following:

• Completed SF-1449 (including the pricing table at Section 2.1)

• Completed Business Proposal Information sheet

• Completed Technical Proposal Information packet

• Proof of completed SAM registration (must be Active by time of proposal submission)

• Completed Small Business Subcontracting Plan

• Completed Past Performance Questionnaire

• Technical Proposal Information Workbook

• A copy of your current Professional Liability Insurance

Proposals shall be submitted by April 29, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. EST via the Justice Enterprise File Sharing (JEFS) system. The instructions for accessing the JEFS system and submitting proposals are as follows:

Offerors must submit proposals electronically through Justice Enterprise File Sharing (JEFS) by the date and time specified in this solicitation. It is imperative that the Offeror read and understand how to submit its proposal using the JEFS web portal. All proposal documents required by this solicitation must be uploaded and received in their entirety in the JEFS web portal no later than the date and time specified in this solicitation. Failure to submit a response that is received through the JEFS web portal by the stated time and date may result in the Proposal not being considered. By submitting a Proposal, the Offeror agrees to comply with all terms and conditions as set forth in this solicitation. BOP does not provide help desk assistance regarding JEFS, and questions regarding JEFS shall be addressed directly to contracting officer listed in the solicitation via email.

Electronic submission of the Proposal via JEFS shall be considered the Offeror’s official offer and will be considered binding.

Physical copies of the Proposal shall not be accepted.

It is the offeror’s responsibility to obtain written confirmation of receipt of all electronic offeror files submitted to (Community Treatment Contracting Section). In the event that the JEFS APP BOX is down, the alternate method for bid submission is via email to sjones2@bop.gov. The Offeror must obtain prior approval from the Contracting Officer via email sjones2@bop.gov to use the alternate submission method.

Electronic copies of each Proposal shall be compatible with the following software products: Adobe Acrobat Reader 11 and Microsoft Office Suite 2016. Narrative portions of the proposal shall be in Adobe Acrobat portable document file (pdf) searchable text format.

The Offeror shall not embed sound or video (e.g., MPEG) files into the proposal files. Electronic files shall be clearly identified.

Please use the following link to access the JEFS system to upload your proposal:

https://jefs.app.box.com/f/3cc63b9459424797800d09e7efda6ddf

The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s SAM.gov website (sam.gov). A hard copy 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 sjones2@bop.gov.

Sincerely, Shuwona Jones Contracting Officer https://jefs.app.box.com/f/3cc63b9459424797800d09e7efda6ddf mailto:sjones2@bop.gov