Cover_Letter.docx

U.S. Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

March 13, 2014

Subject: Request for Proposals No. DJJB-14-RFP-0851 Victim Notification System

Dear Interested Offerors:

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is soliciting offers in response to its Request for Proposals (RFP), number DJJB-14-RFP-0851, for an operation and maintenance of the Victim Notification System. This is a full and open competition conducted under Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and is anticipated to result in a single award.

For your convenience, an outline of the RFP by section is provided below, with bolding added to those sections of particular importance to your understanding of this requirement and the proposal process:

Sections A through J will survive this pre-award stage of the acquisition process and remain in the resulting contracts. Sections K through M will not appear in the resulting contracts.

Most of the information listed in Section J is considered “Sensitive But Unclassified” (SBU). In order to gain access to SBU information, interested vendors must request explicit access via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) web portal (www.fbo.gov). Requests for explicit access to SBU information that are submitted outside FBO will not be honored. Only vendors with active registrations in the Government’s System for Award Management (SAM) database and listed within North American Industry Classification System under code 541511 will be granted access to SBU information associated with this procurement.

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For your convenience, critical dates applicable to this procurement are highlighted below:

March 20, 2014 12:00 p.m. EST RFP questions due (Section L.2)

April 14, 2014 12:00 p.m. EST Proposals due (Section L.3)

It is the Government's intent to make award selections based on initial proposals; however, I reserve the right to determine a competitive range, engage in discussions, and request proposal revisions as may be necessary to obtain the best value for the Government. (Section L.10, FAR 52.215-1).

Amendments to this RFP, if any, will be posted on GSA's Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website available at www.fbo.gov. Offerors must acknowledge amendments in block 14 of the SF 33.

Offerors are responsible for submitting proposals and any modifications or revisions thereto so as to reach the Government office designated in Section L.3 by the due date and time specified in the RFP and reiterated herein.

Sincerely, Melissa J. Guderjohn

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