Proposal_Submission_Instructions.docx

Proposal Submission Instructions:

Animal Husbandry Services Contract Solicitation Number: HU0001-14-R-0003 Description: Animal husbandry staff for the Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine (LAM), Animal Husbandry Division (AHD) and the AFRRI Veterinary Sciences Department (VSD), Animal Husbandry Division to maintain their animal care programs. USUHS requires the services of part-time and full-time contractor employees for the purpose of filling gapped positions and to help with temporary increases in need.

The resultant award will be a five (5) year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Firm Fixed Price Labor Hour task order contract as a total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small-business set-aside under NAICS code 541940, Veterinary Services with a size standard of $7M. Vendors must be registered in the SAM.gov database (www.sam.gov) as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business under NAICS code 541940 by the due date for proposals.

Proposals submitted in response to this request for proposals (RFP) shall be hardcopy and mailed to or delivered to Stephen Enokida, Contract Specialist at the following address:

Uniformed Services University Attn: Stephen Enokida, Contract Specialist 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, A1040C Bethesda, MD 20814

The proposal must be submitted to the address listed above. Email proposals or proposals submitted via fax will NOT be accepted.

Proposals are due by 1:00 P.M. (Eastern local time) on March 4, 2014. The late proposal instruction found in FAR Part 15.208 does apply to this solicitation. LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure proposals are received by the Government office designated in the solicitation. Once your proposal is received you will receive a confirmation email.

Proposal Organization:

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Proposals should be submitted in the following format and must use the numbering format as outlined:

· Coversheet – Must be on top of the submission package so confirmation email can be sent

· Company Name

· Solicitation Number

· Acknowledgement of Latest Amendment (Failure to acknowledge the latest amendment may render the submitted proposal non-responsive)

· POC Information – Name, Title, Email and Telephone

· Company DUNS

· Statement that Proposal is Valid for 90 Days

· Intro Letter (optional) – 1 page Maximum – Proposal:

I. Corporate Experience – 5 Pages Maximum– Corporate Experience should be presented in the following order using the numbering format as provided in the evaluation factor as follows:

III. Past Performance – See page limitations below – Past Performance References should be presented in the following order using the numbering format as provided in the evaluation factor as follows:

Price Proposal:

Price Proposal – No limitation– Offerors must propose price in the form of one fully loaded rate for both Animal Caretaker I and Animal Caretaker II for the 5 years that this contract will cover. The contractor will also provide documentation how the fully loaded rates were derived.

For price analysis purposes, offerors must complete the table in the RFP. The loaded bill rates included in the table below will be the bill rates used during the duration of the contract to come up with the firm fixed priced rate for each awarded task order during the applicable performance period. Ultimately, the proposed total value of the contract is what will be evaluated. Adjustments made to the bill rates may only be made based on SCA adjustments.

Offerors must submit the required number of copies of the Technical and Price proposals:

· Number of copies of Technical Proposal = nine (9)

· Number of copies of Price Proposal = three (3)

Offeror must submit one (1) copy each of completed copies of two fill-in provisions included in the PROVISIONS and CLAUSES document attachment

· FILL-IN Provision: 252.209-7994 Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law—Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations.

Question Submittal Instructions Offors may submit questions, to include clarifications , in reference to any areas of the Request for Proposal (RFP).

Questions must be submitted via emailed stephen.enokida@usuhs.edu. All questions must be submitted as a Word attachment to the email.

Questions submitted by any other means than email will not be answered.

Questions must identify the RFP section and page number.

All questions must be submitted by 5 p.m. (EST) on February 18, 2014.

Questions will be answered and posted as an amendment to the solicitation on FedBizOpps. It is anticipated that all questions will be answered by 5:00 p.m. EST on February 24, 2014.

As previously stated, no questions will be answered via telephone.

Points of Contact:

-Mr. Stephen Enokida (Contract Specialist)- stephen.enokida@usuhs.edu -Ms. Michelle Creenan (Contracting Officer)- michelle.creenan@usuhs.edu