Market Research Questionnaire beta SAM.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons Administrative Division

Field Acquisition Office Grand Prairie, Texas 75051

February 1, 2024

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Highway Construction Career Certification Program

United States Penitentiary (USP) Marion, Illinois

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is conducting market research in compliance with Federal

Acquisition Regulation, Part 10. The services will encompass the provision of a Highway

Construction Career Certification program at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Marion, Illinois in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW).

A session is defined as one hour. The contractor will normally provide eight sessions per day, five days per week, Monday through Friday excluding Federal Holidays, to reach a total of 240 sessions per year (only 6 weeks per year). Work hours will normally be between 7:30 A.M –

4:00 P.M. with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. These hours may be adjusted to meet the needs of the institution. The performance period will be for a base year, period from the Effective

Date of Award (EDOA) through 12 months from the EDOA, four (4) possible 12-month option periods.

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. SOLICITATIONS ARE

NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the government. DATA COLLECTED FROM THIS SURVEY IS FOR INFORMATIONAL

PURPOSES ONLY.

Please answer the following questions:

1. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for Other Technical and Trade School is 611519, which sets the small business size standard at $21 million.

Based on this standard, what is your business size small or large?

Small Large

________“8(a)” Program

________ Women-Owned Small Business concern

________ Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business concern

________ HUBZone Small Business concern

________ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concern

2. Can your firm provide firm fixed unit prices for future contract periods (for example: a contract with a base year and four option years, equaling a total of five years)?

Please indicate the maximum number of years you can provide firm-fixed unit prices.

5 years 4 years 3 years 2 years 1 year only

3. How many calendar days does your firm need to prepare a proposal resulting from this solicitation?

15 days 21 days 30 days 45 days

4. Is your company registered in System for Award Management (SAM)?

Yes No

All potential quoters are advised if a solicitation is issued it will include the clause at

FAR 52.212-4 (July 2013) for Commercial Items. This clause requires all contractors doing business with the Federal Government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the SAM database. If your company is not registered in SAM, registration can be made at http://www.sam.gov/.

5. The Federal Acquisition Regulation requires the following insurance: Workers’

Compensation and Employer’s liability not less than $100,000 and General Liability no less than $500,00 per occurrence. Are these rates and requirements consistent with the customary commercial practice in the state of Illinois?

________ Yes _______No

If not, what are the community standard rates of insurance?

6. Is your company in compliance with FAR 52.219-14 “Limitations on Subcontracting”?

Services (except construction) require at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.

Yes_________ No_______

7. Are there any questions or concerns with the Statement of Work? If so, please list your question(s) and/or concern(s) below.

8. Are these types of services “customarily available” in accordance to FAR 52.224-2, Privacy Act (Apr 1984) and FAR 52.224-1, Privacy Act Notification (Apr 1984) in commercial practice/marketplace?

Yes ___________ No _______

9. The procurement will be in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial

Items. In accordance with FAR 12.301 (e), Discretionary use of FAR provisions and clauses, the Contracting Officer may include the appropriate provisions and clauses in the solicitation(s) and contract (s) by addendum when their use is consistent with the limitation contained in 12.302. Therefore, the following clause/provisions will be included:

• DOJ-03, Personnel Security Requirements for Contractor Employees will be incorporated into the solicitation and resulting contract.

• DOJ-05, Security of Department Information and Systems the contractor or subcontractor may access, collect, store, process, maintain, use, transmit, or dispose of DOJ Information will be incorporated into the solicitation and resulting contract.

• DOJ-07, Prohibition on Access by Non-U.S. Citizens to DOJ IT System- acquisition in which contractors will have access to DOJ IT Systems will be incorporated into the solicitation and resulting contract.

10. Please furnish the following information in reference to your firm:

Name:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Telephone Number:

E-mail Address:

UEI Number: _______________________________________ _______________

Please provide any additional comments or information here:

I am extremely appreciative of the time you have taken to complete this questionnaire. Please email your response to t8johnson@bop.gov. no later than due date listed. Should you have any questions, feel free to call me at 202-598-6012.

Sincerely, Tammie Johnson, Contract Specialist

Federal Bureau of Prisons

U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex

Field Acquisition Office

346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, TX 75051

NOTE: The resulting solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services

Administration website at www.beta.SAM.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions to obtain all documents relating to the solicitation. All future information concerning this acquisition, including the presolicitation notices, solicitation, and any subsequent amendments, will be distributed solely through the website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about the acquisition.

mailto:t8johnson@bop.gov