Attachment1Package Delivery.pdf

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PACKAGING AND DELIVERY OF THE PROPOSAL

Your proposal shall be organized as specified in SECTION L.2. General Instructions. Shipment and marking shall be as indicated below.

PAPER SUBMISSION: The paper copy is the official copy for recording timely receipt of proposals.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS BY FACSIMILE OR E-MAIL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE

A. EXTERNAL PACKAGE MARKING

In addition to the address cited below, mark each package as follows:

"RFP No. N02PC35008-57

TO BE OPENED BY AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL ONLY"

B. PAPER COPIES and CD-ROM to:

If hand-delivered or delivery service If using U.S. Postal Service

Reyes Rodriguez, COBR Reyes Rodriguez, COBR

National Institute of Health National Institute of Health

National Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute

Office of Acquisitions Office of Acquisitions

9609 Medical Center Drive 9609 Medical Center Drive

Room 1E564, MSC 9700 Room 1E564, MSC 9700

Rockville, MD 20850-9700 Bethesda, MD 20892-9700

*THE ORIGINALS MUST BE READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR DATE STAMPING

PURPOSE.

NOTE: Please be aware that the U.S. Postal Service's "Express Mail" DOES NOT deliver to the

Rockville, Maryland address AND delivery to the Bethesda, Maryland address will result in a delayed delivery to our office in Rockville, MD (up to 3 - 5 days). If a proposal is not received at the place, date, and time specified herein, it will be considered a "late proposal."

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C. NUMBER OF COPIES for EACH TASK AREA PROPOSAL:

TOTAL PAGE COUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE: Cover and Back Page; NIH-2043; Table of

Contents; Section Dividers that do not contain information other than title of Section, Resumes or Appendices.

FORMATTING AND LAYOUT:

Use your usual Word processing and spreadsheet programs to prepare and format the technical and business proposals. If documents are submitted using Adobe .pdf, the documents should be submitted using a .pdf searchable format.

Type size must be 10 to 12 points.

type spacing should be no more than 15 characters per inch. Within a vertical inch, there must be no more than six lines of text.

Print margins must be at least one inch on each edge of the paper.

Print setup should be double-sided on standard letter size paper (8.5 x 11" in the U.S., A4 in Europe).

CREATING AND NAMING ELECTRONIC FILES:

1. A separate CD should be submitted for the Technical Proposal and Business Proposal information.

Offerors who submit both Technical and Business Proposals on the same CD will be required to resubmit them on separate CDs.

2. Files on CDs should be named using the following format:

Company name / RFP number / technical / ** / date

** if multiple files are submitted for the technical proposal, please indicate the name of the section in the file name.

EXAMPLE: XYX Company/07-13/Technical/Approach/XX-XX-XXXX

Company name / RFP number / business / ** / date

** if multiple files are submitted for the business proposal, please include the name of the section in the file name.

EXAMPLE: XYX Company/07-13/Business/Staffing/XX-XX-XXXX

THE NUMBER OF COPIES AND APPLICABLE PAGE LIMITATIONS REQUIRED OF

EACH PART OF EACH TASK AREA PROPOSAL ARE AS SPECIFIED BELOW.

PAGES IN EXCESS OF THIS LIMITATION WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE

PROPOSAL AND WILL NOT BE PROVIDED TO THE REVIEWERS TO BE READ OR

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EVALUATED.

OFFERORS MUST CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION IN THE PAPER AND

ELECTRONIC COPIES IS EXACTLY THE SAME.

Document Number of Copies per Task Area

Proposal

Page Limits

Technical Proposal Task Area 1

Technical Proposal Task Area 2

Technical Proposal Task Area 3

Technical Proposal Task Area 4

PAPER

One (1) SIGNED ORIGINAL.

Five (5) COPIES

ELECTRONIC FILES ON CD

Six (6) CDs containing an electronic copy of the Technical Proposal (including all

Appendices)

Not to Exceed 25 Pages

Not to Exceed 25 Pages

Not to Exceed 25 Pages

Not to Exceed 10 Pages

Sample Task Order – Task Area 1

Sample Task Order – Task Area 2

Sample Task Order – Task Area 3

Sample Task Order – Task Area 4

PAPER

Six (6) CDs containing an electronic copy of the Technical Proposal (including all

Appendices)

Not to Exceed 25 Pages

Not to Exceed 25 Pages

Not to Exceed 25 Pages

Not to Exceed 5 Pages

Business Proposal for each Task

Area

PAPER

Four (4) CDs containing an electronic copy of the Business Proposal.

N/A

Breakdown of Proposed Estimated

Cost using Electronic Cost

Proposal EXCEL Workbook for each Task Area

This Attachment to the Business Proposal should be submitted as a separate EXCEL file on the Business Proposal Compact Disk.

See Section J, Attachment entitled

Breakdown of Proposed Estimated Costs

(plus fee) with Excel Spreadsheet to access the Excel Workbook.

N/A