01-RFP 200-1151-WR Solicitation Cover Sheet.pdf

U. S. Department of Justice

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

Washington, DC 20534

September 6, 2011

To All Interested Parties:

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is soliciting proposals to provide Residential Reentry Center (RRC) Services for male and female Federal offenders held under the authority of United States Statutes located in Orange County, California. The location of the performance site must be in in Orange County, California

All offerors are advised that the Government reserves the right to disclose or make public any environmental documentation or other information provided in response to the solicitation. Such disclosures would typically occur in Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, public hearings, comment periods, and other public forums.

Please follow the instructions in Section L of the Request for Proposals (RFP) when preparing your Business, Technical/Management proposals. Your Business and Technical/Management proposals should be submitted electronically.

A cover letter setting forth your firm rates for the Base Period (sliding scales, etc., not acceptable), and Section A (Solicitation, Offer and Award), B, J and K should comprise your business proposal.

The Technical/Management Proposal must include a clear and concise explanation of how you propose to accomplish the procurement objective, describing in detail the approach, methods, techniques, and manpower you intend to use in accordance with Section L, Content of Technical/Management Proposals.

Your Technical/Management proposal will be evaluated for acceptability but not ranked using non-cost/price factors.

The Government reserves the right to award the contract without discussions.

Therefore, all proposals should be prepared as your organization’s final proposal revision.

Note: In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-1(d), Instructions to Offerors-Competitive Acquisitions, proposals in response to this solicitation will be valid at a minimum of 240 days from the date the solicitation closes.

Note: Effective January 1, 2005, the provision at FAR 52.204-8, Annual Representation and Certifications, requires all prospective offerors to submit Annual Representations and Certifications via the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website at http://orca.bpn.gov. ORCA was developed to replace most of the paper based Representations and Certifications process known as Section K. By submission of an offer under this solicitation, the offeror acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via ORCA and verifies, by submission of the offer, that the representations and certifications currently posted in ORCA were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation. Changes to the ORCA representations and certifications may be provided by the offeror for this specific solicitation as indicated in the provision at the FAR 52.204-8.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Sincerely, //s// Wesley Jenkins Contracting Specialist

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