Cover letter.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington D.C. 20534 January 28, 2011

Re: RFP-PCC-0020

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is to provide inpatient drug abuse programming for male inmates residing in the Secure Residential

Treatment Program Unit of the Correctional Treatment Facility of the

DC Department of Corrections in Washington, DC. Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work entitled

Federal Bureau of Prisons, Secure Residential Treatment Program

(STRP) dated August 2010.

This requirement will be fulfilled through a single award.

Faith-based and Community-based organizations can submit offers equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible.

Please follow the instructions in Section L of the Request for

Proposals (RFP) when preparing your Business, Technical, and Past

Performance Information Proposals. Your Business, Technical, and

Past Performance Information Proposals should be submitted in separate loose-leaf binders. The binders should be marked to indicate which are copies and which are originals. The binders marked Original should contain original documents.

The following items should comprise your Business Proposal: a cover letter setting forth your firm rates for the Base Period and each

Option Year (sliding scales, etc., are not acceptable); Section A

(Solicitation, Offer and Award); Section B (Supplies or Services and

Prices/Costs); applicable attachments in Section J (List of

Attachments; see Section L, Content of Business Proposals); and

Section K (Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of

Offerors).

The Technical 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

Proposals. Your Technical/Management Proposal will be evaluated as an indication of your comprehension of the services to be provided and your ability to perform these services.

The Government reserves the right to award the contract without discussions. Therefore, all proposals should be prepared as your organization s final proposal revision.

All submissions are to be provided in electronic format that is

Microsoft Word or Adobe compatible.

An opportunity to ask questions and receive clarifications will be provided at a Pre-Proposal Conference. The Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on February 23, 2011, from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. The conference will be located at CSOSA’s Reentry and Sanctions Center, 1900 Massachusetts Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20003. The following information must be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing by February 10, 2011: (1) Advance notification if you plan to attend the conference; (2) List of attendees; (3) Any and all questions to be addressed at the conference.

All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be submitted in writing by February 10, 2011.

Notes:

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.

In accordance with FAR 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility

Verification, contractors are required to enroll in the E-Verify

Program and to comply with the requirements of the E-Verify Program

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the period of performance of any potential contract resulting from this solicitation.

Contractors who are not enrolled as Federal Contractors in the

E-Verify Program at the time of potential contract award have thirty

(30) calendar days within the date of contract award to enroll in the E-Verify Program. Employees are subject to verification of employment eligibility as defined and outlined by the clause. For more information, please visit the E-Verify website at http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.

Proposals must be received by 2:00 P.M Eastern Time on

March 9, 2011, unless otherwise amended in writing by the Contracting

Officer. Please supply all advanced information (e.g. Notification of Attendance, List of Attendees, Questions, etc.) to Kelly Young, Contracting Officer, via email at K2young@bop.gov.

Sincerely, //s//

Kelly J. Young

Contracting Officer