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U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington D.C. 20534 January 11, 2013

Re: RFQ-TDAT-021-13, Las Cruces, New Mexico

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is to provide sex offender treatment services for male and female offenders held under authority of the United States in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work entitled “Federal Bureau of Prisons, Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment (TDAT) Program, Sex Offender Treatment (SOT) Services dated February 2012.”

The following must be completed and submitted with your Proposal:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items - Please completes blocks 12, 17a, 17b, 23, 24, 30a, 30b, and 30c, of the SF-1449 and the continuation sheets. Please include your telephone number in Block 17a. Original signatures are required.

Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) - Prospective offerors are required to submit Annual Representations and Certifications via the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. By submission of a proposal under this solicitation, the offerors acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via ORCA and verifies, by the submission of the proposal, that the representations and certifications currently posted in SAM were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete and applicable to this solicitation. All proposal must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number (JUNE 2008) and FAR 52.212-4(t), Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, Central Contractor Registration (CCR) (FEB 2012). Submission of your proposal constitutes compliance.

Federal Bureau of Prisons Service Contract Business Management Questionnaire

Required Documentation Identified in the attachments, Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Submission of Offers

The Government shall award to the lowest priced, technically acceptable, responsive and responsible offeror. Award will be acceptance of your proposal, therefore, ensure that all requirements can be satisfied.

Please submit one original of your signed proposal so as to be received by 02:00pm, EST on March 1, 2013, to the following address:

Aaron Tong Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 First Street (5005), N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20534

The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fedbizopps.gov). Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions. All future information about this solicitation, including solicitation amendments, will also be solely distributed through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation.

Please place any questions in writing and fax them to 202-616-6224 to my attention or by email to awtong@bop.gov.

Sincerely, Aaron Tong Contracting Officer image1.jpeg