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U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, DC 20534

March 05, 2013

Re: RFP-TDAT-038-13, Fresno, California

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is to provide mental and substance abuse treatment services for male and female offenders held under authority of the United States in Fresno, California. Services are to be provided in accordance with accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work entitled “Federal Bureau of Prisons, Community Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment (TDAT) and Mental Health Treatment Services (April 2011- No Master’s Required).”

The following must be completed and submitted with your offer:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items - Please complete 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.

Offeror 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 http://orca.bpn.gov. By submission of a proposal under this solicitation, the offeror 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 ORCA were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete and applicable to this solicitation. All offerors must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.2121(j), Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number (JUNE 2008) and FAR 52.2124(t), Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, Central Contractor Registration (CCR) (February 2012). Submission of your proposal constitutes compliance.

Required Documentation Identified at Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items

Please submit one original of your signed proposal so as to be received by April 04, 2013, 2:00PM EST to the following address:

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 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 202-307-1146 to my attention or by email to r1carroll@bop.gov.

Sincerely, Robert Carroll, Jr.

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