Cover_Letter.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington D.C. 20534

June 24, 2015

Re: RFQ-CTS-004-16, Waterbury, Connecticut

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Quote (RFQ) is to provide substance abuse treatment and mental health treatment services for offenders held under authority of the United States in the Waterbury, Connecticut area. Services are to be provided in accordance with the Federal Bureau of Prisons Community Transitional Drug Abuse

Treatment and Mental Health Treatment Services Statement of Work

(April 2011 – No Master’s Required), Revision 01, April 2013, PSB”.

The following must be completed and submitted with your Quote:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for

Commercial Items - Please complete blocks 12, 17a, 17b, 23, 24, 30a, 30b, and block 30c of the SF-1449. Also, please complete the attached continuation sheets. Please include your telephone number in Block 17a. Original signatures are required.

Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) -

Prospective quoters 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 quote under this solicitation, the quoters acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via

ORCA and verifies, by the submission of the quote, 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 quoters must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Quoters - Commercial Items, Data Universal

Numbering System (DUNS) Number (Dec 2014) and FAR 52.212-4(t), Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, System for

Award Management (SAM), (May 2015). Submission of your quote constitutes compliance.

http://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

Federal Bureau of Prisons Service Contract Business

Management Questionnaire

Required Documentation Identified in the attachments, Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Quoters -

Submission of Quotes

The Government shall award to the lowest priced, technically acceptable, responsive, and responsible quoter. However, the quoted price must be determined to be fair and reasonably priced.

Award will be based on acceptance of your quote therefore, ensure that all requirements have been satisfied.

No paper quotes will be accepted. Please submit one electronic copy on DVD or CD of your signed quotes so as to be received by

02:00 p.m., EST on JULY 24, 2015, to the following address:

Antoinette W. Bishop

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 the aforementioned 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 written format to the following email address: a1bishop@bop.gov.

Sincerely, Antoinette W. Bishop

Contracting Officer http://www.fedbizopps.gov/