Cover_Letter.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington D. C. 20534

August 22, 2014

Re: RFQ-CTS-026-15, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

All Interested Parties :

This Request for Quote (RFQ) is to provide substance abuse treatment and mental health treatment services for offenders held underauthority of the United States in Cedar Rapids, Iowa 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 Proposal:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items - · Please compl ete 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 Applicat ion (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 (JULY 2013) and FAR 52 . 212-4 (t), Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, System for Award Management (SAM), (SEP 2013).

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 quoter . Award will be decided based on the contents of your solicitation response, therefore be sure that all requirements have been satisfied .

Please submit one original of your signed quotes so as to be received by 02:00p.m., EST on September 17, 2014, 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 writing and fax them to

(202) 616-6224 to my attention or by email to a1bishop@bop . gov

Sincerely, Antoinette W. Bishop Contracting Officer