Cover_Letter.docx

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington D.C. 20534 March 9, 2016

Re: RFQ-CTS-026-16, Akron, Ohio

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 Akron, Ohio 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 (March 2015 – No Master’s Required).”

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 proposals must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number (Oct 2015) and FAR 52.212-4(t), Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, System for Award Management (SAM), (May 2015).

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 quotation therefore, ensure that all requirements can be satisfied.

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 March 24, 2016, to the following address:

Kelvin Bogan 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 email to kbogan@bop.gov

Sincerely, Kelvin Bogan Contracting Officer image1.jpeg