Cover_letter_1.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Contracting Field Office

Washington, DC 20534

October 6, 2015

Re: RFQ-CTS-095-15, Great Falls, MT

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Quote (RFQ) is to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services for male and female offenders held under authority of the United States in Great Falls, MT.

Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed statement of work entitled “Federal

Bureau of Prisons, Community Transitional Drug Abuse Treatment (TDAT) and Mental Health

Treatment Services Statement of Work (March 2015 – No Masters Required).”

The following must be completed and submitted with your quote:

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, fax number, email address, tax identification number and DUNS number in Block 17a. Original signatures are required.

Quoteor Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) - Prospective quoters are required to submit Annual Representations and Certifications via the System for Award

Management (SAM) website at www.sam.gov. By submission of a quote under this solicitation, the quoteor acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via SAM 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 quoteors must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to

Quoteors - Commercial Items, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and

FAR 52.212-4(t), Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, System for Award

Management.

Federal Bureau of Prisons Service Contract Business Management Questionnaire http://www.sam.gov/

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

Quoteors - Commercial Items

Quotes shall be submitted on or before the proposal deadline specified in Block 8 of the Standard

Form1449, page 1 of the solicitation. The period for acceptance of quotes (as described in

Provision FAR52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial items (c)) shall be increased from 30 days to 180 days. Quotes will not be accepted via fax or email. The quotation shall be submitted on a CD/DVD in adobe (pdf) format. The CD/DVD should contain separate files

(attachments) for the following: a signed SF-1449/pricing schedule; technical response; and questionnaire/notification letter responses. The CD/DVD shall be submitted to the following address:

Pattie Williams

Federal Bureau of Prisons

CTS Contracting Section

320 First Street, NW

Room 5005

Washington, DC 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 by email to p1williams@bop.gov.

Sincerely, //s//

Pattie Williams

Contracting Officer mailto:p1williams@bop.gov