RFQ_Letter_10.31.16.pdf

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Forgein Service Institute

Arlington, VA

October 31, 2016

LETTER FOR ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS

FROM: Foreign Service Institute, Office of Acquisitions

SUBJECT: Establishment of Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Psychology of Interpersonal

Persuasion Training Course

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified

Acquisition Procedures. This announcement constitutes only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a separate synopsis will not be issued.

This solicitation document is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). When submitting quotes, please use reference number SFSIAQ17Q4001.

The U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, Office of Acquisitions, intends to establish a single Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for a period of five (5) years for Professional and Management

Development Training in accordance the attached Statement of Work (SOW) and BPA Terms and

Conditions. The call limit for this BPA will be $25,000.00 with an overall BPA limit of $250,000.00 over

5 years.

The RFQ is set aside 100% for “Small Business Concerns”. The North American Industry Classification

Code (NAICS Code) for this procurement is 611430. The size standard as described by the U.S. Small

Business Administration for this procurement is $11M. Small Business determination and tax identification numbers (TIN) shall be submitted with quotes.

Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be considered for; or prior to establishment of BPA. Offerors may register at www.sam.gov. A Dun and Bradstreet number is required in order to register.

Questions regarding this RFQ should be sent via email to: harrisal2@state.gov. Questions are due no later than November 8, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Any questions that are received in conjunction with this solicitation and the corresponding responses by the government will be posted as an amendment to

Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), website: www.fbo.gov.

Quotes for this RFQ shall be sent to the contracting officer via email at: harrisal2@state.gov. All submitted quotes will include any discounted pricing. Quotes are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, www.sam.gov mailto:harrisal2@state.gov http://www.fbo.gov/ mailto:harrisal2@state.gov

November 28, 2016 and are required to be valid for a minimum of 180 days. Further instructions are provided in Section L of the solicitation.

NOTE: Successful Offeror is required to complete and submit FAR 52.212-3 – “Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items” through the System for Award Management (SAM) database; if this information is already entered into the SAM database, please indicate so.

This RFQ form shall be completed and submitted in addition to any other quote form utilized by offeror.

Unit pricing is all-inclusive. Please thoroughly review the attached Statement of Work, for a full description of services required prior to providing pricing.

/s/

Arness Harris

Contracting Officer

United States Department of State