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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Region I April 30, 2010

TO ALL POTENTIAL OFFERORS

NOTE: This solicitation is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Quotations submitted from other than small business concerns will not be considered.

You are invited to submit a quote in accordance with the requirements of the Request for Quotation (RFQ) SSA-RFQ-R01-10-1001 for Medical Consultant Services in the specialty of: Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Musculoskeletal ; Neurologist ; Psychiatrists; and Psychologist for the Social Security Administration.

SECTION E – (SOLICITATION PROVISIONS) of the attached addendum provides detailed instructions on submitting your quote. Your quote must include as a minimum, the following documentation: Refer to SECTION E – 2.1 ALL INQUIRIES MUST BE RECEIVED, IN WRITING, NO LATER THAN 3:00 P.M., LOCAL PREVAILING TIME ON MAY 20, 2010. The Government will make every attempt to answer questions which will not automatically result in the extension of the proposal due date. All questions and their respective answers will be made available to all potential offerors in the form of solicitation amendments.

ELECTRONIC QUOTATIONS (CD copies) MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 3:00 PM., Eastern Standard Time, on Tuesday, JUNE 1, 2010 at the address shown below:

Social Security Administration

JFK Federal Building

Room 1975

Attn: Pamela J. Dutcher

Boston, MA 02203 PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULE FOR ON THURSDAY, MAY 13TH, 2010, FROM 10:00AM – NOON. LOCATION OF THE CONFERENCE WILL SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, JFK FEDERAL BUILDING, ROOM 1900, BOSTON MA. Potential offerors are encouraged to attend the Pre-Proposal Conference.

ALL ELECTRONIC QUOTATIONS (CD) SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH SOLICITATION NUMBER SSA-RFQ-R01-10-1001.

FAXED RESPONSES WLL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Sincerely, Pamela J. Dutcher

Contract Specialist