SSFMF Cover Letter RFP 47QFCA22R0035.pdf

FEDSIM is a Client Support Center housed within GSA, FAS, AAS. U.S. General Services Administration 1800 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20405

August 23, 2022

Subject: Sesame Street for Military Families (SSFMF) NOTICE TO: Sesame Workshop

This letter transmits Request for Proposal (RFP) 47QFCA22R0035 for Sesame Street for Military Families (SS4MF). The scope of this requirement includes sustainment of the existing mobile app(s) mobile gateway and website, an annual promotional campaign for the SS4MF program product portfolio, technical support (e.g., maintenance, upgrades) and the implementation of an outcome study or needs assessment. This contract also provides for the creation of wellness tools for military preschoolers (ages 2 to 6) and their military parents/caregivers to promote positive family functioning and improved well-being of military parents and their young children (ages 2 to 6). This RFP is issued by the United States (U.S.) General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM). The NAICS Code for this effort is 512110 - Motion Picture and Video Production. The Product Service Code (PSC) is G099- Other Social Services.

Offer Submission Deadlines and Instructions:

The offer shall contain two parts. The offeror shall submit each Part separately. The submission shall contain the following:

a. Part I – Written Price Proposal

1. Due No Later Than (NLT) 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on September 6, 2022.

b. Part II – Written Technical Proposal

1. Due No Later Than (NLT) 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on September 6, 2022.

In accordance with RFP section L.8 Delivery Instructions, the offeror shall electronically deliver Parts I and II, to Contracting Officer (CO), Kristen Jaremback at Kristen.Jaremback@gsa.gov and cc the Contract Specialist (CS), Gerry Reeves at Gerry.Reeves@gsa.gov.

The offeror shall email the FEDSIM CO and CS to verify that the files were received and confirm proposal acceptance by FEDSIM.

The offeror and any subcontractors may use one of three methods to deliver its proposal:

a. Google Drive

b. Secure Industry Link

c. Encrypted Email

Option 1: Google Drive The Government will utilize Google Drive to receive proposal information. The only individuals with access to the proposal information uploaded to Google Drive will be the offeror’s Point of

Contact (POC) and the Government’s evaluation team members. The offeror’s POC shall create a GSA Affiliated Customer Account (GACA) profile using the following instructions.

a. Go to http://mail.google.com/mail/signup.

b. Enter first and last name of POC.

c. Enter the username as follows: GSA.[Initials of POC][Offeror company name]

d. Complete all Required Fields

Once the GACA account is established, the offeror shall contact the FEDSIM CO and CS and provide the GACA username so that the offeror can be given access to the Google Drive folder to upload all proposal documents. The offeror shall submit requests for a GACA profile by September 1, 2022. The offeror’s access to the Google drive will terminate upon the due date and time established herein for the respective proposal parts.

GACA accounts are limited to 15 GB of storage.

Option 2: Secure Industry Link The offeror shall provide the FEDSIM CO and CS with a secure link to download the electronic copy of all proposal documents in Parts I and II. A secure link has the following characteristics:

a. It is password protected.

b. It includes a timestamp feature for all proposal Parts.

c. It expires 24 hours after the proposal due date.

The offeror shall include the appropriate URL and passcode to download all documents. Offerors are encouraged to test the secure link. The offeror may email a trial link to the FEDSIM CO and CS at least one week prior to the due date of Proposal Part I, Written Price Proposal, and FEDSIM will test the secure link.

Option 3: Encrypted Email The offeror shall send its proposal through encrypted email to the FEDSIM CO and CS. The offeror shall provide, if applicable, the passcode to download all documents under separate correspondence. The email shall submit Parts I and II separately. GSA’s email system has a 25MB size limitation for individual emails.

The offeror is encouraged to test its password-protected document(s). The offeror may email a test email to the FEDSIM CO and CS at least one week prior to the due date of Proposal Part I, Written Price Proposal, and FEDSIM will test the password-protected document. FEDSIM utilizes Gmail as its email system. By default, Gmail can receive encrypted email and attachments. FEDSIM does not have the capability to send certificates to offerors, so the trial email can be beneficial to the success of proposal delivery.

Submission of Questions

In accordance with the RFP section L.7 Submission of Questions, the offer shall submit any questions about the RFP via email to CO, Kristen Jaremback at Kristen.Jaremback@gsa.gov and cc the CS, Gerry Reeves at Gerry.Reeves@gsa.gov NLT 11:00 a.m. ET on August 30, 2022.

The offeror is requested to make reference to the particular RFP Section/Subsection number for each question.

Sincerely, Kristen Jaremback GSA FEDSIM Contracting Officer Kristen.Jaremback@gsa.gov 571-289-6715 Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) FEDSIM is part of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service

KRISTEN

JAREMBACK

Digitally signed by

KRISTEN JAREMBACK

Date: 2022.08.23 12:56:17 -04'00'