HR_Support_Services_RFP_-__Letter_to_Offerors.docx

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS

July 11, 2014

To Prospective Offerors:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) is pleased to present solicitation #ST-1330-14-RP-0096 for the Human Resources Support Services Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

NOAA's employees are its most important asset. Their competence, creativity, commitment, diversity, and innovation are vital to the accomplishment of the NOAA mission and the Nation's interests. The NOAA Workforce Management Office (WFMO) provides policies, programs, and processes that facilitate the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of a diverse, highly skilled, motivated, and effective workforce capable of accomplishing the Agency's mission. The Human Resource functions of WFMO provide for the full range of recruitment, staffing, classification, management advisory services, retirement and benefits counseling, personnel and payroll processing, and the partnership with management required to carry out NOAA's mission.

Objective and Target Companies: The primary objective of this acquisition is to establish a single-award contract with an experienced Small Business Contractor capable of providing Human Resource Services, as outlined in the solicitation, for the NOAA Workforce Management Office (WFMO). This Contract is being set aside 100% for Small Business and the Contractor shall be established as part of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 561110 prior to the submission of a proposal.

Services shall be ordered by issuance of individual Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time & Materials (T&M) and/or Labor Hour “Task Orders” by the Contracting Officer (CO). The IDIQ shall be in accordance with the attached terms and conditions and acquisition-related provisions and clauses. The evaluation criteria and statement of work in this Request for Proposal (RFP) shall be used to determine which Contractor receives an IDIQ award. The Government is obligated only to the extent specified in the Task Order(s) issued under the IDIQ. The Government anticipates an ongoing need for these services over a five year ordering period, if all options are exercised. In accordance with FAR 16.504(a)(4)(i), this IDIQ is anticipated to have a period of performance from August 25, 2014 through August 24, 2015 with 4 additional 12-month option periods.

Please be advised that this RFP does not commit the Government to pay any cost for the preparation and submission of a proposal. In addition, the Contracting Officer is the only individual who can legally obligate the Government to the expenditure of appropriated funds in connection with this procurement. NOAA/AGO/ Strategic Sourcing Acquisition Division (SSAD) shall make all awards without discussion.

Sincerely, /S/

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