ACF ORR - Legal Services

This is a Presolicitation Notice and is for information purposes only. No responses are required. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD)-Herndon on behalf of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children.

The solicitation will be a Commercial Item Acquisition conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 15-Contracting by Negotiation under which the competitive range, if determined required, will be limited for efficiency. The NAICS code for this requirement is 541199 with a size standard of $12M. This acquisition is being competed as full and open competition on an unrestricted basis. All interested parties may submit a proposal. Offerors other than small business are required to submit a Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 19.704-Subcontracting Plan Requirements.

The competitive RFP, RFP amendments, and all questions and answers related to this procurement will be made available via the Internet at https://fbohome.sam.gov/ under RFP number 140D0422R0012. The RFP is anticipated to be posted approximately on December 27, 2021 and will only be available at https://fbohome.sam.gov/. Potential offerors are responsible for accessing the web site. Responses to the Request for Proposal are anticipated to be due within thirty (30) calendar days following the actual date of issuance of the RFP. Award of this requirement is anticipated by March 15, 2022. Interested parties must respond to the RFP in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. There is no written solicitation document available, telephone requests will not be honored, and no bidders¿ list will be maintained. Questions from offerors in response to the RFP shall be due within five (5) calendar days of release of the RFP. This acquisition is on a quick timeline and offerors must adhere to all deadlines.
The Government anticipates that one (1) Commercial, Time and Materials (T&M) type contracts will be awarded for a twelve (12) month base period and four (4), twelve (12) month option periods for a total of sixty (60) months. This announcement is a Presolicitation Notice only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract.
A draft version of the Statement of Objectives is attached to this notice to help industry familiarize themselves with the upcoming requirement.