Base Notice: Tobacco Retailer Inspections - 75F40125R00046

Amendment 6 is to: 1) Extend the Phase II proposal submission due date from 05/07/2025 to 05/23/2025 2) Update the technical proposal page limit for each phase to reflect a 25-page limit (See page 111-112) 3) Post updated questions and responses.

All terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Amendment 5 is being issued to: 1) To post Questions and Responses. 2) Correct the spacing within the objective list on page 3. 3) To correct the following statement on page 9:
The ODC ceiling will be listed as Not-To-Exceed (NTE) $100,000 dollars per year for regions 1-4 and $6000 per year$ dollars per year on each task order awarded.

Statement should be Updated to read as follows:

The ODC ceiling will be listed as Not-To-Exceed (NTE) $100,000 dollars per year for regions 1-3 and $6,000 dollars per year for region 5 on each task order awarded.

All other tems remain unchanged.

Amendment 4 is to replace the following statement with the updated statement below:

This solicitation is being reopened to ensure all vendors are afforded the opportunity to respond to the correct solicitation. All proposals received must be submitted in accordance with the proposal instructions outlined in this solicitation. FDA replaced 75F40125R00018 with 75F40125R00046 for the purposes of solicitating proposals for these Tobacco Inspection Services. The FDA will only evaluate proposals in response to Solicitation 75F40125R00046, not 75F40125R00018, for these services. Please see page 120 for proposal instructions. The Solicitation proposal due dates have been updated as follows:

Questions due by 04/28/2025
Phase 1 due 04/30/2025
Phase II due 05/07/2025

UPDATED STATEMENT:

This solicitation is being reopened to ensure all vendors are afforded the opportunity to respond to the correct solicitation. All proposals received must be submitted in accordance with the proposal instructions outlined in this solicitation. Solicitation 75F40125R00046 replaced 75F40125R00018 for the purposes of solicitating proposals for these Tobacco Inspection Services. The FDA will only evaluate proposals in response to Solicitation 75F40125R00046, not 75F40125R00018, for these services. Please see page 120 for proposal instructions. The Solicitation proposal due dates have been updated as follows:

Questions due by 04/28/2025
Phase 1 due 04/30/2025
Phase II due 05/07/2025
All other terms remain unchanged.

This solicitation is being reopened to ensure all vendors are afforded the opportunity to respond to the correct solicitation. All proposals received must be submitted in accordance with the proposal instructions outlined in this solicitation. FDA replaced 75F40125R00018 with 75F40125R00046 for the purposes of solicitating proposals for these Tobacco Inspection Services. The FDA will only evaluate proposals in response to Solicitation 75F40125R00046, not 75F40125R00018, for these services. Please see page 120 for proposal instructions. The Solicitation proposal due dates have been updated as follows:
Questions due by 04/28/2025
Phase 1 due 04/30/2025
Phase II due 05/07/2025

Amendment two is being issued to include the revised updated Attachment 12 for Underage Purchasers

All other terms remain unchanged.

This solicitation is being posted in follow up to Solicitation 75F40125R00018 that closed on 02/4/2025. Attached are responses to questions that were addressed in the previous solicitation (75F40125R00018).  

Tobacco Retailer Inspections - 75F40125R00046

NOTICE INFORMATION

Agency/Office: Food and Drug Administration

Location: Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services – Silver Springs, MD

Title: Tobacco Retailer Inspections

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE for non-commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation procedures. The anticipated solicitation and subsequent award will utilize both fixed price and cost reimbursable services as applicable to the respective contract line items. The award is subject to the Service Contract Labor Standard Statute. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award multiple IDIQ contract to conduct tobacco retailer inspections for each region. The corresponding regions are as follows:

 Region 1: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,

New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

Region 2: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

Region 3: Alabama, Arkansas, District of

Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South

Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, US Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia.

Region 5: Puerto Rico.

The contractors shall assist in inspecting retail establishments that sell cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco products and in surveillance of other entities that fall under the scope of the Tobacco Control Act, as required under 21 U.S.C. 372(a)(l)(B)(i). The requirement will be a total small business set-aside under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561611 – Investigation and Personal Background Check Services. All companies that anticipate submitting a proposal must be able to employ commissionable inspectors to conduct the inspections. To be commissionable, the proposed inspector must be a health, food, or drug officer/employee of the State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof where the inspections will be conducted.

Scope of the contract includes:

• Conducting inspections of retailers that sell and advertise any regulated tobacco products to determine compliance with the provisions cited within the RFP and submitting inspection results to FDA.
• Collecting, documenting, and preserving evidence of inspections and investigations.
• Supporting FDA in any enforcement or judicial actions, including coordinating the drafting and execution of declarations by the inspectors, arranging for their testimony if necessary, and furnishing evidence and narrative reports by the Inspectors and Underage Purchasers who participated in inspections.
• Responding to inquiries by FDA concerning inspections, data, and other information associated with this program.

The resulting IDIQ contract will have a 5-year period of performance. Each task order period of performance may be 12 months but may vary in length per task order.

This notice is issued for informational purposes and is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the SAM.gov for postings of the solicitation and any amendments thereto. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this notice. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management [SAM] database at SAM.gov the time of proposal submission to be considered for award.

Amendment one is being issued to update information within the solicitation.  

(Please reference Questions-Responses Document)

All other terms remain unchanged.

This solicitation is being posted in follow up to Solicitation 75F40125R00018 that closed on 02/4/2025. Attached are responses to questions that were addressed in the previous solicitation (75F40125R00018).  

Tobacco Retailer Inspections - 75F40125R00046

NOTICE INFORMATION

Agency/Office: Food and Drug Administration

Location: Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services – Silver Springs, MD

Title: Tobacco Retailer Inspections

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE for non-commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation procedures. The anticipated solicitation and subsequent award will utilize both fixed price and cost reimbursable services as applicable to the respective contract line items. The award is subject to the Service Contract Labor Standard Statute. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award multiple IDIQ contract to conduct tobacco retailer inspections for each region. The corresponding regions are as follows:

 Region 1: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,

New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

Region 2: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

Region 3: Alabama, Arkansas, District of

Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South

Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, US Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia.

Region 5: Puerto Rico.

The contractors shall assist in inspecting retail establishments that sell cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco products and in surveillance of other entities that fall under the scope of the Tobacco Control Act, as required under 21 U.S.C. 372(a)(l)(B)(i). The requirement will be a total small business set-aside under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561611 – Investigation and Personal Background Check Services. All companies that anticipate submitting a proposal must be able to employ commissionable inspectors to conduct the inspections. To be commissionable, the proposed inspector must be a health, food, or drug officer/employee of the State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof where the inspections will be conducted.

Scope of the contract includes:

• Conducting inspections of retailers that sell and advertise any regulated tobacco products to determine compliance with the provisions cited within the RFP and submitting inspection results to FDA.
• Collecting, documenting, and preserving evidence of inspections and investigations.
• Supporting FDA in any enforcement or judicial actions, including coordinating the drafting and execution of declarations by the inspectors, arranging for their testimony if necessary, and furnishing evidence and narrative reports by the Inspectors and Underage Purchasers who participated in inspections.
• Responding to inquiries by FDA concerning inspections, data, and other information associated with this program.

The resulting IDIQ contract will have a 5-year period of performance. Each task order period of performance may be 12 months but may vary in length per task order.

This notice is issued for informational purposes and is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the SAM.gov for postings of the solicitation and any amendments thereto. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this notice. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management [SAM] database at SAM.gov the time of proposal submission to be considered for award.

This solicitation is being posted in follow up to Solicitation 75F40125R00018 that closed on 02/4/2025. Attached are responses to questions that were addressed in the previous solicitation (75F40125R00018).  

Tobacco Retailer Inspections - 75F40125R00046

NOTICE INFORMATION

Agency/Office: Food and Drug Administration

Location: Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services – Silver Springs, MD

Title: Tobacco Retailer Inspections

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE for non-commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation procedures. The anticipated solicitation and subsequent award will utilize both fixed price and cost reimbursable services as applicable to the respective contract line items. The award is subject to the Service Contract Labor Standard Statute. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award multiple IDIQ contract to conduct tobacco retailer inspections for each region. The corresponding regions are as follows:

 Region 1: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,

New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

Region 2: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

Region 3: Alabama, Arkansas, District of

Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South

Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, US Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia.

Region 5: Puerto Rico.

The contractors shall assist in inspecting retail establishments that sell cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco products and in surveillance of other entities that fall under the scope of the Tobacco Control Act, as required under 21 U.S.C. 372(a)(l)(B)(i). The requirement will be a total small business set-aside under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561611 – Investigation and Personal Background Check Services. All companies that anticipate submitting a proposal must be able to employ commissionable inspectors to conduct the inspections. To be commissionable, the proposed inspector must be a health, food, or drug officer/employee of the State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof where the inspections will be conducted.

Scope of the contract includes:

• Conducting inspections of retailers that sell and advertise any regulated tobacco products to determine compliance with the provisions cited within the RFP and submitting inspection results to FDA.
• Collecting, documenting, and preserving evidence of inspections and investigations.
• Supporting FDA in any enforcement or judicial actions, including coordinating the drafting and execution of declarations by the inspectors, arranging for their testimony if necessary, and furnishing evidence and narrative reports by the Inspectors and Underage Purchasers who participated in inspections.
• Responding to inquiries by FDA concerning inspections, data, and other information associated with this program.

The resulting IDIQ contract will have a 5-year period of performance. Each task order period of performance may be 12 months but may vary in length per task order.

This notice is issued for informational purposes and is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the SAM.gov for postings of the solicitation and any amendments thereto. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this notice. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management [SAM] database at SAM.gov the time of proposal submission to be considered for award.

This solicitation is being posted in follow up to Solicitation 75F40125R00018 that closed on 02/4/2025. Attached are responses to questions that were addressed in the previous solicitation (75F40125R00018).  

Tobacco Retailer Inspections - 75F40125R00046

NOTICE INFORMATION

Agency/Office: Food and Drug Administration

Location: Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services – Silver Springs, MD

Title: Tobacco Retailer Inspections

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE for non-commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation procedures. The anticipated solicitation and subsequent award will utilize both fixed price and cost reimbursable services as applicable to the respective contract line items. The award is subject to the Service Contract Labor Standard Statute. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award multiple IDIQ contract to conduct tobacco retailer inspections for each region. The corresponding regions are as follows:

 Region 1: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,

New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

Region 2: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

Region 3: Alabama, Arkansas, District of

Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South

Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, US Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia.

Region 5: Puerto Rico.

The contractors shall assist in inspecting retail establishments that sell cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco products and in surveillance of other entities that fall under the scope of the Tobacco Control Act, as required under 21 U.S.C. 372(a)(l)(B)(i). The requirement will be a total small business set-aside under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561611 – Investigation and Personal Background Check Services. All companies that anticipate submitting a proposal must be able to employ commissionable inspectors to conduct the inspections. To be commissionable, the proposed inspector must be a health, food, or drug officer/employee of the State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof where the inspections will be conducted.

Scope of the contract includes:

• Conducting inspections of retailers that sell and advertise any regulated tobacco products to determine compliance with the provisions cited within the RFP and submitting inspection results to FDA.
• Collecting, documenting, and preserving evidence of inspections and investigations.
• Supporting FDA in any enforcement or judicial actions, including coordinating the drafting and execution of declarations by the inspectors, arranging for their testimony if necessary, and furnishing evidence and narrative reports by the Inspectors and Underage Purchasers who participated in inspections.
• Responding to inquiries by FDA concerning inspections, data, and other information associated with this program.

The resulting IDIQ contract will have a 5-year period of performance with an estimated anticipated contract performance date of September 30, 2025- September 29, 2030. Each task order period of performance may be 12 months but may vary in length per task order.

This notice is issued for informational purposes and is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the SAM.gov for postings of the solicitation and any amendments thereto. The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this notice. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management [SAM] database at SAM.gov the time of proposal submission to be considered for award.