Exercise Physiologist Services for the Office for Civil Rights

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 13 FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

This solicitation is a Request for Quotation. The solicitation document incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-02, effective June 5, 2019.

INQUIRIES
Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to the Contract Specialist within three days (3) of the posting. All responses to the questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract.

The Government does not intend to respond to questions or inquiries submitted after the cutoff date identified above. The Government will collect all questions and inquiries, incorporate responses and distribute to all Offerors through an amendment to this solicitation via FedBizOpps (FBO).

If further questions arise following the outcome of answers provided to initial questions, the CO has sole discretion to determine if a new question closing date will be allowed. If a new question closing date is approved notification will be sent to all Offerors via amendment to the FBO notice.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 621340 a small business size standard of $7.5 million dollars.
This requirement is being procured using full and open competition.

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), United States Department of Justice (DOJ) ensures that recipients of federal financial assistance from OJP, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), and the Office of Oriented Policing (COPS) comply with civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination against individuals in the recipients' delivery of services and in their employment practices. As part of its efforts to address employment discrimination, the OCR is reviewing the recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion policies, procedures, and practices of law enforcement agencies and other recipients of federal financial assistances ("recipients") to determine whether they adversely impact applicants and employees of certain protected classes. To assist the OCR in conducting these reviews, it needs to consult with various subject-matter experts, specifically experts skilled in exercise physiology.

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