Field Benefit Administration Services - Coraopolis, PA and Wilmington, DE

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is a Government owned corporation, established under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974. Background and mission information are available at http://www.pbgc.gov/about/who-we-are.html. The PBGC has a requirement for Field Benefit Administration (FBA) services at Coraopolis, PA and Wilmington, DE. FBA's serve a vital role in performing almost 100% of the participant administration on PBGC's trusteed plans. The work of the FBA typically begins when a plan is recommended for termination by the PBGC. The FBA is responsible for participant administration of the plan from trusteeship until a plan goes to Post Valuation Administration (See attached Solicitation No. PBGC01-RP-15-0004). This solicitation is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Services shall be provided in Government furnished facilities in Coraopolis, PA and Wilmington, DE. The Government is issuing one solicitation. The solicitation will result in two separate contract awards; one award per location. The appropriate NAICS code for these services is 524292, THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION OF INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDS, with a small business size standard of $32,500,000.00. The anticipated contract for each location will have a base period-of-performance of twelve (12) months and four (4) option periods consisting of twelve (12) months each. In order to be eligible for award, all responsible sources must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). Contractors may register online at the website, www.sam.gov. Any amendments will be available through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website https://www.fbo.gov. PBGC anticipates making the awards on or about January 16, 2015. This date is approximate. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO website for the most up-to-date information. Paper copies of this solicitation and any amendments will not be distributed. Further inquiries regarding this solicitation must be sent to Roland Thomas, Contracting Officer at Thomas.Roland@pbgc.gov, Fiorela Kvalevog, Contract Specialist at Kvalevog.Fiorela@pbgc.gov, and David Poppe, Contract Specialist at Poppe.David@pbgc.gov.

Questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing by 9:00 a.m. on 17 November, 2014 to allow the PBGC an opportunity to respond. Any questions received after this date may not be answered before the solicitation closing date.