Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS

*07/30/2024*

Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS

Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001 - Amendment 0003

A. The purpose of this modification is as follows:

1. Provide responses to Questions and Comments posed prior to Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET). (See Attachment J.8)
2. Revise SECTION C – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT
3. Clarify G.5 HUDAR 2452.237-70 KEY PERSONNEL in SECTION G – CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA
4. Update Attachment J.8 (Questions & Aswers) to SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

B.  All other terms and conditions remain the same. The Offeror shall review all of Amendment 0003.

*07/22/2024*

Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS

Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001 - Amendment 0002

A. The purpose of this modification is as follows:

1. Extend Quote Submission due date to Friday, August 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET).
2. Provide responses to Questions and Comments posed prior to Friday, July 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET). (See Attachment J.8)
3. Extend Question and Comments acceptance to Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET).
4. Revise CLIN 0005AA and AB in SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COST
5. Revise SECTION C – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT
6. Revise Contract Specialist and Key Personnel & G.1.1 in SECTION G – CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA
7. Revise SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
8. Revise  Attachments J.2, J.6 and J.7 and add Attachment J.8 (Questions & Aswers) to SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
9. Revise SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.12   QUOTE SUBMISSION

(a) All offerors shall submit their proposals no later than August 2, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).

L.10   QUOTE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

All questions regarding this solicitation will be accepted through July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET). 

B.  All other terms and conditions remain the same. The Offeror shall review all of Amendment 0002.

*07/12/2024*

Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS

Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001 - Amendment 0001

A. The purpose of this amendment is as follows:

1. Extend Quote Submission due date to Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET)
2. Revise SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.12   QUOTE SUBMISSION

(a) All offerors shall submit their proposals no later than July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).

B.  All other terms and conditions remain the same.

Note: In accordance with Section L.10 of the solicitation, responses to all questions submitted by the July 5, 2024, due date are forthcoming.

*07/12/2024*
Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001

Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Synopsis:  Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS – 86614624Q00001

The contractor shall provide services for the Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R).  The Contractor shall generate an updated literature review on housing insecurity (including an analytic review of the report “Measuring Housing Insecurity: Index Development Using American Housing Survey Data”), convene an expert roundtable on housing insecurity, develop a plan for analyses to be carried out at the end of the first year and through the second year of the contract – with a particular focus and emphasis upon developing an index to measure housing insecurity, develop programs to analyze AHS public use data, perform an initial analysis of this data, and produce interim and final reports for researchers and policymakers internal to HUD emphasizing the methodological developments that have been made through this work to creating an index to measure housing insecurity. Additional details on the requirements can be found in the Solicitation 86614624Q00001 (Attachment 1).

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.603, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested. This solicitation, 86614624Q00001, is issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) and is conducted as a commercial item procurement using Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services (FAR Part 13.5).

This acquisition is 100% Total Small Business Set-aside - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541720 – Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Size Standard $28M.

FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds is applicable to this acquisition.

See the Solicitation 86614624Q00001 (Attachment 1) for details.

THE CONTRACTING OFFICER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCATING OR OBTAINING ANY INFORMATION NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE QUOTE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov.

The FAR provisions that apply to this acquisition can be found within Attachment 1.

Attachments to the announcement:
1. Solicitation 86614624Q00001

2. Solicitation Attachments:

J.1 – Non-Disclosure Agreement between HUD and Contractor Employee
J.2 – Labor Mix-Level of Effort Spreadsheet
J.3 – Past Performance Information Spreadsheet
J.4 – Past Performance Narrative
J.5 – Past Performance Survey
J.6 – Section B Prices and Contract Personnel Spreadsheet
J.7 – Price Proposal Spreadsheet

Questions are due Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).  Questions should be directed to CPOFTW@hud.gov.   

Offerors are encouraged to email their intent to submit a quote for this solicitation and include the potential list of subcontractors, if any, no later than Friday, August 2, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET) to CPOFTW@hud.gov.

Quotations, references AND completed representations and certifications, if not available in SAM, are due electronically no later than Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET) to: CPOFTW@hud.gov   

Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads " Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS – 86614624Q00001”. Note that e-mail filters are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also, be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, .docx,. xsls or.xls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.

*07/22/2024*

Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS

Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001 - Amendment 0002

A. The purpose of this modification is as follows:

1. Extend Quote Submission due date to Friday, August 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET).
2. Provide responses to Questions and Comments posed prior to Friday, July 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET). (See Attachment J.8)
3. Extend Question and Comments acceptance to Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET).
4. Revise CLIN 0005AA and AB in SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COST
5. Revise SECTION C – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT
6. Revise Contract Specialist and Key Personnel & G.1.1 in SECTION G – CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA
7. Revise SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
8. Revise  Attachments J.2, J.6 and J.7 and add Attachment J.8 (Questions & Aswers) to SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
9. Revise SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.12   QUOTE SUBMISSION

(a) All offerors shall submit their proposals no later than August 2, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).

L.10   QUOTE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

All questions regarding this solicitation will be accepted through July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET). 

B.  All other terms and conditions remain the same. The Offeror shall review all of Amendment 0002.

*07/12/2024*

Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS

Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001 - Amendment 0001

A. The purpose of this amendment is as follows:

1. Extend Quote Submission due date to Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET)
2. Revise SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.12   QUOTE SUBMISSION

(a) All offerors shall submit their proposals no later than July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).

B.  All other terms and conditions remain the same.

Note: In accordance with Section L.10 of the solicitation, responses to all questions submitted by the July 5, 2024, due date are forthcoming.

*07/12/2024*
Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001

Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Synopsis:  Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS – 86614624Q00001

The contractor shall provide services for the Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R).  The Contractor shall generate an updated literature review on housing insecurity (including an analytic review of the report “Measuring Housing Insecurity: Index Development Using American Housing Survey Data”), convene an expert roundtable on housing insecurity, develop a plan for analyses to be carried out at the end of the first year and through the second year of the contract – with a particular focus and emphasis upon developing an index to measure housing insecurity, develop programs to analyze AHS public use data, perform an initial analysis of this data, and produce interim and final reports for researchers and policymakers internal to HUD emphasizing the methodological developments that have been made through this work to creating an index to measure housing insecurity. Additional details on the requirements can be found in the Solicitation 86614624Q00001 (Attachment 1).

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.603, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested. This solicitation, 86614624Q00001, is issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) and is conducted as a commercial item procurement using Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services (FAR Part 13.5).

This acquisition is 100% Total Small Business Set-aside - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541720 – Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Size Standard $28M.

FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds is applicable to this acquisition.

See the Solicitation 86614624Q00001 (Attachment 1) for details.

THE CONTRACTING OFFICER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCATING OR OBTAINING ANY INFORMATION NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE QUOTE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov.

The FAR provisions that apply to this acquisition can be found within Attachment 1.

Attachments to the announcement:
1. Solicitation 86614624Q00001

2. Solicitation Attachments:

J.1 – Non-Disclosure Agreement between HUD and Contractor Employee
J.2 – Labor Mix-Level of Effort Spreadsheet
J.3 – Past Performance Information Spreadsheet
J.4 – Past Performance Narrative
J.5 – Past Performance Survey
J.6 – Section B Prices and Contract Personnel Spreadsheet
J.7 – Price Proposal Spreadsheet

Questions are due Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).  Questions should be directed to CPOFTW@hud.gov.   

Offerors are encouraged to email their intent to submit a quote for this solicitation and include the potential list of subcontractors, if any, no later than Friday, August 2, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET) to CPOFTW@hud.gov.

Quotations, references AND completed representations and certifications, if not available in SAM, are due electronically no later than Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET) to: CPOFTW@hud.gov   

Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads " Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS – 86614624Q00001”. Note that e-mail filters are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also, be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, .docx,. xsls or.xls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.

Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001

Amendment 0001

A. The purpose of this amendment is as follows:

1. Extend Quote Submission due date to Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM (ET)
2. Revise SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.12   QUOTE SUBMISSION

(a) All offerors shall submit their proposals no later than July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).

B.  All other terms and conditions remain the same.

Note: In accordance with Section L.10 of the solicitation, responses to all questions submitted by the July 5, 2024, due date are forthcoming. No additional questions will be accepted beyond this date.

Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001

Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Synopsis:  Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS – 86614624Q00001

The contractor shall provide services for the Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R).  The Contractor shall generate an updated literature review on housing insecurity (including an analytic review of the report “Measuring Housing Insecurity: Index Development Using American Housing Survey Data”), convene an expert roundtable on housing insecurity, develop a plan for analyses to be carried out at the end of the first year and through the second year of the contract – with a particular focus and emphasis upon developing an index to measure housing insecurity, develop programs to analyze AHS public use data, perform an initial analysis of this data, and produce interim and final reports for researchers and policymakers internal to HUD emphasizing the methodological developments that have been made through this work to creating an index to measure housing insecurity. Additional details on the requirements can be found in the Solicitation 86614624Q00001 (Attachment 1).

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.603, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested. This solicitation, 86614624Q00001, is issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) and is conducted as a commercial item procurement using Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services (FAR Part 13.5).

This acquisition is 100% Total Small Business Set-aside - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541720 – Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Size Standard $28M.

FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds is applicable to this acquisition.

See the Solicitation 86614624Q00001 (Attachment 1) for details.

THE CONTRACTING OFFICER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCATING OR OBTAINING ANY INFORMATION NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE QUOTE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov.

The FAR provisions that apply to this acquisition can be found within Attachment 1.

Attachments to the announcement:
1. Solicitation 86614624Q00001

2. Solicitation Attachments:

J.1 – Non-Disclosure Agreement between HUD and Contractor Employee
J.2 – Labor Mix-Level of Effort Spreadsheet
J.3 – Past Performance Information Spreadsheet
J.4 – Past Performance Narrative
J.5 – Past Performance Survey
J.6 – Section B Prices and Contract Personnel Spreadsheet
J.7 – Price Proposal Spreadsheet

Questions are due Friday, July 5, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).  Questions should be directed to CPOFTW@hud.gov.   

Offerors are encouraged to email their intent to submit a quote for this solicitation and include the potential list of subcontractors, if any, no later than Friday, July 5, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET) to CPOFTW@hud.gov.

Quotations, references AND completed representations and certifications, if not available in SAM, are due electronically no later than Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET) to: CPOFTW@hud.gov   

Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads " Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS – 86614624Q00001”. Note that e-mail filters are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also, be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, .docx,. xsls or.xls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.

Solicitation Number: 86614624Q00001

Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Synopsis:  Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS – 86614624Q00001

The contractor shall provide services for the Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R).  The Contractor shall generate an updated literature review on housing insecurity (including an analytic review of the report “Measuring Housing Insecurity: Index Development Using American Housing Survey Data”), convene an expert roundtable on housing insecurity, develop a plan for analyses to be carried out at the end of the first year and through the second year of the contract – with a particular focus and emphasis upon developing an index to measure housing insecurity, develop programs to analyze AHS public use data, perform an initial analysis of this data, and produce interim and final reports for researchers and policymakers internal to HUD emphasizing the methodological developments that have been made through this work to creating an index to measure housing insecurity. Additional details on the requirements can be found in the Solicitation 86614624Q00001 (Attachment 1).

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.603, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested. This solicitation, 86614624Q00001, is issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) and is conducted as a commercial item procurement using Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services (FAR Part 13.5).

This acquisition is 100% Total Small Business Set-aside - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541720 – Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Size Standard $28M.

FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds is applicable to this acquisition.

See the Solicitation 86614624Q00001 (Attachment 1) for details.

THE CONTRACTING OFFICER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCATING OR OBTAINING ANY INFORMATION NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE QUOTE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: All prospective awardees are required to register at the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the contract. SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov.

The FAR provisions that apply to this acquisition can be found within Attachment 1.

Attachments to the announcement:
1. Solicitation 86614624Q00001

2. Solicitation Attachments:

J.1 – Non-Disclosure Agreement between HUD and Contractor Employee
J.2 – Labor Mix-Level of Effort Spreadsheet
J.3 – Past Performance Information Spreadsheet
J.4 – Past Performance Narrative
J.5 – Past Performance Survey
J.6 – Section B Prices and Contract Personnel Spreadsheet
J.7 – Price Proposal Spreadsheet

Questions are due Friday, July 5, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET).  Questions should be directed to CPOFTW@hud.gov.   

Offerors are encouraged to email their intent to submit a quote for this solicitation and include the potential list of subcontractors, if any, no later than Friday, July 5, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. (ET) to CPOFTW@hud.gov.

Quotations, references AND completed representations and certifications, if not available in SAM, are due electronically no later than Friday, July 19, 2024at 2:00 P.M. (ET) to: CPOFTW@hud.gov   

Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads " Housing Insecurity Research Support for the AHS – 86614624Q00001”. Note that e-mail filters are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files). Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also, be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, .docx,. xsls or.xls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.