Leadership Baseline Assessments

The proposed contract action is for services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with one source, Sigma Assessment Systems, P.O. Box 610757, Port Huron, MI 48061 under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(c). See the attached Determination to Solicit Only One Source for details. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. However, a determination by the government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this solicitation is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6. HSFEHQ-12-R-0049 is issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ), to provide Leadership Baseline Assessments in support of The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s Leader Development Program.

The NAICS code is 611430. FEMA intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with a period of performance extending from the date of award through 30 November 2012.

FEMA's Office of the Chief Component Human Capital Officer has a requirement to provide Leadership Baseline Assessments in support of the FEMA Leader Development Program, a DHS Cornerstone Program for leadership development. See the attached Statement of Work for a detailed description of FEMA's requirement. The Contractor shall provide 40 Leadership Baseline Assessments to FEMA, along with all other requirements outlined in the Statement of Work.

BASIS FOR AWARD: The Government will make award to the responsible/responsive offeror whose offer will be most advantageous to the Government based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable processes. In order to be found technically acceptable, the offeror must be capable of providing the products as specified within the Statement of Work. The requirements detailed in this solicitation shall be used as criteria to evaluate offerors.

The provision at FAR 52.212-1 "Instructions to Offerors--Commercial" applies to this acquisition. The provision at FAR 52.212-2 "Evaluation-Commercial Items" applies to price/technically acceptable factors. Offerors are to include a completed copy of FAR provision 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items" with their response or provide this information via the ORCA website, http://orca.bpn.gov. The following FAR clauses also apply: 52.212-4 "Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items and 52.212-5 "Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items. Additional FAR clauses are included and/or incorporated by reference in the attached document entitled "FAR Clauses HSFEHQ-12-Q-00049.". FAR provisions and clauses incorporated by reference can be accessed electronically at http://farsite.hill.af.mil.

Inquiries may be e-mailed to Contract Specialist Miriam Callahan at Miriam.Callahan@associates.fema.dhs.gov no later than August 27, 2012 by 10:00 AM Eastern Time. Quotes are due to Contract Specialist Miriam Callahan at the above email address no later than August 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.

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