On-Site Debt Collection and Accounting Support

Added: Oct 13, 2017 9:25 am 1. AGENCY/OFFICE

HHS/PSC/FMP/AS

2. CONTRACTING OFFICE LOCATION

Program Support Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
7700 Wisconsin Avenue, 8th Floor
Bethesda, Maryland 20857

3. TYPE

Sources Sought

4. REFERENCE NUMBER

HHS/PSC/FMP/AS/SS/18/18-233-SOL-00009

5. TITLE

On-Site Debt Collection and Accounting Support

6. CLASSIFICATION CODE

R-Professional/Administrative/Management Support Services

7. NAICS CODE

541219

8. RESPONSE DATE

October 16, 2017

9. PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT

Wendy Cruz
Contract Specialist, Acquisition Management Services
Program Support Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Rockville, MD 20857
Email: wendy.cruz@psc.hhs.gov
Phone: 301-492-4652

10. DESCRIPTION

This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement.

a. Services:

The Government intends to issue a commercial, single-award contract. The contract will provide provide on-site debt servicing, debt referral, accounting, and administrative services.

The Government anticipates competing this effort within 8(a) contract holders and awarding to one 8(a) contract holder.

Refer to attached DRAFT SOW (Attachment A) for further information.

b. Anticipated Period of Performance:

The anticipated period of performance shall be for a Base Period of 12 months effective from date of award, with four (4) 12 month option periods.

c. Place of Performance:

The work is anticipated to be completed at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Program Support Center, 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20857.

11. CAPABILITY STATEMENT /INFORMATION SOUGHT

Respondents should provide capability statements to include the following:

a. Respondents' opinions about the difficulty and/or feasibility of the potential tasks and the innovative ideas or concepts necessary to carry out the proposed acquisition or solution.

b. Core competencies:

1. Staff expertise;

2. Current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work;

3. Prior completed projects of similar nature;

4. Corporate experience and management capability; and

5. Examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other information related to the listed tasks.

12. INSTRUCTIONS

Your response should consist of capability statements of no more than 15 pages. Response should be provided as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF file. Telephone and facsimile responses will not be accepted.

Cover Page should contain:

1. Respondents' DUNS number, organization name and complete address.

2. Respondents' technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone, and e-mail addresses.

3. Available procurement vehicle.

4. Please indicate if you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system.

5. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.), as validated via the System for Award Management (SAM), pursuant to the applicable NAICS code. All vendors must be registered in SAM located at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1

Response:
Responses to this Sources Sought must be submitted no later than October 16 by 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST). The response should be submitted via electronic mail to wendy.cruz@psc.hhs.gov. All e-mail submissions shall have "Sources Sought_18-233-SOL-00009_On-Site Debt Collection and Accounting Support" listed in the subject line.

The Government reserves the right, but does not anticipate responding to questions regarding this Sources Sought.

12. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES

Disclaimer:
This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

Responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality:
No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).