Outreach and education services for the CDC/NIOSH world trade center health program

The solicitation for this requirement has been released.  Please note the important below important information and dates:


Questions concerning this formal Request for Proposal shall be submitted electronically via email to the following address: bmccune@cdc.gov by 4:00 p.m. (EST), Thursday, June 26, 2014.

Answers to questions that CDC/NIOSH determines to be necessary for proposal preparation will be returned via email on or about Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Technical questions submitted by telephone or verbally will not be honored. Please group your questions by RFP solicitation sections A through M.

EACH question submitted by the Offeror shall be numbered and include:

(1) SOW section number and/or title (including subparagraph designations) or solicitation section and/or title being referenced.
(2) Complete description of the question

NOTE: Questions submitted in chart or graph format will not be accepted.

 L.10 Proposal Submission

Offerors shall deliver the proposal electronically to the following address no later than 4:00 p.m. (EST), Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

bmccune@cdc.gov

The proposal must be signed by an official authorized to bind your organization.

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION SERVICES FOR THE CDC/NIOSH WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) is releasing a pre-solicitation notice for WTCHP Outreach and Educational Services.  The CDC Procurement and Grants Office (PGO), Office of Acquisition Services (OAS) plans to release a FAR Part 15 Request for Proposal (RFP) for Outreach and Education Services on or about June 17, 2014.  This will be a best value source selection in accordance with FAR Part 15, Source Selection as supplemented by the Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulations (HHSAR).

This pre-solicitation notice is not to be construed as a formal solicitation (RFQ, RFP, or IFB).  The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice.  This notice is for information and planning purposes only.  The Government will not provide reimbursement of costs associated with any documentation or communication submitted in response to this notice.  Any submitted documentation, upon delivery, becomes the property of the U.S. Government and will not be returned.  Questions or comments to this notice should be addressed to the Contracting Officer.

This procurement, once a solicitation is released, will procure outreach and education services for the WTCHP in accordance with the attached DRAFT Request for Proposal and Statement of Objectives.  Proposals will be due on on or about 30 days from the date of the RFP release. 

A preproposal conference is scheduled for Thursday, June 19, 2014, from 1300 to 1500., to be held in New York City, NY at:

Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
26 Federal Plaza, 6th Floor Conference Room
New York City, NY 10278

The purpose of the conference is to help ensure that potential Offerors fully understand the details of work, especially the Government interpretation of the Statement of Objectives. As time permits, potential Offerors will have an opportunity to comment on the details of the requirements. Attendance at the conference is encouraged, but not mandatory, since a formal solicitation amendment, to include an electronic copy of all questions asked/answered and sign-in sheet, will be posted to Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) shortly thereafter (accordingly, no recording devices are authorized).

In order to attend the preprosal conference vendors must submit a list of attendees to the Contracting Officer and Program Analyst no later than 1600EST, Thursday, June 12, 2014. Please send list to the following email addresses:
bmccune@cdc.gov
ehamilton@cdc.gov

Contract award is estimated on or about 15 September 2014.

The Government anticipates multiple Firm-Fixed Price awards as a result of the pending solicitation but reserves the right not to award at all.