Professional Genealogy Services

Added: Apr 27, 2016 2:45 pm

The Headquarters, Marine Corps, Repatriation, Casualty Assistance Section, Military Personnel Services Branch, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, (M&RA), has a requirement to obtain non-personal professional services and technical expertise of a genealogist to locate family members of Marines unaccounted for from past wars.  The M&RA MFPC Casualty Section is responsible for identifying maternal relatives of Marines unaccounted for from past wars to donate a Family Reference Sample (FRS) for DNA testing.  The Contractor is required to provide the labor, supplies, materials, and facilities to assist the Casualty Section in locating family members of over 2560 Marines previously unaccounted for from World War II, upon requests from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, approximately 149 Marines unaccounted for from the Vietnam War and the Korean War, and to locate family members of Marines previously recovered and identified from the Vietnam War, the Korean War and the Cold War when additional remains are recovered and identified.  Marines unaccounted for from World War II will be worked on a case by case basis.

PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED REQUEST FOR QUOTES FOR ALL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SOLICITATION.

Added: Mar 04, 2016 6:06 pm

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Synopsis – M00264-16-T-0042
This synopsis is not a request for quotes/offers/proposals. This is a pre-solicitation notice that a solicitation is scheduled to be released via the Government Point of Entry (GPE), FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) on or around March 8, 2016 for the procurement of professional genealogy services, specifically to locate and provide contact information of at least one maternal member for approximately 2,560 Marines unaccounted for from World War II and approximately 149 Marines unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, Korean War, and the Cold War, for the purpose of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) comparisons, and to locate family members of Marines previously recovered and identified from the Vietnam War, Korean War, and Cold War. A complete Statement of Work will be provided at the time of solicitation.

This is not a request for responses. This announcement is a pre-solicitation notice only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government will solicit and award the resulting contract utilizing simplified acquisition procedures, in accordance with FAR Part 13. It is the Government’s intention to issue a single firm-fixed price contract.  The proposed acquisition will be a 100% small business set aside.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 812990. The Government intends to award a single award, on an all or none basis. 

Conducting Business with the Government: In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Information on registering in SAM may be obtained by calling (866) 606-8220 or via the internet at http://www.sam.gov. When available, the solicitation documents for this requirement will be accessible via FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of the quoter to the specified GPE for the solicitation and any amendments. No CDs or hard copies will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the referenced page for any update(s) to the Notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document posted at the referenced website.