Roman Catholic Priest Support services in support of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek and Norfolk Naval Station, VA.

The Contracting Department, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, VA, 23511-3392 intends to negotiate an Firm Fixed Price Contract utilizing the policies and procedures of FAR Part 13.5, “Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items.†The contractor shall provide Roman Catholic Priest Support services in support of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek and Norfolk Naval Station, VA for the Commander Naval Region Mid-Atlantic. The period of performance shall be for a partial base year with provisions for four (4) twelve month option periods along with FAR 52.217-8 “Option to Extend Services.†The period of performance is anticipated to begin 15 May 2016. A complete RFQ package will be available by downloading the documents at the NECO Website as follows: http://www.neco.navy.mil or at http://www.fedbizopps.gov on or around 15 April 2016.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 813110 with a size standard of $7.5M. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above sites; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States.

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