Section 504 rehabilitation act compliance review

NASA/HQ plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the following Commercial services: The Contractor will be preparing and conducting compliance reviews pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehibilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) as ammended. The Contractor will be supporting NASA extensively in conducting Section 504 compliance reviews on institutions receiving NASA financial assistance. The Contractor will prepare and conduct on-site compliance reviews pusuant to Section 504 in the highly technical and professional settings, such as the university sciences and engineering departtment; research laboratroies; planetariums and museums; or similar contexts. Services include but are not limited to:

Provide expertise and knowldge based on having conducted Section 504 compliance reviews in the higher education or public services context to NASA on Section 504 compliance, particularly regarding regulatory provisions pursuant to these laws.

Review and analyze information, statistical data, and other materials provided by the subject institution in response to NASA's information requests.

Review and analyze specific compliance information.

Participate in on-site interviews, and follow up onsite reviews of program beneficiaries and administrative and professional staff at grant recipient institutions during onsite reviews.

Conduct desk audit reviews.

This procurement is a total small business set aside. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541618 and $7.0M, respectively. The anticipated release date of RFP NNH14496619R is on or about November 18, 2014 with an anticipated proposal due date of on or about December 18, 2014.

All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/p ub_library/Omb.html . The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA Business Opportunities page is http://procurement.na sa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin= .

Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or FAX) to Alpana Jenne not later than December 2, 2014. Telephone questions will not be accepted.