The Rural Development Business Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Procurement Management Office, 1400 Independence Ave. , S. W, Washington, D. C. 20250.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format and procedures in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5 and using FAR sub part 12.6, "Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items," as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is a request for proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-100.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541611, with a small business size standard of 15 Million Dollars.

The Rural Development Business Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Procurement Management Office, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W, Washington, D.C. 20250.
is seeking contract services to assist Procurement Management Office (PMO) staff in pre-award and post-award acquisition support. All services requested under this PWS are non-personal and not inherently governmental in nature and will result in issued Task Orders (TO) from the Contracting Officer (CO).

The Rural Development Business Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Procurement Management Office, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W, Washington, D.C. 20250.
is seeking contract services to assist Procurement Management Office (PMO) staff in pre-award and post-award acquisition support. All services requested under this PWS are non-personal and not inherently governmental in nature and will result in issued Task Orders (TO) from the Contracting Officer (CO).

The contractor shall effectively assist PMO in providing program staff pre-award and post-award including acquisition support to include strategy support, documentation development support, market research and market survey support, monitoring acquisition packages, post award quality surveillance (QA) support, price analysis, and training of program staff on identified acquisition processes and duties as defined in this PWS.

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