USCIS Field Office Support Services (FOSS) Final Solicitation / Request for Proposals (RFP)

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U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing an Amendment, 000004 to the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Field Office Support Services (FOSS).  The purpose of this amendment is to make the following corrections to Attachment J - Pricing Spreadsheet (attached):

1) Summary Tab (Cells B7, C7, D7 and E7) - Remove the PMO Labor Costs (FFP) from inclusion in the formula.

2) Base - 6 Months Tab (Cell J38) - Correct formula to equal G38*H38 instead of G39*H38.

3) Option Period 1 - 12 months Tab (Cell J38) - Correct formula to equal G38*H38 instead of G39*H38.

4) All tabs besides Summary Tab (Cells E265 through E292) - Change SCA Labor Category from General Clerk II to General Clerk I.

Offerors shall only resubmit a repopulated Attachment J - Pricing Spreadsheet as well as a repopulated SF-1449 and acknowledgement of this amendment. Submissions shall be made electronically to jason.s.hawkins@uscis.dhs.gov and thor.vue@uscis.dhs.gov by NOON ET Monday, June 6, 2016. Failure to respond as directed will deem proposals to be considered late and will result in removal from further consideration for contract award. The correction of these clerical errors, and resubmission of Attachment J - Pricing Spreadsheet and an updated SF-1449, does not constitute discussions.

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U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing an Amendment, 000003, to the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Field Office Support Service (FOSS).  The purpose of this amendment is to:

1) Revise the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) requirement on Page IV-8.

2) Remove the Past Performance Questionnaire reference on Page V-4. There is no Past Performance Questionnaire requirement.

3) Update the hours for the Assistant Site Manager for Harlingen, TX in all tabs of the pricing spreadsheet.

4) Remove formulas that existed in Columns H and I in the pricing spreadsheet on the Option Period 2 and 3 tabs.

5) Fix a heading error that existed in all tabs from "Proposed Rate" to "Proposed Overtime Rate" in Column I.

6) Update a formula error in the Base Period tab and Option Period 3 tab from 12 months to 6 months.

No other changes are made and proposals remain due by 05/02/2016 at 1400 ET.

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U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing an Amendment, 000002, to the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Field Office Support Service (FOSS).  The purpose of this amendment is to:

1) Revise Attachment C to update the Wage Determination for Oakland Park, Florida (Broward County).

2) Revise Section IV of the solicitation to update Factor 1, Sub-factor 1 Management Approach, Transition bullet to include a requirement for Statement of Qualifications for Key Personnel.

3) Revise Section V of the solicitation to update Factor 1, Sub-factor 1 Management Approach, Transition bullet to include the requirement for Statement of Qualifications for Key Personnel.

No other changes are made and proposals remain due by 05/02/2016 at 1400 ET.

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U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing an Amendment, 000001, to the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Field Office Support Service (FOSS).  The purpose of this amendment is to:

1) Provide answers to all questions submitted by the due date and time.
2) Revise Section V of the solicitation as described in the change made as a result of Question 23.
3) Revise the PWS as described in the change made as a result of Questions 24 and 27.
4) Revise Attachment J as desribed in the change made as a result of Questions 21 and 28.
5) Revise Attachment C to update newly revised wage determinations.

No other changes are made and proposals remain due by 05/02/2016 at 1400 ET.

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U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Field Office Support Service (FOSS).  All pertinent information is included within the attachments. 

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This is a DRAFT solicitation for U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) Field Office Support Services (FOSS).

USCIS would like to gather comments, questions and suggestions that industry may have regarding this DRAFT solicitation. Any comments, questions or suggestions shall be submitted in writing to jason.s.hawkins@uscis.dhs.gov and thor.vue@uscis.dhs.gov no later than February 24th, 2016 at 5:00pm ET. USCIS does not intend to provide feedback or answers to the comments, questions and suggestions. Rather, we will use the feedback to finalize the solicitation with intentions of releasing the FINAL solicitation mid-to-late March of 2016. The FINAL solicitation process will include a question and answer phase.

USCIS will not hold a pre-solicitation briefing, site visit or industry day for FOSS.

Added: Feb 02, 2016 3:49 pm U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)/Solicitation for the acquisition of Field Office Support Services (FOSS) that will take place at various USCIS sites throughout the United States.

Contractor support services include correspondence management, file operations and maintenance, data reviews and updates, interview scheduling, certificate preparation and production, ceremony support, interview preparation (organizing casework), and file retrieval and maintenance.

USCIS intends to award a single contract, on a hybrid time and materials / firm-fixed-price basis, inclusive of a 6-month base period, two 12-month option periods and a 6-month option period for a total of 36 months of potential support. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561110 - Office Administrative Services.

This acquisition will be a full and open competition. The policies and procedures of FAR Parts 12 and 15 will be used. Selection under this solicitation shall be based on a best-value tradeoff evaluation.

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO MAKE AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS.

This will be an electronic solicitation released on FedBizOpps. Proposals shall be submitted electronically to the following email addresses: ContractingProposals@uscis.dhs.gov, jason.s.hawkins@uscis.dhs.gov and thor.vue@uscis.dhs.gov. No hard copy proposals will be accepted. It is anticipated that a draft solicitation will be released on or about 11 FEB 2016. A Final RFP will not be issued prior to 15 days from the issuance of this synopsis.

The Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Planning Forecast System (http://apfs.dhs.gov/) number for this effort is F2016030937. This effort is not for information technology services.