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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 04, 2011 FBO #3571
SOLICITATION NOTICE

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Notice Date: 9/2/2011
Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS: 541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
Contracting Office: Broadcasting Board of Governors, Director, Office of Contracts, Office of Contracts (M/CON), 330 C Street, SW, Room 4300, Washington, District of Columbia, 20237, United States
ZIP Code: 20237
Solicitation Number: BBG50-R-11-0029
Archive Date: 10/19/2011
Point of Contact: Myria Carpenter, Fax: 202-382-7870, Herman P Shaw, Fax: 202-382-7870
E-Mail Address: mecarpen@bbg.gov, hshaw@bbg.gov
(mecarpen@bbg.gov, hshaw@bbg.gov)
Small Business Set-Aside: Total Small Business
Description: RFP contains SF-1449, Attachment A and 52.212-3. (i) THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR A COMMERCIAL ITEM PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6 AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. (ii) Solicitation No. BBG50-R-11- 0029 is issued as a Request For Proposal (RFP) for a Firm-Fixed price contract that will be awarded using the contracting by negotiation procedures in FAR Part 15. (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect from the Federal Acquisition Regulations 2005-53, dated August 4, 2011. (iv) This is a total small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541611 and the small business size standard is $7.0M. (v) The contractor shall provide the following Contract Line Item (CLIN) : 1. In depth analysis and review of information/data gathered from a variety of Agency sources. (vi) The Broadcasting Board of Governors requires a contractor to provide an in depth analysis and review of information/data gathered from a variety of Agency sources. A. SCOPE/DESCRIPTION: An in depth analysis and review of information/data gathered from a variety of sources. B. TASKS/RESPONSIBILITIES: Candidate will analyze/review information/data of a personal nature including but not limited to security reports, time/attendance reports and other sensitive/confidential personnel data. C. DELIVERABLES: Candidate must be able to provide weekly status reports derived from data analysis including spreadsheets and written documents. D. OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS: The candidate shall develop and provide ad hoc reports as deemed necessary and appropriate by BBG E. BBG RESPONSIBILITIES: The agency will provide access to office space, including a desk, telephone, business and technical documents that are necessary for the candidate to complete tasks identified by BBG. F. SPECIAL PROVISIONS: The candidate must successfully undergo a BBG security review. G. DURATION: The assignment will last at least six months from the start date and be reviewed at the end of that period of time for the purposes of any extensions. (vii) The Period of Performance is six (6) months. The anticipated start date of service is September 26, 2011. An additional Option period of six (6) months may be exercised as the Agency’s discretion. (viii) The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision FAR 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. Full text of all FAR clauses and provisions are available electronically at the following Internet address: (http://www.arnet.gov/far). Interested contractors who are capable of providing these services should submit a proposal demonstrating their ability and experience in providing the required services. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: A) ability to provide an in depth analysis and review of information/data gathered from a variety of sources. OFFERORS RESPONDING TO THIS SOLICITATION SHALL SUBMIT AT MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER: (1) a technical proposal which addresses the factors described below in (ix) and (2) and a price proposal in accordance with (ix). The Price Proposal must contain a copy of Attachment A entitled “Schedule Service and Price” filled out by the Offeror. (ix) The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. The Government will award a Commercial Item, Firm-Fixed-Price, contract resulting from this RFP to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the RFP will be most advantageous to the Government, based on technical approach, experience, past performance, and price. When combined, technical evaluation factors are approximately equal to cost/price. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS SHALL BE ADDRESSED IN THE TECHNICAL PROPOSALS AND SHALL BE USED TO EVALUATE PROPOSALS: 1) The contractor must provide a narrative detailing the approach that they will take to meet the requirement. The contractor must illustrate its understanding of the requirement and its ability to provide the required services stated herein. The contractor shall submit a brief description of their company's business and provide a company point of contact including address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number and the company's web-page address. (Technical Approach); 2) The Offeror shall provide recent examples (within the past three (3) years) demonstrating its experience in providing the services required under this Solicitation to Governmental and/or commercial customers. Examples provided should be of the same and/or similar services specified herein. (Experience) 3) Detailed information on past performance and relevant contracts for same and/or similar services with a minimum of three (3) references including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and email addresses (i.e., the point of contact who can verify performance) (Past Performance) and 4) Separate Price Proposal showing a price breakdown for CLIN above. The prices for shall be provided in English and United States dollars. The Price Proposal must contain a copy of the SF 1449 which is attached to this notice and Attachment A entitled “Schedule Service and Price” filled out by the Offeror. Offerors are cautioned that failure to address each of the above factors may deem their proposal unacceptable. (x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with its offer. Proposals must also include contractor’s DUNS Number, prompt payment terms, and correct remittance address, if different from mailing address. The contractor must be registered on-line with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Web site at: http://www.ccr.gov/Start.aspx. The successful Offeror will be required to complete and submit an ACH form, for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), to the Contracting Officer before submitting their first invoice. (xi) The FAR clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition with addendum to the clause. The addendum is as follows: I. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER : The Contracting Officer will appoint by letter an Authorized Representative of the Contracting Officer (AR/CO), who will have the responsibility of ensuring that the work conforms to the requirements of the contract and such other responsibilities and authorities as may be specified in the letter of authorization or this contract. It is understood and agreed, in particular, that the AR/CO shall not have authority to make changes in the scope or terms and conditions of the contract unless and only to the extent that such authority is specified in the letter of authorization or the contract. THE CONTRACTOR IS HEREBY FOREWARNED THAT, ABSENT THE REQUISITE AUTHORITY OF THE AR/CO TO MAKE ANY SUCH CHANGES, IT MAY BE HELD FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHANGES NOT AUTHORIZED IN ADVANCE, IN WRITING, BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, MAY BE DENIED COMPENSATION OR OTHER RELIEF FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WORK PERFORMED THAT IS NOT SO AUTHORIZED, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED, AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE GOVERNMENT, TO TAKE ALL CORRECTIVE ACTION NECESSITATED BY REASON OF THE UNAUTHORIZED ACTIONS. (End of Clause) II. PARTIAL EXECUTION OF THE BASE YEAR WORK UNDER THIS CONTRACT: The Government reserves the right to partially execute the Base Year in Attachment A entitled "Schedule Service and Price." The parties agree that the Government may have to partially execute the Base Year in Attachment A and may do so multiple times up to the point that the Base Year has been fully executed. The Contractor, however, will not be entitled to any additional compensation beyond that associated with the amount of the Base Year. (End of Clause) III. EXERCISING OF OPTIONS UNDER THIS CONTRACT : The Government reserves the right to unilaterally exercise the options in Attachment A entitled “Schedule Service and Price.” The parties agree that the Government may have to partially exercise any options in Attachment A and may do so multiple times up to the point that the option has been fully exercised. The Contractor, however, will not be entitled to any additional compensation beyond that associated with the amount of the option exercise. (End of Clause) (xii) FAR clause 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation by reference and proposed subsequent contract as well as the following clauses contained within FAR clause 52.212-5: 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006); 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2010); 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (June 2003); 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (May 2004); 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Apr 2009); 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003); 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jul 2010); 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity(May 2007) (E.O. 11246); 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011); 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) and 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (OCT 2003). Please note some clauses may not be applicable to a foreign offeror. (xiii) Additional FAR provisions and clauses incorporated by reference and applicable to this solicitation include 52.237-3 Continuity of Services (Jan 1991). There are no other additional contract requirement(s) necessary for this acquisition other than those consistent with customary commercial practices. NOTE: See Government-Wide Numbered Notes 13 and 25. (xiv) No Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS) rating assigned. (xv) Failure to provide the required services for any the above CLIN may result in the rejection of your proposal. Proposals shall be in writing and must be signed by an official authorized to bind the organization. Oral, faxed or emailed proposals will not be accepted. Please note that questions must be submitted in writing to Myria Carpenter by email (mecarpen@bbg.gov) or fax (202-382-7870) and received before the deadline of 12:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time on September 8, 2011. Technical Proposals shall be submitted as an original and two copies and Price Proposals shall be submitted as an original and one copy. All proposals must be sent via courier or overnight delivery and must be received before deadline. Proposals are due at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Contracts, 330 C Street, SW, Room 4007B, Washington, DC 20237 on September 19, 2011, at 12:00PM, Eastern Time. (xvi) Contact: Myria Carpenter, Contract Specialist, Facsimile 202-382-7870, email: mecarpen@bbg.gov. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency.
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Place of Performance: Address: 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20237, United States; Zip Code: 20237
Record: SN02561750-W 20110904/110902235648-c20d0b9dfce5b2031588b2c01d005cba (fbodaily.com)
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