Level of Effort

Summary: INSTRUCTIONS TO QUOTING OFFERORS 1. Quote Submission: Offerors will be tasked with providing a technical, past performance and price quote for the period of performance of one (1) 12-month base period and (4) one-year option periods. Contractors are requested to submit prices to provide the services outlined in the Statement of Work (SOW). The price extended to the Government shall be based on the prices negotiated under the contractor’s current General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Contract under Professional Services Category subcategory Business Administration Special Item Number (SIN) 541611 and shall consider the mix of labor categories and level of effort required to perform the services described in the SOW. *Note: Additional discounts concerning your firm’s price proposal to the ordering agency is greatly encouraged and welcomed. The prices proposed should also include any travel costs or Other Direct Costs (ODCs) charges related to performance of the services ordered, unless the order provides for reimbursement of travel costs at the rates provided in the federal travel or joint travel regulations. 2. Instructions for quote preparation: The offeror’s proposal must be submitted electronically via email only by the due date of 1:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 to Ms. Alveatta Palmer, Contract Specialist at alveatta.palmer.ctr@dot.gov with a copy to Mrs. Stephanie Cooke-Nwadibia, Senior Contracting Officer, via email atstephanie.cooke-nwadibia@dot.gov. You can submit your firm’s proposal also through GSA eBuy as a backup method. The technical, past performance and price proposal volumes must be separate electronic files. *NOTE: For this requirement, your company’s quote must be sent electronically only to the email addresses listed above. Hand carried or mailed proposals WILL NOT be accepted by the Government in response to the RFQ. Thus, please ensure that your company allows adequate time to submit a quote response by the due date and time via email. 3. Questions: Questions regarding this RFQ must be submitted electronically by 1:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Tuesday, August 24, 2021to allow for research and dissemination of the answers. Please send your written questions for response to the assigned Contract Specialist, Ms. Alveatta Palmer via email at alveatta.palmer.ctr@dot.gov and the Senior Contracting Officer, Mrs. Stephanie Cooke-Nwadibia via email at stephanie.cooke-nwadibia@dot.gov. *Note: The Government will not provide verbal nor written responses to telephone calls from the prospective offeror prior to an email message sent to the respective parties previously mentioned. The offeror’s quote response must be received by 1:00PM (EST) Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. The quote response must be submitted with the Standard Form (SF) -18 form signed which we provided with this solicitation concerning the respective blocks noted on the form signed by an authorized individual from your company, or as otherwise specified in the RFQ. Additionally, the Offeror must fill out (Attachment 0001) Loaded Rate Matrix and (Attachment 0002) Resume Template (Attachment 0003) Past Performance Questionnaire. As a minimum, the quote must show the following in the cover page: Submission requirements: A. RFQ Title and number B. Tax Identification Number C. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number D. Name of persons having authority to enter into Government contracts E. Contact Names F. Contact Email Address G. Contact Phone H. Contact Fax Number I. Complete Business Mailing Address 4. Electronic Submission of Quote By submission of a quote electronically, the offeror must ensure that the submission is readable, in the format specified in the solicitation, and has been verified as free of computer viruses. Prior to any evaluation, the Government will check all files for viruses and ensure that all information is readable. In the event that any files are defective (unreadable), the Government may only evaluate the readable electronic files. Further, if defective (unreadable) electronic files renders a significant deficiency in the offeror’s quote, the Government may consider the quote incomplete and not consider such a quote for further evaluation. 5. Restriction of Disclosure/Proprietary Information – If the offeror wishes to restrict the disclosure or use of its quote, use the legend permitted by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-1(e). Individual subcontractor/vendor proprietary information may be submitted via separate marked electronic files. The information contained in these electronic files must be referenced (by volume title, page and section number as appropriate) within the main proposal where the information would have been included if it were not subcontractor/vendor proprietary. The information in these separate electronic files is subject to all other requirements of the RFQ and must be well-marked to clearly indicate any special handling instructions. 6. Cross Referencing – Each volume, other than the Volume III Price, shall be written to the greatest extent possible on a stand-alone basis so that its content may be evaluated with a minimum of cross-referencing to other volumes of the proposal. Cross-referencing within a proposal volume is permitted where its use would conserve space without impairing clarity. Hyper linking of cross-references is permissible. Information required for proposal evaluation, which is not found in its designated volume or cross-referenced, is assumed omitted from the proposal. *Note: FACSIMILE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

Vehicle: PSS

RFP release date: 8/16/2021

Proposal due date: 9/14/2021

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