SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Department of Interior - Office of Special Trustee (OST) Outreach Program
- Notice Date
- 4/5/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Dept of the Interior - National Business Center Acquisition Branch PO Box 272040 Denver CO 80227
- ZIP Code
- 80227
- Solicitation Number
- NBCR07008
- Response Due
- 5/7/2007
- Archive Date
- 4/4/2008
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Department of Interior, National Business Center Request for Proposal, NBCR07008, Outreach Program, is a solicitation for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for a period of One (1) Year along with Four (4) - One (1) Year Option Periods, in which Task Orders will be issued as Fixed-Price, Performance-Based, and/or Labor Hour. Solicitation number NBCR07008 applies and will be issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the following requirements: GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: The purpose of this Contract is to assist the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) with developing strategies and materials to explain the new business processes and benefits set forth in the Fiduciary Trust Model (FTM) to Interior staff, Indian tribes and individual Indian beneficiaries and to assist with the distribution of informational materials to the media. The FTM introduces changes across DOI to simplify and streamline the delivery of accurate and reliable fiduciary trust services to Indian beneficiaries. When fully implemented, the FTM transforms former trust business processes into more efficient, consistent, and integrated processes that meet the needs and priorities of tribal and individual beneficiaries. Furthermore, the objectives of the FTM initiatives are to be communicated to more than 2,500 DOI staff, 562 Indian tribes and more than 250,000 individual Indian beneficiaries throughout the continental United States and Alaska. The methods used for communicating existing and new business processes contained within the FTM will be developed and targeted to these diverse audiences. The messages developed and timetable for their execution is based on the schedule for the FTM implementation and will continue until there is a broad understanding of these benefits in Indian Country and the associated improvements are firmly in place. The Contractor shall coordinate with the Government to implement an outreach program that is carefully integrated with the components of OST's communication strategy. Estimated start date is June 1, 2007. This is a 100% set-aside for small business. The standard NAICS classification is 541613. Size standard is $6.5 million. The Government intends to award this contract on an all-or-none basis. Contractors must be registered at http://www.ccr.gov in order to be eligible for award. The solicitation will be made available at http://www.fedbizopps.gov on or about April 9, 2007. The solicitation must be downloaded via the Internet, as hard copies will not be made available. Please print the Standard Form (SF-1449) along with all clauses and attachments. Proposals are due May 7, 2007 by 1:00 PM. Proposal shall be submitted to the Department of the Interior, National Business Center; 7301 W. Mansfield Avenue; Mail Stop D-2941; Denver, CO 80227-2040; Attention: Roberta Truax. Proposals shall include the following: TECHNICAL SUBMISSION: 1) Contractor's experience in accordance with technical evaluation factors, 2) Outreach/Marketing Plan example(s), 3) Completed 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Nov 2006) (accessible at http://www.arnet.gov/far/), 4) Include TIN and DUNS Number, and 5) Offer must be signed. PAST PERFORMANCE: Contractor's shall submit three (3) references consisting of present or past customers within the last three years who are capable of verifying your performance in like or similar requirements, PRICING: Contractor's shall submit a price list for all labor categories including hourly rates. Award shall be made to the Contractor whose offer is determined to represent the best value to the Government, after considering technical evaluation, past performance, and price. In making the best value determination, the Government considers the technical evaluation more important than past performance and both being significantly more important than price. Questions concerning this solicitation MUST be submitted to Roberta Truax via email at rtruax@nbc.gov no later than April 27, 2007, 2PM MST. See Note 1.
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