SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Event, conference, sponsorship, training, facilitation, and ad hoc services
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NCND7000-4-00004
- Response Due
- 6/23/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/8/2004
- Point of Contact
- Mitchell Ross, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-713-0820 x141, Fax 301 713-0806,
- E-Mail Address
-
Mitchell.J.Ross@noaa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), intends to procure event planning, conference, sponsorship, training, facilitation, and ad hoc services for the mission requirements of the bureau. The scope of these services may be bureau wide and is estimated at up to ten million dollars over sixty months. NOAA is considering procuring these services through the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Supply Service (FSS), Schedules program. Award of a single or multiple Delivery Orders is contemplated for a period of 60 months. Pricing may be on a firm fixed price or time and materials basis. Identification of appropriate schedules is desired. The pricing mechanism contemplates use of firm fixed price items, established in advance, or labor rates, discounted based on volume. Payment will be made upon inspection and acceptance at completion. Interested firms with capability to provide these services are invited to provide a written response to this request no later than Noon in Silver Spring, Maryland on June 23, 2004. The response shall be submitted electronically in MS Word to Mitchell.J.Ross@noaa.gov and in paper version to Mitchell J. Ross, Contracting Officer, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, 1305 East West Highway, Suite 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. The response shall be no more than ten pages and shall include the following: Description of Firm o Central Contractor Registration Status o Management Structure & Organization Chart o Location o Revenue ? Each year for the past three years o Net Income ? Each year for the past three years o Banking Reference name, phone, fax, email o Description of Credit Facility o Suspensions, Debarments, Terminations o DUNS Number o Tax Identification Number o Recommended GSA FSS Schedule o Firm Points of Contact ? Names, phone, fax, email Capacity to Perform the Work Described o Understanding & Knowledge of event planning, conferences, sponsorships, training, facilitation, and ad hoc services. o Understanding & Knowledge of NOAA o Approach to Performing the work o Approach to managing the work o Approach to pricing the required services Past Performance o Relevant Experience o Quality of Performance Price o Relevant Categories and Hourly Rates o Rate Discounts Comments & Recommendations o Recommended schedules and rationale o Recommended pricing mechanism o Contract Type ? Comments on the appropriate type o Other comments you would like to make An original and four copies shall be submitted as well as the electronic version in MS Word. A one page letter shall cover the response signed by an individual authorized to commit the firm. The cover letter is the first of ten pages. The electronic version shall be in the form of an email with one attachment. That single attachment shall contain all content and shall be sized less than five megabytes. The Government will not be liable for any costs incurred in response to this request. Each response shall be on 8-1/2 x 11-inch paper, in a commercially standard font, not smaller than size 10 (excluding separately created artifacts included within the text). The response shall be secured by simple stapling with the cover letter as the first page and shall not contain any elaborate binding. Each page in the response shall be separately numbered in Arabic numerals. A page of paper printed on both sides is considered as two pages (if using double-sided pages, the front side would be page 1, the reverse side would be page 2). The response shall not include brochures, newsletters, or other marketing materials uniquely created for this procurement. Elaborate artwork and expensive paper, bindings, visual or other presentation aids are discouraged The responses to this Request for Information may form the basis for requesting a number of firms to attend briefings or submit quotations. Questions and comments may be directed to the Contracting Officer only electronically at Mitchell.J.Ross@noaa.gov. There will be no acknowledgement by the Government to responses to this Request for Information. If a response generates further interest, you will be contacted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1305 East West Highway, SSMC4, Suite 7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN00599284-W 20040609/040607211727 (fbodaily.com)
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