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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 8,1999 PSA#2362U.S. Department of Education, Contracts and Purchasing Operations, 7th
& D Streets, SW, Room 3616, Washington, DC 20202-4443 R -- COMMERCIAL RECRUITING FIRM SOL ED-99-Q-0009A POC Contact Janet
Daniels Scott, Contracting Officer 202/708-9979 R -- The U.S.
Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education is seeking a Commercial Recruiting Firm to provide executive
search services to identify and screen candidates nationally for the
position of Director. The Recruiting Firm must refine a position
description for approval by the Department, screen candidates against
basic requirements to be specified by the Department, and refer to the
Department all candidates who appear to meet the qualifications. The
Recruiting Firm may not imply that it is the sole or primary avenue for
employment with the Federal Government or with the Department.
Applicants may apply directly to the Government for this position and,
thus, need not apply through the Commercial Recruiting Firm. The
Recruiting Firm must comply with all applicable merit principles and
equal opportunity laws. The statement of work along with attachments
will be available on the OCFO Web site at
http://ocfo.ed.gov/coninfo.htm under Contracts Information. This is a
combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items (services) prepared
in accordance with the format in FAR 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. The Solicitation number for
this contract action is ED-99-Q-0009A. This combined document serves as
the synopsis/solicitation and is issued as a Request for Proposal. The
solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those
in effect in Federal Acquisition Circular 97-3. The associated standard
industrial classification code for this acquisition is 7361. Provision
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, apples to this
acquisition. The addenda to this provision is that the SF 1449 will not
be used or accepted. The offeror should submit a detailed Capability
statement that certifies that it can meet the requirements of the
Government (which will serve as the technical proposal) and a list of
references who can verify that the offeror has performed similar work
for their organization. Also, a quote, which will serve as the business
proposal. The proposal must be signed by an official authorized to bind
the organization. The offeror must submit and original and 2 copies of
both the technical and business proposal. Provision 52.212-2,
Evaluation -- Commercial Item is applicable to this acquisition. The
specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph of the
provision are (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the
Government requirement and (ii) price. The Technical proposal will be
evaluated as follows: 1) Standing of the firm in the search community
(20%), 2) Searches successfully conducted for similar academic
positions (40%), 3) Credential of individuals conducting search (20%),
and 4) National network and infrastructure (20%). The Business
proposal will be evaluated on the lowest total estimated cost. An award
will be to the offeror who is technically acceptable with the lowest
price. Offerors must submit a completed copy of the provision at
52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification -- Commercial items
with their offer. Provision 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions --
Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Provision 52.212-5,
Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or
Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.
Also, under paragraph (b) of the provision items 6, 7, 8, and 9 are
also applicable to this acquisition. Offerors for Solicitation number
ED-98-Q-0009A are due on June 18, 1999, by 2:00 PM. Please submit
proposals to U.S. Department of Education, OCFO, Contracts & Purchasing
Operations, Support Services Group, 7th & D Streets, SW, Room 3616,
ROB-3, Washington, DC 20202-4443. Please contact Janet Daniels Scott,
Contracting Officer on (202) 708-9979 for information regarding this
solicitation. Posted 06/04/99 (I-SN339437). (0155) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0086 19990608\R-0012.SOL)
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