Department of the Treasury, United States Secret Service (USSS), Procurement Division, 950 H Street, NW, Suite 6700, Washington, DC, 20001-4518

R -- FINGERPRINT RELATED SERVICES SOL 00Q013 DUE 111099 POC Renea Morton, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 406-6940, Fax (202) 406-6801, Email None WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this,

http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=00Q013&LocID= 38. E-MAIL: Renea Morton, None. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items 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. Solicitation No. 00Q013 is issued as a Request for Quotations. All references to "offers" are understood to be "Quotations". The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular No. 97-13. This action is a 100% small business set-aside. The associated SIC Code is 7381; and the small business standard is $9.0 million over the last three (3) years. The U. S. Secret Service (USSS) has a requirement for Fingerprint related services. Specifically, fingerprint development services are needed utilizing USSS established protocol, and comparison and identification of latent prints. Assignments shall be completed within three (3) hours and at a minimum of 2.5 assignments per workday. Services shall be provided on "an as needed" basis between the hours of 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Services shall be provided from date of award, for a period of one (1) year or until funds are expended. A workstation with all necessary supplies and equipment will be provided by the USSS. Travel is not anticipated. Evaluation Procedures-The Government will award a purchase order(s) resulting from this RFQ to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is most advantageous to the Government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical capability of the offeror to meet the Government requirement, price, past performance, small business status. Technical proposal shall include a capability statement, past performance and offerors small business status. Prospective contractor shall submit a list of all present and past work performed similar to the requirements of this RFQ under contracts to Federal agencies occurring in the last ten (10) years, to include names, addresses, points of contact, telephone numbers, contract numbers, date of contract(s), and actual performance dates. Prospective contractor shall be able to pass a full background security clearance at the Top Secret Level. Offeror's technical proposal shall be evaluated on a pass/fail bases on information in your proposal that addresses the requirements of this RFQ and that offers the greatest value to the government. Price proposal shall include a fixed hourly rate: CLIN 001, Three (3) Fingerprint Specialists, 1000 hours (per specialist, not to exceed 3,000 hours total. The government reserves the right to make several awards as a result of this synopsis. Payments. The Government will make any and all payments via electronic funds transfer through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Payment System. Award is anticipated within ten (10) days after receipt of proposals. Firm-Fixed priced purchase orders are anticipated as a result of the RFQ. All responsible, small business sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered by the USSS> The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clauses are applicable: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (June 1999) 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Oct 1999) 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (May 1999) 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (May 1999) ((additional clauses cited in 52.212-5 that apply to this acquisition are: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Offerors must include a signed copy of the Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) with their offers. Copies of the Representations and Certifications are available on-line. Offerors may view FAR provisions and clauses by visiting www.arnet.gov/far. Offers are due by November 10, 1999, 3:00 PM, local time, Offers shall be mailed to the following address: U. S. Secret Service, 950 H Street, NW, Suite 6700, Washington, DC 20001, ATTN: Renea Morton. Faxed proposals may be forwarded via FAX 202/406-6801; then the original proposal must be forwarded via U. S. Mail. See Note No. 1. Posted 11/02/99 (D-SN396858). (0306)

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