Employee Assistance Program Services

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has a requirement for a contractor to provide services for the NRC's Employee Assistance Program. The contract will consist of a base period from June 01, 2019 through May 31, 2020, plus four one-year options to extend the term of the contract. For proposal preparation purposes, the offeror should assume an award on or about May 20, 2019 and a postaward conference at the NRC in Rockville, Maryland within one week thereafter. The solicitation requires the contractor appropriately and efficiently provide all services associated with the administration of the NRC's employee assistance program, including professional counseling, short-term problem solving, and consultation services for NRC employees and immediate family members who are experiencing personal problems which may be affecting the employee's ability to function or perform well on the job. The NRC uses Compusearch Software Systems' secure and auditable two-way web portal, FedConnect, to communicate with offerors and contractors. FedConnect provides bi-directional communicaiton between the offeror/contractor and the NRC throughout the preaward, award and postaward phases. Therefore, in order submit a proposal, the offeror must register to use FedConnect at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PUblicUserRegistration.aspx. Assistance with FedConnect is provided by Compusearch Software Systems, not the NRC. FedConnect contact and assistance information is provided at https://www.fedconnect.net. The solicitation and any related amendments will be released only via FedConnect; therefore, potential offerors must register at https://www.fedconect.net to access the solicitation and amendments. The solicitation is anticipated to be posted on FedConnect on or about February 07, 2019. Offerors are encouraged to check FedConnect regularly for solicitation availability and amendments to it. In addition, proposals will only be considered if they are submitted via FedConnect. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the System for Award Management database at www.sam.gov prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any resultant contract.