Field, Background-Investigative Services (Multiple Award)
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is soliciting quotations for field background-investigative services under solicitation 15A00025Q00000069. This requirement is a total small business set-aside intended to establish multiple-award Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs) with a firm-fixed-price structure. The scope of work involves conducting background investigations and periodic reinvestigations for prospective and current ATF employees and contractors, including Tier 2 and Tier 5 investigations. The period of performance is 60 months from the date of award, with a potential extension of up to six months. Services are required across various locations in the United States and the Virgin Islands, with an estimated volume of 2,400 hours or points per year per awardee at a pre-determined rate of 50 dollars per point. Travel is reimbursable up to a cap of 75,000 dollars per BOA. Award decisions are based on best value, utilizing a combination of weighted factors and pass/fail gates. The evaluation includes price, past performance, qualifications and experience, and capabilities, while acceptability and location serve as mandatory pass/fail criteria. Offerors must be within 200 miles of a priority city to meet the location requirement. High security standards are mandatory, requiring contractors to maintain a Top-Secret Facility Clearance and a Defense Industrial Security Clearance Facility Code. Additionally, contractors must comply with FISMA, the Privacy Act of 1974, and various NIST and FIPS cybersecurity standards. The solicitation has undergone three amendments, with the most recent update on September 12, 2025, modifying the points and payments schedule and updating the statement of work.
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[9/12/2025 - This Notice has been edited to upload/attach AMENDMENT 0003 - Read Block 14 of the "...SF 30_0003" file that's attached to learn of the updates to this RFQ.]
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[7/18/2025] This Notice has been edited to upload/attach the updated Responses to the Questions received via email - Q #0 there now includes the missing "i" for the other recipient's e-dress.
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[7/15/2025] This Notice has been edited to attach/upload the updated Survey for Factors 1-6, which now displays a strikethrough Question [Q] #10 for Factor 4 as ATF no longer requires a response to that question.
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[7/14/2025] This Notice has been edited to upload/attach AMENDMENT 0002, which:
1) inserts "6" for the Page count of the 3rd attachment on this standard form (SF) 30;
2) adds "[if it hasn't already submitted such]" to Section 19.0 of the statement of work (SOW) within Section 3.1 of this request for quotations (RFQ) AND "[/renewal]" to Section 4.3 of this RFQ;
3) removes clause #ATF-50 & strikes references to such (no longer required internally although clause #52.219-14 still applies); &
4) updates the attachment for Responses to the Questions received via email.
Offerors need NOT sign Amendment 0002. Additionally, offerors with an existing, basic-ordering agreement (BOA) need NOT respond to this request for quotation (RFQ) until at least three (3) to five (5) months before its BOA expires.
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[6/25/2025] This Notice has been edited to upload/attach the Responses to the Questions received via email, also to provide additional guidance/information in the 2nd-to-last 'paragraph' below - Such updates are notated within brackets below.
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[6/16/2025] AMENDMENT 0001 | Read Block 14 of the "...SF 30_0001" file that's attached to learn of the minor updates to this RFQ.
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[6/16/2025] This is a combined synopsis/solicitation [RFQ] for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this Notice. While this RFQ replaces Notice #15A00025R00000040, award information for the previous Notices #s, 15A00018R00000040 & 15A00018R00000040REPOST, can be found via www.FPDS.gov.
This solicitation document/RFQ and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04 via https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.
This announcement constitutes the only written solicitation for which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) is requesting quotations; no other written solicitation will be issued.
Interested offerors shall read all attachments and follow the "INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS" [(always of the most-recent posting per the RFQ, currently Amendment 0001)] under FAR 52.212-1 (SECTION 4.3) to properly submit questions, also to properly and completely respond to this RFQ[, and submit their quotation pacakge]. [Interested offerors shall refer to the "...Questions+Responses" file that's attached.]
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