M -- M- Streamlined Competition- Equal Opportunity, Work Life, Facilities Management, and Comptroller Support Services at Headquarters Support Command (HSC), Washington, DC

In accordance with the procedures specified in the OMB Circular No. A-76 (Revised), Performance of Commercial Activities, May 29, 2003, Attachment B: Public-Private Competition, Paragraph B.1 & B.2, this notification represents the formal public announcement and official start date of a streamlined competition on the anticipated Equal Opportunity (EO), Work Life, Facilities Management, and Comptroller functional service areas to be performed at the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Headquarters Support Command (HSC) located at Washington, DC. The Coast Guard HSC exists to provide a wide range of support to personnel assigned to Coast Guard Headquarters (CGHQ) and other Coast Guard units in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Mid-Atlantic Region. The HSC staff also supports Coast Guard members on detached duty at locations around the world. HSC provides service in the functional areas of Personnel, Comptroller (Property, Contracting, Logistics and other Financial Services), Facilities Maintenance, Information Technology and communications support, Work Life, Health Clinic Services, Safety and Security, Equal Employment Opportunity, and numerous unforeseen special projects and events. Personnel assigned to these functional areas work as a team to deliver HSC services. Services are available on a 24/7 basis to meet the needs of Coast Guard senior leadership. HSC supports approximately 3,000 personnel working at the two Headquarters buildings (Transpoint and Jemal) and another 830 at the NCR commands. The streamlined competition will be conducted in accordance with the revised circular and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Management Directive (MD) 0476 (Draft), March 2007. The USCG will exercise its 45-day extension option to develop its Most Efficient Organization (MEO). For the four functional service areas described above, the USCG anticipates a streamlined study of less than 65 full time equivalents (FTE). It is anticipated that the requirement will consist of a 6-month Phase-In Period, a 6-month Base Period, and four 12-month Option Periods. The designated Competitive Sourcing Official (CSO) is RDML Robert S. Branham, USCG Assistant Commandant for Planning, Resources, and Procurement. The CSO's point of contact for this competition is Mr. Stephen Nesel, USCG Office of Competitive Sourcing (CG-81C). The Agency Tender Official (ATO) is CDR Ian Liu. The Contracting Officer is Mr. Eric McDoniel, Office of Acquisition Contract Support (CG-9122). All related matters to this streamlined competition shall be forwarded to Mrs. Alexis J. Bernstein, Contract Specialist, and the Contracting Officer's point of contact for this competition. The place of performance is the USCG Headquarters with its primary operating facilities at Washington, DC. At the conclusion of the Streamlined Competition, the USCG may elect, at its sole discretion, to solicit offerors pursuant to a performance work statement for this competition. However, under no circumstances will the USCG be responsible for any costs incurred by any offerors in preparing a response should a solicitation later be forthcoming. The USCG has selected NAICS Code 561210- Facilities Support Services for this competition, and if presented with a better suited NAICS Code reserves the right to change this code.