Mental Health Evaluation Services

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has a requirement for a contractor to provide mental health evaluation services in accordance with 10 CFR Part 10, CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ACCESS TO RESTRICTED DATA OR NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION FOR AN EMPLOYMENT CLEARANCE; Executive Order 12968, Access to Classified Information; and Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Information. The contract will consist of a base period from May 14, 2018 through May 13, 2019 plus four one-year options to extend the term of the contract. The solicitation will require the contractor to provide one or more cleared physicians that are board certified in psychiatry for approximately 67 hours per year to provide the required services. Some contractor travel may be required to NRC facilities in the continental United States of America. See possible places of contract performance below. The incumbent contract was conducted as a Total Small Business set-aside, whereas this acquisition is being conducted as a Woman-Owned Small Business set-aside. 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 (31310018Q0003) has been released and is now accessible in FedConnect. It will only be made available via that method. Amendment(s) to the solicitation will also be posted only on FedConnect. Offerors are encouraged to check FedConnect regularly for updates. In addition, Offers will only be considered if they are submitted via FedConnect. By submission of an offer, the 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. For proposal preparation purposes, the offeror should assume an award on or about April 30, 2018 and a postaward conference at the NRC in Rockville, Maryland within one week thereafter.