Procurement of ISO Certification Services

Request for Proposal: HM1571-08-R-0001 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has a need for initial and continued ISO Certification to the ISO 9000:2008, ISO 20000-1:2005 and ISO 27001:2005 standards. 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. Potential offerors shall see attached items and below for further details regarding this acquisition. Evaluation Factors (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government shall make an award to the offeror that submits the LOWEST PRICED TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE (LPTA) proposal. Technical acceptability shall be determined against the minimum specifications set forth in the attached Statement of Work entitled, "National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Enterprise Operations Directorate, Statement of Work for ISO 9000:2008, ISO 20000-1:2005 and ISO 27001:2005 ISO Certification Services." (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. Offerors shall submit proposals inclusive of a Basis of Estimates, Bill of Materials, Technical Volume and a Cost Volume (Prime cost proposal and if applicable an un-sanitized cost proposal of proposed Subcontractors), no later than 5:00pm EST, WEDNESDAY, 05 NOVEMBER 2008. Proposals shall be valid up to 90 days. The Cost Volume shall be submitted using Microsoft Excel. All proposals, questions and/or concerns shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist Seth Nevins at email: Seth.A.Nevins@nga.mil. ATTENTION! The original version of this document listed the RFP closing date as Tuesday, November 5, 2008. The closing date was correct, but the date is NOT a Tuesday. The correct closing day is WEDNESDAY, November 5, 2008.