R--This solicitation is being issued pursuant to the

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the submission date for responses to November 13, 2015. Please see the details below. This solicitation is being issued pursuant to the personal services contracting authority granted by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriation Resolution for 2003 (P.L. 108-7). A firm-fixed-price purchase order will be issued to the successful student or recent graduate selected for the position. The base period of performance for this purchase order is twelve months with the possibility of two twelve month options to extend the period of performance. This solicitation includes the following four attachments: ATTACHMENT 1 - Statement of Work (SOW) and Associated Attachments ATTACHMENT 2 - Evaluation Factors ATTACHMENT 3 - Student Proposal Form ATTACHMENT 4- Applicable Clauses ¿ Additional Terms and Conditions of the Order In an effort to clarify the terms student and recent graduate, the definitions of each are provided below. A student is an individual, at least 18 years of age, who is enrolled, in good standing, in a degree program (actively seeking a degree) at a recognized educational institution. A student is not required to carry a full course load, as long as the individual is a bona fide student, not merely someone who signed up for a class in order to work under these contract arrangements. A recent graduate is an individual, at least 18 years of age, who has graduated with a degree from a college or university within the last two years. The Government will make contract award based on evaluation factors other than price which will consider the following: Basic understanding and training in biology; Prior research experience in field studies; Prior research experience in field sampling; Prior research experience and/or microbiology. Submissions in response to this solicitation must be submitted on or before 4:30 p.m. EST, Friday, November 13th, 2015 via e-mail to Contracting Officer Claudia Armstrong at contact@example.gov, and Contract Specialist Dionne Wright at contact@example.gov. All email submissions must have ¿RFQ-DC-15-00264¿ in the subject line. Late submissions will not be considered eligible for award and incomplete submission may not be considered at the Contracting Officer¿s discretion. No telephone inquiries will be accepted in response to this solicitation. Prior to applying for this position, applicants are encouraged to visit the following web page to access information related to this announcement: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. Please follow the link located under the ¿Announcements¿ header, entitled ¿RFQ-DC-15-00264¿Student Services Contract¿ and review all of the attached documents. You are encouraged to visit this webpage periodically to check the status of this announcement and to see whether or not any amendments (changes to the requirement of the posted position) have been issued. Foreign national students are required to fulfill all of the requirements outlined in the eligibility section of this announcement.