Request for Proposals- GS00P09BQD0018 National Broker Contracts

This is the formal Posting of Request for Proposal (RFP) GS00P00BQD0018. The contract shall be Non-Personal in nature and in strict accordance with the solicitation, subject terms and conditions of the main contract, and each task order. The base year performance period will be for 12 months with an anticipated award date of 1 April 2010 and a start date of 1 July 2010 with four (4) additional one-year option periods. Until such time, contacts or briefings by participating offerors concerning this acquisition will not be allowed outside the formal source selection process. The Contracting Officer (CO) shall control all contact or exchanges with offerors and is the only person authorized to release information before and after contract award. Therefore, all communications regarding the NBC2 RFP source selection shall be through the Contracting Officer only. This requirement is solicited as Full and Open Competition and does not contain set-asides. The applicable NAICS Code for this solicitation is 531210,Offices of Real Estate Brokers. Award of a contract from the forthcoming solicitation will be made on the basis of best value procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15.101 using a tradeoff process to evaluate factors identified in the solicitation. This is a follow-on contract to the current National Broker Contracts and is critical to meet GSA's mission and anticipated workload. The Government's "primary" official point of entry shall be the FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov/) website for current information and updates regarding the NBC2 RFP. The "secondary" website is the GSA.gov website (http://www.gsa.gov/brokercontracts). For proposal purposes, please download the documents posted on FedBizOpps. All relevant solicitation documents will be made available for download exclusively from the internet by accessing the FedBizOps website at http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies will NOT be available. Once the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review this site frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents; and verifying the number of amendments issued prior to the due date for proposals. Instructions for submission are contained in Section L.6 beginning on page 156 of the RFP. In summary, offers are required to submit one (1) copy of the price proposal and three (3) copies of their technical proposal. There is no page limit for the pricing proposal, however there are page limits contained for some factors in the technical proposal. Factor 1 - No page limit. Factor 2(a) - Two (2) page narrative plus one (1) page per resume, per person. Factor 2 (b) - Three (3) page narrative, plus two (2) additional pages per scenario. Factor 2(c) - Two (2) pages. Factor 3 - No page limitation. Factor 4 (a) - Ten (10) pages. Factor 4(b) - One (1) page. A Pre Proposal conference for interested parties as identified in the 12 January 2010, notice, is scheduled for Friday, 22 January 2010 at the GSA Headquarters Building Auditorium 1800 F Street NW, Washington DC from 9:30 to Noon. Registration can be accomplished by submitting information to the CO or via GSA's Events web site. Attendance/participation is encouraged, but is not required for submission of a proposal to the RFP. GSA will not be responsible for any cost incurred for attending the pre proposal conference. A three (3) person maximum registration per company is necessary to ensure adequate seating. Companies interested in attending are required to register at the GSA Events web site(http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/eventView.do) or by emailing the Contracting Officer at ted.mahoney@gsa.gov with the name of the individual(s) attending, company name, last four (4) digits of SSN, and email address(es) by NOON Tuesday 19 January 2010. A Photo ID will be required for entrance to the conference. If the information required for RSVP is not received by 19 January 2010, you may not be able to secure seating or entrance to the pre proposal conference site. All potential sources must obtain a DUNS number and register in the Central Contractor Register (CCR), at http://www.ccr.gov, in order to transact business with the General Services Administration (GSA). Failure to obtain a DUNS number and register in the CCR may result in the delay of award of a contract or possible award to the next otherwise successful offeror who is registered in the CCR at the time of the award. The closing date and time of submission of offers is 17 February 2010, 1:00 PM EST. No response to this notice is necessary and no Source List will be maintained. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency in accordance with the solicitation requirements. Vendors who download the solicitation, when posted, are requested to contact the Contracting Officer, Ted Mahoney, via email at Ted.Mahoney@gsa.gov with questions. Significant evaluation factors for award are anticipated to include: Experience,Technical, Management, Past Performance, Small Business Participation and Subcontracting Plan, and Price. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation cost. The Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation either before or after the solicitation closing date.