Research and Analysis Program Services

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and Subpart 13.5 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. In this solicitation USTDA is seeking to award a contract to an organization or entity that will furnish individuals who will work primarily at USTDA's offices to perform administrative and substantive research and analytical support functions as well as agency-wide evaluation support functions relative to the specific programmatic regions in which USTDA operates. Please see Statement of Work in the attached solicitation documents. This solicitation will be issued utilizing Full and Open Competition IAW FAR Subpart 6.1. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror who is deemed responsible and is determined, based on the evaluation factors, to represent the best value to the Government. OFFEROR'S PROPOSAL MUST BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED AS DESCRIBED BELOW: 1. OFFER DUE DATE: Your offer must be received no later than 12:00 Noon local Arlington, VA time on Monday, June 10, 2013. Late proposals will be processed in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance. 2. OFFER SUBMISSION: Send your offer by email to contact@example.gov. Proposals submitted by facsimile or to alternate email addresses will NOT be accepted. 3. QUESTIONS RELATING TO THIS SOLICITATION: Questions regarding this RFP must be submitted by 4:00 PM local Arlington, VA time on Monday, June 3, 2013 to contact@example.gov. Telephone calls are not acceptable. Written questions will be answered in writing and provided to all offerors via an amendment posted to FedBizOpps. However, due to the time required to research a question, and provide an answer, questions received less than seven calendar days prior to the due date of offers specified in this solicitation may not be answered. 4. NOTICE REGARDING SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT/INELIGIBILITY: Any contract awarded to a Contractor who, at the time of award was suspended, debarred, and ineligible for receipt of contract with Government Agencies or in receipt of a notice of proposed debarment from any Government Agency, is voidable at the option of the Government. 5. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) DATABASE: All Contractors must be registered in the SAM database via https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ in order to be eligible for contract award. Lack of registration in SAM will make an offeror ineligible for award as described in FAR 52.204-7. Do NOT delay submission of your offer pending receipt of a CAGE code. Offerors may obtain information on registration via: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. 6. SPECIAL SOLICITATION/CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS: Please see attached solicitation.