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Peace Corps Background Investigators

Solicitation1145PC20Q0026Notice typeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation

Attachments

5 files

Name	Type	Posted	Actions
SF30-16c.pdf	PDF	Mar 25, 2020	Download
RFQ_Background Investigations-3-24-20.pdf	PDF	Mar 24, 2020	Download
Questions and Answers.xlsx	XLSX	Mar 24, 2020	Download
Attachment 1 - Technical Requirements Submission.xlsx	XLSX	Mar 17, 2020	Download
Attachment 3 - Letter of Instruction_Mar 2020.pdf	PDF	Mar 17, 2020	Download

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Peace Corps Background Investigators

Combined Synopsis1145PC20Q0026Mar 25, 2020 · v6

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Opportunity Summary

The Peace Corps Office of Safety and Security requires background investigation services to be performed across the United States. Under solicitation number 1145PC20Q0026, the agency intends to establish multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to ensure a geographically distributed network of investigators. Performance is divided into five regions: the North Central Region, the South East Region, the South West Region, the West Region, and the Capital Region. The government will rotate call orders among BPA holders based on regional location, workload, and agency need, with reimbursement based on established hourly rates for security investigation services.

This procurement is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items conducted under simplified acquisition procedures. The opportunity is designated as an SBA SBA set-aside. It is classified under NAICS 561611 Investigation and Personal Background Check Services and PSC R799 SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: OTHER. Responses are due by March 30, 2020, and must be submitted in formats compatible with Microsoft Office 2013 or Adobe Portable Document Format. Quote submissions must include a cover letter containing a Tax Identification Number or Social Security Number.

Kathern Kopp serves as the primary point of contact for this requirement. The solicitation includes five attachments: a standard form SF30-16c.pdf, a revised RFQ document, a Questions and Answers spreadsheet, a technical requirements submission spreadsheet, and a letter of instruction. Amendment 0001 updated the administrative data and clarified that only hourly rates for security investigation services should be populated in the pricing chart. All prospective awardees must maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management.

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Opportunity Details

Response deadline: Mar 30, 2020Expired 2268 days ago
NAICS: 561611 (opens in new tab)
PSC: R799 (opens in new tab)
Set aside: SBA
Published: Mar 17, 2020
Updated: Mar 25, 2020
Agency: PEACE CORPS (opens in new tab)
Office: PEACE CORPS OACM
Department: —
Source: View on SAM.gov (opens in new tab)

Contact and place of performance

Point of contact: Kathern Kopp

Place of performance: USA

Original Description

The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to: Updates the agency contact to Kathleen Kopp under Section 2.1 General Information and all subsequent sections (Section 8.0 Administration Data); Only the hourly rate for Security Investigation Services in support of Peace Corps Office of Safety and Security (LH) shall be populated in the chart is included in 11.2.4 Price; Updates section 11.2.1 Quote Cover Letter Content to include b. Tax Identification Number (TIN)/Social Security Number Updates Section 12.2 Quotation Submission to include: All documents shall be compatible with the software currently utilized by the Peace Corps, which is Microsoft Office 2013 or greater and Adobe Portable Document Format. .PNG and .JPG are not acceptable forms of quotes. Provides Government responses to industry questions as an attachment ************** This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with FAR Part 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a separate written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued under the authority of FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-04 effective 15 January 2020. This solicitation is restricted to small business concerns. The associated North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561611 Investigation Services with a small business size standard of $20.5M. This solicitation is a Request for Quotations (RFQs). The Peace Corps intends to establish Multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to conduct security investigations. The Peace Corps objective is to provide a sufficient number of sources, geographically distributed, to ensure prompt and efficient performance of background investigations. Priced BPAs will be established with the responsible contractors whose quotes conform to the requirements outlined in this RFQ. Call orders will be rotated among regionally located contractors with BPAs based on location, Office of Safety and Security (OSS) workload, and Agency need. If a call is placed under a BPA, Peace Corps will reimburse vendors based on the rates as outlined in the BPA. The Peace Corps intends to acquire background investigation services through multiple award BPAs in the below five (5) regions: 1) North Central Region (NCR) (MN, WI, MI, IL, IN, OH) 2) South East Region (SER) (only states of NC, SC) 3) South West Region (SWR) (TX only) 4) West Region (WR) (CA only) 5) Capital Region (WV, VA, MD, DC) Prior to BPA award all prospective awardees are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and to maintain active registration during the life of the BPA. SAM can be accessed at https:www.beta.sam.gov.