***********************Amendment 0001 – RFQ 70SBUR23Q00000290************************
The purpose of this amendment is to revise evaluation language as shown in track changes on pages 2 and 61 as well as administrative changes on page 48 as shown in track changes. All other terms and conditions of subject RFQ remain unchanged.
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that is responsible for providing immigration benefits through a variety of USCIS offices located through the United States and international locations. The Office of Equal Opportunity & Inclusion (OEOI) develops and delivers quality programs and services to ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), promote and sustain a diverse workforce, and foster workplace accessibility and inclusion through the utilization of data-driven, strategic, and collaborative approaches.
USCIS’s mission is to uphold America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility with fairness, integrity, and respect for all we serve. OEOI supports the USCIS mission by:
- Maintaining an efficient, fair, and impartial EEO complaint resolution process;
- Promoting inclusion and diversity at all levels of the organization through workforce analysis and barrier elimination/mitigation; and
- Providing an effective disability accommodation program to ensure that individuals with disabilities receive full access to equal employment opportunity.
The Refugee, Asylum & International Operations (RAIO) Directorate has a Fraud Detection & National Security (FDNS) employee in its program that is deaf and requires use of real-time captioning and translation services for formal and informal meetings, which occur at the Unclassified, Classified National Security Information at the Confidential (C), Secret (S), Top Secret (TS) and Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (SCI) national security levels. The contractor shall provide Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) services to the deaf employee for all oral communication needs, thereby allowing the employee to fully participate in work-related activities
In the twelve (12) month Base Period, there’s a potential for 1,144 hours. Furthermore, in the Option Period 1, there’s a potential for 1,144 hours for a potential grand total of 2,288 hours. If hours exceed 1,144 hours per Period of Performance (POP) for RAIO, an unfunded option increase Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) will be exercised for an additional 208 hours per POP in accordance with Addenda to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.212-4. This CLIN will be on an ad-hoc/as needed basis, generally sixteen (16) hours per month or 208 hours per POP
See attached PART IV – ATTACHMENT B – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT for more information.
In order for a quote to be considered complete, quoters must follow all of the instructions within this solicitation. It is highly recommended that each quoter reads through the solicitation in its entirety. If a quote does not follow all of the instructions, it will be considered incomplete and will be removed from consideration for award.
This requirement consists of a total estimated period of performance of 24 months from date of award (inclusive of all options).
This order will have only Labor Hour Line Items.
The FAR provision 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition as does the addendum to the provision.
The FAR provision 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this procurement with the evaluation factors consisting of price and technical acceptability.
The FAR clause 52.212-4—Alternate I, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial products and commercial services, applies to this acquisition.
The FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Order - Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.
There will not be a question and answer period.
Quotes shall be submitted as a single electronic package to the Primary and Secondary Point of Contact email addresses identified in this solicitation, no later than the date and time identified within this solicitation.
Late quotes will not be accepted.
The attachments shown below will be incorporated into the subsequent award:
PART I – Schedule (Standard Form 1449 to include pricing)
PART II – Contract Clauses
PART III – Attachment A – Security Requirements | Security Requirement 2TS
PART IV – Attachment B – Performance Work Statement
PART IV – Attachment C – SCA Wage Determinations – RAIO
PART IV – Attachment D – Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification
PART V – Attachment E – Price Schedule – [Pricing] *Will populate the Standard Form 1449 at time of award
PART V – Attachment F – Technical Acceptability Checklist
