ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES

HSSS01-16-R-0017 This Solicitation is for Abnormal Psychology Courses prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12, subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information attached to this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested. Solicitation number HSSS01-16-R-0017 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-06. The NAICs code is 611430 for Professional development training with a small business size standard of $11,000,000.00 per the Small Business Administration. This procurement is a total small business set aside. The Government intends to award a competitive commercial fixed priced type Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for the US Secret Service James J. Rowley Training Center located in the Laurel, Maryland. Contract award is intended to be made by 1 June 2016. Award will be made on best value. The resulting award will be for a five year period from 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2021. This solicitation is a total small business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 611430. The awardee shall provide all courses and trainers for the Abnormal Psychology Training Curriculum. Potential offerors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will only be available by downloading the documents at the Federal Business Opportunities Website at http://www.fbo.gov. This office will not issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting a proposal, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal Agency. The Government anticipates awarding on initial offers but reserves the right to establish a competitive range and open discussions with those offerors most highly rated. The competitive range may be further limited in accordance with FAR 15.306(c)(2) for purposes of efficiency. Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to eliminate any offeror from the competitive range that does not follow the instructions or fails to include any information that is required as stated with in this solicitation. All proposal documents listed above shall be submitted in electronic format and emailed to Siobhan Mullen at Siobhan.Mullen @usss.dhs.gov by no later than 18 May 2016, 1300 EST. Please include in the subject line of the email the solicitation number HSSS01-16-R-0017. Questions in regards to this RFP shall be emailed to Siobhan.Mullen @usss.dhs.gov no later than 11 May 2016 1300 EST. Please include in the subject line of the email the solicitation number HSSS01-16-R-0017. Questions after this date will not be answered. Answers to questions will be posted collectively via the RFP notice and will remain anonymous. All written material submitted shall be in 12 point Times New Roman Font, single spaced, and shall have 1" margins left and right. The written copy of the Technical portion shall not exceed more than 20 typed pages. If graphs or pictures are included at the end as attachments, they will not be counted against the page limit. Resumes are not included in the page limit. There is no page limit for past performance submissions. The offeror's quote shall be valid 180 days from the closing date of this RFP.