SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- 2020 Census Questionnaire Assistance (2020 CQA)
- Notice Date
- 12/15/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 519190
— All Other Information Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Acquisition Division, Room 3J438, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233
- ZIP Code
- 20233
- Solicitation Number
- YA1323-16-MS-0001-04
- Point of Contact
- Donna Cornish, Phone: 3017634514
- E-Mail Address
-
donna.cornish@census.gov
(donna.cornish@census.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, US Census Bureau (USCB) 2020 Census Questionnaire Assistance (CQA) Program, Program Management Office, intends to compete its requirement for the creation, test and operation of a multi-channel contact center in support of the 2020 CQA Program. The acquisition will be conducted using a multi-step process. Instructions for STEP ONE were published on FEDBIZOPPS on November 18, 2015. STEP ONE was conducted pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.202, Advisory multi-step process. STEP TWO will include the release of a final solicitation, receipt of full proposals, evaluation of proposals and contract award. Pursuant to FAR 5.204 Pre-solicitation Notices, this notice serves as the formal notice to industry that the Census Bureau will release the final solicitation for the 2020 Census Questionnaire Assistance acquisition on or about January 6, 2016. Drafts of solicitation sections C, L and M were published on FEDBIZOPPS on November 23, 2015. The Census Bureau completed evaluations of mini-proposals submitted in response to the STEP ONE instructions posted on the November 18, 2015 Pre-Solicitation Notice for the 2020 Census Questionnaire Assistance acquisition. Prime contractors determined to be "viable competitors" in the 2020 CQA solicitation process will be published on the Census Bureau's website at http://www.census.gov/about/business-opportunities/opportunities/vender-opps/2015-12-15-2020-cqa.html. Small businesses are encouraged to contact these companies for subcontracting opportunities. The Census Bureau plans to hold a pre-proposal conference on January 11, 2016. Registration, logistics and other information about the pre-proposal conference will be posted on the Census Bureau's website at http://www.census.gov/about/business-opportunities/opportunities/vender-opps/2015-12-15-2020-cqa.html. In anticipation of the release of the final request for proposal in early January 2016 the Census Bureau is posting a draft of Attachment J-8: Cost Model on its website http://www.census.gov/about/business-opportunities/opportunities/vender-opps/2015-12-15-2020-cqa.html. Comments and/or questions on the draft Attachment J-8: Cost Model shall be submitted via email no later than 2:00 p.m. ET on December 29, 2015 to the attention of Donna Cornish, Contract Specialist at acq.2020.CQA@census.gov. The email subject line shall read "[Company Name]-DRAFT J-8 COMMENTS-2020 CQA".
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/CB/13040001/YA1323-16-MS-0001-04/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Locations within the Continental US (including Alaska & Hawaii), United States
- Record
- SN03969648-W 20151217/151215234214-44080477629cea2f7781a33136ec61a8 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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