SOURCES SOUGHT
X -- WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIP PLACEMENT EVENT - Sources Sought Notice
- Notice Date
- 2/8/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 721110
— Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
- Contracting Office
- Office of Personnel Management, Office of Procurement Operations, Contracting, 1900 E Street, N.W., Room 1342, Washington, District of Columbia, 20415-7710, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20415-7710
- Solicitation Number
- OPM2317S0001
- Archive Date
- 3/9/2017
- Point of Contact
- Terek B. Ali, Phone: 2158613006
- E-Mail Address
-
terek.ali@opm.gov
(terek.ali@opm.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Objectives Draft Sources Sought Notice Executive Office of the President President's Commission on White House Fellowships Sources Sought Notice OPM2317S0001 Purpose and Objective: This is a Sources Sought Notice to identify businesses that are capable of providing overnight accommodations and food and beverage services in the support of the annual White House Fellows Placement Event. This year's Placement Event will be held on July 10, 2017 to July 14, 2017. This notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, Request for Proposal, or Request for Quotations. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract, nor do they affect a potential offeror's ability to respond to any future solicitation, which may or may not follow or restrict the U.S. Government's eventual acquisition approach. Additionally, the U.S. Government will not provide reimbursement for any information that may be submitted in response to this notice. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding. Background: Founded in 1964, White House Fellows (WHF) program is America's most prestigious program for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. White House Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with leaders from the private and public sectors, and trips to study U.S. policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis. Capability Statement / Information Sought: Interested businesses are encouraged to respond to this notice. However, be advised that generic capability statements are not sufficient for effective assessment of respondents' capacity and capability to perform the specific work as required. Responses must directly demonstrate the company's capability, experience and/or ability to satisfy the services requirements detailed below. Services Requirements: OPM/The President's Commission on White House Fellowships is requesting information from vendors who provide service in the following areas: • DATES: The Annual White House Fellows Selection event is held during the second or third week of July annually. This year's Placement Event will be held on July 10, 2017-July 14, 2017. On an annual basis the WHF office will notify the selected contractor of its requested dates for the Placement Event no later than March 15th of each year of the resultant contract. • LOCATION: The facility must be located in the downtown Northwest Washington, DC area and metro accessible and should have meeting space and lodging rooms. Lodging and meeting space must be in the same building. • OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS: Lodging rates must be within the Washington, DC, per diem. The final room list will be provided no later than June 30th of each year of the resultant contract. The lodging breakdown for this year's event will be as follows: Sunday, July 9 • Approximately 5 Non-smoking King rooms Monday, July 10 • Approximately 17 Non-smoking King rooms Tuesday, July 11 • Approximately 17 Non-smoking King rooms Wednesday, July 12 • Approximately 17 Non-smoking King rooms Thursday, July 13 • Approximately 17 Non-smoking King rooms Friday, July 14 • Approximately 5 Non-smoking King rooms • FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICES: Food and beverage services shall include $30 vouchers provided to each person to be used for room service or in the restaurant. This voucher is not to exceed $30 per day per person per room from July 9-14, 2017. The following is a summary of food and beverage service needs for this year's event: Sunday, July 9 • Approximately 5 $30.00 vouchers for daily room service/ restaurant use Monday, July 10 • Approximately 17 $30.00 vouchers for daily room service/ restaurant use Tuesday, July 11 • Approximately 17 $30.00 vouchers for daily room service/ restaurant use Wednesday, July 12 • Approximately 17 $30.00 vouchers for daily room service/ restaurant use Thursday, July 13 • Approximately17 $30.00 vouchers for daily room service/ restaurant use Friday, July 14 • Approximately 5 $30.00 vouchers for daily room service/ restaurant use • PARKING: Provide participants parking at the hotel from July 9-14, 2017. FUNCTION: WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS PLACEMENT EVENT Scope: The contractor must be able to provide overnight accommodations and food and beverage services for the White House Fellows Placement Event to be held July 10-14, 2017. The overnight accommodations and food and beverage services shall not exceed the federal daily per diem rates. The contractor will provide overnight accommodations and food and beverage services in support of the annual White House Fellows Placement event to be held July 10-14, 2017. Rendering of the services must occur before July 9, 2017 and include the following: • Overnight Accommodations • Food & Beverage Service Instructions for Responding to This Sources Sought Notice Information provided in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted no later than fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of posting. Responses to this notice shall include 1) Qualifications/Capability Statements including responses to the questions below and 2) a cover letter, at a minimum, including the following information: 1. Response to Sources Sought Notice 2. Vendor's Company Name, Address, Contact Person Information; 3. Vendor's DUNS Number; 4. Business Size and Size Standard / Classification relative to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 721110 5. Proposed GSA Schedule (if applicable). Please note that the collection of this data does not obligate the U.S. Government to the incorporation of the solicited comments in any future procurement action nor does it obligate the Government to the procurement of any services or products related to this notice. Proprietary information should not be included in the responses, further, responses to this notice will not be returned. OPM may conduct capabilities meetings with vendors that appear to satisfy the requirements as outlined in this notice to clarify any information in their Statement of Qualifications/Capability Statements. Information Submission Instructions: All Statement of Qualifications/Capability Statements sent in response to this sources sought notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to the following: Terek Ali at Terek.Ali@opm.gov OPM requests that the Statement of Qualifications/Capabilities Statement which is the response to questions below not exceed 10 (10) single spaced pages. Each response should use the following Page Setup parameters: • Margins - Top, Bottom, Left, Right - 1" • Page Size - 8.5"x11" The following additional restrictions apply: • Each paragraph shall be separated by at least one blank line. • A standard, 10-point minimum font size applies. All questions shall be submitted to Terek Ali (Terek.Ali@opm.gov) via email no later than 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on February 15, 2017. All responses shall be in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), and submitted to Terek Ali (Terek.Ali@opm.gov) via email by 1:00PM EST on February 22, 2017. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Additional Information: There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, to make an award(s), or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties in support of any effort in response to this sources sought notice. Any information submitted in response to this sources sought notice is a strictly voluntary. This sources sought notice is for information/planning purposes and the Government will not pay or otherwise reimburse respondents for information submitted. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. All documentation shall become the property of the Government. Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional information is available and any request for additional information will be disregarded. Questions to Industry: Please identify your experience in providing the following deliverables: Meeting Space, Overnight Accommodations, Food & Beverage Service, and Audio Visual Equipment. Please provide the following information: • How many years' experience do you have supporting an event of with the deliverables listed above? • Provide information on the organizations you have supported with the similar requests. • What other information can you provide that may be relevant to providing services based on this requirement? • What is the anticipated cost for our request? • Provide a detailed agenda with examples of the requirements. • Describe your company's understanding of the requirements under this notice. • Provide detailed meal plans with examples of what you served for the room service and restaurant.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20006, United States
- Zip Code: 20006
- Zip Code: 20006
- Record
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