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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MAY 07, 2022 SAM #7463
SPECIAL NOTICE

B -- Request for Information (RFI): Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) Infrastructure Bill Consulting Services

Notice Date

5/5/2022 10:45:03 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

GSA FAS AAS REGION 10 AUBURN WA 98001 USA
 

ZIP Code

98001
 

Response Due

5/12/2022 12:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

05/13/2022
 

Point of Contact

Brian Begley, Reed Erickson
 

E-Mail Address

brian.begley@gsa.gov, reed.erickson@gsa.gov
(brian.begley@gsa.gov, reed.erickson@gsa.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
 

Description

BACKGROUND This RFI is being issued by GSA R10 AAS on behalf of the Northern Border Regional Commission, for its requirement Infrastructure Bill Consulting Services.� The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) is a Federal-State partnership for economic and community development in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. �Each year, the NBRC provides Federal funds for critical�economic and community development projects throughout the northeastern United States. Its mission is to catalyze regional, collaborative, and transformative community economic development approaches that alleviate economic distress and position the region for economic growth. The NBRC has been appropriated $150 Million as part of the �Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill�, H.R. 3684 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684/text. The NBRC will deploy these funds to counties within the Agency�s four state service region (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York) across the below four (4) categories of infrastructure: Transportation; Basic public infrastructure (water and wastewater); Telecommunications infrastructure (cellular communications and broadband); Renewable and alternative energy infrastructure NBRC is looking for a small business contractor to conduct primary and secondary research in identifying underserved communities in their four (4) state service region to deploy the funds in an inclusive manner, taking care to recognize underserved communities and to identify potential capacity issues that might prevent those communities from accessing NBRC funds. The information obtained will result in a Final Report which will articulate what the priorities are for infrastructure development in each county or region as well as identify any ""gaps"" in funding among these priorities. This will help ensure that the NBRC allocates the funds equally across all four NBRC States. �A �draft� copy of the PWS (Attachment 1) is included for industry to review and provide feedback. No information received will be shared outside of the Government; however, any information obtained through this effort may be used to finalize the solicitation. Interested parties are encouraged to submit questions related to the project scope along with responses to the Government�s questions below: PROPOSED CONTRACT TYPE AND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE This procurement is intended to be a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 541611 � Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (Size Standard $21.5M). The proposed period of performance for this contract is five (5) months from date of award (anticipated on or about 7 June 2022). The proposed contract type is Firm Fixed Price (FFP). For informational purposes, the Government estimates that this will be a full time effort for three individuals for the five (5) month period of performance. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Responses to this RFI should be limited to no more than three pages. �Pages 1 and 2 of the �submission will respond directly to the questions related to: Comments regarding conflicting language. Comments regarding ambiguous, vague, or unclear language. Comments on description of the scope. Comments on estimated level of effort as it relates to the period of performance and PWS. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Page 3 of the submission shall consist of your company�s administrative information, and include the following: - Prime Company Name: - Size Standard/Socio-Economic Designation: - Contact Name: - Position: - Telephone: - E-mail: - Company URL: Responses to this RFI are due no later than 12:00PM PT, 12 May 2022. RFI responses shall be submitted, via e-mail only, to the GSA R10 AAS Contracting Officer, Brian Begley at brian.begley@gsa.gov.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/68bf88dfb01848468261c13adea87b9d/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Concord, NH 03301, USA

Zip Code: 03301

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06318104-F 20220507/220505230101 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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