CANCELLATION: Direct Care, Supervision and Facilities Maintenance Services for Unaccompanied Children Greensboro Piedmont Academy, Influx Care Facility, Greensboro, NC

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PROCUREMENT UPDATE: December 13, 2024 - NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

The purpose of this notice is to inform industry that the Government has decided to discontinue pursuit of this requirement. As a result, Solicitation Number 75ACF124R00007 is officially CANCELLED, and no further action will be taken.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. We appreciate your interest in collaborating with ACF and encourage you to participate in future ACF procurement opportunities.

PROCUREMENT UPDATE: September 30, 2024

The Government has considered the feedback on the draft solicitation and attachments and will not provide responses to previously submitted questions. A revised draft solicitation and attachments will be provided at a later date on SAM.gov.

In order to continue engaging with industry, ACF is considering conducting a site visit to the Greensboro Children’s Center (GCC) in the month of November 2024. If your company is interested in attending, please complete the survey linked below. The survey will be used to gauge interest. Survey will close COB on October 11, 2024.

GCC survey link: https://app.smartsheetgov.com/b/form/97bdca6b8c9f45adaf5ee213fba03f95

The purpose of this visit would be to provide vendors with an in-depth look at GCC’s facility. Maps of the site and facility will NOT be provided with any solicitation. To understand layout of the buildings and line-of-sight requirements, in-person attendance is encouraged.

Registration information will be available on SAM.gov. Site visit participants will be required to have an active SAM registration at the time of any site visit.

PROCUREMENT UPDATE: March 18, 2024

Please submit all questions regarding the Draft RFP to gcs-orrucd@acf.hhs.gov.

PROCUREMENT UPDATE: March 7, 2024

See attached draft Request For Proposal (RFP). Please note that Attachment 2 (Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan), Attachment 9 (Technical Experience/Approach Project Template) and Attachment 11 (Nondisclosure Agreement) are NOT provided for review and comment.

A. Questions/comments regarding this draft solicitation and associated attachments shall be submitted in writing using Attachment 5 (Question and Answers Template) and submitted via email to the address listed below. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained. All correspondence shall reference Draft Solicitation Number 75ACF124R00007. All emails shall include the name of the Offeror’s organization and the full name, valid e‐mail address and phone number of the Offeror’s point of contact (POC). Do not send questions with proprietary content.

B. Questions shall be emailed no later than March 18, 2024, 12:00PM EST to gcs-orrucd@acf.hhs.gov .

C. Contractors shall affix the following as the email’s subject line: “Questions: Draft Solicitation: “75ACF1‐24‐R‐00007 GPA ICF”

D. A consolidated Question(s) and Answer(s) response will be posted on the Government Point of Entry website (https://SAM.gov/).

Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to gcs-orrucd@acf.hhs.gov, Ms. Emily Graham and/or Dr. David Greaves.

PROCUREMENT UPDATE: February 15, 2024

ACF appreciates industry’s continued interest in the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) requirement. It remains the Government's intention to procure via full and open procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15.

We anticipate the release of the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) will occur on or about March 7, 2024. We anticipate the release of the RFP will occur early April 2024. The solicitation number for this effort remains at 75ACF124R00007.

The Government is tracking industry’s request for a site visit to the Greensboro Piedmont Academy (GPA) Influx Care Facility (ICF) and is currently in the planning process. Please be patient as we are working through the process on how the site visit will operate. Additional information will be forthcoming in the coming week.

Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to gcs-orrucd@acf.hhs.gov, Ms. Emily Graham, Dr. David Greaves and/or Ms. Evelyn S. Tyndell.

PROCUREMENT UPDATE: December 21, 2023

We greatly appreciate the industry feedback and questions received to the draft Performance Work Statement for Direct Care, Supervision (DCS) and Facilities Maintenance (FM) Services for Unaccompanied Children housed at the Greensboro Influx Care Facility (ICF), located in Greensboro, NC. We are currently considering industry feedback in the acquisition strategy and the PWS for Request for Proposal (RFP) issuance.

As previously stated during the APBI held May 9-11, 2023, ACF intends to solicit this requirement using full and open competition procedures. We anticipate the release of the RFP will occur late January/early February 2024. The solicitation number for this effort is 75ACF124R00007.

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI):

On May 09, 2023, the Administration for Children & Families’ (ACF) Head of Contracting Activity advised industry partners at the Advanced Planning Brief to Industry (APBI) that Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) intends to issue a short-term sole source contract for Direct Care, Supervision (DCS) at the Greensboro Piedmont Academy (GPA) Influx Care Facility (ICF) while a long-term competitive action is planned and intended to be solicited in early Fiscal Year 2024.

The Notice of Intent to Sole Source the short-term Contract to Deployed Services, LLC was posted on May 10, 2023 on sam.gov. The short-term Contract for DCS was awarded on May 18, 2023.

As stated at the APBI, ACF intends to solicit the long-term competitive action in early Fiscal Year 2024. As part of this process, the Government Contracting Services (GCS) requests industry feedback and questions to the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). Additionally, GCS requests vendor capabilities in response to the draft PWS.

Responses shall follow a 5 page limitation in MS Word with 12-font Times New Roman for feedback and questions. And a 3 page limitation in MS Word with 12-font Times New Roman for capability statements. Cover pages are excluded from this count.

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