Catholic Priest Services, Fort Hamilton, NY

The Army Contracting Command – New Jersey (ACC-NJ) on behalf of the United States Army Garrison

(USAG) Fort Hamilton has a requirement to procure a new Catholic Priest Services contract. The scope of

this requirement is for the contractor to provide Catholic Priest Services at Post Chapel, Fort Hamilton, 219

Grimes Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11252.

The Government intends to award a single, firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract. The period of performance for

this effort shall consist of a 12-month base year and 4 option years.

SCOPE OF WORK.

The Contractor shall perform religious services for the Fort Hamilton Roman Catholic Congregation working

in accordance with the Catholic religious program that is planned and implemented by the Garrison Chaplain.

The Contractor shall be a Priest in good standing with his Diocese and have faculties to celebrate Roman

Catholic masses and shall provide the government with one of the following as grounds for such

qualifications:

a. the Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Roman Catholic Church and documentation from the current Diocesan

Bishop of the Priest fulfilling the contract

b. documentation specific to the Diocese of Brooklyn or Diocese of New York

c. documentation of being granted faculties by a Latin Rite by the Roman Catholic Ordinary

The Offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible to receive a

Department of Defense contract award. If you need to register in SAM go to https://www.SAM.gov.

See Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clause 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors – Commercial

Services” and FAR 52.212-1, Addendum for additional information.

See FAR Clause 52.212-2, “Evaluation – Commercial Services” and FAR 52.212-2, Addendum for

additional information and evaluation criteria.

All questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted via email no later than 10:00 AM EST on Friday

30 April 2024 to the Contract Specialist: Nelia Shyshak at nelia.shyshak.civ@army.mil and the Contracting

Officer: Torrence Trappier at torrence.trappier.civ@army.mil. The questions will be answered all at once and

uploaded ton the Contract Opportunities website at https://www.sam.gov posting after the question period

has ended.

COMPLETING A QUOTE FOR SUBMITTAL

a. Proposals are due no later than the date and time listed in Block 8 and shall be submitted via email to Nelia

Shyshak at nelia.shyshak.civ@army.mil and Torrence Trappier at torrence.trappier.civ@army.mil. Updates

to this solicitation will be posted on the Contract Opportunities website at https://www.sam.gov.

b. The Offeror shall provide the name, title, address, email address, and telephone number of the

company/division point of contact regarding business decisions made with respect to the proposal and who

can contractually obligate the company. In addition, the contractor shall sign and acknowledge any potential

resulting amendments to this solicitation. In doing so, the offeror accedes to the contract terms and conditions

as written in the Solicitation.

c. The Offeror shall submit a price for each FFP Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) on the Standard Form (SF)

1449 Continuation Sheets of the solicitation. The Government maintains a tax-exempt status.

d. The offeror shall submit a signed SF1449 (Pg. 1, Block 30a. Signature of Offeror/Contractor). The offeror is

required to complete blocks 17, 30a, 30b, and 30c of the SF1449. In doing so, the Offeror accedes to the

contract terms and conditions as written in the solicitation.

e. Pricing for each CLIN must be submitted in the proper format. The proper format consists of QUANTITY *

UNIT PRICE = AMOUNT/NET AMOUNT. In the event there is a discrepancy in the calculation, the UNIT

PRICE will be held to the intended price multiplied by the QUANTITY.

f. If the offeror shows only the AMOUNT/NET AMOUNT, but fails to enter a UNIT PRICE, the

AMOUNT/NET AMOUNT divided by the QUANTITY will be held to be the intended price.

g. The Offeror shall provide proof of Valid Certificate of Insurance in accordance with FAR 52.228-5

“Insurance – Work on a Government Installation” and “Required Insurance”.

h. The offeror is reminded it shall offer on any issued plans, drawings, and specifications as amended. Any

deviations, conditions or attachments made by the offeror itself may render the offer non-responsive and may

be cause for its rejection.

9. All services shall be performed in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

10. All offers shall remain valid for 120 calendar days.

11. SAM Unique ID#: __________________________

12. CAGE (commercial and government entity) code___________________

13. Federal Tax ID __________________

14. Multiple proposals will not be accepted.

15. The following are part of this solicitation:

- Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement