The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has a requirement for a contractor to provide administration support services services for the NRC's Child Care Subsidy Program .  The contract will consist of a base period from August 01, 2018 through July 31, 2019, plus four one-year options to extend the term of the contract.  For proposal preparation purposes, the offeror should assume an award on or about July 15, 2018 and a postaward conference at the NRC in Rockville, Maryland within one week thereafter. 

The solicitation requires the contractor appropriately and efficiently handle all administrative tasks associated with the administration of the NRC's child care subsidy program, including collecting applications, paying providers, providing reports to the NRC, providing information to respond to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act or Privacy Act, etc.

The government intends to award a contract resulting from the solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the government, evaluated price and other factors considered.  Anticipated evaluation factors for award include Past Performance Information, Corporate Experience, and Management/Staffing Plan.  Non-Price factors, when combined, will be approximately equal in importance to evaluated price factor.

Solicitation Availability and Proposal Submission:

The NRC uses Compusearch Software Systems' secure and auditable two-way web portal, FedConnect, to communicate with offerors and contractors. FedConnect provides bi-directional communicaiton between the offeror/contractor and the NRC throughout the preaward, award and postaward phases. Therefore, in order submit a proposal, the offeror must register to use FedConnect at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PUblicUserRegistration.aspx.  Assistance with FedConnect is provided by Compusearch Software Systems, not the NRC. FedConnect contact and assistance information is provided at https://www.fedconnect.net.

The solicitation and any related amendments will be released only via FedConnect; therefore, potential offerors must register at https://www.fedconect.net to access the solicitation and amendments.  The solicitation is anticipated to be posted on FedConnect on or about May 4, 2018.  Offerors are encouraged to check FedConnect regularly for solicitation availability and amendments to it.  In addition, proposals will only be considered if they are submitted via FedConnect.

By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the System for Award Management database at www.sam.gov prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any resultant contract.

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