RECOVERY - Open Forum Solicitation

RECOVERY--THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO CONTRACTORS UNDER GSA'S MISSION ORIENTED BUSINESS INTEGRATED SERVICES (MOBIS) SCHEDULE. The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (RATB) intends to issue a solicitation to acquire a contractor to assist the Recovery Board to host a one-week online dialogue to solicit input from relevant stakeholders on what technologies and techniques can enhance the prevention and detection of waste, fraud, and abuse of federal grants and awards. The Recovery Board envisions an eight-week timeframe from start to completion of the online dialogue process. For the online dialogue portion of this project, the contractor will assist the RATB in the following areas: 1. Developing content and questions to pose to participants on the dialogue website 2. Conducting outreach to invite participation from relevant stakeholders, such as financial and risk analysts, IT industry leaders, and officials from other federal agencies and state and local governments. 3. Hosting and moderating the online dialogue while it is live for one week. 4. Analyzing, summarizing, and reporting on the results of the dialogue. 5. Overall project management for the effort. Estimated solicitation issue date is on or about August 3, 2011. Proposals are anticipated to be due on or about August 15, 2011. The Government does not anticipate conducting a Pre-Proposal Conference. The solicitation will be a competitive acquisition based on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract type with no optional periods. There will be no public bid opening. Responses to questions emailed to the below Point of Contacts regarding this acquisition will be posted as practicable. This opportunity is available only to contractors who are listed on the GSA Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) Schedule. This procurement shall be conducted using competitive procedures. Please note that to be eligible for award of this project prospective contractors must be registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and have completed and maintained current their Online Representations and Certifications (ORCA) (both can be linked to at www.bpn.gov) prior to closing date of offer. This is not a request for competitive proposals, nor is a solicitation available. This notice is provided for "informational purposes only" under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.