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INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The mission of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), an agency of the Department of the Treasury, is to borrow the money required to operate the Federal Govern... INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The mission of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), an agency of the Department of the Treasury, is to borrow the money required to operate the Federal Government, account for the resulting debt and provide reimbursable support services to federal agencies. Over the past several years, the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has worked towards becoming and remaining a values-based organization. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES The objective of this Sources Sought Notice (SSN) is to seek sources capable of performing the Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU/CUI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Shredding and Purging Services for Fiscal Service. All information contained in / on printed paper documents, 4 mm / 8 mm square tapes, tape reels, hard drives, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, microfilm and microfiche under the jurisdiction of the Fiscal Service shall be handled and destroyed on-site only by a secure, economical, and effective means in accordance with Legal Requirements in SP 800-88, Guidelines for Media Sanitization. https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/88/r1/final. The Fiscal Service Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is the most common form of sensitive information handled at the Fiscal Service and therefore requires the use of on-site shredding procedures. PII that is not properly disposed of can result in actual or potential identity theft and cause personal hardship to the subject individuals. It is imperative that the appropriate means of destruction be used for all Fiscal Service materials. Due to the sensitive nature of this work, all destruction shall be performed on-site only. The Contractor handling the PII destruction and disposal shall be bonded, insured, and be National Association for Information Destruction (NAID)-certified for the above forms of destruction required. The contractor shall perform work at following Fiscal Service facilities: Metro Center I 6505 Belcrest Road Hyattsville, MD 20782 Landover Warehouse 3201 Pennsy Drive Loading Dock - Doors #7 & #9 Landover, MD 20875 Third Street Building 200 Third Street Building Parkersburg WV 26101 Avery Building 320 Avery Street Parkersburg, WV 26101 Parkersburg Warehouse 257 Bosley Industrial Park Drive Parkersburg, WV 26101 Liberty Center Building 401 14th Street, SW Washington, DC 20227 Kansas City Finance Center 4241 NE 34th Street Kansas City, MO 64117 Philadelphia Finance Center 13000 Townsend Road Philadelphia, PA 19154 Austin Debt Management Services Operations Center 1619 East Woodward Austin, TX 78741 Birmingham Debt Management Services Operations Center 836 15th Street North Birmingham AL 35203 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Vendor responses to this SSN shall include sufficient evidence that clearly demonstrates the respondent’s interest and capability to satisfy the scope and objectives outlines above. Responses shall include a general capabilities statement that includes a description of their standard line(s) of business, information outlining their experience, and technical narrative addressing the specific requirements. Responses submitted will assist the Government in its market research to determine the availability of commercial sources in determining an acquisition strategy in terms of setting aside this requirement. In order for Fiscal Service to assess set-aside possibilities, interested parties shall also identify their socio economic status(es) based on the following in their capability statement: 1) small business; 2) 8(a) business; 3) HUBZone small business; 4) small-disadvantaged business; 5) woman-owned small business; 6) economic disadvantage women-owned small business; 7) veteran-owned small business; 8) service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or 9) large business under each of their GWACs. No pricing is being requested or will be considered at this time. This is only a request for information for determining an acquisition strategy. No other information regarding this SSN will be provided at this time. All electronic materials and attachments submitted shall be formatted in accordance with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s Security Requirements. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be opened: .bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, html, mhtml, and .zip files Microsoft Office non-macro enabled compatible documents are acceptable. If the interested vendor determines that other formats are necessary, it is the interested vendor’s responsibility to verify with Fiscal Service that those formats are acceptable. The Government does not allow 3rd party messaging systems/secure mail.