Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Purchasing Services Office, on behalf of the Board of Regents of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) requests sealed competitive proposals from each Offeror to enable New Mexico Tech to determine which Offeror is best able to serve all of the criteria which are considered in the proposal.New Mexico Tech seeks a service provider for Collaborative Activities Professional Services. A. BackgroundNew Mexico Tech is a statesupported, coeducational institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, engineering, and technology related fields. The campus is located in the central Rio Grande valley10 city of Socorro, New Mexico, south of Albuquerque.The City of Socorro has a population of 9,000.New Mexico Tech has a student population of approximately 2,000 and a staff/faculty population of 1000. New Mexico Tech is a world leader in many areas of research, including hydrology, astrophysics, atmospheric physics, geophysics, homeland security, information technology, geosciences, energetic materials engineering, and petroleum recovery. The main campus is 101 acres of administrative and academic buildings, residence halls, and research facilities. The remainder of the campus is 1,888 acres. New Mexico Tech supports other New Mexico facilities in Playas and Albuquerque.The New Mexico Tech website is http://www.nmt.edu New Mexico Tech supports The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)Phillips Research Site (PRS) through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement.PRS is located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.Two of the Air Force Research Laboratorys technology directorates are headquartered at PRS, namely the Directed Energy Directorate (RD) and the Space Vehicles Directorate (RV).Support operations are combined at PRS including the Tech Transfer Office, the Phillips Technology Institute (PTI) and the AFRL La Luz Academy.