Vendor Questions and Answers.pdf

Questions & Answers

1. Is this a new or existing project? New Requirement.

2. If new, what is the BOP's ceiling budget? We do not release budget ceiling information.

3. If it is an existing project, what was the dollar amount of the previous/current contract? Was the scope and deliverables in alignment to this current solicitation? New Requirement

4. The deliverables outline seven (7) site visits to advise on service delivery and seven (7) site visits to observe/onsite trainings. Is it the Bureau's expectation that these services result in fourteen (14) total & separate site visits, seven (7) total site visits accomplishing both tasks during that single visit, or a total number of site visits between seven (7) and fourteen (14)?

It is anticipated that the Consultancy Group would:

A. Provide a one-week training for the newly-hired School Counselors, either at MSTC / National Institute of Corrections Academy in Aurora, CO or at BOP Central Office in Washington, DC (with at least one Bureau Central Office Education Branch key staff member helping to facilitate) (See * below). This would be in addition to the Bureau's HR Division two-day on-boarding training;

B. Visit each of the seven Complexes within the first 90 days after training to observe/provide guidance on service delivery (one-three days each as determined to be needed), along with at least one Bureau Central Office Education Branch key staff member (See * below);

C. Visit each of the seven Complexes toward the end of the first year of hire, to observe/provide guidance on service delivery (one-three days each as determined to be needed), along with at least one Bureau Central Office Education Branch key staff member (See * below); and

D. Provide a one-week training (see A. above) the following year(s) (see ** below), to act as a refresher for the currently-hired School Counselors as well as introduction for any newly-hired School Counselors, along with at least one Bureau Central Office Education Branch key staff member (See * below).

E. Complete B. and C. above for any newly-hired School Counselors for the following year(s) (see ** below).

*Please see 4.2 of the SOW regarding all costs associated to be the responsibility of the Contractor.

**Please see 6.1 of the SOW regarding Option Periods One-Four for additional years' trainings.

5. In reference to Question 4, if the institutions are known, please identify those facilities. This will greatly aid this contractor in its quotation for this specific deliverable.

The sites are the following BOP Complexes:

Hazelton, WV, Allenwood, PA, Coleman, FL, Florence, CO, Tucson, AZ, Oakdale, LA and Carswell, TX