Attch 7 - SOW-RFP CJEP Project Packages BPA Call Final.pdf

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Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)

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Criminal Justice Expertise Program

Project Packages BPA Call

191NLE22FXXXX

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LIST OF SECTIONS AND APPENDICES

Section 1 - Solicitation Considerations

Section 2 - Submission Information Pertaining to Request for Proposal Section 3 - Proposal Submission Format and Requirements Section 4 - Statement of Work (SOW) Section 5 - Basis of Award and Evaluation Criteria

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SECTION 1

SOLICITATION CONSIDERATIONS

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT

This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to FAR 4.1102 and other applicable regulations and guidelines. Information can be found at www.sam.gov.

UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE

The Contractor and its employees shall exercise the utmost discretion concerning all matters relating to their duties and functions. They shall not communicate to any person any information known to them by reason of their performance of services under this contract, which has not been made public, except in the necessary performance of their duties or upon written authorization of the Contracting Officer.

All documents and records (including photographs) generated during the performance of work under this contract shall be for the sole use and become the exclusive property of the U.S Government. Furthermore, no article, book, pamphlet, email, recording, broadcast, speech television appearance, film or photograph concerning any aspect of work performed under this contract shall be published or disseminated through any media without the prior written authorization of the Contracting Officer. These obligations do no cease upon the expiration or termination of this contract. The Contractor shall include the substance of this provision in all contracts of employment and in all subcontracts hereunder.

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SECTION 2

SUBMISSION INFORMATION PERTAINING TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

INFORMATION TO CONTRACTOR

Contractors are reminded that information furnished under this Request for Proposal (RFP) may be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Therefore, all items that are confidential to business or that contain trade secrets or proprietary or personnel information shall be clearly marked. Marking of items shall not necessarily preclude disclosure when Department of State (DOS) determines disclosure is warranted by FOIA. However, if such items are not marked, all information contained within the submitted documents shall be deemed releasable.

QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Offerors are warned against contacting any INL personnel other than the Contracting Officer and

Contract Specialist prior to award of the Contract resulting from this RFQ. If such a contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing vendors, the vendor making such a contact may be excluded from award consideration.

No information concerning this RFP shall be provided in response to telephone calls. All such requests shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer and Contract Support Specialist via email.

QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD

• Refer to the Criminal Justice Expertise Program (CJEP) Solicitation 191NLE22R0004

NOTICE OF RFQ CLOSING DATE AND TIME

• Refer to the Criminal Justice Expertise Program (CJEP) Solicitation 191NLE22R0004

PERIOD OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERS

All proposals must be valid for 90 days from the closing date for this solicitation. Contractors shall agree, if the proposal is accepted within ninety (90) calendar days (unless a greater period is inserted by the contractor) from the date specified in the solicitation for receipt of proposals, to furnish any or all of the requirements upon which prices are proposed at the price set within the time specified.

MULTIPLE PROPOSALS/ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS

Contractors shall not submit, nor shall the Government accept or evaluate, multiple proposals offering alternative solutions. Contractors shall not submit, nor shall the Government accept or evaluate, multiple solutions within one proposal.

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SECTION 3

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORMAT AND REQUIREMENTS

FORMAT FOR TECHNICAL AND COST/PRICE PROPOSAL

File Format Requirements

Vendors’ technical proposals / price proposal shall:

• Be viewable in either: Microsoft Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Adobe Reader XI, or Adobe Acrobat Pro X (as applicable and appropriate).

• Limit the number of pages to no more than fifty (30), 12 Point Font, Times New Roman.

Vendor shall be limited to no more than five (5) separate digital files for a proposal package.

FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS:

Volume I – Technical Proposal

Volume II – Cost/Price Proposal

• Cost Breakdown for all labor and other direct cost. Price proposal shall show a breakout of labor hours for each labor category needed to complete the work indicated, and all other direct costs, broken out by project package as listed in Section

2 Scope of Work of the SOW-RFP Project Package BPA Call.

AT A MINIMUM, A PROPOSAL PACKAGE MUST INCLUDE:

• A fully supported Technical Proposal describing the contractors process to fully execute the structural planning, information collection, drafting, and editing of each project package identified in Section 2 Scope of Work in accordance with the Project Package Deliverables as described in Sections 3.1.2 of the SOW-RFP Project

Package BPA Call.

• Pricing of efforts that support and are in line with the processes and rationale contained within the technical proposal.

Price: Production hours are to be proposed against labor rates in accordance with the fixed fully-loaded hourly rates as priced under the Criminal Justice Enterprise Program (CJEB) BPA

Solicitation Pricing Tables. Indirect billing rates and any profit/fee shall also be in accordance with said tables. Include any additional ODCs and/or travel costs in accordance with the CJEP

BPA Statement of Work Section 1.7 Travel.

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Description

SECTION 4

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

BACKGROUND

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is responsible for the development, supervision, coordination, and implementation of international narcotics control assistance activities, international criminal justice issues, and foreign assistance for the United States Department of State. As such, INL draws its legislative authority from the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. The fundamental mission of INL is to design and execute programs bilaterally, regionally, and globally to develop the law enforcement and judicial capabilities of foreign governments, regional, and internationals organizations to combat the spread and influence of transnational organized crime. To implement these programs, the U.S.

Congress appropriates International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE).

INL has identified the need for twelve (12) Project packages. These project packages are INL guidance documents that combine research, best practices, INL experience, and Subject Matter

Expertise (SME) in clear, topic-specific reference guides to facilitate efficient and effective project design, monitoring, and implementation in line with stringent INL standards.

1. Period of Performance

The period of performance shall be in accordance with the Contract Deliverable Schedule and is expected to be 4 months per package.

1.2 Place of Performance

The place of performance for this contract will be domestic. Work may be conducted remotely, with periodic in-person meetings at Department of State offices in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.

2. Scope of Work

The Contractor will use on-call SMEs to inform multiple concurrent project package drafting projects, interacting with INL staff, SMEs, and implementing partners in Washington and overseas (always via INL/KM coordination and facilitation). The Contractor will leverage highly skilled technical drafters, and editing, quality assurance, Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DME), and graphic design and data visualization expertise to produce polished products under INL/KM guidance.

INL has identified the requirement for twelve (12) project packages as described below:

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Project Package 1: Justice sector case management system (including data management and statistics)

INL has identified the requirement for the development of a project package that provides technical guidance on establishing a Justice Sector Case Management System (JSCMS) applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and judicial sector capacity, from limited to expert. A JSCMS is a system used by the courts to manage the progress of cases from the time they are registered until they are disposed of by the court. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and subject matter experts (SMEs) to determine all the elements required to establish a case management system, including training, IT systems (hardware and software), data parameters, required sub-systems or nodes, integration of national and regional or sub-regional courts, and international interoperability, including the integration of any relevant global international standards and criminal justice data guidelines such as the UN International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes.

Project Package 2: Police internal affairs program technical guidance on effective police internal affairs functions applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security sector capacity, from limited to expert. Police internal affairs programs are investigatory units that investigate allegations of misconduct or criminal activity by law enforcement entities and, in some cases, seek to prevent police misconduct through preventative training and individual/unit monitoring. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all the elements required for an effective internal affairs program, including training, IT systems (hardware and software), standard operating procedures, unit composition, etc.

Project Package 3: Crime prevention technical guidance on evidence-based policing practices shown to prevent crime applicable to INL partner countries overseas. These include, for example, place-based and problem-oriented policing. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security/judicial sector capacity, from limited to expert. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all the elements required for an effective crime prevention program, including police agency policies and procedures, training, IT systems (hardware and software).

Project Package 4: Prison accreditation technical guidance on establishing a prison accreditation system applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security sector capacity, taking into

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account physical plant infrastructure. A prison accreditation system is a system used to assess and develop prison facilities in accordance with international standards. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all the elements required to establish an accreditation system, including accrediting body, facility requirements, training, IT systems (hardware and software), etc.

Project Package 5: Police-community relations technical guidance on effective police-community relations applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and police sector capacity, from limited to expert. Sub-topics could include use of force, procedural justice, community outreach, and other topics that might be part of the forthcoming National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report on this topic. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all required elements required including policies, training, IT systems (hardware and software), etc.

Project Package 6: Basic police academy training technical guidance on effective basic training at police academies applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security sector capacity, from limited to expert. Basic training is generally provided to entry-level police recruits before their entry into service. The project package will build from the published NASEM report on this topic. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all required elements for effective basic training, including training modules, required instructor knowledge, skills, abilities and cadre capacities, IT systems (hardware and software), etc.

Project Package 7: Law enforcement data management and crime statistics technical guidance on tracking cases from compliant or arrest through to disposition, and establishing a data and crime statistics capability within police, applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security sector capacity, from limited to expert. Key statistics include, for example, data on crime detection and recording, citizen criminal complaints, warrants, arrests, stop and search activities, seizure operations, public safety, use of force and firearms, and case dispositions. The project package will build from a forthcoming UNODC set of guidelines on this topic to be completed by November 2022. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and subject matter experts (SMEs) to determine all the elements required to establish a case management system, including training, IT systems (hardware and software), data parameters, required sub-systems or nodes, integration of national and regional or sub-regional courts, and international interoperability including the integration of any relevant global international standards and criminal justice data guidelines

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such as the UN International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes.

Project Package 8: Cyber Crime Investigations & Prosecutions technical guidance on investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and criminal justice sector capacity, from limited to expert. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all the elements required to investigate cybercrimes, including required legal framework, training, IT systems (hardware and software), data parameters, etc.

Project Package 9: Asset recovery technical guidance on establishing an asset recovery program applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security and judicial sector capacity, from limited to expert. Asset recovery programs allow for authorities to identify and recover stolen and misappropriated assets. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all the elements required to establish a training program, identification procedures, IT systems (hardware and software), data parameters, asset tracking systems, required sub -systems or nodes, etc.

Project Package 10: Asset forfeiture technical guidance on establishing an asset forfeiture program applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security and judicial sector capacity, from limited to expert. Asset forfeiture programs allow for authorities to identify and seize assets that were used to facilitate or are the proceeds of crimes and, in some countries, non-criminal based forfeitures that include illicit enrichment as grounds for forfeiture actions. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all the elements required to establish a training program, identification procedures, IT systems (hardware and software), data parameters, asset tracking systems, required sub-systems or nodes, etc.

Project Package 11: Police Human Resources technical guidance on optimal police human resources (HR) applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security sector capacity, from limited to expert. Building on the published NASEM report inclusive of this topic, the guidance should include police recruitment, evaluation, promotion, and discipline. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all required elements for an https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/evidence-to-advance-reform-in-the-global-security-and-justice-sectors#sectionPublications

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effective police HR program including identification of relevant policies and procedures, recruitment and screening, IT systems (hardware and software), and training, etc.

Project Package 12: Police Administration technical guidance on police administration operations applicable to INL partner countries overseas. The guidance should be applicable and broadly useful for projects in countries at varying levels of general development and security sector capacity, from limited to expert. The guidance should include administrative functions that support field operations, such as evidence collection, processing, and storage, procurement, fleet maintenance, telecommunications, IT systems (hardware and software, and strategic planning. The contractor will be responsible for working with INL staff and SMEs to determine all required elements for an effective police administration including identification of relevant policies and procedures, IT systems (hardware and software), and training, etc.

The contractor will provide an appropriate number of staff to fully execute the structural planning, information collection, drafting, and editing of each project package. Each project package product will require one (1) Lead Drafter with on-call access to SMEs with the required experience in the topic addressed by each project package. The work of these topic-specific drafting teams will be augmented by additional staff providing support across all project package drafting teams. These staff will include one (1) DME Specialist, and one (1) Graphic Design and Data Visualization Specialist, as well as one (1) Executive Editor responsible for quality assurance of all products and product elements provided to INL/KM.

INL/KM will provide examples and templates of project package elements for the contractor’s reference. The contractor will have individuals working on project packages sign Non-

Disclosure Agreements (NDA) and the contractor shall not share these products outside the CJEP team. All project elements should be completed withing four months.

3.1.1 Workplan: After initial consultation with INL/KM on the topic outline, the contractor will develop a workplan that details activities to be performed, suggested timelines, and points of facilitation needed from INL/KM staff. This includes identification of critical milestones, start, and completion dates. The workplan will include a list of anticipated information sources to inform the completion of the project, to include open-source, third-party, and INL internal resources. The contractor will develop a work plan template that must be approved by

INL/KM/DDL program officers. (Due 14 days after initiation of first project package topic, to be used as a general reference for subsequent topic efforts.) The contractor must obtain approval of the work plan from the COR and INL/KM/DDL program officers. Due 7 days after receiving approval from INL/KM on the Project Package Topic Outline.

3.1.2 Project Package Deliverables

The project package deliverables will include:

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3.1.3 Initial Substantive Plan: Though the broad outline for each project package is the same (detailed below), there will need to be many decisions on the most useful information to include within each section. Those decisions will be specific to each project package. For example, what are the key sub-elements the topic primer should cover? To facilitate early and clear communication between the contractor and INL on what information will be most useful, working with SMEs and in consultation with INL/KM/DDL, the contractor will produce a bulleted outline of key substantive points to include in each section of the project package outline. Where the contractor already knows what the substantive point should be, include that.

Where it is clear additional information will need to be gathered, noted that. For example, there might be multiple possible external standards a project package could reference and INL will need to decide which one(s) to use in the project package. This step should also include a list of where INL is currently or has recently conducted similar projects. Due 14 days after project initiation.

3.1.4 Document and information collection: The contractor shall conduct a preliminary document and information collection effort accessing open source, third-party, and INL internal documents and other reference information. The Lead Drafter will review INL-provided evidence reviews, reports and other related materials, and access SME expertise to draw in other high-quality implementation guidance and best practices.

The contractor, with INL/KM’s assistance, will pull together information on current and past INL projects relevant to the project package topic, and with coordination by INL/KM, request input from INL’s subject matter expert network of advisors and INL sections in the field regarding INL’s current best practices, project structure, knowledge gaps, and implementation challenges. Via INL/KM coordination, in some cases the contractor may also discuss the project topic with INL interagency or implementing partners. NOTE: The contractor’s staff should never contact INL staff, INL implementers, or INL interagency partners directly without working through an INL/KM staff member, unless given explicit permission in writing (email) from an INL/KM program officer.

At a time agreed with the INL/KM program officer, usually six weeks after project commencement, the contractor will update the Topic Outline to include details gleaned from the information collection stage and convene a meeting with INL/KM to discuss and agree on key elements of the package to be drafted. Due 21 days after receiving approval from INL/KM on the Project Package Topic Outline.

3.1.5 Project Package Component Drafts: Upon completion of a first draft of each of the sub-components listed below (in consultation with the INL/KM throughout via no-less-than weekly meetings/calls/video calls, and based on examples/templates provided by INL/KM), and after review by the contractor’s Executive Editor, the Lead Drafter will submit for review the following required elements of the project package draft (they need not be submitted in order):

I. Topic Overview - provide a primer on the topic, including key sub-elements, and a discussion of its importance in strengthening a criminal justice system. This would also include a discussion of how this project area would complement and sequence with other common INL projects and fit into the applicable FOCJ “pyramid” framework.

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II. Goals and Objectives – provide suggested top-level goals and objectives for the project, answering what outcomes this project should seek to achieve.

III. Pre-project Analysis – develop a narrative explanation and checklist of questions to assess an

INL partner country’s readiness to undertake the project area covered in the project package.

IV. Define a suggested tiered timeline and cost estimate for project implementation based on 1) fully available resource and full absorption capacity, or 2) reduced resources or absorption capacity, to advise on how the project could be approached iteratively.

V. SME Diagnostic – Develop a pre-project expert analysis checklist of questions to determine what activities to undertake to achieve the project goal, based on the partner country’s level of advancement in the topic area (basic to advanced).

VI. Develop a Change Map listing draft goals, objectives and activities, and suggested outcome indicators. Where applicable, give a brief summary of how accreditation or certification will guide the activities and their priority order. Where needed, in consultation with KM, separate the change map into “standard” and “advanced” objectives and activities, creating two change maps.

VII. Develop implementation “tool kits” - provide a suggested standard training list, and where applicable, equipment lists with pricing estimates related to the topic.

VIII. Accreditation/Certification (where applicable) – Detail mechanisms, partners and processes commonly employed in the topic area.

IX. Prepare a glossary of terms.

X. Prepare a resource list for further reading. Include suggested “annex” items that provide more detailed information on an aspect of project implementation, highlight valuable experience or evidence, or would otherwise add to the comprehensive nature of the project package, that could be appended to the core of the package.

XI. Develop and incorporate graphics, text boxes, flow charts and other visualizations that will reinforce and enhance the information in the text, to best communicate the package’s contents. (These will be required throughout the project package and should be approved section by section.)

All elements above due 60 days after receiving approval from INL/KM on the updated

Project Package Topic Outline informed by the Document and Information Collection.

3.1.6 Provide Updated Versions of the Project Packages Elements: The contractor will update required elements based on input from INL SMEs and program officers, until the INL/KM program officer approves each element in writing as “complete.” Due 14 days after receiving edits on the draft elements.

4. Personnel

All key personnel are subject to government approval.

Personnel and Labor Category Determination

Program Manager Non-Key Personnel

Project/Human Resources Manager Non-Key Personnel

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Executive Editor Key Personnel

Lead Drafter(s) Key Personnel

Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Key Personnel

Graphic Design/Data Visualization Specialist Non-Key Personnel

Budget Officer Non-Key Personnel

SMEs Non-Key Personnel

4.1 Retention of Key Persons

The Contractor shall ensure all positions are filled at all times for the entire life of the award. In the case of sudden departures of personnel, the Contractor shall backfill the affected position within sixty (60) days.

4.2 Duty Descriptions

4.2.1 Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Serve as focal point for all contractor functions that pertain to personnel working under CJEP.

• Responsible to the Contracting Officer (CO), Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), and INL Program Officers for all performance issues.

• Primarily responsible for all CJEP activities.

• Supervises, oversees, and directs continuity of operations in accordance with the requirements specified in the SOW.

• Provides direction to personnel.

• Ensures all aspects of planning, scheduling, organizing, managing, and assessing performance of all personnel under this contract and task orders.

• Works with the INL Program Officers to coordinate with other stakeholders as defined in task orders.

• Coordinates with INL/KM and the INL Program Officers to ensure all components of the program are implemented in a complementary way to achieve the overall project goals.

• Ensures timely and accurate reporting, provision of qualified personnel for each assignment, and timely and accurate implementation of the requirements.

• Oversees on-time delivery of requirements, including all work products, deliverables, training, equipment, etc.

• Review, assess, and determines any disqualification of any behavior by Contractor personnel that would reflect poorly on the U.S. government, Department of State, U.S. Embassy, Foreign Diplomatic, and local governments.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Must have at least 10 years of professional experience

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• Must have at least 7 years of program management experience

• Must have at least 5 years of experience managing overseas programs and contracts

• Must demonstrate ability to manage contracts and personnel

• Must demonstrate experience in general planning, evaluating, analyzing, and implementing government programs

• Must have at least three (3) years of leadership/supervisory experience

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to communicate solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Shall already possess an active security clearance (MRPT)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on an INL program

• Familiarity with foreign assistance programs

4.2.2 Project/Human Resources Manager

• Support the Program Manager.

• Responsible for the completion of all requirement logistics (procurement, delivery/shipping, storage, personnel travel arrangements) to support implementation of each facet of the CJEP contract and subsequent task orders.

• Provide administrative, logistics, and implementation support for all CJEP activities.

• Authorizes training as required for contract personnel, ensures personnel are properly screened, and obtains security clearances when needed as described in this SOW.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Must have at least 5 or more years of professional experience

• Must have at least 2 years of program experience working on a U.S. government contract with overseas operations

• Must demonstrate ability to manage contracts and personnel

• Must demonstrate experience in general planning, evaluating, analyzing, and implementing government programs

• Experience supporting a field based foreign assistance project

• Shall already possess an active security clearance (MRPT) Preferred Qualifications:

4.2.3 Executive Editor (Key Personnel)

• Supervises, oversees, and provides quality assurance of project package draft elements across multiple concurrent projects in multiple topics.

• Provides direction to personnel.

• Manages and assures performance of all Lead Drafters (see below) personnel under this contract and task orders.

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• Coordinates with INL/KM and the INL Program Officers to ensure all components of the multiple project package drafting efforts are implemented to achieve the overall project goals.

• Edits each draft product for structure, quality of writing, clarity, grammar, and other technical elements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in liberal arts, journalism, law, or social science.

• Must have at least 10 years of professional experience leading the development of complex written reports and editing the work of others.

• Must demonstrate ability to lead a team and direct multiple concurrent efforts, including at least three (3) years of leadership/supervisory experience.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to convey technical information to non-technical “generalist” audiences.

• Will be required to complete a timed writing exercise administered by

INL/KM/DDL.

• Shall already possess an active security clearance (MRPT) Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience researching, reporting on, or writing about rule of law topics

• Experience working on an INL program

• Familiarity with foreign assistance programs

4.2.4 Lead Drafter(s) (Key Personnel)

Responsibilities:

• Drafts the elements of a topic-specific project package as laid out in the Deliverables section.

• Compiles, analyzes, and distills large amounts of relevant information from multiple sources, including open source, INL project documents, SMEs, and (with INL/KM coordination) INL staff and experts in the field. Must be able to translate technical information for a non-technical audience.

• Edits each draft product for structure, quality of writing, clarity, grammar, and other technical elements.

• Responds to INL/KM guidance, edits, and requests for additional elements.

• Directs the work of the graphic design/data visualization specialist and DME specialist as relates to their project package.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, journalism, law, or social science.

• Must have at least 5 years of professional experience writing and editing complex written reports.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to technical information to non-technical “generalist” audiences.

• Will be required to complete a timed writing exercise administered by INL/KM/DDL

• Shall already possess an active security clearance (MRPT).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience researching, reporting on, or writing about rule of law topics

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4.2.5 Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Key Personnel) Responsibilities:

• Ensure that project plans (goals, objectives, and activities) meet INL design standards

• For each project, develop a monitoring plan (i.e., valid and reliable indicators) with an emphasis on measuring outcomes

• Copy project plans and monitoring plans into INL design and monitoring templates

(in particular, the INL Change Map and, to the extent possible, the INL Performance Indicator Reference Sheet)

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD in a social science or related field

• Must have at least 5 years of experience conducting empirical research and/or monitoring and evaluating projects, focused on outcome measurement.

• Experience developing empirical research questions, and collecting and analyzing data (quantitative and qualitative)

• Will be required to complete a timed skills assessment administered by

INL/KM/DDL.

• Shall already possess an active security clearance (MRPT) Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience researching, reporting on, or writing about rule of law topics

4.2.6 Graphic Design/Data Visualization Specialist

Responsibilities

• Works with lead drafters and SMEs to create graphic elements in the project package draft sections, to include text boxes, charts, graphs, embedded images, and other potential non-text explanatory visuals that help clearly, concisely convey the substance of the guidance package through visual engagement.

• Accepts, conceptualizes, and translates guidance from INL/KM staff and SMEs into visual products.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

• Four years’ experience in graphic design in the context of published reports and data visualization (creating charts and graphs from data).

• Demonstrated ability to work on projects and issues within overall policy guidelines

• Ability to manage stakeholder consultations on product drafts.

• Shall already possess an active security clearance (MRPT) Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing graphics for published reports, books, journals, or media products

• Advanced proficiency across the Microsoft 365 suite, including Delve, Excel, Forms, OneDrive, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Stream, Teams, Word

• Moderate proficiency with graphic illustrator and/or publishing programs, such as Canva or Adobe InDesign

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• Ability to gather content through document reviews and interviews and translate large amounts of complex technical information into accessible products a variety of users will use to better perform their jobs

• Ability to manage content using metadata

• Experience managing site/platform permissions

• Excellent written and oral English communication skills, and ability to perform both copywriting and editing

• Conversant with the terminology, concepts, and organizations involved in foreign assistance programming

• Experience organizing information for presentation

4.2.7 Budget Officer

• All areas relating to CJEP’s accounting functions and financial reporting including contract, COR, and DCAA compliance.

• Manages and consolidates all financial backup documentation to streamline approval and invoice process.

• Advises on the development of policies and procedures to reduce costs, update processes and implement solutions.

• Manages CJEP’s finance records.

• Maintains systems to ensure follow-up and administration of purchase order and finance files consistent with the priorities of the CJEP contract.

• Compiles, records, and tracks pertinent Finance and Purchase Order data within established computer programs.

• Works closely with INL on Procurement Requests and task orders for services purchase requests.

• Develops and maintains a financial system to ensure the timely accounting for invoices, purchase orders, tracking logs, phone cards and other services in support of CJEP base contract and all task orders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

• Knowledge of various computer applications such as Microsoft applications (i.e.

Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access)

• Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and related federal and state legislation and regulations.

• Demonstrated experience in leading successful organization in consistency of service, orientation to clients or customers and operational efficiency

• Minimum of 5 years of financial accounting management experience or 3 years of public accounting experience.

• Experience with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards

(CAS), DCAA compliance, and JTR.

• Familiar with accounting software, Microsoft Suite, and expert skills in Excel.

• Shall already possess an active security clearance (MRPT)

• Preferred experience within a federal contractor.

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4.2.8 SMEs

To meet INL mission areas and fulfill specialty expertise necessary to complete Program Packages, the contractor will provide subject matter expertise and assistance from the sectors listed in Section 3.2.4 of the CJEP BPA that are applicable to the project plans listed in section

3.1 of this Statement of Work. The vendor shall submit a technical/price proposal which indicates the level of effort required for this SOW. Price proposal shall show a breakout of labor hours for each labor category needed to complete the work indicated, broken out by project plan as listed in section 3.1

4.2.8.1 SME Minimum Qualifications

In order to meet the necessary expertise listed in the subject areas of assistance, the Contractor shall identify and retain SMEs with the minimum qualifications listed in Section 3.9.1 of the

CJEP BPA.

4.2.8.2 Selection of SMEs

Immediately following notification of award from the Contracting Officer (CO), the Contractor shall confirm receipt and indicate that it is beginning the selection process for appropriate candidates based on the position descriptions provided.

Within 20 calendar days of award or CO's notification the Contractor shall submit to INL appropriate candidate resumes and references. A standard template for resumes shall be completed by advisor candidates and reviewed by the Contractor prior to submission. If deemed necessary by INL, the Contractor shall submit supporting documentation sufficient to allow INL to conclude that the candidate possesses the qualifications, experience, and training required by the order Statement of Work (SOW) for the position for which they are a candidate. Immediately following INL approval of the selected candidates(s), the Contractor shall conduct pre-screening.

Within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the supporting documentation from the Contractor, INL will advise the Contractor of the acceptability of the candidate.

5.2 Quality Control: All products furnished to INL by the Contractor, produced by experts managed by the contractor, shall be proof-read for grammar, checked for citations and references, and fact-checked to the extent possible by the Contractor. In addition, the Contractor shall have the experience and capability to review products from the perspective of what will be useful to the U.S. government, based on the task as noted by INL in any ind ividual request.

Products that do not meet INL’s requirements shall be deemed the responsibility of the Contractor to rectify at cost to the Contractor. All product deliverables, including but not limited to manuals, curriculum, and SOPs, become the property of the U.S. government

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TYPE OF CONTRACT

This is a firm-fixed price, single award contract. No additional sums shall be payable on account of any escalation in the cost of materials, equipment or labor, or because of the Contractor’s failure to properly estimate or accurately predict these prices or difficulty of achieving the results required by this contract. Nor shall the contract price be adjusted on account of fluctuations in the currency exchange rates.

DELIVERY DATE

Shall be in accordance with the Contract Deliverable Schedule and is expected to be 4 months for each package. Progress Payments will be made in accordance with the Contract Deliverable Schedule Proposed by the Contractor. This timeline may vary and will be adjusted according to the progress of each project package.

ACQUISITION METHOD

This will be a BPA Call against the Criminal Justice Expertise BPA, Solicitation

191NLE22R0004

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SECTION 5

BASIS OF AWARD AND EVALUATION CRITERIA

BASIS OF AWARD

This shall be awarded as a Firm-Fixed Price BPA Call Order (Task Order) under the Criminal Justice Expertise Program (CJEP) BPA – Solicitation 191NLE22R0004. As such, this proposal shall be evaluated in accordance, and in conjunction, with the evaluation factors as stated within the aforementioned solicitation. The purpose of the submission of the Call is to evaluate pricing in accordance with the BPA Schedule with actual application. The Call will be issued immediately after the BPA is issued.

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APPENDIX A

DELIVERABLES

5. Deliverables

5.1 Summary List of Deliverables

Initial/Overall Deliverables

Other Deliverables

ITEM Description Due

Project Packages (Illustrative)

2.1 Initial Substantive Plan 14 calendar days after project

initiation

2.2 Work Plan Template 14 calendar days after

approved project initiation

2.3 Work Plan 7 calendar days after INL

approval of the Topic Outline

2.4 Document and Information

Collection

21 calendar days after INL approves Work Plan

2.5 Project Package Component Drafts 60 calendar days after INL approval of updated Topic Outline resulting from document and information collection

2.6 Updated Project Package Elements 14 calendar days after

receiving edits on each element from INL