Cover Letter Solicitation - Gender Responsive Prison Project.pdf

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Gender Responsive and Trauma Informed Prison Operations
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This request for quotation solicits proposals for the development of a gender responsive and trauma informed prison operations approach. The selected contractor will conduct an institutional assessment of operations, programs, and staff training at a designated Bureau of Prisons facility. Using the assessment results, the contractor will provide strategic planning, leadership training, gender responsive training, program development and delivery, and skills assessment for staff. The goal is to establish an individualized, structured approach that addresses the specific needs and experiences of female inmates, including victimization and parenting. Quotes are due by August 23, 2021 and the Bureau of Prisons will award a firm-fixed-price contract. The solicitation is available solely through the System for Award Management website and all future updates will be distributed through this site. Interested parties must monitor the site to ensure they have the most current information.

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August 12, 2021

Re: 15BNAS21Q00000043

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is to obtain services for the development of a Gender Responsive and Trauma Informed (GR and TI) prison operations approach where individualized and structured operational approach supports a correctional and program response to multiple gender-specific experiences for female inmates, including victimization, parenting, and negative relationships. This approach shall emphasize that a safe environment, in all correctional aspects, as safety is critical for women with histories of being abused, both as children and as adults.

The GR and TI prison operations approach will consist of an institutional gender responsive assessment of institution operations and culture, deficits in the provision of trauma informed programming and care, needs in the area of gender responsive discipline, a survey of the facility’s physical structure and how it could be enhanced to meet the needs of female offenders, and needed changes or enhancement in the overall operational structure of the facility to enhance female specific program delivery.

Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work.

The following must be completed and submitted with your Quotation:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items - Please complete blocks 12,17a, 17b, 23, 24, 30a, 30b, and 30c, of the SF-1449 and the continuation sheets. Please include your telephone number in Block 17a. Original signatures are required.

Quoter Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) - Prospective quoters are required to submit Annual Representations and Certifications at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. By submission of a quote under this solicitation, the quoter acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via SAM and verifies, by the submission of the quote, that the representations and certifications currently posted in SAM were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete and applicable to this solicitation.

U.S . Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, DC 20534

All quoters must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, Unique Entity Identifier (March 2020) and FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management(Oct 2018).

Required Documentation Identified at Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items Government shall award on a best value trade-off basis.

Electronic copies of quotations shall be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist, Carol Wilson, at cjwilson@bop.gov in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Email attachments cannot exceed 14 MB per email. You will likely need to send multiple emails. Please confirm with the Contract Specialist that all emails have been received.

Quotes will not be accepted via fax or mail. The subject line of the email must state “15BNAS2100000043 Gender Responsive Prison Project-(Company Name).”

All Questions concerning this solicitation must be emailed to cjwilson@bop.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, August 12, 2021. The subject line of the email must state “15BNAS2100000043-Gender Responsive Prison Project-(Company Name).”

Questions received after this time frame will not be answered.

All answers will be posted in writing as an amendment to the solicitation on SAM.gov. Questions will not be answered verbally or by email. For the integrity of the award, no calls shall be answered.

Please include SEPARATE FILE ATTACHMENTS for the following:

1. Completed SF-1449

2. Completed Technical Quotation Information packet

3. Completed Business Quotation Information packet

4. Proof of completed SAM registration (must be Active by time of award)

Quotations shall be received by Monday, August 23, 2021, 12:00 PM ET.

The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s Beta SAM.gov website (beta.sam.gov). Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions. All future information about this solicitation, including solicitation amendments, will be solely distributed through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation.

Sincerely, Carol Wilson

Contracting Specialist mailto:cjwilson@bop.gov

2021-08-12T15:26:59-0400
CAROL WILSON

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