MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE - FCI DANBURY.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Administration Division

Field Acquisition Office 346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, Texas 75051

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

ELECTRICIAN TRAINING SERVICES

FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (FCI) DANBURY, CONNECTICUT

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is conducting market research in compliance with Federal

Acquisition Regulation, Part 10. The service is for the provision of Electrician Training services. The services will be provided at the Federal Correctional Institution (hereinafter referred to as FCI) Danbury, Connecticut. The physical address is 33 1/2 Pembroke Station, Route 37, Danbury, CT 06811. The contract year shall consist of a 12 month base year with four 12 month option years for renewal. The

Government contemplates awarding an indefinite-delivery/ requirements type contract with firm fixed unit prices. The estimated quantity for the base year and each option year is 1,200 sessions per year (a session is defined as one hour). The NAICS Code is 611310. The size standard is $30 million.

A draft copy of the Statement of Work is attached to this questionnaire. Additional details is forthcoming in the solicitation. A Government solicitation document to provide these services is being developed, and a BPA may or may not result. Market research is being conducted to determine interest and capability of potential sources for this requirement. The information gathered from the market research will be vital in the formation and set aside status of the solicitation. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

Please answer the following questions:

1. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (Electrician Training services) is 611310, which sets the small business size standard at $30 million (below $30 million in gross revenues is considered small, above $30 million in gross revenues is considered large). Based on this standard, what is your business size, small or other than small (large)?

Small Other than Small

2. Is your business or employee certified to practice in the state of Connecticut?

Yes No

3. Can your firm provide the service as either a prime contractor or as a subcontractor?

Prime Subcontractor

4. If you are a small business, what level of subcontracting, if any, would your firm utilize? Services

(except construction) require at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.

5. Which type of form does your business use to report earned income on the individual performing the services?

W2 1099

6. Is your firm eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs? If so, please indicate the program.

“8(a)” program

Women-owned small business concern

Veteran-owned small business concern

Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern

7. Can your firm provide firm fixed unit prices for future contract years (for example: a contract consist of a 12 month base year with four 12 month option years, equaling a total of five years)?

Please indicate the maximum number of years you can provide firm-fixed unit prices.

5 years 4 years 3 years 2 years 1 year only

8. The Federal Acquisition Regulations requires the following insurances policies: Workers’

Compensation and Employer’s liability not less than $100,000; and General Liability no less than

$500,000 per occurrence; and Automobile Liability of at least $200,000 person, $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, and $20,000 per occurrence for property damage. Are these rates and requirements consistent with regulatory requirements in Connecticut?

Yes No If no, what are the standard rates per insurance?

9. **Are privacy provisions/clauses “customarily” included in solicitations of this type of requirement?

10. **Are Electrician Training services “customarily available” in commercial practice/marketplace?

11. Does your firm provide Industry-accepted certification for this program that is accredited by a recognized accreditation agency?

12. Does your firm have access to the internet to download solicitation materials?

13. How many calendar days does your firm need to prepare a proposal resulting from this solicitation?

7 days 10 days 15 days 30 days

14. Is your firm able to provide the personnel, furnish all equipment, tests and anything else needed to conduct the Electrician Training services?

15. Is your company registered in System for Award Management (SAM)?

Yes No DUNS

All potential offerors are advised if a solicitation is issued it will include the clause at FAR

52.212-4 Commercial Items, paragraph (t) SAM. This clause requires all contractors doing business with the Federal Government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the SAM database. If your company is not registered in SAM, registration can be completed at https://www.sam.gov.

16. If awarded a contract, how many calendar days following an award would it take your firm to begin providing services to the institution?

Please note that all individuals providing services at the institutions must undergo a security clearance investigation. This investigation may take 30 calendar days or longer to complete.

Calendar days

17. Please indicate how you will provide pricing for the services needed on your quote.

Per Session Per Student Per Class Other (Explain below)

18. Does your firm have qualified employees with experience in a correctional setting?

19. Which of the following best describes your organization?

Non-Profit Faith-Based Corporation LLC

20. Please indicate any General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract number(s) your firm has been awarded in association with the aforementioned services and their respective expiration date(s).

FSS number(s): Expiration date(s):

21. Please furnish the following information in reference to your firm:

Name:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Telephone Number:

https://www.sam.gov/

E-mail Address:

I am extremely appreciative of the time you have taken to complete this questionnaire. Please submit your market research questionnaire to llwheeler@bop.gov in pdf format no later than Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST). Please feel free to contact me at

(972) 352-4536 if you have any questions.

Sincerely, LaQueta Wheeler

LaQueta Wheeler, Contracting Officer

Federal Bureau of Prisons

U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Institution

Field Acquisition Office

346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, TX 75051

NOTE: The resulting solicitation will be distributed solely through Beta.Sam.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions to obtain all documents relating to the solicitation. All future information concerning this acquisition, including the pre-solicitation notices, solicitation, and any subsequent amendments, will be distributed solely through the website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about the acquisition.

mailto:llwheeler@bop.gov

STATEMENT OF WORK

(OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM)

ELECTRICIAN TRAINING SERVICES

I. Subject:

FCI Danbury intends to make a single award to an accredited post-secondary institution, vocational training or industry-based school that will be responsible for providing instruction in Electrician Training resulting in an Associate’s Degree of Science or an Associate’s Degree of Applied Science. Successful completion of the training program must qualify inmates for at least entry-level employment in a specified field upon release.

II. Background:

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for Federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration. The Federal prison system is a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities for the incarceration of persons who have been sentenced to imprisonment for Federal crimes and the detention of persons awaiting trial in Federal court. The defined mission of the BOP is as follows:

It is the mission of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens.

As an agency under the Executive Branch of the United States Government, the

BOP receives an annual appropriation of funds to accomplish its mission. The public trust demands that this annual appropriation be prudently managed. Monies spent to provide education to the inmate population must reflect the agency’s best efforts to obtain cost-effective services, consistent with community standards.

In 1996, the Bureau of Prisons standardized procedures to (1) select and fund new vocational/occupational training programs, (2) select and fund existing vocational/occupational training programs, and (3) update equipment for existing vocational/occupational training programs. The following Bureau of Prisons

Program Statements, which are available electronically at www.bop.gov, are applicable to this contract and are incorporated by reference to the same effect as if they were given in full text.

1. Program Statement 5300.21 – Education, Training, and Leisure

Time Program Standards.

2. Program Statement 5353.01 – Occupational Education Programs

3. Program Statement 1237.13 – Information Security

III. Place of Performance:

Occupational training instruction will be performed in the Education Department

(or other area identified by the Supervisor of Education) at the Federal

Correctional Institute, Danbury, Connecticut.

IV. Schedule of Performance:

The courses shall be instructed utilizing seven (7) hour sessions of classroom instruction, with an estimated number of 28 instruction sessions per week.

Typically, the contractor will provide services Monday through Thursday, between 7:30 am and 3:30 pm, excluding Federal holidays; other days/hours may be implemented if necessary to meet program requirements and these days/hours may be adjusted to meet the needs of the institution. Any breaks in service, including lunch breaks, will be unpaid. There will be a break between 11am-12pm on a daily basis. (Specific dates for the classes will be determined by the

Supervisor of Education and the contractor). Estimated annual sessions are approximately 1200 sessions per 12-month period. The sessions are on a requirements basis; therefore, schedule and sessions can change.

Due to the nature of the correctional setting, work sessions may be delayed or cancelled with little notice. The reasons for such delays may include but are not limited to inclement weather and institution emergencies. When an instructor placed on site by the contractor reports to the institution but is unable to deliver services because of such delays, he or she will be paid for one (1) session.

Normally, any remaining sessions for that day will be suspended, and the instructor will be free to leave; he or she will not be paid for the remaining unperformed sessions.

In the event of any instructor’s absence, the contractor shall provide replacement coverage. If the contractor fails to provide coverage, the Government may seek contractual remedy.

V. Supplies and Equipment:

The contractor will provide the following supplies, equipment, and curriculum materials: (1) textbooks necessary for course instruction; (2) laptops for instructor use to deliver course content should the instructor deem it necessary.

Instructors will not have access to government computers or computer systems.

Flash drives, USB device drives, air cards, or other peripheral equipment will not be allowed in the institution. A PowerPoint or other presentation on the hard drive of a laptop may be permitted with advanced notice and approval. (3) tools, equipment, and supplies deemed necessary for course instruction by the awardee that are not provided by the institution.

The contractor will make recommendations to the Supervisor of Education pertaining to the selection and purchase of additional supplies and equipment.

The institution will provide the following supplies, equipment, and curriculum materials: classroom, audio visual equipment including projector, DVD/VCR player, ELMO overhead document reader, pencils and paper for students, other equipment, tools, and supplies outlined in the approved proposal subject to actual funding received. Consultation will be made with the awardee prior to purchase of tools and equipment to ensure, to the extent possible, compatibility with the course of instruction.

VI. Method of Performance:

The contractor will provide instruction for Electrician A.A.S. in accordance with

Bureau of Prisons Program Statement 5353.01, Occupational Education

Programs, and Bureau of Prisons Program Statement 5300.21, Education, Training and Leisure Time Program Standards.

20 – 40 percent of the curriculum’s competencies must be hands-on replication of the actual work environment. Application of hands-on work must be occupational in nature. An institution live work project may be utilized to demonstrate or apply hands-on competencies. Electronic or computer-based simulation does not satisfy the hands-on or live work requirement.

The Supervisor of Education must approve live work projects.

Marketable programs shall afford inmates the opportunity to gain in demand skills in a specific occupation, industry, or trade. The marketable program must qualify inmate graduates for at least an entry-level position in Electrician. As a precondition of the proposal for the contract, the contractor shall specify in writing to the Supervisor of Education the position(s) of employment for which inmate graduates will be eligible to apply.

VII. Scope of Performance:

The Supervisor of Education shall determine the minimum and maximum number of enrollments. Instructors placed on site by the contractor are responsible for the maintenance of transcripts, student attendance records, statistics, and certification records.

The contractor will provide a written curriculum which establishes measurable behavioral objectives and procedures. The curriculum must include clear criteria which establish minimum expectations for program completion, provisions for the assessment of student progress, must identify the hands-on competencies and must require the students to demonstrate them. In addition to core classes needed to attain an Associate in Science (A.S.) or Associate in Applied Science degree

(A.A.S.), the curriculum must also include a course on resume development.

The contractor shall assist in the recruitment of employers affiliated with the identified occupation to participate in the institution’s mock job fair.

VIII. Performance Conditions:

Award of this contract is contingent upon FCI Danbury, Connecticut approval to receive Advanced Occupational Education funding.

Award of this contract will result in a contractual arrangement only and is not a personnel appointment; payment is based on an end product or the accomplishment of a specific result; the service does not constitute an employer/employee relationship; and the contractor will not be subject to government supervision, except for security-related matters. However, contractor performance shall be monitored.

Performance Period(s):

Base Year: Effective Date of Award (EDOA) through 12 months from EDOA

Option Year 1: 13 months from EDOA through 24 months from EDOA

Option Year 2: 25 months from EDOA through 36 months from EDOA

Option Year 3: 37 months from EDOA through 48 months from EDOA

Option Year 4: 49 months from EDOA through 60 months from EDOA

IX. Inmate/Classroom Management:

Provisions of service under this contract will require instructors placed on site to have frequent and unsupervised contact with inmates. Instructors will not be responsible for the management of inmates other than to ensure those inmates involved in activities within the contractor’s scope of work shall abide by all rules in effect to ensure their safety and well-being. Instructors will report any infraction of institutional rules and regulations by inmates to the appropriate institutional staff.

X. Education Background and Qualifications:

The contractor shall not be a self-employed individual or individual employed by a post-secondary institution. The contract must be between FCI Danbury and

[post-secondary institution, vocational training school or industry-based school].

The occupational education program must fall under the provider’s umbrella of accreditation and lead to transferrable credits resulting in an A.A.S. or A.S.

degree. Providers must be accredited by a recognized accrediting agency. If required for employment, certification tests from outside organizations may be administered to individual inmates upon completion of a specific occupational education program. However, the individual skill competency certification will not replace the training program’s overall accreditation.

The occupational education program must lead to a A. S. or A.A.S. qualifying inmates for at least an entry-level position of employment. Credits earned from the A.S. or A.A.S. must be transferrable to a four-year college.

Four-year degree programs and programs in liberal arts/general studies are not authorized, although limited and specific courses of a liberal arts/general studies nature may be permitted if directly related to preparation for a specific occupation or vocation.

XI. Program Management/Institutional Security:

Instructors placed on site by the contractor shall adhere to all institution regulations. New instructors will attend an orientation program for volunteers and contractors prior to the start of classes; all instructors will attend annual refresher training for volunteers and contractors. Instructors will be paid for time spent in required training.

XII. Miscellaneous Information:

Any or all of the following investigative procedures may be applied and appropriate forms completed before any instructors placed on site by the contractor are permitted in the institution:

1. National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Check.

2. DOJ-99 (Name Check)

3. FD-258 (Fingerprint Check)

4. Law Enforcement Agency Check

5. Vouchering of employers over the past five years for each individual or employee

6. Resume/Personal Qualifications

7. OPM-329-A (Authority of Release of Information)

8. NACI Check (if applicable)

Instructors placed on site by the contractor shall undergo a urinalysis test (for the detection of marijuana and other drug usage). Instructors who test positive will be excluded from the institution, and the contractor shall provide acceptable replacement, subject to the same security requirements.

By submission of a quote/bid/proposal, the contractor agrees to all the above requirements.

XIII. Payment Terms

Payment terms as specified in FAR 52.212-4(g) apply. The contractor shall provide a monthly invoice to the Federal Correctional Institute Danbury, Connecticut Accounting Department which accurately reflects days worked, number of sessions, and the total amount due for the previous month’s services.

The due date for making an invoice payment by the designated payment office shall be the 30th day after the designated billing office has received a proper invoice, or the government has accepted the services performed by the contractor.

The contractor can, however, offer discount payment terms for prompt payments as specified in block 12 on the SF-1449 form of this solicitation. Half sessions will not be authorized for payment.