OTIP - Survivor Leader - Sources Sought Notice_Final.docx

Sources Sought Notice

Sources Sought Notice

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children Families

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING SERVICES

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY – NO AWARD WILL BE MADE FROM THIS NOTICE

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is seeking capability statements from entities capable of delivering technical assistance, training, and capacity building for survivor-led organizations and survivors who wish to start a non-profit to become successful and sustainable in the anti-trafficking field. The Anti-trafficking Nonprofit Development project furthers the mission of ACF to promote the economic, health, and social well-being for individuals, families, and communities; promote safety and well-being of children, youth, and families; and support underserved and under-represented populations. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act authorizes HHS to respond to human trafficking through activities including training and awareness raising, prevention, services and assistance to victims, and research.

ACF Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) is seeking information related to implementation of a non-profit management training for individuals with lived trafficking experience. The training and resource provided are intended to strengthen and expand capacity of survivor leaders to successfully run, implement, and sustain an anti-trafficking non-profit. The Contractor must demonstrate that all T/TA trainings and products adhere to principles of adult learning (andragogy). All T/TA materials and presentations must adhere to Culturally Linguistic Appropriate Standards (https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/clas) and integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles. The Contractor must be capable of providing T/TA in a variety of formats, including in-person, and remotely/virtually. The contractor should have experience delivering trauma-informed, person-centered services to training participants.

Successful contractors must demonstrate capabilities to:

· Develop application process that includes the application requirements and criterion for assessing application

· Develop criteria for vetting and screening applicants for geographic representation, trafficking experience diversity, gender diversity, experience diversity, and cultural diversity

· Deliver cutting-edge skills development on designing and implementing successful direct service programs in a nonprofit environment

· Delivering and coaching to fledgling organizations in the fundamentals of nonprofit management (e.g., budgeting and finance, human resources and staff development, marketing, fundraising, compliance, etc.)

· Ability to offer a nonprofit management certification

· Experience assisting new organizations develop strategic plans

· Providing leadership development

· Building skills necessary to establish effective partnerships with anti-trafficking organizations, subject matter experts, and survivors of human trafficking;

· Facilitating peer-to-peer exchanges

· Delivering grant writing training

· Assist program participants identify grant programs that match organizational capabilities

· Delivering on-line and in-person training and developmental programs for social service providers

· Working with culturally diverse communities.

· Providing and coordinating meeting logistics and support for internal and external meetings;

· Providing travel logistics and support for applicants;

· Evaluating the process, outcome, and impact of training and technical assistance;

· Work within a specific time schedule, document project management, and troubleshoot unanticipated challenges in executing goals and deliverables.

This notice is published to determine the interest and capabilities of potential offerors.

It is the Government’s intention to award Firm Fix Price type task orders for these services. The Government contemplates the task order having a period of performance of an 12 month base period and 3 (three) 12-month option periods.

Release of a solicitation is tentatively planned in the third quarter of calendar year 2021.

This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids, quotes or proposals. This notice does not obligate the Government to solicit for this requirement or award a contract and does not obligate the Government to reimburse interested parties for any costs incurred to prepare or provide a response to this request for information.

RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE: Firms who can fulfill this requirement and who would be interested in submitting a quote/proposal, in the event that a solicitation is issued, are requested to provide the following information in response to this request:

FORMAT:

The response shall be clearly indexed and logically assembled. Font size shall be no smaller than 12-point. The response must be submitted as a single application-generated (not scanned) PDF document that is less than or equal to 10MB in size.

CONTENT REQUIREMENTS:

All information shall be confined to the appropriate volume. The requirements for each volume are shown below.

Volume Information

· Volume I Cover Page

· Volume II Capability Information VOLUME I – COVER PAGE REQUIREMENTS: The cover page shall include the following information:

1. SS/RFI Title & Number;

2. Company Name;

3. Company Address;

4. Company Point of Contact (Name, Phone Number, email address)

5. Company Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number;

6. Company Business Size;

7. Company Business type (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, Hub Zone Small Business, etc.).

VOLUME II – CAPABILITY INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS: Respondents shall provide a general capabilities statement to address the Requirements Description and provide no more than five similar contracts that your company has performed within the last three years that are of comparable size, complexity, and scope to this requirement. Please include the following information at a minimum:

1. Contract Name;

2. Contract Scope;

3. Awarded Price/Cost;

4. Government’s technical representative/Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and current e-mail address and telephone (or commercial point of contact equivalent);

5. Describe your self-performed** effort (as either a Prime or Subcontractor). Describe self-performed work in terms of dollar value and description; **Self-Performed means work performed by the company themselves, NOT work performed by another company for them for any of the project examples provided.

6. A brief narrative that describes the details of each project and why it is relevant to this requirement, including difficulties and successes.

Procurement Information for this sources sought notice is as follows:

1. Solicitation Number: N/A

2. NAICS Code: 813311

3. Set-Aside: TBD

4. Anticipated Performance Dates(s):

5. Anticipated Place (s) Of Performance:.

Mary E. Switzer Federal Building 330 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20024

Submission Instructions:

Please address your response to Tifanie Lewis, at email address Tifanie.Lewis@acf.hhs.gov on or before 10 June, 2021. Responses by phone will not be accepted. Capability statements shall be submitted no later than 2:00PM EST, 10 June, 2021 in accordance with the instructions reflected in this notice.

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