RFI No. 2024-001 CVP.pdf

Summary

No�ce Type: Request for Informa�on (RFI)

Subject: USAID/Mexico-RFI 2024-0002

Title: Local Partner and Sub-Partner Outreach – Request for Informa�on

Issuance Date: December 6, 2023

RFI Response Due Date (Closing Date): January 26, 2024

Versión Español

Overview

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for Interna�onal Development (USAID), seeks to understand the interest and capacity of Mexican en��es to co-design, manage, and implement crime and violence preven�on projects across Mexico, with a specific focus on the following topics and sub-topics:

1. Civic jus�ce: design of policy and implementa�on frameworks; training of police officers, civic court operators, and specialists; technical assistance on process design and implementa�on; analysis and management of crime data; development of risk assessment tools; technical assistance on alterna�ve sentencing and vic�m care;

coordina�on between civic courts and treatment providers; private sector engagement;

and other ma�ers related to implemen�ng civic jus�ce at the municipal level.

2. Municipal and state police reform: training police officers using a human rights and “crime and violence preven�on” perspec�ve; partnership with police academies; design of policy and implementa�on frameworks; enhancement of police data analysis capacity; design and capacity strengthening of local police’s analysis and inves�ga�on units; technical assistance on community policing, problem-oriented policing (POP), and other crime reduc�on strategies; coordina�on on CompStat processes; coordina�on among police departments and between police and government, especially jus�ce ins�tu�ons; private sector engagement; procedural jus�ce; and other ma�ers related to strengthening local police departments.

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Request for Informa�on (RFI) RFI No. 2024-002

3. Ter�ary preven�on and reinser�on: preven�on of youth recruitment by criminal organiza�ons; design and implementa�on of projects that engage gangs, transna�onal criminal organiza�ons (TCO), and vulnerable popula�ons; promo�on of public-private ini�a�ves for youth violence preven�on; development, implementa�on, and evalua�on of reinser�on models (including applica�on of a GBV perspec�ve); coordina�on of community service projects; provision of therapeu�c services for at-risk individuals and youth in conflict with the law; transfer and expansion of reinser�on models; provision of substance abuse treatment; training and sensi�za�on of jus�ce operators, including on alterna�ve sentencing and restora�ve jus�ce; coordina�on with police departments and peniten�ary authori�es on crime preven�on and reinser�on; partnerships between prisons and the private sector to support reinser�on; and other ma�ers related to preven�ng violence escala�on and reducing youth recidivism rates.

Response requested.

Responses received under this RFI will help USAID/Mexico shape its future engagements on crime and violence preven�on and iden�fy en��es currently engaged in reducing the escala�on of violence and strengthening youth and community resilience in Mexico.

USAID will only accept responses from Mexican organiza�ons.

In your response, please address the following ques�ons:

1. What is your organiza�on’s engagement on one or more of the above men�oned topics?

2. Please provide addi�onal details on the scope and specifics of each interven�on carried out by your organiza�on that relates to the above men�oned topics:

a. Title

b. Target popula�on

c. Purpose

d. Interven�on stages

e. Target geography

f. Period of implementa�on

g. Main results achieved

h. Partnerships with government units and/or other en��es

i. Funding source

3. Please tell us more about your organiza�on:

a. Headquarter loca�on

b. Year of establishment

c. Legal status

d. Primary objec�ve and ac�vity

e. Number of direct and indirect employees

f. Number of projects/interven�ons carried out in 2022 and 2023

g. Start date of the organiza�on’s first project relevant to the above men�oned topics

h. End date of the organiza�on’s most recent project relevant to the above men�oned topics

4. In your organiza�on’s experience, what topics and sectors should be priori�zed to achieve the most effec�ve results in crime and violence preven�on ini�a�ves? Please jus�fy your answer.

5. Has your organiza�on managed funding from USAID or another interna�onal coopera�on agency? If so, how much funding? How were you able to manage the funding?

Responses may be submi�ed in English or Spanish .

How to Submit a Response

Organiza�ons may submit the informa�on requested in an email directly to mexicoaa@usaid.gov . Please note that organiza�ons responding to this RFI will not receive individual feedback regarding their submission. Par�cipa�on in this RFI is voluntary.

Please note that this RFI is not a commitment by USAID to issue a solicita�on, award or grant, or pay for costs incurred by organiza�ons for any informa�on submi�ed as a result of this request . USAID/Mexico may use the informa�on provided against this RFI for further sharing with USAID current and poten�al contractors, recipients, diaspora, and private sector en��es.

USAID may include this informa�on as part of future solicita�ons or informing the prospec�ve offerors of the type of local en��es available in the market. USAID/Mexico, its current contractors and poten�al offerors may approach the Point of Contact (POC) of your organiza�ons for future partnership opportuni�es.

Responding to this RFI does not give any advantage to any firm or organiza�on in any subsequent compe��on. This RFI does NOT restrict the USAID’s acquisi�on approach on future solicita�ons. No phone calls related to this RFI will be accepted. All correspondence must be via email. USAID will not be liable for or suffer any consequen�al damages for any proprietary informa�on not properly iden�fied. Proprietary informa�on or trade secrets should be clearly iden�fied. All informa�on received in response to this RFI that is marked PROPRIETARY will be handled accordingly, and proprietary informa�on will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable USAID regula�ons. USAID reserves the right to respond to any, all, or none of the comments and ques�ons submi�ed.

Thank you for your interest.

Versión Español

A courtesy Spanish transla�on is a�ached, but in the event of any discrepancy between the two documents, this English version controls.

Sincerely, Andrea Capellán Contrac�ng and Agreement Officer USAID/Mexico

FAR 52.215-3 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR SOLICITATION FOR PLANNING

PURPOSES (OCT 1997)

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicita�on or to otherwise pay for the informa�on solicited except as an allowable cost under other Disclaimers contracts as provided in subsec�on 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisi�on Regula�on.

(b) Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Informa�on, your response will be treated as informa�on only. It shall not be used as a proposal.

(c) This solicita�on is issued for the purpose of understanding the interest and capacity of Mexican en��es to co-design, manage, and implement crime and violence preven�on projects across Mexico.

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