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U.S. Department of State

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

(INL)

INL/Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Place-Based Strategy Baseline

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SECTION 1

SUBMISSION AND RFP INFORMATION

I. INFORMATION TO OFFEROR

Offerors 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 must be clearly marked. Marking of items will 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 will be deemed releasable.

II. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE RFP

All questions must be submitted in writing by e-mail. Written questions relating to this RFP shall be accepted through 12:00 PM (local Washington D.C. time) on 30 th of November 2015.

Any communications in reference to this RFP shall cite the reference section title and page number, and be directed to the following designated Government Representative(s):

Name: Alan Eaton

Title: Contract Specialist

E-mail: EatonAW@state.gov

III. NOTICE OF RFP CLOSING DATE AND TIME

All proposals shall be submitted to the designated Government Representative(s) via e-mail NLT

12:00 P.M. (local Washington D.C. time) on December 7 th

2015. Other means of proposal submissions will not be accepted.

Name: Alan Eaton

Title: Contract Specialist

E-mail: EatonAW@state.gov

IV. OFFEROR RELATIONSHIPS

The Department encourages the use of subcontractors. In addition, the Department requires that any potential Organization Conflict of Interest be identified in the proposal to ensure proper firewalls established prior to award.

V. MULTIPLE PROPOSALS/ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS

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

VI. PERIOD OF ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSALS

Offeror shall agree, if the proposal is accepted within ninety (90) calendar days (unless a greater period is inserted by the offeror) 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 opposite each item, performed and/or delivered at the designated point(s) within the time specified.

VII. TYPE OF CONTRACT

This is a firm-fixed price, single award contract. Items outlined under Section 2, STATEMENT

OF WORK. No additional sums will be payable on account of any escalation in the cost of materials, equipment or labor, or because of the offeror’s failure to properly estimate or accurately predict these prices or difficulty of achieving the results required by this contract. Nor will the contract price be adjusted on account of fluctuations in the currency exchange rates.

VIII. ACQUISITION METHOD

This requirement is being posted as a full and open competition;

This requirement is 100 percent unrestricted;

The NAICS Code for this requirement shall be 541611 Administrative Management and general Management Consulting Services.

IX. EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF CONTRACT

This contract will be one year from date of award, with four optional years.

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SECTION 2

STATEMENT OF WORK

1.0 GENERAL

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is one of the bureaus in the Department of State whose program authority derives from the Foreign Assistance Act of

1961, as amended (FAA). Under the FAA, INL is charged with providing assistance to host governments to develop and implement effective counter narcotics, anticrime, and rule of law host nation capacity.

The INL section of the U.S. Embassy in Honduras (INL/H) is responsible for the administration of programs and funds that come from INL. INL/H works very closely with U.S. law enforcement agencies to ensure that Honduras has the training and tools needed in the fight against narco-trafficking and transnational organized crimes. INL/H also works directly with various institutions within the Government of Honduras (GOH) to include the Ministry of

Security, Public Ministry, municipal government entities, and civil society to prevent violence and promote rule of law.

The purpose of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to provide INL/H with two key deliverables (1) a baseline assessment of three target areas in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and (2) quarterly reports that analyze the impact of INL-funded projects, including targeted strategies as well as a roll-up report of INL projects implemented nationwide in Honduras.

1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Component one: INL/USAID/SC-CA Place-Based Strategy Baseline

Central America’s Northern Triangle of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, is one of the most dangerous regions in the world, with a collective homicide rate four times the global average. The Northern Triangle also suffers from some of the highest poverty rates in Latin

America and a growing transnational gang member population, currently estimated at about

70,000. Low economic growth rates, historic under-investment in education, lack of employment opportunities, and pervasive levels of violence are all factors contributing to the approximately 60,000 unaccompanied alien children (UAC) from the Northern Triangle countries, approximately 95% of UAC entering into U.S. systems in 2014 - an almost 250% increase over 2013.

To support the Government of Honduras (GOH) in addressing these challenges, INL, USAID and U.S. Southern Command’s Civil Affairs unit have partnered to implement an innovative

“place-based strategy” (PBS), focusing resources and program activities on reducing homicides in targeted communities selected on the basis of an analysis of quantitative and qualitative data about levels of violent crime. PBS targets the most at-risk communities and at-risk people through a combination of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention efforts (the “public health model”) along with law enforcement interventions in a geographically defined area. Primary

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- 5 -prevention is directed at modifying the conditions that lead to crime in communities’ physical and social environment; secondary prevention targets individuals or groups regarded as being at higher risk for criminality; and tertiary prevention works to reduce recidivism among known offenders and is closely tied to intervention and rehabilitation activities. Law enforcement interventions include support for more effective relational community-based policing.

Based on data already available, INL and USAID selected the Rivera Hernandez, Barrio Las

Cabañas, Satelite, and surrounding areas which are part of the National Police’s Metropolitan

Prevention Units (Unidad Metropolitana de Prevención) (UMEP) 7, and Chamelecón municipalities of San Pedro Sula as the setting for the pilot PBS.

Component Two: INL Project Longitudinal Program Roll-up and Report

In addition to, and including, the projects implemented in the PBS, INL supports projects throughout Honduras, primarily based in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. Projects span the spectrum of the criminal justice reform spectrum and include support to government as well as civil society.

2.0 SCOPE

Component One: INL/USAID/CA Place-Based Strategy Baseline

The contractor shall implement three separate baseline assessments in Rivera Hernandez, Chamelecón, and UMEP 7 areas (exact communities (colonias)). The USG will target PBS interventions within these areas that will be selected by USAID and INL, from which the contractor will be able to derive treatment and help identify control communities. Each community will be defined in such a way that they have formally demarcated geographical boundaries. The target group for the intervention will be residents of and Honduran National

Police (HNP) assigned to these three areas.

Each baseline assessment shall contain three sets of information with corresponding analysis:

Quantitative, Qualitative, and Citizen Perception Surveys. All information and analysis provided shall be geo-referenced/coded to enable further analysis by the USG. The contractor shall use existing data from sources such as GOH institutions, line ministries, violence observatories, municipal authorities, civil society and others, as well as collect data from primary sources and through conducting surveys in the three target areas.

The baseline assessments will serve as the pre-intervention status description against which follow-up assessments will be compared.

Set 1: Quantitative Crime and Violence related Data

The awardee shall compile, collect and analyze statistical data relevant to violence prevention and law enforcement interventions. Data is needed to understand the resources and service provision available in these target areas against the needs of residents. Illustrative examples of data and indicators include, but are not limited to:

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- 6 -census of each area/community, which shall include, but is not limited to: gender, ethnicity, age, profession/employment status, education level, size/make-up of household, and time at present location;

where available, homicide rates in each community (disaggregated by homicide type, motive, location, victim demographic information and offender demographic information including race, age, gender, and criminal gang affiliation);

extent of substance use/abuse among residents (disaggregated by gender, age, race), local economic data and mapping (sales, employment, income, type of business);

number and location police stations, including number of police assigned to each police station number and location of schools, public or private (disaggregated by primary, secondary, and higher);

number and location of health service providers, public or private;

and map of other critical actors and service providers.

Set 2: Systems analysis of target areas

The awardee shall implement qualitative data collection to ascertain the quality of service provision available in the community, assess local/community capacity, and conduct a rapid needs assessment from a systems analysis and/or other qualitative methods. The tools and methodology used should be largely participatory with local actors.

The purpose is to measure the quality of the services collected in set one. Contractor shall:

measure where people go to for health, education, and security services;

understand the users of these systems (in numbers and demographic data);

ensure services being provided match local demand/need;

assess the absorptive capacity and quality of service provision.

Set 3: Citizen Perception Surveys

The baseline assessments shall also include a citizen perception survey for each of the three target geographical areas. Awardee shall provide draft questionnaires and information on the survey methodology for perception surveys, which will be due to the Contracting Officer

Representative (COR) two months after award. Illustrative examples include, but are not limited to:

citizen perception of crime dynamics in their community; availability and quality of security services (disaggregated by security provider).

citizen perception of community actors; including criminal, law enforcement personnel, service providers, local leaders, etc.

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USAID and INL have a wealth of information on many of these areas, including past citizen perception surveys for some of the communities in these areas. Data on hand will be made available to the contractor in order to provide a starting point for the collection, mapping, and analysis of existing data.

Contractor shall provide a comprehensive list of suggested data points and indicators in their workplan, which will be due to the COR one month after award.

Deliverables:

1. Work plan and questionnaire survey which must be approved by the COR.

a. Must be delivered 30 days after award.

2. 60 days after work plan approval the contractor shall provide (one) draft concise report detailing baseline findings. The report shall include:

a. Executive summary

b. Key Figures (call-outs of key statistics and findings)

c. Description of methodology

d. An annex for Chamelecon baseline (report, including an analysis of baseline findings), including citizen perception survey findings

e. An annex for Rivera Hernandez baseline (report, including an analysis of baseline findings), including citizen perception survey findings

f. An annex for UMEP 7 area baseline (report, including an analysis of baseline findings), including citizen perception survey findings

g. Detailed maps, in power point format or other COR-approved format (INL must be able to manipulate the format) which demark key findings such as police post locations, areas of homicide, etc. Contractor shall provide neighborhood-level, as well as municipal level mapping data.

3. The contractor shall provide a Spanish language summary for baseline data and citizen perception survey findings utilizing easy-to-understand graphics and narratives that will be shared with GOH and other implementing partners of varying degrees of literacy.

a. Draft report.

b. Final report and Spanish language documents are due to the COR 25 days after comments to the draft report are submitted.

c. The final report shall include a comprehensive, sortable, and categorized spreadsheet with all quantitative data in Excel format along with an annex that includes all raw data

4. No later than 30 days after the final report is delivered, contract shall provide a comprehensive briefing on baseline findings to the COR and USAID representatives.

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a. Briefings shall include instruction (training) on how to manipulate the data, maps, and navigate the report, including the sortable Excel quantitative data spreadsheet.

b. The briefing (training) will include local partners in San Pedro Sula in which the contract will have the opportunity to answer questions from the local authorities, partners and beneficiaries.

Component Two: INL Project Longitudinal Program Roll-up and Report

INL implementing partners collect metric and evaluation (M&E) input, output, and outcome level data and provide INL with reports on, at least, a quarterly basis. The contractor shall compile INL implementer data (including quantitative and qualitative), analyze the data, and aggregate the data in a single reporting framework. This comprehensive framework shall include, but is not limited to:

a one-page summary of key findings for the quarter across all INL projects in Honduras

(contractor shall use graphics, charts, and other easy-to-comprehend data presentation);

a targeted reported on projects implemented in the place-based strategy (contractor shall use graphics, charts, and other easy-to-comprehend data presentation);

a geographic map of Honduras with INL project locations, including the PBS;

trend analysis, including the PBS; and aggregate quantitative and qualitative database that houses data across all Honduras-based INL projects, with a tab dedicated specifically to INL PBS projects.

Deliverables:

1. A workplan, which must be approved by the COR, shall be delivered one month after award.

2. Two months after workplan approval, the awardee shall draft and propose a quarterly reporting mechanism, and provide the COR with draft templates of documents such as, but not limited to: searchable aggregate quantitative and qualitative “INL/H project roll-up” database, geographic maps, graphs, and charts to illustrative the input, output, outcome, and impact level data of the INL program. The framework shall roll-up INL project data for an overall snapshot of the INL program in Honduras.

3. Proceeding with COR approval of reporting templates, the contractor shall identify, collect, review, and synthesize INL-implementer data for INL-funded projects in

Honduras.

a. The report shall be due to the COR on a quarterly basis.

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b. Analysis should also include updates on important political and social events in

Honduras which could impact INL programs.

4. On a bi-annual basis, the awardee shall draft and provide to the COR a concise but thorough report that combines qualitative and quantitative data into the approved consumer-friendly reporting mechanism.

a. The contractor shall provide the biannual report in English and in Spanish.

b. The audience for the report shall be U.S. policy makers, State Department leadership, civil society, and Government of Honduras counterparts.

KICK-OFF MEETING

The Contractor shall attend a Kick-Off meeting with the Contracting Officer, the COR and other agency staff as required, NLT five (5) business days after the date of the award. The purpose of the Kick-Off meeting is to discuss contracting objectives and review the Contractors Program

Management Plan. The Kick-Off meeting shall be held at an INL location established by the

COR.

The Contractor shall be available to meet with the INL Contracting Officer and COR, upon request, to discuss overall contract performance, program management and any issues related thereto. The meetings may take place at the INL office location or via video teleconferencing and shall be held on a date and time agreeable to INL and the Contractor.

The Contractor shall provide written financial status reports to the COR and the Contracting

Officer, to coincide with submission of the monthly invoice. Each report shall cover one calendar month, and must include the following information:

1. Labor hours expended by labor category (current month and cumulative);

2. Amount of funds expended (current month and cumulative);

3. Amount of funds remaining under the contract; and

4. Total cost estimate through completion of the period of performance.

5. The reports shall be submitted to the COR and the Contracting Officer electronically in a format agreeable to the COR (e.g., Word, Excel, .pdf, etc.).

KEY PERSONNEL

Key personnel include the Program Manager. Additional key personnel may be specified working domestic or overseas. Any replacement of key personnel must be supported by a resume, submitted to the Contracting Officer, prior to the date the individual starts work under this Agreement. Within the first 90 days of a key person’s performance, the resume must demonstrate that the replacement’s qualifications are at least comparable to those of the individual being replaced, and that the individual is qualified to perform the work for which he or she is proposed. After 90 days, the replacement must meet the qualification of the position.

Any replacement is subject to disapproval by the INL Contracting Officer. In the event a replacement candidate is disapproved, the Contractor shall take immediate action to locate and propose another candidate.

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The Contractor shall also replace any or all of its key personnel, if directed by the Contracting

Officer at no cost to INL. In those cases, the replacement procedures established by this clause shall be followed.

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SECTION 3

INSTRUCTIONS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

To be considered, the offeror shall submit the required below information on or before 12:00 PM

(local Washington D.C. time) on December 7th 2015. The offeror shall provide an electronic copy of the written proposal. The offeror shall submit the proposal in Microsoft Office 2007 or later or Adobe PDF. All proposals shall include the following:

PRICE: Unit and extended prices, inclusive of delivery charges.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: Description of technical approach to requirement

DUNS NUMBER: DUNS number and statement, or proof that the Proposer is registered in SAM.gov.

CERTIFICATIONS: Completed certifications (FAR 52.212-3) or statement that the certifications are included already at the ORCA web site (https://orca.bpn.gov/).

Offerors shall submit a two part proposal as follows:

*** General Proposal limited to 2 pages

*** Technical Proposal limited to 25 pages

VOLUME 1.0: GENERAL, shall include the following items:

Cover Letter - Provide a cover letter referencing the solicitation number and signed by an authorized official of the firm.

Point of Contact - Provide the name, title, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the designated point of contact for the proposal.

Exceptions and Deviations - Provide a statement as to whether any exceptions or deviations are taken to this solicitation and, if so, provide a detailed description of the exceptions and/or deviations.

List the teammate(s)/proposed sub-Contractor(s) for this Agreement, including legal business name and address.

Acknowledgement of Amendments - Provide an acknowledgement of RFP amendments, if any. The acknowledgement must reference the amendment number(s).

Offer Validity Period - The offer must be valid for a period of at least 90 days from the quotation due date. Confirm that the offer is valid for that period or specify any longer validity period.

Offerors shall have an active and current registration at the System for Award

Management federal site (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/) by the time and date set for receipt of proposals.

VOLUME 1.1: TECHNICAL, shall include the following information (Note: no cost information shall be included in this volume):

https://orca.bpn.gov/

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Corporate Experience and Past Performance - Provide up to five (5) client references for services performed by your firm that are similar in size, scope and complexity to the work required by this RFP. References should be for work that is either currently ongoing or that concluded within the past three (3) years. Within the five (5) client limitation, the offeror may also include one (1) reference supplied by each teammate and/or proposed subcontractor provided that the teammate/subcontractor is proposing to perform at least 25% of the total five year level of effort for this RFP. An important factor indicating similarity to the scope of this RFP shall be the extent to which the cited services involved long-term subject matter experts (SMEs) and support to federal agencies. Work in which proposed key personnel participated shall be considered more relevant than work in which they did not participate.

The following information shall be provided for each project:

o Customer name and address.

o Customer points of contact (name, title, telephone number, fax number and email address) for Contractual matters (e.g. Contracting Officer) and technical performance (e.g. COR).

o Contract number.

o Total dollar value. If performed as part of a team, provide the dollar value of your firm’s contribution.

o Period of performance.

o Description of services provided, including the specific services provided by your firm.

o Describe participation by any individuals proposed as key personnel for the

Agreement.

*** Price Proposal – With overall summary budget in attached format (Price Proposal

Attachment)

EVALUATIONS

The Technical Evaluation Factors (i.e., non-Cost/Price) will be evaluated using an adjectival

(Outstanding, Acceptable, Marginal, Unacceptable) rating scheme. The basis of award will be

Best Value using Tradeoffs, price and non-price factors considered. The factors are in descending order of importance.

I Plan of Action and Statement of Understanding

1. Background and Objectives

2. Mitigating Risk

3. Logistical Considerations

II Past Performance

III Staffing

1. Staffing Plan

2. Key Personnel

IV Price

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Technical Evaluation Factor 1: Plan of Action and Statement of Understanding

The Contractor shall submit a clear and complete proposed plan of action for performance of the required work (including critical review of the statement of work mission objectives). The plan of action shall be comprehensive, implementable, and creative in meeting the requirements of the scope of work. The plan must include a description of its approach for achieving the

Department’s objectives through the following:

(1) a discussion of the background, objectives, and work requirements included in the

Statement of Work;

(2) a discussion of proposed methods and techniques for completing each task;

(3) a discussion which supports “how” each task will be evaluated for full performance and acceptability of work from the contractor’s viewpoint;

(4) a discussion on anticipated difficulties and problem areas, along with a mitigation plan;

and

(5) a discussion on the logistical considerations associated with this task order to include the ability to do business with the host government within 30 days of contract award. Proof is required in order to be selected for award.

Evaluation Criteria:

The Plan of Action and Statement of Understanding will be evaluated for its quality and evidence of the extent to which the contractor’s solution will achieve the Department’s objectives. The evaluation criteria include:

The Contractor’s ability to do business with the host government within 30 days of contract award. Proof is required in order to be selected for task order award.

An assessment that the offeror understands the work, including creativity and thoroughness shown in understanding the objectives of the Statement of Work and its specific tasks.

The extent to which the offeror’s approach outlines a comprehensive plan in relation to the Statement of Work and demonstrates the offeror’s complete understanding of the work required under the contract.

The extent to which the offeror’s approach demonstrates an ability to prepare requested deliverables in accordance with the Department’s request.

The Government will use the following adjectival ratings to evaluate the “Plan of Action and

Statement of Understanding” Factor:

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Technical Evaluation Factor 2: Past Performance

The offeror shall substantiate that it has recent (within the last 36 months) experience in performing the required work and demonstrate how it’s past and present experience validates that it will provide expected performance and customer satisfaction. The offeror shall provide a minimum of two (2) and a maximum of three (3) Past Performance Contract Profiles that are directly relevant to the required effort and are of similar size (dollar value), scope (substantially similar services) and complexity (degree of difficulty). A minimum of one (1) of the past performance profiles shall be for services performed by the prime contractor. The offeror shall only cite experiences that have occurred for government customers within the past 36 months prior to the issuance of this solicitation.

Evaluation Factor 1:

Plan of Action and Statement of Understanding

Rating Description

Outstanding

Demonstrates excellent understanding of requirements; recognizes critical program elements and challenges; offers industry best practices and proactive and innovative solutions; significantly exceeds performance/capability standards; shows exceptional technical expertise/strengths that will significantly benefit the

Government; has no deficiencies and weaknesses, if any, are minor weaknesses.

Acceptable

Demonstrates understanding of requirements; meets performance/capability standards; may have strengths; has no significant weaknesses and no deficiencies.

Marginal

Demonstrates misunderstanding of requirements; does not fully meet performance/capability standards; has one or more major weakness or deficiency, which is/are correctable without major changes to the proposal.

Unacceptable

Demonstrates a lack of understanding of requirements; fails to meet performance/capability standards; has a major weakness or deficiencies, which cannot be corrected without major changes to the proposal.

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The offeror’s past performance evaluation will also examine how the offeror’s past and present experience/performance validates expected performance and customer satisfaction based on the information provided by the offeror’s references and other government sources. The past performance evaluation will examine the offeror’s Past Performance

Contract Profiles and the offeror’s actual experiences/performance in work of similar size, scope, and complexity of efforts and actual results achieved during performance.

The Government may consider all information available on the offeror’s experience and past performance. This will include information that is in addition to that which is provided by the contractor (i.e., Past Performance Retrieval System). The Government reserves the right to interview the clients identified by the offeror and may interview other clients of whom the Government is aware.

The Government may share a copy of the Past Performance Profile with the referenced customer to validate the contractor’s report. To facilitate the evaluation of past performance, the offeror shall ensure the accuracy of the information furnished on references (names, addresses, and phone numbers). Failure to provide accurate or complete reference information will have a negative impact on the evaluation of the offeror’s proposal and may render it unacceptable.

The Government will use the following adjectival ratings to evaluate the Past Performance factor:

Evaluation Factor 2:

Past Performance

Rating Description

Confidence

Contractor provides at least 2 Past Performance Contract Profiles that are directly relevant to the required work and clearly cover the majority of the required work and performed within the last 36 months.

Additionally, based on the contractor’s past experience and customer past performance evaluations, little and/or no doubt exists that the contractor will successfully perform the required effort.

Unknown

Confidence

The Offeror has no relevant performance record. A review was unable to identify any relevant past performance information (see FAR

15.305). This is a neutral rating. It does not hinder nor help the

Offeror. An offeror with less than three relevant past performance profiles may be rated as unknown confidence if the client profiles

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No

Confidence

The Offeror either does not have the minimum of 2 relevant Contract profiles and/or the Offeror’s past performance record provides extreme doubt that the offeror will successfully provide a product that meets our requirement.

Technical Evaluation Factor 3: Work Plan/Staffing

The offeror shall provide personnel that have the right skill sets to successfully perform the activities identified in the Statement of Work. The offeror shall provide a Staffing Plan that describes “how” the contractor will staff the project. The offeror shall submit résumés for key personnel. The résumé shall include name, education, certification(s), current security clearance level, technical skills, relevant training (as applicable) received within the past two (2) years, and current and relevant professional experience. The offeror shall describe the role and responsibilities for the key personnel proposed. The offeror shall also provide a recent signed employment agreement/contingent hire agreement for individuals whose résumés are presented and who are not currently employed by the offeror or one of its subcontractors. The contingent agreement shall specify position and negotiated salary range.

The offeror will be evaluated on its:

(1) Staffing Plan, which shall include proof of the offeror’s demonstrated ability to hire and maintain qualified staff, handle personnel issues, assemble highly quality staff to fill immediate requirements, and provide staff with all the necessary support and oversight.

(2) Personnel, by determining the capacity of key personnel (Program Manager and SMEs)

(as applicable) to perform the required support services as applicable. The offeror will also be evaluated on “how” it integrates the roles and responsibilities of key personnel.

PROGRAM MANAGER (KEY PERSONNEL)

The offeror shall propose and provide a resume for the Program Manager. Provide a resume for the individual showing complete work and education history and demonstrating the experience and qualifications necessary to successfully perform the work. If the proposed individual is not currently employed by the offeror, provide a letter of commitment signed by the individual that clearly states his or her availability to work on the program in the event of award.

Program Manager:

The Contractor shall have a Program Manager to provide program management support to ensure adequate oversight of Contractor personnel across the DoS. Program Manager shall need

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The Contractor shall provide qualified candidates available for assignment. All labor categories, unless additional requirements are stated, shall require employees to be fluent in the English language, a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institute, with five (5) or more years’ experience in related field. All personnel shall have superior organizational, oral and written communication skills and the ability to follow directions. Where applicable the education, training and experience shall show at the beginning of the labor category’s description.

Additionally, when requested, the Contractor shall provide personnel that can receive Defense

Security Systems (DSS) Top Secret clearances at time of award of the Contract. All employees hired by the Contractor must be a U.S. citizen and obtain/maintain the appropriate Security clearance.

The Contractor shall ensure all work, services, and operations in compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Currently, a labor requirement for work is being performed in the following areas domestically but is not limited to just those sites. Worldwide for CONUS and OCONUS positions.

The Government will use the following adjectival ratings to evaluate the Factor:

Evaluation Factor 3:

Staffing

Rating Description

Outstanding

Proposed key personnel are highly qualified and meet the evaluation criteria. Key personnel have a combination of education, supervisory/management experience as applicable. All proposed personnel possess demonstrated experience in work similar in size, scope, and complexity as that of the required effort and demonstrate education, professional experience, and certification(s) appropriate for the positions proposed. The staffing plan provides a well-structured and efficient organization with appropriate type and quality of skill.

Offeror meet or exceed the evaluation criteria in a way beneficial to the Government and demonstrates an approach to this Factor that is superior and beneficial. Proposal offers significant strengths and few if any minor weaknesses.

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Acceptable

Proposed key personnel are highly qualified (with a combination of education, supervisory/management experience and have a history of verifiable experience. Personnel should have been involved in foreign environments and possess relevant experience and demonstrate education, professional experience, and certification(s) appropriate for the positions proposed. The Staffing Plan provides an adequate staffing organization. May have strengths and weaknesses, if any, are correctable.

Marginal

Proposed key personnel do not meet the criteria for “Acceptable.”

Proposed key personnel are marginally qualified with a combination of education, supervisory/management experience for a period of 1

(one) year or less. Based on the Contractor’s proposed key personnel, some doubt exists that the contractor has the key personnel resources to successfully perform the required effort; the Staffing Plan provides a barely adequate staffing organization. Weaknesses, even if major, are correctable

Unacceptable

The majority of proposed key personnel do not meet the criteria for

“Marginal” and résumés demonstrate inappropriate or inapplicable qualifications for the positions proposed. Based on the contractor’s proposed key personnel, substantial or extreme doubt exists that the contractor will successfully perform the required effort; the Staffing

Plan provides no indication of a staffing organization.

PRICE EVALUATION

Since adequate competition is expected, the Government will be conducting a price reasonableness evaluation to determine the reasonableness of each offeror’s proposed price.

Since adequate competition is expected, the Government shall be conducting a price analysis to determine the reasonableness of each offeror’s proposed price.

All other factors, when combined are significantly more important than price.

PRICING

Contractors who are stationed or deployed TDY overseas may be eligible for differentials in accordance with The Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) and the Department of State

Standardized Regulations (DSSR).

Reimbursement for differentials may not be loaded with G&A or indirect expenses; they must be billed as actual expenses incurred.

Procurement Sensitive: Unauthorized disclosure of this information violates the Procurement Integrity Act. See FAR 3.104

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Depending on the contractor’s normal accounting procedures, travel may include indirect expenses. For work performed pursuant to this contract, the Contractor shall be paid the fully burdened, fixed hourly rates shown below. The fixed hourly rates shall include total employee compensation, all indirect costs and profit. At a minimum, employee compensation shall be consistent with the U.S. Department of Labor Wage Determinations.

**PRICE: TOTALS TO BE SUBMITTED PER THE ATTACHED PRICING MATRIX