Sources-Sought-HRI Secretariat Services.pdf

Version – July 2015

SOURCES SOUGHT

FOR

HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE (HRI) SECRETARIAT SERVICES

NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 The 410th Contracting Support Brigade/Regional Contracting Office -Miami is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Human Rights Initiative (HRI) Secretariat Services. The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis

1.2 The contractor shall provide non-personal services consisting of establishing and running the HRI Secretariat office. Services to be provided include, promoting HRI with partner nation military and security forces in the USSOUTHCOM AOR; support and advise SC-HRO on execution of HRI events; provide HRI support to military and security forces in the AOR; maintain an HRI Web Page; provide academic and other types of HRI support to SC-HRO and partner nation military and security forces participating in HRI; and provide specified written reports to the COR. The contractor shall accomplish increased knowledge of international human rights norms by partner nation military and security forces participating in HRI; and shall accomplish support of SC-HRO’s planned promotion and event execution.

1.3 BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET

RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

2. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at the contractor facility, and other locations provided by the SC-HRO or partner nation militaries to conduct HRI events in U.S. (CONUS) or foreign (OCONUS) locations as directed and approved by the SC-HRO Contracting Officer Representative (COR).

3. DISCLAIMER: “THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED.

IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED

AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE

NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD

A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE

AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO

THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES

WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS

NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST

FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF

A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE

GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF

POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

4. PROGRAM BACKGROUND: This is a follow-on requirement for HRI Secretariat

Services in Latin America and the Caribbean. The HRI is an outgrowth of the Human Rights (HR) Program established by USSOUTHCOM. USSOUTHCOM has sponsored the HRI since its inception in 1997. HRI is an innovative approach which supports the development of human rights programs within military and security forces. HRI improves civil-military relations, bridges the gap between the human rights community and military forces, produces action plans which lead to measurable results, and maximizes buy-in of Area of Responsibility (AOR) military leaders and soldiers and civil society alike.

5. ELIGIBILITY: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 813311- Human

Rights Organizations with a Small Business Size Standard of $30,000,000.00. The Product Service Code is R408. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond;

however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

6. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

6.1 Further detail is provided in the draft Specific Tasks attached to this announcement (Attachment 1).

6.2 If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

6.3 The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and Attachment 1 -Specific Tasks.

6.4 Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten (10) pages in length, explaining Offeror’s capability to meet requirements within the

Specific Tasks. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 12 pm, EST 20 September 2021. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Contract Specialist: lian.pino.civ@mail.mil.

6.5 This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?

Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details.

What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks in Attachment 1?

Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR

52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this PBSOW for the base period as well as the option periods.

Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, office locations, DUNs number, etc.

Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern.

6.6 The estimated period of performance consists of one (1) Base Year of 12 months and four (4) 12-month option years with performance commencing November 2021.

Specifics regarding the number of option periods will be provided in the solicitation.

6.7 The contract type is anticipated to be Firm-Fixed-Price.

6.8 Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal.

7. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. The information provided in this Sources Sought is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. RCO Miami has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought.

7.1 All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The

Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.