Amendment 001 - NORAD/NORTHCOM/J5 Women, Peace, and Security Support

Closed Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
FA251823Q0012
Agency
Air Force Space Command Air Force, Department of Defense
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
PSC
R408 Support- Professional: Program Management/Support
Place of performance
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80914, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

This solicitation seeks advisory and analytical support services to integrate gender perspectives into operational planning and training for the NORAD/NORTHCOM/J5 organization. The Department of the Air Force Space Command is procuring these Women, Peace, and Security support services. The contractor must have SECRET clearances and provide office space at Peterson Space Force Base to support mid-term projects, short-term tasks, conferences, and travel within the USNORTHCOM area of responsibility including The Bahamas. Quotes are due by August 25, 2023 and will be evaluated using a technical/price tradeoff method.

This requirement has been set aside for small businesses only. The primary NAICS code is 541611 and PSC code R499 covers administrative support and professional services. The resultant contract will be firm fixed price for an estimated 720 hours of support services annually over a one-year base period and four one-year options. The place of performance is Peterson Space Force Base, with additional required travel to locations like The Bahamas involving 3 weeks per quarter and 3 weeks per year in Colorado Springs.

Notice text

3 versions

Update #3 · Latest ·

22 Aug 2023: Additional Q&A posted. Deadline remains 25 Aug 2023. 

16 Aug 2023: Amendment 001 - Provides answer to Contractors' questions, updates solicitation and PWS, and adds a new attachment. Deadline extended to 25 Aug 2023. 

The WPS Advisor support services will consist of recommendations for the planning of gender activities, training, integrating knowledge and process management to support all-source operational and mission planning for ongoing, emergent, contingency, and crisis operations. Task areas include WPS integration initiatives within the USNORTHCOM Area of Operations (AOR), whether implemented within or through the headquarters or its subordinate or component commands. The requirement also includes specialization in the development, coordination, and implementation of policy, strategy, and plans for WPS initiatives; gender advising activities; capability implementation support and training; and prevention of sexual and gender-based violence in USNORTHCOM’s AOR. The required contractor support is essential to advancing the objectives of Public Law 115-68 (WPS Act), the US National Action Plan (NAP) on WPS, and Department of Defense (DoD) WPS Implementation Guidance.

Update #2 ·

16 Aug 2023: Amendment 001 - Provides answer to Contractors' questions, updates solicitation and PWS, and adds a new attachment. Deadline extended to 25 Aug 2023. 

The WPS Advisor support services will consist of recommendations for the planning of gender activities, training, integrating knowledge and process management to support all-source operational and mission planning for ongoing, emergent, contingency, and crisis operations. Task areas include WPS integration initiatives within the USNORTHCOM Area of Operations (AOR), whether implemented within or through the headquarters or its subordinate or component commands. The requirement also includes specialization in the development, coordination, and implementation of policy, strategy, and plans for WPS initiatives; gender advising activities; capability implementation support and training; and prevention of sexual and gender-based violence in USNORTHCOM’s AOR. The required contractor support is essential to advancing the objectives of Public Law 115-68 (WPS Act), the US National Action Plan (NAP) on WPS, and Department of Defense (DoD) WPS Implementation Guidance.

Update #1 ·

The WPS Advisor support services will consist of recommendations for the planning of gender activities, training, integrating knowledge and process management to support all-source operational and mission planning for ongoing, emergent, contingency, and crisis operations. Task areas include WPS integration initiatives within the USNORTHCOM Area of Operations (AOR), whether implemented within or through the headquarters or its subordinate or component commands. The requirement also includes specialization in the development, coordination, and implementation of policy, strategy, and plans for WPS initiatives; gender advising activities; capability implementation support and training; and prevention of sexual and gender-based violence in USNORTHCOM’s AOR. The required contractor support is essential to advancing the objectives of Public Law 115-68 (WPS Act), the US National Action Plan (NAP) on WPS, and Department of Defense (DoD) WPS Implementation Guidance.

Attachments

Files attached to this notice, newest first
File Type Posted
RFQ FA251823Q0012 QnA_2.pdf PDF
RFQ FA251823Q0012 QnA.pdf PDF
Attachment1_WPS_FINAL PWS_16 Aug 23.pdf PDF
Attachment 3 - Bahamas SOFA.pdf PDF
RFQ FA251823Q0012-001.pdf PDF
Attachment 2 - DD254 Draft.pdf PDF
Combo - WPS.pdf PDF
Attachment1_WPS_FINAL PWS_31 Jul 23.pdf PDF

Notice history

Notices posted for this opportunity, newest first
Notice Type Posted
Amendment 001 - NORAD/NORTHCOM/J5 Women, Peace, and Security Support This notice · Latest solicitation Solicitation
NORAD/NORTHCOM/J5 Women, Peace, and Security Original Pre-Solicitation

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