Risk Assessment for Pretrial Bail Services for Local Law Enforcement

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6 - STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 13 FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

This solicitation is a Request for Quotation. The solicitation document incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-02, effective June 5, 2019.

This requirement is being procured using full and open competition.

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ensures that recipients of federal financial assistance (recipients) from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) comply with civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination against individuals in the recipients' delivery of services or benefits. As part of its efforts to address discrimination, the OCR investigates complaints and conducts compliance reviews of service delivery in funded entities. The OCR needs the services of a consultant to assist it in investigating and resolving allegations of discrimination in the pretrial bail practices of funded local jurisdictions.

The OCR is seeking to obtain the services of a consultant who has experience in assisting local jurisdictions and courts eliminate or reduce racial and ethnic disparities in pretrial bail systems through the development and implementation of evidence-based approaches in risk assessment to inform the release or detain decisions of arrestees and defendants while maximizing public safety and court appearances. The consultant will assist OCR attorneys in investigating allegations of discriminatory bail practices, devising remedies to address findings of racial and ethnic disparities in bail practices, and in ensuring that any risk assessment tool used by the local jurisdiction is properly validated. At the direction of OCR staff, the consultant may also be required to work with any local jurisdiction that is under investigation to assist them in developing systems to collect and analyze data relevant to developing, implementing and maintaining risk-based, race neutral bail system.

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