Rule of Law Training and Strategic Planning

The purpose of this modification to the previous notice is to extend the proposal due date, respond to industry questions, correct typos and add FAR clauses 52.217-5,52.227-14,52.242-15,52.225-13,52.232-33 and DFAR clause 252.201-7000. In order to obtain a copy of the modification to the solicitation go to the following website:https://www.fbo.gov. Type the solicitation number in the search box and hit search. This should take you to the Opportunties page that list the solicitation information. Double click on the solicitation title. This will take you to the latest notice that has been posted on FEDBIZOPPS.GOV. To obtain a copy of all the documentation that has been uploaded, you will need to to the Additional Info section of the notice. Once you have located the Additional Info section, double click on Additional documentation. This should provide you a list of all documentation that have been uploaded to FEDBIZOPPS.GOV.

The purpose of this modification to the previous notice is to inform industry that the solicitation for this requirement will not be posted to Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) until tomorrow morning. In the meantime, you can access the solicitation and the past performance questionnaire through the Army Single Face Industry (ASFI) website by following these instructions. (1) Go to https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ (2) Under Contracting Opportunities Search click on ASFI Business Opportunities (3) Input the solicitation number without the dashes. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on continue (4) Click on the solicitation number. The uploaded solicitation and Past Performance questionnaire is located at the bottom of the page.

The purpose of this modification to the previous notice is to inform industry that the solicitation for this requirement has been posted. In order to obtain a copy of the solicitation and the associated documentation please follows these instructions. Go to the following website:https://www.fbo.gov. Next type the solicitation number in the keyword/solicitation# and hit the search button. This should take you to the Opportunties page that list the solicitation information. Double click on the solicitation title. This will take you to latest notice that has been posted on FEDBIZOPPS.GOV. To obtain a copy of all documentation that have been uploaded, you will need to go to the Additional Info section of the notice. Once you have located the Additional Info section, double click on Additional documentation. This should provide you a list of all the documentation that have been uploaded to FEDBIZOPPS.GOV.

This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only; it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. A contract may not be awarded as a result of this sources sought announcement. The US Army Contracting Command, National Capitol Region Contracting Center (NCR-CC) at Hoffman II, on behalf of the Office of the Judge Advocate General intends to procure Rule of Law Training and Strategic Planning support using small business set-aside procedures in accordance with FAR Part 19 or under full and open competitive procedures. If at least two small business concerns are determined by the Government to be capable of performing this requirement based on the evaluation of the capability packages submitted by 28 April 2010 at 12:00 PM EST, the requirement will be solicited as a 100% set-aside for small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19. If capability packages are not received from at least two responsible small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19 by the response date or if the Government determines that no small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19 are capable of performing this requirement based upon an evaluation of the capability packages submitted; this requirement will be solicited under full and open competitive procedures.

Only small businesses are to submit capability packages. Interested small business concerns in NAICS code 541611 with a size standard of $7.0M are encouraged to submit their capability packages. The capability packages for this sources sought market survey are not expected to be proposals, but rather statements regarding the companys existing experience in relation to the areas specified in the PWS. Capability packages must not exceed 15 pages and must be submitted electronically. All contractor questions must be submitted no later than 21 April 2010 at 12:00 PM EST.

Small business concerns are to outline their experiences in the following:

(1) Have you ever run workshops for subject matter experts from across the United States Government interagency as well as non-governmental organizations? Explain, the subjects, and what were the end results of the workshops.
(2) Do you or your staff have subject matter expertise in rule of law capacity building in failed or failing states? Please describe your expertise. Furthermore, specifically describe in detail your ability to organize and run a series of rule of law capacity building workshops for the interagency and nongovernmental organizations.
(3) Does your company have access to subject matter experts in the fields of anthropology, comparative law, sociology, related academic disciplines, and current events in Iraq and Afghanistan? If so, please describe in detail.
(4) Describe your ability to develop and provide a two-week training program in rule of law capacity building in failed or failing states.
(5) Describe your ability to develop and maintain a web-based central repository for world-wide rule of law capacity building initiatives and rule of law practitioners.

Areas or tasks where a contractor does not have prior experience should be annotated as such.

A written Combined Synopsis/Solicitation will be posted on or about 13 May 2010. The Combined Synopsis/Solicitation must be retrieved and downloaded from the Governments point of entry on FedBizOpps.Gov at www.fbo.gov. No hard copies of the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation will be issued. All amendments will be posted and must be retrieved from this website. Responses to the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation must be submitted by email to the POC identified below. No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. Contractors are responsible for all costs for submitting their capability packages. POC is Joyce Bettis, at joyce.bettis@us.army.mil or Geoffrey Gill, at geoffrey.r.gill@us.army.mil.

This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only; it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. A contract may not be awarded as a result of this sources sought announcement. The US Army Contracting Command, National Capitol Region Contracting Center (NCR-CC) at Hoffman II, on behalf of the Office of the Judge Advocate General intends to procure Rule of Law Training and Strategic Planning support using small business set-aside procedures in accordance with FAR Part 19 or under full and open competitive procedures. If at least two small business concerns are determined by the Government to be capable of performing this requirement based on the evaluation of the capability packages submitted by 28 April 2010 at 12:00 PM EST, the requirement will be solicited as a 100% set-aside for small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19. If capability packages are not received from at least two responsible small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19 by the response date or if the Government determines that no small business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19 are capable of performing this requirement based upon an evaluation of the capability packages submitted; this requirement will be solicited under full and open competitive procedures.

Only small businesses are to submit capability packages. Interested small business concerns in NAICS code 541611 with a size standard of $7.0M are encouraged to submit their capability packages. The capability packages for this sources sought market survey are not expected to be proposals, but rather statements regarding the companys existing experience in relation to the areas specified in the PWS. Capability packages must not exceed 15 pages and must be submitted electronically. All contractor questions must be submitted no later than 21 April 2010 at 12:00 PM EST.

Small business concerns are to outline their experiences in the following:

(1) Have you ever run workshops for subject matter experts from across the United States Government interagency as well as non-governmental organizations? Explain, the subjects, and what were the end results of the workshops.
(2) Do you or your staff have subject matter expertise in rule of law capacity building in failed or failing states? Please describe your expertise. Furthermore, specifically describe in detail your ability to organize and run a series of rule of law capacity building workshops for the interagency and nongovernmental organizations.
(3) Does your company have access to subject matter experts in the fields of anthropology, comparative law, sociology, related academic disciplines, and current events in Iraq and Afghanistan? If so, please describe in detail.
(4) Describe your ability to develop and provide a two-week training program in rule of law capacity building in failed or failing states.
(5) Describe your ability to develop and maintain a web-based central repository for world-wide rule of law capacity building initiatives and rule of law practitioners.

Areas or tasks where a contractor does not have prior experience should be annotated as such.

A written Combined Synopsis/Solicitation will be posted on or about 13 May 2010. The Combined Synopsis/Solicitation must be retrieved and downloaded from the Governments point of entry on FedBizOpps.Gov at www.fbo.gov. No hard copies of the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation will be issued. All amendments will be posted and must be retrieved from this website. Responses to the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation must be submitted by email to the POC identified below. No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. Contractors are responsible for all costs for submitting their capability packages. POC is Joyce Bettis, at joyce.bettis@us.army.mil or Geoffrey Gill, at geoffrey.r.gill@us.army.mil.