USDA OASCR Final Agency Decision Support Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12314426Q0292
- Agency
-
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- PSC
- R418 Support- Professional: Legal
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20024, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
USDA's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights is conducting market research through an RFI due September 19, 2026, to inform acquisition strategy for contractor support in Equal Employment Opportunity complaint processing and final agency decision services. This is not a solicitation and carries no obligation to award; responses will not be evaluated for contract award and are strictly voluntary.
The contractor will deliver three service streams: EEO counseling including live interviews, issue identification, and Counselor's Reports with Notice of Right to File issued within 29 calendar days; complaint acceptance/dismissal determinations with letters drafted within 10 calendar days of assignment; and Final Agency Decisions with complete legal analysis drafted within 14 calendar days of assignment. All deliverables must comply with 29 C.F.R. Part 1614 and EEOC Management Directive 110 (MD110), meet professional legal drafting standards comparable to those required of attorneys in high-quality legal settings, and be Section 508 compliant.
Key personnel requirements include a Program Manager experienced in managing legal-writing teams in EEO matters and FAD Writers with attorney-level legal writing expertise and deep proficiency in federal-sector EEO law. The contractor must maintain 100% compliance with initial and revision deadlines, with 95% of initial drafts requiring no substantive revision and 98% accuracy in issue alignment and defect-free work. Standard revision deadlines are three business days; material deficiency rework requires five business days.
The Government will use responses to determine whether a small business set-aside is viable or whether full and open competitive procedures should apply. Performance includes a 12-month base year with option years. All work products become Government property; the contractor must safeguard PII and sensitive but unclassified information per federal incident reporting and security/privacy training protocols.
Notice text
Request For Information (RFI)-
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requires contractor support todeliver timely, impartial, high‑quality EEO complaint processing services, including EEO counseling (non‑ADR),complaint acceptance/dismissal determinations, and FAD. Contractor deliverables must comply with 29 C.F.R.Part 1614 and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Management Directive 110 (MD‑110) andmust meet professional legal drafting standards comparable to those required of attorneys practicing inhigh‑quality legal settings.
As permitted by FAR Part 10, this is a market research tool being utilized forinformational and planning purposes. Your responses will assist the Government in the development of itsacquisition strategy for a possible Request for Quote (RFQ), to be issued at a later date, and in determiningwhether any type of small business set-aside is possible for this procurement or whether full and opencompetitive procedures should be utilized. If full and open competition is ultimately pursued, responses tothis survey may be used to aid in establishing small business subcontracting goals. This notice shall not beconstrued as a request for quote (RFQ) or as any commitment or obligation on the part of the Government toissue a solicitation. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request, soproposals will not be considered. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providinginformation in response to this sources sought or any follow-up information requests. Response is strictlyvoluntary - it is not mandatory to submit a response to this notice to participate in any formal RFQ processthat may take place in the future.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| OASCR EEO Requirement.docx | DOCX document |
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