Social Workers
Forecast Exercise of Option Updated
- Agency
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Department of the Interior
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $250,000 to $499,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Not on record
- NAICS code
- 813920 Professional Organizations
- Place of performance
- MT
- Forecast number
- 51625
- Points of contact
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- Diane Leider diane.leider@bia.gov
Forecast details come from the GSA Acquisition Gateway. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of the Interior is exercising an option to procure social worker services for child welfare support at the Crow Reservation BIA Human Services office in Montana, with an estimated solicitation release date of December 31, 2026. The contractor will make decisions on child endangerment and protection referrals, conduct interviews and assessments, perform home visits, arrange medical screenings and transportation for children, file court documents within mandated timeframes, and provide testimony during emergency hearings. The role requires compliance with tribal 8A regulations, the Native American Child Safety Act, and federal confidentiality rules, with close coordination among law enforcement, courts, shelters, and partner agencies.
The award value is estimated between $250,000 and $499,000 for an option exercise classified as a purchase order. The position is structured at 40 hours per week Monday through Friday with on-call emergency duty during evenings, nights, and weekends for up to half of the assigned tour length, which may span 30, 60, or 90 days. The contractor must maintain suitable housing near the Crow Reservation for rapid response, file written case notes and documentation within 36 hours of incidents, and comply with strict federal driving and safety requirements when operating government vehicles. Diane Leider at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (diane.leider@bia.gov) is the point of contact.
Forecast text
Child welfare support for Crow Reservation BIA Human Services office. The contractor works under a technical supervisor to make decisions on child endangerment and protection referrals, carrying out interviews, assessments, home visits, and required documentation for financial assistance, social services, and confidentiality releases. The role includes assessing danger, planning and executing safety interventions—including emergency removal—while ensuring proper placement paperwork and timely notification to parents or guardians. The consultant arranges transportation and medical screenings for children, files court documents within mandated timeframes, and provides testimony during emergency hearings. The position requires close coordination with law enforcement, courts, shelters, and partner agencies, participation in case planning, and transportation of adults or children when needed. The schedule consists of 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, with on‑call emergency duty during evenings, nights, and weekends for up to half of the assigned tour length, which may span 30, 60, or 90 days. Deliverables include immediate verbal updates to the supervisor, followed by written case notes and documentation within 36 hours. The role requires compliance with tribal 8A regulations, the Native American Child Safety Act, strict federal confidentiality rules, maintenance of suitable housing near the Crow Reservation for rapid response, and adherence to strict driving and safety requirements when operating government vehicles.
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