SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Human Resources Classification and Staffing Services
- Notice Date
- 4/28/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541612
— Human Resources and Executive Search Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Systems Command, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, VA, 22134-5010
- ZIP Code
- 22134-5010
- Solicitation Number
- M67854-04-R-0042
- Response Due
- 5/11/2004
- Archive Date
- 5/26/2004
- Point of Contact
- Jenny Rieck, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-490-8768, Fax 703-492-5353,
- E-Mail Address
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contracts@efv.usmc.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial services prepared in accordance with the information in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This requirement is to establish a Firm Fixed Price, Level of Effort contract for Classification and Staffing Support Services for the Direct Reporting Program Manager, Advanced Amphibious Assault (DRPM AAA), Woodbridge, VA. Award will consist of the base period of contract award through 30 September 2004, and 3 one-year option periods. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541612. The Direct Reporting Program Manager, Advanced Amphibious Assault (DRPM AAA) requests responses from qualified sources capable of providing the Classification and Staffing Services outlined below. Estimated Level of Effort is 1440 man-hours per fiscal year. THE GOVERNMENT?S REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS EFFORT ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1) Provide organizational development, position management, and recruitment/staffing services designed to target hard-to-fill positions requiring unique professional, scientific and engineering skills for the DRPM AAA. In applying good position management, the contractor shall balance the type of position with a grade level commensurate with the work performed in order to accomplish the organization's mission. 2) Provide DRPM management with suggestions of alternative approaches to recruitment and staffing along with general information on OPM guidance relative to recruitment, staffing and classification matters. 3) Develop and prepare vacancy announcements, coordinate with the Human Resources Services Center (HRSC) the publication of vacancy announcements on the Internet web pages, and ensure accuracy of final products in accordance with technical instructions. 4) Coordinate all recruitment actions from start to finish with the HRSC to include entering the recruit action into the Modern Personnel System, preparing and attaching the appropriate paperwork/forms to the recruit action, sending the action electronically through the Modern Personnel System to the HRSC for proper coding, and entering the position into the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System. 5) Coordinate entry on duty dates with the new hire?s old personnel office and new hires coming aboard. Notify all new hires of their start date, grade and step authorized by DRPM management, and other pertinent entry on duty information. Obtain SF-75 information from personnel offices where the employee is transferring from and use that information to enter the individual into the Modern Personnel System under the new position. Track and close out entries in the Modern Personnel tracking system. 6) Confer with management officials regarding salary issues in the cases where recruitment flexibilities are applied. Examples of recruitment flexibilities include cases of new hires coming from private sector being hired at a rate above step one of the grade level being offered. 7) Keep DRPM management fully informed of recruitment status and efforts. Answer routine questions on status, procedures, and processes. 8) Provide advice and guidance to DRPM management in the design of individual positions and/or organizational segments to achieve efficiency and economy of operation. 9) Review current and/or new position descriptions that have been written and classified by DRPM management for proper evaluation criteria and classification standards used in accordance with OPM guidance. 10) Provide advisory opinions, suggestions and/or alternatives to DRPM management with regard to job series, classification standards, and/or job grading standards that were used by DRPM management to classify the position description, all in accordance with OPM guidance. 11) The contractor shall ensure its employees (a) clearly identify themselves as contractor employees, (b) have no decision-making or approval authority, (c) do not represent themselves as Government employees or representatives and (d) do not provide legal advice. EACH OFFEROR MUST: 1) SUBMIT AN OFFER; 2) SUBMIT A TECHNICAL PLAN, 3) SUBMIT A DETAILED RESUME IN CONTRACTOR FORMAT (LIMITED TO THREE (3) PAGES PER PERSON) FOR THE KEY PERSON WHO WILL PERFORM ON THIS CONTRACT 4) SUBMIT PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, AND 5) SUBMIT SUPPORTING COST DATA. THE TECHNICAL PLAN AND RESUME WILL BE USED TO ASSESS THE OFFEROR'S RELATIVE CAPABILITY. THE TECHNICAL PLAN SHALL CLEARLY DESCRIBE THE OFFEROR?S APPROACH TO MEETING THE GOVERNMENT?S REQUIREMENTS AS DEFINED ABOVE IN NUMBERS 1-11. Performance of this contract shall take place at Headquarters Marine Corps Civilian Human Resources Office, Arlington, Virginia where one cubicle is available. The offeror must be prepared to provide all services mentioned in numbers 1-11 above each day of work with the use of one person. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial Items (Oct 2000) and 52.214-4 (Apr 1984) are incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items (Jan 1999) (a) THE GOVERNMENT WILL AWARD A CONTRACT RESULTING FROM THIS SOLICITATION TO THE RESPONSIBLE OFFEROR WHOSE OFFER CONFORMING TO THE SOLICITATION WILL BE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, PRICE AND OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS SHALL BE USED TO EVALUATE OFFERS: (i) Relative Capability to meet the Government requirement. The Government will evaluate each offeror's relative capability on the basis of the offeror?s technical plan and breadth, depth, and relevance of experience to the work that will be required under the prospective contract. The Government will use the offeror?s technical plan and submitted resume to evaluate capability. The Government will assess relative capability on the basis of the following: 1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience using the Department of Defense Modern Personnel System (Oracle Based). 2. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Department of Navy Staffing and Recruitment processes and procedures. 3. Demonstrated current knowledge of the Standard Automated Inventory Referral System (STAIRS) and how it is used for recruiting and staffing purposes. 4. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with staffing services with an emphasis on hard to fill positions requiring unique professional and engineering type skills and knowledges. 5. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with organizational development/structure which includes position management as well as the design and classification of position description. 6. Demonstrated knowledge of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Delegated Examining Authority processes and procedures. 7. The extent to which the offeror?s Technical Plan effectively demonstrates the offeror?s clear understanding of and ability to perform the requirements of this solicitation. (ii) Past Performance The Government will evaluate the offeror?s past performance on similar efforts. Contractor shall provide all information necessary for the Government to contact previous customers including POC?s name, phone number, email, Government contract number if applicable, dates of performance, and synopsis of work performed. Offerors without past performance information will be evaluated with a neutral rating. (iii) Price The non-price evaluation factors (Relative Capability and Past Performance) are significantly more important than price. However, in making the Government?s best value decision, the importance of price as a factor will increase with the degree of equality in the non-price factor of offeror?s solicitation responses. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer?s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (Jun 2003) Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items and DFARS 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (Nov 1995) with their offer. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL CLOSE AT 4:00 PM EST TIME ON 11 MAY 2004. AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF A SIGNED PROPOSAL SUBMITTED VIA E-MAIL IS REQUIRED. ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO CONTRACTS@EFV.USMC.MIL BY THE DATE AND TIME LISTED ABOVE FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS. Point of Contact is Jenny Rieck who can be reached at the above email address. All questions on this combined solicitation/synopsis shall be submitted in writing to the POC via email. CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT 52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Apr 2004) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: 52.233-3, Protest after Award (Aug 1996)(31 U.S.C 3553). (b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: _X__ 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003)(E.O. 11755). _X__ 52.222-19, Child Labor?Cooperation with Authoriti
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- Address: Arlington, Virginia
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