SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- USPSC - Safety and Security Coordinator - DCHA-OFDA-05-1594
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 921190
— Other General Government Support
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., USAID/Washington, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room 7.10-006, Washington, DC, 20523
- ZIP Code
- 20523
- Solicitation Number
- DCHA-OFDA-05-1594
- Response Due
- 7/13/2005
- Archive Date
- 7/28/2005
- Description
- SOLICITATION NUMBER: DCHA/OFDA-05-1594 ISSUANCE DATE: June 22, 2005 CLOSING DATE: July 13, 2005, 5:00PM EDT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: SUBJECT: Solicitation for Personal Services Contractor (PSC) ? Safety and Security Coordinator The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking applications from qualified U.S. CITIZENS ONLY interested in providing PSC services as described in the attached solicitation. Applicants interested in applying for this position MUST submit the following materials: 1) Completed and hand-signed federal form OF-612 or SF-171 2) Supplemental document specifically addressing the Quality Ranking Factors (QRFs) Applications that are received without a handwritten signature and supplemental QRF document will not be considered for the position. Applicants are responsible for submitting materials that are in accordance with the attached information at the place and time specified. There will be no exceptions. Applicants should retain for their records copies of all enclosures which accompany their applications. Any questions on this solicitation may be directed to: Mike Jones or Stephanie Paul Telephone Number: (202) 661-9366 or 202-661-9369 E-Mail Address: ssc@globalcorps.com Website: www.globalcorps.com Facs?mile: 240-465-0244 All applications should be submitted to: GlobalCorps 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20004 E-Mail Address: ssc@globalcorps.com Facs?mile: 240-465-0244 Sincerely, M. E. Yearwood Contracting Officer 1. SOLICITATION NUMBER:DCHA-OFDA-05-1594 2. ISSUANCE DATE: June 22, 2005 3. CLOSING DATE/TIME: July 13, 2005, 5:00 p.m. EDT 4. POSITION TITLE: Safety and Security Coordinator 5. MARKET VALUE: GS-13 ($74,782 - $97,213 per year) 6. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 2 years, renewable up to 5 years 7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Washington, D.C. 8. SECURITY ACCESS: Secret 9. AREA OF CONSIDERATION: Open to all U.S. Citizens POSITION DESCRIPTION Background The Disaster Resources Unit (DRU), within the Field Support Team (FST) at the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), was created to assist with the transition of OFDA to rapid-response activities during a disaster. In addition, the DRU manages OFDA?s dissemination of public donations information, OFDA?s role in the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination and International Search and Rescue systems, and staff safety and security. Introduction OFDA is the office within USAID that is responsible for providing non-food humanitarian assistance in response to international crises and disasters. OFDA is part of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA). OFDA is organized into three divisions, under the management of the Office of the Director. The Disaster Response and Mitigation (DRM) Division is responsible for coordinating with other organizations for the provision of relief supplies and humanitarian assistance. DRM also devises, coordinates, and implements program strategies for a variety of natural and human caused disaster situations. DRM hires sector specialists to provide technical expertise in assessing the quality of disaster response. The Program Support (PS) Division provides programmatic and administrative support including budget/financial services, procurement planning, contracts and grants administration, and communication support for OFDA?s Washington and field offices. The Operations (OPS) Division develops and manages logistical, operational, and technical support for disaster responses and administrative support to all offices and operations. OPS maintains readiness to respond to emergencies through several mechanisms, including managing Search and Rescue (SAR) Teams, Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs), and Washington-based Response Management Teams (RMTs), to ensure OFDA?s capacity to execute and coordinate United States Government (USG) humanitarian assistance and response to natural disasters and complex emergencies. The Operations Division (OPS) consists of three teams; the Operations Support Team (OST), the Overseas Administration Team (OAT), and the Field Support Team (FST). The OST provides technical guidance and expertise in Disaster Logistics, Search and Rescue (SAR), Operations Center Management, Military Liaison, Consequence Management, overseas support to OFDA offices and personnel and other sectors necessary to assure OFDA's capacity to execute and coordinate USG humanitarian assistance and response to natural disasters and complex emergencies. The OAT provides administrative services to OFDA?s field offices. The OAT also manages the Response Alternatives for Technical Services (RATS) program, which provides rapid, surge capacity staffing. The FST coordinates surge capacity staffing mechanisms and staff safety and security initiatives, manages an inter-agency agreement with the US Forest Service for surge capacity staffing and OFDA response system design, maintains and trains on disaster response systems such as the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and the Response Management Team (RMT), coordinates with other agencies in the USG and with some elements of the United Nations (UN), and coordinates the Public Donations Information and Outreach project. OBJECTIVE The OFDA Safety and Security Coordinator will have primary responsibility for coordination of all safety and security-related activities of OFDA. STATEMENT OF WORK/DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Continuously monitor security situations in countries and regions to which OFDA has, or may have, staff. Provide general and country-specific security guidance to OFDA Senior Management and to individual OFDA staff as needed. Coordinate periodic updates to OFDA?s security guidelines, plans, and templates. Work with OFDA?s Training Unit to develop and periodically update security curriculum as needed, and identify third-party security training to recommend for OFDA staff. Maintain a cadre of qualified personnel able to deploy as OFDA Safety and Security Officers. Work with the non-governmental organization (NGO) community and OFDA/DRM to investigate and undertake initiatives to increase NGO capacity to improve their overall security management. Support NGO and UN community efforts to pursue the development of a security incident reporting system for the humanitarian community, or the enhancement of such a system to the extent it already exists. Recommend incorporation of associated technology into existing procedures and systems, such as geo-referenced data, GIS, and GPS applications for security functions in the field. Coordinate and track the activities of other OFDA staff that relate to security. Arrange critical-incident stress debriefings for OFDA staff as required, working with appropriate USAID offices. Serve as Liaison to other USAID, USG, UN, and NGO offices on the issue of staff safety and security, in particular USAID?s Office of Security. This includes participation in inter-agency security working groups as needed. Forming relationships with other relevant organizations such as the European Community?s Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), United Nations Security Coordinator (UNSECOORD), Department of Defense (DOD), etc, in order to coordinate security standards and good practices, will be a key component of this position. Serve on OFDA Response Management Teams (RMT) and Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) as Safety and Security Officer, as needed. Assist DART Safety and Security Officers with development of deployment-specific Security Plans. Represent the OFDA Director on safety and security matters. SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIP: The DRU Safety and Security Coordinator will report directly to the DRU Unit Leader. He or she will coordinate all activities closely with USAID/SEC (Office of Security), in order to ensure consistency with overall USAID security objectives and the sharing of information between OFDA and SEC. SUPERVISORY CONTROLS: The incumbent is expected to take initiative, act independently, and perform with minimal direction in responding to humanitarian emergencies as part of a high tempo office environment. The supervisor will set overall objectives. The Safety and Security Coordinator will work with the supervisor to develop deadlines, projects, and work to be done. BASIC REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTIVE FACTORS: (Determines basic eligibility for the position. Candidates who do not meet all of the basic qualifications and selective factors are considered NOT qualified for the position.) Bachelor?s degree. Eight years of work experience in international humanitarian assistance or development, including: o At least five years in a developing country or conflict / post conflict area with ?on-the-ground? field experience in needs assessment, analysis, emergency relief program operations, and post-emergency rehabilitation aid; o At least three years with the UN or NGO community; o At least one year as a Safety and Security Specialist. Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and the Internet. U.S. Citizenship. Ability to obtain a Secret-level security clearance. QUALITY RANKING FACTORS: (Used with interview performance and reference check results to determine the ranking of qualified candidates in comparison to other applicants. The factors are listed in order of importance from highest to least.) QRF No. 1 Demonstrated knowledge of the safety and security sector as it relates to the humanitarian assistance community, culture, and objectives. Knowledge of the various safety and security approaches taken by humanitarian organizations, including the USG, military, UN, and NGO communities - especially how they differ. Sensitivity to the associated technical and political issues and the ability to explain them to stakeholders who may be unfamiliar with alternate security approaches; QRF No. 2 International work experience in an insecure area; QRF No. 3 Experience with safety and security training and with security assessments; QRF No. 4 Ability to interact with the myriad of actors involved with safety and security, both within the USG and humanitarian partners. Experience developing or improving managerial systems and procedures. Experience advocating for policy revisions and improvements. The ability to anticipate and communicate problems. Excellent organizational and consensus-building skills; QRF No. 5 Experience with the US Government as a donor organization, either while serving as a contractor or grantee of the US Government, or while serving as a Cognizant Technical Officer (CTO) for the US Government. BASIS OF RATING: Applicants who meet the Basic Requirements and Selective Factors will be further evaluated based on the Quality Ranking Factors (QRFs), interview performance, and satisfactory academic and professional reference checks. Applicants are required to address each of the QRFs on a separate sheet describing specifically and accurately what experience, training, education and/or awards you have received that are relevant to each factor. Be sure to include your name, social security number and the announcement number at the top of each additional page. Failure to address the selective and/or quality ranking factors may result in your not receiving credit for all of your pertinent experience, education, training and/or awards. The Applicant Rating System is as Follows: QRFs have been assigned the following points: QRF No. 1 ? 15 points QRF No. 2 ? 10 points QRF No. 3 ? 10 points QRF No. 4 ? 8 points QRF No. 5 ? 7 points Interview Performance ? 30 points Satisfactory Academic and Professional Reference Checks ? 20 points Total Possible Points: 100 WHERE AND HOW TO APPLY: Qualified individuals are required to submit: 1. A U.S. Government Standard Form 171 or Optional Form 612 (available at the USAID website, http://www.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/forms or internet http://fillform.gsa.gov or at Federal offices) or www.globalcorps.com. 2. Supplemental document specifically addressing each Quality Ranking Factor (QRF). To ensure consideration of applications for the intended position, please reference the solicitation number on your application, and as the subject line in any cover letter. Via mail: GlobalCorps, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20004 Via facs?mile: 240-465-0244 Via email: ssc@globalcorps.com The most qualified candidates may be interviewed and required to provide a writing sample. It is also possible that reference checks may be conducted on those candidates selected for an interview. OFDA will not pay for any expenses associated with the interviews. NOTE: If a temporary secret security clearance and State Department Medical Clearance (if required) are not obtained within nine months, the offer may be rescinded. LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS FOR PSCs Forms outlined below can found at: http://www.usaid.gov/forms/ or at http://www.forms.gov/bgfPortal/citizen.portal 1. Optional Form 612 or Standard Form 171. 2. Contractor Physical Examination (AID Form 1420-62). ** 3. Questionnaire for Sensitive Positions (for National Security) (SF-86), or ** 4. Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF-85). ** 5. Finger Print Card (FD-258). ** * Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians Foreign Areas). ** Forms 2 through 5 shall be completed ONLY upon the advice of the Contracting Officer that an applicant is the successful candidate for the job. CONTRACT INFORMATION BULLETINS (CIBs) and ACQUISITION & ASSISTANCE POLICY DIRECTIVES (AAPDs) PERTAINING TO PSCs CIBs and AAPDs contain changes to USAID policy and General Provisions in USAID regulations and contracts. Please refer to http://www.usaid.gov/business/business_opportunities/cib/subject.html#psc to determine which CIBs and AAPDs apply to this contract. BENEFITS/ALLOWANCES: As a matter of policy, and as appropriate, a PSC is normally authorized the following benefits and allowances: BENEFITS: Employer's FICA Contribution Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance Pay Comparability Adjustment Annual Increase Eligibility for Worker's Compensation Annual & Sick Leave Eligibility for 401(k) ALLOWANCES (if Applicable).* (A) Temporary Lodging Allowance (Section 120). (B) Living Quarters Allowance (Section 130). (C) Post Allowance (Section 220). (D) Supplemental Post Allowance (Section 230). (E) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260). (F) Education Allowance (Section 270). (G) Education Travel (Section 280). (H) Post Differential (Chapter 500). (I) Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure (Section 600), and (J) Danger Pay (Section 650). * Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians Foreign Areas). FEDERAL TAXES: USPSCs are not exempt from payment of Federal Income taxes. ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, COLOR, SEX, CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, LAWFUL POLITICAL AFFILIATION, NON-DISQUALIFYING HANDICAP, MARITAL STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AFFILIATION WITH AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER NON-MERIT FACTOR.
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- Address: Washington, D.C.
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