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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 11, 2005 FBO #1323
SPECIAL NOTICE

R -- Support of Human Resources Career Development and Assignments Division

Notice Date

7/9/2005
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

921190 — Other General Government Support
 

Contracting Office

Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115 Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA, 22219
 

ZIP Code

22219
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-S-AQMPD-05-HRCDA
 

Response Due

8/10/2005
 

Description

Contracting Office Address Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115 Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA, 22219 Description This public announcement is being issued as required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 (Revised), dated May 29, 2003. The U.S. Department of State (DoS) announces its intent to conduct an A-76 competition to determine whether the work described below in support of the Human Resources Career Development & Assignments Division (HR CDA) will be performed by the Federal Government or by a private source. The duration of competition will be 18 months (if needed), with a performance announcement expected on or about 15 March 2006. DoS/HR CDA consists of two units, the Assignment Officer Unit and the Assignment Technician Unit, composed of 17 full time equivalents. DoS/HR CDA intends to conduct this acquisition using the Standard Competition Procedures as provided in the OMB Circular A-76. Further, the intent is to make one award to a single service provider who would be responsible for providing all of the technical and business services under study. HR CDA does not intend to make separate awards for each business and technical service under study. In general, the selected business and technical services under study and type of work to be performed under each service area include the following: Assignment Officer Unit: Assignment Officers (AOs) have Bureaus as their ?clients,? representing all regional and functions Bureaus in the assignments process. AOs present the Bureau views at assignment panels. They counsel and advise Bureaus on HR/CDA policies and procedures throughout the bidding cycle, bring bureau candidates to panel, ensure all eBid entries are accurate, recruit for hard-to-fill positions, and negotiate timing and training schedules during the summer transfer season. The unit also prepares the Bidding Tool, the bid audit program in eBid (formerly ?bid count cable?), and oversees the hard-to-fill exercise and the service-need-differential and out-year-world-language programs. Assignment Technician Unit: Assignment Technicians issue post assignment travel authorizations (formerly TMFOURS) for employees transferring from one assignment to another, for appointment, separation and home leave/round trip travel, and advance and separate maintenance travel for eligible family members. They provide advice related to shipment allowances and access to storage as outlined in the travel orders. Technicians process reassignment personnel actions upon receipt of the arrival notification as well as certain other types of personnel actions. Upon receipt of a Residence and Dependence Report (OF-126), technicians approve and enter into the system changes in eligible family member status, as well as changes in home leave, legal residence, and service separation addresses. They prepare requests for passport services (DS-1640) to enable transiting employees and eligible family members to obtain diplomatic passports and visas. Technicians are not responsible for Personnel Actions related to appointments, promotions, within-grade increases (unless the due date is wrong), awards, benefits, or retirement actions, or for corrections in the payroll system that are not controlled by the employee?s location. They also cannot locate or track shipments. However, technicians can tell you whom to contact for these services. Clients are currently divided alphabetically regardless of grade or skill code. Approximately 17 full-time equivalents are currently performing these selected activities (9 civil servants and 8 foreign service personnel). The U.S. Department of State office of Human Resources Career Development & Assignments Assignment Division is currently operated out of Washington, D.C. The Competitive Sourcing Official (CSO) for the Agency is Frank Coulter, Assistant Secretary for Administration (Acting). The Agency Tender Official (ATO) is Maurice Parker, HR CDA Director; and the Contracting Officer (CO) is James S. (Steve) Rogers. Potential offers are encouraged to monitor this web site for additional information regarding this procurement. All questions concerning this matter shall be submitted in writing to Mr. Rogers, Contracting Officer, at rogersjs@state.gov. Point of Contact Name: James S. (Steve) Rogers Title: Contracting Officer Phone: 703-875-7320 Fax: 703-875-6006 Email: rogersjs@state.gov All inquiries must go through Steve Rogers, Contracting Officer (703) 875-7320, Fax (703) 875-6006, email rogersjs@state.gov or Ann Truitt, Division Chief, Phone (703) 875-6040, Fax (703) 875-6085, email truittah@state.gov
 

Place of Performance

Address: U.S. Department of State, Washington DC

Zip Code: 20522

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00844119-W 20050711/050709211554 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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