SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Porder Protection Services
- Notice Date
- 4/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Virginia, 22219
- ZIP Code
- 22219
- Solicitation Number
- BP567
- Response Due
- 4/22/2008
- Point of Contact
- Clyde A. Lohere,,
- E-Mail Address
-
lohereca@state.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Background: The Office of Export Control Cooperation, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State (ISN/ECC) oversees the U.S. Government’s Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program. EXBS is designed to stem proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems, and conventional weapons by assisting countries around the world with establishing effective export and border control systems meeting international standards. ISN/ECC requires contractor support with various projects across globe. In addition to EXBS-related services, incidental equipment and supplies are required from time to time. Overview of Requirement: ISN/ECC’s service requirements may be broken-down into four distinct activities: Training and Exchange Support – The backbone of the EXBS program is training provided directly to foreign export control officials. Training is routinely conducted in remote and/or dangerous locations, conducted in the local language, with all course materials provided in the local language. Training is required in all areas of export control, especially in the following fields: Political Commitment – Courses in this field are targeted towards senior policy makers, with the goal of securing a foreign government’s commitment to establishing an effective export control system and the EXBS program. Laws and Regulations – Courses in this field are targeted towards senior and mid-level officials, teaching them how to draft effective export control legislation and create regulations that will successfully implement that legislation. Licensing Procedures and Practices – Courses in this field are targeted towards senior and mid-level officials, teaching them how to establish an effective export control infrastructure that will hamper illicit proliferation of WMD. Enforcement Techniques – This training is targeted towards mid-level and front-line customs and border enforcement personnel, law enforcement personnel, and personnel involved in the judicial process. Once effective laws, regulations, and infrastructure have been established, courses in this field teach how to turn export control theory into practice, with a focus in interdiction of terrorism-related articles. Industry Outreach – This training is designed to foster a close working relationship between government authorities and private industry to ensure compliance with export control laws and regulations. 1.Assessment and Analysis Support – To help determine a given country’s need for assistance under the EXBS program, and to evaluate EXBS’ success within that country, ISN/ECC routinely requires independent assessments of countries’ export control systems. Such assessments focus on a given country’s compliance with international standards in the export control arena, use a standard rating system to ensure that all assessments are uniform and directly comparable, and make recommendations for improving a given country’s export control system. Assessments routinely require travel to remote and/or dangerous locations. 2.Conference Support – To facilitate an open dialogue between countries with developing export control systems and countries with established export control systems, ISN/ECC holds periodic conferences on EXBS-related issues. Conferences are usually held in foreign locations. Required support includes all logistical and subject matter expertise necessary to conduct a successful EXBS-themed conference. Typical duties include arranging for a conference venue, securing lodging for all participants, providing meals to all participants, handling travel arrangements and visa facilitation for all participants (many of whom travel from remote and/or dangerous locations), developing a conference agenda, securing suitable conference presenters and speakers, reporting on conference activities, and evaluating conference success. 3.IT Support – The EXBS program administers several websites and complex systems, such as the TRACKER Automated Licensing System. ISN/ECC requires comprehensive IT support in hosting, maintaining, updating, and developing websites; and with maintaining its complex systems, such as TRACKER. Support includes help desk services for users located across the globe, patches to correct system glitches and provide system updates, training new users in system operation, and establishing and maintaining local networks in remote and/or dangerous locations to facilitate system deployment. Contractor Qualifications: To successfully support ISN/ECC and the EXBS program with its service requirements, potential contractors must possess the following qualifications and experience – Ability to provide in-depth training in all fields discussed above. Ability to provide in-depth assessments and analysis of foreign export control systems, as discussed above. Ability to provide comprehensive conference support as discussed above. Ability to provide all IT services as discussed above. Ability to secure sufficient financing to satisfy multi-million dollar orders (the Government will not/not provide financing nor authorize advance payments). Ability to satisfy several multi-million dollar orders simultaneously. Ability to simultaneously provide all required services at diverse remote and dangerous locations across the globe (where English is not spoken) with minimal reliance upon Government resources (such as the local U.S. embassy). Such locations include Iraq, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Ability to conduct training in a wide array of foreign languages. Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory documentation into a wide array of foreign languages. Expert knowledge of export control, customs enforcement, and border enforcement issues, laws, policies, trends, and techniques. Experience operating in remote and dangerous overseas locations. Experience successfully engaging foreign government officials on a one-on-one basis. Experience securing value added tax (VAT) and customs duties exemptions from foreign governments. “If your company is an 8(a), Small Service Disabled Veteran owned, Small Women owned, or Small Disadvantaged company and has interest in assisting the Department of State’s mission for the above aforementioned requirement, please submit your company’s capability statement to lohereCA@state.gov.
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