SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Training & Technical Assistance for the ANA's Pacific Basin
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 2008ANARegionIV
- Point of Contact
- Kevin R. McGowan,, Phone: 301-443-0708, Marie L. Sunday,, Phone: 301-443-7081
- E-Mail Address
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kevin.mcgowan@psc.gov, MARIE.SUNDAY@PSC.HHS.GOV
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Sources Sought: Pacific Basin The Government is looking for Native American Small Businesses (e.g., small business, 8(a), veteran owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women owned small business) to provide training and technical assistance services to Native American community organizations in Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, and CNMI in the following areas: 1.Training in Project Development in order to the prepare applications for Federal Domestic Assistance 2.Training in administering federal grant projects to include: reporting on project activities and milestones; the federal grant payment and financial reporting processes; and tracking in-kind project contributions; 5.Assessment of ongoing federal grant projects to determine grantee and project progress; 6.Electronic and on-site Technical assistance in the development and implementation of social, economic, and language and cultural preservation community-based projects. Areas of expertise and the type of project support required will include: A)Economic Development 1.Projects to strengthen an organization's capacity to deliver business technical assistance, workshops, and financial literacy programs that create, expand and retain public and private sector community-based businesses. 2.Projects to increase cooperative enterprise development activities and increase technical capacity of youth to establish and operate cooperative businesses through the teaching of financial, management and long-term employment skills. 3.Projects to plan and coordinate emergency response services within the community and with state and local governments to protect against acts of nature and other catastrophic events such as fire, floods and environmental catastrophes. 4.Projects to develop community transportation activities that support the needs of the elderly, the disabled and the local workforce. 5.Projects to develop organizational and management capacity-building activities that enhance community-based program delivery systems and services. 6.Projects to develop and implement community-based activities that increase international tourism and trade activities for Native American products, services, and communities. 7.Projects to develop and enhance subsistence activities that retain or re-establish Native traditional foods and/or by-products of natural resources for local and commercial markets. 8.Projects to develop and/or strengthen the local economy through enhanced commercial trade in areas such as agriculture, aquaculture, lumber, and traditional arts and crafts. B)Social Development 1.Projects to improve the delivery of human services. 2.Projects to develop and implement community volunteer projects. 3.Projects to address problematic periods and goal setting for independent young adults. 4.Projects to reduce child/infant abuse and neglect, and family domestic violence. 5.Projects to strengthen the bond between fathers and children. 6.Projects to develop and implement comprehensive, culturally and socially appropriate projects to help youth practice personal responsibility. 7.Projects to recruit, train, and certify new Native American foster parents or promote appropriate extended family placements or to assist abused, neglected, and abandoned Native American children, youth, and their families. 8.Projects to develop, coordinate, and implement training for Native Americans with disabilities to help them join the workforce, obtain information and technical assistance to apply for disability benefits, gain access to workplace facilities, and receive reasonable accommodations necessary to perform job functions. 9.Projects to develop and implement responsible youth and fatherhood programs. C)Native Language Preservation and Maintenance 1.Projects to collect and compile data, organization and description of current language status through a "formal" method or an "informal" method. 2.Projects to produce culturally-relevant printed stories for children on mental and physical disabilities using the Native language of the community. 3.Projects to establish and/or support a community language project to bring older and younger Native Americans together to facilitate and encourage the teaching of Native American language skills from one generation to another. 4.Projects to establish and/or support training projects to teach Native American languages or to serve as interpreters or translators of Native languages. 5.Projects to develop, print, and/or disseminate materials to be used for the teaching and enhancement of Native American languages. 6.Projects to implement an immersion model, mentor, or incorporate distance learning for the teaching of the Native language. 7.Projects to distribute or broadcast Native languages. 8.Projects to establish and/or support training projects to produce or participate in television, radio or other media forms, to be broadcast in Native American languages. 9.Projects to compile, transcribe, and perform analysis of oral testimony in order to record and preserve the language. 10.Projects to purchase specialized equipment (including audio and video recording equipment, computers, and software) necessary to achieve the project objectives. Delivery of Services: Sources must be able to deliver services without business conflicts of interest using a combination of core staff and consultants. Sources must be able to retain Native American employees and consultants in or around communities as necessary to provide services and to reduce costs to the government. Protocols Sources must have and demonstrate experience in and be cognizant of Native American and community protocols in order to deliver services. Evaluation of Sources: Capability Statements Sources shall be evaluated based on: 1) Small Business status; 2) Native American business and employee preference; 3) Experience with Native American Communities; 4) Experience providing effective training and technical assistance in the areas of social, economic, and language and cultural preservation. 5) Experience providing training in project development and financial management; 6) Experience assessing the on-going progress of community-based projects; 7) Experience evaluating the impact and effectiveness of community-based projects; 8) Experience providing training in the preparation of an application for federal domestic assistance; 9) Experience providing training in the administration of federal grant funded projects; 10) There must be No apparent or actual conflict of business interest between the offerors business dealings and the ANA Grantee Program Interested parties having the capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements may submit a capability statement via E-Mail to Kevin.McGowan@psc.hhs.gov by no later than 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time, on June 27, 2008. CAPABILITY STATEMENTS MUST BE BRIEF AND ADDRESS EACH OF THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ABOVE. Capability Statements must also include the following information: Company Name, Address, and Business Size Status (e.g., small business, 8(a), veteran owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women owned small business), as well as being a Native American owned firm. In the body of the E-Mail response message (separate from the Capability Statement) there must be a point of Contact name, and phone/fax/E-Mail information.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: The Administration of Native Americans (ANA) Region IV, the Pacific Basin, United States
- Record
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