SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Program & Policy Analyst - Form
- Notice Date
- 11/23/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, INL RM MS, 2430 E Street, N.W., South Building, SA-4 Navy Hill, Washington, District of Columbia, 20520
- ZIP Code
- 20520
- Solicitation Number
- PSC-10-007-INL
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2009
- Point of Contact
- Margaret A. Dickson, Fax: 202-776-8686
- E-Mail Address
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dicksonma@state.gov
(dicksonma@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Form OF-612 This form must be completed, signed, and submitted for your application to be considered completed. It must be accompanied by three written references with contact information. You have received this "Personal Services Contractor (PSC)" solicitation through the Department of State (DOS) Internet site. If you have any questions regarding this PSC, you may contact the DOS Official named in the cover letter of this solicitation. The Department is not responsible for any data/text that may not be received when retrieving this document electronically. If the recipient does not notify the contact person that they have obtained this document then any amendments to the document may not be available to the recipients. Amendments to solicitation documents generally contain information critical to the submission of an application. Program & Policy Analyst, Washington DC ISSUANCE DATE: 11/23/2009 CLOSING DATE: 11/30/2009 SOLICITATION NUMBER: PSC-10-007-INL Gentlemen/Ladies: SUBJECT: Solicitation for Personal Services Contractor (PSC), Department of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. The United States Government, represented by the Department of State, is seeking proposals (OF 612’s) from U.S. citizens interested in providing the PSC services described in the attached. Submissions shall be in accordance with the attached information at the place and time specified. Any questions may be directed to Margaret A. Dickson, INL/RM/MS, DOS, who may be reached at FAX No. (202) 776-8686 OR E-Mail at dicksonma@state.gov. If mailed, applications should be sent via Fed Ex or DHL, facsimile, OR E-Mail. The use of US Mail is not recommended and may NOT be received in time prior to the closing date of this announcement. All applications shall be submitted by email OR Fax OR courier to: Margaret A. Dickson US Department of State 2430 E. Street, NW INL/RM/RM, Navy Hill South, Room 104 Washington, D.C. 20037 Late applications shall not be accepted, unless there was a mishandling once received in DOS. Along with the OF 612, applicants shall provide a resume and three written references including contact information. Applicants are also requested to provide their full mailing address (fax, telephone and/or e-mail where applicable). Applicants should retain for their records copies of all enclosures that accompany their proposals. Please reference the number of this solicitation when sending your application. There is one position that will be filled from this solicitation. 1. SOLICITATION NUMBER: PSC-10-007-INL 2. ISSUANCE DATE: 11/23/2009 3. CLOSING DATE/TIME SPECIFIED: 11/30/2009 FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 16:00 PM ET 4. POSITION TITLE: Program & Policy Analyst 5. MARKET VALUE: GS-14 6. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: One year from the date of award, extendable as required 7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Washington DC 8. JOB DESCRIPTION: See below US Personal Services Contract US Department of State Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Background This position is located in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of the Comptroller/Executive Director (INL/RM). The Bureau has overall responsibility for the development, supervision and implementation of international narcotics control assistance activities and on international criminal justice issues for the Department of State. The incumbent(s) of this position will perform duties in both domestic and foreign assignments, as needed, to supplement existing staff during times of heavy workload, when staff shortages occur, or when expertise is required for specific projects. Purpose The incumbent(s) of this position will serve as a Senior Program and Policy Analyst, and will be assigned by the Executive Director to substitute for and/or assist senior staff, including Office Directors and other senior policy analysts within the Bureau on a temporary basis, managing the day-to-day work and/or special projects encompassing the full range of programs for which the Bureau has overall responsibility. The incumbent will independently conduct cross-organizational and cross-sectoral reviews of programs to provide operating or management officials with the evaluative material they need for effective direction of U.S. narcotics control and anticrime programs overseas. The incumbent will have responsibility for the high profile, most complex transnational issues. Supervisory Controls As a recognized authority in the analysis and evaluation of programs and issues, the employee is subject only to administrative and policy direction concerning overall project priorities and objectives from the Executive Director/Controller, as well as the Assistant Secretary and DASs, when appropriate. The employee is typically delegated complete responsibility and authority to plan, schedule, and carry out major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of programs or organizational effectiveness. Analyses, evaluations, and recommendations developed by the employee are normally reviewed by management officials only for potential influence on broad agency policy objectives and program goals. Findings and recommendations are normally accepted without significant change. Personal Contacts and Purpose of Contacts Contacts are with persons outside the agency which may include consultants, contractors, or business executives in a moderately unstructured setting. Contacts may also include the head of the employing agency or program officials several managerial levels removed from the employee when such contacts occur on an ad-hoc basis. The purpose of contacts is to influence managers or other officials to accept and implement findings and recommendations on organizational improvement or program effectiveness. May encounter resistance due to such issues as organizational conflict, competing objectives, or resource problems. Statement of Work Analyzes administrative processes and/or agency programs for the Executive Director, with particular emphasis on management and implementation of an effective program in meeting Foreign Service human resources goals and objectives for the Bureau and its worldwide NAS operations. Identifies problem areas and/or opportunities for improvement and provides fully-staffed recommendations to management, including the Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretaries. This encompasses issues such as streamlining processes, assessing the feasibility of automated systems to meeting the Bureau’s HR responsibilities, standardizing operations, or partnering with other organizations on mutual responsibilities, improved management practices or the impact of new or proposed legislation or regulations on HR programs. The incumbent communicates with colleagues, agency management, and other contacts outside the agency to gather and analyze information about these agency processes and programs. Writes contracts, reports, letters and other documents with recommendations for management programs, policies and activities. Performs analytical and evaluative work associated with line and/or program activities. •Program Oversight Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Manages the Foreign Service Assignments process, providing expert advice and guidance to senior Bureau managers on all aspects of Foreign Service position management, recruitment, assignment, and evaluation. Counsels Foreign Service staff on all assignment related questions and provides support and guidance to offers within the Bureau. Coordinates all FS issues with the appropriate offices within the Bureau of Human Resources, e.g., HR/CDA and HR/PE, resolving issues pertaining to FS assignments and performance, and recommends ways to improve or streamline the process. Oversees suggestion and award, quality, and or productivity programs related to these activities. Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Performs work involving the analysis of the economic impact, feasibility, practicality, and effectiveness of existing and/or proposed standards, regulations, programs, and policies. Develops economic impact models, and/or analyzes new or amended legislation. Program analysis studies may include, but are not limited to: development of a counternarcotics and anticrime strategy for U.S. engagement with international organizations; participation in and development of multilateral cooperation among international organizations on counternarcotics and anticrime programs and activities worldwide; coordination of inter-agency groups to define and develop USG objectives, draft and coordinate U.S. resolutions at multilateral meetings. Plans, develops and conducts program analyses of substantial scale regarding extremely complex and diversified subjects which have a significant impact on an international scale, e.g., production processing and transshipment of drugs across international boundaries, the legal aspects of international narcotics control conventions, interrelationships of counternarcotics and anticrime strategies and operations that are realistic. Drafts INL policy papers for Bureau's senior staff to present to wide variety of audiences, e.g. before the Congress, international fora, senior Administration officials, private corporations, which outline the Department's counternarcotics and anticrime policy stance and projected direction as a result of extensive study and analysis of significantly complex issues. Monitors the political and economic environment of country programs and/or region programs in order to make valid assessments of future scope and direction of strategies. Makes recommendations for long or short range plans as a result of such analyses. •Program Development Analyzes new or amended legislation, and develops policy covering programs, activities, or functions for which the agency has responsibility. Serves as a national authority in the analysis of international agreements and the development of national policies that comply with or facilitate those agreements. Coordinates or synthesizes scientific/technical issues with economic considerations which reflect a balance and which meet the policy intent/needs of the program. Makes substantive contributions to the formulation and execution of best utilization of FS personnel resources, providing guidance and assistance to senior managers in this regard. Develops policies and procedures, as needed, and interprets federal and agency HR policies for senior managers. Must prepare, often on short notice, succinct analyses of high profile issues, emphasizing their possible ramifications and recommending realistic options for action. Prepares and contributes to reports and other presentations on program planning and evaluation. Designs and conducts a wide variety of comprehensive studies and detailed analyses of complex functions and processes related to long range planning. Identifies and proposes solutions to management problems which are of major importance to planning program direction. Prepares recommendations which impact the way in which planning is carried out. Working with senior staff of the Bureau, incumbent provides the Assistant Secretary, and other officials, with the broadest possible range of viable alternatives on current and emerging policy issues. •Special Projects Plans and/or accomplishes special projects. Performs a variety of duties related to special projects involving program issues that contain complicating elements. Manages special crosscutting initiatives and task force groups to accomplish programmatic goals. These groups may review specific programs at the organization or develop new initiatives in various program areas. Manages special projects for major office or program issues of broad impact. Conceives and implements new initiatives and projects to strengthen, facilitate, and integrate programs. Undertakes or participates in special projects, ongoing analyses, investigations and initiatives that have high priority for high level management. This may involve producing complex analyses and written reports; organizing special committees, workshops, or other gatherings; initiating program reviews; developing or fostering cross-agency activities. Other Contract Details •Guidelines Guidelines consist of basic administrative policy statements concerning the issue or problem being studied, and may include reference to pertinent legislative history, related court decisions, state and local laws, or policy initiatives of agency management. The employee uses judgment and discretion in determining intent, and in interpreting and revising existing policy and regulatory guidance for use by others within or outside the employing organization. The employee is recognized as an expert in the development and/or interpretation of guidance on program planning and evaluation in a specialized area. •Complexity Plans, organizes, and completes analytical studies involving the substance of key agency programs. Obtains input and assistance from other analysts and subject-matter specialists when required. Serves as team leader, assigns segments of study to various participants, coordinates the efforts of the group, and consolidates findings into a completed project. There is extreme difficulty in identifying the nature of the issues or problems and in planning, organizing, and determining the scope and depth of the study. The nature and scope of issues are largely undefined. Difficulty is also encountered in separating the substantive nature of programs or issues into their components and determining the nature and magnitude of the interactions, and in discerning the intent of legislation and policy statements and determining how to translate the intent into program actions. •Scope and Effect Performs very broad and extensive study assignments related to government programs which are of significant interest to the public and Congress. The programs typically cut across or strongly influence a number of agencies. In many cases, the studies are of major importance to each of several departments and agencies and there may be disagreements about which department or agency has primary responsibility for significant aspects of the function. Studies frequently involve extensive problems of coordination in fact-finding and in reviewing and testing recommendations in interested agencies or with outside groups. Recommendations involve highly significant programs or policy matters and may have an impact on several departments or agencies, and may result in substantial redirection or federal efforts or policy related to major national issues. Results of work are critical to the mission of the agency or affect large numbers of people on a long-term, continuing basis. •Physical Demands The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Incumbent may also be required to perform some travel in connection with specific assignments. Minimum Requirements •U.S. citizen, eligible for a State Department Top Secret security clearance. •Mastery of program and organizational analysis principles, methods, practices and techniques; analytical methods; and interpersonal relations practices and the skill to apply this mastery in developing new methods and approaches in planning, integrating, and evaluating programs for the agency. •Knowledge and skill to advise other specialists in and outside the agency, as well as top managers and decision-makers, on issues of developing, communicating, or enhancing program matters involving interaction with all of the agency's publics, both nationally and internationally. •Skill to plan, organize, and direct team study work and/or to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations where the proposals involve substantial agency resources (financial and/or human resources), require extensive changes in established procedures, or may be in conflict with the desires of the activity studied. •Ability to communicate, both in writing and orally, in performing program specialist work, drafting reports, memoranda, and letters, and interacting with others, at the senior and junior staff levels, both formally and informally, as required. Evaluation Criteria Factor 1 Knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices, laws and regulations associated with the broad areas of organization and management principals, practices and techniques and interpersonal relations practices in order to manage and evaluate programs for the Bureau. Experience would display applicant’s knowledge of the full range of administrative and management policies and procedures applicable to these functions and an understanding of how they apply to specific cases. (20%) Factor 2 Knowledge of and skill to advise other specialists, top managers and decision-makers, on issues of developing, communicating, or enhancing program matters involving interaction with partners and clients to define and manage projects from inception to completion. Experience would display applicant’s knowledge of specific programs for which responsible, and his/her ability to convey such information to others. (20%) Factor 3 Skill to plan, organize, and direct team study work and/or to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations where the proposals involve agency resources (financial and/or human resources), require extensive changes in established procedures, or may result in conflicting views. Experience would display applicant’s ability to manage/evaluate the full-range of program resources and issues where the projects were sufficiently complex to require extensive coordination and management such as requiring interaction with task force groups to accomplish goals. (20%) Factor 4 Ability to write and speak effectively in order to effectively and skillfully negotiate with senior officials, and be adept in presenting positions in written form. Written experience would display applicant’s ability in writing papers and reports that present clear and concise explanations or analyses of the administrative program area, which are not standardized, and which represent information the applicant was required to research and analyze. Oral experience would display applicant’s ability in expressing his/her thoughts or opinions in a logical sequence such as working with others as a member of a work team, briefing groups on agency policy in administrative/management fields, or conveying information about a project to colleagues within the agency. (20%) Factor 5 Offeror's previous experience and quality of performance. (20%) (Evaluator may use all evaluation information available at the time of the evaluation, whether provided by the applicant or obtained from references.) COMPENSATION Compensation for the position will be negotiated as follows: Level of experience will dictate the salary level within the grade range. Entry-level salary will normally be at the first step of the grade range for the position. However, consideration will be given to the successful applicant’s experience that is specifically relevant to the position to be filled. Number of years of relevant experience will determine at what step within the grade range the successful applicant will be compensated. AS A MATTER OF POLICY, A US PSC IS NORMALLY AUTHORIZED THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS: BENEFITS Employee's FICA Contribution Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance Pay Comparability Adjustment Annual Increase Eligibility for Worker's Compensation Annual & Sick Leave CONTRACT INFORMATION BULLETINS (CIBs) PERTAINING TO PSCs 99-09 PSC's Annual Health Insurance Costs, 98-16 Annual Salary Increase for USPSCs, 98-24 Use off Compensatory (Comp) Time by PSCs, 98-25 Defense Base Act (DBA) Coverage and DBA Waiver List, 97-11 1997 FICA & Medicare Tax Rates for Personal Services Contracts, 96-19 US Personal Services Contact (USPSC) - Leave, 94-09 Sunday Pay for US Personal Services Contractors (PSCs), 93-17 Financial Disclosure Requirements Under a Personal Services Contract (PSC).
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- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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