SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Telephone Background Screenings for Administrative Law Judges
- Notice Date
- 12/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 561611
— Investigation Services
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1st Floor, Rear Entrance, 7111 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21244
- ZIP Code
- 21244
- Solicitation Number
- SSA-RFQ-10-1120
- Point of Contact
- Joeie E. Tracht, Phone: 4109659862, Daniel Walker, Phone: 410-965-4188
- E-Mail Address
-
joeie.tracht@ssa.gov, daniel.walker@ssa.gov
(joeie.tracht@ssa.gov, daniel.walker@ssa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to issue an unrestricted solicitation to obtain the services of one experienced company to perform telephone background screenings on potential candidates that could serve as Administrative Law Judges for the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR). The contractor shall provide staff experienced in conducting background screening of mid- to senior level attorneys (comparable to 6 th year associates and above, partners, judges, general counsel, associate general counsel positions, U.S. Attorneys, etc.) Only experience U.S. based telephone interviewers (including Alaska and Hawaii) who speak English clearly may be used. Individuals who are bilingual and speak both English and Spanish clearly shall be used for Spanish-speaking individuals. SSA anticipates that the percentage of calls made to Spanish-speaking individuals will not exceed 5% of the total calls. BACKGROUND: The Social Security Administration employs Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) to adjudicate claims under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. These ALJs are assigned to one of SSA's components, the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR), and ODAR is tasked with selecting ALJs pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). The agency that is charged with testing and rating ALJ candidates is the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). When SSA has a need for ALJs, ODAR requests a Certificate of Eligibles (certificate) from OPM for locations where ALJ vacancies exist. OPM provides a number of candidates for each of these locations, and ODAR conducts extensive interviews to determine the suitability of each candidate for employment as an ALJ. In the past, ODAR also conducted background checks of the candidates. The agency has determined that the ALJ candidate background screenings should be performed by private contractors in order to make the screening more extensive than the background checks performed by ODAR in the past. SSA anticipates the award of one Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contracts, with provisions for the issuance of Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) task orders as needed. The IDIQ period of performance will be for a 12 month base period, with four 12 month option periods. SSA's estimated date for release of the solicitation is on/about December 10 th, 2009, of which quotes will be due approximately 14 days from the date of release. Any amendments or other information relative to the solicitation will be posted to this website ( www.fedbizopps.gov ). As such, interested sources are encouraged to register to receive notification. Hard copies of the solicitation and any related information will not be provided. All questions must be submitted via e-mail to joeie.tracht@ssa.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/SSA/DCFIAM/OAG/SSA-RFQ-10-1120/listing.html)
- Record
- SN02018127-W 20091209/091207234626-f2d531aa60973973f2e2c768894299b3 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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