SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Support services for Marines coping with work, to include war and family stress
- Notice Date
- 3/7/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 621330
— Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps RCO - National Capital Region, 2010 Henderson Road, Quantico, Virginia, 22134-5045, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22134-5045
- Solicitation Number
- M0008413SU00024
- Point of Contact
- Josephine a Smith, Phone: 703.784.3591
- E-Mail Address
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josephine.smith@usmc.mil
(josephine.smith@usmc.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Regional Contracting Office, National Capital Region, Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA currently has a requirement for professional, administrative, and management support services for Marines coping with work, to include war and family stress. This service will be used with Marines and their family members. This is a potential Purchase Order, firm-fixed price award. This requirement will be awarded on an unrestricted basis: using NAICS code 621330/$7.0 MIL size standard. All interested parties must be registered in the System Award Management (www.sam.gov). It is the responsibility of the interested parties to independently review the referenced web link (www.fbo.gov) frequently for updates to any and all documents. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their copy of the RFQ and amendments, if any. Objectives: T o support the mission of prevention of domestic and child abuse, the USMC Family Advocacy Program (FAP) needs to provide prevention and Education Specialist with the education and training to conduct effective, evidence-based, stress management classes for Marines and their family members. The USMC FAP requires evidence-based protocols taught by master trainers to provide skill-development and training for USMC FAP staff in coping with work and family stress and follow-up consultation to ensure fidelity of the treatment protocol. The objective is to provide the training and associated curriculum manuals to USMC. The materials will conform to HQMC FAP Prevention and Education initiatives and under the review of the HQ Prevention and Education Program Manager. STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW): 1.0 BACKGROUND The Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (DC, M&RA) established a Marine and Family Programs Division which in turn established requirements for a Marine Corps (MC) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) staff and resources necessary to maintain a robust program. The MC FAP section provides general oversight/guidance and develops and recommends plans and policy for the MC FAP. The MC FAP represents to federal and Congressional Representatives and coordinates the MC FAP with major commands, other Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps agencies and higher headquarters. The MC FAP serves as the focal point for coordinating policy on the development and implementation of all FAP treatment protocols within the Marine Corps, to include development of plans and curriculum for the Family Advocacy Staff. The Family Advocacy Program Manager (FAPM) is responsible for providing direct support leadership in the implementation and support of the Marine Corps Family Advocacy Program (MC FAP). The FAPM is the installation level subject matter expert on child and domestic abuse who coordinates or provides the training to MC FAP staff, the prevention and education activities to eligible beneficiaries, and the assessment and treatment to identified at risk beneficiaries and promulgates resource materials necessary to fulfill unit program and training requirements. The FAPM assists with program implementation efforts to include liaison with HQMC MC FAP staff, policy, reporting procedures, training, event coordination, resources, and other tasks as appropriate. The MC FAP installation prevention and education staff requires training to ensure proper use of evidence based prevention and education curricula to aid in the prevention and treatment of child and domestic abuse. HQMC MC FAP requires that the prevention and education curricula available to MC FAP staff be based on empirical research as effective and appropriate for use with Marines and their family members. 2.0 Objectives: To support the mission of prevention of domestic and child abuse, the USMC FAP needs to provide Prevention and Education Specialists with the education and training to conduct effective, evidence-based, stress management classes for Marines and their family members. The USMC FAP requires evidence-based protocols are taught by master trainers to provide skill development and training for USMC FAP staff in curriculum and follow-up consultation to ensure fidelity of the treatment protocol. The objective is to provide the training and associated curriculum manuals to USMC. The materials will conform to HQMC FAP Prevention and Education initiatives and under the review of the HQ Prevention and Education Program Manager. CLIN Description Quantity 0001 3 Day Intensive Training 1 0002 Trainer Travel 2 0003 Curriculum Sets 30 0004 Phone Consultation Calls 8 3.0 Scope. The Contractor shall provide training on the proper use and protocol on how to deal with Work and Family Stress. The training will consist of three days of face-to-face training. 4.0 Tasks/Performance Requirements Summary: Contractor shall provide training for up to 26 Prevention and Education Specialists and the HQMC Prevention and Education Program Manager. The training will occur no later than April 2013 for 3 days and will be provided in a face-to-face format. Contractor shall provide 2 trainers to train MC FAP Prevention and Education Specialists per curriculum guidelines. All materials for the training listed above will be delivered during the training session to the Prevention and Education Specialists. All presentation material will be complete prior to the training. Certificates of completion will be given to each Prevention and Education Specialist who successfully meets all requirements of the training. Contractor shall ensure that continuing education units/contact hours (CEU's) are approved by a state or nationally recognized board to provide CEU's to the Prevention and Education Specialists and shall ensure that participants who complete the training are provided with a certificate of continuing education. All Prevention and Education Specialists who are not eligible for continuing education units/contact hours (CEUs) will be presented with a certificate of training completion as proof that they are certified trainers of the program curriculum. All certificates will have the number of education hours printed on the front. Contractor shall provide times for the Prevention and Education Specialists to have access to consultation calls with up to 10 Prevention and Education Specialists per call that have completed the training to ensure fidelity to the prevention curriculum. The consultation phone calls will commence the month following training. The calls will take place twice monthly for four consecutive months for a total of 8 calls for the group of installation Prevention & Education Specialists. Consultation calls date and time to be determined. Government Project Officer shall coordinate with Contractor dates and times of consultation calls. After each consultation call, Contractor shall provide call attendance roster and call notes to include but not limited to questions and answers, concerns, and issues to HQMC Prevention & Education Program Manager. The Contractor shall provide all necessary assessment tools as part of the curriculum package. These tools may be modified, as appropriate for the USMC, to be sensitive to language and culture and to measure progress of USMC families undergoing training curriculum and any other identified objectives. The Contractor agrees that the USMC has the right to reproduce "Handouts" in the curriculum to give to Marine and family member participants. The curriculum sets must be printed on high quality paper or card stock that remains durable during copying. The curriculum sets must legible. All pictures in the curriculum sets must clear, discernable, and in color (where appropriate). The Contractor shall provide certified trainers for the curriculum using standard facilitator training guidelines. Training will include components which focus on the specific curriculum materials that are being purchased by the USMC for the Prevention and Education Specialists. Contractor/Trainer shall provide all materials necessary for the session trainings and training certificates. 5.0 Deliverables: A copy of the materials provided to the participants at the training will be provided to USMC HQ representative at the training site or sent to USMC HQ immediately following the training if a HQ representative is not present at the training. A post-award planning meeting shall be held via phone or internet conferencing within one week of the date of award to clarify project goals, outcomes, and responsibilities. The post award meeting shall include the Contractor's designated Project Manager and Subject matter Expert(s) who will be assigned to the project. 6.0 Government Furnished Property: A conference setting appropriate to training with projector and audio equipment will be supplied by the USMC to the trainer for their use during the duration of the curriculum training as well as appropriate educational backgrounds of Prevention and Education Specialists. 7.0 Place of Performance: Training will take place at USMC installation Camp Lejeune. 8.0 Period of Performance: Training shall be completed no later than April 2013. Specific training dates will be coordinated with the Government Project Officer. The trainers shall comply with all local base access requirements. 9.0 Travel: Travel to the scheduled training location, unless otherwise approved by the COR, is inclusive of the contract award and shall not be separately reimbursed the Contractor. Travel will be on a cost-reimbursable basis using the guidelines in the Federal Travel Regulation. Reimbursement of travel costs will be subject to costs being determined by the Government as allowable and reasonable. For expenditures of $75.00 or more, the Contractor shall provide receipts to the Government Project Officer. No profit or fee will be paid on Travel. Before performing travel, the Contractor shall obtain written pre-approval from the Government Project Officer. This acquisition will utilize Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures in accordance with FAR 15.101-2. Technical tradeoff will not be made and no additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability. Award will be made to the acceptable offeror with the lowest evaluated price, which is deemed responsible in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and whose quote conforms to the solicitation requirements. The solicitation requirements include all stated terms, conditions, representation and certifications, and other information required by this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if determined necessary by the Contracting Officer. The Government may reject any quote that is evaluated to be unrealistic in terms of requirements, contract terms and conditions, or an unrealistically high or low price when compared to Government estimates, such that the quote is deemed to reflect an inherent lack of competence or failure to comprehend the complexity and risk of the program. Technical acceptability will be evaluated on all quotes. Only those quotes determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for award. Then, price will be evaluated and the quotes will be listed from lowest to highest price based on the total evaluated price and technical acceptability. Award will be made to the lowest evaluated priced quote meeting the acceptability standards for the non-priced factors. TECHNICAL EVALUATION STANDARD: The contractor shall address the following two factors: 1. Factor 1 - Technical Acceptability - Offeror shall clearly demonstrate its approach to technical ability to meet the requirements of CLIN/Line Items based on meeting the requirements of the Request for Quote, quantity, quality and timeliness of delivery. 2. Factor 2 - Price - The offeror shall complete CLIN pricing on page one (1) of this solicitation. In addition to the completed CLIN pricing on page one (1), the offeror shall provide sufficient price information to allow the contracting officer to determine the completeness and reasonableness of the offerors prices. DISCUSSIONS: If during the evaluation period it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government to hold discussions, Offeror responses to clarifications/discussion notices will be considered in making the source selection decision. AWARD DECISION: The award decisions will be made as follows: (1) Step One - Determine Technical Acceptability. The technical evaluation, Factor 1, stated above, will assess the offerors capability to satisfy the Government's requirement. The Government will evaluate all technical capability quotes received by the required date/time. The Technical Capability factor will receive a rating of acceptable and unacceptable. If any factor is rated "unacceptable", the entire quote is rendered technically unacceptable, and the quote will be removed from the competitive range. Only quotes deemed technically acceptable (either initially or as the result of discussions) will be considered for award. The ratings are defined in the following table. Rating Description Acceptable Quote clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Only those quotes determined acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussion will be considered for award. Once deemed acceptable, all technical quotes are considered to be equal. Unacceptable Quote does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Quotes with an unacceptable rating will not be considered for award. Table A-1 (2) Step Two - Evaluate Price. The offeror's Price quote will be evaluated, for award purposes, based upon the total price proposed as annotated under Factor 3 - Price. (3) Step Three - Award Decision. Award will be made the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror, subject to a positive responsibility determination in accordance with FAR Part 9 and conformance of the offeror's quote to the terms and conditions of the solicitation. DISCLAIMER: This is a request for the submission of a quote and does not constitute a contract or authorization to begin work. Nor does an offeror's submission of a quote constitute a contract or authorize the individual or company to being work. Evaluation Criteria: 1. Offeror shall provide evidence of their award/citation status by the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 2. Offeror shall provide evidence that they are listed on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices. 3. Offeor shall submit at least two comparative, quantitative, and experimental studies. 4. Offeror shall provide proof of follow up evaluation data at least 6 months after intervention use. 5. Offeror shall provide proven results that demonstrate increases in behavioral coping skills and use of social support coping. 6. Offeror shall provide proven results that demonstrate reductions in avoidance coping, social withdrawal, depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints. 7. Offeror shall include use/access to empirically supported, well-developed fidelity and outcome measures to support quality assurance. 8. Offeror shall provide fidelity and outcome measures must demonstrate acceptable internal consistency and construct and convergent validity. 9. Offeror shall provide target research population should include both men and women in various occupational groups and of diverse ages and ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds. 10. Offeror shall provide proof associated research findings must have been published in a scientific journal. 11. Offeror must have been implemented across the United States. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition and can be viewed at https://www.acquisition.gov/far 52.204-7 CCR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Complete and return with offer unless registered electronically in SAM at http://www.sam.gov/.) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (The following numbered items apply: 5, 39) 52.252-1 Clauses Incorporated by Reference 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (The following numbered items apply: 23). 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors U3 DD 250 Receiving Report Submission Through Wide Area Workflow - Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) ** Special Invoicing Instructions: Wide Area Work Flow - Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) ** WAWF-RA is the only method authorized by the United States Marine Corps to electronically process payment requests. Compliance with WAWF-RA is mandatory. Include in each offer a statement acknowledging that you are WAWF-RA compliant. In order to get registered with WAWF-RA, visit https://wawf.eb.mil/. In order to WAWF-RA you must designate an Electronic Business Point of Contact (EB-POC) to serve as the group administrator within you company. 52.212-3
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Trainiing will take place at USMC Installation Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, 28547, United States
- Zip Code: 28547
- Zip Code: 28547
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