SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- U.S. Department of State Federal Asset Forfeiture Program - Position Descriptions
- Notice Date
- 4/28/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561611
— Investigation Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- SAQMMA14SS0004
- Archive Date
- 5/23/2014
- Point of Contact
- Vincent J Sanchez, Phone: 703-875-6629, Bernard L. Turner, Phone: 7038754224
- E-Mail Address
-
SanchezVJ@state.gov, turnerb1@state.gov
(SanchezVJ@state.gov, turnerb1@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Two (2) Position Descriptions (Currently there are incumbent staff working these positions. The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) is looking for financial investigators or a firm to provide these professional services to assist in supporting the Department's Federal Asset Forfeiture Program which works as a participating agency with the U.S. Department of Justice. As the law enforcement entity in the Department of State, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security upholds the integrity of the U.S. visa and passport documents through the enforcement of the U.S. criminal statutes related to visa and passport fraud. The Special Agents of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) conduct financial investigations into passport and visa violations throughout the Department's foreign diplomatic missions and domestic issuance facilities. Overseas, DSS Special Agents work with our foreign partner nations to target and disrupt document fraud rings and human smuggling networks. Domestically, our agents work with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to investigate, arrest, and prosecute document fraud violators. Many federal statutes, including those pertaining to passport and visa fraud, allow for the criminal and/or civil forfeiture of the proceeds of criminal activity, assets derived from the proceeds of criminal activity, assets that facilitated the criminal activity, and assets that were involved in money laundering. In October 2004, DSS became a member of the Department of Justice's Assets Forfeiture Fund (AFF). The purpose of DSS' Financial Analysis and Forfeiture Program (FAFP) is to identify the proceeds and assets derived from the proceeds of individuals engaged in passport and visa fraud. FAFP is supported by ten contract forensic accountants and one contract forfeiture specialist. The Contractor personnel selected to support FAFP shall: a. Fully develop the financial aspects of the criminal investigation for the purpose of strengthening the criminal investigation and identifying assets for seizure and forfeiture (investigations may involve analysis of voluminous financial records, creation of summary narratives, charts, and spreadsheets, and extensive consultation with the DSS Special Agents and prosecutors regarding the financial aspects of the case, and may involve some travel); b. Identify pertinent records related to the financial and forfeiture aspects of the criminal investigation (this may include conducting queries of commercial and law enforcement databases, conducting searches of appropriate online resources, and requesting and obtaining records from financial institutions and other third party sources); c. Organize, analyze, and summarize financial and other pertinent records related to the financial and forfeiture aspects of the criminal investigation (this may include preparing summary narratives, spreadsheets, and charts, and conducting Net Worth Analysis or Unexplained Income Analysis); d. Provide analysis of financial information, and any other pertinent information, sufficient to: i. Determine the proceeds of the criminal activity; ii. Assets derived from the proceeds of the criminal activity; iii. Assets that were involved in money laundering; iv. Determine actual ownership of all assets that are subject to seizure and forfeiture; v. Negate claims by nominee or straw purchasers related to forfeitable assets; and vi. Identify substitute assets, if appropriate. e. Participate in meetings and/or briefings with case agents, supervisors, and prosecutors related to the financial and forfeiture aspects of the investigation and prepare appropriate narrative summaries, charts, and spreadsheets for use during briefings and/or presentations; f. As necessary, testify in legal proceedings related to the financial and forfeiture aspects of the investigation and prepare appropriate narrative summaries, charts, and spreadsheets for use during testimony[1]; and g. Maintain detailed documentation of all financial analysis and efforts to identify assets for seizure and forfeiture. See the attached position descriptions needed for retaining and potentially recruiting. Currently this work is being performed by Deloitte for the Department of State, there contract will end in September 2014, and this notice is intended to conduct market research for acquisition planning internally as a follow up to that contract. If your firm can provide the aforementioned commercial services, please respond to this notice with the following information: 1. Company name, address, points of contact including phone numbers and e-mail addresses, along with offices locations globally; 2. Company Cage Code and DUNS Number, Business size (large or small business, and if small indicate what types of small business concern (e.g. EDWOSB, Hubzone, 8(a), woman-owned, etc) if applicable; 3. Past Performance information along with brief descriptions of previous projects, points of contact and contract numbers for services you have performed that are similar in corporate or Government settings. 4. Include detailed technical information with relation to our potential need of services described. The Department also welcomes any suggestions or comments with regards to these specifications needed and industry feedback. If you firm wishes to volunteer resumes for the attached positions we will make record of the interest. 5. Include information on awards or press releases from industry or Government on your firm's efforts in financial investigation field, along with feedback on the position descriptions attached along with any questions included in your firm's volunteered response which your firm may have on this opportunity. For more information on the Department of State's program see the following: 1. http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2009/vol2/116547.htm 2. http://www.state.gov/m/ds/investigat/c8767.htm All of the items above should be addressed in your firm's response to this notice and any questions can be made to the point of contact listed on this notice. Please address each of the items above to the best of your firm's ability, given time and resources. There will be NO compensation for responses to this sources sought notice. All participation is purely voluntary and shall incur no costs to the Government. All submissions should be sent in via email to TurnerB1@state.gov and SanchezVJ@state.gov by the notice response date referenced on this sources sought notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: United States, Washington, District of Columbia, 20520, United States
- Zip Code: 20520
- Zip Code: 20520
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