SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Senior Police Advisor - OF-612
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Grants, Acquisitions, Procurement and Policy Division (INL/RM/GAPP), SA-4 Navy Hill, South Building, 2430 E Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20037, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20037
- Solicitation Number
- PSC-17-014-INL
- Archive Date
- 2/7/2017
- Point of Contact
- Mary Ann Eicher, Phone: 2027369166
- E-Mail Address
-
eicherm@state.gov
(eicherm@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- To be considered responsive to the solicitation, you must submit a completed and signed OF-612. Otherwise, your submission is considered non-responsive and will not be considered. 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 this solicitation. The Department is not responsible for any data and/or text not received when retrieving this document electronically. Amendments to solicitation documents generally contain information critical to the submission of an application. Senior Police Advisor Islamabad, Pakistan Issuance Date: 01/06/2017 Closing Date: 01/23/2017 SOLICITATION NUMBER: PSC-17-014-INL SUBJECT A solicitation for a Personal Services Contractor (PSC), Department of State (DOS), Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) The United States Government (USG), represented by the DOS, seeks applications from US citizens interested in providing PSC services as described in this solicitation. PRE-AWARD ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF PSC (JUN 2011) This solicitation may result in the award of one or more personal services contracts as defined in FAR 2.101. Prior to contract award, all offerors or quotes must advise the cognizant Contracting Officer if they have a personal conflict of interest, such as a financial conflict, that would prevent them from either meeting the requirements of the clause entitled, "Post-Award Ethical Responsibilities of Personal Services Contractors," or otherwise objectively performing their contractual duties upon contract award. HOW TO APPLY Offerors proposal shall be in accordance with the requirements stated in this solicitation at the place and time specified. A proposal will be determined non-responsive and ineligible for consideration unless all required documents and information are included in the submission. Offerors shall ensure their resume demonstrates their possession of the minimum qualifications outlined in this Solicitation, as well as their ability to fulfill all required duties. The Government is not responsible for any costs incurred by the offeror during the solicitation process. Proposals must include the following and not exceed twenty (20) pages: 1) Form OF-612 (Completed and signed) 2) Resume 3) Three letters of recommendation OR three references to include contact information *** ONE PDF ATTACHMENT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VETERAN'S PREFERANCE Veteran's preference is not applicable to this position therefore do not submit DD-214. Submit proposal via e-mail to the attention of: INL/Mary Ann Eicher E-mail: EicherM@state.gov Direct questions regarding this solicitation to: INL/Mary Ann Eicher E-mail: EicherM@state.gov INL will not accept proposals beyond the closing time/date; unless it can be determined DOS mishandled the proposal. 1. SOLICITATION NUMBER: PSC-17-014-INL 2. ISSUANCE DATE: 01/06/2017 3. CLOSING DATE: 01/23/2017 4. TIME SPECIFIED FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 3:00 PM, EST 5. POSITION TITLE: INL Senior Police Advisor 6. MARKET VALUE: $84,005 - $123,364 (FS-02 Equivalent) 7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: One year from date of award, with four optional years 8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Islamabad, Pakistan 9. JOB DESCRIPTION: See below GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT The Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is responsible for the development, supervision, coordination, and implementation of international narcotics control and law enforcement assistance activities and international criminal justice issues for the Department of State (DOS). Since 2002, INL's Afghanistan/Pakistan Program Office (INL/AP) through its in-country presence at the U.S. Embassy Islamabad have managed several programs to build the capacity of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) law enforcement and border security personnel through training, mentoring, equipping, and infrastructure assistance. To date, these programs have built useful relationships and positive results across the country. Law enforcement personnel in Pakistan routinely face improvised explosive device bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, and other terrorism-related contingencies, in additional to standard criminality. Following the deterioration in security in Pakistan's northwest region in 2009, INL-Pakistan quickly and substantially enhanced its law enforcement effort in Pakistan, beginning with an effort to build the capacities of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police through technical support, training, equipping, and infrastructure assistance. Since then, the program has expanded to include police from the remaining provinces, levies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan, and other federal law enforcement entities. The Senior Police Advisor (SPA) will serve as the senior, in-country advisor responsible for implementing INL's civilian law enforcement assistance efforts. The SPA will work within Embassy Islamabad under the direct supervision of the INL Police Assistance Program Officer, in close coordination with the INL Director and his/her designate. The SPA will provide expertise to INL-Pakistan on all law enforcement matters, coordinating efforts as they relate to mission objectives, the size and structure of the international police presence, USG roles and responsibilities for civilian policing, developing Pakistani law enforcement capacities and institutions, USG police assistance, and training plans. The SPA will provide technical expertise in a wide variety of settings, including internal Embassy meetings, international donor events, and meetings with GOP officials. The SPA will interface with the Embassy Islamabad Country Team, the Office of the Defense Representative-Pakistan (ODRP), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), DOS's Bureau for Diplomatic Security/Office of Anti-Terrorism Assistance (DS/ATA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of Justice/International Criminal Investigative Training Program (DOJ/ICITAP) and host country representatives, including entities within Pakistan's Ministry of Interior (MOI). In particular, the SPA is expected to coordinate and work closely with DOJ/ICITAP, DS/ATA, and other interagency partners closely involved with law enforcement reform. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Management 1) Manage law enforcement projects under the guidance and direction of the INL Police Assistance Program Officer, and keep the Officer informed of the details of such implementation, progress, challenges, and recommended solutions, elements include coordination with relevant Pakistani authorities, management of police training, curriculum development, training center and police station construction and operation, logistical and security planning, vendor/contractor coordination, and commodity provision to host nation law enforcement entities 2) Ensure budget for law enforcement programs remain within authorized levels and that funds are being spent in an appropriate, efficient, and effective manner 3) Provide direction and supervision, under the guidance of the INL Police Assistance Program Officer, to the Deputy Senior Police Advisor, Provincial Police Advisors, locally-employed staff (LES), and subject matter experts/instructors hired under this program 4) Ensure programming complies with USG requirements and legal restrictions, including Leahy vetting, and is coordinated with related USG police, criminal justice, rule of law, and corrections assistance and programs 5) Assist with recruitment of law enforcement advisors and trainers for the INL-Pakistan program 6) Oversee production of a written weekly report on the status of INL-Pakistan police efforts for dissemination to INL/AP and relevant members of Country Team. The report shall include activities, progress, challenges, and proposed solutions Strategic Planning and Advice 1) Serve as the senior police subject matter expert within the INL Section and advisor on such matters to the INL Police Assistance Program Officer 2) Develop a detailed implementation plan and timeline for law enforcement assistance programs, efforts include project execution from study period and development, through acquisition, and implementation, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, monitoring, and coordination among vendors, contractors, and Pakistani Government officials 3) Provide policy analysis and program guidance/reporting to the INL staff and the INL Front Office upon request on law enforcement aspects of current program efforts as well as those in planning or evaluation stages, guidance includes mission objectives, size and structure of the international police training presence in Pakistan, rules of engagement for international police trainers, coordination other Embassy sections, budgeting, development of Pakistani policing capacities and institutions, practical measures to improve US and international capacities to provide police assistance, and training plans 4) Participate in and/or lead assessments of current program efforts in regards to law enforcement capacities and structures in Pakistan; routinely conduct assessments of the impact and effectiveness of ongoing programs; brief senior INL and other Department and interagency officials on assessment outcomes; and, on the basis of those assessments, propose future activities and/or remedial actions Coordination 1) Coordinate all law enforcement efforts with members the Country Team, including ODRP, FBI, DS/ATA, DHS, DOJ/ICITAP, etc., as well as with international donors, under the guidance and supervision of the INL Police Assistance Program Officer; the SPA will not have a supervisory role over these members of the Country Team, but will coordinate with all USG law enforcement efforts in Pakistan 2) Represent INL, as needed, at senior-level meetings, briefings, seminars, and exercises with USG, Host Nation, and international representatives to develop plans/programs for implementation of police assistance and improve INL capacities to respond quickly and effectively when new mission initiatives emerge 3) Serves as a designated interlocutor with federal and provincial GOP officials and law enforcement leadership 4) Participate in INL-Pakistan office meetings TRAININGS & DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES 1. Completes the Contracting Officer Representative (PA296) distance-learning (DL) course through the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) within 120 days of arriving at Post. 2. Completes the Introduction to Working in an Embassy (PN113) distance-learning (DL) course through the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) within the first six (6) months of arriving at Post. 3. If applicable - Completes the mandatory Foreign Affairs Counter-Threat (FACT) Course (OT610) prior to deployment to Post and other mandatory training courses. RELATIONSHIPS The SPA reports to and receives broad policy guidance and general direction from the INL Police Assistance Program Officer. The SPA is responsible for planning and implementing many aspects of organizational and project and logistical operations. The SPA coordinates and communicates with INL-Pakistan and the INL/AP Pakistan Team. The SPA's actions, decisions, and recommendations are reviewed on the basis of results achieved and conformance with appropriate laws and regulations. The SPA must depend in part on his/her own professional judgment to further the mission of INL. The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) is delegated the authority to act for the Contracting Officer in matters concerning technical clarification, inspection and, after concurrence by the Contracting Officer, acceptance of Contractor performance under the contract, including preparation of receiving reports, and the authorization of progress payments when appropriate. The COR will coordinate all work with the Contractor and review Contractor's performance at significant stages of its development. In no instance, however, shall the COR be authorized to alter or modify the specifications or the contract terms and the conditions or waive the government's requirement, price, delivery, or other terms and conditions. Such changes must be authorized, in writing, to the Contracting Officer. DELIVERABLES/REPORTS Deliverables are required under this PSC and shall include; monthly status reports, monthly evaluation of contractor performance, special reports when required and "Completion of assignment report," which shall be a compressive review of the projects in which the contractor was involved. Each report shall include a critique of and recommendations for the various projects. The completions of assignment reports are due no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the expiration of this contract. The Personal Service Contractor shall submit two (2) copies of each report as required to the following; 1. INL/POST Director(s) and; 2. INL/Program Officer Per FAR Part 4, the above referenced documents shall be incorporated and copies stored in the PSC's hard file under Section V.; Tab E - Receiving Reports. The Contractor shall prepare and submit two copies of each technical report required by the schedule of this contract (e.g., progress reports, final reports, etc.), to the Embassy INL Section and to the Program Officer, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Department of State Washington, DC. The title page of all reports forwarded pursuant to this paragraph shall include a descriptive title, the author's name(s), contract number, project number, and title, contractor's name, name of the State Department project office, and the publication or issuance date of the report. When preparing reports, the Contractor shall refrain from using elaborate artwork, multicolor printing, and expensive paper/binding, unless it is specifically authorized in the Contract Schedule. Wherever possible, pages should be printed on both sides using single spaced type. COMPLEXITY This position involves planning, organizing and completing financial and organizational analysis of enormous complexity. Due to the high visibility and political sensitivity of the issues in which INL is involved, there is extreme difficulty in identifying the nature of the issues and planning, organizing and determining the scope and depth of studies/audits to be undertaken. The PSC is expected to address difficult scenarios by separating the substantive nature of the programs or issues into their components and determining the nature and magnitude of programs or issues, as well as in discerning the intent of the legislation and policy statements and determining how to translate the intent into program actions. SCOPE AND EFFECTIVENESS The PSC performs broad and extensive assignments related to a complex administrative/financial program spanning the full-range of citizen safety, law enforcement, rule of law, and counternarcotics programs in Pakistan, which is of significant interest to the public and to Congress. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 1) U.S. citizenship; able to obtain/maintain Department of State Secret and Medical Clearances, and ethics, if applicable. 2) Minimum of ten (10) years experience in U.S. police operations, management, organizational development, planning and/or training 3) Bachelor of Science or Arts Degree from an accredited institution or minimum of twenty (20) years of related experience in the fields of law enforcement, criminal justice, international development, international relations, and/or public administration 4) Minimum of seven (7) years experience managing INL, police or foreign assistance programs, including overseeing the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting on projects; INL programs preferred 5) Demonstrated experience in other international civilian policing missions in active-insurgency, conflict, and/or post-conflict environments 6) Proven excellent oral and written communication skills 7) Proven superior negotiation, interpersonal, and managerial skills 8) Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on projects 9) Proven ability to work well with others 10) Minimum of five (5) years supervisory experience in a police organization 11) Proficient in Microsoft Suite PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 1) Master's Degree or professional certification from an accredited institution in project management, public administration, law enforcement, criminal justice, international relations, or related field 2) Demonstrated experience working in international civilian policing missions in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, or another overseas conflict/post-conflict environment. 3) Demonstrated extensive experience in program development, implementation, and management, including preparation of budgets, procurement of goods and services, and monitoring and evaluation, preferably involving law enforcement and training initiatives 4) Demonstrated experience managing large US assistance programs 5) Experience successfully working with and building consensus among high-level contacts 6) Experience working and coordinating closely with (without dictating to) other relevant U.S. government agencies (e.g., Departments of Justice and Defense, USAID). GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED EQUIPMENT The PSC shall be able to use a furnished with office space, a computer, office telephone, and other supplies needed for job requirements. This property will be owned and maintained by the Department of State DoS. TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS Frequent travel in and around Pakistan is required with other occasional international travel. PRE-DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS 1. If applicable - Consultations with the INL Program Office may be required. EVALUATION CRITERIA Factor 1 International Police Programs (40 points) Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, and overseeing US police assistance programs abroad, including training, equipment, and infrastructure support through provision of appropriate training and oversight. Factor 2 Interpersonal, Liaison and Communication (25 points) Demonstrated experience building and maintaining relationships with host nation officials, U.S. government agencies, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex issues in a timely and concise manner, both verbally and in writing. Also demonstrated skills working in a team environment with local staff and Foreign Service Officers. Factor 3 International Experience (15 points) Demonstrated experience of working/operating in foreign environments; to include ability to live, work, and travel in difficult conditions with limited support, manage programs in a complex and fluid environment, and show good judgment in challenging security situations. Factor 5 Program Management and Administration (10 points) Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the application of sound management and program management practices, especially in international programs involving multiple agencies that include foreign government entities. Experience in program management should include familiarity with procurement guidelines, budget development, and program planning, execution, and monitoring and evaluation. Factor 5 Past Performance (10 points) Past performance evaluation of applicant's ability to perform under a same or similar contract. In conducting the evaluation, the Government reserves the right to utilize all evaluation information available at the time of evaluation, whether provided by the applicant or obtained from other sources. COMPENSATION (BASE PAY) For award, INL will negotiate for this contract based on the market value as outlined above and overall experience relevant to the solicitation requirements. BENEFITS & ALLOWANCES AS A MATTER OF POLICY, INL NORMALLY AUTHORIZES THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES BENEFITS - IF APPLICABLE • Employee's FICA/Medicare Contribution • Contribution toward Health and Life Insurance • Pay Comparability Adjustment • Annual Increase • Eligibility for Worker's Compensation • Annual, Sick and Home Leave • 401K Plan • MEDVAC Reimbursement ALLOWANCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF STATE STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS (DSSR) - IF APPLICABLE • Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance (TQSA) or Per Diem upon arrival at Post • Housing Allowance • Post Allowance • Supplemental Post Allowance • Maintenance Allowance (SMA) • Education Allowance • Educational Travel (full-time United States based secondary) • Post Hardship Differential • Danger Pay • Shipment of HHE, UAB, POV and Consumables
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- Address: US Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
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