SPECIAL NOTICE
U -- NITA Training Courses
- Notice Date
- 3/21/2023 8:41:00 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SS-CFP-23-053
- Response Due
- 4/4/2023 7:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Claire Evans
- E-Mail Address
-
purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov
(purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov)
- Description
- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE Training SS-CFP-23-053 The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, intends to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) on a sole source basis under FAR Authority 13.5 for NITA�s Building Trial Skills, Deposing the Expert Witness, Deposition Skills, Negotiation & Mediation Skills, and Motion Skills training sessions for (1) 12-month base period and (4) 12-month option periods.� The following requirements apply to all training sessions: The trainings will all be held online/virtually or in-person. The instructor(s) must be highly experienced litigators (such as judges, law professors, and experienced civil law litigators) with significant federal court experience, including experience and expertise in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence, and with actual U.S. District Court trial experience; Training Classes Building Trial Skills training in how to conduct trials in accordance with the federal rules of evidence and procedure. Training must provide instruction in the areas of trial advocacy, persuasion, and communication; and verbal, non-verbal, and visual communication techniques while practicing the art of thinking and communicating on one's feet, without notes; The training must include a full mock federal civil jury trial with mock jurors provided by the vendor who will provide feedback to the students following the mock trial; The instructor(s) must have experience and expertise in the presentation of evidence in the courtroom, delivery of opening and closing statements, and direct and cross examination of witnesses; Training must contain learn by doing, hands-on exercises during the training sessions, which focus on: Opening statements and closing arguments Impeachment Direct and cross-examinations Admission and use of substantive exhibits and illustrative aids Making and meeting objections Case strategy Training may provide exercises for participants that are taped and critiqued. Learning-by-doing exercises must be supplemented by innovative lectures and trial demonstrations by the instructor(s). Deposing the Expert Witness training in areas that involve preparing cases for litigation in federal courts. The training must provide a strategic process to gather information in a deposition. To include a list of topics that needs to be learned or confirmed by the witness during the deposition process. Training must provide instruction on deposing expert witnesses, using actual experts who pose as witnesses and are trained in the case file's subject matter. The instructor(s) must be highly experienced litigators (such as judges, law professors, and experienced civil law litigators) with significant federal court experience, including experience and expertise in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence, and with actual U.S. District Court trial experience; The instructor(s) must have experience and expertise in the presentation of evidence in the courtroom, and conducting depositions, including depositions of expert witnesses and defending expert witness depositions; Training must provide instruction on how to exhaust an expert's opinions using focused questions and careful analysis of the answers; Training must provide a learning-by-doing method where students work on deposition techniques that help an expert disclose each of their opinions and the bases for those opinions; Training must provide mock deposition exercises and are video-taped and critiqued by the instructor(s); and Training must provide students the opportunity to meet with the expert witness to prepare for the opposing deposition. Deposition Skills training in how to conduct and defend depositions in accordance with the federal rules of evidence and procedure. The training must provide a strategic process to gather information in a deposition. Training must provide instruction on preparing witnesses for deposition, including how to avoid pitfalls; how to get the information needed for the trial; and how to secure admissions from the opposition; The training must provide instruction on how to defend depositions; The instructor(s) must have experience and expertise in the use of deposition evidence in the courtroom; The training must provide lectures and demonstrations that provide a solid base of knowledge and familiarity with deposition practice. The training must teach the students how to exhaust a witness's subject knowledge, identify other potential sources of information, close off avenues of escape work with documents and exhibits to gather information, refresh memory, and impeach test potential theories; The training must provide instruction on how to deal with opposing counsel's objections and, how to manage difficult witnesses. The training must provide exercises where students performing a series of simulated depositions and witness preparation exercises, with personalized coaching to help immediately improve the students"" skills. Negotiation & Mediation Skills Training will include understanding models of negotiation, problem solving, and strategies for gaining and disclosing information. The course will provide a strategic and integrated approach to negotiations. The instructor(s) must be highly experienced litigators (such as judges, law professors, and experienced civil law litigators) with significant federal court experience, including experience and expertise in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence, and with actual complex high-dollar civil litigation negotiation experience; The training must provide lectures and demonstrations that include information on negotiation style and strategies, tools and techniques, how to deal with difficult opposing counsel, and ethical issues; The training must provide case file exercises that students use in conducting simulated mock negotiations; Following mock exercises, instructor(s) will critique the students. Motion Skills Training will include specifically designed to develop student�s oral advocacy skills in the context of motion practice. During this course students will gain exposure to three different core motions often encountered in civil litigation: Motion to Dismiss or for a More Definite Statement Motion to Compel Discovery and Cross-Motion for a Protective Order Motion for Preliminary Injunction The course is designed to provide students the opportunity to argue on behalf of their designated side multiple times and to receive immediate feedback from experienced NITA faculty. Students are given time to reflect on these critiques and incorporate them into your next performance. Aside from gaining confidence in their oral advocacy skills, not only will students learn how to make a persuasive and effective argument, but they will also pick up useful tips on how to get ready for any argument. The instructor(s) must be highly experienced litigators (such as judges, law professors, and experienced civil law litigators) with significant federal court experience, including experience and expertise in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence, and with actual complex high-dollar civil litigation negotiation experience; Fiscal Service will consider written responses received no later than 10:00a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the vendor is capable of providing the Training Courses. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates the vendor�s ability to meet all of the salient features of the above Training Courses then Fiscal Service shall proceed with an award on a sole source basis to NITA. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. �A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, will not be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquiries to this Special Notice will NOT be accepted. Interested vendors shall provide the following: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, DUNS/UEI number, and identify your business size (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUBZone, etc.) based on NAICS Code 611430 size standard $15M. Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses. 2. Whether your services are available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market. 3. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, as well as a list of customers your company currently provides these products/services for. 4. Complete details of your company�s product that clearly and sufficiently demonstrates that it is an equivalent product to the one stated above without pricing at this time. Responses to this request shall be submitted on or before 10:00a.m. ET on Tuesday April 4, 2023 by email to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov , Attn: CEVANS/MCAPLING. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered: .bat, .cmd, .com, .exe, .pif, .rar, .scr, .vbs, .hta, .cpl, and .zip files. Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable. No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time. This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All vendors responding to this notice are advised that their response is not a request that will be considered for contract award. �All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice if the Government determines there is clearly an equivalent product(s) for the Training Courses
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: DC 20552, USA
- Zip Code: 20552
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20552
- Record
- SN06624837-F 20230323/230321230104 (samdaily.us)
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