USDA Forest Service, P&P, Room 706 RP-E, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090

R -- MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS DUE 102298 POC Laurie Lewandowski, 703-235-2121 The USDA Forest Service has a need for investigative services to conduct approximately 50-70 general administrative misconduct investigations a year throughout the United States. A variety of kinds of general administrative misconduct allegations will be investigated including, but not limited to, fiscal, travel, time and attendance, or acquisition improprieties; work relationship problems including allegations of hostile working conditions or sexual harassment; claims of reprisal for various kinds of protected activity; misuse of government property, equipment, or official authority; failure to follow agency direction; and various types of other misconduct problems. Most investigations should take about 5 days to complete, but some more complex cases with multiple allegations and many interviews will take longer. We will ask for all investigations to commence within 3-5 days of assignment (unless delay is requested by the FS manager) and for final reports to be submitted within 30 days unless a more urgent timeframe is established, or unless longer time is authorized due to the unusual complexity of the investigation. A factor in choosing a contractor will be the extent to which a contractor has investigators and offices located throughout the US, so that travel costs can be minimized. The contractor must have the following: Ablility to provide investigators for up to 5-8 investigations at any one time; ability to conduct investigations throughout the United States, including remote sites; ability to mobilize an investigator within 5 working days after receipt of a job order; qualified and experienced investigators with knowledge of the Office of Government Ethics Standards of Conduct for Federal Employees, OPM Personnel Regulations, GSA Travel and Property Regulations, Federal Privacy Act provisions, and EEO laws and regulations; access to investigators with specialized skills in the areas of grants, computers, accounting, human resources, sexual harassment/eeo, and contracting and procurement; and availability to provide testimony at hearings or in court cases if required. This is a request for information only. A formal solicitation will be synopsized and issued at a later date. Provide the following information by close of business October 22: 1) General information relative to your ability to meet the evaluation factors and scope of work 2) Pricing structure, i.e., how charge -- by hour, case, etc. 3) Size of business in terms of average gross receipts for the past three years, whether women owned or socially and economically disadvantaged, 8(a) and Standard Industrial Code (SIC) 4) Whether your investigators are employees or contractors Posted 10/06/98 (W-SN259685). (0279)

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