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G -- FAMILY COUNSELING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES SOL N00140-99-Q-1788 =20 DUE 030199 POC Point of Contact -- M. Capilato, Contract Negotiator, = 215-697-9645,=20 Contracting Officer, R. D. Siravo, 215-697-9645 E-MAIL: CLICK HERE TO CONTACT THE BID OFFICER, SYNOPSIS@PHIL.FISC.NAVY.MIL. This solicitation/synopsis modifies CBD submission number 300838. = The=20 information provided by CBD submission number 300838 is hereby deleted = and=20 replaced with the information provided herein. This is a combined=20 synopsis/solicitation for commercial services in accordance with FAR = 12.6 and=20 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in this = notice. =20 This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are = hereby=20 being requested and a written RFQ will not be issued. Refer to RFQ=20 N00140-99-Q-1788. The solicitation document and incorporated = provisions and=20 clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition circular 97-10. = A firm=20 fixed price-type contract is contemplated. The applicable SIC is 8322. = The=20 following CLINs apply to FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH = SOW;=20 BASE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF 15 MAR 99 THROUGH 30 SEP 99 -- CLIN 0001 = =96=20 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE A COUNSELOR/CLINICAL SUPERVISOR AND A = FAMILY=20 COUNSELOR, QTY 6.5 @ $_________ per MONTH $___________ TOTAL, CLIN 0002 = -=20 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE A FAMILY ADVOCACY REPRESENTATIVE, QTY = 6.5 @=20 $_________ per MONTH $___________ TOTAL; *OPTION I -- POP OF 01 OCT 99 = THROUGH=20 31 MAR 2000 -- CLIN 0003 -- COUNSELOR/CLINICAL SUPERVISOR AND A FAMILY = COUNSELOR,=20 QTY 6 @ $_________ per MONTH $___________ TOTAL, CLIN 0004 -- FAMILY = ADVOCACY=20 REPRESENTATIVE, QTY 6 @ $_________ per MONTH $___________ TOTAL. *The=20 Government reserves the right to exercise the option quantity = incrementally=20 provided no increment is less than 1 month. STATEMENT OF WORK =20 C.1 GENERAL. The contractor shall provide counseling services for the = Navy=20 Family Service Center (NFSC) located in Saratoga Springs, NY. The = following=20 are the requirements that shall be met in providing the required = counseling=20 services to Navy and other military families. The Contractor must = provide=20 screening, evaluation, information, and referral, initial and brief = term=20 counseling, individual, couple, and family counseling. The contractor=20 employees shall conduct telephone, walk-in, and referral services by = receiving=20 referrals from FSC Counseling staff. Services shall include, = non-medical=20 individual, couple, and family relationship counseling for all ages of = military=20 and their family members who cannot be served through other FSC = specialized=20 Programs and Services. Contractor employees shall participate in weekly = clinical case consultations, meet with the Clinical Supervisor for = Clinical=20 Quality Control Auditing Review, clinical supervision on work = performance, FSC=20 administrative staff meetings, and training sessions held for FSC = Counseling=20 staff. The Contractor employees shall demonstrate evidence of = providing brief=20 term counseling. Usually brief term counseling will be no more than = ten (10)=20 sessions. If more than ten sessions is desired/required, this must be=20 discussed with and approved bythe Family Service Center Director. = Generally=20 accepted brief term counseling strategies such as structural, = behavioral, problem focused, brief therapy approaches only can be used to provide=20 counseling to FSC clients. Long term counseling, introspective, = psychoanalytic=20 approaches to counseling are not authorized. Counseling is authorized = for=20 work/life relationship issues only. Contractor employees shall assist = as a=20 primary counseling source for walk in and telephone counseling cases to = the=20 FSC. Counseling sessions are to be established for 50-55 minute = periods. =20 Contractor employees shall be required to conduct counseling to = individuals,=20 couples, groups and families. The Contractor shall have employees = available to=20 conduct group counseling for abusive behavior treatment issues, = Marriage=20 Preparation and Marriage Enrichment, couples, and relocation issues. = The=20 Contractor shall have employees available to conduct weekly evening = support=20 groups or family skills counseling groups as identified by the FSC = Director.=20 The Contractor shall be required to conduct Domestic Violence = Intake/Assessment=20 screening counseling for phone calls and walk-ins to the FSC as a = primary=20 task. The Contractor shall be required to conduct as requested and = needed,=20 healthy lifestyle behavior skills educational counseling.=20 C.2 ANCILLARY TASKS. The Contractor shall maintain a log and computer = input of=20 all individual, couples, family or group counseling service cases. The = Contractor will maintain monthly Quality of Life Management Information = System=20 (QOLMISNET) statistical data entry input. The Contractor will maintain = and=20 follow FSC Accreditation Counseling, and FSC Counseling Desk Guide = Quality=20 Control Standards. The Contractor will maintain and submit a monthly = projected=20 schedule to the Front Reception Desk and Clinical Supervisor. The = Contractor=20 shall ensure all walk-in clients complete FAP risk assessment and = intake=20 counseling forms. The Contractor will also complete intake-counseling = forms=20 with telephone counseling cases only if individual clinical counseling = provided=20 is fifteen minutes or more. Each client shall be provided FSC = Counseling=20 Evaluation forms at the conclusion of counseling sessions or series. = All=20 initial counseling notes will be maintained in the SOAP (Subjective, = Objective,=20 Assessment, Plan) format. The Contractor shall make available all = records for=20 Quality Control (QC) Auditing to the FAP Supervisor or his/her = representative. =20 All new records are required for QC auditing every quarter. The = Contractor=20 shall maintain a current reference file on CHAMPUS Tricare certified = providers=20 (counselors), or shall refer to Health Care Finders for on base and off = base=20 referral. For optimal referral of FSC clients, the information will = include=20 the counseling specialties for each person in the file. The Contractor = shall=20 submit a year-end report consisting of client evaluations, QOLMISNET=20 statistics, and work performance self appraisal with recommendations = for=20 improvement of program and services.=20 C.3. PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS. The contractor is required to provide = one=20 full-time individual for each of the following categories and shall = meet, as a=20 minimum, all of the educational and experience requirements listed = below. =20 Resumes are required and are to be submitted with your proposal. The=20 Contractor shall provide personnel as identified by the Director, = Family=20 Service Center, NAU Scotia as having the following qualifications. = Contractor=20 employees shall possess a current state license to practice as Clinical = Psychologist or accreditation to CISW or ASCW or AMFT and shall be a = Certified=20 Social Worker in the State of New York. Each contractor employee = shall posses=20 a minimum of one year of clinical practice experience (five years for=20 Counselor/Clinical Supervisor) working directly with individual, = couples,=20 marital and group counseling. The Contractor employees shall have = completed=20 clinical training through seminars, courses, or workshops with = certificate of=20 completion in: Brief therapy, family/marital therapy, problem or = solution=20 focused therapy. These can be documented by transcript, training = certificate=20 or testimonial letter by supervisor or trainer and must be provided = prior to=20 performance under the contract. Contractor employees shall have at = least one=20 year of counseling in providing counseling services to individuals who=20 experience domestic violence treatment. A letter by a supervisor or = consultant=20 providing testimony of this clinical experience is required to provide = this=20 documentation. Such documentation must be provided prior to = performance under=20 the contract. The Contractor must have adequate professional liability = insurance and must agree to indemnify the United States Government for = any=20 liability that may be assessed against the United States Government = that is=20 attributable to any action or omission of the provider. The Contractor = must=20 complete State and Navy Criminal Investigation Background Checks in = compliance=20 with DOD Child Care Directive and Public Law 101-647 Section 231. = (Required w ithin six months of contract award). C.3.1 COUNSELOR/CLINICAL SUPERVISOR C.3.1.1 Education. Master=92s Degree in social work, marriage and = family=20 therapy, psychology, counseling or other behavior science related field = from=20 accredited institution. =20 C.3.1.2 Experience. Minimum five years of supervised experience in = clinical=20 counseling. C.3.2 FAMILY COUNSELOR C.3.2.1 Education. Master's degree in social work in a school = accredited by=20 the Council on Social Work Education.=20 C.3.3 FAMILY ADVOCACY REPRESENTATIVE C.3.3.1 Education. Master's degree in social work in a school = accredited by=20 the Council on Social Work Education.=20 C.4 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIALS. The Government will provide the=20 facilities, equipment, and materials in support of NFSC. NFSC is = located at=20 277 Washington Street in Saratoga Springs, NY. Entrance accessibility = to the=20 offices begins at 7:30 a.m. and continues to 4:00 p.m., Monday through = Friday,=20 except federal holidays. C.5 OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONTRACT. All = materials,=20 included but not limited to standard operating procedures, pamphlets, = flyers,=20 leaflets, program manuals/materials, videotaped, formats for = presentations,=20 training materials, books, journals, client records, case records, = ancillary=20 material forms, curriculum developed/used/or purchased during the = course of=20 this contract, shall be the property of the Government at the end of = the=20 contract. Any exceptions to this policy shall be granted only by the = FSC=20 Director and shall never involve case records or associated materials. = The FSC=20 Director shall have final authority over determination of FSC property=20 inventory items. C.6 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS. The Contractor shall provide the = required=20 services Monday through Friday, 7:30 =96 1600 excluding a 30-minute = lunch=20 break. The Contractor shall not be required to provide services on = Federal=20 holidays. The ten (10) paid Federal holidays for full time personnel = are as=20 follows: New Year's Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; President's Day; = Memorial=20 Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day); Veteran's Day; = Thanksgiving=20 Day; and Christmas Day. Services shall be provided on State holidays = that do=20 not fall on a Federal holiday. Services provided shall be conducted in = the=20 Family Service Center, with the exception of work to military=20 communities/families as requested and approved by the FSC Director. = When a=20 workday includes an evening class or group, the 8-hour day may be = divided into=20 morning and evening or afternoon and evening. If the evening work = period is=20 scheduled, the total work period must be on base or at the FSC. = Additionally,=20 the Contractor will be subject to on-callstatus after normal working = hours for=20 identification of child/spouse abuse cases, or child neglect cases.=20 Accordingly, duties may necessitate occasional counseling after normal = working=20 hours. Overtime is not authorized. In these instances, contractor = employees=20 may earn =93comp-time=94 for all hours performed outside off normal = work hours.=20 Compensatory time must be taken at a time agreed by the FSC Director, = but no=20 later than ten (10) days after it is earned. No compensatory time = shall be=20 earned in the final two (2) weeks of the contract year. C.7. USE OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. In order to ensure continuity of = care,=20 services shall be provided by full-time employees to the maximum extent = practical. Substitute personnel are authorized for scheduled absences = such as=20 employee vacation. Substitute personnel shall comply with all contract = qualification requirements. Resumes for substitute personnel shall be=20 submitted to the FSC Director prior to performance by substitute = personnel=20 under the contract. Contractor employees shall not perform under the = contract=20 unless the FSC director has reviewed the employees resume for = compliance with=20 contract requirements. C. 8. INVOICING REQUIREMENTS. The contractor may invoice twice a = month at =BD=20 of the established monthly rate. The invoice at the end of each month = shall be=20 accompanied by the following enclosures, which are required for quality = control=20 and quality assurance: 1) Monthly schedule completed =96 the initials = of client=20 appointments, consultations, committee meetings, training sessions with = hours=20 worked, (2) Monthly schedule projection, (3) client/customer = satisfaction=20 surveys completed, (4) Quality of Life Management Information Systems=20 (QOLMISNET) client services documentation verification, (5) Quality = Assurance=20 Clinical/Case Records Audit Reviews conducted minimally in December, = March,=20 June and September. Case records are to be submitted to Division = Supervisor=20prior to those invoice submissions. The following FAR clauses/provisions are incorporated by reference: FAR = 52.212-1, NOTE: Offeror's attention is specifically directed to = paragraph=20 (b)(11) of this provision. OFFERORS THAT FAIL TO FURNISH REQUIRED=20 REPRESENTATIONS OR INFORMATION, OR REJECT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF = THE=20 SOLICITATION MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM CONSIDERATION. 52.212-2, FILL-IN: = paragraph=20 (a) Past Performance and Price; FILL-IN (second paragraph) Past = Performance and=20 Price are considered of equal importance. 52.212-3, 52.212-4, 52.212-5=20 including the following additional FAR clauses/provisions 52.203-6, = 52.219-8,=20 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.222-37 and DFARS 252.212-7001 including the = following=20 additional DFARS clauses/provisions 252.225-7001, 252.225-7012, and=20 252.225-7036. Additionally, FAR 52-217-9, FILL-IN: paragraph (a) 30 = days=20 FILL-IN: paragraph (c) 12.5 months, and FAR 52.245-2 are incorporated = by=20 reference. Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of = provisions at=20 FAR 52.212-3 and DFARS 252.212-7000 with their proposal. All = responsible=20 sources are encouraged to submit a proposal in response to the RFQ. = Responses=20 are due no later 4:00 p.m., local time, on 03 March 1999. Facsimile responses shall also be accepted at (215) 697-9739 and should = be=20 marked with RFQ number N00140-99-Q-1788 and directed to the attention = of=20 Michael Capilato, Code 02P21D. =20 Posted 02/26/99 (D-SN302905). (0057)

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