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U -- TRAINING SERVICES SOL OJP-99-R-008 DUE 032499 POC Raymond C. German, Contracting Officer, (202) 307-0613 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are being requested based on this notice. No written solicitation will be issued. Solicitation OJP-99-R-008 is being issued as a request for proposal. The contract resulting from this solicitation will be made using the simplified acquisition procedures, under FAR Part 13.5, "Test Program for Certain Commercial Items." The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10. This procurement is a 100 percent small business set-aside. The SIC Number is 8299. The size standard is $5.0 million. The statement of work is as follows: A, Introduction. In accordance with the Crime Act of 1994, as amended, the Police Corps program managed by the Office of Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education (OPCLEE) is designed to address violent crime by increasing the number of officers with advanced education and training assigned to community patrol in areas of great need. The program, which operates within states that have an approved state plan, offers Federal scholarships on a competitive basis to college students who agree to serve for four years as police officers or sheriffs deputies. The program provides guidelines encouraging the development, implementation and operation of new approaches, techniques and methods related to law enforcement. B, Background. The Police Corps Act expressly authorizes the Director of the Office of the Police Corps ("the Director") to pay three major types of expenses associated with state programs: educational assistance for college, training costs, and payments to participating police departments and sheriffs' offices. Additionally, the Act authorizes the Director to enter into contracts with individuals, institutions of learning, and government agencies (including State and local police forces) to obtain the services of persons qualified to participate in and contribute to the training process. The Police Corps training goals include providing a vigorous 16-24 week program that: (1) provides solid training in basic law enforcement; (2) develops the physical, moral, and analytical capabilities of each participant; (3) produces endurance, strength and agility and thorough, mastery-level training in unarmed tactics; (4) teaches self-discipline and organizational loyalty; and (5) imparts the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential to effective service on community patrol ("beat patrol"). Law enforcement officers across the nation are faced with a variety of serious incidents on a daily basis. The act of taking an individual into custody, no matter what the reason, is inherently dangerous and always requires some type of hands-on approach. This initial contact can potentially put unprepared officers in a vulnerable position depending on the suspects' reaction. It is therefore imperative that the Police Corps training program contains a stringent and intensive training regime to better prepare officers for physical encounters with suspects. In addition, the Police Corps' requirement will contribute to the establishment of a national standard by providing specific training to achieve unique levels of weaponless tactics ability. A consistency of approach and high target for excellence will be achieved. Training in unarmed tactics is intended to supplement -- not replace -- full training in all appropriate police weapons and equipment. Because standard State Police academy training only allows enough time for basic handcuffing and arrest control techniques, Police Corps can provide rigorous, complete training by absorbing those basic techniques and enhancing them with advanced self-defense tactics. This type of training will accomplish the following: enhancement of officers' personal confidence, development of skills on a higher level, reduce the chance for injury of an officer and suspect, produce a higher level of confidence in police among the general public, and reduce the unauthorized use of force. A key part of law enforcement training is providing self-confidence, control and restraint techniques. Police Officers need unarmed, non-baton, defensive tactics to develop comfort and willingness to engage the public in one-on-one situations. C, Objectives. This procurement seeks to provide that training to instructors who can return to their respective state Police Corps programs and teach participants. This will provide consistent training across different state programs. Purposes of this procurement: (1) seek a contractor to provide assistance to state Police Corps for the Police Corps program with specific emphasis on the needs and issues related to unarmed, nonviolent, physical control and arrest and (2) provide nationwide training for Police Corps participants in an economical and timely manner through a "Train the Trainer" strategy. D, Requirements. (1) Course Specifications: The course shall teach instructors how to teach weaponless tactics. It will cover, for example, physical manipulation, body points targeting, weapons retention, weapons disarmament, arrest and cuffing principles, search procedures. The contractor shall provide all necessary personnel, facilities, lodging, equipment, material and services required to accomplish the training listed below. Each activity must be reviewed and approved, in writing, by the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) for the work performed under each task. Should such approval not be granted, the Contracting Officer (CO) shall be notified immediately. The course shall occur between April 1 and May 30 during a consecutive 30 day period. This will allow the students to return to their respective states and teach the Police Corps participants during Police Corps training which is scheduled to begin in May and June for some of the states. (2) Vendor Experience: The contractor shall have conducted a "Train the Trainer" type course at an average of eight hours per day plus homework. Shall have taught individual train-the-trainer courses to one or more of the following: sheriff offices, police departments, special tactics units, and police tactical instructors. (3) Course Content: (a) Shall be scenario-based. Heavy focus on continual awareness of what is happening around the scene or situation area all the way through training. (b) Shall not rely on pain compliance which can escalate and then go out of control. (c) Shall not rely on impact weapons. (d) Shall utilize techniques that are capable of being used effectively by a person of the average woman's height and weight. (e) Shall contain techniques for weapons retention and disarmament that are not "dependent on the creation of space." (f) Shall use techniques that cover general principles that would allow trained recruits to formulate appropriate movements even in unfamiliar situations or circumstances. (g) Shall employ techniques that teach an individual ambidextrous unarmed skills in full-body gear, including uniform and vest. (h) Shall not include protective gear which is not part of the ordinary uniform. (i) Shall include practice movement cases that simulate an injury to an officer's limb. (4) Training Environment: Training and drilling shall be in multiple environments, including the following conditions: inside and outside, wet and slippery, night and dark, multiple terrains with grass, dirt, asphalt, crowds and isolated remote areas. Additionally, training shall incorporate no verbal abuse or demoralization techniques, emphasize protection of passers-by, protect the suspects' or assailants dignity (in addition to officers' safety), instruct in judgement, not just in use of force or techniques. The training should be unchoreographed drills and that include multiple scenarios involving a single officer engaged with an armed and unarmed single assailant and with armed and unarmed multiple assailants. Additionally, the training shall include the same scenarios involving a pair of officers. Offers will be evaluated using the following evaluation factors (weights are shown in parenthesis). (1) Technical Approach (30 points). The offerors will be rated on the content and clarity of their responses to the requirement specified herein and on the soundness, feasibility, effectiveness and completeness of the proposed approaches, including staffing, resources, training materials, and training methods. Offerors should provide copies of the related course materials, handouts, and exercises that are proposed to be utilized during the performance of the contract. (2) Organization and Management (15 points). Offerors should provide documentation that demonstrates experience in providing training at an average of 8 hours per day plus homework. Also, the offerors' management approaches should be addressed. (3) Staff qualifications (20 points). The technical proposal will be evaluated for the experience and capability of the proposed staff and consultants, if any, who will be providing the training. Offerors should provide Resumes for up to the two lead instructors, and biographical statements for support personnel should be included or attached. (4) Past Performance (25 points). The offerors shall provide the company names, contract numbers, points of contact, and telephone numbers of at least two organizations for whom similar training services were provided during the past five years. The Government will evaluate the quality of the offerors' past performance. The offeror with an exceptional record of performance will receive a favorable evaluation. An offeror with an acceptable record of past performance will receive a lower evaluation. Past performance evaluation will be a subjective assessment based on consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances. In judging past performance, the Government will consider, but is not limited to, (1) offeror's past performance record, (2) performance deficiencies, quality of work, (3) timeliness of work, and (4) customer satisfaction. (5) Cost Proposal (10points). The cost proposal will be evaluated to determine fairness and reasonableness. Price is secondary in importance to the technical proposal. However, in the event that competing technical proposals, are substantially the same in score, price will be the deciding factor for selection. The Contracting Officer has the right to determine whether two or more technical proposals are "substantially equal" or whether any differences in technical weighing are "significant" for the purposes of evaluation the overall merit of request for quotations. Offerors should provide a completed copy of FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (FEB 1999). The following FAR clauses are also applicable and are incorporated by reference, pursuant to FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998): FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offeror-Commercial Items (AUG 1998) (There are no addenda to this provisions); FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (APRIL 1998) (There are no addenda to this provisions); and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Status or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (JAN 1999). Pursuant to the FAR 52.212-5, the following FAR clauses are also applicable and are incorporated by reference: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.222.35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-19, European Union Sanction for Services; 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards; and 52.222-41, Service Contract Act, as Amended. A company that is not in possession of the above referenced clauses in full text may contact this office and request a copy of the clauses. Offeror must be in writing and accompanied by a competed Representations and Certifications or the offer will be rejected. Facsimile offers will not be accepted. This procurement is a 100 percent set-aside for small businesses. See Note(s): 1. Posted 03/11/99 (I-SN307641). (0070)

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