R -- BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES

Notice Date

September 12, 2000

Contracting Office

U.S. Office Of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 1342, Washington, DC 20415

ZIP Code

20415

Solicitation Number

n/a

Point of Contact

Ray Hesson, 202-606-1045

E-Mail Address

Contract Specalist's e-mail (rdhesson@opm.gov)

Description

R -- Background Investigations and Related Support Services. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to issue a solicitation for the services of a contractor or contractors to perform background investigations, and related support services at the OPM Federal Investigation Processing Center (FIPC) at Boyers, PA. This acquisition will be conducted on a competitive basis. Both small and large businesses will be eligible to submit proposals. The contract(s) will be for a two-year base period with three one-year options. We anticipate the award of one or more indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contracts with firm, fixed-prices established for each of several types of background investigations and related support services required. The solicitation will be transmitted electronically to all offerors that submit requests that include their e-mail address. Companies that do not have e-mail capability should notify us of your interest so that we may inform you when the solicitation may be downloaded from the OPM Internet Procurement Home Page. No paper copies of the solicitation will be made available. The successful contractor will conduct or support conducting background investigations on Federal government applicants, employees, military personnel, contractors performing sensitive work, and individuals being investigated due to Federal regulatory requirements. The contractor must obtain investigative coverage in person in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. trust territories. Investigating services will include, but are not limited to, conducting personal subject interviews, obtaining personal testimonies from a variety of source types, and conducting record searches. The contractor may also be required to perform support services at the Federal Investigations Processing Center (FIPC) at Boyers, PA. These services require clerical, technical and professional personnel. Specific work requirements include, but are not limited to, processing investigations that do not require investigator involvement (averaging about 300,000 per year), processing incoming and outgoing mail, review of requests for investigative services for adequacy, extensive data entry and key verification of data, and case scheduling support. Other tasks include fingerprint processing, case control, investigative material review and filing, OPM customer support, case closeout, adjudication support services, and microfilming completed investigations. In addition to those services specified above, the Contractor must provide personnel at FIPC to support all aspects of operations. Support services include, but are not limited to, computer operation and support, automation help desk services, receptionist and telephone answering services, facility security services, janitorial, supply, and warehouse maintenance services, and support of OPM's Freedom of Information/Privacy requests. The contractor and any subcontractors must comply with the Security Agreement (DD Form 441, including the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (DOD 5220.22-M)) and any revisions to that manual. The contractor must demonstrate its ability to provide an adequate number of qualified field investigator staff by day of contract award. This means that, at time of contract award, at least 75 percent of field investigators must have at least one year of Federal personnel security/suitability investigation experience within the past three years. The balance (up to 25 percent) of the current investigators and all new hires must have a BA/BS degree, comparable work experience, or a combination of college coursework and comparable work experience equivalent to a college degree, and must successfully complete a personnel security investigation training curriculum approved by OPM. In addition, no less than 20 percent of field investigators must hold, and the remainder must be eligible to hold, security clearances at the Top Secret/Q level. The contractor must also demonstrate the ability to provide suitable and qualified investigative support (professional, clerical and technical) staff with the skills necessary to perform all investigative support functions. The solicitation will provide a detailed work statement as well as detailed instructions on proposal preparation and on the evaluation and selection process. Offerors will be permitted to propose 1.) the operation of the FIPC at Boyers PA only, 2.) field investigations effort only, and/or 3.) both the FIPC and the field investigations effort. Large business concerns will be required to submit small business subcontracting plans for evaluation as part of the proposal. Small business concerns expressing a desire for subcontracting opportunities in performing a portion of the work should submit a letter expressing this desire. One of the attachments to the solicitation will be a listing of small business firms who have expressed a desire to be considered as subcontractors or in some other teaming arrangement by larger companies. We anticipate release of this solicitation on or about September 27, 2000. Potential offerors should submit their request together with their e-mail address or mailing address to Mr. Raymond D. Hesson, Office of Personnel Management, Contracting Division, Room 1342, 1900 E Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20415. If there are any questions concerning this announcement, please contact Ray Hesson at 202-606-1045 (e-mail rdhesson@opm.gov). Alfred F. Chatterton III Contracting Officer

Web Link

Office of Personnel Management Procurement Home Page (http://www.opm.gov/procure)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000914/RSOL023.HTM (W-256 SN495545)