DOCUMENT
R -- FOIA Services - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2011
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Center for Acquisition Innovation-Austin;1701 Directors Blvd;Suite 600;Austin TX 78744
- ZIP Code
- 78744
- Solicitation Number
- VA798A11RP0018
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2011
- Point of Contact
- Kari L Cozzens
- E-Mail Address
-
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- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- VA798A-11-P-0308
- Award Date
- 7/1/2011
- Awardee
- SIERRA 7;11990 MARKET ST UNIT 1501;RESTON;VA;201906013
- Award Amount
- $649,822.40
- Description
- VA provides information to public requestors in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and its amendments as well as the Privacy Act (where requests are made for a person ™s own records). FOIA requests are processed by VA ™s Central Office (VACO) and by VA field offices. VA ™s Office of Privacy and Records Management has responsibility for processing developing and implementing policy associated with the FOIA across the department, preparing reports for senior-level leadership, researching and gathering documents related to Discovery requests under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as well as processing FOIA requests received at VACO. In addition, as a result of recent amendments to the FOIA, the Office of Privacy and Records Management is moving to implement mediation, as a tool, to resolve disputes between VA and the FOIA requestor. VACO has a backlog of approximately 500 FOIA requests that must be processed/resolved. VA receives requests for records from Veterans, Veterans organizations, the media and other interest groups. These requests ask for information that is subject to the Privacy Act, contract information, and budget and personnel data. Processing these requests calls for knowledge of the FOIA exemptions and applying them as they have been interpreted by the courts. The purpose of this contract is to acquire contractor services to assist the Office of Privacy and Records Management in accomplishing its mission. The contractor shall provide services to assist VA ™s Office of Privacy and Records Management in processing FOIA requests to reduce the backlog of outstanding requests. The contractor shall provide assistance in collecting and reporting metrics related to FOIA requests to VA leadership. As experience is gained with VA FOIA protocol, the contractor shall assist VA in updating Agency-wide guidance in processing/reporting on the FOIA Program. The contractor shall also provide mediation support to VA in resolving FOIA disputes and assisting in responding to Discovery requests for materials involved in litigation. Contractor services shall be performed on-site at VACO. The contractor shall comply with all VA policies and procedures related to security and handling sensitive information.
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