SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Training and Technical Assistance to Build Capacity in State and Territorial Jurisdictions Operating Child Welfare Systems
- Notice Date
- 3/19/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, 12501 Ardennes Avenue, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-PSC-SBSS-14-001
- Archive Date
- 4/18/2014
- Point of Contact
- Korriise LaRoche, Phone: 3014433586
- E-Mail Address
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korriise.laroche@psc.hhs.gov
(korriise.laroche@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Description: This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Background: The Children's Bureau (CB) in the Administration for Children and Families is interested in procuring the services of a qualified Contractor to establish the National Capacity Building Center for Public Child Welfare Agencies (the Center). The Center will serve as a focal point for national child welfare expertise and evidence-informed training and technical assistance services for State and Territorial public child welfare agencies, including those participating in title IV-E waiver demonstration projects. The Center will provide nationally-informed, expert consultation to the federal government and deliver a comprehensive array of "training and technical assistance" services designed to build the capacities of State and Territorial child welfare agencies to meet federal requirements, to participate in federal monitoring and related program improvement planning activities, to implement national child welfare policies and programs, to improve practice and service delivery, and to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children, youth, and families. States and Territories will rely on the Center for expert-level subject matter expertise in child maltreatment and the full continuum of child welfare practices; extensive knowledge of practice and administration in State public child welfare agencies across the country; and an in-depth understanding of federal laws, funding, monitoring and requirements related to child welfare, including the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process. With this Center, CB will consolidate and centralize services previously provided by twelve national and regional child welfare training and technical assistance centers, and it will add a new service delivery component for title IV-E waiver demonstrations projects. Approximately more than 40 FTEs are anticipated to be necessary to achieve the Center's objectives in Year 1 of the contract, with increased effort in subsequent years. The Center will subscribe to a single, coherent model of service provision based on its knowledge of research-informed frameworks and models for capacity building as well as evidence-based approaches to training, consultation, adult education, and distance learning. The Center must be capable of simultaneously executing national dissemination strategies, designing and delivering multiple comprehensive learning programs, providing individualized consultation to more than 52 jurisdictions, and conducting up to 35 intensive capacity building projects to support program improvement and title IV-E waiver demonstration implementation. The Contractor must also be prepared to be immediately responsive (within the first three months of the contract) to the complex needs of the eight States that will participate in the third round of the Child and Family Services Review. The Center will employ innovative and proven strategies to: • Collect, organize, synthesize, and manage large volumes of resources and literature; distill complex information into key ideas and concepts; and make information easily accessible to child welfare professionals for the purpose of program improvement and systems change; • Design and produce high quality, Section 508 compliant publications, curricula, tools, and innovative resources based on strategic goals and plans for national dissemination; • Design and deliver state-of-the-art, self-directed and group-based learning experiences, that use web-based e-learning platforms and components such as audio recordings, videos, automated training modules, interactive applications and/or instructional games to engage participants and achieve measurable gains in participant knowledge and skills; • Deliver credible, expert-level training and coaching on child welfare topics and practice issues to groups of senior child welfare professionals in management and leadership positions to build their knowledge, skills, and peer networking; • Synthesize information from a variety of sources, including but not limited to the Child and Family Services Plan and/or Annual Progress and Services Report, Child and Family Services Review-related documents and reports, materials related to other Federal reviews, CB-generated data profiles, title IV-E waiver demonstration plans and related materials, formula grant plans, discretionary grant work plans and reports, CBCAP applications, Court Improvement Program plans and other sources to systematically assess the needs of public child welfare agencies in up to 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; • Develop assessment-driven, State-specific technical assistance work plans with clear outcomes and rationales for service delivery, and deliver individualized training, coaching, and consultation to every State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; • Deliver training, coaching, and expert consultation necessary to help jurisdictions prepare for and complete Round 3 of the CFSR process • Deliver training, coaching, and expert consultation to help jurisdictions implement title IV-E waiver demonstrations • Engage up to 35 public child welfare agencies concurrently, in intensive capacity building projects that each requires full-time effort to support building organization readiness, selecting and developing interventions, implementing changes, assessing progress and performance, and sustaining changes. Source must possess, or be able to obtain (in-house or through subcontracting/consulting arrangements) the staff and other resources needed to expeditiously carry out the different types of activities listed above. Any other specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted should be provided. Interested organizations must demonstrate and document, in any capability statements submitted, extensive experience with and the ability to perform the above tasks. Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated Period of Performance (PoP) will be from September (last day) 2014 through September 2019 with one base year and four (4) one year option periods. Capability statements: Interested, qualified small business organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement, not to exceed 50 pages (including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc.), presented in double-space format and using a 12 point font size minimum, that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above. Statements should include information regarding respondents': (a) Staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references and other related information i.e., names, titles, telephone numbers and any other information which would serve to document the organizations capability, e.g., awards, commendations, etc. Statements should also include an indication of current certified small business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement, as well the eligible small business concern's name, point of contact, address and DUNs number. Information Submission Instructions: All capability statements sent in response to this SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE must be submitted electronically (via email) to Korriise.LaRoche@psc.hhs.gov in Microsoft Word (MS) OR Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 2:00PM EST. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time to be considered. ANY RESPONSES RECEIVED AFTER THAT DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise or pay for the information provided in the response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that it's response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organizations qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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