A -- SCHOOL SAFETY RESEARCH

Notice Date

October 24, 2000

Contracting Office

Naval Air Warfare Center TSD, Code 257, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando FL 32826-3275

ZIP Code

32826-3275

Solicitation Number

BAA 96-1 Rev 2

Response Due

December 31, 2000

Point of Contact

Ms. Dee Sheppe (407)380-8559

E-Mail Address

Dee Sheppe, TPOC (sheppeml@navair.navy.mil)

Description

SCHOOL SAFETY RESEARCH. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD has comprehensive modeling, simulation, instrumentation and training systems responsibilities ranging from research and technology base development through systems acquisition and life cycle support. The NAWCTSD mission supports a broad customer base, including all military services, DoD, and non-DoD organizations, and includes School Safety for the National Institute of Justice. This announcement seeks the identification and development of training and simulation technologies, with a focus on training for School Resource Officers and law enforcement personnel responding to school incidents, covered by the NAWCTSD Broad Agency Announcement BAA NAWCTSD 96-1, previously synopsized (specifically Topics 1-A, 1-K, 1-T and 1-M in Part III, Research Interests). This announcement does not seek the procurement or deployment of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) applications. Background: The majority of our Nation's schools are very safe and even those with higher levels of crime than the typical school may be safer than the neighborhoods in which they reside. Reducing the levels of violence in schools, responding to incidents that do occur, and assuring that students can learn in a safe, non-threatening environment are national goals and School Resource Officers and responding law enforcement personnel are major elements in achieving these goals. Many programs, encouraged or funded by a variety of Federal and State government agencies, have been implemented in the Nation's schools in recent years to promote an atmosphere of non-violence and mutual respect for persons and property and to encourage conflict resolution by means other than violence and disruptive behavior. The use of security technology (e.g. metal detectors and close circuit television cameras) to complement or supplement these efforts has already been incorporated into some schools especially to address the most serious threats of violence. Training efforts have been broad based focusing on school personnel, including administrative personnel, teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and students. However, little focused national attention has been given to the application of training technology as an effective aid or force multiplier for School Resource Officers and responding law enforcement personnel. Requirement: The purpose of this notice is to encourage technology developers to be creative in identifying training requirements and developing training for School Resource Officers and law enforcement personnel responding to school incidents. Proposed research should demonstrate creativity in identifying training requirements and developing training for School Resource Officers and law enforcement personnel responding to school incidents. Training programs should have applicability across multiple environments, neighborhoods, and geographic areas. Training programs proposed should be inexpensive to procure, easy to learn, and flexible to adapt to specific needs of individual school systems. The following focus areas are not considered exclusive and research may be proposed in other areas. (A) Simulation and Training Focus: The operational duties and tasks of School Resource Officers and law enforcement personnel responding to incidents are becoming increasingly complex, diverse, situation-dependent, and highly interactive. Traditional classroom training techniques to address this responsibility can be limited because they lack the realism and interpersonal tension that can exist in resolving conflict and violence in a school environment. While live exercises and role-playing can provide more of the desired realism, they are expensive, manpower intensive, and sometimes not feasible. New methods of training are required to address areas such as (1) event modeling and simulation; (2) policy and procedures training; (3) interpersonal skill development; (4) officer safety; (5) threat identification and mitigation; and (6) use of force or judgment training. (B) Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Focus: In November 1997, the Department of Defense and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) launched the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative. The National Institute of Justice also supports this initiative. The purpose of the ADL initiative is to ensure access to high-quality education and training materials that can be tailored to individual learner needs and made available whenever and wherever they are required (anytime, anyplace). The initiative is designed to accelerate large-scale development of dynamic and cost-effective learning software and to stimulate an efficient market for these products in order to meet the education and training needs of the military, law enforcement, community schools, and the nation's workforce in the 21st century. It will do this through the development of a common technical framework for computer and net-based learning that will foster the creation of reusable learning content as "instructional objects." Because the goals of ADL align closely with the goal of improving training for School Resource Officers and law enforcement personnel responding to incidents, ADL can be considered as a viable medium for delivery of training programs. Proposals for ADL initiatives under this announcement must comply with emerging standards specified under the Sharable Course Object Reference Model (SCORM). Additional information on ADL and SCORM is available at www.adlnet.org. General Guidance: Use of the resources and expertise of the NIJ National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC), Rockville, Maryland, the regional NLECTC's located in Rome, New York, Charleston, South Carolina, Denver, Colorado, and El Segundo, California, and the Border Research and Technology Center (BRTC) in San Diego, California is encouraged. More information about the NIJ National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center system is available on the Internet at http://www.nlectc.org. Research that links public and private sectors is also encouraged. This is especially true for links to public safety agencies. For example, partnerships between a school, a police department, and a company with technological experience or a consortium that includes a police department and one or more companies or academic institutions would receive favorable consideration. Partnership groups should include an active member of a school or a recognized law enforcement or corrections agency. If proposing a new technology, the proposal must focus on the appropriate phases of research, development, testing, evaluation, adoption, and implementation, and address real and significant problem areas. Modifications of existing technology to be used in new or innovative ways may also be proposed. Applicants should remember that the resulting technological solutions should be affordable, by school and public safety agency standards, to acquire as well as to maintain. Process: The following four step sequence shall be used: (1) telephone call to the School Safety technical point of contact (TPOC), Ms. Dee Sheppe at (407)380-8559; (2) informal project paper; (3) formal proposal (if invited); and (4) contract award for selected projects. All project papers will be subjected to a peer review process before any invitation to submit a proposal is made. This sequence allows earliest determination of the potential for funding and avoids offeror and Government time spent on efforts that may have little chance of being supported. It is anticipated that project papers shall be 3-5 pages in length (not to exceed 10 pages) and shall include the following information: (A) project description with sufficient detail to demonstrate support for objectives of this announcement (training for School Resource Officers and/or law enforcement personnel responding to school incidents); (B) proposed methodology; (C) project participants (include proposed partnerships with schools, academia, law enforcement agencies, etc.); (D) product and proposed applications to School Resource Officer and/or law enforcement training; (E) proposed schedule for development/ delivery; (F) project manager for implementation; (G) bottom-line cost estimate/ROM; and (H) potential benefits to school and law enforcement communities. Project papers must be submitted to Ms. Dee Sheppe via e-mail at sheppeml@navair.navy.mil. Contact Ms. Sheppe directly by phone for alternative submission instructions if e-mail is not available. E-mail attachments must be readable by Microsoft Office 97. Submissions must arrive not later than 31 December 2000. When, and if, invited to submit a proposal, it should be sent to NAWCTSD, Contracts Division, Code 25324, ATTN: Ms. Jane E. Waller, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826-3275. Please refer to NAWCTSD BAA 96-1 Rev 2 for specific information on proposal preparation, proposal evaluation, proposal forms, and other research interest areas. NAWCTSD BAA 96-1 Rev 2 remains unchanged and may be downloaded from the link identified below. Awards for any selected proposals are expected to be issued around June 2001 and shall normally be for a period of one (1) to two (2) years but can be for a period not to exceed five (5) years.

Web Link

NAWCTSD Open Acquisitions, use "Document Types" pull (http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/EBusiness/BusOps/Acquisitions/Index.cfm?client=NAWCTSD&men=OPA)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001026/ASOL003.HTM (W-298 SN505064)