U -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR MUSEUM SECURITY OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS

Notice Date

April 17, 2001

Contracting Office

Smithsonian Institution, Office of Contracting, 750 9th Street, NW, Suite 6200, Washington, DC 20560-0907

ZIP Code

20560-0907

Solicitation Number

F0136SOL0012

Response Due

May 24, 2001

Point of Contact

Contract Specialist, Tandra Jones, 202/275-1600

Description

The Smithsonian Institution is seeking proposals for the development and implementation of professional career training courses for Museum Security Officers and Supervisors for Smithsonian Institution's Office of Protection Services. The scope of work includes at a minimum: 1) develop and implement a Feedback Program to measure training needs; 2) develop and implement a museum security officer In-Service Training and Refresher Course; 3) develop and implement additional special emphasis training courses, such as "Supervisory Training", "Firearms Training", and Supervisory Communications Training", etc.; (4) develop measures to assess all training effectiveness. Offeror must be capable of providing skills including, but not limited to, the following: 1) granting certification in use of firearms; 2) meeting and maintaining mandatory legal requirements for U.S. Special Police Officers; and (3) granting academic credit or continuing education units for courses completed. Offerors shall be required to submit technical and price proposals. Offerors will be evaluated on their plan of accomplishment, experience of the firm and staff. It is anticipated that this work will be an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with services/work to begin on October 1, 2001 and end on September 30, 2002. Four one-year options are planned for the period beginning October 1, 2002 and ending on September 30, 2006. All firms interested in submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation may obtain the RFP documents by submitting a written request on company letterhead and contain full company name, complete street address (P.O. Boxes will not receive responses), telephone/FAX number and the name of the person to be contacted. If this information is not provided, the Smithsonian Institution accepts no responsibility for mishandled requests. Offerors may submit their written request for RFP documents to: Smithsonian Institution, Office of Contracting, 750 9th Street, NW, Suite 6200, Washington, DC 20560-0907, Attn: Tandra Jones, Code 35. Requests may also be made by FAX on (202) 275-1263, Attn: Tandra Jones. FAX requests, which are garbled, smeared or otherwise illegible, may not receive responses.

Record

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