SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Program Analyst - OF612
- Notice Date
- 1/28/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Grants, Acquisitions, Procurement and Policy Division (INL/RM/GAPP), SA-4 Navy Hill, South Building, 2430 E Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20037, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20037
- Solicitation Number
- PSC-15-016-INL
- Archive Date
- 2/26/2015
- Point of Contact
- Deborah Strom,
- E-Mail Address
-
StromDG@state.gov
(StromDG@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- To be considered responsive to the solicitation, you must submit a completed and signed OF-612. Otherwise, your submission is considered non-responsive and will not be considered. You have received this "Personal Services Contractor" (PSC) solicitation through the Department of State (DOS) Internet site. If you have any questions regarding this PSC, you may contact the DOS Official named in this solicitation. The Department is not responsible for any data and/or text not received when retrieving this document electronically. Amendments to solicitation documents generally contain information critical to the submission of an application. Program Analyst Washington, DC Issuance Date: 01/28/2015 Closing Date: 02/11/2015 SOLICITATION NUMBER: PSC-15-016-INL SUBJECT A solicitation for a Personal Services Contractor (PSC), Department of State (DOS), Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) The United States Government (USG), represented by the DOS, seeks applications from US citizens interested in providing PSC services as described in this solicitation. HOW TO APPLY Offeror's proposals shall be in accordance with the requirements stated in this solicitation at the place and time specified. A proposal will be determined non-responsive and ineligible for consideration unless all required documents and information are included in the submission. Offerors shall ensure their resume demonstrates their possession of the minimum qualifications outlined in this Solicitation, as well as their ability to fulfill all required duties. Proposals must include the following: 1) Form OF-612 (Completed and signed) 2) Resume 3) Three letters of reference or three references, including contact information Submit all proposals via e-mail to the attention of: INL/Deborah Strom E-mail: Stromdg@state.gov Direct questions regarding this solicitation to: INL/Deborah Strom E-mail: Stromdg@state.gov INL will not accept late proposals unless it can be determined DOS mishandled the proposal. 1. SOLICITATION NUMBER: PSC-15-016-INL 2. ISSUANCE DATE: 01/28/2015 3. CLOSING DATE: 02/11/2015 4. TIME SPECIFIED FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 3:00 PM, EST 5. POSITION TITLE: INL Program Analyst 6. MARKET VALUE: $76,378 - 118,069 (GS 12/13 Equivalent) 7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: One year from date of award and four option years 8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Washington, DC 9. JOB DESCRIPTION: See below GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTOR: The Office of Resource Management is responsible for the development and execution of the Bureau's budget, and for the administration of all INL's international counter-narcotics and law enforcement programs, i.e., financial, personnel, administrative, acquisition, information management, and post conflict and emerging program development and program evaluation and oversight. INL programs overseas are managed by US Embassy Foreign Service and personal services contract personnel serving in Narcotics Affairs and Law Enforcement Sections (NAS and LES) who work with their host nation counterparts to develop requirements and oversee project implementation. Much of INL's assistance is in the form of contracts for a wide range of services in support of civilian police, rule of law and counter-narcotics programs as well as for equipment and materiel. At present, the estimated value of active service contracts is approximately $2B. To successfully manage current and future contracts, the Bureau must have staff dedicated to constantly monitoring the inherent financial and contract requirements fueling INL's programs. The CAS Division provides INL the means to manage these financial and contract functions by supporting and interfacing with the relevant entities within the Bureau (Regional and Functional Program Offices, other Divisions within INL/RM), as well as with Embassy staff and appropriate elements within the interagency. The Division is comprised of professionals with expertise in program management, financial management and contract management who serve on specific program and project teams. CAS works closely with regionally-focused and functionally-focused program officers, as well as interagency and Embassy staff all of whom are responsible for developing and implementing INL programs overseas. PURPOSE The incumbent serves as a member of a team with responsibility for financial and contract administration of specific region, country and functional contracts. Each team is responsible for managing the full post-award life cycle of assigned contracts to optimize INL's accountability on these high visibility programs RELATIONSHIP The Analyst will report to the INL/RM/CAS Division Chief. This position is located in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Resource Management (INL/RM). The incumbent of this position serves as a Program Analyst in the Contract Administration Support Division (CAS), and for oversight purposes reports to a supervisory team leader. Duties & Responsibilities: • Plans, develops and conducts program analyses of substantial scale and impact regarding highly complex, multi-million dollar projects that significantly impact international programs. • Supports program managers in complying with management policies and procedures, including those contained in the Foreign Affairs Manual, Federal Acquisition Regulation, and other regulatory sources. • Coordinates contract management activities between multiple contractors, Department offices and bureaus, INL's program offices and posts, as well as with other government agencies. • Assists with coordinating, tracking, record-keeping, and facilitating reutilization of INL property assets. Supports the Industrial Property Management Specialist with planning, analyzing, and recommending actions in support of Bureau policies for reutilization of assets. • Assists senior CAS Division and other Bureau program stakeholders in coordinating and planning contract management activities such as quality assurance programs for advising and mentoring services, life support, mission support, logistics operations, security operations, IT/communications support, contractor pre-deployment training and in-country program management. • Conducts in-depth studies of the technical aspects of project requirements to ensure that they are taken into consideration when making recommendations to senior managers. May also be required to provide technical oversight, coordination, analysis, review, quality assurance and scheduling oversight of projects. • Makes recommendations to senior staff, both in-country and headquarters, on how best to implement changes to improve performance with respect to projects, programs, End Use Monitoring of donated assets, and property utilization. • Builds strong relationships with all stakeholders to achieve greater visibility on program and project implementation • Provides guidance to co-workers on management of complex projects. • Works closely with other program and property analysts in the development, maintenance and monitoring of integrated project and property-related management systems. • Reviews, analyzes, and makes substantive recommendations regarding the content and impact of policy documents, contracts, interagency agreements, grants, contractor proposals, project reports, and End Use Monitoring reports. • Drafts position papers and reports presenting, defending, or justifying the Department's policies relating to the management of INL contracts. Assists with reviewing contract expenditures and reconciles differences between budget and project expenditure reports. • Leads or participates in working groups, coordinates findings, and makes recommendations to senior level officers on appropriate course to follow. • Drafts well-written information and decision memoranda and reports presenting, defending, or justifying management analysis and recommendations. • Represents the division or the Bureau at meetings, advising other attendees of the Bureau's position on specific issues. Recommends solutions and briefs senior managers, both within and outside the Bureau on outcome of meetings. • Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Evaluates programs against short and long-range objectives. Effectively manages assigned programs and serves as the initial point of contact for incoming actions from offices both within and outside the Bureau, posts abroad, and other USG agencies, or the private sector on all related issues. • Assists with measuring, assessing, auditing, inspecting, reviewing, and evaluating the effectiveness and control of programs and End Use Monitoring. Resolves audit or inspection activities for assigned projects. • Analyzes, evaluates, assesses, and compiles reports for INL End Use Monitoring. Evaluates the effectiveness of INL Posts' property monitoring procedures. Provides technical assistance to Post EUM points of contact related to the Integrated Logistics Management System (ILMS) and property accountability reports. Maintains annual EUM reports and prepares briefs and recommendations for senior management detailing the results of monitoring trends. • Provides detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis and support to the Industrial Property Management team for property disposition actions. Is knowledgeable on property disposal policies, procedures and practices, and property utilization and donation policies, procedures, and actions. • Performs the duties of contracting officer's representative (COR) or government technical monitor (GTM), as required, in accordance with the Foreign Affairs Handbook, or provides technical guidance and advice sufficient to enable others to effectively perform COR or GTM duties. Minimum Qualifications • U.S. citizen, eligible for a Top Secret State Department security clearance. • Demonstrated five (5) year experience in the project management field, including mastery of concepts, principles, laws and regulations associated with the broad areas of international relations, particularly as it relates to the development and implementation of post conflict and emerging development programs. One year of this experience must be equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal service. • Demonstrated understanding of contract administration principles, regulations and procedures, including US Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), DOS Acquisition Regulations, and commercial procurement procedures. • Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, as well as the ability to interact with individuals at all levels. • Ability to multi-task, working on and bearing responsibility for several simultaneous in-country projects while keeping the overall program and bureau goals in perspective. • Ability to operate both independently and as part of a team as an effective team member. • Demonstrated ability to speak and write effectively in order to effectively and skillfully negotiate with senior government and industry officials, and be adept in presenting positions in written form. • Proficient in utilizing the ILMS End Use Monitoring module to analyze data and receive/create reports. • Proficient in Microsoft Office, primarily Microsoft Excel experience and expertise is required. • Proven ability to complete the FSI Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) online course within the first 120 days of assignment successfully. Evaluation Criteria: Factor 1: Project Management (30 Points) Offeror's ability to manage complex, multifaceted international projects, e.g. determine needs, define goals and develop work plans for multi-billion dollar projects, and as part of a professional team, carry out the full range of responsibilities from inception to completion. Offeror's ability to work with public and private contracting or consulting firms, in analyzing project needs, defining project scope, and in determining schedule and budget required to complete the project Factor 3: Communication (30 points) Offeror's ability to develop the DOS' negotiation stance and to coordinate as necessary, with contracting firms, as well as with DOS and other USG agencies and organizations involved in the project, determining the contracting method most appropriate for the particular project to be completed. Also, ability to prepare all required documentation to support the Department's position and to analyze all documents related to the contract prior to making final recommendations to senior DOS officials. (20 Points) Factor 4: Knowledge/Abilities (20 Points) Offeror's skill in interacting with other professionals and support personnel in order to provide guidance and assistance: and the ability to make on the spot decisions involving large amounts of money and to make insightful and effective recommendations to senior management on project implementation issues which affect the post-conflict programs. (10 Points) Factor 5: Past Performance (20 points) Past Performance evaluation of applicant's ability to perform under contract. (In conducting the evaluation, the Government reserves the right to utilize all evaluation information available at the time of evaluation, whether provided by the applicant or obtained from other sources.) (10 points) Pre-Award Ethical Responsibilities of PSC (JUN 2011) This solicitation may result in the award of one or more personal services contracts as defined in FAR 2.101. Prior to contract award, all offerors or quotes must advise the cognizant Contracting Officer if they have a personal conflict of interest, such as a financial conflict, that would prevent them from either meeting the requirements of the clause entitled, "Post-Award Ethical Responsibilities of Personal Services Contractors," or otherwise objectively performing their contractual duties upon contract award. VETERAN'S PREFERANCE Veteran's Preference is not applicable to this position. COMPENSATION For award, INL will negotiate for this contract based on the following: • Entry-level salary is at Step 1 of the grade range assigned to solicitation • Consideration given for experience relevant specifically to the solicitation requirements • Level and extent of experience dictates the salary level within the grade range BENEFITS & ALLOWANCES AS A MATTER OF POLICY, INL NORMALLY AUTHORIZES THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES BENEFITS - IF APPLICABLE • Employee's FICA Contribution • Contribution toward Health and Life Insurance • Pay Comparability Adjustment • Annual Increase • Eligibility for Worker's Compensation • Annual & Sick Leave • 401K Plan ALLOWANCES - IF APPLICABLE • Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance • Living Quarters Allowance • Post Allowance • Supplemental Post Allowance • Separate Maintenance Allowance • Education Allowance • Education Travel • Post Differential • Payments during Evacuation/Authorized Departure • Danger Pay
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of State, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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