R -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO FDA/OCI ON EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ISSUES

The Food and Drug Administration intends to award a contract to Vengazo Consulting of Ocean View, DE. This is NOT a request for competitive quotes. The contract will be made on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures and 13.501(A) - Sole source acquisitions for the following, full-time, services NAICS 541612. This contract will provide support to FDA/OCI in on going criminal cases and all phases of employee relations. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: PROGRAM PLANNING: Providing expert testimony at hearings, trials and other forums. Making suitability determinations related to personnel investigations Conducting personnel misconduct investigations The contractor will provide expertise as required throughout the term of the contract and will advise, facilitate and assist in a) clarification and identification of roles and responsibilities, b) identification and analysis of resources, c) development and documentation of process, procedures and arrangements. PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL: The contractor will be available to discuss and provide monthly status reports on ongoing employee relations to the Office of Criminal Investigations managers. TASK DELIVERABLES AND MILESTONES: DELIVERABLES: a. Status Reporting: Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly or Monthly Status Updates - to be determined by FDA/OCI b. Meetings with management - as needed c. Invoices -monthly on the 1st CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE: FDA/OCI will review contractor deliverables in accordance with specifications and standards stated in the criteria established and any directives issued during the term of this contract. OCI Management has the authority to accept or reject deliverables. The acceptance of deliverables and satisfactory work performance required herein shall be based upon the timeliness, accuracy and suitability of the deliverable. The specific deliverables and schedule for delivery shall be as agreed upon and documented. Deliverables will be submitted to OCI Management. a. Contractor will provide monthly status report that provides information about the current status and anticipated completion date for each deliverable. Will also include information about any unanticipated problems with completion of any deliverable. Daily, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly status meetings with FDA/OCI as determined by the agency. b. Contractor will provide FDA/OCI a written and or oral assessment regarding the status of cases. Written recommendation as to the appropriate action and documentation provided to the employee will be considered on an ad hoc basis. c. Contractor's meetings with FDA/OCI to review and discuss cases will involve a variety of field offices and OCI components. d. Contractor will provide final formatted versions of FDA/OCI responses and offers to employees and other documents and services as outlined in 1.3 of this statement of work. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: July 2, 2007 through September 30, 2007 with FOUR (12 month) OPTION YEARS. LOCATION, WORK SCHEDULE, AND TRAVEL: Unless otherwise specified, all meetings between contractor and FDA/OCI will be held at FDA's Headquarter's location at 7500 Standish Place, Rockville, MD, or at a nearby alternate FDA location. The contractor's work relative to accomplishing contract tasks may be performed at FDA/OCI's 7500 Standish Place location or at the contractor's location of choosing. Contractor will work hours as necessary to accomplish the contract objectives. Local and out of state travel may be required. Approved travel expenses will be reimbursed at the prevailing per diem rates at the time of travel. STATUS REPORTING: The contractor will provide monthly reports and accounting for the deliverables and any current or anticipated problems with required activities. SECURITY AND PRIVACY: Contractor personnel performing work under this contract shall satisfy all requirements for appropriate security eligibility in dealing with access to sensitive information. Contractor must hold an active National Security Clearance. Performance of work may require the contractor personnel to have access to and use of data and information which may be considered proprietary to a government agency or Government contractor, or which may otherwise be of such nature that its dissemination or use, other than in performance of a subsequent work statement, would be adverse to the interest of FDA or others. FDA, thereof, owns all proprietary information and all copies. The contractor agrees that contractor personnel will not divulge or release data or information developed or obtained in connection with the performance of the resulting contract, unless made public by FDA, except to authorized FDA personnel or upon written approval of Project Officer. Except as may otherwise be permitted by a data owner, the contractor personnel agrees not to use, disclose or reproduce proprietary data, other than as required in performance of the contract; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed as precluding the use of any data independently acquired by the contractor without such limitation. FDA owns all proprietary information and all copies shall be returned to FDA upon completion of the work for which it was obtained or developed. Due to the sensitive nature of the information involved, all contractor personnel will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement before data and information otherwise exempt from public disclosure (e.g., Privacy Act or Data Collected Under an Assurance of Confidentiality) may be disclosed to them. CONTRACTOR CONFORMANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND STANDARDS: The Contractor shall be responsible for knowledge of and compliance with all applicable federal information technology and information management laws, regulations, policies and standards at the government-wide, HHS and FDA levels. At the government-wide level, these include Office of Management and Budget (OMB), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and General Accounting Office (GAO). These can be primarily found at or through the Federal CIO Council website at: http://www.cio.gov. HHS documents are found at: http://www.cdc.gov/irmo. PAST EXPERIENCE: The contractor must be able to demonstrate past experience directly relevant to the types of work needed. Such experience includes projects performed in the past five years similar in scope to the requirements of this Statement of Work. Interested parties may identify their interest by responding to this requirement within 5 calendar days after the date of publication of this notice. The period of performance for this contract is from 07/02/2007 to 09/30/2007 with four option years. Vendors must be registered in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) prior to the award of a contract. You may register by going to www.ccr.gov. You will need your DUN and Bradstreet number and banking information. The anticipated award date is 07/02/2007. The following FAR clauses apply to this combined synopsis/solicitation. 52.212-1 Instructions to Offers-Commercial Items, 52.212-3 Offer Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items,52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999), 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000). All information received by 2:00pm EST on June 21, 2007 will be considered by the Government. All questions must be emailed no later than June 12, 2007 to [email protected].