Human Resources Management

Synopsis: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of the Commissioner Centers (OC) and Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) has a requirement for management consulting services, program design, development, and implementation services to comprehensively support all aspects of the continuing human capital and special initiatives efforts within OC and ORA. The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) Commercial Services Contract with a twelve (12) month Base Year and three (3) Option Years. Task Orders issued will be FFP. The procurement is solicited as a 100% 8(a) Competitive, Set-Aside, commercial service in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 19.805-1 and FAR Part 12. The contractor will be required to provide Senior Consultants/Consultants, Program/Project managers, Research/Senior/Policy Analysts/Specialists and Admin Support for support in the following areas:1) Continuous outreach and recruitment support for the Agency; 2) Ongoing support to each center to support the development of position descriptions, classification of position descriptions, cataloging position descriptions from RHRC, sourcing of candidates to fill hard to fill requirements beyond those identified in routine vacancy announcements and the ongoing support for center and office Federal Career Internship programs 3) Human Capital Plan/Workforce Planning. 4) Ongoing Support for Staff Training and Career Development through development and production of training and orientation materials as well as day to day classroom management including the use of videoconferencing software to connect with remotely located employees The NAICS Code is 561320/561330 with a size standard of $13.5 Million. Offerors must be registered in Central Contractors Registration (CCR) (http://www.bpn.gov/ccr). Offerors must register in FedConnect at https://www.fedconnect.net/; use "Register as a Vendor" link. To create an organization account, your organization's CCR MPIN is required. FedConnect questions: Contact FedConnect at the following: FedConnect: [email protected] or Phone: 1-800-518-4726 (7 am-9pm Eastern). Offerors are requested to register in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) (https://orca.bpn.gov). Joint Venture Agreements - Joint Ventures are allowable on competitive 8(a) set-asides, however, the joint venture agreement must be received by SBA prior to proposal due date and approved before award of any resulting contract. If you are contemplating a joint venture on this project, advise your assigned SBA Business Development Specialist (BDS) in writing as soon as possible. The agreement should be submitted as soon as practicable to ensure compliance with established regulations. Any corrections and/or changes can be made only when your BDS has adequate time for a thorough review before the proposal due date. NO CORRECTIONS AND/OR CHANGES ARE ALLOWED AFTER TIME OF SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL OR BIDS. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE OPEN ONLY TO 8(a) ELIGIBLE FIRMS, COMPETITIVE NATIONWIDE. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. It is anticipated the solicitation will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) on or about June 28, 2010.