SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Sources Sought Notice for Compassion Capital Fund National Resource Center
- Notice Date
- 5/12/2008
- Notice Type
- Cancellation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- SS-08Y014464
- Point of Contact
- Michellee Edwards,, Phone: 301-443-6412
- E-Mail Address
-
michellee.edwards@psc.hhs.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION, REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ), REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB). This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY to determine the availability of potential small businesses (e.g., service disabled veteran owned small businesses, 8(a)s, HUBZone small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, and women-owned small businesses) that can provide the requirement. Potential sources must demonstrate that they have the experience and capabilities to perform the tasks described in this notice. The Office of Community Services (OCS), within the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, administers nine (9) Federal programs. The mission of OCS is to work in partnership with states, communities, and other agencies to provide a range of human and economic development services and activities which ameliorate the causes and characteristics of poverty and otherwise assist persons in need. The aim of these services and activities is to increase the capacity of individuals and families to become self-sufficient, to revitalize communities, and to build the stability and capacity of children, youth, and families so that they become able to create their own opportunities. The mission of the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF), which is administered by OCS, is to increase the capacity of grassroots organizations and community coalitions to provide social services that support children, families, and communities. CCF seeks to help faith-based and community organizations build their capacity – that is, increase their effectiveness, enhance their ability to provide social services to serve those most in need, expand their organizations, diversify their funding sources, and create collaborations to better serve low income individuals, families, and communities. CCF currently administers three (3) grant programs: the Demonstration program, the Communities Empowering Youth (CEY) program, and the Targeted Capacity Building (mini-grant) program. The CCF National Resource Center (NRC) has been established to provide program management and administrative support to the CCF Program Office. Such support helps ensure that organizations awarded grants under the CCF Program or related programs are able to fully meet the objectives and goals of their awards and appropriately manage their grants. OCS intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) in the future and is seeking capability statements from organizations with the core capability to effectively manage and operate the CCF NRC. Offerors must be able to: •Oversee and track major activity performed under the CCF program by grantees of the Demonstration program, the CEY program, the mini-grant program, or any other discretionary grant program administered under CCF. •Provide training and technical assistance to Demonstration grantees, CEY grantees, and mini-grantees, as well as any other discretionary grant program administered under CCF. •Serve as a repository and distribution center for information, tools, and resources needed by Demonstration grantees, CEY grantees, and mini-grantees, sub-awardees, partners, and other faith- and community-based organizations to improve their capacity, knowledge, and skills and assist with their programmatic and grants management. •Provide assistance to the CCF Federal staff in support of the mission of CCF. •Ensure that all Demonstration grantees, CEY grantees, and mini-grantees, as well as other organizations funded under CCF, have the resources, tools, and information needed to successfully accomplish the objectives of their awards. •Ensure that Demonstration and CEY grantees provide technical assistance and training to faith-based and community organizations that is effective and appropriate for their needs and reflects sensitivity to their cultural environment. •Ensure that Demonstration grantees improve their outreach to grassroots organizations historically not involved in similar initiatives and appropriately address the capacity building needs of such organizations. •Bring appropriate resources together to ensure that services that meet the needs of individuals, families, and communities most in need are improved and increased through the work of the organizations funded under CCF. •Plan, organize, and manage two annual conferences for CCF grantees that pull together expert information about effective methods and strategies for carrying out their grant-funded activities and managing their Federal awards. •Host, maintain, and expand the current CCF electronic clearinghouse, the CCF state-of-the-art websites, and the CCF grantee information database. The current CCF grantee database is a comprehensive, web-based system that allows NRC and CCF program office staff a central location to store and track information related to grantees. It allows the staff to find contact information, track consultations and contacts with grantees, see project information, descriptions, and funding levels, as well as upload and retrieve documents relevant to the grantee file. •Coordinate the gathering and analysis of grantee data in order to respond to annual requests under the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) to assess and improve program performance. In responding to this sources sought announcement, small business concerns must: 1.Have knowledge of and experience with overseeing and tracking major activity performed by awardees under Federal discretionary grant programs. 2.Have knowledge of and experience with providing training and technical assistance to awardees of discretionary grant programs, particularly with regard to issues of building the capacity of faith-based and community organizations. 3.Have knowledge of and experience with hosting, maintaining, and expanding an electronic clearinghouse containing information, tools, and resources to help organizations improve their capacity, knowledge, and skills and assist with their programmatic and grants management. 4.Have knowledge of and experience with providing assistance to Federal program staff in support of a discretionary program. 5.Have knowledge of and experience with working with organizations to ensure they have the resources and training necessary to provide effective technical assistance and training to faith-based and community organizations. 6.Have knowledge of and experience with planning, organizing, and managing annual conferences – with at least 200 attendees – that pull together expert information about how to implement and manage effective grant programs. 7.Have knowledge of and experience with hosting, maintaining, and expanding state-of-the-art websites and a comprehensive, web-based grantee information database. 8.Have knowledge of and experience with coordinating the gathering and analysis of grantee data in order to track program performance under the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) annually. Capability statements must demonstrate the knowledge of and experience with Items 1-8 above. Please address each in the order listed above. The Government encourages proposed teaming arrangements (i.e., subcontracting, joint ventures) in response to this announcement if potential sources deem such an approach to be most advantageous, however, any proposed arrangement of this kind must address all of the above and clearly explain which teaming partner provides which of the above capabilities. Simply referring to the teaming arrangement as a whole as “the team” and discussing collective capabilities without discussion of the individual team members’ capabilities will not be considered sufficient by the Government. The anticipated period of performance for this contract is one 12-month base period and the potential of four additional option periods for a total of 60 months. Interested organizations should submit their written capability statements by 10:00 a.m. on May 21, 2008 to the Contracting Officer at the following email address: medwards@psc.gov. Emails should include the Reference Number of this Sources Sought notice in the subject header of their email. Capability statements will not be accepted after the due date. The page limit is 10 pages. Any questions must be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing to the email address listed. Capability statements must also include the following information: company name, address, point of contact, phone/fax/email, and business size and status (e.g., small business, 8(a), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women owned small business).
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