SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- SELF DEFENSE TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL
- Notice Date
- 4/21/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, D. C. Pre-Trial Services Agency, Finance and Administration, 633 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 1120, Washington, District of Columbia, 20004
- ZIP Code
- 20004
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-20101804-RD
- Point of Contact
- Rachel Dobbs, , Rachel Dobbs, Phone: 202-220-5657
- E-Mail Address
-
rachel.dobbs@psa.gov, rachel.dobbs@psa.gov
(rachel.dobbs@psa.gov, rachel.dobbs@psa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation using FAR Part 12 for commercial products or services. The DC Pretrial Services Agency has a sole requirement to provide self defense training for 15 of the agency's law enforcement personnel. I. Introduction The DC Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) is an independent entity within the Court Services Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA). CSOSA was established by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 and was certified as a federal agency under the Executive Branch in August 2000. PSA's Training and Career Development Center (T&CDC) is the primary developer of this Statement of Work based upon a critical mission-related need for select PSA employees to be certified/recertified to train basic self-defense skills to PSA employees. II. Scope The very nature of PSA's work as a federal law enforcement agency may present staff with threats to their personal security to which they must know how to respond safely. PSA requires certain personnel to complete basic self-defense training. In order to support this requirement, PSA's Training & Career Development Center has identified the need for a qualified vendor to certify a select number of staff as self-defense trainers. PSA assists judicial officers in both the Superior Court for the District of Columbia and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in formulating release recommendations and providing supervision and services to defendants awaiting trial that reasonably assure that those on conditional release return to court and do not engage in criminal activity. PSA does not currently work in the "field," e.g. make home visits, therefore training on safety hazards faced while working in the "field" for the basic self-defense class should not be included. PSA employees do not carry weapons of any sort, e.g. guns, pepper spray, taser guns, etc., so training should not address how to use weapons as a means of self-defense. However, PSA employees do facilitate arrests of defendants who have outstanding warrants. The actual arrests are made by police officers and/or building security officers who are armed so the occasion may arise when they will need to know how to respond as an unarmed individual should the police officer or building security officer draw and/or fire his/her weapon. This statement of work addresses a specific need for one train-the-trainer class for basic self-defense skills. The target audience would be comprised of select PSA employees. III. Training Objectives Goal 1. The goal is to deliver one train-the-trainer class for up to 15 PSA employees. Equipment will be provided by PSA (mats, batons, bags, etc.). After having completed the train-the-trainer basic self-defense course, participants should be able to: Objective 1. Identify the most common objects found in the office that can be used as weapons; Objective 2. Recognize the signs of a possible confrontation and then, using verbal diffusion techniques, successfully de-escalate the confrontation to prevent it from becoming physical; Objective 3. Demonstrate the use of "control tactics" using the most reasonable amount of force (as identified in PSA policy on staff safety) necessary to safely extricate themselves from the most common types of confrontations facing community corrections staff; Objective 4. Defend themselves, using the most reasonable amount of force necessary and in compliance with PSA policy on staff safety, should they be physically threatened in an office; Objective 5. Defend themselves, using the most reasonable amount of force necessary and in compliance with PSA policy on staff safety, should they be physically threatened outside of the office, e.g. entering and exiting buildings, parking structures, etc.; Objective 6. Explain PSA's policy on staff safety and demonstrate how to safely resolve confrontations at all levels described in the policy; Objective 7. Explain and demonstrate breaking choke holds and ground fighting; Objective 8. Demonstrate how to handle confrontations with knives and guns; Objective 9. Deliver the basic self-defense class to other PSA employees, following all trainer materials and curriculum and Objective 10. Conduct a basic self-defense class. IV. Technical Requirements • The contractor shall certify one class of select PSA employees to train basic self-defense so that they can train other PSA employees. • Classes should be conducted no later than July 2010. Instruction for train-the-trainer basic self-defense should be designed, in collaboration with PSA, for community corrections officers and address scenarios typically faced by them. • All instruction must be in compliance with applicable agency safety policy, e.g. policy on staff safety. • Training must include instruction on both verbal and nonverbal defense tactics. • Instruction should be interactive in nature and include experiential learning techniques when at all possible. Because adult learning theory suggests that individuals have different learning styles, various instructional strategies shall be employed to teach content. Group work, simulation and other interactive instruction shall be utilized in order to allow for deep learning. • Class should conclude with instructor providing participants with class evaluation, which will be provided by the DC Pretrial Services Agency. • Participants should have the opportunity to practice all techniques learned and then demonstrate them to the instructor who will provide immediate feedback. • All training materials must be grammatically correct with no typos. All participant manuals/guides should be professionally presented, e.g., bound, etc. • The vendor must provide all participants in the train-the-trainer self defense class with the course lesson plans, i.e., "facilitator's guides", any presentation materials in electronic and paper format, e.g. PowerPoint slides, videos, vignettes and reproducible participant materials used for the for the following type of class: 1. Basic self-defense training. • Vendor will be responsible for providing any and all handouts, participant manuals, etc. • All training must be in compliance with Section 624 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act of 1997 which "Prohibits...employee training...containing [the following] elements: (1) inducing high emotional or psychological stress; (2) associated with religious, quasi-religious, or "new age" belief systems; (3) offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle; or (4) related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) other than that necessary for specified purposes." • Total costs should include any and all travel costs, if applicable The Contractor shall propose for review and approval by training staff: • The recommended course length for this train-the-trainer class; • An indication of how long the proposed basic self-defense class will be when delivered to staff by certified PSA trainers; • A full-course description of the train-the-trainer basic self-defense class to include objectives and how the course will be relevant to the target audience; • Description of interactive and experiential instructional strategies to be used in the train-the-trainer class; • Course outline for the train-the-trainer basic self-defense class that demonstrates how strategies will be employed; • Any available materials/handouts to be provided to learners in the training, a minimum of five pages of the proposed facilitator's guide and five pages of the participant workbook must be provided for evaluative purposes ; • A minimum of five pages of the proposed participant workbook that will be used by certified trainers when delivering the basic-self defense class (after certification); • Three references, preferably at least one from the Federal Government that demonstrates extensive experience delivering self-defense train-the-trainer training to a federal law enforcement agency; • The method of evaluation used to evaluate participants' learning; and • Information regarding experience delivering self-defense instruction and certifying trainers in self defense instruction for law enforcement agencies. V. Deliverables The contractor shall deliver: 1. Instructor-led train-the-trainer basic self-defense training for up to 15 PSA employees. 2. 15 sets of course materials (approved by the PSA training office) for all participants in the train-the-trainer basic self-defense course. 3. Any and all materials needed to train a basic self-defense class to include: facilitator's guide, copy of videos and vignettes used in the class and reproducible participant workbooks and handouts. A copy of each must be provided to each of the 15 participants.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: DC Pretrial Services Agency, Training Department, 601 Indiana Ave., NW 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20004, Washington, District of Columbia, 20004, United States
- Zip Code: 20004
- Zip Code: 20004
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