SOLICITATION NOTICE
G -- CERTIFICATION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION COUNSELORS TO PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO OWCP INJURED WORKERS
- Notice Date
- 5/25/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541612
— Human Resources Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S3522, Washington, District of Columbia, 20210
- ZIP Code
- 20210
- Solicitation Number
- SEARC72010
- Archive Date
- 7/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Gwendolyn S Skinner, Phone: 202-693-0975
- E-Mail Address
-
skinner.gwendolyn@dol.gov
(skinner.gwendolyn@dol.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), Branch of Medical Standards and Rehabilitation (BMSR) is soliciting vocational rehabilitation counselors (VRCs) who live in the states of WA, AK, OR and ID. OWCP/BMSR intends to certify and contract with individual VRCs in these areas to provide direct vocational rehabilitation services for injured workers covered by the Employees' Compensation Act. OWCP certification involves (1) minimum qualification criteria, (2) rating of educational and experience factors, (3) selection of those counselors with the highest ratings, (4) required attendance at a two day training workshop, and (5) a contractual agreement to follow OWCP standards. The minimum qualifications for consideration are: (1) a bacelor's degree from an accredited four year college or university and (2) two years vocational rehabilitation counseling experience. Each VRC is required to submit to the OWCP National Office a complete application package, ORIGINAL AND DUPLICATE, consisting of: (1) a narrative summary which provides a complete and detailed description of their work experience and educational background, including vocational counseling experience in using the labor market, job placement and using testing/vocational evaluation, (2) copies of transcripts supporting the college/university degrees obtained, (3) two letters of reference verifying workers' experience (not character references), and (4) a signed cover letter or statement by VRC indicating that the application package demonstrates the intent to be available to provide direct services to injured workers covered under OWCP, and including the following statement: "I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all information, statement and documents herein presented are true, correct, complete and made in good faith, under penalty of disqualification and prosecution under the law." Applicants with the highest ratings will be selected to attend the required training workshops. The training workshops are to take place the week of September 13, 2010. OWCP will provde a memorandum of attendance which the VRC may use to apply for continuing education units. VRCs are not paid or othewise reimbursed for attending those workshops. Certification extends for a basic one year period, followed by a minimum of an additional option year. Evaluaton of counselor's performance will determine whether options are renewed. VRCs who receive referrals are evaluated on OWCP's standards of timeliness, quality, and adherence to OWCP's policy and procedures. Additional rating factors are positive outcomes or successful closures. These evalluations will detemine whether the VRC continues to receive referrals, and have a bearing on egilibility for future workshops. VRCs selected to provide direct services are compensated at the rate of $75 per hour for professional time, and $37.50 (one half the rate) per hour for non-professional time in WA, OR, and ID and $95 per hour for professional time and $47.50 (one half the rate) per hour for non-professional time in AK, based on the OWCP approved schedule for direct services on a cases by case basis. OWCP may deveop and test pilot programs to determine the feasibility of other methods of remuneration. OWCP does not guarantee a minimum number of referrals to each VRC. Individual VRCs are hereby asked to forward a complete application package, including all of the required information of resume, verifying references and transcript of completed college work, in one package to Gwendolyn S. Skinner, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room C4315, Washington, D.C. 20210. The deadline for submitting applicaton package, original and duplicate, is JULY 15, 2010. THE APPLICATION PACKAGE MUST BE POSTMARKED AND/OR RECEIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS BY THE APPLICABLE DUE DATE OR THE VRC IS DISQUALIFIED. INCOMPELTE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
- Web Link
-
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOL/ESA/WashingtonDC/SEARC72010/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room C4315, Washington, District of Columbia, 20210, United States
- Zip Code: 20210
- Zip Code: 20210
- Record
- SN02159968-W 20100527/100525235458-530540b41d8165761a96e4fd5f63fc37 (fbodaily.com)
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