SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Request for Information - Personal Assistant Services
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Procurement Section, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20535
- ZIP Code
- 20535
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-298677
- Archive Date
- 7/5/2011
- Point of Contact
- Wiley H. Hall, Phone: 703-872-5360, Mabel L. Comfort, Phone: 703-872-5370
- E-Mail Address
-
wiley.hall@ic.fbi.gov, mabel.comfort@ic.fbi.gov
(wiley.hall@ic.fbi.gov, mabel.comfort@ic.fbi.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is requesting information from sources able to provide an individual with an active secret clearance to provide personal assistance services for a physically challenged male employee with extremely limited mobility. The employee has some mobility in his left arm and is only able to effectively use the index finger on his left hand. He uses a computer device, called a Pathfinder, for communication. The period of performance for the anticipated purchase order will be for one year with four additional one year options. Office assistance services are to consist of: 1. Assist in gathering information from a variety of sources and present the information to the employee in a form suitable for the employee's use; 2. Prepare reading materials and office equipment as required by employee; 3. Provide all necessary clerical support to the employee, including, but not limited to, faxing, filing, typing, note taking and answering phone calls; and 4. Physically assist employee with the carrying of work-related material while the employee is at work or is acting in an official capacity at a conference, meeting, or other function. (When travel is required, all reasonable, allowable and allocable travel expenses incurred by the personal assistant will be paid by the Government. Travel costs are not embedded in the fixed price of the services otherwise provided by the personal assistant.) These services are needed Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, during the hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm in Washington, DC. The FBI also seeks to obtain personal care services for the physically challenged employee such as the following: 1. Maintain a clean and safe environment for employee's work space; 2 Assist employee with adaptive appliances; 3. Assist employee while traveling between duty stations via public transportation for local travel using proper equipment and technique; 4. Assist with nutritional needs; 5. Assist with elimination needs; 6. Assist in necessary basic adjustments of the employee's electronic wheelchair; 7. Call for medical assistance when required; and 8. Develop an awareness of the employee's various disabilities and special needs, and relate those needs to medical and emergency personnel when required. Additional qualification requirements for the personal assistant such as the following are requested: 1. Personal assistant (PA) should be experienced with word processing software packages, skilled in general office automation, and have a minimum typing speed of 40 wpm; 2. PA must have effective verbal communication skills; 3. PA must be patient and sensitive in performing his/her duties; 4. PA must be physically capable of properly and safely manipulating employee's body as necessary for required personal care; 5. PA must understand the basic operational mechanics and functions of an electronic wheelchair; 6. PA must know and use correct hand washing techniques; 7. PA must know and follow proper infection control techniques; 8. PA must follow emergency procedures for fire and other disasters; 9. PA must know and use correct body mechanics when manipulating employee's body or wheelchair; and 10. PA should possess a valid, current CPR certification. Contractors that feel that they are capable of providing the services listed above must also be capable of providing past performance information for similar services that they have provided and any individual being proposed must be capable of passing a background investigation. Any interested parties shall submit a response via email to wiley.hall@ic.fbi.gov by 2:00pm EST on 6/20/2011. Your response shall contain your company name, address, business size, and contact information along with a description of the type of similar services that you have provided to another government agency. It is also requested that you provide a list of your related capabilities, certifications and/or medical qualifications, past performance, and please identify any existing contracts that you currently provide these services under. It is requested that responses be limited to no more than 10 pages. This Request for Information is issued solely for market research purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. The information requested will be used to determine whether or not there are qualified sources available to meet the requirements.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/FBI/PPMS1/RFI-298677/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20535, United States
- Zip Code: 20535
- Zip Code: 20535
- Record
- SN02471494-W 20110615/110613234807-45fee067eae0cffa6fdc2b887d36e6bf (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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