Summary: This Request for Information (RFI) is the initiation of market research under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. This announcement does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB), Request for Quote (RFQ), or a Request for Proposal (RFP), and it should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the Government to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses to this notice may not be accepted as offers. The Government anticipates the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to these services to be 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. The anticipated contract type is Time & Material. The anticipated period of performance is a base period of 12-months, commencing February 3, 2022, and two 12-month option periods. Contractors should ensure that they are properly registered in the Government System for Award Management at SAM.gov. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Department of Justice, is providing funding to the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) recipients to detect and respond to COVID-19 in confinement facilities within their jurisdictions. A total of $700,000,000, made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, under the Detection & Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities, will be awarded to the current 64 ELC recipients according to a formula based on percent of the total population in custody. (The 64 ELC recipients include the public health authorities in the states, territories, District of Columbia, and the eight local jurisdictions with the largest populations.) The term ‘confinement facilities’ includes adult prisons and jails, juvenile confinement facilities, police lock-ups, and community confinement facilities as defined by 28 CFR 115.5. ELC state recipients must support units of local government within their jurisdiction to reach the fullest complement of all confinement facilities in the state. According to the March 2021 Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, Impact of COVID-19 on the Local Jail Population, January-June 2020, “from March to June 2020, jails conducted 215,360 inmate COVID-19 tests. More than 11% of these tests were positive. Jails in counties with confirmed residential COVID-19 infection rates of 1% or more tested nearly 21% of persons admitted to their jails from March to June 2020.” In addition, The Marshall Project: COVID Cases in Prisons found that, “by mid-December [2020], one in five state and federal prisoners in the United States had tested positive for the coronavirus — a rate more than four times higher than the general population.” Additionally, COVID-19 infections in confinement facility staff have significantly hampered operations of the facilities and services to residents/detainees/inmates. Finally, as states begin to reopen their facilities for visitors and service/care providers, mitigation of new transmission of COVID-19 must be addressed. The objective of this contract is for the vendor to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to the ELC recipients and their jurisdictional corrections authorities regarding implementation of public health COVID-19 detection and mitigation efforts within confinement facilities. This TTA will focus primarily on helping the health departments connect with their corrections counterparts to implement COVID-19 detection and mitigation strategies in the unique confinement facility setting and consistent with criminal justice standards and practices.
Vehicle: PSS
RFP release date: 7/30/2021
Proposal due date: 9/1/2021
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