What this opportunity is
The Department of Defense is seeking a Total Small Business Set-Aside contract for consultation services to support the Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar's Sex Offender Treatment Program. The program requires ongoing consultation from outside experts to ensure research-based treatment at the highest level, addressing programmatic issues, client concerns, and staff development. This Sources Sought notice indicates that the government is gathering information from potential contractors before issuing a solicitation, so interested small businesses should track this opportunity for future developments. The contract will be performed in California over the next 12 months.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
Description
STATEMENT OF WORK
Request for Consultation Support from Outside Experts for the Naval
Consolidated Brig Miramar’s Sex Offender Treatment Program
GENERAL:
The Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar (NCBM) is the Navy’s Correctional Model
Manager for the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) which was originally
developed over 30 years ago and was completely revised and updated in 2015 and
implemented in 2016. The current SOTP was developed through a contract with Central
Coast Clinical & Forensic Psychology Services (CCCFP). The original contract included
program evaluation and program development. The program evaluation component
gathered data to facilitate a revision of the program and the development component
updated the program to align with the Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) model. RNR
model SOTP programs utilize the best practice standards.
Objectives:
It is prudent to ensure that ongoing consultation is provided to the SOTP staff to ensure
the Navy is continuing to provide research-based treatment at the highest level. Work
under this contract will occur over the next 12 months and will include consultation
services to respond to questions, concerns, and issues of the SOTP treatment providers.
Consultation may address, but is not limited to, questions about programmatic issues,
program implementation, consultation about clients in the SOTP, and working with
special populations.
Description of Consultation Services:
The Contractor shall provide feedback to SOTP staff on all types of programmatic
concerns, including but not limited to, case consultation, program adaptions, assessment
concerns, staff development, etc. Feedback can be provided orally or in writing. Services
shall be available throughout the 12-month contract period.
Specifically, the contractor will:
1.1 The Contractor shall schedule consultation meetings (typically via telephone)
of one to three hours a month with SOTP staff to discuss various consultation
topics. The Contractor will be expected to provide feedback about
consultation topics either orally or in writing. A total of twenty-four hours of
consultation shall be provided over twelve months.
1.2 The Contractor is solely liable for the quality of services provided. The
Contractor is also liable for the contractor employee negligence, and any
fraud, waste, or abuse. If performance falls below the AQL defined above, the
SOTP Director (or designee) shall document the instance(s), coordinate with
the Contracting Officer, and advise the Contractor. The Contractor will be
requested to review the documentation and provide a written response on how
performance will be corrected in the future. Re-performance of any work for
failure to perform in accordance with the specified AQL or task requirement
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shall be borne at the Contractor’s own expense and at no additional cost to the
Government.
Other Important Information - Consultant Requirements:
This effort will be performed under a firm fixed price contract over a period of twelve
months and will include the following contractor requirements:
1.3 Contractor must have proven abilities to address consultation concerns within
an SOTP in the military correctional environment based on their expert
experience on best practices with the “most current sex offender research with
risk, responsivity, and needs” of identified participants.
1.4 Provide experts that have prior experience, education, and familiarization with
SOTP within a military corrections environment due to our unique population.
1.5 Provide experts that have proven knowledge of our military population and
our brig located SOTP. Proficiency should be based on the contractor’s
experience consulting with a military SOTP in a correctional environment in
relation to the RNR model.
1.6 Provide experts that have experience working with SOTP programing with
prisoners who are expected to release back into the community and have
demonstrated effective treatment outcomes within the last 5 years.
1.7 Provide experts that have written and published research on Sex Offender
treatment with regards to RNR within the last 10 years.
1.8 Provide experts that have contributed to research fundamental to
understanding of sex offender treatment, diagnosis, and risk assessment.
1.9 Provide or consult with experts in treatment and assessment of internet sex
offenders, as evidenced by providing trainings at the Association for the
Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) annual conferences and having multiple
publications of their research in internet sex offender recidivism, risk factors,
and treatment needs.
1.10 Provide experts in sex offender diagnostic, risk assessment, and treatment
needs, as evidenced by providing input to DSM-5 committees regarding
paraphilias, and by providing trainings at the ATSA annual conferences.
1.11 Providing experts that have expertise in transitional needs of sex offenders
who are in inpatient treatment.
1.12 Provide experts that will assist in addressing issues that arise when an
SOTP has undergone a complete revision and make recommendations based
on our unique environment.
1.13 The Contractor must provide experts who have had successful experience
in working with co-morbid needs in sex offenders (including histories of
substance abuse and domestic violence), first time offenders, internet
offenders, and incarcerated military sex offenders with transitional needs.
1.14 Provide experts that have experience with the Brig’s specific SOTP
curriculum and program.
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Delivery Date:
Period of performance will be from the signed contract as follows:
BASE YEAR: 09/15/2026 – 09/14/2027
OPTION YEAR 01: 09/15/2027 – 09/14/2028
OPTION YEAR 02: 09/15/2028 – 09/14/2029
OPTION YEAR 03: 09/15/2029 – 09/14/2030
OPTION YEAR 04: 09/15/2030 – 09/14/2031
Address for consultation service delivery:
Consultation services are typically provided via telephone/virtually.
Type of Contract:
The government will award a firm fixed contract.
Package and Marking:
N/A
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Source: SAM.gov, as posted. Verify the current solicitation before responding.