On January 29, 2014, the Federal Government posted an ad on their BizOpps website seeking escorts for unaccompanied illegal alien children. If this doesn't prove that the entire mess with all the illegals flooding our country was planned by this administration, nothing ever will. Here is the entire document that lays out the "requirements" to become such an escort: (I have highlighted interesting points) MAKE THIS GO VIRAL!!!
Procurement Type:
Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought
Title: Escort
Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children
Classification Code:
V- Transportation/Travel/Relocation
NAICS code:
561612
A. Introduction
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
has a continuing and mission critical responsibility for accepting custody of Unaccompanied
Alien Children (UAC) from U.S. Border Patrol and other Federal agencies and
transporting these juveniles to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) shelters
located throughout the continental United States. ICE is seeking the services of a responsible vendor that shares the
philosophy of treating all UAC with dignity and respect, while adhering to
standard operating procedures and policies that allow for an effective, efficient,
and incident free transport. The Contractor shall provide unarmed escort staff, including management,
supervision, manpower, training, certifications, licenses, drug testing,
equipment, and supplies necessary to provide on-demand escort services for
non-criminal/non-delinquent unaccompanied alien children ages infant to 17
years of age, seven (7) days a week, 365 days a year. Transport will be
required for either category of UAC or individual juveniles, to include both
male and female juveniles. There will be approximately 65,000 UAC in total: 25%
local ground transport, 25% via ICE charter and 50% via commercial air. Escort services include, but are not limited
to, assisting with: transferring physical custody of UAC from DHS to Health and
Human Services (HHS) care via ground or air methods of transportation (charter
or commercial carrier), property inventory, providing juveniles with meals,
drafting reports, generating transport documents, maintaining/stocking daily
supplies, providing and issuing clothing as needed, coordinating with DHS and
HHS staff, travel coordination, limited stationary guard services to
accommodate for trip disruptions due to inclement weather, faulty equipment, or
other exigent circumstances. In emergency situations, the Contractor shall be
called on to provide temporary shelter locations (such as trailers) with shower
facilities for juveniles who are pending placement with HHS when bed space is
unavailable nationwide for extended periods of time. The Contractor shall
provide temporary guard services and other support as necessary during these
emergencies.
In
addition, the Contractor shall have personnel who are able to communicate with
juveniles in their own designated language(s).
While this may not require each employee to be fluent in all of the
encountered languages, personnel should have access to and knowledge of
translation services.
B. ICE Standards/Special Requirements
The contractor is required to perform in
accordance with the ICE Performance Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS
2011), all ICE policies related to the transportation of juveniles (see the ICE
Family Residential Standards at http://www.ice.gov/detention-standards/family-residential/) as well as the Flores Settlement Agreement, the Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and the Homeland Security Act of 2002. In cases where other
standards conflict with DHS/ICE Policy or Standards, DHS/ICE Policy and
Standards will prevail. ICE Inspectors
will conduct periodic inspections to assure compliance of the aforementioned
standards.
Personnel shall have the
knowledge and experience to transport individual children with special
needs. Often times, children with
special needs may require a transportation method that is time saving and
direct, i.e. by commercial airline. Contractor shall also provide for
accompanying medical care. Additionally, due to exigent circumstances, the
Contractor shall be required to transport juveniles via ground to HUB airports
or other staging areas that are not located within the area of initial
apprehension.
The Contractor shall follow a
fully developed training curriculum and transporting staff shall have the
highest level of competency possible.
Areas of training shall include, but are not limited to the following: Airport
rules and regulations for travelers, crisis intervention, child development,
working with and transporting youth with special needs, transporting youth with
behavioral problems, CPR & First Aid training, non-secured UAC policy and procedures
and the implementation of contingency plans in the event of a crisis during transport,
which include de-escalation techniques.
·
Background Investigations and Suitability Screenings will be conducted
on all Contract Employees by the Office of Professional Responsibility and
Personnel Security Unit (OPR-OSU).
·
The Contractor shall agree that each employee working on this contract
will successfully pass the DHS Employment Eligibility (E-Verify) program
operated by USICS to establish work authorization and U.S. Citizenship.
·
Employees must reside in the United States.
C.
Contract Type
The Government anticipates
awarding a five (5) year Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity
(IDIQ) contract vehicle consisting of a one year base period, and four (4)
option years. The Service Contract
Act is applicable to this
acquisition. All required clauses,
provisions will be included in the solicitation and resulting contractual
instrument.
The anticipated release date
of the solicitation is March 3, 2014.
The solicitation closing date will be thirty (30) days after release of
the Request for Proposal (RFP).
Projected Set-Aside: All business sizes are welcome to
participate; however, ICE is trying to determine small business interest,
particularly HubZone companies. All information received in response in to this
notice will be used to determine the appropriateness of any small business
set-aside for this requirement.
D. Place of
Performance:
Service Area: Throughout the Continental United States (US)
The area(s) or region(s) serviced may occur either with a phased
approach over a period of several months to a full year. Alternatively, the Contractor shall perform
the entire transportation function upon full funding. For example, the following two circumstances
may occur: (1) The contractor could
initially provide transportation services only in the Southwest Region of the
U.S. for those juveniles who are apprehended in the state of Texas; or, (2) The
Contractor may be required to provide transportation services for all juveniles
who are in DHS custody throughout the continental U.S.
E. RFI Purpose/Requirements
The purpose of
this RFI is to obtain market information and capabilities for planning purposes
and to determine appropriate strategies to meet the Agency's requirements. This RFI is issued solely for information and
planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a
commitment for an RFP in the future. Responses to this notice are not
considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding
contract. Responders are advised that
the Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred
in response to this announcement and information submitted in response to this
RFI will not be returned.
Interested parties
are instructed to submit the following information: (Note: Please do not exceed
5 pages per RFI submission)
· POC information (name, title, phone number, address,
email address, etc.)
· Socio-economic status
· Brief Company Capability statement (to include
addressing all special needs as stated above)
F. Submissions and Point of Contact Information
Submit written or
electronic submissions via email to Rachel.Ali@ice.dhs.gov by 1:00pm EST on Monday, February 19, 2014.
End of RFI
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