Technical Operations Officer

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 7200AA24R00088

ISSUANCE DATE: August 27, 2024

CLOSING DATE AND TIME: December 16, 2024, 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time

SUBJECT: Solicitation for U.S. Personal Service Contractor (USPSC), Technical Operations Officer

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

Offers must be in accordance with Attachment 1 of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records.

USAID will evaluate all offerors based on stated evaluation criteria. USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the solicitation.

This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offer.

Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in Attachment 1.

Sincerely,

MARIA NINOSKA

MUNOZ (affiliate)

Digitally signed by MARIA NINOSKA MUNOZ (affiliate) Date: 2024.08.23 13:11:23 -04'00'

Maria N. Munoz

Contracting Officer

Office of Acquisition & Assistance (M/OAA/BHA-CPS/PSC)

Technical Guidance/Expertise:

• Serve as a subject matter expert on all CBRNE related needs for BHA’s disaster and humanitarian response and programming
• Monitor and track CBRNE trends, best practices, and guidelines, including Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations.
• Monitor and track trends and best practices in the humanitarian assistance sector.
• Oversee the tracking, inventory, and maintenance of CBRNE related personal protective equipment.
• Advise senior bureau and office leadership on CBRNE-related safety and security considerations.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the area of CBRNE for disaster and humanitarian response teams.
• Provide technical CBRNE guidance and planning to RMT and DART.
• Ensure BHA and USAID coordination within the interagency during a response effort.
• Ensure DART Leaders and Response Managers are aware of CBRNE procedures and practices during a response.

Planning and Coordination:

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of CBRNE training and exercises for internal BHA audiences and external and interagency partners.
• Plan, organize, and execute annual training for CBRNE responses for internal and external stakeholder participants, ensuring learning and preparedness for responses with CBRNE components or focus.
• Plan annual exercises, incorporating assistance from USG interagency partners (e.g., Department of Energy [DOE] and Department of State [DOS]) into BHA disaster response teams, to ensure effective interagency expertise in support of CBRNE disaster responses.
• Ensure BHA staff are prepared and knowledgeable about the interagency partners, coordination, and proper actions during a CBRNE response event.

Liaison and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders:

• Effectively interface and coordinate with interagency partners and external stakeholders.
• Engage and work with both external and internal stakeholders, ensuring effective understanding of roles and responsibilities within BHA and among BHA interagency partners and stakeholders during a CBRNE event or response.
• Develop and maintain relationships with other USG entities involved in a CBRNE humanitarian and/or disaster response (e.g., DOS, DOE, Federal Occupational Health, Department of Defense, National Security Council).
• Coordinate and develop relationships with United Nations agencies such as the International Atomic Energy Agency.
• Provide technical direction, liaison, and/or expertise to other USG agencies during a disaster or humanitarian response to ensure proper assignment of roles and responsibilities and effective interagency coordination.
• Inform and educate other USG agencies of BHA’s role and responsibilities during a humanitarian and/or CBRNE response.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• This position is expected to be able to qualify, train for, and routinely serve on disaster/humanitarian responses in Washington, D.C. or in the disaster area for 4 to 6 weeks (or more) intervals. These can either be DARTs and/or RMTs. DARTs are deployed to the field in response to disasters and operate in the field, providing staff an opportunity to deploy overseas for an extended period of time (e.g., 6-8 weeks). RMTs are based in Washington, DC and provide services to support DARTs, such as coordination and external engagement, communications, planning, logistics, travel coordination, or other similar duties (depending on the RMT role).
• As needed, may serve on temporary short-term assignments (“detail”) on other teams within the office or Bureau to meet operational needs during staff shortages. Duties performed while on detail
  will be aligned with existing duties and responsibilities and will be directly related to the position’s scope of work.
• As needed, staff are expected to support BHA’s hiring efforts and serve on PSC hiring committees.
• Training will be provided.
• The PSC may be expected to obtain an Agreement Officer's Representative (AOR) or Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) certification. The AOR/COR oversees agreements and/or contracts. This includes but is not limited to reviewing invoices, approvals, program/project deliverables (i.e. work plans, annual reports, month status reports), travel requests, key personnel requests, financial/budget reports, contractor performance evaluations, and compliance. More information about the AOR/COR responsibilities and related requirements can be found in the COR designation letter (https://www.usaid.gov/about-us/agency-policy/series-300/references-chapter/302mar) and the AOR designation letter (https://www.usaid.gov/about-us/agency-policy/series-300/references- chapter/303mai). In the event that this role requires an AOR/COR certification, mandatory training will be provided.
• The Technical Operations Officer does not have supervisory responsibilities; however, the PSC may serve in an acting leadership role within the bureau in order to meet short-term staffing needs, not to exceed 120 days in a 12-month contract year.

Supervisory Relationship

The USPSC will take direction from and will report to the Technical Operations Unit Lead or their designee. Supervisory Controls

The supervisor sets overall objectives. USPSC and supervisor together develop deadlines, projects and work to be done. The USPSC independently plans, designs, and carries out projects, studies, and programs. Completed work is reviewed only from an overall standpoint in terms of feasibility, compatibility with other work, or effectiveness in meeting requirements, or expected results. Technical problems are generally resolved without reference to supervisors.