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National Institute of Corrections
Solicitation for a Cooperative
Agreement—Management of Technical
Assistance for Selected Sites in NIC’s
‘‘Evidence-Based Decision Making in
Local Criminal Justice Systems’’
Project
National Institute of
Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.
ACTION: Solicitation for a Cooperative
Agreement.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of
Corrections (NIC) Community Services
Division is soliciting proposals from
organizations, groups, or individuals to
enter into a cooperative agreement with
NIC for up to twelve months beginning
in September 2011. Work under this
cooperative agreement is part of larger
NIC project, ‘‘Evidence-Based Decision
Making (EBDM) in Local Criminal
Justice Systems.’’ Work under this
SUMMARY:
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cooperative agreement will be
coordinated with recipients of other
awards providing services under Phase
III of this project.
Specifically, under this cooperative
agreement, the recipient will, (1)
provide technical assistance to four
Phase III ‘‘Tier II’’ sites that have already
been identified, and (2) provide ad hoc
technical assistance to other non-EBDM
sites to be determined together with the
NIC staff.
DATES: Application must be received by
4 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, August 24,
2011. Selection of the successful
applicant and notification of review
results to all applicants will be made by
September 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be
sent to: Director, National Institute of
Corrections, 320 First Street, NW., Room
5002, Washington, DC 20534.
Applicants are encouraged to use
Federal Express, UPS, or similar service
to ensure delivery by the due date.
Hand delivered applications should
be brought to 500 First Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20534. At the front
desk, dial 7–3106, extension 0 for
pickup.
Faxed applications will not be
accepted. Electronic applications can be
submitted via https://www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of this announcement can be
downloaded from the NIC Web site at
https://www.nicic.gov/cooperative
agreements. All technical or
programmatic questions concerning this
announcement should be directed to
Lori Eville, Correctional Program
Specialist, National Institute of
Corrections, at leville@bop.gov. All
questions and answers will be posted on
the NIC Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview: The overall goal of the
EBDM Initiative is to establish and test
articulated linkages (information tools
and protocols) between local criminal
justice decisions and the application of
human and organizational change
principles (evidence-based practices) to
achieve measurable reduction of pretrial
misconduct and post-conviction risk or
re-offending. The unique focus of the
initiative is the locally developed
strategies of criminal justice officials
that guide practice within existing
sentencing statutes and rules. The
initiative intends to: (1) improve the
quality of information that leads to
making individual case decisions in
local systems; and (2) engage these
systems as policy making bodies to
collectively improve the effectiveness
and capacity of the decision process
related to pretrial release/sentencing
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options. Local officials include judges,
prosecutors, public defenders, police,
human service providers, county
executives, and jail, probation and
pretrial services agencies’
administrators.
Local criminal justice decisions are
defined broadly to include dispositions
regarding to arrest, cite and release or to
custody; pretrial release or detention
and setting of bail and pretrial release
conditions; pretrial diversion; charging
and plea bargaining; sentencing of
adjudicated offenders regarding use of
community and custody options; and
responses to violations of conditions of
pretrial release and community
sentences.
Background: In June 2008, the
National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
launched a multiple phase initiative and
awarded a cooperative agreement to
address ‘‘Evidence-Based Decision
Making in Local Criminal Justice
Systems.’’ The goal of Phase I of the
initiative was to build a system wide
framework (arrest through final
disposition and discharge) that will
result in more collaborative, evidencebased decisionmaking and practices in
local criminal justice systems. This
effort is grounded in two decades of
research on the factors that contribute to
criminal reoffending and the methods
the justice system can employ to
interrupt the cycle of re-offense. The
initiative seeks to equip criminal justice
policymakers in local communities with
the information, processes, and tools
that will result in measurable reductions
of pretrial misconduct and postconviction reoffending.
The principle product of Phase I of
this initiative was the Evidence-Based
Decision Making Framework in Local
Criminal Justice Systems. The
Framework identifies the key structural
elements of a system informed by
evidence-based practice. It defines a
vision of safer communities. It puts
forward the belief that risk and harm
reduction are fundamental goals of the
justice system, and that these can be
achieved without sacrificing offender
accountability or other important justice
system outcomes.
The Framework both acknowledged
the importance of the key premises and
values underlying our criminal justice
system and provides a set of principles
to guide evidence-based decisionmaking
within that context. The principles
themselves are evidence-based. The
Framework also highlights some of the
most groundbreaking research that
demonstrates that pretrial misconduct
and offender recidivism can be reduced.
It identifies the key stakeholders who
must be actively engaged in a
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collaborative partnership if an evidencebased system of justice is to be
achieved. It outlines some of the most
difficult challenges agencies face as they
seek to deliberately and systematically
implement such an approach in their
local communities. A copy of the
Evidence-Based Decision Making
Framework document can be
downloaded online at https://www.cepp.
com/ebdm.
In August 2010, NIC launched Phase
II (Planning and Engagement Stage) of
the Evidence-Based Decision Making in
Local Criminal Justice Systems Initiative
by selecting seven jurisdictions to serve
as EBDM ‘‘Seed Sites.’’ Those sites are:
Mesa County, Colorado; Grant County,
Indiana; Ramsey County, Minnesota;
Yamhill County, Oregon; City of
Charlottesville/County of Albemarle,
Virginia; Eau Claire County, Wisconsin;
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
The cooperative agreement awardees
of Phase II provided intensive technical
assistance to each of the 7 seed sites for
a period of 10 months. The overarching
purpose of the technical assistance was
to: (1) Develop a shared philosophy and
vision for the local criminal justice
system; (2) Determine the capacity to
collect and analyze date, including the
quality of the date, to support ongoing
analysis of the effectiveness of current
and future policies, practices, and
services designed to achieve specific
risk and harm reduction outcomes; and
(3) Change in knowledge, skills, and
abilities regarding research-based risk
reduction strategies.
Each site was provided technical
assistance that was specific to the
initiative and that was individualized to
their system’s needs. Monthly site visits
from an assigned Technical Assistance
Site Coordinator lead the jurisdictions
through the attainment of specific
activities and goals. The Roadmap to
Phase II outlines the major objectives
that the technical assistance providers
guided the seeds sites to achieve. The
technical assistance is intended to lead
to the following outcomes: Build a
genuine, collaborative policy team;
Build individual agencies that are
collaborative and in a state of readiness
for change; Understand current practice
within each agency/across the system;
Understand and have the capacity to
implement evidence-based practices;
Establish performance measurements/
outcomes/system scorecard; Develop
system logic model; Engage/gain
support of the community; Develop
Strategic Action Plan.
Phase II is designed to be completed
by September 2011. Each jurisdiction
submitted an application for acceptance
into Phase III of the initiative. Within
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their applications are a detailed strategic
action plan and their system’s logic
model. The action plan and logic model
will be the foundation of
implementation activities of the Phase
III technical assistance. Numerous
factors regarding the sites performance
were evaluated and reviewed by a panel
to make the recommendations of which
jurisdictions are best positioned to
implement their action plans to reach
their harm reduction goals.
Although there will only be three
jurisdictions selected to move to Phase
III, Tier I of the EBDM initiative,
receiving the most intensive technical
assistance, NIC is interested in
continuing to provide technical
assistance and training to assist the
remaining four Tier II jurisdictions
toward the implementation of their
action plan and system logic model.
Scope of Work: There are two (2)
project tasks and deliverables required
under this this cooperative agreement:
(1) Technical Assistance will be
provided to four Tier II EBDM seed
sites: Grant County, IN; Yamhill County,
OR; Charlottesville, VA; and Ramsey
County, MN. As Tier II sites, their
technical assistance is expected to be
limited in comparison to the Tier I sites.
The technical assistance will be guided
by the ‘‘Roadmap to Phase II’’, each
site’s strategic action plan and logic
model, and other specialized assistance
required to reach the jurisdiction’s
identified outcomes.
(2) Subject to the availability of funds,
work with NIC project manager to
provide technical assistance and
guidance to non-EBDM sites that submit
requests for assistance in implementing
the EBDM framework within their
criminal justice system.
Application Requirements:
Applications should be concisely
written, typed double-spaced and
reference the project by the ‘‘NIC
Opportunity Number’’ and Title in this
announcement. The package must
include: A cover letter that identifies the
audit agency responsible for the
applicant’s financial accounts as well as
the audit period or fiscal year that the
applicant operates under (e.g., July 1
through June 30); a program narrative in
response to the statement of work and
a budget narrative explaining projected
costs. The following forms must also be
included: OMB Standard Form 424,
Application for Federal Assistance;
OMB Standard Form 424A, Budget
information—Non-Construction
Programs; OMB Standard Form 424B,
Assurances—Non-Construction
Programs (these forms are available at
https://www.grants.gov) and DOJ/NIC
Certification Regarding Lobbying;
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Debarment, Suspension and Other
Responsibility Matters; and the DrugFree Workplace Requirements (available
at https://www.nicic.gov/Downloads/
general/certif-frm.pdf.)
Applications may be submitted in
hard copy, or electronically via https://
www.grants.gov. If submitted in hard
copy, there needs to be an original and
three copies of the full proposal
(program and budget narratives,
application forms and assurances). The
original should have the applicant’s
signature in blue ink.
Authority: Public Law 93–415.
Funds Available: Up to 165,000 is
available for this project, subject to
available funding, but preference will be
given to applicants who provide the
most cost efficient solutions in
accomplishing the scope of work.
Determination will be made based on
best value to the government, not
necessarily the lowest bid. Funds may
be used only for the activities that are
directly related to the project.
This project will be a collaborative
venture with the NIC Community
Services Division.
Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible
applicant is any public or private
agency, educational institution,
organization, individual or team with
expertise in the described areas.
Required Expertise: Successful
applicants must be able to demonstrate
that they have the organizational
capacity to carry out the deliverables of
this project, including extensive
experience in correctional and criminal
justice policy and practice, and a strong
background in criminal justice systemwide change with experience in the
implementation of evidence-based
practices in the criminal justice system
to reduce pretrial misconduct and
offender risk of re-offending.
Applicants should also have
demonstrated the ability to package a
criminal justice strategy and advance it
to a national audience.
Review Considerations: Applications
received under this announcement will
be subject to the NIC Review Process.
The criteria for the evaluation of each
application will be as follows:
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Program Narrative: (50%)
Are all of the project tasks adequately
discussed, and is there a clear statement
of how each will be accomplished,
including the staffing, resources, and
strategies to be employed? Are there any
innovative approaches, techniques, or
design aspects proposed that will
enhance the project?
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Organizational Capabilities: (25%)
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Do the skills, knowledge, and
expertise of the applicant(s) and the
proposed project staff demonstrate a
high level of competency to carry out
the tasks? Does the applicant have the
necessary experience and organizational
capacity to carry out the goals of the
project?
Employment and Training
Administration
Program Management/Administration:
(25%)
TA–W–75,252
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,
North American Tire, Union City, TN
TA–W–75,252A
Leased Workers from the Hamilton-Ryker
Group LLC, Securitas Security Services,
Take Care Corporation, Conestoga Rovers
and Associates, Phillips Engineering,
Rockwell Engineering, Excel Logistics,
and American Food and Vending,
Calhoun Spotting Services, and Job
World, Inc., Working On-Site at the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,
North American Tire, Union City, TN
Does the applicant identify reasonable
objectives, milestones, and measures to
track progress? If there are consultants
and/or partnerships proposed, is there a
clear structure to ensure effective
utilization and coordination? Is the
proposed budget realistic, does it
provide sufficient cost detail/narrative,
and does it represent good value relative
to the anticipated results?
Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative
agreement to an applicant who does not have
a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal
Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the
Central Contractor Registry (CCR).
A DUNS number can be received at
no cost by calling the dedicated toll-free
DUNS number request line at 1–800–
333–0505 (if you are a sole proprietor,
you would dial 1–866–705–5711 and
select option 1).
Registration in the CRR can be done
online at the CCR Web site: https://
www.ccr.gov. A CCR Handbook and
worksheet can also be reviewed at the
Web site.
Number of Awards: One.
NIC Opportunity Number: 11CC07.
This number should appear as a
reference line in the cover letter, where
indicated on Standard Form 424, and
outside of the envelope in which the
application is sent.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number: 16.603.
Executive Order 12372: This program
is subject to the provisions of Executive
Order 12372.
E.O. 12372 allows states the option of
setting up a system for reviewing
applications from within their states for
assistance under certain Federal
programs. Applicants (other than
Federally-recognized Indian Tribal
governments) should contact their State
Single Point of Contact (SPOC), a list of
which can be found at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/
spoc.html.
Christopher Innes,
Chief, Research & Information Services,
National Institute of Corrections.
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Amended Certification Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’),
19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on April 6, 2011, applicable
to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company, North American Tire
Company, including on-site leased
workers from the Hamilton-Ryker Group
LLC, Securitas Security Services, Take
Care Corporation, Conestoga Rovers and
Associates, Phillips Engineering,
Rockwell Engineering, Excel Logistics,
and American Food and Vending. The
workers produce passenger and light
truck tires. The notice was published in
the Federal Register on April 22, 2011
(76 FR 22731).
At the request of the Tennessee State
agency, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
firm. The company reports that workers
leased from Calhoun Spotting Service
and Job World, Inc. were employed onsite at the Union City, Tennessee
location of The Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company. The Department has
determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,
Union City, Tennessee to be considered
leased workers.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased
from Calhoun Spotting Service and Job
World, Inc. working on-site at the Union
City, Tennessee location of The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–75,252 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of The Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, North American Tire,
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U.S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Corrections
Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement--Management of Technical
Assistance for Selected Sites in NIC's ``Evidence-Based Decision Making
in Local Criminal Justice Systems'' Project
AGENCY: National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.
ACTION: Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Community Services
Division is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or
individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement with NIC for up to
twelve months beginning in September 2011. Work under this cooperative
agreement is part of larger NIC project, ``Evidence-Based Decision
Making (EBDM) in Local Criminal Justice Systems.'' Work under this
cooperative agreement will be coordinated with recipients of other
awards providing services under Phase III of this project.
Specifically, under this cooperative agreement, the recipient will,
(1) provide technical assistance to four Phase III ``Tier II'' sites
that have already been identified, and (2) provide ad hoc technical
assistance to other non-EBDM sites to be determined together with the
NIC staff.
DATES: Application must be received by 4 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday,
August 24, 2011. Selection of the successful applicant and notification
of review results to all applicants will be made by September 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be sent to: Director, National
Institute of Corrections, 320 First Street, NW., Room 5002, Washington,
DC 20534. Applicants are encouraged to use Federal Express, UPS, or
similar service to ensure delivery by the due date.
Hand delivered applications should be brought to 500 First Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20534. At the front desk, dial 7-3106, extension 0
for pickup.
Faxed applications will not be accepted. Electronic applications
can be submitted via https://www.grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this announcement can be
downloaded from the NIC Web site at https://www.nicic.gov/cooperativeagreements. All technical or programmatic questions
concerning this announcement should be directed to Lori Eville,
Correctional Program Specialist, National Institute of Corrections, at
leville@bop.gov. All questions and answers will be posted on the NIC
Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview: The overall goal of the EBDM Initiative is to establish
and test articulated linkages (information tools and protocols) between
local criminal justice decisions and the application of human and
organizational change principles (evidence-based practices) to achieve
measurable reduction of pretrial misconduct and post-conviction risk or
re-offending. The unique focus of the initiative is the locally
developed strategies of criminal justice officials that guide practice
within existing sentencing statutes and rules. The initiative intends
to: (1) improve the quality of information that leads to making
individual case decisions in local systems; and (2) engage these
systems as policy making bodies to collectively improve the
effectiveness and capacity of the decision process related to pretrial
release/sentencing
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options. Local officials include judges, prosecutors, public defenders,
police, human service providers, county executives, and jail, probation
and pretrial services agencies' administrators.
Local criminal justice decisions are defined broadly to include
dispositions regarding to arrest, cite and release or to custody;
pretrial release or detention and setting of bail and pretrial release
conditions; pretrial diversion; charging and plea bargaining;
sentencing of adjudicated offenders regarding use of community and
custody options; and responses to violations of conditions of pretrial
release and community sentences.
Background: In June 2008, the National Institute of Corrections
(NIC) launched a multiple phase initiative and awarded a cooperative
agreement to address ``Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal
Justice Systems.'' The goal of Phase I of the initiative was to build a
system wide framework (arrest through final disposition and discharge)
that will result in more collaborative, evidence-based decisionmaking
and practices in local criminal justice systems. This effort is
grounded in two decades of research on the factors that contribute to
criminal reoffending and the methods the justice system can employ to
interrupt the cycle of re-offense. The initiative seeks to equip
criminal justice policymakers in local communities with the
information, processes, and tools that will result in measurable
reductions of pretrial misconduct and post-conviction reoffending.
The principle product of Phase I of this initiative was the
Evidence-Based Decision Making Framework in Local Criminal Justice
Systems. The Framework identifies the key structural elements of a
system informed by evidence-based practice. It defines a vision of
safer communities. It puts forward the belief that risk and harm
reduction are fundamental goals of the justice system, and that these
can be achieved without sacrificing offender accountability or other
important justice system outcomes.
The Framework both acknowledged the importance of the key premises
and values underlying our criminal justice system and provides a set of
principles to guide evidence-based decisionmaking within that context.
The principles themselves are evidence-based. The Framework also
highlights some of the most groundbreaking research that demonstrates
that pretrial misconduct and offender recidivism can be reduced. It
identifies the key stakeholders who must be actively engaged in a
collaborative partnership if an evidence-based system of justice is to
be achieved. It outlines some of the most difficult challenges agencies
face as they seek to deliberately and systematically implement such an
approach in their local communities. A copy of the Evidence-Based
Decision Making Framework document can be downloaded online at https://www.cepp.com/ebdm.
In August 2010, NIC launched Phase II (Planning and Engagement
Stage) of the Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice
Systems Initiative by selecting seven jurisdictions to serve as EBDM
``Seed Sites.'' Those sites are: Mesa County, Colorado; Grant County,
Indiana; Ramsey County, Minnesota; Yamhill County, Oregon; City of
Charlottesville/County of Albemarle, Virginia; Eau Claire County,
Wisconsin; Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
The cooperative agreement awardees of Phase II provided intensive
technical assistance to each of the 7 seed sites for a period of 10
months. The overarching purpose of the technical assistance was to: (1)
Develop a shared philosophy and vision for the local criminal justice
system; (2) Determine the capacity to collect and analyze date,
including the quality of the date, to support ongoing analysis of the
effectiveness of current and future policies, practices, and services
designed to achieve specific risk and harm reduction outcomes; and (3)
Change in knowledge, skills, and abilities regarding research-based
risk reduction strategies.
Each site was provided technical assistance that was specific to
the initiative and that was individualized to their system's needs.
Monthly site visits from an assigned Technical Assistance Site
Coordinator lead the jurisdictions through the attainment of specific
activities and goals. The Roadmap to Phase II outlines the major
objectives that the technical assistance providers guided the seeds
sites to achieve. The technical assistance is intended to lead to the
following outcomes: Build a genuine, collaborative policy team; Build
individual agencies that are collaborative and in a state of readiness
for change; Understand current practice within each agency/across the
system; Understand and have the capacity to implement evidence-based
practices; Establish performance measurements/outcomes/system
scorecard; Develop system logic model; Engage/gain support of the
community; Develop Strategic Action Plan.
Phase II is designed to be completed by September 2011. Each
jurisdiction submitted an application for acceptance into Phase III of
the initiative. Within their applications are a detailed strategic
action plan and their system's logic model. The action plan and logic
model will be the foundation of implementation activities of the Phase
III technical assistance. Numerous factors regarding the sites
performance were evaluated and reviewed by a panel to make the
recommendations of which jurisdictions are best positioned to implement
their action plans to reach their harm reduction goals.
Although there will only be three jurisdictions selected to move to
Phase III, Tier I of the EBDM initiative, receiving the most intensive
technical assistance, NIC is interested in continuing to provide
technical assistance and training to assist the remaining four Tier II
jurisdictions toward the implementation of their action plan and system
logic model.
Scope of Work: There are two (2) project tasks and deliverables
required under this this cooperative agreement:
(1) Technical Assistance will be provided to four Tier II EBDM seed
sites: Grant County, IN; Yamhill County, OR; Charlottesville, VA; and
Ramsey County, MN. As Tier II sites, their technical assistance is
expected to be limited in comparison to the Tier I sites. The technical
assistance will be guided by the ``Roadmap to Phase II'', each site's
strategic action plan and logic model, and other specialized assistance
required to reach the jurisdiction's identified outcomes.
(2) Subject to the availability of funds, work with NIC project
manager to provide technical assistance and guidance to non-EBDM sites
that submit requests for assistance in implementing the EBDM framework
within their criminal justice system.
Application Requirements: Applications should be concisely written,
typed double-spaced and reference the project by the ``NIC Opportunity
Number'' and Title in this announcement. The package must include: A
cover letter that identifies the audit agency responsible for the
applicant's financial accounts as well as the audit period or fiscal
year that the applicant operates under (e.g., July 1 through June 30);
a program narrative in response to the statement of work and a budget
narrative explaining projected costs. The following forms must also be
included: OMB Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance;
OMB Standard Form 424A, Budget information--Non-Construction Programs;
OMB Standard Form 424B, Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (these
forms are available at https://www.grants.gov) and DOJ/NIC Certification
Regarding Lobbying;
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Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; and the Drug-
Free Workplace Requirements (available at https://www.nicic.gov/Downloads/general/certif-frm.pdf.)
Applications may be submitted in hard copy, or electronically via
https://www.grants.gov. If submitted in hard copy, there needs to be an
original and three copies of the full proposal (program and budget
narratives, application forms and assurances). The original should have
the applicant's signature in blue ink.
Authority: Public Law 93-415.
Funds Available: Up to 165,000 is available for this project,
subject to available funding, but preference will be given to
applicants who provide the most cost efficient solutions in
accomplishing the scope of work. Determination will be made based on
best value to the government, not necessarily the lowest bid. Funds may
be used only for the activities that are directly related to the
project.
This project will be a collaborative venture with the NIC Community
Services Division.
Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible applicant is any public or
private agency, educational institution, organization, individual or
team with expertise in the described areas.
Required Expertise: Successful applicants must be able to
demonstrate that they have the organizational capacity to carry out the
deliverables of this project, including extensive experience in
correctional and criminal justice policy and practice, and a strong
background in criminal justice system-wide change with experience in
the implementation of evidence-based practices in the criminal justice
system to reduce pretrial misconduct and offender risk of re-offending.
Applicants should also have demonstrated the ability to package a
criminal justice strategy and advance it to a national audience.
Review Considerations: Applications received under this
announcement will be subject to the NIC Review Process. The criteria
for the evaluation of each application will be as follows:
Program Narrative: (50%)
Are all of the project tasks adequately discussed, and is there a
clear statement of how each will be accomplished, including the
staffing, resources, and strategies to be employed? Are there any
innovative approaches, techniques, or design aspects proposed that will
enhance the project?
Organizational Capabilities: (25%)
Do the skills, knowledge, and expertise of the applicant(s) and the
proposed project staff demonstrate a high level of competency to carry
out the tasks? Does the applicant have the necessary experience and
organizational capacity to carry out the goals of the project?
Program Management/Administration: (25%)
Does the applicant identify reasonable objectives, milestones, and
measures to track progress? If there are consultants and/or
partnerships proposed, is there a clear structure to ensure effective
utilization and coordination? Is the proposed budget realistic, does it
provide sufficient cost detail/narrative, and does it represent good
value relative to the anticipated results?
Note: NIC will NOT award a cooperative agreement to an
applicant who does not have a Dun and Bradstreet Database Universal
Number (DUNS) and is not registered in the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR).
A DUNS number can be received at no cost by calling the dedicated
toll-free DUNS number request line at 1-800-333-0505 (if you are a sole
proprietor, you would dial 1-866-705-5711 and select option 1).
Registration in the CRR can be done online at the CCR Web site:
https://www.ccr.gov. A CCR Handbook and worksheet can also be reviewed
at the Web site.
Number of Awards: One.
NIC Opportunity Number: 11CC07. This number should appear as a
reference line in the cover letter, where indicated on Standard Form
424, and outside of the envelope in which the application is sent.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 16.603.
Executive Order 12372: This program is subject to the provisions of
Executive Order 12372.
E.O. 12372 allows states the option of setting up a system for
reviewing applications from within their states for assistance under
certain Federal programs. Applicants (other than Federally-recognized
Indian Tribal governments) should contact their State Single Point of
Contact (SPOC), a list of which can be found at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
Christopher Innes,
Chief, Research & Information Services, National Institute of
Corrections.
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