Several bureaus under the State Department are in need of a mechanism for ordering professional services in support of regional and international organizations located outside the continental United States.
In connection, the department is tentatively planning to post a request for proposal for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that could have a five-year lifecycle cost of $250 million, according to a presolicitation notice on SAM.gov
Global Advisory Contract Scope
The Global Advisory IDIQ will cover a range of services to help organizations enhance their capacity to prevent, manage and resolve their own conflicts and support policies designed to bolster peace, security and regional stability.
Some of the core areas for advisory, training, or facilitation services are border management and security, budgeting and strategic planning, cease-fire monitoring/verification processes, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, development of operational combat training centers, emergency response management, force development and management, human resource management, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, information operations, intelligence collection and analysis, joint and interagency coordination and collaboration, law enforcement, logistics support and equipment maintenance, maritime security and maritime security governance, national security strategy development, organizational assessment design and structuring, professional development programs and project monitoring and surveillance.
The contract will have up to five Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business/Women-Owned Small Business awards and up to three full and open awards.
In 2019, the department picked Academi Training Center, Culmen International and Science Applications International Corp. to provide global advisory and support services under a potential five-year, $150 million contract.
