R -- HR Administration Support

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) requests information on the availability of concerns in the Washington, DC metropolitan area eligible to participate in programs of the Small Business Administration, e.g., 8(a), small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business. The eligible concerns must be engaged in the line of activity, as listed and described in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) manual (available via the Internet at http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html) under NAICS 541612 Human Resources Consulting Services. The work required will assist the Agency Human Resources office with the required organizational, logistic, documentation, applicant tracking and related administrative management support associated with the planned scale up of Foreign Service Officer hiring and deployment under the USAID Junior Officer (JO) Program. Illustrative work will include: organization, scheduling and conduct of interviews; preparation and maintenance of applicant and interview panel files and documentation; updating progress and continued interest of selected applicants in completing required pre-employment clearance requirements; and provision of work area and support to appointed JOs during the period of Washington-based training and rotational assignments. Illustrative support requirements in these areas will likely include: Organization: Provide technical staff and escorts, lap-top computers and related equipment to organize simultaneous interview panels in up to four (4) technical backstops (an estimated 1,000 interviews per year, with approximately 15 to 20 interviews per day). Logistics: Schedule and manage travel arrangements and per diem payments for applicants attending interviews, and provide common work/message area and communications access for appointed JOs (up to 210 officers during first year, increasing to approximately 420 during subsequent years). Concern will be required to provide for a shuttle service between several locations at various intervals each day between Arlington, VA and Washington DC. Documentation: Oversee completion of forms and completion of applicant written assignments, prepare interview packets for panel members and organize archive applicant and interview files. Interested and qualified concerns are asked to provide identifying and contact information for their concern and its program(s) eligibility via email to lmaProposals@usaid.gov, not later than 15:00 PM, U.S. Eastern Standard Time, 11/30/2007. No attachments are requested. Subject line of the email should be: HR Administrative Support. This is not a request for proposal.