The Department of State's National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Foreign Service Institute (FSI) provides training and professional development to personnel of the Department of State and the Foreign Service community. The Transition Center (TC) division of FSI offers security awareness training to foreign affairs agency personnel and their eligible family members in the form of the Security Overseas Seminar (SOS) program. The SOS program currently requires the services of a qualified and experienced contractor(s) to conduct twenty-six, sixty-minute presentations on hostage survival in an overseas environment at each of the seminars. The overall aim of the SOS training is to motivate individuals to identify the likely security risks overseas and to develop a plan for dealing with them. The presentations addressing personal security will be provided in direct support of the SOS program. Over two thousand participants per year attend these trainings. Classes range from 30 to 200 participants with average class sizes being around 100. Participants come from many U. S. Government agencies. Their level of experience in the Foreign Service varies from newcomers in the overseas environment to veterans with twenty years or more of service and their family members. This variance has proved to be both a benefit and a challenge. Newcomers appreciate the firsthand experiences related by veterans. However, it has been important that presenters be mindful to avoid elementary approaches that could bore those with more experience. It has always been important to acknowledge individual experiences the audience members bring to the seminar and to provide some measure of audience participation. The two-day SOS program is offered twenty-six (26) times a year, and presents a variety of presentation formats in order to maximize the efficiency of the program. The presentation itself has been developed by TC/T. The awardee(s) will be responsible for the refinement, update, and delivery of the existing model. The presentation entitled, “Hostage Survival,” will include, but will not be limited to the following topics: ·U.S. Government regulations pertaining to victims and family members in hostage situations; ·How victims can minimize the physical and psychological impact of a hostage-taking; ·Ways to avoid being at risk; The selected contractor(s) must perform the services listed in this section under the general guidelines established by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). During the agreement periods the contractor(s) shall be responsible for the following: ·Preparation and use of top-quality visual aids compatible with the Foreign Service Institute’s audio-visual technology. Handouts may be provided by awardee if desired, subject to the approval of the course coordinator. ·Subject matter input toward course materials for the personal security portion of Security Overseas Seminar Guidebook. ·Awardee(s) will be required to attend an orientation meeting with the Contracting Office Representative (COR) and other staff members. ·Awardee(s) will be required to submit an electronic copy of the PowerPoint file (if used) and presentation notes to course coordinator for the files. ·The awardee(s) must arrive 10 minutes prior to the start of each class and respond to follow-up questions at the end of the sessions. The solicitation document for this requirement shall be made available to all interested parties (via FEDBIZOPPS.GOV) by September 19, 2005. Please submit all questions and inquiries to Bernard Salter Jr. in writing at [email protected] by September 22, 2005.

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