Amendment 001 - NORAD/NORTHCOM/J5 Women, Peace, and Security Support

16 Aug 2023: Amendment 001 - Provides answer to Contractors' questions, updates solicitation and PWS, and adds a new attachment. Deadline extended to 25 Aug 2023. 

The WPS Advisor support services will consist of recommendations for the planning of gender activities, training, integrating knowledge and process management to support all-source operational and mission planning for ongoing, emergent, contingency, and crisis operations. Task areas include WPS integration initiatives within the USNORTHCOM Area of Operations (AOR), whether implemented within or through the headquarters or its subordinate or component commands. The requirement also includes specialization in the development, coordination, and implementation of policy, strategy, and plans for WPS initiatives; gender advising activities; capability implementation support and training; and prevention of sexual and gender-based violence in USNORTHCOM’s AOR. The required contractor support is essential to advancing the objectives of Public Law 115-68 (WPS Act), the US National Action Plan (NAP) on WPS, and Department of Defense (DoD) WPS Implementation Guidance.