Partners

Main Clients

Our main clients are the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Affair (DOS-INL), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and large U.S. contractors/businesses providing international development, police capacity development and national security education, training and support services to the U.S. Federal Government. We also serve bilateral and multi-lateral donors and not-for-profit organizations involved in the implementation of international development projects. We help our clients achieve their mission objectives and provide measurable impact.

Private Sector Partnerships

Our Private Sector Partnerships consists of large international development and defense contractor firms with whom we have partnered to implement projects. Below are some well- known firms that we have partnered with or provided services to.

Chemonics International Inc. (CI)

BlueLaw has been working with Chemonics International since 2004. While most of our work involves providing substantive technical expertise in niche areas of Democracy & Governance and Rule of Law, we also have provided specific services such as bid and proposal and project start up support. Our most recent collaboration was on the USAID Changes for Justice (C4J) program in Indonesia. Together with Chemonics, BlueLaw assisted the Government of Indonesia to sustain and deepen reforms in the justice sector to produce a more accountable and better performing justice system.

Development Alternatives International Inc. (DAI)

BlueLaw and DAI are teamed on the USAID PEACE and Rule of Law IQCs. BlueLaw has also provided several consulting services to DAI directly.

Management Consulting & Research, Inc. (MCRI)

Under a subcontract with MCRI, BlueLaw provides staff augmentation support to NATO covering a wide range of administrative and project areas that include project management, IT, financial management, human resource management and legal assistance.

International Resources Group (IRG) an L-3 Company

BlueLaw is teamed with IRG on the Analytical Services III IQC. The contract provides analytical services and support to inform the design and implementation of USAID-funded democracy and governance (DG) strategies and programs.

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)

BlueLaw teamed with GDIT on the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation (JCDE) and Security Assistance Training Management (SATMO) contracts.

 Local Government Clients

Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)

Founded in 1861, the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is one of the ten largest local police agencies in the United States. In support of MPD’s hiring goals, BlueLaw provides comprehensive polygraph testing services including conducting Law Enforcement Pre-Employment Test (LEPET) for entry-level police recruits, cadet, and Reserve Corps police recruits. Polygraph testing in this form helps law enforcement agencies to better determine the suitability of applicants. Fifteen BlueLaw examiners, all federally or APA-certified, support this contract. BlueLaw maintains six professional, fully equipped, federal and APA-standard polygraph suites in the DC area in support of this contract. BlueLaw additionally provides all scheduling services using advanced scheduling software.

Non-Profit and Educational Institute Affiliations

Our non-profit and educational institute affiliations consist of non-profit organizations and think thanks with whom we have partnered to implement projects. Below are some well- known organizations we have partnered with or provided services to.

Analytic Services, Inc (ANSER)

BlueLaw International partnered with Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER) to implement the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) contract, where we provided participants with realistic mock trial courtroom experience consistent with policies and procedures practiced in the military justice system (courts martial), trial preparation, and testimony. BlueLaw brought together experienced prosecutors and defense legal practitioners who have been prosecutors or defense attorneys in military criminal cases that incorporated probative forensic evidence in order to give participants a unique perspective on the military legal process.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT Lincoln Lab)

BLI experts provided legal advice services to MIT Lincoln Lab in the areas of environmental compliance, foreign ownership and technology transfer issues, related Arms Export Control Act compliance, and federal procurement law compliance.  Much of BLI’s effort is centered on compliance issues surrounding basic research versus applied research and the security concerns of each realm.

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

BlueLaw and the Henry L. Stimson Center partnered to implement a United States Institute of Peace grant to promote bilateral and multilateral track II policy initiatives and people-to-people programs to advance mutual understanding and positive avenues of interaction using inclusive education, disability policy, gender and human rights as a bridge builder in Civil Society Initiative. The program promoted cross-cultural dialogue between Iranians and American human rights experts.

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)

BlueLaw and IFES have partnered on many important past projects around the world. These projects focused on expanding access to the electoral system by persons with disabilities. This was accomplished in various ways, including partnering with local disabled persons organizations (DPOs), writing instructional manuals, and modifying facilities to accommodate persons with disabilities.

American Institutes for Research (AIR)

BlueLaw has partnered with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and provided technical assistance and support to governments and local disabled peoples organizations (DPOs) on inclusive development policy, and provided training on inclusive development best practices in rule of law and public health areas for USAID mission personnel and USAID staff and implementing partners in Washington, D.C.

Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD)

BlueLaw and Harvard Law School have partnered on many projects under the school’s Project on Disability (HPOD). BlueLaw assisted HPOD during its early years especially in its strategic planning efforts as well as program design and implementation in the field. The purpose was to advance Harvard’s work as a leading academic institution providing technical assistance on disability law, policy, and programming to national human rights institutions, disabled peoples’ organizations and governments. Over the years, BLI and HPOD have worked on several projects together to advance the rights of persons with disabilities.

American University Center for Global Peace (AU-CGP)

BlueLaw collaborated with American University’s Center for Global Peace to implement Iraq Election Education Project to build local capacity for sustainable engagement in civil society through participation in elections in the three governorates (Anbar, Ninewah, and Salahaddin) that experienced the lowest voter turnouts in 2005 elections. BlueLaw also supported CGP in the development of a proposal for the establishment of a virtual Master’s Program in Disability and Development Policy funded by the Nissan Foundation.

University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Centre (UM-HRRC)

BlueLaw collaborated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Resource Center to draft the UN-endorsed comprehensive human rights education manual.

Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs

The Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs offers comprehensive educational, instructional, rehabilitation, social, vocational, and recreational services for children with special needs and it has established an international presence in providing training opportunities to other entities specializing in these fields. BlueLaw has partnered with Shafallah Center to support it in the areas of rule of law, disability policy, advocacy training, and capacity building.

World Vision International

Under the One Billion Strong project, BlueLaw administered a grant to World Vision International to provide occupational training and care to persons with disabilities.

World Disability Foundation, Istanbul Turkey (WDU)

BlueLaw has collaborated with WDU, Turkey on several occasions to help organize the World Disability Symposium and U.N Conference of the State Parties to the CRPD.

European Foundation Center (EFC)

BlueLaw advised EFC’s research project on advising the EU on public international law and in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

CARE Austria

BlueLaw collaborated with CARE Austria in a series of studies concerning disabilities in the Russian Federation titled, Rehabilitation System: Services for the Disabled, Russian Federation.

Contracting Vehicles
Current IQCs

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Criminal Justice Program Support (CJPS) Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDIQ)

CJPS is a multiple-award, indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to support criminal justice sector development programs worldwide, providing advisors, other specialists, and life and mission support services. Awarded on April 26, 2012, the CJPS IDIQ has one base year with four option years and a total value of $10 billion across all providers. The BlueLaw Team was awarded the small business set aside award and competes with nine other service providers for task orders to support criminal justice sector development programs worldwide, subject matter experts, experienced consultants, and life and mission support.

U.S. Agency for International Development Rule of Law Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC)

BlueLaw is a sub-contractor to East West Management Institute and Development Alternative International, Inc. in its mission to implement the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) five-year Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) programs around the world that respond to rule of law challenges and develop a culture of respect for human rights. Under the Rule of Law IQC, BlueLaw will provide long- and short-term technical assistance and capacity building in support of critical rule of law priorities, including order and security, legal institutions, checks and balances, fairness and human rights, and the effective application of the law.

U.S. Agency for International Development PEACE Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC)

BlueLaw is a sub-contractor to Development Alternatives International, Inc. in its mission to implement the USAID’s Programming Effectively Against Conflict and Extremism (PEACE) five-year Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC). The IQC was established to provide technical assistance, advisory services, training, and program implementation to support conflict prevention, management, mitigation, and recovery throughout the world. BlueLaw will provide short-term long-term subject matter experts to support DAI’s team.

U.S. Agency for International Development, Analytical Services III, Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC)

BlueLaw is a sub-contractor to International Resources Group (IRG), an L-3 Company on the Analytical Services III IQC. The Analytical Services III IQC provides analytical services and support to inform the design and implementation of USAID-funded democracy and governance (DG) strategies and programs. These programs will ensure that DG strategies, programs and activities, and monitoring and evaluation plans are based on in-depth, well-informed analysis, cutting-edge research, valid data and best practices in the field of democracy and governance.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) Support Services Contract (SSC)

BlueLaw is a sub-contractor to MCRI in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) Support Services Contract (SSC) Area 3 (Professional Administrative Support Services) multi-year IDIQ that was awarded in August 2015. NCIA requires expertise to augment current work and staff at various locations worldwide. BlueLaw provides subject matter experts in the following areas: rule of law, strategic planning and programming for the rule of law, assessments and evaluation experts, and other support personnel in IT and finance and project management.

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business Program
Coming soon.

General Services  Administration (GSA-MOBIS Schedule)
Coming soon.