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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 24, 2003 FBO #0510
SOLICITATION NOTICE

U -- Nationwide Testing Program test and applicant scheduling, test administration, warehousing and distribution services

Notice Date

4/22/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Office of Personnel Management, Office of Contracting and Administrative Services, Contracting Division, 1900 E Street, N.W., Room 1342, Washington, DC, 20415-7710
 

ZIP Code

20415-7710
 

Solicitation Number

OPM-RFP-03-0001
 

Point of Contact

Henry Wong, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 606-1598, Fax (202) 606-1464, - Alfred Chatterton, Chief, Contracting Div., Phone (202) 606-1004, Fax (202) 606-1464,
 

E-Mail Address

hlwong@opm.gov, afchatte@opm.gov
 

Description

This notice announces the intent of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to issue a competitive Request For Proposals (RFP) on or about May 7, 2003, for offers to provide test administration services. On February 21, 2003, the OPM first announced its intent to conduct a public / private full cost comparison study in accordance with OMB Circular A-76 for test administration services for government customers across the country through its Nationwide Testing Program. The Testing Program provides test and applicant scheduling, test administration, and test warehousing and distribution services for customers of the OPM. Through its testing network, OPM has the capability to administer employment and other tests at thousands of locations nationwide, with a commitment to offer any test at any location for their customers. During FY2002, OPM provided scheduling and test administration services for over 7,000 employment test sessions in hundreds of locations requested by its Federal agency customers. OPM also conducted approximately 34,000 sessions of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) for 72 Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) of the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command. Of these ASVAB sessions, OPM conducted about 20,000 Enlistment sessions at 564 fixed sites and over 13,000 Student sessions at thousands of high schools throughout the United States. OPM warehouses and distributes test material to support these sessions through its Denver Service Section (DSS). The DSS has about six million tests in its inventory and another six million test-related items. During FY2002, the DSS handled about 15,000 shipments of test material to and from authorized test administrators around the country. Security of the test material at all times to prevent loss or compromise is an essential part of the services OPM provides to its customers. OPM?s current customers have chosen to use paper and pencil test in over 99.5 percent of the sessions OPM conducts for them. They use computer-assisted testing in the remaining 0.5 percent of the sessions. They do not have internet-based testing. The objective of this solicitation is to administer the tests as customers have designed them, not to deliver or develop other testing formats (e.g. on-line or computer-assisted testing.). The current Nationwide Testing Program customer base is subject to change over time. Because of changes in such things as agency mission, funding, staffing levels, and human capital assessment strategies and techniques, the customer base has changed over time and is subject to change in the future. This procurement is unrestricted, i.e., it is open for competition to both large and small businesses. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 611710, "Educational Support Services," which has a size standard of $6,000,000 in average annual sales for the three prior years. The period of performance for any contract that may be awarded is expected to be for a base period of one year, with four one-year, follow-on option periods, per FAR 17.2 - Options. The contract is expected to be a fixed-price, requirements type contract. Please note that this notice DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD ANY CONTRACT. Under the A-76 process, the in-house government organization that is currently performing this work will be allowed to compete against the private sector and other agencies for the referenced work. Accordingly, a contract may or may not be ultimately awarded as a result of the study. Furthermore, the solicitation will contain solicitation provision, FAR 52.207-2 Notice of Cost Comparison (Negotiated), and the contract clause, 52.207-3 Right of First Refusal of Employment. If a contract is awarded through this study, displaced, permanent Government employees hired by the successful offeror must be provided employee benefits commensurate with those received by Government employees. Any questions concerning this procurement should be submitted to Henry Wong, Contracting Officer, 202-606-1598, e-mail: hlwong@opm.gov.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Multiple locations, nationwide.

Country: U. S. A.
 

Record

SN00309648-W 20030424/030422213921 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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