SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- Air Force Reserve Command NCO Leadership Development Program
- Notice Date
- 2/24/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, HQ AF Reserve Command, 255 Richard Ray Blvd, Robins AFB, GA, 31098-1637
- ZIP Code
- 31098-1637
- Solicitation Number
- F243DP50100100
- Response Due
- 3/18/2005
- Archive Date
- 4/2/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total HBCU
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE, IT IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS. The contractor shall provide and implement a two-phase course to be presented in a hands-on seminar workshop format. The course will consist of 36 hours of contact instruction (18 hours for each phase). Each class shall be 6 hours in duration. Phase one will consist of college level classroom instruction in the areas of management, leadership and Air Force Enlisted Military Heritage. Air Force Enlisted Military Heritage will be based on the book entitled Citizen Airman by Herald T. Cantwell. Phase two will consist of college level classroom instruction in the areas of communication, counseling techniques, and time and stress management. The contractor shall award each student satisfactory completing the course two semester hours of academic credit (one semester hour of credit for each phase). The course will be held at Air Force Reserve units (42 sites) CONUS or OCONUS, located throughout the United States. Class size will range from 10-25 Air Force Reserve Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) in the grade of E-5 and/or E-6. Estimated number of classes shall be approximately 71 (142 phases) during a 12-month period. The development of seminar administration is the responsibility of the Air Force Reserve Command. The contractor shall provide qualified instructors to teach each phase. Selected college instructors will satisfy the contractor's home campus teaching requirements and will be qualified to teach all elements identified for phase one and two. The contractor shall use standardized learning objectives, teaching guides, student texts/materials and measurement devices. The contractor shall provide all personnel, materials and supervision necessary to perform the requirements. The development, production and maintenance of course material will be the sole responsibility of the contractor. The contractor shall be a fully recognized member of a regional accrediting association as listed in the current edition of the Higher Education Directory (HED). This requirement will include a basic year and four one-year options. NAICS 611310. ?This proposed contract is being considered as a 100 percent set-aside for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority institutions (MIs), as defined by the clause at 252.226-7000 and 226.7000 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. Interested HBCUs and MIs should provide the contracting officer, as early as possible, but not later than 15 days after this notice, evidence of their capability to perform the contract, and a positive statement of their eligibility as an HBCU or MI. If adequate response is not received from HBCUs and MIs, the solicitation will instead be issued, without further notice, as unrestricted for full and open competition. Therefore, replies to this notice are also requested from other interested firms in the event an HBCU or MI set-aside is not made. A "draft" solicitation is anticipated to be posted on the FedBusiness Opportunity website, http://www.eps.gov/ approximately 18 Apr 2005. A pre-proposal conference will be held approximately 2 weeks after the release of the draft solicitation. It is anticipated the "final" Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on FedBusiness Opportunity website by 16 May 2005 with an approximate response date of 30 days following the release of the final RFP. All responses should be provided via email to brenda.pate@afrc.af.mil or US mail to the address listed above.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Air Force Reserve units CONUS or OCONUS, located throughout the United States
- Record
- SN00757757-W 20050226/050224212212 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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