SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- BiQuery training
- Notice Date
- 5/31/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611420
— Computer Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Acquisition Management Division (VA), 1100 Wilson Boulevard Room 2133, Arlington, VA, 22209-3939, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-BiQuery053107
- Response Due
- 6/5/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/20/2007
- Description
- This is a sources sought notice issued for market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The Mine Safety and Health Administration is seeking sources for the provision of Hummingbird BiQuery training to MSHA employees. The vendor will provide on-site instructor led hands-on instruction in the following courses to agency users. The majority of courses would be held in on or more of these MSHA office locations: Denver, Colorado; Arlington, Virginia; Triadelphia, West Virginia; or Beckley, West Virginia. It is possible that other offices could request on-site training in another location. The student manuals for this course could either be the product developed by Hummingbird (preferred), or be the instructor?s own materials. Preferably, the Instructor should be familiar with MSHA data. All student exercises for the classes must use MSHA data and relate to real world examples. Class size will be determined by MSHA. We expect the average class size to be 15-20, but MSHA will make the final decision on the number of students for any given class. COURSE INFORMATION: The types and length of courses that MSHA would require are as follows: BI Query User (v 8.5.1 and v 9.0) 2-day course anticipated Instructor led hands-on introductory level course to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the capabilities of Hummingbird BI Query v9.0 software. Course must include formulating simple and complex ad hoc queries, creating and using buttons, creating and formatting reports, and exporting results to other applications. BI Query Reports Building (v 8.5.1 and v 9.0) 1-day course anticipated Instructor led hands-on introductory level course to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the reporting capabilities of Hummingbird BI v9.0 software. Course must include instruction in how to use the application to present data as a columnar table, chart, or crosstab presentation; to create calculations and exceptions and how to customize and improve the effectiveness of reports by incorporating text and graphics. Advanced BI Query Building (v 8.5.1 and v 9.0) 1-day course anticipated Instructor led hands-on advanced level course to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the advanced capabilities of BI/Query User. This course would be offered to experienced BI/Query users who want to use the complex querying and data manipulating features of BI/Query. Advanced BI Query Report Building (v 8.5.1 and v 9.0) 1-day course anticipated Instructor led hands-on advanced level course to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the advanced capabilities of BI v 9.0. Course must include instruction in building ranking and exception reports, combining multiple presentations within the same report using the same or different sources of data, implementing advanced charting techniques, formulating complex calculations, and manipulating crosstab presentations. This course would be offered to experienced BI/Query users who want to use the complex reporting features of BI/Query Reports. BI Web Query Building (v 8.5.1 and v 9.0) ?-day course anticipated Instructor led hands-on introductory level course to provide participants with an understanding of the ad hoc querying and report building capabilities of BI Web Client and its interaction with BI Server. This course would be offered to novice level users who will be using BI Web Client to query the agency database and create reports from results sets, which can be saved and shared with other users. All interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by 3:00PM EDT, Tuesday June 5, 2007. Responses shall include company information as well as relevant experience in providing the specific training detailed above and shall be forwarded to contracting officer at beaty.robert@dol.gov. Responses must be received no later than 3:00 PM Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Please forward any questions concerning this announcement to the Contracting Officer by email only. No telephonic questions will be accepted. This is a sources sought notice for informational purposes only and is not a request for proposals. NO SOLICITATION FOR THESE SERVICES EXISTS AND NO CONTRACT FOR THESE SERVICES
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1100 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA
- Zip Code: 22209
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 22209
- Record
- SN01306300-W 20070602/070531220623 (fbodaily.com)
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