SOLICITATION NOTICE
76 -- educational software
- Notice Date
- 5/14/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell AFB Contracting Squadron, 50 LeMay Plaza South, Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 36112-6334
- ZIP Code
- 36112-6334
- Solicitation Number
- FA3300-10-Q-1315ACSC
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2010
- Point of Contact
- Areea D Malone, Phone: 334-953-3538
- E-Mail Address
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areea.malone@maxwell.af.mil
(areea.malone@maxwell.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- GENERAL INFORMATION The 42nd Contracting Squadron, 50 LeMay Plaza, Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, AL has a requirement to purchase items as described in the Schedule of Supplies/Services. This is a streamlined combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only notice. A written solicitation will not be issued. This requirement is issued as a request for quote (Reference-Number FA3300-10-Q-1315ACSC). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-41 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Change Notice (DCN) 20100507. It is the contractor's responsibility to become familiar with applicable clauses and provisions. A Firm Fixed Priced Award will be made in accordance with the following the Schedule of Supplies: NAICS Code: 511210; size standard: 500 employees The Defense Priorities and Allocations System rating is C9E. IMPORTANT NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT IS SOLICITING FOR "OPEN MARKET" QUOTES ONLY. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) QUOTES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. NATURE OF ACQUISITION: Maxwell Air Force Base has a requirement to purchase the below listed software. The Schedule of Supplies/Services provides all items, details and quantities required. This procurement will be awarded under Simplified Acquisition Procedures as a 100% small business set-aside. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: This acquisition is for the purchase of the following items: CLIN 0001: On-Line assessment which quantifies a learner's level of readiness to study online, measure variables of individual attributes, such as motivation& procrastination, learning style, technical skills & competency, on-screen reading rate and recall, and typing and speed & accuracy. Must also include, at no additional cost, unlimited access to administrative panel, student support, personal account representative, at least 2 virtual demo trainings, unlimited access to tutorials, and free updates of features added durint the ordering period. Quoted software must also include the following essential Characteristics: 1) ACSC/DL requires a web-based, validated diagnostic tool that assesses a student's likelihood of success in an on-line learning program. Tool should evaluate: a. Self-motivation b. Time-management c. Self-discipline d. Online reading rate and recall e. Persistence f. Availability of time g. Ability to use laptop, printer, software, and the Internet, h. Typing speed i. Accuracy & comprehension 2) Using a sequence of activities, this tool must measure the degree to which a student possesses the skills and traits necessary for success. Assesses major components that measure: a. On-screen reading speed & comprehension b. Technical Competency c. Technical Skills Test d. Individual attributes e. Preferred learning styles f. Typing speed & accuracy g. Situation in Life variables 3) Tool must provide reading passages rated at multiple grade levels. 4) Must have automated validation of student's email during assessment. 5) Must provide an automatic, immediate score and diagnostic interpretation of results to students and school. 6) Must customize assessment based on platform (PC, Mac, Linux) which the student is using. 7) Evaluation results need to be importable into student information system of the school and be accessible by faculty and administration. 8) Must be deployed through a custom user interface which incorporates the look and feel of the AU website. 9) Tool must allow for integrated communication between school and students. 10) Questions, wording and sequence of questions must be editable by school. 11) Must allow school to create and manage administrator and student login groups. 12) Must provide capability for student's scores to be compared to national averages. 13) National average calculations must be based on type of institution. 14) Must be based on valid, reliable research. 15) Results must be presented textually and graphically. 16) Data must be archived on secure server. 17) Live support is required for students and administrators. 18) Must have the capability to modify grading thresholds. 19) Grading reports must be sort-able by date range and other variables. 20) Must have ability to generate demographical reports. Quantity: NTE 1500 during ordering period, ordering period is for 12 months after receipt of order, QUOTATION PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of quotes, offerors must comply with instructions contained herein. Quotes must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this RFQ. The offeror must the accede to all solicitation requirements, including technical, and the terms and conditions by submitting the following statement with your response to this solicitation: "I accede to all of the requirements of this synopsis/solicitation, including specifications (CLINs 0001), and terms and conditions." Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Alternate I, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items and DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American Act Certificate with quotation. Interested parties capable of providing the requirement must submit a written quote to include discount terms, tax identification number, cage code, and DUNS. To be eligible to receive an award resulting from this RFQ, contractors must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database, no exceptions. To register, please visit http://www.ccr.gov or by calling 1-888-227-2423. BASIS FOR AWARD Award will be based on technical acceptability and price. The offeror by acceding to all of the requirements of this synopsis/solicitation, including specifications (CLINs 0001), and terms and conditions will be determined technically acceptable. Award will then be based on price. CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The following clauses apply: By reference: 52.204-7: - Central Contractor Registration 52.212-4 -- Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items 252.204-7004, Alternate A By Full Text: FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, and the following additional FAR clauses under paragraph (b) are applicable: 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation 52.222-3, Convict Labor 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other Than Central Contractor Registration DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders applies to this acquisition, and specifically the following clauses under paragraphs (a) and (b) are applicable: 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests 52.252-2, CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address (es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil (End of clause) AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM ombudsmen, [Insert names, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, and e-mail addresses]. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause) Maxwell 119 WAWF-ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF INVOICE JAN 2007 Reference DFAR Clause 252.232-7003 "ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS." Invoices shall be submitted and accepted using Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) web-based system at https://wawf.eb.mil. For information on WAWF including web-based training, visit the web-site and click on "About WAWF". The web-site also contains detailed instructions for setting up your computer to achieve the best results with the system. If you have additional questions contact the WAWF-RA Customer Helpdesk at (866) 618-5988, Option 2 The following information codes will be required to submit your invoices correctly through WAWF: SELECT TYPE OF INVOICE: Contract Specialist/Administrator select only one (1) of the following: 1 Invoice and Receiving Report (Combo) (Creates two documents, an Invoice and a Receiving Report, within one data entry session (Combo). Creating both documents at the same time, rather than separately, is recommended. 0 Construction Invoice (Creates a Construction Payment Invoice from a contract for construction. Both an Inspector and a Contracting Officer must review and accept). Contract Number: Block 2 of the SF1449 Form (If this is a GSA Delivery Order award, enter the GSA NUMBER) Delivery Order: Block 4 of (Order Number) of SF1449 No Dashes - (if applicable) Pay DoDAAC: Block 16a (Payment will be made by) of SF1449 - Pay DoDAAC code is used to route documents to the Defense Finance Accounting office responsible for payment. The accounts payable mailing address can be located in Block 18a of SF1449. You can easily access payment information using the DFAS web site at http://www.dod.mil/dfas. Your contract/purchase order number or invoice will be required to inquire status of your payment. Issue by DoDAAC: Block 9 (Issued by) of SF1449. Contracting office that issued your contract - WAWF uses the code to route the document to the base. Admin DoDAAC: Block 16 (Administered by) of SF1449) Ship-To Code: Block 15 (Deliver To) of SF1449 - This is a crucial piece of information. It will be different for almost every contract issued. Ship-From Code: Not a required field for Air Force contracts. Inspected by DoDAAC: Block 15 (Deliver to) of SF1449 - If an inspection is called for in the document, then you must provide the DoDAAC/Ext this code identifies the inspector. Service Acceptor: Block 15 (Deliver to) of SF1449 - It is used to route documents to receiving service acceptor in WAWF. LPO DoDAAC/Ext: Not a required field for Air Force contracts. ADDITIONAL E-MAIL NOTIFICATIONS: The VENDOR and the DFAS Office will automatically receive a notice; after clicking SUBMIT WAWF will prompt for additional email submissions. The following E-Mail addresses MUST be input in order to prevent delays in processing: Receiver/Acceptor: Contract Specialist: Contracting Officer: In addition to the requirement of this local clause, the Contractor shall meet the requirements of the appropriate payment clauses in this contract when submitting payment requests. (End of Clause) The following provisions apply: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items (Jan 2004), applies to this acquisition and is addended to delete paragraphs (e) Multiple offers and paragraph (h) Multiple Awards. FAR 52.212-3, ALT 1 Offerors are reminded that Representations and Certifications are maintained at the following website: http://orca.bpn.gov/publicserach.aspx. In the event Representations and Certifications are not on file, Offerors must include a completed copy of the provisions at FAR Part 52 or on on-line at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. DFARS 252.225-7000 Buy American Act - Balance of Payments Program Certificate FAR 52.252-1 -- Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil. (End of Provisions) IMPORTANT NOTE: All product items sold to the Government should be properly marked with manufacturer's name and part number. Responses to this notice shall be provided in writing either by e-mail to: Areea Malone, at areea.malon@maxwell.af.mil ; or by fax: Attn: Areea Malone, 334-953-2453. All responses must be received NLT 4:00 PM. All inquiries to this notice must be received by 21 May 2010, 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight SavingsTime (CDST). Email is the preferred method of communication. Point of Contact: Areea Malone, Contract Specialist, Phone (334) 953-3538, Fax (334) 953-2453.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, 36112, United States
- Zip Code: 36112
- Zip Code: 36112
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