SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- LATERAL THINKING TRAINER CERTIFICATION
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- NASA Shared Services Center Procurement Division Building 1111 Stennis SpaceCenter, MS 39529-6000
- ZIP Code
- 39529-6000
- Solicitation Number
- NNX13TF77P
- Response Due
- 10/7/2013
- Archive Date
- 9/16/2014
- Point of Contact
- Suzanne Honeycutt, Contracting Officer, Phone 228-813-6173, Fax 228-813-6315, Email suzanne.honeycutt-1@nasa.gov - Eli Ouder, Contracting Officer, Phone 228-813-6168, Fax 228-813-6315, Email eli.c.ouder@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Suzanne Honeycutt
(suzanne.honeycutt-1@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Woman Owned Small Business
- Description
- NASA/NSSC has a requirement for a training program entitled Lateral Thinking Trainer Certification. The objective of the program is to provide training in Lateral Thinking concepts to the NASA GRC community. This offering shall be held at NASAs Glenn Research Center beginning October 29, 2013. NASA/NSSC intends to purchase the above curriculum from Resources Unlimited Inc. Pursuant to FAR 13.106(b), the acquisition of these services has been determined to be reasonably available from only one source. Competition is impractical for the following reasons: Six Thinking Hats and Lateral Thinking are currently being used as the tools for the GRC's Creativity and Innovation Initiative. It is important that we continue to train the GRC community in both methodologies in the most cost-efficient manner while simultaneously maintaining alignment with the Agency's strategic initiative to further develop a culture of innovation. Lateral Thinking is a proprietary model of de Bono Systems, a Resources Unlimited company, and this training cannot be sourced from another vendor. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using the procedures in FAR Part 12 and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 3:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on October 7, 2013. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Capabilities and qualifications should be submitted to Candice C. Talley at Candice.C.Talley@nasa.gov. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note 'B'. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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