MODIFICATION
R -- Intensive Entrepreneurship Curriculum and Service Delivery - Solicitation 1
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Small Business Administration, Office of Chief Finanical Officer- Aquisition Division, SBA Contracting, 409 Third Street, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20416, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20416
- Solicitation Number
- SBAHQ-14-R-0011
- Response Due
- 7/21/2014 3:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Toni Hoskinson, Phone: 3038442026
- E-Mail Address
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toni.hoskinson@sba.gov
(toni.hoskinson@sba.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Objective SF 1449 A solicitation as a Statement of Objectives (SOO) for services under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, this is the solicitation is for an Intensive Entrepreneurship Curriculum and Service Delivery for ScaleUp America, a new initiative of the U.S. Small Business Administration. This initiative builds on the agency's core mission by supporting communities' efforts to deliver targeted intensive assistance to established high-potential small businesses and entrepreneurs that are primed for growth beyond the start-up or early stages. Offerors will be requested to provide a data-driven assessment of the proposed community's entrepreneurial ecosystem as it exists today and identify training, education and support gaps for high-potential entrepreneurs and growth-oriented businesses with revenues of $150-$500K as detailed in the attached Statement of Objective. Offerors should provide proposals that propose an intensive entrepreneurship education and growth support program plan that provides targeted support to participating entrepreneurs in an effort to increase their ability to scale up their business and create jobs and local economic impact while at the same time, enhancing the local entrepreneurial ecosystem. Each community's ScaleUp program plan should include: 1. Entrepreneurship Education Curriculum: Delivery of a proven, existing curriculum for growth-oriented entrepreneurs and small businesses, with the curriculum focused on the unique challenges of scaling established businesses, and which allows participants to develop a growth strategy that addresses topics such as, but not limited to process, strategy, financing, marketing, human resources, leadership, contracting and market/product development plans; 2. Management Assistance & Support: On-going one-on-one support, mentoring and technical assistance, such as, but not limited to providing data-driven market research analysis, business strategy development; assistance with increasing sales and identifying strategic partners, etc.; 3. Access to Capital: Assistance and connections to growth capital, such as, but not limited to assisting with loan package preparations, organizing matchmaking events with local lenders and funding streams, facilitating business pitch events to angel and venture funds; and 4. Connections: Opportunities to build and strengthen connections and networks, such as, but not limited to instituting CEO roundtables, forming advisory boards, matchmaking events with potential joint venture partners and regional manufacturers/suppliers, local federally funded resource partners, etc. This is a fair and open competition, with recommend inclusion of requirements of a small business utilization plan as discussed in FAR 52.219-9; Joint Ventures will be considered in accordance with all applicable FAR and SBA rules and regulations. The award will be for up to 14 single awards, and entities may submit for up to 7 separate proposals for seven distinct communities. Each contract will be for a base year and four option years. The base year is expected to be for a firm-fixed not-to-exceed (level-of-effort) price of approximately $150,000 to $500,000. Travel costs and event costs will be included in the negotiated firm-fixed not-to-exceed price. The proposed base performance period is September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015. SBA is issuing this solicitation under the North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 541690 as UNRESTRICTIVE UNDER FULL AND OPEN COMPETITONS. The proposals will be evaluated based on the Best Value Trade-off Selection Process. PRE-PROPOSAL WEBINAR: Prior to submission of proposals, SBA will be holding a Pre-Proposal Conference Webinar about this solicitation. Prior to the Webinar, questions shall be submitted to toni.hoskinson@sba.gov. Any question submitted during the Webinar must be typed in the message component of SBA's online conference system. Answers will be posted a few business days after the webinar as an amendment to the solicitation. The purpose of the conference is to promote interest and to provide additional information to all interested offerors. The conference will be held Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 3:00pm ET/1:00pm MT. You may join the webinar 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start at this link: http://emsp.intellor.com/login/415850. The PreProposal Conference is highly encouraged, but is not mandatory to attend this conference in order to provide a proposal. Any PowerPoint slides will be posted after the conference as an amendment to the solicitation. ALL QUESTIONS ARE DUE TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER AT TONI.HOSKINSON@SBA.GOV NLT JULY 2, Your submissions must be received no later than 3:00 pm (Mountain Daylight Time) on July 20, 2014, to the following e-mail address: Toni.Hoskinson@SBA.GOV
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