SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- SOF Teletraining System (SOFTS) - NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE
- Notice Date
- 8/25/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Headquarters Procurement Division, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621-5323
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5323
- Solicitation Number
- H92222-14-R-0033
- Point of Contact
- Dorothy M Lewis, Phone: 813-826-3005, Richard A. Byrd, Phone: 8138262490
- E-Mail Address
-
lewisd@socom.mil, richard.byrd@socom.mil
(lewisd@socom.mil, richard.byrd@socom.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract to the qualified Small Business NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE Special Operations Forces Language Office SOFLO Teletraining System HQ United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is issuing a notice of intent to award a sole source contract under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Service Will Satisfy Agency Requirement. USSOCOM intends to issue a sole source contract to Progressive Expert Consulting, Inc, (PEC) 650 James ST. STE 302, Syracuse NY 13203-2772. This action will result in a firm fixed price contract. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Responsible sources may submit a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information and other literature demonstrating the ability to meet all of the requirements below. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that additional competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not reimburse participants for any information they provide. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL OR COST PROPOSALS. The period of performance for this requirement is one base year with four, one-year option periods of performance. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541512 Computer Systems Design Services. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Virtual School Classroom able to support up to 100 classrooms, multipoint video and audio for up to 15 concurrent participants per classroom with all users active, supports high definition video, supports real-time web-browser sharing with annotation, share audio and video from webpages, supports real-time application sharing with annotation, share audio and video from application shares, supports real-time document sharing with annotation, supports real-time whiteboard sharing with annotation, supports sharing of the live-desktop with ability for remote control if permission is granted, easily accessible text chat for participants, support scheduled conferences, able to record all aspects of the classroom, allows for customized layout options including docked or tiled video, share only, webinar, video only, video only picture in picture, floating video, and dual monitor support, and has basic diagnostic tools that can be used to help diagnose issues with bandwidth, local system memory usage or other basic issues. Virtual School Registration System to track and administer all SOFTS classes, tightly integrated with the Virtual Classroom and Collaborative Learning Environment. Allows for students to sign up for any available class, and propose alternative classes if an existing one does not already fit their schedule. Actively monitors and supports every class that runs regardless of when that class takes place. Helpdesk personnel trained to be able to support multiple classes simultaneously. Provide monitors when classes are taking place, monitors are responsible for a variety of tasks. First, monitors take attendance. If students are not present for class, monitors contact the students by phone and email in order to offer assistance if a technical reason is preventing them for attending class. In addition, while the class is in session, monitors regularly log what occurs in the class. If there are any issues in the class, whether they are technical issues, behavioral issues or learning related issues, monitors enter them into a class log database. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract to the qualified Small Business. Progressive Expert Consulting, Inc. (PEC) is the only contractor known that provides a virtual platform and the associated services that fully integrate the infrastructure, technology, hardware, software, support, registration management, and administration services necessary to conduct live language classes over the web 24/7. This meets the SOF Teletraining System (SOFTS) capability requirements to provide a virtual school with all registration and support functions in order to provide a platform and learning environment through which to deliver training to SOF regardless of the individual student's time or geographic location. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: As stipulated in FAR 15.201, responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of expressions of interest, proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice; however, any firm possessing capabilities to provide this requirement may give written notification to Contracting Officer, Dorothy Lewis, at dorothy.lewis@socom.mil. All responses must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, August 29, 2014, to be considered. Again, determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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