SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- IT INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION MARKET RESEARCH INDUSTRY DAY - Market Research Industry Day Notice
- Notice Date
- 5/20/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Contracts & Acquisitions Management, Contracts (All ED Components), 550 12th Street, SW, 7th Floor, Washington, District of Columbia, 20202
- ZIP Code
- 20202
- Solicitation Number
- EDCIO15112017
- Point of Contact
- Eugene Hopkins, Phone: 2022456167
- E-Mail Address
-
eugene.hopkins@ed.gov
(eugene.hopkins@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Market Research Industry Day Notice with details and instructions The U.S. Department of Education's (Department) mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access to education. The Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) provides the technological solutions that enable the Department to deliver world-class service to schools, students and their families. To accomplish its mission, OCIO advises and assists the Secretary and other senior officers in acquiring information technology (IT) and managing information resources. OCIO helps these leaders comply with the best practices in the industry and applicable federal laws and regulations, including the Clinger Cohen Act, the Government Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Federal Information Security Management Act. In addition, the agency's Chief Information Officer is charged with establishing a management framework that leads the agency toward more efficient and effective operations, including improved planning and control of IT investments. On September 27, 2007, the Department replaced its enterprise wide network and IT support services contract, known as the Education Network Contract (EDNET), with the Education Department Utility for Communications, Applications, and Technology Environment (EDUCATE) Contract. EDUCATE is a 10-year performance-based, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract (Base Year, plus 9 Option Periods) that moved the Department from a Government-Owned, Contactor-Operated (GOCO) IT service model to a Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated (COCO) managed IT service model. The EDUCATE Contract provides IT resources to all Department employees and contractors - approximately 5,600 users who work in Washington, D.C., 10 regional offices in the Continental U.S. and Puerto Rico, and various satellite offices. The EDUCATE Contractor provides a wide-array of fully-managed services that include: Desktop Services, Helpdesk Support Services, Systems and Data Center Services, E-mail Services, Network, Telecom, Multimedia Services, Disaster Recovery Services, Special Services, and Printer Services. Cross functional service areas (general services) include: Invoicing and Billing, Auditing, Reporting, Planning/Project, Security/Privacy, Records/FOIA, Architecture/Engineering, Assistive Technology and Training. With the full term of the EDUCATE Contract coming to a close in November of 2017, the Department has begun its acquisition planning for the follow-on contract(s) beginning with the market research phase. In order to ensure that the resulting acquisition(s) are best value and satisfies the Department's IT requirements, aligns with commercial services to the maximum extent practicable, and represents government and industry IT best practices, the Department will be conducting an extensive degree of market research that will rely heavily on information exchanges with industry, to include requests for information and other information collecting activities. In advance of these events occurring, the Department will be holding a "Market Research Industry Day" on 22 June 2015. The primary objective of this event is to foster an early partnership with industry that will facilitate the open exchanges of information throughout the entire procurement process. Although additional details are provided below, the meeting participants will be provided a brief overview of the EDUCATE Contract, a general overview of what interested parties can reasonably expect in terms of interactions with the Department, and the types of information that the Department may request from industry. In addition, the Department intends to provide a high-level overview of its current acquisition milestone schedule. Interested parties within the IT community/industry are highly encouraged to attend this event. Please see the attached document for additional details regarding the planned event and how to attend.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/EDCIO15112017/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Department of Education, Lyndon Baines Johnson Building, Barnard Auditorium, 400 Maryland Ave, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20202, United States
- Zip Code: 20202
- Zip Code: 20202
- Record
- SN03737486-W 20150522/150520234916-5ba51c79cc6e3c690b04704f18d44d99 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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