SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Learning Content Management System (LCMS) - Vendor Capability Questions
- Notice Date
- 10/30/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - Fort Eustis (Joint Base Langley-Eustis), Building 705, Washington Blvd, Fort Eustis, Virginia, 23604-5538, United States
- ZIP Code
- 23604-5538
- Solicitation Number
- 0011081704
- Point of Contact
- Regina Flowers, Phone: 7575018231
- E-Mail Address
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regina.d.flowers.civ@mail.mil
(regina.d.flowers.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Vendor Capability Questions This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government currently the Learning Content Management System (LCMS), and is seeking vendors that may be able to perform this requirement in order to support intends to award a contract for a competitive procurement. Accordingly, the U.S. Government highly encourages all interested businesses (large and small) to respond to this sources sought synopsis. In addition, small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned requirements at a fair market price, i.e., information which may help support a set-aside. The proposed Firm-Fixed Price contract is for a software product and license subscription for a Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) or Government off the Shelf (GOTS) LCMS that is focused on the development, management, publishing and delivery of content to support up to 300,000 students per year. The LCMS must be capable of being self-hosted by the Government at locations determined by the Government, and must also be capable of running in a commercial cloud services facility as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering. The LCMS must: • Be authorized to operate on the NIPRNet (.mil), SIPRNET (.smil), and commercial (.com) networks • Provide a multi-user environment where developers may create, store, reuse, manage, and deliver digital learning content from its central content object repository • Allow users to create, import, manage, search for, arrange and reuse small units or "chunks" of digital learning content and assets, commonly referred to as learning objects • Include assets such as media files developed in other authoring tools, assessment items, simulations, text, graphics, videos, Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) conformant content, or any other object that makes up the content within the course being created • Must play SCORM 2004 3rd edition content and be able to support earlier versions of SCORM content • Deliver and manage instructor-led synchronous and asynchronous online training, distributed learning content, and self-paced instruction • Provide collaboration tools such as virtual classrooms, blogs, wikis, and audio/video chat capability • Be capable of delivering reliable access to courses and content over secure socket layer (SSL) and have a proven capability to integrate various custom authentication methods such as the Enterprise Access Management System - Army (EAMS-A) (formerly Army Knowledge Online (AKO) Single Sign On (SSO)) • Interface with other systems through a standard application program interface (API) or common web services • Be able to accept registrations from existing registration systems such as the Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS) and must be able to post results back to that system • Allow open and closed enrollment, automatic enrollment through systems such as ATRRS, and restricted open enrollment • Support multiple permission levels for different user roles as required • Be certified to run on Department of the Army networks (holds a current Certificate of Net worthiness (CON) or equivalent • Be able to reside and play on Windows-based servers (Windows 2012R2), using VMWare technology for virtualization of the servers, and support a MS SQL 2012 (or equivalent) backend database • Reside and run on servers at locations designated by the Army (both military and commercial) 2.0 COMMERCIAL HOSTING REQUIREMENTS: The commercially provided SaaS must: • Currently provide commercial hosting services for the LCMS, (hosting and LCMS application support - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with 99.9% uptime for both the hosting platform and the LCMS application) • Support various courseware and learning environments to include full-time resident courses, blended learning, non-resident distance learning, and non-resident self-paced courses • Guarantee a 99.9% reliability (99.9% uptime access to content), provide back-up and continuity of operations (COOP) • Enable mobile learning by providing course access to students on mobile devices (iPads, tablets, Smartphones) from anywhere at any time • Be a platform for those soldiers and civilians who do not have Common Access Cards (CAC) to access publicly releasable unclassified training content • In addition, the commercially hosted facility must have the Department of Defense Information Assurance Federal Risk and Authorization Program (FedRAMP) accreditation and be authorized to run the LCMS software This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-wide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government-wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The Government is asking for a company to have both NAICS codes: 518210, and 511210. In response to this sources sought, please provide: 1. Identify any condition or action that may have the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solutions. Also contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Synopsis. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. 2. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.), and the corresponding NAICS code. 3. Provide responses to the attached Vendor Capability Questionnaire. 4. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. 5. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. 6. Information to help determine if the requirement item is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc. 7. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns. 8. Recommendations to improve the Army's approach/specifications/draft SOW (Attachment 1) to acquiring the identified items.
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