MODIFICATION
R -- Faculty and Staff Instructors
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2018
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - Fort Gordon, 419 B St., Bldg 29718, 3rd Floor, Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905-5719, United States
- ZIP Code
- 30905-5719
- Solicitation Number
- 0011105898
- Archive Date
- 7/20/2018
- Point of Contact
- Trina Wadley, Phone: 7067911813
- E-Mail Address
-
trina.k.wadley.civ@mail.mil
(trina.k.wadley.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Competitive 8(a)
- Description
- INTRODUCTION The Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Gordon, GA is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research for SI- Admin Network Security Course, Signal School at Fort Gordon, GA. The draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) presents and describes the major tasks and activities required to execute the contract effort to provide high-quality instructors for instruction and curriculum development recommendations for fourteen (14) training courses. Only 8(a) vendors will be considered. Telephone inquiries will NOT be accepted or acknowledged, and NO feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at Fort Gordon, GA, DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A "REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)" TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES The Contractor shall provide instruction and support services in a classroom environment. These services shall provide support to the FSDB, which includes normal duties such as instruction/facilitation, student evaluations, course assessments, assisting students with preparing presentations, "front-end" (preparation time), "back-end" (closeout time) and incorporating the current Army Learning Models, Methods of Instruction, 21st Century Soldier Competencies, General Learning Outcomes, and various media that will support current and future technology changes to enhance the training curriculum. Instructors shall also provide recommendations to improve the instruction of FSDB courses that will foster a learner centric environment. The Cyber CoE Faculty and Staff Development Branch (FSDB) has the overall mission to provide instructor/developer certification and training. The FSDB services the Signal School, Cyber School, CNCOA, USARC/NGB, DDEMAC, Garrison and other command installations outside of the CCoE. Please refer the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached to this announcement for a detailed description of this requirement. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: The contractor employees performing on this contract must be a U.S. citizen. At work performance start date, contractor employees to include subcontractors, performing on this contract shall have a SECRET security clearance and shall maintain the required security clearance throughout the life of the contract. ELIGIBILITY The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 611430 with a Small Business Size Standard of $25,500,000.00. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT) A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached for review. Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten (10) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 7 am, EST 28 June 2018. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Trina Wadley trina.k.wadley.civ@mail.mil. No phone call or emails will be accepted after this date. This documentation must address at a minimum the following items: 1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement? 2.) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details. 3.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details. 4.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks? 5.) Please note that in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company's ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this PWS for the base period as well as the option periods. 6.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc. 7.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as an 8(a) 8.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the specifications of this requirement. The estimated period of performance consists of a base and two one year option periods. The contract type is anticipated to be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining agreement. Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal. Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Trina Wadley, in either Microsoft or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email trina.wadley.civ@mail.mil. The subject header should read "Faculty and Staff 11105898." All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. No phone calls will be accepted. All questions must be submitted to the Contract Specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Fort Gordon Cyber CoE, Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905, United States
- Zip Code: 30905
- Zip Code: 30905
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