Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, Center Acquisition Contracting Team, AMQ-310, P.O. Box 25082, 6500 S. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73125-4929

B -- COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR CORROSION CONTROL INSPECTION PROCEDURES SOL 50-Q-632344 DUE 052396 POC Brenda Holmes, Contracting Officer, (405) 954-7850 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement for Computer based training software development for corrosion control inspection procedures IAW/the following statement of work. 1.1 OBJECTIVES: The objectives of these tasks will be to provide 40 hours of computer-based training (CBT) modules at a technician level for state and federal inspectors on corrosion control inspection procedures. The modules will address pipeline safety federal regulations and interface with present CBT software as outlined under ''Deliverables.''. 2.0 TECHNICAL SERVICES REQUIRED: 2.1 Scope of Work: The contractor shall provide necessary expertise, system hardware and software, system tutoring, training application software required to deliver a training solution that provides skills development training in addition to the dissemination of knowledge. As a training system, it should deliver computer-based training that selectively and uniquely adjusts to the needs of each individual being trained. The training procees should include a technician level phase or Phase II. The technician phase should provide the learner with the skill to master all aspects of measurements and record keeping in accordance with federal regulations to be addressed in the training modules. The computer should assess the unique knowledge and skill level (i.e., strenggths and deficiencies) of the individual. Based on the assessment, the computer should formulate a totally unique and personalized learning experience for the individual on a real-time basis, Strengths should be acknowledged and rewarded. Skill and knowledge deficiencies are to be resolved ''on-the-fly'', with the computer based intelligent tutoring system tailoring the experience as the individual proceeds. All of the individual's decisions and actions should be recorded so that a complete picture of the person's skill and knowledge can be demonstrated. The software delivered should have its development based on an end-user focused design process whereby training tasks are studied to dertermine how the individual learns, thinks, and performs a required task. Form this evaluation, course content descriptions should be generated to guide the software development process. The system, not the person, changes its behavior. The training software should be capable of tailoring the training modules to what each student knows, and be capalbe of tailoring the module to the way each student likes to learn. The training software should be able to compare the student's performance to ''expert'' performance and adapt itself to match that student. It should also recognize the student's approach to learning and, when in doubt, ask the student's preferences. The training software should use this information so that all people can learn at their own pace and in their own style. The training software should provide the right amount of support at the right time by monitoring user performance, user interaction history, and curent task constraints. It should be able to modify the level of support, accordingly, giving the less skilled user prompts and menus that are not provided to the more experienced user. The training prototype is required to be a working prototype, serve as a model for similar instruction in other content areas and is expected to become a product ''as is.'' The training prototype shoud demonstrate reliability and functionality adequate for compelling demonstrations. The prototype should demonstrate, within reasonable limitations, the capability for implementation of a different task domain of equivalent complexity and structure without extensive modification to the ''Engine'' deliverables. 2.2 Statement of Work: The contractor will provide a mastery-based, objective oriented, CBT system for corrosion control inspection procedures that will address the knowledge and skills training required in the operation of inspector corrosion control procedures and be specific to the outline provided under deliverables (2.3) below. The 40-hour course should incorporate a functional adaptive dynamic user interface capable of capturing and recording the current performance level of a user, evaluating that performance against an expert user model, and adjusting the instructional session accordingly. The Phase II technician level software will function as an original proof of concept vehicle. This proof of concept vehicle should demonstrate that the input of hardware, software, and courseware in concert with the student's training interaction output produces an outcome of quantifiable improvement in student task performance. It is intended that the prototype should possess the full range of functionality, robustness, and architectural integrity typically found in commercial grade products. 2.2.1 Description of Job Tasks: Phase II, Technician Level 1. Provide 40-hour prototype corrosion control procedures course, 2. Test and evaluation of prototype, 3. Iteration and usability refinements of prototype, 4. Installation and set-up of prototype, 5. training of TSI personnel in prototype system use. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has programs to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital and bonding assistance for transportation-related contacts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates up to $500,000 per contract to provide accounts receivable financing. The DOT Bonding Assistance Program enables firms to apply for bid, performance and payment bonds up to $500,000 per contract. DOT provides an 80 percent guaranty on the bond amount to a surety against losses. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP and Bonding Assistance Program, please call (800) 532-1169. (0137)

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