Fleet Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Detachment Philadelphia, 700 Robbins Ave., Bldg. 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5084

U -- COLLEGE COURSES ON BOARD NAVY VESSELS DUE 062499 POC Point of Contact -- J. VanAllan, Contract Negotiator, 215-697-9655, Contracting Officer Mario J Cesarone E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Office via e-mail, james_b_van_allan@phil.fisc.navy.mil. This is a Sources Sought Notice. The Navy, through the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, is conducting Market Research to seek regionally accredited Colleges or Universities or Consortia of Colleges and Universities capable of providing instructor delivered courses at all academic levels for U.S. Navy active duty Sailors aboard ships at sea. Course offerings must include Academic and Developmental Skills, Lower Division Undergraduate, Upper division Undergraduate, and Graduate Level. All classes must ultimately lead to an Associate, Baccalaureate, or Graduate Degree from the offering institution(s). Desired degree programs include, but are not limited to, Associate/Baccalaureate Degrees in Liberal Arts/General Studies, Business, Management, Computer Technology, Technical Specialties, and Law Enforcement. All Graduate Level courses offered should lead to the award of a Masters Degree in one of the following career fields: Business Administration, Public Administration, or Computer Information Systems. Colleges and Universities desiring to participate by offering Undergraduate courses must be members of the Servicemembers Opportunity College (SOC) or the Servicemembers Opportunity College Navy (SOCNAV) Network or be willing to become a member of SOC by contract award date. Academic Institution or Consortium chosen must be able to provide fully qualified instructors worldwide, sometimes with less than one week's notice. Instructors must meet all qualifications required to teach on the Institution's Home Campus and must be physically qualified, as determined by the U.S. Navy, to deploy with the ship on which they are assigned. Instructor assignments could be from six weeks to six months or longer. Instructors are required to work in cramped, confined quarters and must be able to tolerate noises and fumes indigenous to shipboard life. Instructors must also be fit enough to work in locations where medical services are not readily available. The number and level of courses available for ordering must be commensurate with the requirement to provide the full degree programs listed above. Courses must be available in both the General Education and major areas. Transcripts must indicate course credit was earned as a Resident College Course and must not indicate the coursework was completed through any type of Distance Education Program. Expectations are that approximately 2000 courses, generally on the Undergraduate Level, would be delivered each year under a contract of this type. Posted 05/24/99 (W-SN334912). (0144)

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