U -- PROVIDE ON-LINE OFFICE AUTOMATIONTRAINING COURSES

Notice Date

February 13, 2001

Contracting Office

Social Security Administration, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21207-5279

ZIP Code

21207-5279

Solicitation Number

SSA-OT-01-01

Response Due

March 2, 2001

Point of Contact

Dick Tokosch, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659492, Fax 4109669310, Email dick.tokosch@ssa.gov -- Dick Tokosch, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659492, Fax 4109669310, Email dick.tokosch@ssa.gov

E-Mail Address

Dick Tokosch (dick.tokosch@ssa.gov)

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT: On Line Training Curriculum via SSA's Intranet for Employee Utilization. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is seeking a qualified vendor who can supply SSA with COTS Software to be placed on the SSA Intranet for use by SSA employees nationwide for self directed training in various MS Applications. Suppliers must have their software available on GSA Schedule Contract No Later Than JUNE 1, 2001. The Social Security Administration_s Vision 2010 calls for the use of state-of-the-art technology to have fully prepared and trained employees. SSA has approximately 70,000 employees dispersed throughout 1,700 facilities cross the nation. All SSA employees have and utilize a personal computer running MS WINDOWS NT. The on-line training software must function efficiently on the SSA systems architecture (Currently _ TokenRing transitioning to Ethernet, and 56KB lines transitioning to frame relay/ATM & greater bandwidth capacity.) These workstations are equipped with the full suite of Microsoft Office software products. SSA employees need to have access to on-line training in a _just-in-time_ fashion. The content of the courseware will include, but would not be limited to, the following listing of courses: Office Automation Courses: MS Office 97 & 2000 Application Suite Including MS WORD; Excel; Access; Internet Explorer 5.0; FrontPage 98 & 2000; PowerPoint; Project; Outlook 98 & 2000; Exchange plus any New Features Lessons; along with Window NT 4.0 & 2000. All courseware would need to be made available to all employees who have access to the SSA Intranet. Other training content requirement needs have not been identified at this time. However, additional course content may be considered on an as-needed basis. On-line training products must meet the following list of technical requirements. The on-line training software must run on the Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher. Java environment functionality must be met by the standard IWS/LAN browser configuration. On-line training courses should be offered, where appropriate, in two or more levels of student training needs; i.e. beginner, intermediate, & advanced. On-line training courses must available to students in an anonymous mode. Functionality for student tracking, record keeping, course completion, testing, and evaluation will be required as part of this training solution. However,these functionalities will not be deployed at this time, pending development of an overall Agency training administration system. To the extent required by Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, on-line training software must be accessible to employees with disabilities within SSA. On-line training software upgrades must be made available under the lease agreement. New versions of the on-line training software must be made available to SSA within 90 days of the COTS software release to the general public. The on-line training software will be deployed as part of the Office of training_s Intranet web page. The on-line training software must be deployable on this SSA web-server. Hosted off-site web-based training delivery systems are not under consideration at this time. On-line training software will need to be tested and approved by the SSA Systems and End-User communities prior to lease agreement. On-line training software that is AICC and SCORM compliant will be weighted favorably. The on-line training software must not utilize any workstation plug-ins. Sound or video functionality is not required for this on-line training software. If sound or video functionality exists in the on-line training software, it must be deployable in a fashion that allows the Agency (or the user) to turn-off these features to avoid sending unnecessary traffic to the user and without any detrimental impact to systems performance or the training experience. Any organization which believes it has the relevant COTS Software should submit a Technical Proposal/Capability Statement to the Contracting Officer no later than March 2, 2001. The Technical Submission should not exceed 10 written pages (single sided) and include a description of product, list of courses, systems requirements, etc. Vendors who have existing WEB Sites are encouraged to allow SSA to have access to their courses for a limited time. Alternatively, a CD with course samples is acceptable. SSA will make an assessment of the materials submitted in order to identify potential sources which may be solicited at a later date. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. NO PRICING DATA IS REQUIRED. SOLICITATION REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED AND NO RESPONSE WILL BE GIVEN.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010215/USOL004.HTM (D-044 SN50D5L0)