U -- ACQUISITION TRAINING FOR PROJECT MANAGERS

Notice Date

June 8, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts and Property Management, Mail Stop T-7-I-2, Washington, D.C. 20555

ZIP Code

20555

Solicitation Number

RS-HR-01-284

Response Due

June 25, 2001

Point of Contact

Carolyn A. Cooper, (301)415-6737/FAX (301)415-8157

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contracting officer via (cac3@NRC.GOV)

Description

C.15 EVALUATION FACTORS AND AWARD. By use of numerical and narrative scoring techniques, proposals will be evaluated against the evaluation factors specified in the paragraph below. These factors are listed in their relative order of importance. Award will be made to the offeror: (1) Whose proposal is technically acceptable; (2) Whose technical/cost relationship is most advantageous to the Government, and; (3) Who is considered to be responsible within the meaning of Federal Acquisition Regulations, Part 9.1. Although cost is a factor in the evaluation of proposals, technical merit in the evaluation criteria set forth below is a more significant factor in the selection of a contractor. Further, to be selected for an award, the proposed cost must be realistic and reasonable. The Government may: (1) Reject any or all offers if the action is in the public interest;(2) Accept other than the lowest offer; and (3) Waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. The Government intends to award a contract on the basis of initial offers received, without discussions. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from the cost or price and technical standpoints. A separate cost analysis is performed on each cost proposal. To provide a common base for evaluation of cost proposals, the level of effort data must be expressed in staff hours. In making the above determination, an analysis is performed by the Government that takes into consideration the results of the technical evaluation and cost analysis. C.15.1 TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA. The NRC will evaluate an offeror's proposal from the perspective of the technical merits of the proposal, qualifications of the offeror and offeror's proposed key personnel (instructor(s)), written evidence of successful past performance for both offeror and proposed key personnel (instructor(s)) in providing acquisition training to Government Project Managers similar to that of this procurement. The following criteria and weights shall be used by the NRC to evaluate the proposal: A. QUALIFICATIONS OF PROPOSED PERSONNEL -- 50 POINTS. The extent to which the offeror demonstrates that the proposed key personnel has the requisite experience and qualifications to satisfy the NRC's requirement. Offeror must provide evidence of related education and experience of proposed instructor(s) in instructing similar type acquisition workshops to Federal Government employees. Proposed instructor(s) must demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, NRC contract regulations and DOE laboratory agreements and the processes and procedures used in acquiring goods and services. Documented evidence of technical expertise in the Acquisition Field may include: letters of commendation from participants and/or Federal Government agencies, certificates of appreciation, or excerpts from videotapes of like training conducted by an instructor showing a high degree of performance. B. CORPORATE EXPERIENCE/PAST PERFORMANCE -- 50 POINTS. The Offeror shall clearly demonstrate to the NRC that they have the resident corporate experience necessary to develop and present federal acquisition courses which are identical or similar to the course described in the statement of work. The offeror shall demonstrate experience designing and developing customized training objectives, student exercises and materials and visual aids for support of instructor presentations. The Offeror shall also demonstrate that they have successfully performed on other contracts or purchase orders of similar size and scope within the past five years in performing contracts for the instruction of acquisition workshops for Federal government employees. This shall be done by describing current and past work of a similar or identical nature in such a manner that an evaluation can be made of the performance history and the relevance of this experience to the requirements of the solicitation. To this end, the Offeror shall list at least three (3) current/previous support contracts of the same or similar nature to the proposed contract. It is incumbent upon the Offeror to provide information which is accurate and current as the NRC will contact each reference to verify the information provided. Offerors will be provided the opportunity to provide written rebuttal for any negative information received. This rebuttal information will be taken into consideration in evaluating proposals. The offeror shall provide the information requested using the format specified below. Each contract reference shall be limited to one page in length: a. Contract or Purchase Order Number: b. Name and Address of Government Agency: c. Point of Contact: d. Contracting Officer: e. Current Telephone Number and Facsimile Number: f. Technical Representative: g. Estimated Value of Purchase Order or Contract Awarded: h. Period of Performance of the Contract or Purchase Order (including extensions): i. Outline how the contracted effort is similar or identical in nature to the NRC's requirement, with a brief technical description sufficient to permit ready assessment of the described project's relevancy to the NRC's requirement. It is not sufficient to just note that it is similar in magnitude and scope. Briefly outline your ability to meet course schedules. TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS= 100 POINTS.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010612/USOL001.HTM (W-159 SN50O469)