School Meals Operations Study, School Year 2022-2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), has issued a Special Notice for a sole-source task order to continue research services under an existing contract for the School Meals Operations Study. The study aims to analyze administrative data, prepare data tables and files, submit survey data, prepare a summary of findings, and complete project management activities related to the research.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to inform interested parties of the government's intent to award a sole-source task order to Mathematica, Inc. to continue the work on this study. The government has determined that Mathematica's specialized study protocols, materials, and knowledge make them the best option to conduct these continued research services. Interested parties are invited to submit capability statements and past performance information by June 04, 2024, although the government reserves the right to award the task order without further notice. The research services are set aside for 8(a) small businesses, and the NAICS code is 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services) with a PSC code of AF11-P (Education, Training, Employment, & Social Svcs R&D Svcs; Education Svcs R&D; Basic Research).
AP-FNS-24-0184 Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service
6/18/24, 8:26 AM Course Instructor Fort Leonard Wood: Problematic Sexual Behavior in Children and Youths
THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Please DO NOT respond with quotes. The United States Army Military Police School (USAMPS), Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCOE) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri requires support to instruct an overview and instruction pertaining to problematic sexual behaviors in children.
See Attachment: Statement of Objectives
Accordingly, the U.S. Government highly encourages all interested businesses (large and small) to respond to this sources sought synopsis. In addition, small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), must describe their identifying capabilities in meeting the requirements at a fair market price, i.e., information which may help support a set-aside.
The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Small Business Community to include Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Women-Owned Small Business, and Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), as well as the interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Large Business community, to compete and perform a Firm Fixed Price Contract to service these items.
This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.
The NAICS code(s) is/are:
541720 (Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities)
The SBA Size Standard is/are: $28.0M
In response to this source sought, please provide:
1. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solution solutions. Also contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes@army.mil at 210-466-3015 orcierra.j.parker.civ@army.mil, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Synopsis. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.
2. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, System of Awards Management (SAM) Unique Entity Identification (UEI), CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) in addition, the corresponding NAICS code.
3. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.
4. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.
5. Information to help determine if the requirement (item or service) is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.
6. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns.
7. Recommendations to improve the Army's approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS/SOO to acquiring the identified items/services.
8. Point of contact for this action is Ms. Cierra Parker, Contract Specialist. Inquiries will only be addressed by email: cierra.j.parker.civ@army.mil.
W911S7-23-A-0004 Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command Fort Eustis
6/7/23, 4:47 PM Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II 2025: Pre-Solicitation
The Department of Education (ED) and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) anticipate releasing a 2025 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II solicitation on or around November 8, 2025. The program provides awards of $1,000,000 over 2 years to eligible small businesses for the research, development, and evaluation of new, commercially viable education technology products. The projects must focus on advancing existing researcher-developed, evidence-based innovations to ready them for use at scale and plan for commercialization. Proposals to advance education technology projects originated by small businesses are not eligible. The submission deadline for proposals will be in early January 2025, approximately 60 days after the solicitation release. This is a highly competitive program, with historically around 10% of proposals resulting in a Direct to Phase II award.
The procurement will be set aside for small businesses. There are no details provided about potential incumbents or current contractors. The total budget for the program is not specified, but the individual award amount is $1,000,000. The solicitation is part of a suite of three 2025 ED/IES SBIR solicitations being released on the same day, including a Phase IA program for novel education technology prototypes and a Phase IB program for new components to be integrated with existing, research-based education technology products.
91990025R0004 Department of Education Contracts and Acquisition Management
10/25/24, 12:39 PM Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I 2021
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) anticipates the release of the 2021 Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase I solicitation on or about December 1, 2020.
The purpose of the SBIR program is to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of small business in meeting Department research and development needs, increase the commercial potential of Department-supported research results, and improve the return on investment from Federally-funded research for economic and social benefits to the Nation.
Phase I is to determine, insofar as possible, the scientific or technical merit of ideas submitted under the SBIR program. The proposal should concentrate on Research/Research & Development (R/R&D) that will establish the feasibility of the technological approach, a prerequisite for further Department support in Phase II. Awards are for periods up to 8-months in amounts up to $200,000.
Firms with strong R/R&D capabilities in education technology products, for use in standard education, in the priority areas listed are encouraged to participate. The 2021 priority areas consist of either:
1. Products that apply emerging technologies to support student learning and relevant education outcomes; or
2. Products to modernize assessment and support student learning and relevant education outcomes; or
3. Products used by educators or administrators to inform decision making; or
4. Products to prepare existing evidence-based interventions to be used at scale in education settings; or
5. Products for informal learning to reverse learning loss for the lowest performing students.
Products must fall in one of these priority areas (not all).
This notice is not a request for proposals at this time. Interested parties should continue to monitor this posting for updates.
For more information about the Department’s SBIR program, please see here: www.ies.ed.gov/sbir
Note!! There will be a second SBIR Phase I competition this year dedicated to products for use in Special Education. For Special Education Products please see the Notice for 91990021R0002.
91990021R0001 Department of Education Contracts and Acquisition Management
11/10/20, 2:09 PM