1-CAMS Sources Sought Announcement.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY: The United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) is seeking to identify all responsible sources capable of providing a training of Anti-Money Laundering(AML) Specialist certification and becoming Certified Anti- Money Laundering Specialist by Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) in support of Deputy Chief Staff Comptroller (DCSCMP), HQ, the United States Army Special Operations Forces in accordance with the attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Interested parties must demonstrate experiences in providing services on the courses of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification and test to be certified by ACAMS.

Interested parties are requested to submit a thorough narrative that clearly demonstrates their corporate capabilities and trainer capabilities and certifications, a summary of relevant experience of providing a training of CAMS; providing study materials either physical or digital copies; providing CAMS certification test from ACAMS. CAMS certification test includes an exam, a proctor, and applicable ACAMS membership; developing and executing a successful Program of Instruction (POI); and the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully execute the attached Draft PWS.

The narrative should also include substantive current and/or recent past performance references that identify the contract number, customer, contract value, type of contract, period of performance, prime or subcontractor designation, and a brief description of the services.

This IS NOT a request for technical/management proposals, but instead a market research method to determine interested sources prior to issuing the solicitation. The anticipated period of performance a 12-month base period, plus one-year ordering periods. The purpose of this notice is to obtain an indication of interest of all businesses, and to obtain voluntary limited capability information of those interested sources. Information provided is strictly voluntary.

If you are an interested source and capable of fulfilling this requirement, please provide the following:

1) Company name and Point of Contact;

2) DUNS number and CAGE code;

3) Socioeconomic Status (to include 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, etc.), if applicable;

4) Evidence of current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov); and

5) A brief Statement of Capability (no more than 10 pages); which responds to the following questions, demonstrates the ability to meet the requirements specified in the PWS, and includes any Past Performance information on Government contracts of similar size and scope within the past three (3) years.

1. Discuss your company’s ability to provide Training courses, Test, Membership and CAMS certification from ACAMS, Program of Instruction (POI) including key elements of the training and description of services.

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2. Provide your company’s experience and technical ability in planning, staffing and conducting training courses physically and virtually as detailed within the PWS.

The intended NAICS code is 611430, “Professional and Management Development Training” with a size standard of $12M. Please provide capability statements via email to:

nayoung.chu.mil@socom.mil and gail.williams@socom.mil . No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. No feedback will be provided regarding individual capabilities statements. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and/or any follow-up information requests.

Capability statements are due no later than 4:00 PM EST on Monday, 17 May 2021 Responses may be e-mailed to the primary point of contact listed below.

Documentation provided must address all required elements listed herein; providing only a reference to a website is unacceptable for purposes of this announcement will not be considered or reviewed. All proprietary or corporate data received shall be clearly identified and shall be protected from release to sources outside the Government. Please do not submit classified material.

Responses shall be submitted electronically via email to SSG Nayoung Chu, nayoung.chu.mil@socom.mil and Ms. Gail Williams, gail.williams@socom.mil. Due to the intermittent nature of electronic communication, it is the vendor's responsibility to ensure receipt of all e-mail correspondence. Respondents are cautioned that due to file size limitations and e-mail security protocols, there is a risk that not all correspondence will be received by this office.

All responses shall be submitted by 4:00 p.m. EST, 17 May 2021. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future associated request for quotations that may be issued. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results.

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