1.15.3 WX06186Y2024T Sole Source Synopsis - SAS (240813-0933).pdf

SOLE SOURCE SYNOPSIS

Sigma Assessment Systems

Online Leadership Skills Self-Assessments

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Washington, DC 20472 intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Sigma Assessment Systems, Inc. for the purchase of online leadership skills self-assessment that helps the leadership training programs participants identify and develop targeted leadership skills for the Office of the

Chief of Human Capital Officer (OCHCO). FEMA is requesting the SIGMA

Assessments Leadership Skills Profile (LSP) self-assessment to assist the Learning

Engagement and Diversity Division (LEAD) in maintaining a highly qualified workforce.

This online self-assessment is to be virtual, with the capability to download comprehensive self-assessment report summarizing the participant’s areas for improvement and provided resources and tools to develop them. The SIGMA LSP is a self-assessment tool that assesses the participant’s skills (linked to DHS- and FEMA-targeted competencies), identifies skills for development and offerors developmental activities for each skill. These self-assessments are to be offered as part of DHS/FEMA leadership development and mandatory training.

Support shall be for a period of one base year and four option years.

The SIGMA Systems product is proprietary due to its manufactured standards.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

541990 with the size standard being $19.5 million.

All interested parties are encouraged to provide information on their capabilities to meet this requirement. In order to be considered a potential source, interested parties must submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirement specified above and advantages of the Government to consider another source. The documentation shall include prices and descriptive literature containing sufficient technical documentation to establish a bona-fide capability to meet this requirement. Only written responses will be considered. All written responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis, the contracting officer may determine that a solicitation will be issued. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to the intended vendor and all firms that respond to this synopsis. If no affirmative written response, indicating that a comparable source is available, is received within 5 calendar days of publication of this notice, the government shall proceed with a sole source award to Sigma Assessments Systems, Inc [FS5KGSDL3CQ9].

SHAWN M. SMITH

Contracting Officer