Attachment_1_-_Evaluation_Criteria_2018.04.26.pdf

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Foreign Service Institute

Arlington, VA

April 30, 2018

Evaluation Criteria

Project Management Training

Managing Projects at State Course

Quotes that fail to follow the quotation submission requirements may be determined unacceptable and may be rejected from further consideration.

Government intends to make award without discussions. Therefore, the offeror’s initial quotation should contain the offeror’s best terms from a technical and price standpoint.

All quotations shall consist of sections addressing the following:

A. Technical Capability

B. Key Personnel

C. Relevant Past Performance

D. Price

A. Technical Capability

Offerors will list and describe no less than two (2) prior instances of developing and delivering project management training in an international or foreign affairs environment, specifically providing details of how the offeror tailored materials to address international audiences.

Submission of information shall be limited to 20 pages for this section.

Offerors must submit sample course materials (including handouts and exercises) for a 90-minute

“Project Management” training session that demonstrates authoritative knowledge of project management

PMBOK terminology, guides and standards and is appropriate for an international or foreign affairs environment.

This course does not constitute special preparation to take the Project Management Professional exam. The course consists of sequential process of managing projects as listed in 3. Work Scope and using experiential training exercises and techniques.

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B. Key Personnel

The key personnel proposed by offerors must, at minimum, meet the qualifications identified in the SOW and to the extent to which the proposed personnel ability to provide the work required in the SOW.

Capabilities must be demonstrated in terms of quality of educational background, work experience

(include scope of work performed, materials or services managed, size of team and final results), and professional development to perform under this BPA.

Offerors will submit resumes of the primary and secondary (back-up) trainers which detail their project management knowledge and experience to include relevant experience conducting training and professional background in an international or foreign affairs environment. Specifically, training experience will list course names, length of course and over objectives. Resumes will list name of projects, project scopes, duration, dates, time period, and monetary value.

Letter of Commitment: The offeror will provide a signed Letter of Commitment in the format shown in

Attachment 5 from each proposed key personal. The Letter of Commitment must reflect the individual's unconditional agreement to accept the position for a minimum of one (1) year from the date a BPA performance begins if the offeror is awarded a BPA.

C. Relevant Past Performance

The offeror will provide documented successful past performance in delivery of interactive experiential learning in a foreign affairs context that is no older than 36 months. The offeror shall provide and describe at least (3) three but not more than five examples of successful past performance. For each example, the offeror shall provide names and contact information of references that can describe and document offeror's successful past performance providing this type of course delivery work.

Present the following information:

Customer Name and Address

Contract Number/Contract Title

Period of Performance

Contract Value

Specific Examples of projects worked on to include dates.

Customer point of contact (name, telephone number and email address).

D. Price

NOTE: Volume III must be submitted in MS Excel file format

Offerors shall use the Attachment 6 Pricing Matrix when submitting the price quote.

The pricing tap of the spreadsheet shall be completed for each component. All other costs are prefilled by the government.

The course development tap of the spreadsheet shall include fully burden labor rates for the courseware developers years 1 through 5.

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Discounts. In an effort to receive the highest quality solution at the most economical price the

Government requests all available discounts on all services offered by the contractor for this requirement.

The contractor is encouraged to offer discounts below list rates. When offering discounts, quotes must clearly identify both the contract and the discount price for each discounted session.