RFI Information Feedback Form.docx

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Senior Procurement Executive (OSPE) is seeking information on behalf of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA).

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of the Senior Procurement Executive (OSPE), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM) located at 200 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20210.

INDUSTRY FEEDBACK:

This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to obtain industry’s feedback on the anticipated scope of work, potential cost, and performance risks as well as any other related considerations for the required services as outlined above.

Attachment 1: Market Research Questionnaire:

Please review and respond to the following questions regarding business size.

· Please indicate your business classification for NAICS code 611430 – Professional Services – Training (Size Standard of $15M) below:

|_| Small Business |_| Other Than Small Business

· If your business classification is Small Business, do you anticipate remaining under the size standard for the next five years?

|_| Yes |_| No

· If your business classification is Small Business, do you qualify under any of the following certification programs and socio-economic categories?

|_| HUBZone |_| Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) |_| Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) |_| 8(a)

Please respond to the following questions:

1. Describe your company and your overall capabilities and expertise. Offer a general summary of your approach to accomplishing the requirements listed in this document.

1. Describe your historical experience providing relevant services to the public and to other government agencies including a description and length of time providing this service, as well as under what North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number.

1. Describe your type of business, (i.e., small, small disadvantaged, woman-owned, HUB Zone, serviced-disabled veteran-owned small business, large business, etc.), under what NAICS number.

1. Please provide details regarding potential joint ventures, teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy requirements. Offerors are encouraged to identify teams, indicating each team member's size based upon the NAICS code of the work that the team member may be doing and provide size status information.

1. Is your company anticipating subcontracting to satisfy requirements? If so, identify the anticipated subcontracting efforts and the types of the work the subcontractor would be performing? If your company is a large business, how successful have you been in meeting small business subcontracting goals?

1. Does your company possess the capabilities to provide the entire range and scope of these requirements? If not, please list which requirements your company can provide.

1. Describe potential risks that could impact the requirement, whether it is performance risk, technical risk or cost. Please be specific.

1. Please provide an estimated performance schedule.

1. What is your ability to provide instructor(s) who are able to address all of the training topics identified in Section 5.1 of the draft PWS within the specified timeframe?

1. What does the expertise/background of the intended instructor(s) consist of? Are they experts in the field of current federal grant making and grant administration? Have they demonstrated significant experience with the Cost Principles at 2 CFR 200, Subpart E and with federal grants and cooperative agreements?

1. What is your experience in providing similar type of material or training courses to industry or to the Government? Can you provide the number of course hours your instructors have delivered such training?

1. What is your/the instructor’s ability to provide the requested training virtually? What is your experience providing virtual training? How often or how many course hours have been provided in a virtual environment?

1. What is the level of flexibility allowed when scheduling the training sessions? Can you provide multiple potential training sessions and/or makeup sessions to accommodate varying availability?

RFI SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Submissions shall reference RFI No. “RFI for ETA Grant Training” in the subject line.

Interested parties who wish to respond to this RFI should send responses via email no later than 12 August 2024, 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) to tek.ozge.e@dol.gov.

Questions and comments regarding this requirement will be accepted and reviewed. The Government does not anticipate publishing answers to questions in response to this RFI, but may utilize questions in further defining and improving upon the PWS.

RFI Submissions must include:

1. Cover Letter – The cover letter must include the following information:

· Company name

· Company point of contact, telephone number and email address

· Date submitted

2. Offerors shall respond to each of the general questions.

3. If the offeror chooses not to respond to a question, indicate “no response.”

4. Submit a capabilities package that include the above considerations that demonstrate capabilities and expertise related to the information outlined. As part of the market research associated with this RFI, we are also seeking pricing information. Any pricing information received is to be Rough Order of Magnitude, and is solely for information-gathering and planning purposes.

5. Marketing and/or reference materials, if included, shall be placed at the end of the response, in an appendix.

6. Responses shall not exceed 5 pages.

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION:

Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government personal reviewing RFI responses understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 USC 423.

The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.

DISCLAIMER:

THIS RFI IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES/PROPOSALS. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS POSTING. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS POSTING. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.