DLA PaCE RFI - Attachment 1.docx

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

DLA Contracting Services Office

POST OFFICE BOX 3990

COLUMBUS, OH 43218–3990

DLA Contracting Services Office (DCSO) PaCE Courses Request For Information (RFI)

DLA Contracting Services Office (DCSO) is considering a solicitation and subsequent Award of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) for course instruction in the Human Resources and Finance/Accounting career fields. Any subsequently issued solicitation would likely be for a period of one base year with four, one-year option periods to be exercised at DLA’s discretion. This procurement would be solicited under NAICS code 611430 Professional and Management Development Training.

This procurement seeks to provide training and course materials to support the DLA Pathways to Career Excellence (PaCE) program in the Human Resources and Finance/Accounting career fields. DLA's current projected requirement is displayed in Attachment 2 to this posting, at this time approximately consisting of thirteen different Human Resources Training Classes and twelve Finance/Accounting classes (estimated annual ordering frequency is provided).

DCSO is requesting industry responses to this Request For Information (RFI) for the purpose of informing DLA’s acquisition planning for a potential subsequent solicitation. Should any of the questions not apply please skip over that section.

DLA is not responsible for any proposal preparation costs a vendor might incur associated with preparing a response to this inquiry, nor is it under any obligation to publish a synopsis or solicitation relating to this inquiry.

Please send the completed RFI document, and any questions, by email to carrie.krafftspayde@dla.mil and copy scott.wesseler@dla.mil no later than 24APR2023 at 10 am EST.

We sincerely appreciate your time and input.

Company Name: ________________________________________

CAGE Code: ______ Phone: ___________ Email: __________________

Respondent’s Name & Title: __________________________________________________________

1. GENERAL QUESTIONS:

1.1. Please check your company’s size and status:

|_| Large or |_| Small Business

1.2. How are you classified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under NAICS code 611430? E.g. Hubzone, Woman Owned, Veteran Owned, etc. If 8(a), please provide your company’s exit date.

Please specify: ________________________

2. SERVICES PROVIDED:

2.1. COURSES INSTRUCTED:

Please review the list of attached courses that DLA is considering including in its requirement.

2.1.1. Does your company currently provide training covering the course objectives for all the courses listed?

|_| Yes |_| No

2.1.2. Does your company currently provide training covering the course objectives for some of the courses listed?

|_| Yes |_| No

2.1.2.1. If so, please state which of the courses shown on the list you currently provide training for:

2.1.3. Could your company provide training covering the course objectives and/or subject matter for all courses listed?

|_| Yes |_| No

2.1.4. Could your company provide training covering the course objectives for some of the courses listed?

|_| Yes |_| No

2.1.4.1. If so, please state which of the courses shown in the list you believe your company would be able to provide training for:

2.1.5. Has your company provided training for some or all of the course objectives in the past to the Federal Government?

|_| Yes |_| No

2.1.5.1. If yes, please provide whether this training was provided to DLA, other DoD, or other Federal Department/Agency? (Or what combination, if applicable):

2.1.5.2. If yes, please also provide the most recent contract number (s) in which your company was awarded training contracts in these categories:

Contract Number(s): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. COURSEWARE (i.e., Course Material)

3.1. Does your company have its own courseware (i.e., course material) that it owns and maintains, or conversely does it rely on courseware provided by customers or other external sources?

|_| We own our courseware |_| Customers/Other external Sources |_| Some combination of the two

3.1.1 Does your company owned courseware include the minimum course materials of a participant guide, and briefing slides?

|_| Yes |_| No

3.1.2 Is the company owned courseware standardized? DLA would like uniform materials used regardless of the instructor for each occurrence of the same class.

|_| Yes |_| No

3.1.3 How frequently is your course material updated?

3.2. If your company owns the courseware, is it Section 508 compliant?

|_| Yes |_| No

3.3. If your company owns its courseware, and it is 508 compliant, are in-house resources utilized to ensure Section 508 compliance or is this function outsourced? If this function is outsourced is a paid or freely available service utilized?

3.4. If your company sources its courseware from other external sources, what – if any – process does it use to verify Section 508 compliance?

3.5. Does your company offer courseware development?

|_| Yes |_| No

3.5.1. If so, is there an available hourly rate, Firm-Fixed-Price rate per course, or some other available pricing for course development? Any additional insight into course development pricing structure (i.e., number of pages, duration of course, complexity of material, etc) is appreciated.

3.5.2 If your company does offer courseware development, what would be the timeframe needed to develop materials? Please indicate the time needed below to develop classes that would be anywhere from 1-5 days in length.

Development time needed for:

1-day class: __________________________________________

2-day class: __________________________________________

3-day class: __________________________________________

4-day class: __________________________________________

5-day class: __________________________________________

4. COURSE INSTRUCTORS:

4.1. Does your company have instructors who are able to provide instruction on some or all of the course objectives listed in the attached document?

|_| Yes, we have instructors for all courses shown. |_| Yes, some courses shown. |_| No, we do not.

4.1.1. If your company has instructors for some of the courses shown, for roughly what percent of the courses listed on the attachment?

4.2. If your company has instructors who can provide instruction for some or all of the courses shown, are they directly employed by your company, or are they subcontractors, or some combination of the two approaches? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.3. If your company has instructors that are able to provide course instruction for some or all of the course objectives listed in the attachment, would these instructors meet the minimum qualification requirements (i.e., education and specialized experience) shown on the attached Course spreadsheet?

|_| Yes |_| No

Comments?

4.3.1. If instructors employed by your company would not generally meet the qualifications outlined in the spreadsheet, would they meet the qualifications if equivalent military service experience would be applicable?

|_| Yes |_| No

Comments?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. RAMP-UP TIME

5.1 How much time would your company need from time to award to deliver your first training class? Please list the amount of days/time needed below.

6. ADDITIONAL VENDOR INFORMATION AND/OR INPUT:

It is always Defense Logistics Agency’s intent to produce contracts that are advantageous to both the Warfighter and the Contractor. This is best achieved through open lines of communication and informative feedback. Accordingly, please provide any additional information that you feel may be of assistance in building our Acquisition Strategy and possible Solicitation development for DLA’s consideration.

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