2. FA9101-22-Q-0006-TSD Leadership Training-CLIN 1001 Notice of Intent-Final.docx

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE TEST CENTER (AFMC)

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA

4 October 2021

MEMORANDUM FOR: NAICS Code 541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

FROM: AFTC/PZI (Arnold) Attn: Greggory C. Jones 100 Kindel Drive Suite A332 Arnold AFB TN 37389-1332

SUBJECT: FA9101-22-Q-0006 – Notice of Intent to Exercise CLIN 1001 Year 2 Option- 2022 TSD Leadership Support Plan

The Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Arnold Air Force Base, TN intends to exercise CLIN 1001 Year 2 Option- 2022 TSD Leadership Support Plan associated with purchase order FA9101-21-P-0008 awarded 10 December 2021. This sole source firm-fixed price (FFP) purchase order, with one base year and two option years, was awarded under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, to Zenchronistic Enterprises, LLC (Falls River Center), 6710 Greenyard Rd., Chester, VA, 23831-1423. Once market research for this option is finalized, the Government will determine if exercising the option is in the Government’s best interest. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541611, PSC: R699, with a small business size standard of $16.5M.

Authority: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i)

Period of Performance: Base Year: 10 December 2020 – 10 December 2021 Year 2 Option: December 2021 – December 2022 Year 3 Option: December 2022 – December 2023

Place of Performance: Arnold Air Force Base, TN

Zenchronistic Enterprises, LLC, dba, Falls River Center (FRC) is projected to be the only reasonable training facility that has the capability to develop specialized unique leadership training that maintains and builds upon the Test Support Division’s (TSD) leadership qualities at Arnold Air Force Base, TN. The unique basis for TSD’s specialized training stems from employee assessment data, proprietary training materials, one-on-one interviews with TSD personnel, and personal interactions developed through ten years of partnership with TSD Leadership. Over the period of partnership, FRC has utilized multiple assessment tools including MBTI, FIRO-B, LPI and DiSC, which has allowed the TSD team to assess leadership strengths and improvement opportunities. The output from these assessments provide valuable employee self-awareness information on how each TSD individual can better understand their own communication style, problem-solving style, and how they can better understand their colleagues’ styles in order to enhance organizational collaboration so TSD’s mission objectives are achieved in a more efficient and effective manner. The results of these assessments, stored in FRC’s database, are not transferable to another vendor due to licensing agreements. The cost and time required by TSD Leadership to recreate this knowledge base with a new vendor is projected to be cost prohibitive to the organization.

Given the dynamic nature of the TSD organization, FRC provides another unique benefit of continuity that other organizations are projected not to be able provide. FRC’s organizational knowledge allows them to assist new team members in quickly assimilating to the TSD organization by providing catchup training and ensuring a common thread of foundational knowledge and vocabulary is shared throughout the team. It is projected that no other vendor could reasonably be able to provide these refreshers since they were designed exclusively for TSD by FRC.

In addition to the assessment data, FRC has committed significant time in one-on-one interviews and coaching sessions with TSD employees. These personal relationships with team members assists FRC in confirming the assessment data, which has led to team members trusting the results generated by FRC. As a result, team members are willing to take meaningful action in response to the feedback provided by FRC, which has allowed TSD’s team to grow and strengthen due to the comradery FRC helps create. From FRC’s prior working knowledge with TSD, FRC has a unique understanding of TSD’s vision, mission, goals, objectives, and an educated understanding of the demands and challenges experienced by the organization over time. FRC utilizes previous training experiences along with cultural understanding of the TSD organization to tailor future training and development sessions. This trust and understanding allows FRC to dive into deeper issues and facilitate candid conversations to achieve resolution and actionable objectives allowing TSD to better execute the mission set before them by the United States Air Force.

Through the analysis of TSD individual and group assessments, FRC has assisted TSD leadership in identifying critical areas of needed improvement. Much of the improvement areas are focused on closing perception gaps between junior and senior civilian staff. FRC’s knowledge of the organization, effective training plans, and one-on-one relationships will be critical to facilitate conversations and actions needed to close this organizational gap. Moving forward, financial costs and the time required to develop the data and relationships with another organization is projected not to be recovered through the utilization of another vendor. Because of FRC’s prior working history and prior data obtained from TSD employees paired with the data that is projected to be obtained through future assessments, circumstances of this requirement deem only one source, FRC, reasonably available to execute TSD’s training requirement.

- Vendors who believe their organization has the capability to execute this Leadership Training requirement shall provide reasonable and cost efficient rationale on why their company’s capability supersedes TSD’s current training approach.

The anticipated exercise of option award date is 10 December 2021. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals or quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Although the Government intends to award the year 2 option to FRC under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), all responsible sources may submit reasonable and cost efficient rationale on why their company’s capability supersedes TSD’s current training approach, which will be considered by the Government if received no later than 13 October 2021 at 12:00pm CST. All information shall be submitted electronically to the following:

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