HE1254-11-T-0013 New Online Licensing Courses.doc

Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

BASE YEAR:

June 2011 - June 2012

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

PePerpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 8.0.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

OPTION YEAR 1:

June 2012 - June 2013

ITEM NO

OPTION

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

OPTION

PePerpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 8.0.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

OPTION YEAR 2:

June 2013 - June 2014

ITEM NO

OPTION

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 8.0.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

OPTION YEAR 3:

June 2014 - June 2015

ITEM NO

OPTION

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 8.0.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

OPTION YEAR 4:

June 2015 - June 2016

ITEM NO

OPTION

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

Perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for student grades 4-12, in perpetuity, in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1. Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 4.4.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

ITEM NO

in accordance with SOW paragraph 8.0.

FOB: Destination

NET AMOUNT

TOTALS:

Base Year Total

Option Year One Total

Option Year Two Total

Option Year Three Total

Option Year Four Total

Base Plus All Options Total

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Administrative Information

A.

POINTS OF CONTACT

Contracting Officer:

Hector G. Vega

4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA

Telephone: 703-588-3639 email: Hector.vega@hq.dodea.edu

Contracting Specialist

TBD

Arlington, VA

Telephone: 703-588-3608 email:

Contracting Officer's Representative:

TBD at contract award

(COR)

Arlington VA

Telephone: 703-588-XXXX email:

The COR is not authorized to make any commitments or changes that will affect price, quality, quantity, delivery or any other terms and conditions of the contract. Reference FAR clause 252.201-7000 (Contracting Officer’s Representative).

B. ADMINISTRATION, ACCOUNTING, AND APPROPRIATION DATA

The Administration Office and Accounting & Appropriation Data will be entered at time of award. Payment will be made by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to the account registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database.

C. INVOICE SUBMISSION

Shall be processed in accordance with Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) procedures. Reference clause

D. TAX EXEMPTION STATUS

DoDEA is an activity of the Federal Government. As such, state agencies are precluded from taxing them by reason of the Supreme Court decision in McCullough v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1817). In addition, the various states have codified this immunity by appropriate statues. DoDEA Federal Tax Identification Number: 26-2331642.

E. CONTRACT TYPE

Contract award type shall be a Firm-Fixed-Price Requirements Contract. The base year period of performance shall be from date of award through 12 months with the Government's option to extend the contract term for up to four 12-month option periods.

F. COMMERCIAL PROVISION – SECTION 508 – IT REQUIREMENT

All electronic hardware and software procured under this contract must comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, (29 U.S.C. 794d) and the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility Standards (36 CFR part 1194). Further information is available via the Internet at http://www.section508.gov.

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WIDE AREA WORKFLOW – RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE (WAWF-RA)

ELECTRONIC RECEIVING REPORT AND INVOICING INSTRUCTIONS

IN ACCORDANCE WITH DFARS 252.232-7003, USE OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT REQUESTS, IS MANDATORY. USE OF WAWF WILL SPEED UP YOUR PAYMENT PROCESSING TIME AND ALLOW YOU TO MONITOR YOUR PAYMENT STATUS ONLINE. THERE ARE NO CHARGES OR FEES TO USE WAWF. Any payment request that is not submitted in electronic form through WAWF WILL BE REJECTED by the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS).

Requests for payments must be submitted electronically via the Internet through the Wide Area WorkFlow – Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) system at https://wawf.eb.mil. The WAWF Vendor Instructions for Installation and Registration Guide is available online at: http://www.wawftraining.com THE FOLLOWING CODES WILL BE REQUIRED TO ROUTE YOUR RECEIVING REPORTS, INVOICES AND ADDITIONAL E-MAILS CORRECTLY THROUGH WAWF. NOTE: DODEA SHALL ONLY PROCESS 2 IN 1 SUBMISSIONS.

HE1254

PLEASE SEND ADDITIONAL E-MAIL NOTIFICATIONS TO:

TBD

* NOTE TO CONTRACTOR: The codes in these blocks identify the customer responsible for inspection and acceptance of goods or services provided under this contract. In the event problems are encountered when using these codes to process invoices for payment, use the code cited in block 9 of the SF 1449 or block 6 of the SF30 instead.

Contract Number - Found in Block 2 of SF1449 Form or Block 1 of DD1155. GSA # goes in this block if a GSA order.

Delivery Order - Found in Block 4 (Order Number) of SF1449 Form or Block 2 of DD1155 (e.g. HE1254-04-F-0001).

Issue Date - Found in Block 6 (Solicitation Issue Date) of SF1449 Form and Block 3 of DD1155.

Pay DODAAC - Found in block 16a (Payment will be made by) of SF1449 Form. Pay office code is used to route documents to the Defense Finance Accounting office responsible for payment to offered. HQ DoDEA is usually HQ0347, DFAS Indianapolis.

Issue DODAAC - Found in Block 9 (Issued by) of SF1449 Form or Block 6 of DD1155. Contracting office that issued your contract - WAWF uses the Code to route the document to the base. HQ DoDEA will typically be HE1254.

Admin DODAAC – Not required, same contract office that issued your contract.

Ship To Code/Ext. – There may be a 6 digit code found in Block 15 “deliver to” with an associated address cited. There may also be a “see schedule” remark in Block 15.

Ship From / Ext Code - Not Required.

LPO DoDAAC / Ext Code - Not Used - Leave Blank

STATEMENT OF WORK

Perpetual Licensing for Online Courses

1.0

INTRODUCTION

1.1.

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) serves the educational needs of the dependents of military and civilian employees by providing PK-12 instruction to approximately 87,000 students in seven states, twelve foreign countries, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The number of students varies based on the deployment of military troops worldwide. DoDEA’s curriculum, resources, and student achievement scores on standardized assessments compare favorably to high-performing US public schools.

1.2 DoDEA is divided into three administrative areas. DDESS (Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools) covers the schools in seven states and Puerto Rico, and for administrative purposes, Cuba. DoDDS (Department of Defense Dependent Schools) is divided into DoDDS-Europe and DoDDS-Pacific. The former administers the schools in England, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, and Bahrain. The latter covers the schools in Korea, Japan, and for administrative purposes, Guam. DoDEA also operates a fully accredited Virtual High School with its main office in Virginia and teaching hubs in Germany and Korea.

2.0

BACKGROUND

2.1 DoDEA is seeking to expand course offerings delivered via its Virtual School Program.

3.0

SCOPE

3.1 DoDEA requires perpetual licensing of online courses that can be customized to its specific requirements for students in grades 4-12 and used in perpetuity to expand courses offered through the DoDEA Virtual School Program. The course offerings will serve a range of student needs from credit replacement to acceleration including supporting the transition from middle school to high school.

· All online courses—both core curriculum and Advanced Placement (AP)—will be taught by DoDEA teachers.

· Courses will be equivalent to a one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit.

· Courseware shall be designed to run on DoDEA’s adopted Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

3.2 DoDEA expects to award one contract for the performance period for a base year and four 12-month option years, beginning on or about June 30, 2011. The number of courses to be purchased is difficult to estimate because DoDEA’s enrollment may change and the number of online courses DoDEA’s Virtual High School offers may change. However, DoDEA expects it will require 25-30 high school level (grades 9-12) full-year and semester courses plus related online teacher resources in the base year. In Option Year 1: DoDEA will require 5-7 middle or high school courses plus related teacher resources. Option Year 2-5: DoDEA requires licensing of 5-7additional high school, middle/upper elementary courses plus teacher resources.

4.0

REQUIREMENTS

4.1 General—The Contractor(s) will:

4.1.1 Be accredited by a nationally recognized High School Accreditation Organization such as North Central Association, Middle States Association, Southern Association, Western Association, Northwest Association, or New England Association.

4.1.2 Provide comprehensive online course content and assessment materials for each course represented in the menu of offerings. DoDEA will provide the instructor.

4.1.3 Provide courseware listed from among the eight curricular areas below:

Eight Curricular Areas

1. Mathematics

2. English

3. Science (Lab-based for high school)

4. Social Studies

5. Foreign Language

6. Career & Technical Studies

7. Health & Physical Education

8. Fine Arts

4.1.4 The exact course titles to be licensed will be finalized at the Post-Award/Implementation Plan meeting.

4.1.5 Be designed modularly or contain modules or units equivalent to one semester (.5 units), or a full year two semesters, (1.0 unit) equivalent for high school courses.

4.1.6 Provide courses that:

· Are designed to run on DoDEA’s adopted Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Content is IMS Content Packaging Specification conformant. Coding will not disable LMS features when the content is used. Multiple authentications are not required for users to access content.

· Utilize appropriate content-specific tools and software that (1) make maximum use of the capabilities of the online medium, (2) make resources available by alternative means, e.g., PDF documents, video, and/or CD-ROM, and (3) feature user-friendly navigation.

· Meet universal design principles as specified by Section 508 (www.Section508.gov) and Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines (www.w3.org) to ensure access for all students. All software—stand-alone, network or web-based—must be Section 508 compliant.

· Provide student material in a digital Optical Character Resolution (OCR) format, or PDF format that is compatible with common OCR devices to convert written text into audio format. If not already available, the Contractor may be required to convert student texts into this format.

· Reflect a multicultural approach that is free of racial, color, national origin, age, disabling conditions, sexual, religious, and ethnic bias and presents a balanced coverage of a variety of cultures accurately and authentically, avoiding stereotypes. Materials should also promote gender equity.

4.1.7 Permit DoDEA to modify courses content to meet its needs.

· Content does not contain code that limits full functionality in other delivery environments such as smartphones and PDAs. Software and plugin requirements are provided.

· Content components can be replicated or updated in their entirety or in their individual parts.

· Content adopts a file naming convention that is unique, descriptive, meaningful and consistently applied as it related to the organization of the content.

4.1.8 Demonstrate that all copyrighted materials are properly cited. The use of any materials not protected by fair use will occur only after permission is granted by the copyright owner.

4.1.9 Ensure that all courses and course content are evaluated regularly and updated periodically to improve their effectiveness in raising student achievement.

4.1.10 Provide upgrades and updates to the licensed courseware during the contract period.

4.2 Online Courses—Each course will:

4.2.1 Have course goals and objectives that are (1) clearly stated, observable, measurable, achievable, (2) aligned to national content standards for each subject area, and (3) compatible with DoDEA learning standards and objectives, which may be found at http://www.dodea.edu/curriculum/.

4.2.2 Include the following:

· Course requirements that are consistent with courses goals, representative of the scope of the course and clearly stated.

· Clear, complete course overview and syllabus.

· Content and assignments of sufficient rigor, depth and breadth to teach the standards being addressed.

· Information literacy and communication skills incorporated as an integral part of the curriculum.

· All necessary orientation materials, textbooks, workbooks, lab books, or other materials needed for completion of the course. These may be available online or provided by the Contractor at no additional cost.

· Instructor resources/notes, assessments, recommended rubrics, assignments, and answers/explanations for teacher use.

4.2.3 Be student-centered, and incorporate a variety of ways to learning and multiple levels of mastery of the curriculum.

4.2.4 Emphasize 21st century skills such as learning and innovation skills; self-directed learning, and global awareness in the course and assessments.

4.2.5 Include the following:

· Course unit that describes the objectives, activities and resources that frame the unit of instruction and a description of the activities and assignments that are central to the unit.

· In each lesson a lesson overview, content and activities, assignments and assessments to provide multiple learning opportunities for students to master the content.

· Include a variety of audio, video and graphical media elements that are engaging and relate directly to topics covered in order to accommodate different learning styles and stimulate active participation.

4.2.7 Provide opportunities for appropriate instructor-student, student-student and student-content interaction to foster mastery and application of the material.

4.2.8 Include appropriate readability levels, written language and mathematical requirements for all content-related topics, readings and activities and assessments.

4.2.9 Provide authentic background information and applications that enrich course content.

4.3 Course Assessments—Each course will:

4.3.1 Contain adequate and appropriate assessment methodology to assess students’ mastery of content including both computer-scored and teacher-scored feedback that is appropriate to the outcomes, activities, and technologies.

4.3.2 Utilize formative and summative assessments to verify student readiness for the next lesson and to support student and teacher needs for feedback.

4.3.3 Incorporate flexibility for the teacher to assess students in a variety of ways.

4.3.4 Include grading rubrics and models for the teacher to use in implementing the course.

4.4.

Training and Support—The Contractor(s) will:

4.4.1 Content Professional Development: Provide selected members of the DoDEA content development teams with approximately 20 hours of professional development delivered by Contractor subject matter experts (SMEs) to provide guidance and resources for course implementation. Professional development recipients will include online teachers and DoDEA administrative or curriculum staff. Wherever possible, DoDEA will require the Contractor to provide professional development via video or web conference guidance and resources for course implementation. DoDEA and the Contractor will determine the topics and schedule for professional development at the Post-Award and Implementation Plan Meeting.

4.4.2 Instructional Design Professional Development: Provide DoDEA instructional designers with approximately 40 hours of professional development delivered by the Contractor’s instructional design team, which shall support DoDEA’s instructional designers to customize the courses to DoDEA needs. Instructional design professional development shall be conducted via video or web conference with 2 days of face-to-face training at DoDEA HQ as required. DoDEA and the Contractor will determine the topics and schedule for professional development at the Post-Award and Implementation Plan Meeting.

4.4.3 Provide the technical support via phone and email necessary for DoDEA teachers to implement the courses. Email responses must be completed in one-two business days.

5.0

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

5.1 All online resources and instructional software shall meet DoDEA information security requirements (as defined below), such as not containing vulnerabilities posing risk to the network. All software and websites shall undergo preliminary testing to ensure that they pose no security risk to the DoDEA infrastructure. Any IT component of the Contractor’s proposal that fails to meet DoDEA’s information security and technology requirements shall be excluded from further evaluation.

5.2 All software/Plugins/Add-ons shall meet DoDEA’s following requirements:

5.2.1 DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) [Accreditation Process (DIACAP), 28 November 2007, which may be found at the following URL: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/851001p.pdf].

5.2.2 Security Technical Information Guidance (STIG), which may be found at the following URL: http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/stig/index.html.

5.2.3 The Contractor shall provide security patches and upgrades, to include third-party applications, in response to public released vulnerabilities associated with their software solution. Any deviations from this requirement (paragraph 5.2) shall be approved in writing by the DoDEA CIO/Designated Approving Authority (DAA).

5.3 Contractor software solutions shall not interfere with other installed software and shall not modify DoDEA’s underlying system security configuration. The Contractor shall develop and provide software upgrades within 30 days of notification should any of the software/plug-ins be found vulnerable and non-compliant with DISA standards. Software upgrades and patches shall be included in the licensing cost and performed at the least disruptive times. Any additional software requirements may be subject to the DIACAP process prior to contract award.

5.4 In accordance with its testing criteria, DoDEA requires the use of software which may be installed and/or accessed in a stand-alone environment, a network environment or web-based environment that is compatible with standards cited herein. All software shall be completely functional on a standard DoDEA desktop without the need for Administrative-level user rights or a requirement to insert media (CD/DVD) to execute the software. Software shall not require modifications to folder permissions while executing. Additionally, all software shall be compatible with the following hardware baseline:

5.5 All windows, fly-out menus, etc. shall work from within an environment that blocks popup windows. Additionally, all web-based software shall not require the use of streaming videos or downloads, such as Java Applets.

5.6 All software packages shall support unattended installation methods used by enterprise software packaging and deployment systems, i.e., Microsoft Systems Management Server, Computer Associates Unicenter software delivery, and Symantec Altiris deployment solution. Older 16-bit software shall be closely analyzed against this requirement.

5.7 The Contractor shall deliver any online materials on a web-based platform and provide course or video files in QuickTime v.6.0+ and Windows Media v.9+ formats, and /or Flash 6+ format that are compatible with the hardware and operating system requirements listed in Section 5.4. The software shall run successfully in the existing DoDEA environment.

5.8 The Contractor’s solution shall be robust enough to serve the needs of a large community of learners dispersed across the world using a variety of bandwidths. The Contractor’s solution shall be scalable and able to expand to meet future growth, both in terms of the volume of instruction and the size of the student body.

5.8.1 Any portion of the Contractor’s solution that collects student personally identifiable information shall be compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

5.8.2 Any opportunity for data integration of student or teacher accounts shall adhere to the DoD guidance for security of personally identifiable information (appended). All Contractor staff that has access to DoDEA student and/or teacher personally identifiable information shall take the DoD Privacy Act/Personally Identifiable Information (PA and PPI/PII) training before gaining access to the data and yearly thereafter. DoDEA contractors who have a DoDEA username and password may access the training on DoDEA's intranet. All other any contractors shall access the PA and PPI/PII slides, a link to which is found on DoDEA's homepage (www.dodea.edu). Contractors shall send written confirmation to the Contracting Officer's Representative listing the staff members that have taken the mandatory PA and PPI/PII training.

5.9 Maintenance and support shall be available for the duration of the contract. Maintenance is defined as automatic distribution of upgrades and revisions that can be accomplished using a combination of Internet and or email. Any upgrades to online digital materials shall include compatibility with DoDEA school-level technology and Department of Defense’s (DoD) information technology requirements. The Contractor shall not contact schools directly but shall coordinate the dissemination of upgrades or revisions through the COR and shall provide electronic access of the update and/or revision to the COR for testing.

5.10 The Contractor may be required to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), which prohibits the disclosure, publishing, divulgence, or release of any information obtained during the performance of the contract.

6.0 DELIVERABLES: The Contractor will:

6.1 Participate in a Post-Award Conference with DoDEA officials by videoconference or telephone within 15 days after contract award.

6.2 Meet with DoDEA staff by videoconference or telephone to discuss details associated with course licensing, scheduling of courseware delivery and placement on DoDEA virtual learning environment, and technical support.

6.3 Meet with DoDEA staff by videoconference or telephone during actual course delivery. The meeting(s) will be devoted to reviewing progress of and discussing any course changes needed to ensure peak performance.

6.4 Provide subject matter expert (SME) and instructional designer (ID) training.

6.5 Provide technical support throughout the life of the contract. Technical support may be delivered via phone or email and should be accessible to users worldwide.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT AND TIMELINE

The Contractor(s) will furnish all services to be performed and all items to be delivered in accordance with the following delivery schedule:

Teacher professional development

· Face-to-face, (Instructional Designers)

· Online module(s), Video or Web Conferencing, (Teachers , Administrative and Curriculum staff)

· Online module(s), Video or Web Conferencing, (Instructional Designers)

· Fall/Winter 2011

· As agreed upon by all parties

Professional Development

· Online module(s), Video or Web Conferencing, (Teachers , Administrative and Curriculum staff)

· Online module(s), Video or Web Conferencing, (Instructional Designers)

8.0

CONTRACTOR TRAVEL

Contractor costs for Government authorized travel are included in this contract. All travel shall be in accordance with FAR 31.205-46 and applicable travel regulations (Joint, Federal or Standardized). Contractor payment claims shall include applicable documentation to support actual costs incurred (e.g., airfare and hotel/lodging receipts) as well as any receipts valued at or above $75.00. Failure to provide appropriate documentation may result in loss of reimbursement of travel expenses.

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ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1 -- PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Components of Technical Proposals: Offeror’s technical proposal shall consist of three components: a written proposal, sample courses for content review, and sample course for technical review.

Written Proposals: The Offeror shall provide a written description which includes the following: A technical description in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirement in the solicitation. This may include product literature or other documents if necessary that addresses, at a minimum, the following criteria:

· Provide a comprehensive listing of available courses that includes both core curriculum and Advanced Placement (PA) courses and course length equivalencies (one-semester unit or a full year or two-semester unit).

· Provide evidence of how courses are aligned to national content standards.

· Provide evidence of nationally recognition by a High School Accreditation Organization such as North Central Association, Middle States Association, Southern Association, Western Association, Northwest Association, or New England Association.

· Provide evidence of ability to deliver courses in a flexible year round schedule that enables students to complete courses within an established block of time (ie. 18 weeks – semester course, 36 weeks- full year course.

· Provide information to explain how formative and summative assessments are incorporated into the courses to verify student readiness for the next lesson and to support student and teacher needs for feedback.

· Provide a list of required materials and media employed within the course including all necessary orientation materials, textbooks, workbooks, lab books, or other materials needed for completion of the course and how the vendor plans to deliver course materials. These may be available online or provided by the Contractor to the students at no additional cost.

· Provide a policy statement that addresses how all courses and course content are evaluated regularly and updated periodically to ensure accuracy and improve their effectiveness in providing instruction.

· Provide listings, description and/or screen shoots of course features for school administration and teacher use for student performance reporting.

Sample Online Courses: The Offeror shall provide DoDEA information technology personnel and up to four evaluators with access to 2-4 of the Offeror’s existing courses. The samples shall be representative of at least two high school core content areas, e.g., mathematics and social studies or English language arts and science and be reflective of the contractor’s experience and expertise in the development, design and delivery of the online courses. Review of courses should demonstrate, at a minimum, the following criteria:

· Lesson structure includes a lesson overview, content and activities, assignments and assessments to provide multiple learning opportunities for students to master the content.

· A variety of audio, video and graphical media elements that are engaging and relate directly to topics covered are included in order to accommodate different learning styles and stimulate active participation.

· Formative and summative assessments are employed to verify student readiness for the next lesson and to support student and teacher needs for feedback.

The Offeror shall also provide at least one sample course to be evaluated by technical staff to determine if courses are designed to run on DoDEA’s adopted Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and permit DoDEA to modify course content to meet its needs.

· Content components can be replicated or updated in their entirety or in their individual parts.

· Content adopts a file naming convention that is unique, descriptive, meaningful and consistently applied as it related to the organization of the content.

Past Performance Information - Vendors shall provide information concerning performance in providing supplies and services relevant to those required in the SOW, for the last three contracts similar in nature to this requirement, either completed or currently being performed during the last three years. Vendors shall describe the relevance of each listed contract to the current RFQ’s requirements. Contracts listed may include those entered into by the Federal Government, agencies of state and local governments and commercial customers.

· Attachment A, Past Performance Information (Part I), shall be completed and submitted by all vendors.

· Attachment B, The Respondent Information (Part II) shall be completed and submitted directly by vendor’s references to the DoDEA Procurement Division by email with the subject line “HE1254-11-T-0013 Reference” to Hector Vega at Hector.Vega@hq.dodea.edu before or by the solicitation closing date and time.

· The Government may also consider past performance information obtained through other sources.

(End of addendum to FAR 52.212-1)

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

1. Submission. Quotations will be submitted electronically to the following email address:

Hector.vega@hq.dodea.edu

2. Quotations are due NO LATER THAN 14 MAY 2011 AT 1600 HOURS (EST)

3. Vendor must complete the following and submit with their quotations:

a.

Price schedule for ALL years.

b.

FAR Subpart 52.212-3, Representations and Certifications

NOTE: In lieu of submitting filled-in FAR 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (AUG 2007), the vendor may fill-in the annual certifications at https://orca.bpn.gov/ and state in the quotation this was done for the government to verify c Sign page 1 of the solicitation. Include on this page your complete address, your CCR and DUNS numbers.

4. Please review FAR Subpart 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUNE 2008).

5. Please review the evaluation criteria at FAR Subpart 52.212-2 EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999).

6. Past Performance Information (See Attachments A & B)

7. SubContrating Plan (See Attachment C)

8. Questions should be directed to Hector G. Vega to the email address above. Questions will not be accepted after 20 APRIL 2011. All responses to questions will be posted to the solicitation on FEDBIZOPPS. Vendors are responsible to monitor FEDBIZOPPS for any amendments to the solicitation.

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.212-2 EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate the offers: Technical, Past Performance, and Price. The order of importance of these factors is: Technical, Past Performance and Price. When combined Technical and Past Performance are significantly more important than price. The government is using Simplified Acquisition Procedures for this procurement.

Evaluation Factors:

Factor 1: Technical Capability/Quality of Products and Services. Offerors will be evaluated on how well they demonstrate their ability to perform the requirement as set forth in the Statement of Work as well as on the general quality of the proposed products and services.

Factor 2: Past Performance: Offeror’s Past Performance will be evaluated to determine the offeror’s likelihood of success on the present requirement.

Factor 3: Price: Price will be evaluated to ensure price reasonableness. Price will be considered by the Government when determining the best value offer.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. .

Addendum to Provision:

(d) If the subject solicitation has been issued as a Request for Quotation, all references to offer and offeror are hereby changed to quote and vendor respectively, except for in paragraph (c), which stands as written. If a quote is provided, the Government may make an offer based on all or part of a vendor’s quote, as originally presented or as subsequently modified.

(e) If any component of the contractor’s offer or quote is not acceptable to the Government, then the Government may reject the offer or quote without further evaluation.

(End of provision)

CONSENT TO DE-OBLIGATION OF EXCESS FUNDS AFTER FINAL PAYMENT

(a) This paragraph is an addendum to FAR 52.212-4.

(b) The Contractor agrees that, after final payment has been made, the Government may unilaterally, and without obtaining further approval from the Contractor, adjust the final quantities of goods and/or services delivered and accepted under this contract and adjust the final price of this contract to conform to the total amount paid as of the date final payment was made.

(c) In accordance with FAR 4.804-3, the paying office shall close the contract file upon issuance of the final payment voucher. No contract modification will be issued to de-obligate the excess funds.

(d) If this contract is a type of indefinite-delivery contract (e.g., indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, requirements), this paragraph shall apply to each order issued under the contract on a case-by-case basis.

(e) This paragraph shall be deemed to be written agreement of the parties as contemplated by the changes paragraph of the Contract Terms And Conditions – Commercial Items clause of this contract (FAR 52.212-4(c)).

(End of addendum to FAR 52.212-4)

52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2011) (DEVIATION)

(a) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (a) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records-Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor's directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times, the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of any other clause in this contract, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (b)(i) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause-

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (APR 2010) (Pub. L. 110-252, Title VI, Chapter 1 (41 U.S.C. 251 note).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (DEC 2010) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $650,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) Reserved.

(iv) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (MAR 2007) (E.O. 11246).

(v) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (SEP 2006) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(vi) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 1998) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(vii) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(viii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965 (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).

(ix) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (FEB 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).

___ Alternate I (AUG 2007) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).

(x) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).

(xi) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (FEB 2009) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).

(xii) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (JAN 2009).

(xiii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (MAR 2009) (Pub. L. 110-247). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xiv) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (FEB 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

(End of clause)

52.216-18 Ordering. (OCT 1995)

(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule. Such orders may be issued from CONTRACT START DATE through CONTRACT EXPIRATION DATE [insert dates].

(b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control.

(c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered "issued" when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or by electronic commerce methods only if authorized in the Schedule.

(End of clause)

52.216-19 Order Limitations. (OCT 1995)

(a) Minimum order. When the Government requires supplies or services covered by this contract in an amount of less than $500.00 (insert dollar figure or quantity), the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract.

(b) Maximum order. The Contractor is not obligated to honor:

(1) Any order for a single item in excess of the total estimated amount per line item; (insert dollar figure or quantity);

(2) Any order for a combination of items in excess of the total estimated contract amount (insert dollar figure or quantity); or

(3) A series of orders from the same ordering office within 365days that together call for quantities exceeding the limitation in…