Source_Sought_Notice_-_Curriculum_Development.doc

Source Sought Notice - Strategic Sourcing Initiative for Curriculum Development Services for the Acquisition Workforce This SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE is for small businesses only. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to determine the interest and feasibility of small business and to make a set-aside determination based on the responses received. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government, nor will the U.S. Government pay for information solicited. The information from this notice will help the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) plan their acquisition strategy or plan.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME.

The FAI is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, including small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), 8(a) small businesses, woman-owned small businesses (WOSB), veteran owned small businesses (VOSB), service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), and Historically Under-Utilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses capable of providing training needs analysis, instructional design, release management, content development, delivery facilitation and instruction, and all other curriculum development activities necessary to support the develop a professional acquisition workforce. These efforts will be contracted through the use of a strategic sourcing initiative with the award of a multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle for curriculum development efforts for Federal Acquisition Certification (FAC) and elective courses (classroom and on-line). It is anticipated that there will be multiple agency customers utilizing the awarded contract(s). Customers could be FAI and any of the 23 civilian agency Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act agencies plus any one of the 99 plus small agencies under the Small Agency Council (SAC).

All responding small business firms are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business to the anticipated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code. For this acquisition, the NAICS code is 611710, and the Small Business Standard is $14.0 Million. Teaming arrangements and joint ventures will be considered for any subsequent procurement based on the Government's market research, provided the prime contract is awarded to an applicable small business and that small businesses provide fifty percent or more of the support.

The FAI is conducting market research to identify sources that have the combination of experience in:

· The design, development, prototyping, evaluation, updating/revision of courseware with specific expertise in courseware designed for the acquisition workforce using online, interactive courseware

· Expertise in both resident class-room and on-line based curriculum development

· The ADDIE Instructional Design Model – (ADDIE: Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate)

· Bloom’s Taxonomy Definitions for the Cognitive Domain

· The development of learning objectives (terminal and enabling) for classroom and online courseware

· Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) Levels of Interactivity

· Instructional Systems Design for courseware from cradle to grave

· Infrastructure to support the development and fielding of online, interactive courses

· Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) Compliance

· Section 508 Compliance

· Knowledge and expertise of Defense Acquisition University’s ATLAS Learning Management System and other federal agency Learning Management Systems

· Acquisition related content recommendations

· Ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks from multiple agencies

· Proper accounting system to manage fixed price level of effort task orders

Please submit the following information:

1. Name and address of company and or companies (if there is a teaming arrangement or joint venture)

2. Business Size and Socioeconomic Status

3. Technical expertise relevant to the requirement

4. Technical approach relevant of the requirement

5. Management approach relevant to the requirement

6. Corporate experience relevant to the requirement

7. Relevant past performance, including:

• Contract name

• Contracting Agency or Department

• Yearly contract value (in $$)

• Period of performance

• Description of work and how it relates to the requirements Submission requirements:

1. Page limit - ten (10) 8 ½ x 11 pages

2. 1 inch margins (top, bottom and sides)

3. Times New Roman font - 12 point

4. Page limitation does not include (1 cover page or 1 letter of introduction page)

5. Do not include promotional materials

Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide a capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Governments requirements for the above in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502-2(b). The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail, but not exceed ten (10) pages TOTAL, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the requirements above. The Government technical team will then assess the experience & capabilities based on: 1) technical expertise relevant to the requirement; 2) technical approach relevant to the requirement, 3) management approach relevant to the requirement, 4) corporate experience relevant to the requirement, and 5) relevant past performance. Please specify one primary and one alternate Point of Contact (POC) within your firm, including telephone numbers and email addresses Your capability statement needs to include a list of three customers (Government/non-Government) within the past 5-years highlighting similar work in nature, scope, complexity, and difficulty and a brief description of the scope of work.

Only electronic copies of capability statements will be accepted and should be emailed to: Ryan.Vear@gsa.gov. The e-mail shall contain the following subject line: Response to Sources Sought Notice - Strategic Sourcing Initiative for Curriculum Development Services for the Acquisition Workforce Requirement. A determination by the Government to proceed with the acquisition as a set-aside is within the discretion of the Government. If capability statements are not received from at least two responsible small businesses or if the Government determines that no small business concerns are capable of performing this requirement based upon an assessment of the capability statements submitted, the Government may proceed with a full and open competition.

Please submit all information to Ryan Vear at Ryan.Vear@gsa.gov by 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, June 17, 2013.

NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Contracting Office Address:

1275 First Street Northeast Washington, DC 20002 United States

Place of Performance:

Multiple Locations

Primary Point of Contact.:

Ryan Vear Ryan.Vear@gsa.gov