Combined Synopsis N0024424Q0104.pdf

N00244-24-Q-0104

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a Request for Quotation (RFQ) is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Solicitation number is N00244-24-Q-0104. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through latest Federal Acquisition Circular and DFARS change notices. This solicitation is issued as 100% small business set aside. NAICS Code 611430 Professional and Management Development Training is applicable and business size is $15M. The solicitation will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 29 February 2024 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time.

Contractor must complete all Representations and Certifications found in the provisions listed below within their profile in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov to be considered for this solicitation.

Requirements

To support Leadership development and provide tools and concepts in the area of public speaking and Executive writing to support naval Writing Guidance and Senior Enlisted Sailors within the Naval Construction Force. The course should include the below:

1. Seminar discussion periods to provide concepts and tools for public speaking and executive writing.

2. Speaking opportunities for each student to allow them to be evaluated by self, peer, and instructor to provide feedback to students to allow growth.

3. Executive writing opportunities for each student to focus on Point Paper, Naval Messaging and concise writing skills for Navy evaluation writing skills.

Two courses of Professional Communications Seminar, each two day course, two instructors, one each at locations provided by U.S. Navy on or in vicinity of Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, MS on or about 30 April to 1 May; and Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, CA on or about 17-18 July 2024.

Qty. 2 Group

Period of Performance:

FY24 Base Year: 1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025

Delivery: FOB Destination.

Inspection and acceptance: At Destination by the Government.

Contract Type: Order/ Contract resulting from this solicitation will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP).

Performance Work Statement CECOS (N72) Naval Construction Force Chief Petty Officer Leadership

Leadership & Professional Communications Training

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

1.0 GENERAL

1.1 Introduction

(1) The Civil Engineering Corps Officer School (CECOS) at Port Hueneme, CA provides customer-oriented quality educational services through progressive instruction and the innovative uses of resources in leadership, government facilities, Life cycle management (planning, construction acquisition, environmental management, and energy management) and Seabee construction management.

(2) The mission of CECOS is to provide quality engineering facilities management, environmental and conservation training to selected personnel in order to enhance skills at the basic, intermediate, and advance levels in order to prepare personnel in their designated specialty or field.

1.2 Background

(1) The Civil Engineering Corps Officer School (CECOS) provides training for Navy military and civilian personnel to perform their jobs in a manner which complies with Federal, State, and local environmental laws and regulations and with Navy policy. This training course is included in the NCF CPO Management Course to provide foundational leadership and management skills to newly advanced Chief Petty Officer to enhance their leadership skills needed to perform their duties as Senior Enlisted leaders within various assignments within Naval Construction Force.

1.3 Scope

(1) The Contractor will provide instructors and all electronic seminar course and material to teach a fundamental of effective public speaking and executive writing to support naval writing guidance. The 2-day course of instruction will be offered twice a year once at Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officers School, located in Building 1444 on Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, CA and the other at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, MS. Each offering will consist of approximately 36 Naval Construction force Chief Petty Officer. Each offering is scheduled to be taught in-person each day from 0830 to 1700. The US Navy will need to pay the tuition for each student and provide all necessary audio/visual equipment to deliver the training.

1.4 Non-Personal Services and Inherently Government Functions

(1) This contract is a "non-personal services contract" as defined in FAR 37.101. It is, therefore, understood and agreed that the contractor and/or the contractor's employees and subcontractors: (1) shall perform the services specified herein as independent contractors, not as employees of the Government;

(2) shall be responsible for their own management and administration of the work required and bear sole responsibility for complying with any and all technical, schedule, or financial requirements or constraints attendant to the performance of this contract; (3) shall be free from supervision or control by any Government employee with respect to the manner or method of performance of the services specified; but

(4) shall, pursuant to the Government's right and obligation to inspect, accept, or reject the work, comply with such general direction of the Contracting Officer, or the duly authorized representative of the Contracting Officer, as is necessary to ensure accomplishment of the contract objectives.

Inherently Governmental Functions are prohibited on this contract. It is, therefore, understood and agreed that the contractor and /or the contractor’s employees and subcontractors shall comply with the requirements of FAR 7.5 to ensure Inherently Governmental Functions are not performed under this contract.

2.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENT

2.1 Requirements

(1) The data provided herein represents the government’s best estimate of need based on current conditions.

(2) The contractor needs to be able to cover the following.

(3) The Contractor should be prepared to teach the following topics:

To support Leadership development and provide tools and concepts in the area of public speaking and Executive writing to support naval Writing Guidance and Senior Enlisted Sailors within the Naval Construction Force. The course should include the below:

1. Seminar discussion periods to provide concepts and tools for public speaking and executive writing.

2. Speaking opportunities for each student to allow them to be evaluated by self, peer, and instructor to provide feedback to students to allow growth.

3. Executive writing opportunities for each student to focus on Point Paper, Naval Messaging and concise writing skills for Navy evaluation writing skills.

Two courses of Professional Communications Seminar, each two-day course, two instructors, one each at locations provided by U.S. Navy on or in vicinity of Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, MS on or about 30 April to 1 May; and Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, CA on or about 17-18 July 2024.

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This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through the latest FAC and DFARS change notices. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov

Post Award Contract Administration will be performed by NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, Code 250.

Payment: The US Navy anticipates using Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) to pay invoices IAW DFAR 252.232-7003.

Requests for technical and or contractual clarification are to be submitted in writing. TECHNICAL QUESTIONS are to be submitted via e-mail to janet.nunez@navy.mil received no later than 29 February 2024 9:00:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. Answers to questions will be provided in the form of an amendment to this solicitation.

The following provisions and clauses are applicable and are hereby incorporated into the solicitation by reference and by full text. It is the responsibility of the interested contractors to obtain copies of the necessary provisions and or clauses that are required as a part of this solicitation. Required clauses/provisions that are not submitted may render a quote not to be accepted by the Government.

THE FOLLOWING NAVSUP LOCAL TEXT IS HEREBY MADE PART OF THE STATEMENT OF

WORK/PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT.

NAVSUP FLC San Diego may utilize contractor support through the AbilityOne Program, as needed, to perform contract closeout functions for this acquisition. Information, including business sensitive/confidential or proprietary data, that the offeror provides to the Government or information already in the possession of the Government may be viewed and utilized by the AbilityOne Program support contractor personnel during the course of its contract performance. The information that may be made available to the support contractor may include, for example, pricing and technical proposals, historical contract, pricing and performance information, Commercial Asset Visibility (CAV) reporting information and similar data/information.

By submission of a proposal in response to this solicitation, the offeror and its subcontractors consent to a release of their business sensitive/confidential or proprietary data to the Government's AbilityOne Program support contractor personnel in order to perform close out services. Prior to the release of any such information to the support contractor, the support contractor will have in place with the Government a Non-Disclosure/Non-Use Agreement in accordance with the terms of the AbilityOne Program support contract.

Offerors may execute their own Non-Disclosure Agreement with the AbilityOne Program (AbilityOne contact information available from the contracting point of contact). The support contractor must provide copies of the executed agreements to the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for the support contract; and the offeror/contractor for this acquisition must provide copies of the executed Agreement to the Contracting Officer for this acquisition. If the offeror/contractor seeks such a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the AbilityOne Program support contractor, the Agreement must be executed no later than the date of final delivery under the resulting NAVSUP FLC San Diego contract.

REVIEW OF AGENCY PROTESTS

The contracting activity, Fleet Logistics Center San Diego (FLCSD) will process agency protests in accordance with the requirements set forth in FAR 33.103(d).

Pursuant to FAR 33.103(d)(4), agency protests may be filed directly with the appropriate reviewing authority; or, a protester may appeal a decision rendered by a contracting officer to the reviewing authority.

The reviewing authority for FLCSD is the Director, Regional Contracts Department, Fleet Logistics Center San Diego at 3985 Cummings Road, San Diego, CA 92136-4200. Agency procurement protests should clearly identify the initial adjudicating official, i.e., the "contracting officer" or "reviewing official".

Offerors should note this review of the Contracting Officer's decision will not extend GAO's timeliness requirements. Therefore, any subsequent protest to GAO must be filed within 10 days of knowledge of initial adverse agency action.

UNIT PRICES

Contractor unit prices, when incorporated into a Government contract, may be releasable under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the event NAVSUP FLCSD receives a FOIA request.

No partial shipments are permitted unless specifically authorized at the time of award.

PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.204-7 System for Award Management OCT 2018 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code

Reporting

AUG 2020

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

NOV 2021

52.209-11** Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law

FEB 2016

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

SEP 2023

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

NOV 2021

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (CD 2024-O0002)

JAN 2024

52.225-18 Place of Manufacture AUG 2018 52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions NOV 2020 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

SEP 2022

252.204-7007 Alternate A, Annual Representations and Certifications

MAY 2021

252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services–Representation

MAY 2021

252.204-7024 Notice on the use of the Supplier Performance Risk System

MAR 2023

252.209-7011 Representation for Restriction on the Use of Certain Institutions of Higher Education

OCT 2023

252.225-7049 Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Foreign Commercial Satellite Services— Representations

DEC 2018

252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

MAY 2022

252.225-7973 Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign- Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems—

MAY 2020

Representation. (DEVIATION 2020- O0015)

*Included in FAR 52.212-5 ** Required local policy

PROVISION BY FULL TEXT

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Items (NOV 2021)

The Government will award on the basis of price and technical, unless the contracting officer is aware of past performance information related to the low price quote/offer which indicates that quote/ offer may not represent best value. In that case, the Government reserves the right to consider the past performance of other quotes/ offers, conduct a price, past performance tradeoff, and award to other than the lowest price quote/offer.

(End of clause)

52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions.

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any Defense Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 2) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

(End Provision)

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance OCT 2018 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code

Maintenance

AUG 2020

52.204‐19 Incorporation By Reference Of Representations And Certifications

DEC 2014

52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

JUN 2023

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items

NOV 2023

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations JUN 2013 52.246-4 Inspection of Services-Fixed-Price AUG 1996 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated By Reference FEB 1998 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of

Former DoD Officials

SEP 2011

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

DEC 2022

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product

APR 1992

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

JAN 2023

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support

JAN 2023

252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services

JAN 2023

252.204-7022 Expediting Contract Closeout MAY 2021 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation JAN 2023 252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium JAN 2023 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities APR 2022 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements--

Balance of Payments Program--Basic

JAN 2023

252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States

OCT 2023

252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items JUNE 2013 252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

JAN 2023

252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

JUN 2023

252.225-7972 Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign- Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

(DEVIATION 2020-O0015)

MAY 2020

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DEC 2018

252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions JAN 2023 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments DEC 2006 252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by

Contractor Personnel

JUN 2013

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items JAN 2023 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea--Basic JAN 2023

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required

To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items (CD 2023- O0008)

JUN 2023 Pursuant to CD 2018-O0021, DoD may deviate from the requirements in 12.301(b)(4) and the clause at 52.212-5 when using the SPS.

Clauses below are contained within FAR 52.212-5 52.203-19* Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements or Statements

JAN 2017

52.204-27* Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application

JUN 2023

52.204-23* Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities

NOV 2021

52.204-25* Prohibition of Contracting for Certain Telecomunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

NOV 2021

52.209-10* Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

NOV 2015

52.219-6* Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside NOV 2020 52.219-14* Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION

2021-O0008)

SEP 2021

52.219-28* Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation

MAR 2023

52.222-3* Convict Labor JUNE

52.222-19* Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

NOV 2023

52.222-21* Prohibition of Segregated Facilities APR 2015

52.222-26* Equal Opportunity SEP 2016 52.222-36* Equal Opportunity for Workers with

Disabilities

JUN 2020

52.222-41* Service Contract Labor Standards AUG 2018 52.222-42* Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal

Hires

MAY 2014

52.222-44* Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment

MAY 2014

52.222-50* Combating Trafficking in Persons NOV 2021 52.222-55* Minimum Wages Under Executive Order

13658

JAN 2022

52.222-62* Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706

JAN 2022

52.223-18* Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

JUN 2020

52.225-13* Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FEB 2021 52.232-33* Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—

System for Award Management

OCT 2018

52.232-40* Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

MAR 2023

52.233-3* Protest after Award AUG 1996 52.233-4* Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim OCT 2004

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Defense Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 2) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of "(DEVIATION)" after the name of the regulation.

(End of clause)

52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (MAY 2014)

In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY: IT IS NOT A WAGE DETERMINATION

Employee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits

"REGISTER OF WAGE DETERMINATIONS UNDER | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT | EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

By direction of the Secretary of Labor | WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

| WASHINGTON D.C. 20210

| Wage Determination No.: 2015-5625 Daniel W. Simms Division of | Revision No.: 20 Director Wage Determinations| Date Of Last Revision: 12/26/2023

Note: Contracts subject to the Service Contract Act are generally required to pay at least the applicable minimum wage rate required under Executive Order 14026 or Executive Order 13658.

|If the contract is entered into on or |Executive Order 14026 generally applies to | |after January 30, 2022, or the |the contract. | |contract is renewed or extended (e.g., |The contractor must pay all covered workers | |an option is exercised) on or after |at least $17.20 per hour (or the applicable | |January 30, 2022: |wage rate listed on this wage determination,| | |if it is higher) for all hours spent | | |performing on the contract in 2024. | |If the contract was awarded on or |Executive Order 13658 generally applies to | |between January 1, 2015 and January 29,|the contract. | |2022, and the contract is not renewed |The contractor must pay all covered workers | |or extended on or after January 30, |at least $12.90 per hour (or the applicable | |2022: |wage rate listed on this wage determination,| | |if it is higher) for all hours spent | | |performing on the contract in 2024. |

The applicable Executive Order minimum wage rate will be adjusted annually. Additional information on contractor requirements and worker protections under the Executive Orders is available at www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.

State: California

Area: California County of Ventura

**Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

OCCUPATION CODE - TITLE FOOTNOTE RATE

15095 - Technical Instructor/Course Developer 31.89

End of Clauses/Provisions.

Contractor must complete all Representations and Certifications found in the provisions listed above within their profile in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov to be considered for this solicitation.

Quotation information may be submitted via email. Submit responses to: janet.nunez@navy.mil Reference solicitation number: N00244-24-Q-0104 on all documents and requests for information.

Quotes must be received no later than 29 February 2024 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time.