RFQ_N6227118Q1153_DAU_Equivalency_Certification.pdf

N6227118Q1153

21 August 2018

REQUEST FOR QUOTE N6227118Q1153

This Request for Quote (RFQ), N6227118Q1153, is prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 13, and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This RFQ intends to result in a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Purchase Order. This is a full and open competition requirement. The award will be evaluated on a lowest price, technically acceptable basis. The NAICS associated with this purchase is 611430, with an $11M size standard.

The Naval Postgraduate School has a requirement for Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Equivalency Certifications for several courses in within the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy’s (GSBPP) and Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (GSEAS) various curriculums.

Performance Based Statement of Work Graduate School of Business & Public Policy

Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Naval Postgraduate School

1.0 Background/Introduction: At the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) certain courses have dual accreditation or accompanying Defense Acquisition University (DAU) certifications. NPS courses that meet the learning objectives of one or more DAU courses are called "equivalent products" or "equivalents”. The certification of a course, gives credit for DAU learning objectives to students at the same time they attend an NPS course. These certifications are validated by an objective third party who reviews NPS course materials and makes recommendations for certification to DAU. The reviews provided by the third party organization are required by DAU Directive 708 in order to maintain DAU certification. The DAU certification is critical to the Military Officers whom attend NPS and is required by the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) and the respective DoD services. The DAU certification is also crucial to the NPS mission in providing advanced education to increase the combat effectiveness of commissioned officers and enhancing the security of the United States.

2.0 Scope: NPS seeks a qualified third party review organization to perform equivalency reviews on the NPS courses identified below. Courses will be treated as individual contract line items as each course will incur its own individual cost. The cost associated with each option course will be equal to the cost of the review of an identified course.

3.0 Tasks: The contractor shall conduct DAU equivalency reviews and report to DAU on the following NPS courses:

Base Tasks:

3.1 ACQ 160 Program Protection Planning Awareness: Description: This course emphasizes the principles and policies of system security engineering. Program protection planning requires each acquisition’s integrated product team to prevent, detect, and respond to program protection challenges.

3.2 PMT 252 Program Management Tools Course, Part I: Description: Program Management Tools provides application skills needed in a program office as an integrated product team lead. It is a follow-on course to Level II Systems Acquisition courses and is designed to enhance journeyman-level skills.

3.3 ENG 201 Applied Systems Engineering in Defense Acquisition, Part I: Description: This distance-learning course provides an understanding of how DoD’s systems engineering technical and technical management processes can be applied to a notional system within the context of the acquisition life cycle.

The course content provides the student with information on the scope and role of systems engineering, its major inputs and outputs, timing of technical baselines, the role of technical reviews, important design considerations, and other related areas.

Option Tasks: Most likely the following 4 large courses

3.4 ACQ 315 Understanding Industry (Business Acumen): Description: Course covers a wide range of business acumen competencies including industry orientation, organization, cost and financial planning, business strategy/development, supplier management, incentives, and negotiating strategies. Business skills will be learned on aligning company strategies, finances, and operations that motivate company decisions to meet their business goals, gain fair and reasonable profits, while providing best taxpayer value to the government on defense products.

3.5 PMT 355 Program Management Office Course, Part A: Description: This course builds on the foundational and intermediate systems acquisition courses as well as the program management tools course. By focusing on the knowledge and skill requirements of upper mid-level and more senior leadership positions in a program office, the student’s analysis, synthesis, and evaluative skills are exercised to help these become more effective when occupying these leadership positions in a program office.

3.6 PMT 360 Program Management Office Course, Part B: Description: Expanding on Part A, this course continues to reinforce the student’s knowledge and hone their analysis, synthesis, and evaluative skills through the use of individual examinations, case studies and team exercises. Students completing this course are expected to be effective leaders in program offices at the upper mid and senior level positions while serving in program management positions.

3.7 BCF 110 Fundamentals of Business Financial Management: Description: This course provides fundamental knowledge, training, and skills necessary to create a uniform understanding of the Department’s strategy, approach and methodology to financial management for acquisition professionals.

It delivers an immersive and engaging learning experience with a broad overview of the Department’s Planning, Programming, Budging, and Execution (PPBE) process from a financial manager/program office perspective. Participants will gain a wider understanding of how our Nations National Security Strategy drives the Department PPBE process and how the program office, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget, and Congress participates within this process.

4.0 Deliverables:

The contractor shall be responsible for providing DAU Equivalency Reviews for the following:

4.1 ACQ 160 Program Protection Planning Awareness

4.2 PMT 252 Program Management Tools Course, Part I

4.3 ENG 201 Applied Systems Engineering in Defense Acquisition, Part I

4.4 ACQ 315 Understanding Industry (Business Acumen)

4.5 PMT 355 Program Management Office Course, Part A

4.6 PMT 360 Program Management Office Course, Part B

4.7 BCF 110 Fundamentals of Business Financial Management

Performance Measurement - Quality Assurance Plan

Task Deliverable that will be inspected

Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)

Method Frequency

3.1 – 3.7

Conduct DAU Equivalency Review and provide the results within 30 business days from contract award date. If necessary, NPS has 15 days to correct any deficiency.

Meets DAU standards 100% review Each course

Task Deliverable that will be inspected

Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)

Method Frequency

3.1 – 3.7

If required, government feedback due within 60 days.

Meets DAU standards 100% review Each course

If performance falls below the AQL defined above, the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) shall document the instance(s), coordinate with the Contracting Officer and advise the Contractor. The Contractor will be requested to review the documentation and provide a written response on how performance will be corrected in the future. Re-performance of any work for failure to perform in accordance with the specified AQL or task requirement shall be completed at the Contractor’s own expense and at no additional cost to the Government.

5.0 Minimum Technical Requirements: Qualified to conduct DAU equivalencies

6.0 Period of Performance:

Base period - September 15, 2018 – February 15, 2019 Option Year One - October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019 Option Year Two - October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020 Option Year Three - October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021 Option Year Four - October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022

7.0 Place of Performance: Contractor site

8.0 Government Furnished Property: The Government will provide course documents for the DAU equivalencies review process, to include course material, references and syllabus for each course.

9.0 Work Week and Hours of Operation:

The Contractor shall provide services during normal working hours excluding federal holidays. Normal working hours are 0730-1630, Monday through Friday, unless requirements dictate otherwise. Exceptions can be permitted by the COR upon request and at the COR’s discretion.

Following is a list of holidays observed by the Government.

Name of Holiday Time of Observance New Year’s Day 1 January Martin Luther King Jr. Day Third Monday in January President's Day Third Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Independence Day 4 July Labor Day First Monday in September Columbus Day Second Monday in October Veteran's Day 11 November Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Christmas Day 25 December

If any of the above holidays occur on a Saturday or a Sunday, then such holiday shall be observed by the Contractor in accordance with the practice as observed by the assigned Government employees at the using activity

10.0 Travel: Not Available

11.0 Privacy Act Statement:

“Pursuant to Title 5 United States Code 552a(m)(l), the contractor and all employees of the contractor working under this contract are required to comply with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552a (“The Privacy Act of 1974”).”

12.0 Identification of Contractor Employees:

In accordance with DFAR 211.106, there shall be a clear distinction between Government employees and service contractor employees. Service contractor employees shall identify themselves as contractor personnel by introducing themselves or being introduced as contractor personnel. Contractor personnel will be required to obtain and wear badges or other visible identification for meetings with Government personnel to provide a clear distinction between service contractor employees and Government personnel. In addition, contractor personnel shall appropriately identify themselves as contractor employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal written correspondence. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

13.0 Non-Personal Services Statement:

Contractor employees performing services under this order will be controlled, directed, and supervised at all times by management personnel of the contractor. Contractor management will insure that employees properly comply with the performance work standards outlined in the SOW. Contractor employees will perform their duties independent of, and without the supervision of, any Government official or other Defense Contractor. The tasks, duties, and responsibilities set forth in the task order may not be interpreted or implemented in any manner that results in any contractor employee creating or modifying Federal policy, obligating the appropriated funds of the United States Government, overseeing the work of Federal employees, or otherwise violating the prohibitions set forth in Parts 7.5 and 37.1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The Government will control access to the facility and will perform the inspection and acceptance of the completed work.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF QUOTATION:

Quote shall be submitted no later than 12:00 PM PST 31 August 2018, should be marked with solicitation number N6227118Q1153 and shall be valid for 60 days.

POINTS OF CONTACT:

NPS Contract Specialist Name: Robbie Johnson Phone: 831-656-3242 Email: rajohnso@nps.edu

PAPERLESS CONTRACTING:

All contractual documents (i.e. contracts, purchase orders, task orders, delivery orders and modifications) related to the instant procurement are considered to be "issued" by the government when copies are either deposited in the mail, transmitted by facsimile, or sent by other electronic commerce methods, such as email. The government's acceptance of the contractor's proposal constitutes bilateral agreement to "issue" contractual documents as detailed herein.

52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (OCT 2014):

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

mailto:rajohnso@nps.edu

Quotes shall be based on the below Schedule of Supplies shown in the CLIN structure on page 5

CLIN DESCRIPTION QTY

UNIT OF

ISSUE

UNIT

AMOUNT

AMOUNT

OBLIGATED

Period of Performance – 9/15/2018 – 2/15/2019 0001 DAU Equivalency Review

ACQ 160 Program Protection Planning Awareness

1 EACH $ $

0002 DAU Equivalency Review PMT 252 Program Management Tools Course, Part I

1 EACH $ $

0003 DAU Equivalency Review ENG 201 Applied Systems Engineering in Defense Acquisition, Part I

1 EACH $ $

Optional Years 1001 Option Year One

DAU Equivalency Review Various: Small course review (100-200 level at DAU) Period of Performance: October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019

3 EACH $ $0.00

1002 Option Year One DAU Equivalency Review Various: Large course review (300 level at DAU) Period of Performance: October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019

3 EACH $ $0.00

2001 Option Year Two DAU Equivalency Review Various: Small course review (100-200 level at DAU) Period of Performance: October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020

3 EACH $ $0.00

2002 Option Year Two DAU Equivalency Review Various: Large course review (300 level at DAU) Period of Performance: October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020

3 EACH $ $0.00

3001 Option Year Three DAU Equivalency Review Various: Small course review (100-200 level at DAU) Period of Performance: October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021

3 EACH $ $0.00

3002 Option Year Three DAU Equivalency Review Various: Large course review (300 level at DAU) Period of Performance: October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021

3 EACH $ $0.00

4001 Option Year Four DAU Equivalency Review Various: Small course review (100-200 level at DAU) Period of Performance: October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022

3 EACH $ $0.00

4002 Option Year Four DAU Equivalency Review Various: Large course review (300 level at DAU) Period of Performance: October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022

3 EACH $ $0.00

Total Price $0.00 Total Amount: $0.00

The following PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES apply to this acquisition and will be incorporated into any resultant purchase order.

52.204-7 System for Award Management JUL 2013 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards FEB 2012 52.204-13 SAM Maintenance JUL 2013 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items FEB 2012 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items NOV 2013 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items JUN 2013

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items JUN 2014

52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity -- Separately Priced Line Item (Mar 1989) 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside JUN 2003 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference), http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ and www.acq.osd.mil

(FEB 1998)

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ and www.acq.osd.mil

(FEB 1998)

252.204-7000 Disclosure of Information AUG 2013 252.227-7015 Technical Data – Commercial Items FEB 2014 252-232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports MAR 2008

The following clauses incorporated in 52.212-5 are also applicable:

52.204-10 Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (AUG 2012)

52.209-6 Protecting the Government’ Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (DEC 2010)

52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (JUL 2013) 52.222-3 Convict Labor (JUN 2003) 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (MAR 2012) 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (FEB 1999) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (MAR 2007) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (FEB 2009) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (AUG 2011) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award management (JUL. 2013) 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (JUN 2013) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013) 52.233-3 Protest After Award (AUG 1996) 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) http://www.acq.osd.mil/ http://www.acq.osd.mil/