NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE- DoD Dig Encyclopedia for Youth Sports .pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

The 773d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (773 ESS) intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract to a single source, Hive Class, Inc., under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) (only one source reasonably available) on 30 September 2024. The period of performance (PoP) shall be:

30 September 2024 – 29 September 2027.

PSC:

NAICS:

519290

Small Business Size Standard:

1,000 employees

Subscription

Department of Defense Digital Encyclopedia for Youth Sports

Supplier

Hive Class, Inc.

Product Description:

The Department of Defense (DoD) Libraries has a requirement for a commercial off the shelf (already established in the marketplace) e-learning platform that offers asynchronous instruction via short-form videos and quizzes in a scaffolded skill progression across multiple sports and physical wellness activities. This should enable customers to explore interests and programs to learn physical fitness in sports through a digital encyclopedia for youth sports and activities that offers an innovative and expansive learning platform for kids and youth to explore sport and physical activity. Course content should be designed by experienced physical educators and meets national standards for physical education as set forth by SHAPE America. Product must be designed to develop physical literacy, confidence and mind+body wellness and provide unlimited access to all DOD families to 15 sport/activity courses inclusive of hundreds of scaffolded, skill-based lessons. Accessibility is key to support access for neuro and physio-diverse learners. The digital encyclopedia must be fully available in English and

Spanish and provide additional resources to connect literacy and physical literacy through recommended reading based on sports.

The Department of Defense (DoD) Library Consortium requires a subscription with one 12-month base period and two 12-months option periods for a digital encyclopedia for youth sports to meet the quality of life, regeneration, and resiliency as stipulated in DoDI 1015.10.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government. The

Government will consider responses received by 24 September 2024, 1:00 PM, CST for this notice.

The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Contractors Should Be Aware of the Following Information:

1. Contractors MUST include the following information:

a. Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.

b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.

c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.

d. Company CAGE Code and UEI.

2. If this posting specifically references brand name products, offerors are encouraged to suggest products other than those specifically referenced. Responses must address how the alternate product meets the product characteristics specified above.

3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

4. Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word or PDF compatible format.

Responses shall be e-mailed to Contracting Specialist: Jackelin Guerrero Funes at jackelin.guerrero_funes@us.af.mil and Contracting Officer Ernest Medina at ernest.medina.2@us.af.mil no later than 24 September 2024 at 1:00 PM CST.