NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE - FY24 DoD Test Prep.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, EBSCO, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) (only one source reasonably available) on 29 February 2024. The period of performance (PoP) shall be:

01 March 2024 – 31 August 2024 (no more than six months).

PSC:

NAICS:

519290

Small Business Size Standard:

1,000 employees

Subscription

Department of Defense Test Preparation Database

Supplier

EBSCO

Product Description:

The Department of Defense (DoD) Libraries has a requirement for the provision of the Testing

Preparation Database. The DoD Libraries requires a practice testing portal that provides access to the database content delivered through a platform. Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for this effort is the DAF Libraries, AFSVC/VCL, JBSA Lackland, TX 78245-9854. Database shall reside on a fully integrated platform that provides both practice tests and a suite of integrated preparation resources that are designed to support independent study, practice, and achievement necessary to succeed on official exams. In addition to practice tests, study guides, eBooks, tutorials, articles, flashcards, videos, guided courses, and targeted microlessons shall also be available. The Testing Portal shall provide practice tests for the College-Level

Examination Program (CLEP), Defense Activity for Non Traditional Education Services (DANTES)

Standardized Subject Tests (DSST), military practice tests (including Armed Services Vocational

Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT), Selection Instrument for

Flight Training (SIFT), and the Aviation Standard Test Battery E Series - (ASTB-E), college and graduate admissions tests (including Scholastic Assessment Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude

Test) (SAT®), American College Test (ACT®), and Graduate Records Examination (GRE®)), Advanced Placement (AP®) Tests, college readiness exams (including the Test of Adult Basic

Education (TABE) 11/12, Accurate Placement (ACCUPLACER), and ASSET®), ACT WorkKeys®

National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)®, high school equivalency exams (General

Educational Development (GED®) and High School Equivalency Test (HiSET®)), and career and occupational licensing and certification exams. In addition to practice tests, the Practice Testing

Portal shall provide academic, personal skill building, computer literacy, and financial literacy skills building for all ages. It shall also provide a comprehensive suite of resources and tools to support job search and workplace skills for military members and their families. The Practice

Testing provider shall be responsible for all administration services of the database, data integrity, service maintenance, corrective and emergency database maintenance, preventative maintenance, data file management, backup and recovery, adaptive and perfective maintenance, and technical support necessary to deliver fully operational services. The practice tests shall be available in three formats: Online, Mobil Devices, and Downloading for Print Materials. The

Department of Defense (DoD) Library Consortium requires a 6-month subscription for a testing preparation database 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 23 February 2024, 3:00 PM, CST for this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR

52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. 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 Gustavo Guadron at Gustavo.Guadron@us.af.mil no later than 23 February 2024 at 3:00 PM CST.