Notice_of_Intent_for_Harvard_Manage_Mentors.doc

Notice of Intent

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to make a sole source award to Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation for the renewal of its Harvard Business School Publishing Online Software License and Maintenance Support, Harvard Manage Mentor Version 11. This service provides online PBGC SLs, supervisors, team leads and GS-14’s with required training. Harvard Manage Mentor incorporates proven practices that reinforce learning, builds skills, and addresses management issues that managers encounter on a daily basis. Each training module adds critical application and performance support elements. Harvard Manage Mentors has comprehensive and executive level courses that are targeted exclusively to executives and supervisors.

This procurement will permit PBGC to have access to the following:

VERAGE PROVIDED BY THE ANNUAL COPYRIGHT LICENSE

· 24/7 access for one full year to leadership and managerial learning from Harvard Business School.

· Audio downloads

· Video Clips

· Interactive exercises and simulations

The period of performance is for One Twelve Month Base Year and Three Twelve Month Option Years.

This is not a Request for Quotation, but a notice of Intent. An RFQ will not be issued. Interested parties may submit their capability statements for the required services to Judene Dayes at dayes.judene@pbgc.gov no later than August 17, 2015, 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will not reimburse any costs connected with providing the capability information. Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice.