Pre-solicitation Notice - USNCC Course Maint Devel.pdf

This is a COMBINED PRESOLICITATION NOTICE/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the information in FAR 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. PAPER COPIES OF THIS

SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. This combined pre-solicitation notice/solicitation SHALL be posted on Contract Opportunities (https://sam.gov/).

This is a Request for Quotations (RFQ).

The solicitation number is N0018926QB079.

The proposed contract action is for commercial SERVICES. The NAICS code is 611710 - Educational Support

Services - and the Small Business Standard is $24.0 Million.

This solicitation documents and incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through the Revolutionary FAR

Overhaul (RFO). 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/far-overhaul and https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars.

The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk, BUMED/FM&C

Directorate intends to solicit with a competitive 100 percent total small business set-aside using the simplified acquisition procedures of RFO part 12. The proposed acquisition is for instructional course design, maintenance, and faculty support services in support of the US Naval Community College (USNCC). USNCC aims to advance the

Navy’s warfighting advantage and enhance operational readiness by providing world-class, naval-relevant education to a globally deployed force. In 2024, USNCC began its partnership with higher education institutions to deliver a wide selection of academic degree programs to enlisted servicemembers. USNCC requires Instructional Course

Design and Maintenance, and Faculty support for the development, maintenance, and support of its new and existing courses and community sites housed within the USNCC Learning Management System (LMS). The attached solicitation details the types of tasks that contractors will be required to perform under the contract/task order. The

Government’s estimated level of staffing for the requirement, which shall be used for pricing purposes, is detailed below:

Labor Category Base Option

Year 1

Option

Year 2

Option

Year

Option

Year

IAW

52.217-8 Total

Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours

Program Manager 640 640 640 640 640 320 3520

Instructional Designer I 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 960 10560

Instructional Designer II 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 960 10560

Total 4480 4480 4480 4480 4480 2240 24640

This action will result in the award of a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract with the period of performance consisting of one (1) 12-month base period with four (4) 12-month option periods consecutively following the base period plus a 6-month extension of services IAW FAR 52.217-8.The proposed contract action is for services for which the

Government intends to solicit small business firms. During market research at least two responsible small business concerns were identified for this procurement, thus this acquisition will be solicited as a total small business set-aside. Interested contractors are required to possess a minimum Secret (S) security clearance as indicated in the performance work statement to perform the requested services.

STREAMLINED SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS

The Navy is soliciting interested sources in accordance with FAR 12.201-1, Simplified procedures, using the procedures and evaluation factors described in this solicitation. It is emphasized that this is intended to streamline the source selection and be minimally burdensome for both the Navy and vendors interested in competing for this requirement.

NOTE: To the extent that the words “offer” or “proposal” appears in this solicitation, they shall be construed to mean “quote” (or “quotation”), and to the extent that the word “offeror” appears in this solicitation, it shall be construed to mean “quoter.” This Request for Quotations (RFQ) does not commit the Government to pay for the preparation of a quotation.

https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars

The Contracting Officer will make the source selection using the following two-step process:

STEP ONE

No later than 12:00 PM EST, 14 August 2026, interested sources must submit via email to samyar.s.bukovcan.

civ@us.navy.mil and cc: martyn.t.piggott.civ@us.navy.mil, on no more than two (2) pages, a description of their experience on prior contracts they consider most similar to the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Interested sources should use their judgement on how to best demonstrate through their two-page submission that they are a viable competitor. For example, an interested source with relatively limited experience related to the PWS could address how it has the commitment of key personnel or other contractors with more relevant experience.

The Contracting Officer will evaluate each submission and determine which interested sources are viable competitors for award. The Contracting Officer may communicate with competitors, without regard to the rules of FAR 15.2 concerning competitive range determinations and discussions, if such communications will enhance the Contracting Officer’s determination of whether the quoter is a viable competitor for award. A determination that a competitor is nonviable does not necessarily mean that the Contracting Officer believes the competitor cannot successfully perform the PWS. A competitor could be determined to be nonviable because of their experience relative to other competitors. The Contracting Officer will notify those sources determined nonviable that they are eliminated from further consideration, and invite sources determined viable to submit a quote in response to Step Two.

STEP TWO:

Upon completion of Step One, the Contracting Officer will invite those sources determined to be viable to provide a non-price and price quote as part of Step Two of the evaluation process.

Offerors (i.e., interested sources invited to submit Step Two submissions) shall follow the method of quote submission set forth in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and its addendum. Offerors' quotes will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial

Products and Commercial Services.

The contracting officer has broad discretion in establishing how quotations will be evaluated. For example, the contracting officer may perform a comparative evaluation of quotations. The evaluation procedures are not subject to part 15 or 14. Contracting officers are not required to have evaluation plans, score quotations, or establish a competitive range before communicating with quoters or soliciting revised quotations.

Performance Information: The base period of performance under the resultant purchase order is 30 September 2026 through 29 September 2027.

Responsibility and Inspection: Unless otherwise specified in the resultant purchase order, the contractor is responsible for the performance of all inspection requirements and quality control.

See the attached RFQ for contract clauses and contract requirements determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices.

Quoters must be registered in the SAM database to be considered for award. Registration is free and can be completed online at http://sam.gov/.

This solicitation will close at 12:00 PM EST on 27 August 2026.

All quotes shall be submitted in writing via email to Mr. Samyar Bukovcan who can be reached at samyar.s.bukovcan.civ@us.navy.mil. Any quote attachments shall be in PDF or Microsoft Word or Excel formats as applicable.

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